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Distributed Services with Foreseen and Unforeseen Tasks: The Mobile Re-allocation Problem

Dekker, Rommert; Kaymak, Uzay; Larco Martinelli, Larco … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

In this paper we deal with a common problem found in the operations of security and preventive/corrective maintenance services: that of routing a number of mobile resources to serve foreseen and unforeseen tasks during a shift. We define the (Mobile Re-Allocation Problem) MRAP as the problem of...

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Reliability and heterogeneity of railway services

Dekker, Rommert; Vromans, Vromans, M.J.C.M.; Kroon, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2003

Reliability is one of the key factors in transportation, both for passengers and for cargo. This paper examines … reliability in public railway systems. Reliability of railway services is a complex matter, since there are many causes for … disruptions and at least as many causes for delays to spread around in space and time. One way to increase the reliability is to …

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Project Contract Management and a Theory of Organization

Turner, Turner, J.R. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2001

This paper attempts to develop concepts of project and contract organization to predict the selection of contract type on infrastructure projects. Conventional wisdom is that at low risk fixed price contracts are best, moving to remeasurement and then cost plus as risk increases. We started...

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Agent based computational model of trust

Nooteboom, Bart; Gorobets, Gorobets, A. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

This paper employs the methodology of Agent-Based Computational Economics (ACE) to investigate under what conditions trust can be viable in markets. The emergence and breakdown of trust is modeled in a context of multiple buyers and suppliers. Agents adapt their trust in a partner, the weight...

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The Role Of Product Quality Information, Market State Information And Transaction Costs In Electronic Auctions

Koppius, Koppius, O.R.; van Heck, van Heck, H.W.G.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2002

Electronic auctions have rapidly increased in popularity, but the consequences of switching to an electronic auction are unclear. In part this is because multiple changes occur at the same time so one can only observe the combined effect of these changes and not the effect of each separate...

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Buyer Commitment and Opportunism in the Online Market for IT Services

Radkevitch, Radkevitch, U.L.; van Heck, van Heck, H.W.G.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2006

Companies increasingly outsource IT-related tasks using reverse auction mechanisms embedded into online marketplaces. However, a considerable proportion of auctions at these marketplaces do not result in a contract between buyer and supplier. Extant literature mostly refers to costly bidding and...

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Firm Size and Export Intensity

Donkers, Bas; Verwaal, Verwaal, E. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2001

This paper presents a unifying theory, explaining the different relationships between firm size and export intensity that have been found in previous studies. We propose that transaction costs economies and different types of resources induce a moderating effect on the firm size and export...

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