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A Simple Model for Computing ( s, S ) Inventory Policies when Demand is Lumpy

Mak, K.L.; Hung, C.H. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 6 (1986) 2, pp. 62-68

In recent decades there has been much interest and activity in the application of mathematical ideas for controlling inventory. However most of this has been related to the control of stock products whose demand is smooth and continuous. When demand is lumpy these methods are inefficient in...

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Measuring Facility Layout Complexity

Waghodekar, P.H.; Sahu, S. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 7 (1987) 1, pp. 74-85

A new method for the measurement of the complexity of a facility layout problem is described which can be viewed as the degree of ease (unease) with which a given number of facilities can be optimally arranged. The existing approaches, namely, coefficient of variation and problem complexity...

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The Industry and Parliament Trust: Contributing to better government and greater prosperity of UK plc

Brook, Rosemary - In: Journal of Communication Management 4 (1999) 1, pp. 57-63

that, regardless of party or ideology, governments and business enterprises need each other. Two decades on, the IPT has …

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Assessing the strategic value of business relationships: the role of uncertainty and flexibility

Hibbard, Jonathan D.; Hogan, John E.; Smith, Gerald R. - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 18 (2003) 4/5, pp. 376-387

understand and measure the value of a business relationship as an asset. Using a value‐based construct to assist in … conceptualizing the worth of a business relationship, the article reviews several approaches available to marketers for comprehending … value in a business‐marketing context and delineates when and why specific value approaches and metrics can be most …

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Changing the role of workplace design within the business organisation: A model for linking workplace design solutions to business strategies

Levin, Arnold Craig - In: Journal of Facilities Management 3 (2005) 4, pp. 299-311

With the continuous changing nature of work and increasing demands on business organisations to remain competitive and … the business strategy and business model of the organisation. Recognising that no matter what the organisational model … collaborative workspaces with connections to a business strategy. This has created a vacuum in the perception of the role of the …

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Accelerating the development of the European information economy: the European Commission’s eEurope initiative

Turner, Colin - In: European Business Review 13 (2001) 1, pp. 60-67

The eEurope programme is the latest in a long line of initiatives that seek to accelerate the development of the European information economy. The core objective is to bring as many Europeans online as quickly as possible. The key to its success is in stimulating a mature information market,...

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Generation and Gender in Academia

In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 29 (2014) 7, pp. 454-456

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Rural small business finance: evidence from the 1998 survey of small business finances

Gustafson, Cole R. - In: Agricultural Finance Review 64 (2004) 1, pp. 33-43

The 1998 Survey of Small Business Finances provides robust information on the financing of small businesses, including …

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Lean in: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

In: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal 33 (2014) 4, pp. 398-402

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Applying business disciplines to HR

Nolan, Sara - In: Strategic HR Review 6 (2007) 4, pp. 2-2

Restructuring, streamlining, downsizing and redundancies have been commonplace in recent years as the corporates of the Western world gear up for a highly competitive, globalised marketplace governed by the “survival of the fittest” rule. HR has been at the heart of cost‐cutting exercises,...

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