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New tabu search heuristics for the vehicle routing problem with trailers, multiple depots and planning periods
Scheuerer, Stephan - 2004
heuristics for this problem and to present a tabu search heuristic for further improvement. Computational results indicate that … diese Problemstellung zwei neue Konstruktionsheuristiken sowie eine Tabusuche-Heuristik zur weiteren Lösungsverbesserung …. Für jedes dieser Probleme wurde ebenfalls eine Tabusuche-Heuristik entwickelt und auf existierenden und neuen …
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Design of single hub crossdocking networks: geometric relationships and case study
Kittithreerapronchai, Oran - 2009
outsourced to third-party logistics (3PL) companies. In the former case, shipments are consolidated and transported from their …
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Dynamic and Robust Capacitated Facility Location in Time Varying Demand Environments
Uster, Halit (contributor) - 2009
This dissertation studies models for locating facilities in time varying demandenvironments. We describe the characteristics of the time varying demand that motivatethe analysis of our location models in terms of total demand and the changein value and location of the demand of each customer....
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Auf der Suche nach operativer Exzellenz im Krankenhaus: Logistik als Rationalisierungsinstrument und strategischer Wettbewerbsfaktor in einem dynamischen Marktumfeld
Walther, Markus - 2005
-häusern erschleißen lassen. Konkret soll das „Versprechen“ des betriebswirtschaftlichen Feldes der Logistik für die Lösung der Kosten- und … Ineffizienzen dargestellt und Handlungsempfehlungen abgeleitet. Die Einordnung der Logistik in einen breiteren branchenstrukturellen … will be derived.On a more theoretical level the role of logistics management will be described in a broader research …
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Consumer Preferences and Bid-Price Control for Cloud Services
Anandasivam, Arun - 2010
Consumers have different preferences regarding Cloud services. Providers of Cloud services can be limited in their resource capacities or flexibility, and they are exposed to the challenge of how to sell their services efficiently. In this thesis both views are examined. A survey was conducted...
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Predictors and purchase intentions of counterfeits of luxury branded products
Phau, Ian - 2010
This paper extends two related studies in counterfeiting by Tom et al. (1998) on consumer attitudes toward, and purchase history of counterfeit goods and Cordell et al. (1996) on investigating the extrinsic cues brand, price and retailer influencing consumption of counterfeits. The three main...
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A conceptual investigation into brand mimicry in the luxury brand industry
Huimin, Teah; Phau, Ian - 2010
or even in areas of Management, it is however rarely applied in Marketing. Based on the Theory of Mimicry, the mimicry …
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Conceptualising the mediating role of inferences of manipulative intent between consumer skepticism and product judgment
Tien, Cheryl; Phau, Ian - 2010
This paper proposes a research framework on the antecedents of consumers' skepticism toward advertising and its related outcome variables; including inferences of manipulative intent, attitudes toward the advertisement and product judgment. The scope of the study will be limited to the industry...
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Consumers' skepticism toward advertising claims
Tien, Cheryl; Phau, Ian - 2010
This research provides some empirical findings of the relationships between the antecedents as well as the outcomes variables of consumers’ skepticism toward advertising. Consumer skepticism toward advertising is defined as the tendency toward disbelief of advertising claims (Obermiller and...
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