In order to strengthen competitiveness, the pool of available network sites in supply chains of processing industries with 24/7 operations should be adjusted permanently. However, an integration of additional sites is to be assessed thoroughly by the network managers as an exact coordination...

A common side effect of cross-linked global economies is that well-positioned middle class companies are acquired by institutional investors, which formulate unreasonable return expectations in many cases. As a consequence, the resulting payouts are often not in line with business operations so...