Purpose – The paper intends to identify and explain key managerial principles for vertical integration in the cattle industry during a key period of environment uncertainty. Design/methodology/approach – Following Yin's advice on using case studies for exploratory theory development, this...

Purpose – For an enterprise, the competence of human resource is more important than the intellect or the basic quality of human resource. This paper aims to present a competence appraisement model of human resource in an enterprise. Design/methodology/approach – The paper puts forward the...

Purpose – This research aims to determine to what extent uncertainties affected manufacturing enterprises' delivery performance, to analyse the performance of their contingency plans in dealing with uncertainties and to explore what technical and organisational factors affected managers'...

Purpose – Real estate development appraisal is a quantification of future expectations. The appraisal model relies upon the valuer/developer having an understanding of the future in terms of the future marketability of the completed development and the future cost of development. In some cases...

Purpose – This paper aims to draw the wisdom of the prohibition of Gharar through the lens of institutional and Post‐Keynesian economics. Design/methodology/approach – This research applies the theoretical contributions of the Post‐Keynesian economics and the new institutional economics...

Today's marketplace is characterised by turbulence and uncertainty. Market turbulence has tended to increase for a number of reasons. Demand in almost every industrial sector seems to be more volatile than was the case in the past. Product and technology life‐cycles have shortened...

Purpose – Seeks to show how developing countries are becoming important links in global sourcing networks. However, inefficient functioning of governments as customs‐clearance agents adversely impacts the flow of goods to and from these countries. This uncertainty not only impacts firms in...

Purpose – This paper aims to propose a framework for building a flexible supply chain business model using an object‐oriented approach. Design/methodology/approach – The proposed modeling framework has used the de facto object‐oriented modeling standard, Unified Modeling Language (UML),...

Purpose – Today, global supply chains must deal with large amounts of uncertainty. This paper seeks to provide a framework for understanding the different types of uncertainties that can impact supply chains and their attendant information systems. Design/methodology/approach – Addresses the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess and document the progress of postponement research, identify current gaps, and provide direction for future research efforts. Design/methodology/approach – Postponement literature published from 1999 to 2006 was reviewed. Findings – The...