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' contracting choices: type of contracts, duration, number of contractors, incentives provided in the contract and business history …
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deployments of these networks. We define the features of such contracts and the factors such as competition, level of … contracts, taking into account the characteristics of 5G and beyond networks. A mathematical model of a pricing mechanism is …
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The empirical analysis of the impact of long-term contracts on performance is challenging for two reasons: first, it is … difficult to get adequate performance measures and second, potentially negative incentive effects of long-term contracts are … countervailed by selection effects when workers with higher abilities get longer contracts. We adopt data from professional sports …
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Hart and Moore (2008) argue that varying degrees of flexibility in contracts induce differing reference points and …-seller-relationship with incomplete contracts and ex ante uncertainty about the sellers' cost level to test these effects. We rerun their …
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This paper analyzes the relationship between the three main enterprise systems (Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM)) and firms' innovational performance for process as well as product innovations. Using German firm-level data...
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Purpose: New technical solutions in logistics change the ways of working within warehouses on different levels, from warehouse layouts and concepts of goods picking to process planning and human resources. Thus, disrupting the previous practice in its core. Methodology: In order to evaluate the...
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Purpose: Product modularization and supply chain integration have establishedthemselves as efficient methods for complexity management, but a holistic view oftheir effects has rarely been studied. For this reason, we demonstrate a conceptwhich presents these effects along the product life-cycle...
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Purpose: The study uses the results of an efficiency analysis for digitalization within a retail logistics blue-collar work system of professional truck drivers and aims to elaborate an ex-ante efficiency simulation approach for digitalization scenarios. Methodology: The simulation method...
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Purpose: Exoskeletons are robotic devices worn on the human body which mechanically support the operator's muscle skeleton. This study answers the following research question: Given insights drawn from a comprehensive literature analysis and two case studies which concern success factors for...
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Purpose: Supply chain networks face an increasing demand to integrate globally distributedcustomers and suppliers. As supply chain processes are deemed to lack sufficienttransparency and security, blockchain solutions are piloted to offer an IT infrastructurecovering these needs. This paper aims...
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