General Description -- Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) -- Standard DEA Models for Efficiency Measures Perspectives from Energy Economics -- Radial, Non-radial and Intermediate Models for Environmental Assessment (ESG) -- Intermediate Model for...

Purpose: This study aims to investigate how relatively weaker manufacturers respond to the dominance of stronger suppliers and/or customers. The study also analyzes how the competitive intensity perceived by manufacturers moderates their responses to powerful chain partners....

Most of the literature on just‐in‐time (JIT) production lines has focused on modelling the system into Markov‐chain. However, in practice, demands for products are known in a short planning horizon. Further, there is scarcity in the literature describing the dynamics and timing of material...

In this paper, we consider a supply contracting problem in which the buyer firm faces non-stationary stochastic price and demand. First, we derive analytical results to compare two pure strategies: (i) periodically purchasing from the spot market; and (ii) signing a long-term contract with a...

This papersurveys recently developed analytical methods for studying thesensitivity of DEA results to variations in the data. The focusis on the stability of classification of DMUs (Decision MakingUnits) into efficient and inefficient performers. Early workon this topic concentrated on...

Advertising plays an important role in affecting consumer demand. Socially responsible firms are expected to use advertising judiciously, limiting advertising of “bad” products. An example is the advertising initiative adopted by several major food manufacturers to limit the advertising of...