In this paper we estimate the evolution of the implicit inflation target underlying the monetary policy of 18 ‘inflation targeting lite’ economies (i.e., emerging countries that target inflation implicitly) using a time‐varying parameter specification of the Taylor rule. We find...

Regulators' increasingly stringent carbon rules to protect the environment are encouraging practitioners to modify their operational activities that are accountable for releasing emissions into the atmosphere. Thereby, practitioners dealing with product inventory planning are seeking proper...

Fast-paced markets require complex interactions from all supply-chain agents to satisfy customer demands and needs. The manufacturing industries face some difficulties in terms of production amounts and smooth delivery rates. Technical experts found that a warm-up period before a production run...

This paper proposes a novel method of Pareto front generation from a set of piecewise linear trade-off curves typically encountered in bi-objective just-in-time (JIT) scheduling problems. We have considered the simultaneous minimization of total weighted earliness and tardiness (TWET) and total...

This paper presents a bi-level approach to support retailers in making investment decisions in renewable-based systems to provide clean electricity. The proposed model captures the strategic nature of the problem and combines capacity sizing decisions for installed technologies with pricing...

One of the main challenges of food bank warehouses in developing countries is to determine how to allocate perishable products to beneficiary agencies with different expiry dates while ensuring food safety, meeting nutritional requirements, and minimizing the shortage. The contribution of this...