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A Stochastic Budgeting Analysis of Three Alternative Scenarios to Convert from Beef-Cattle Farming to Game Ranching
Grove, Bennie; Taljaard, Pieter R.; Cloete, P.C. - 2007
The main objective of this paper is to evaluate the profitability and financial feasibility of three alternative scenarios to convert from beef-cattle farming to game ranching. The analyses acknowledge the importance of quantifying the probability of failure or success when making investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443190
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Optimizing Production Planning and Environmental Assessment of Conformity with the Inventory Management Methods in Iran
Gilaninia, Shahram; Rezvani, Mousa; Mousavian, Seyyed Javad - In: Journal of Management and Strategy 2 (2011) 4, pp. 75-84
Analysis of related factors in order of performance characteristics between environmental compliance planning and production planning method in the Institute of industrial paper manufacturing industries, the basic goal of this research has been. The researcher presented a conceptual model to the...
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The Quantity Flexibility Contract and Supplier-Customer Incentives
Tsay, Andy A. - In: Management Science 45 (1999) 10, pp. 1339-1358
Consider a supply chain consisting of two independent agents, a supplier (e.g., a manufacturer) and its customer (e.g., a retailer), the latter in turn serving an uncertain market demand. To reconcile manufacturing/procurement time lags with a need for timely response to the market, such supply...
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Quantity Flexibility Contracts and Supply Chain Performance
Tsay, A. A.; Lovejoy, W. S. - In: Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 1 (1999) 2, pp. 89-111
The Quantity Flexibility (QF) contract is a method for coordinating materials and information flows in supply chains operating under rolling-horizon planning. It stipulates a maximum percentage revision each element of the period-by-period replenishment schedule is allowed per planning...
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An application of the IFM method for the risk assessment of financial instruments
Pons, Adrià; Cristobal-Fransi, Eduard; Vintrò, Carla; … - In: Computational economics 61 (2023) 1, pp. 295-315
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A Stochastic Budgeting Analysis of Three Alternative Scenarios to Convert from Beef-Cattle Farming to Game Ranching
Grove, Bennie; Taljaard, Pieter R.; Cloete, Philip C. - In: Agrekon 46 (2007) 4
The main objective of this paper is to evaluate the profitability and financial feasibility of three alternative scenarios to convert from beef-cattle farming to game ranching. The analyses acknowledge the importance of quantifying the probability of failure or success when making investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005525766
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BIM-Based Knowledge Management in Construction Projects
Wang, Hao; Meng, Xianhai - In: International Journal of Information Technology Project … 9 (2018) 2, pp. 20-37
Construction organizations have increasingly realized the importance of knowledge management (KM). They have also … increasingly applied various tools and strategies to manage their knowledge. Due to the temporary nature of construction projects … of Building Information Modelling (BIM) to achieve better KM in UK construction organizations. First of all, why and how …
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Repetitive Project Modelling With Penalty and Incentive
Shurrab, Mohammed; Abbasi, Ghaleb Y.; Eljamal, Osama; … - In: International Journal of Operations Research and … 9 (2018) 1, pp. 1-21
Repetitive construction activities have the same activities which are performed repeatedly. Repetitive projects include … approach called Repetitive Project Model (RPM) which is related to the repetitive construction projects. The enhancements …
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Influencers for Adoption of Robots in Indian Construction Industry: An Empirical Study
Phadtare, Milind T.; Jain, Sachin - In: International Journal of Technology Diffusion (IJTD) 7 (2016) 2, pp. 19-41
Robots are developed for various construction processes and used in countries such as the USA, Japan and China. However …, their adoption in India is very limited due to weaknesses in the construction sector. The Indian construction industry is … poised to grow at a faster rate due to planned investment. Robots will benefit construction industry by way of better …
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Bidding for Incompete Contracts
Bajari, Patrick; Houghton, Stephanie; Tadelis, Steven - 2004
When procurement contracts are incomplete, they are frequently changed after the contract is awarded to the lowest bidder. This results in a final cost that differs from the initial price, and may involve significant transaction costs due to renegotiation. We propose a stylized model of bidding...
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