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Cost optimisation in freight distribution with cross-docking: the N-echelon location routing problem

Gonzalez-Feliu, Jesus - HAL - 2010

Freight transportation constitutes one of the main activities that influences economy and society, as it assures a vital link between suppliers and customers and it represents a major source of employment. Multi-echelon distribution is one of the most common strategies adopted by the...

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The importance of design for firms' competitiveness: a review of the literature

D'Ippolito, Beatrice - HAL - 2014

Scholars dedicated increasing attention towards appreciating how design has changed individuals' perception of new products, firms' understanding and formulation of strategy, or other relevant actors' approach to innovation and technology management. By emphasising the importance of design for...

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Cost optimisation in freight distribution with cross-docking: N-echelon location routing problem

Gonzalez-Feliu, Jesus - HAL - 2012

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Virtual R & D teams in small and medium enterprises: A literature review

Ebrahim, Nader Ale; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - HAL - 2009

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the driving engine behind economic growth. While SMEs play a critical role in generating employment and supporting trade, they face numerous challenges, the prominent among them are the need to respond to fasting time-to-market, low-cost and rapid...

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Virtual Teams: a Literature Review

Ebrahim, Nader Ale; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - HAL - 2009

In the competitive market , virtual teams represent a growing response to the need for fasting time-to- market, low-cost and rapid solutions to complex organizational problems. Virtual teams enable organizations to pool the talents and expertise of employees and non-employees by eliminating time...

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Exchange Traded Funds: History, Trading and Research

Deville, Laurent - HAL - 2008

We survey the litterature devoted to Exchange Traded Funds

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Virtual Team Collaboration: A Review of Literature and Perspectives

Karoui, Myriam; Gürkan, Ali; Dudezert, Aurélie - HAL - 2010

Along with the widespread use of information technologies (IT) and the increasing geographical span of tasks held by various organizations, Virtual Teams (VTs) rose as an alternative organizational form which has the potential to deeply change the workplace. This article provides a review of...

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Innovation and R&D Activities in Virtual Team

Ebrahim, Nader Ale; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - HAL - 2009

Innovation plays a central role in economic development, at the regional and national level. In the competitive environment companies are obliged to produce more rapidly, more effectively and more efficiently in new product development, which is a result of research and development (R&D)...

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Does Urbanization Help Poverty Reduction in Rural Areas? Evidence from Vietnam

Arouri, Mohamed El Hedi; Youssef, Adel Ben; … - HAL - 2014

Urbanization and poverty have a two-way relationship. Using fixed-effects regression andpanel data from household … surveys, we estimate the effect of urbanization on welfare andpoverty of rural households in Vietnam. We find that … urbanization tends to increaselandlessness of rural households and to reduce their farm income. However, urbanizationhelps rural …

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Effects of urbanization on economic growth and human capital formation in Africa

Arouri, Mohamed El Hedi; Youssef, Adel Ben; … - HAL - 2014

The objective of this paper is to investigate the impacts of urbanization on human capital andeconomic growth in Africa …. It seeks to contribute to the urbanization-growth debate byinvestigating how urbanization is linked to human capital … accumulation and economic growth.More precisely, compared to previous studies on the urbanization-growth nexus, we (i …

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