Conceptual aspects of voluntary sustainability initiatives in the context of proactive sustainability strategies for supply chains -- Theoretical aspects of designing voluntary sustainability initiatives for supply chains -- Initial framework: a resource-based view of institutional...

This book provides a conceptual ‘Flexibility in Resource Management’ framework supported by research/case applications in various related areas. It links and integrates the flexibility aspect with resource management to offer a fresh perspective, since flexibility in different levels of...

Non-profit-maximizing behavior in supply chain management focuses on the human component in supply chain management. It develops behavioral models that consider individual and social preferences of supply chain members in order to improve our understanding of actual decision-making in supply...

Preface -- Stream I: Continuous Optimization and Control -- Stream II: Discrete Optimization, Graphs and Networks -- Stream III: Decision Analysis, Decision Support -- Stream IV: Energy, Environment and Climate -- Stream V: Financial Modeling, Risk Management, Banking -- Stream VI: Game Theory,...

Part I Quality and Supply Chains -- Introduction -- Methodological Foundations -- Part II Information Asymmetry in Quality -- Information Asymmetry and Minimum Quality Standards in Supply Chain Oligopolies -- Information Asymmetry in Perfectly Competitive Spatial Price Equilibrium Problems --...

Einführung in den Bullwhip-Effekt in einem komplexen Produktionsnetzwerk -- Entwicklung eines realitätsadäquaten Simulationsmodells -- Quantifizierung der Wirksamkeit von Maßnahmen gegen den Bullwhip-Effekt.

Komplexe Entscheidungsprozesse entlang sich ständig wandelnder Wertschöpfungsketten erfordern eine ganzheitliche Betrachtung von Theorie und Praxis. In diesem Band beschreiben rund 20 Expertinnen und Experten aus Wissenschaft und Praxis aktuelle Entwicklungsperspektiven in Themenfeldern aus...

In today's global economy, operations strategy in supply chains must assume an ever-expanding and strategic role of risks. These operational and strategic facets entail a brand new set of operational problems and risks that have not always been understood or managed very well. This book provides...