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E-commerce logistics in supply chain management
Yu, Ying; Wang, Xin; Zhong, Ray Y.; Huang, G.Q. - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 117 (2017) 10, pp. 2263-2286
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the state-of-the-art E-commerce logistics in supply chain management by investigating worldwide implementations and corresponding models together with supporting techniques via furniture industry. Design/methodology/approach Typical E-commerce...
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Implementation of the Walrasian Correspondence by Market Games
Carmen Bevi?Author-Email: Carmen.Bevia@uab.es; Luis C. … - Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, …
In this paper we present a set of axioms guaranteeing that, in exchange economies with or without indivisible goods, the set of Nash, Strong and active Walrasian Equilibria all coincide in the framework of market games.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005572139
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In whose backyard? A generalized bidding approach
Pérez-Castrillo, David; Wettstein, David - Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, … - 2000
We analyze situations in which a group of agents (and possibly a designer) have to reach a decision that will affect all the agents. Examples of such scenarios are the location of a nuclear reactor or the siting of a major sport event. To address the problem of reaching a decision, we propose a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005572266
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The Principal-Agent Matching Market
Dam, Kaniska; Pérez-Castrillo, David - Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, … - 2001
We propose a model based on competitive markets in order to analyze an economy with several principals and agents. We model the principal-agent economy as a two-sided matching game and characterize the set of stable outcomes of this principal-agent matching market. A simple mechanism to...
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Distributing Awards Efficiently: More on King Solomon’s Problem
Bag, P.K.; Sabourian, H. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2004
implementation of efficient allocation by iterative elimination of weakly dominated strategies, using generalisation of Olszewski …
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The human aspects of JIT implementation
Storhagen, Nils G. - In: International Journal of Physical Distribution & … 25 (1995) 3, pp. 4-23
The principles behind just‐in‐time have long been recognized in the Western world. However, implementation in the West …
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Third party logistics services usage by large Australian firms
Dapiran, Peter; Lieb, Robert; Millen, Robert; Sohal, Amrik - In: International Journal of Physical Distribution & … 26 (1996) 10, pp. 36-45
considering doing so. Provides insights in planning for implementation, for example, the need to educate the third party logistics …
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Supply chain management practices in Asia Pacific today
McMullan, Amanda - In: International Journal of Physical Distribution & … 26 (1996) 10, pp. 79-95
Examines the state of supply chain management practices in the Asia Pacific region and presents results of a survey distributed to some of the region’s biggest companies, representing, for example, the chemical, food, transport, communications and automotive industries. Identifies key supply...
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Logistics in the health care industry
Gary Jarrett, P. - In: International Journal of Physical Distribution & … 28 (1998) 9/10, pp. 741-772
environment to determine if regulatory policies or industry procedures have hindered the implementation of just‐in‐time systems … industries from the implementation of just‐in‐time. The study also compared the health care industry environments of the USA, UK …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014794195
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An empirical investigation of the level of electronic data interchange (EDI) implementation and its ability to predict EDI system success measures and EDI implementation factors
Angeles, Rebecca; Nath, Ravinder; Hendon, Donald W. - In: International Journal of Physical Distribution & … 28 (1998) 9/10, pp. 773-793
functions. This study explores the construct of “level of EDI implementation” in order to establish its relationship with system … success and the criticality of selected implementation factors. Using the survey method that employed a pair of questionnaires … implementation is positively related to one out of four EDI system success measures and is associated with the criticality of the …
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