The paper extends previous UK surveys of third party e-fulfilment (3PEF) providers servicing a new segment of online retailers that has generated new sales opportunities for provision of their particular logistics needs. An index of capability transformation previously developed is applied to 6...

Online retailers have created new demands and opportunities for their supply chain providers. This paper reports on a five year UK-based study of this market space, whose logistics needs are in part provided by third party e-fulfilment organisations (3PEFs), businesses offering traditional and...

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. (Henry David Thoreau) Nonprofit organizations are in business to solve public problems, and for many years their financial needs have been met through philanthropy. With the...

Historical and anthropological studies of non-Western societies have concluded that there is no cultural group in which the use of tobacco is substantially more common among women, although there are societies without appreciable gender differences in tobacco use. Interpretations of this...