Electronics waste (e-waste) is the fastest growing category of hazardous solid waste in the world. While the generation of e-waste has recently attracted the attention of a number of researchers, currently, there is little awareness on its management, monitoring and control among the consumers...

In this paper we investigate the ways in which new forms of organization enabled by digital technologies such as crowdsourcing and digital marketplaces are allowing firms to circumvent and defy traditional knowledge constraints. This is part of the broader question of when and why these forms of...

The scarcity of publicly available purified water has increased the demand for bottled water in Bangladesh. Consumers prefer bottled water over tap water mostly for the safety, hygiene and convenience factors. As the bottled water market is becoming competitive day by day, companies are trying...

Working within the framework of a finite population, dynamic inventory optimization model where future demand is endogenous to inventory policy, this paper considers the effect of customer referrals and forced exit from the market caused by the loss of market share due to customer defections....

Global sourcing has led to lower cost and more effective supply chains for many companies. However, when the cost-driven practices of many suppliers in these chains come to light there is often considerable debate over the ethics of these practices. This research uses the well-known Hunt-Vitell...

This research has been conducted in order to identify the relationship between impulse buying, hedonic consumption and fashion involvement. For this, primary research has been conducted and data has been collected from 212 students belong to private universities of Karachi. Mediation analysis...

As an industry that thrives on - rather than succumbs to - adversity, the couture corporate world demands innovation and encourages risks. When combined with successful marketing and savvy business practices, these risks can result in large payoffs, which exist, primarily, due to the nature of...

Abstract Staffing decisions typically account for a large portion of a retailer's operational costs. The effectiveness of these decisions has often been analyzed by relating staffing levels to revenues. However, such approach does not explicitly consider the mechanisms by which the staff can...