Service supply chain (SSC) is a newly research topic in supply chain management, which is regarded as an integrated service-based supply chain different from either manufacturing sector or service sector. To address this deficiency, this article explores the configuration and characteristics of...

Service supply chain (SSC) is a newly research topic in supply chain management, which is regarded as an integrated service-based supply chain different from either manufacturing sector or service sector. To address this deficiency, this article explores the configuration and characteristics of...

We model a situation in which a single firm evaluates competing suppliers and selects just one. Suppliers submit bids involving both price and quality variables. The buyer makes a choice which from the supplier's perspective appears to contain a stochastic element - for example the buyer may...

We model a situation in which a single firm evaluates competing suppliers and selects just one. Suppliers submit bids involving both price and quality variables. The buyer makes a choice which from the supplier's perspective appears to contain a stochastic element - for example the buyer may...

This study distinguished three basic kinds of Global Supply Chain (GSC) strategies: operational excellence, customer closeness and mass customisation based on content analysis of 55 consulting reports from Company T by using qualitative analysis software Leximancer. Through comparing original...

Based on information asymmetry and embeddedness theory, this paper explores how relational strength reduces the information asymmetry between banks and firms and creates a positive relational spillover for the firms in the network to help private and family firms get good financing performance....

This paper presents a make-or-buy (M–B) model in which a firm (say Firm 1) may produce in-house, or outsource a product to the unique vendor, the monopolist in the outsourcing market. Demand for the finished product is stochastic and price-sensitive, and Firm 1's information forecast about the...

Social concern is increasing about the perceived negative effects from consuming a number of legal products including gambling, alcohol, and food. This study uses data from a clinic treating gambling and other behavioral disorders to test the theory that different motivations may exist in the...

Bio-oil from fast pyrolysis of biomass is a low-grade liquid fuel, which can be upgraded through the emulsification with diesel oil. In this study, we prepared two rice husk bio-oil samples with different solid char contents and three bio-oil/diesel-oil emulsion samples with the bio-oil content...

This paper addresses the issue of environmental risk perception in a multidimensional framework involving perceived risks in both time and space. A representation of the probability--time&space trade-off (PTST) is obtained in which the probability--time trade-off (PTT) and the probability--space...