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The Role of Logistics' Information and Communication Technologies in Promoting Competitive Advantages of the Firm
Garrido Azevedo, Susana; Ferreira, João; Leitão, João - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
, in order to adopt, in a successful way, new technologies in the logistics field, and also to integrate logistics into the … present paper aims: (i) to highlight the importance of ICT on logistics; and (ii) to understand the impact of ICT on the firms …’ competitiveness. In this paper a conceptual model for the adoption of Logistics’ ICT is presented, by taking into consideration four …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836879
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Configuration of Logistics Activities across Life-Cycle of the Firms and Performance: Proposal of a Conceptual Model
Ferreira, João; Leitão, João; Garrido Azevedo, Susana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
In the last years, broad changes have contributed to the enhancement of the importance of the logistics as a source of …-cycle firm’s stages, and the standard profile of logistics activities, and the correspondent impact on performance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622022
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On the convexity of the cost function for the (Q,R) inventory model
Halkos, George; Kevork, Ilias; Tziourtzioumis, Chris - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
In this paper we investigate the convexity of the annual total cost function for the Hadley & Whitin (1963) continuous review (Q,R) inventory model with backorders and fixed lead-time, when the reorder point is non-negative and the cost per unit backordered is used to calculate the expected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110030
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Cost overruns and demand shortfalls – deception or selection?
Eliasson, Jonas; Fosgerau, Mogens - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
A number of highly cited papers by Flyvbjerg and associates have shown that ex ante infrastructure appraisals tend to be overly optimistic. Ex post evaluations indicate a bias where investment costs are higher and benefits lower on average than predicted ex ante. These authors argue that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258650
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AS OPÇÕES PARA A LOCALIZAÇÃO DO NOVO TERMINAL DE CONTENTORES DO PORTO DE LISBOA: Anteprojecto sobre a viabilidade de um terminal de Contentores no Barreiro
Moreira, Paulo Pires - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper aims to shed light over the options to relocate the current Container Terminal of St. ª Apolónia in the port of Lisbon, to allow the construction of the new Cruise Terminal. Additionally, underlying this purpose is also to valuing city´s shoreline (in its environmental, tourist and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258669
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The Development of Short Sea Shipping in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Towards a Rational E.U. Freight Transport Policy
Sambracos, Evangelos - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The rise in worldwide goods transport is an important factor in the increase of national GDP’s, but at the same time it poses serious threats in terms of the quality of life, mainly regarding the population in developed countries, who are however the main beneficiaries of the resulting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258739
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A ANÁLISE DE SINES COMO ATIVO GEOESTRATÉGICO NACIONAL: UM CLUSTER SUPORTADO NAS REDES MARÍTIMAS MUNDIAIS
Moreira, Paulo Pires - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
ABSTRACT The current competition in port activity is not just a competition between ports but in terms of logistics … perspective based on its validity as a triple sea-land interface port, a logistics platform and an area of industrial activity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259005
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Финансово-экономический механизм поддержания инфраструктурного развития через модель государственно-частного партнерства...
Dubrovsky, V. Zh.; Kuzmin, Ye. A. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The article describes the implementation of economic and financial mechanism that maintains infrastructure development through the resource supply. In the authors vision there are presented some approaches to the calculation of the regulated infrastructure tariffs and to the formation of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259185
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Appraising the benefits of bottleneck removal in rail transport: a simplified CBA approach
Beria, Paolo; Grimaldi, Raffaele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The removal of infrastructure bottlenecks is widely considered among the most profitable interventions, in socio-economic terms, and rail transport is not an exception. However, as outlined for example by RailPAG (2005), the measurement of the related benefits is difficult and no specific...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259253
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Análisis del impacto social de las inversiones públicas en infraestructuras. La huella social
Pegnalver, Domingo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The welfare and social peace are the most important concepts when making policy decisions and investment spending of public resources. Currently both welfare and social peace are compromised by the lack of productive capital and excess of speculative capital, the imbalance between suffering...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260387