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Three essays on the economics of information technology innovation
Qu, Zhe - 2008
There are three essays on the economics of information technology innovation in my dissertation:1. Procurement … procurement strategies. The second essay investigates information technology hardware innovation. I examine R and D offshoring of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475894
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Essays on Procurement with Information Asymmetry.
Hu, Bin - 2011
procurement decisions in the presence of information asymmetry? The three essays in this dissertation study three specific … Contracts” designs a simple and easily implementable optimal procurement mechanism for a newsvendor-like problem, where the … for an OEM’s indivisible contract based on cost.This dissertation has the potential to help procurement managers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477338
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A study of the engagement of SMEs in the supply chain
Schofield, Clare - 2006
This refereed paper was presented at the 29th Institute for Small Business Entrepreneurship Conference, 31st October - 2nd November 2006, Cardiff.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009455014
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Strategic Opportunity Management
Junge, Philip - 2009
Today we live in a world that is characterized by a constantly changing environment. During the last decade, this highly volatile environment forced companies to implement strategies that identify, track and minimise the risks that entrepreneurial activity entails. Unfortunately, risks only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009460982
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Strategische Beschaffung von Dienstleistungen - Eine Grundlegung und Untersuchung der Implikationen dienstleistungsspezifischer Objektmerkmale auf Basis institutionenökonomischer A...
Thiell, Marcus - 2006
werden der Einfluss dienstleistungsspezifischer Objektmerkmale auf die strategische Beschaffung erklärt und Empfehlungen zur …The importance of services procurement increases constantly. However, empirical studies identify deficits in realising … the tremendous opportunities of strategic procurement of services in day-to-day business – caused by the difference of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009451151
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Private Finance Initiative in the Healthcare Sector: Trends and Risk Assessment
Akintoye, Akintola; Chinyio, Ezekiel A. - 2005
Abstract: Purpose – The UK Government has now adopted Private Finance Initiative (PFI) as a major vehicle for the delivery of additional resources to the health sector in order to achieve a greater investment in healthcare facilities. The purpose of this paper is to examine the trends and risk...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009458990
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Risk mitigation strategies for project management, platform development and supply chain design
Anderson, Edward George (contributor) - 2010
make such trade-off decisions under competition. In the third essay, we analyze the optimal procurement strategy of a firm … firm, particularly focusing on project management, product development and procurement decisions. In the first essay we … procurement cost. Further, we discuss the value of leadtime flexibility in supply risk mitigation and highlight the role of an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429276
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Sustainability Strategies in U.S. Agribusiness: Understanding Key Drivers, Objectives, and Actions
Rankin, Amber; Gray, Allan W.; Boehlje, Michael D.; … - 2011
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442792
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Economic Competitiveness in the Global Textile Supply Chain: Examination of Logistics Cost Structures
Cesca, Lynsey Anne - 2006
chain and their relationship to competitive advantage, strategy, performance and overall economic competitiveness. The … topics were developed in accordance with the model proposed in Logistics, Strategy and Structure: A Conceptual Framework …, strategy and performance.With regard to logistics costs, the research sought to determine the most significant costs, as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009431288
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HOW ECONOMIC CLUSTERS COULD ADDRESS THE LOW RESILIENCE UNDER PANDEMIC DISRUPTIONS OF THE INWARD PROCESSSING INDUSTRIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Rusu, Ecaterina; Benea-Popusoi, Elina - 2021
The paper aims at examining how economic clusters could address the low resilience of the Moldovan industries relying … on inward processing. The authors conceptualize the notion of economic resilience under pandemic disruptions. They … justify economic clusters contribute to building the resilience of their companies-members, particularly in the Republic …
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