We use unique plant-level data to study the link between the local availability of services and the decision of manufacturing firms to source materials from abroad. To guide our empirical analysis we develop a monopolistic-competition model of the materials sourcing decisions of heterogeneous...

We use unique plant-level data to study the link between the local availability of services and the decision of manufacturing firms to source materials from abroad. To guide our empirical analysis we develop a monopolistic-competition model of the materials sourcing decisions of heterogeneous...

Die Publikation richtet sich an Unternehmen aller Branchen und Größen, die ein nachhaltiges Lieferkettenmanagement etablieren möchten. Angefangen bei der Entwicklung einer Strategie bis hin zur konkreten Umsetzung wird dargelegt, welche Aspekte hierbei zu beachten sind. An den Informationen...

This article studies specific aspects of the joint replenishment problem in a realsupply chain setting. Particularly we analyze the effect on inventory performance of havingminimum order quantities for the different products in the joint order, given a complextransportation cost structure. The...