In this paper we consider a supplier selection problem for a single manufacturer/retailer who faces a random demand. All the available suppliers may quote different prices and may have restrictions on minimum and maximum order sizes. The objective is to find a low-cost assortment of suppliers...

This paper investigates what business schools are saying in their mission statements and whether they provide a meaningful basis for strategic choice, distinction and differentiation from a positioning perspective; or whether they are the equivalent of "table stakes" in the MBA game -...