A key challenge in this century is to ensure safe food for a growing global population while limiting environmental impacts and addressing climate change. Although pesticides ensure high yields, there are downsides to their intensive use, including negative effects on the environment, such as...

In the course of third-party logistics (3PL), manufacturing and trading firms outsource complex, customized services and service bundles based on multi-year contracts. These contracts need to be designed according to relationship characteristics and be adjusted to changes that occur during the...