As of May 2021, the current COVID-19 pandemic is still plaguing the world, challenging all the countries and their health systems, globally. In this context, conditions typical of low-resource settings surfaced also in high-resource ones (e.g., the lack of essential medical equipment, of...

This dissertation investigates the use of information exchange in industrial supply chain relationships. Specific information exchange characteristics are analyzed to determine their contribution to firm performance from the perspective of both the technology champion firm and the trading...

This dissertation investigates the effects of firm financial distress on two key firm decision variables: sales prices and inventories. These analyses contribute to the Structure-Conduct-Performance paradigm literature. Specifically, the feedback loop between financial distress, a result of poor...

A drastic reduction in the cost of transmitting information has tremendously increased the°ow and availability of information. Greater availability of information increases the ¯rm's abilityto manage its supply chain and, therefore, increases its operational performance. However,...

This refereed paper was presented at the 29th Institute for Small Business Entrepreneurship Conference, 31st October - 2nd November 2006, Cardiff.

Presented at the 33rd AIB-UK Conference 'International Business in the Age of Anxiety', University of Manchester, 7-8 April 2006.

We live in the age of the informed consumer creating a business climate of increasing competition, which implies that all companies need to be as efficient as possible at every level, and this includes inventory management. For many businesses, inventory is the largest asset on the balance sheet...

The food industry faces many significant risks from public criticism of corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues in the supply chain. This paper draws upon previous research and emerging industry trends to develop a comprehensive framework of supply chain CSR in the industry. The framework...

A supply chain is the system of organizations, people, technology, activities, information,and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer. Themain and basic challenges in the supply chain are to plan a strategy to manage theresources and meet the demands, to...

The rural water sector of Ghana has since 1993 implemented a policy of increased privatesector partnerships in the sector. The policy has resulted in private sector driven supply chainsin rural water supply. This paper takes a look at these private sector driven supply chains andperceptions of...