Die gängigen Ladenformate sind in Orten mit weniger als 2.500 Einwohnerinnen und Einwohnern kaum noch wirtschaftlichzubetreiben. Der resultierende Rückzug aus der Fläche bietetim Sinne der Spiraltheorie neue kommerzielle Möglichkeiten für innovative Angebotsformen, wie personalfreie...

Purpose: The research explores and examines factors for supplier evaluation and its impact on process improvement particularly aiming on a steel pipe manufacturing firm in Gujarat, India. Design/Methodology/approach: The conceptual research framework was developed and hypotheses were stated...

This paper attempts to investigate the impact of sectoral wage laws in South Africa. Specifically, we examine the impact of minimum wage laws promulgated in the Retail, Domestic work, Forestry, Security, and Taxi sectors using 15 waves of biannual Labour Force Survey data for the 2000-2007...

This paper presents the development of a model based decision support system with a case study on solving the supplier selection problem in a chemical processing industry. For the evaluation and selection of supplier, the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and grey relational analysis (GRA) were...

Attributes of suppliers such as capabilities are considered important aspects of successful buyer–supplier relationships. Previous research relates supplier attributes largely to intraorganizational supply chain practices, such as supplier selection and evaluation, and assumes that supplier...

Due to intensive competition among business corporations, the selection of supplier becomes more significant for business success. However, supplier selection problems are complex since a large number of criteria need to be considered and, frequently, some criteria cannot be assessed precisely....

Supplier selection plays a crucial role in enhancing the competitiveness and operational efficiency of manufacturing industries. In the Indonesian manufacturing sector, where market conditions are dynamic and complex, the need for an effective supplier selection methodology is particularly...

Purpose: Marketing literature has previously and repeatedly outlined the positive sales effects of displays in food retailing. Therefore, its increasing usage and space allocation is not surprising. Although the promised sales increases of more than 400% should result in even higher usage rates....

We investigate the drivers and persistence of profits in EU food retailing by focusing on differences between “top competitors” and fringe food retailers using a sample of 12,786 firms from France, Spain, and Sweden between 2006 and 2014. We detect a high degree of profit persistence in food...