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,...

Introduction -- Fundamentals -- Cooperative advertising models in supply chain management -- Vertical cooperative advertising and pricing decisions in a manufacturer-retailer supply chain -- Game theoretic analysis of pricing and vertical cooperative advertising of a retailer-duopoly with a...

Kerstin Schmidt entwickelt ein analytisches Modell verteilter Produktentwicklungsprozesse, welches individuelle Zielsetzungen, existierende Unsicherheiten sowie insbesondere substitutionale Abhängigkeiten zwischen den Zulieferern hinsichtlich der von ihnen zu entwickelnden Komponenten...

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...

" This book contains selected papers from the symposium ""Operations Research 2010"" which was held from September 1-3, 2010 at the ""Universität der Bundeswehr München"", Germany. The international conference, which also serves as the annual meeting of the German Operations Research Society...

Supply Chain Planning and Coordination -- Coordination Mechanisms for Supply Chain Planning -- New Coordination Schemes -- New Coordination Mechanisms -- Computational Tests of Coordination Schemes -- Summary and Outlook

This book analyzes how and under what conditions collaborating corporations can effectively manage relationships with their suppliers in order to decrease the risk of suppliers’ noncompliance with codes of conduct and standards. In so doing, it represents an important addition to the...

1. Global Value Chains and International Business Research: Perspectives from Switzerland; Sarbani Bublu Thakur-Weigold -- 2. Social Commerce Optimization: An Integrated Framework for Consumer Behavior in Social Media; Saidat A. Sanni, Brian Leemoon, Anshu Saxena Arora, and Jennifer J. Edmonds --...

This book highlights a number of social sustainability issues at different stages of the supply chain, and demonstrates how these issues can be addressed by adopting social sustainability practices in the manufacturing supply chain. In the wake of emerging social issues in developing countries,...

Falco Jaekel develops a reference architecture for cloud logistics systems. The reference architecture shows how to apply the principles and concepts of cloud computing (e.g. virtualization, service-orientation) to logistics system design and thus how to deliver certain physical logistics...