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Economic Competitiveness in the Global Textile Supply Chain: Examination of Logistics Cost Structures

Cesca, Lynsey Anne - 2006

topics were developed in accordance with the model proposed in Logistics, Strategy and Structure: A Conceptual Framework … the selected sample. Section II of the survey posed questions directly dealing with logistics costs, competitive advantage …, strategy and performance.With regard to logistics costs, the research sought to determine the most significant costs, as …

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Inventory Rationing for a System with Heterogeneous Customer Classes

Enders, Paul; Adan, Ivo; Scheller-Wolf, Alan; van … - 2008

Many retailers find it useful to partition customers into multiple classes based on certain characteristics. We consider the case in which customers are primarily distinguished by whether they are willing to wait for backordered demand. A firm that faces demand from customers that are...

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Airline Bankruptcy: The Determining Factors Leading to an Airline's Decline

Tolkin, Jason - 2010

The purpose of this study was to determine what the critical factors are to an airline’s financial turmoil, leading … ultimately to a bankruptcy filing. Over the past decade, the airline industries’ performance has been dismal, leading to 20 …

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Entry Behavior and Financial Distress: An Empirical Analysis of the U.S. Domestic Airline Industry

Liu, Chia-Mei - 2007

airline industry. The analysis of airline data from the top 500 airport-pairs during the period 1993-2003 shows that … carrier financial condition and entry decision indicates the important role of financial structure in airline entry. …

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Alternative scenarios for Federal transportation policy. Volume I. Summary. First year final report

Friedlaender, A.; Simpson, R. - 2008

A summary is given of research evaluating the economic effects of existing and prospective federal policies governing intercity and international freight and passenger transportation enterprises in the economy of the United States. The analysis encompasses all modes of transportation, including...

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Tracking and Monitoring of Radioactive Materials in the Commercial Hazardous Materials Supply Chain

Walker, Randy M; Kopsick, Deborah A; Warren, Tracy A; … - 2009

One of the main components of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Materials Program is to prevent the loss of radioactive materials through the use of tracking technologies. If a source is inadvertently lost or purposely abandoned or stolen, it is critical that the source be...

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Information Outputs and International Trade: Evidence from U.S. State Level Data on Business Air Travel

Cristea, Anca D. - 2009

This paper provides theory and evidence examining the importance of information transfers in international trade. Information is modeled as an endogenous fixed cost of trade that enters as input into market-specific product appeal. Differences in bilateral communication costs, information...

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Hedging Price Volatility Using Fast Transport

Hummels, David L.; Schaur, Georg - 2010

Purchasing goods from distant locations introduces a significant lag between when a product is shipped and when it arrives. These transit lags are trade barriers for firms facing volatile demand, who must place orders before knowing the resolution of demand uncertainty. We provide a model in...

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O SETOR FERROVIÁRIO SOB A PERSPECTIVA DA ECONOMIA DOS CUSTOS DE TRANSAÇÃO: A EXPERIÊNCIA DO TRANSPORTE DE ALGUMAS COMMODITIES DO AGRONEGÓCIO

Ojima, Andrea Leda Ramos De Oliveira; Comitre, Valeria - 2008

As transformações ocorridas após a privatização do setor ferroviário, aliada a criação da agência reguladora (Agência Nacional de Transportes Terrestre - ANTT), fizeram com que a estrutura de governança desse setor fosse alterada. A nova forma de coordenação em que as ferrovias...

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Supply Chain Network Evolution: Demand-based Drivers of Interfirm Governance Evolution

Gravier, Michael J. - 2007

Which form of exchange governance performs better in a dynamic environment? This remains an unanswered question in the transaction cost analysis (TCA) and relational exchange literatures. Some researchers purport that transactional governance provides superior performance by providing firms the...

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