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An analytical methodological framework for the optimal design of resilient supply chains
Iakovou, Eleftherios; Vlachos, Dimitrios; Xanthopoulos, … - In: International Journal of Logistics Economics and … 1 (2007) 1, pp. 1-20
Managing risk and disruptions have emerged as issues of critical importance for today's globalised supply chains. In this work, we first provide an up-to-date taxonomy of the risks that supply chains are exposed to along with the appropriate solutions that can be employed to improve their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005225797
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An analytical methodological framework for the optimal design of resilient supply chains
Iakovou, Eleftherios; Vlachos, Dimitrios; Xanthopoulos, … - In: International Journal of Logistics Economics and … 1 (2007) 1, pp. 1-20
Managing risk and disruptions have emerged as issues of critical importance for today's globalised supply chains. In this work, we first provide an up-to-date taxonomy of the risks that supply chains are exposed to along with the appropriate solutions that can be employed to improve their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008564301
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Re-framing culture, power and women's career advancement in Nigerian organisation: a postmodernist approach
Nwagbara, Uzoechi - In: African Journal of Economic and Sustainable Development 1 (2012) 2, pp. 118-130
Traditionally, organisations conceive of women as 'the second sex', to allude Beauvoir's verbiage. This mode of women conceptualisation regarding leadership and career advancement in relation to male-dominated business world is sustained by chauvinistic modus operandi called patriarchy that owes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010670304
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What leadership for the Logistic Service providers in the supply chain of the French automotive industry ?
FERNANDEZ, Dominique BONET; BOISSINOT, Aline - Institut de Préparation à l'Administration et à la … - 2014
This article aims to contribute to a better understanding of the logistics service provider (LSP) role and skills to hold to ensure supply chain performance. The increasingly outsourcing of non-core functions by firms gives the LSP a prominent role in the organization and workflow management of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010754783
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Power Struggle in the Food Chain? Lessons from Empirical Studies on Power Influences in Chains and Marketing Channels
Belaya, Vera; Hanf, Jon Henrich - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009
Power plays a key role in any chain relationship. In the past large manufacturers such as Unilever and Nestle were the … most dominant players in the chain. However, as a result of consolidation among retailers, power has shifted towards … going on about the role of power in chains and marketing channels. In order to understand how power and its interactions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008555638
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ПРИНЦИПЫ УПРАВЛЕНИЯ КОРПОРАТИВНОЙ КУЛЬТУРОЙ ПРЕДПРИЯТИЯ В НЕСТАБИЛЬНОЙ ЭКОНОМИКЕ
АНАТОЛЬЕВИЧ, КУЗНЕЦОВ АНДРЕЙ - In: Бизнес Информ (2013) 3, pp. 352-356
В статье систематизированы группы принципов по содержанию корпоративной культуры и направлениям управления ею. Предложено авторское определение термина...
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Principles of Managing the Corporate Culture of an Enterprise in the Unstable Economy
Kuznetsov Andriy A. - In: Business Inform (2013) 7, pp. 352-356
The article systemises groups of principles by the content of the corporate culture and directions of managing it. It offers the author's definition of the "principle of managing corporate culture" term. It forms own system of principles of managing corporate culture in the unstable economy. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010692285
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Neue Beteiligungs- und Steuerungsprozesse in der ländlichen Entwicklung: Phase I der Begleitforschung zum Modellvorhaben
Küpper, Patrick; Kundolf, Stefan; Margarian, Anne - Bundesforschungsinstitut für Lädliche Räume, Wald … - 2014
In diesem Bericht werden die Zwischenergebnisse der Begleitforschung 2012 bis 2013 zum Modellvorhaben LandZukunft des Bundesministeriums für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL) vorgestellt. Das Modellvorhaben läuft von 2012 bis Ende 2014 in vier aus ursprünglich 17 Landkreisen ausgewählten...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010985576
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Confidence and the Erosion of Confidence : Economic Functions and Effects
Sell, Friedrich L. - Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und … - 2004
"Trust" or likewise "confidence" (the term preferred in this paper) are notions which have received considerable attention by economists in the last 8-10 years. In this contribution, much emphasis is put on the understanding what we really mean by "confidence", what the differences between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008462110
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Risk management practices adopted by financial firms in Malta
Bezzina, Frank; Grima, Simon; Mamo, Josephine - In: Managerial Finance 40 (2014), pp. 587-612
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to bring to light the risk management practices adopted by financial firms in the small island state of Malta. It seeks to: first, identify the risk management strategies and mechanisms that these firms adopt to manage risks, maximise opportunities, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010778789