We model a situation in which a single firm evaluates competing suppliers and selects just one. Suppliers submit bids involving both price and quality variables. The buyer makes a choice which from the supplier's perspective appears to contain a stochastic element - for example the buyer may...

Details and evaluates results in Esquel's 2002 initiative to negotiate long-term partnerships with often-exploited farmers in Xinjiang (western China) to procure a superior cotton variety. Learning Objective: Negotiating enforceable contracts in China; overcoming suspicion to forge long-term,...

It is significant to improve the utilization efficiency of solar by expanding the light adsorption range in photocatalysts for photoelectrocatalysis in practical application. In this work, hydrogenated TiO 2 (H-TiO 2 ) nanoparticles with Ti 3+ and/or V O defects being introduced were obtained...

We model a situation in which a single firm evaluates competing suppliers and selects just one. Suppliers submit bids involving both price and quality variables. The buyer makes a choice which from the supplier's perspective appears to contain a stochastic element - for example the buyer may...

Purpose The huge demand for fresh goods has stimulated lots of research on the perishable food supply chain. The characteristics of perishable food and the cross-regional transportation have brought many challenges to the operation models of perishable food supply chain. The purpose of this...

Purpose: Supply chain flexibility is crucial for firms to respond to uncertain circumstances caused by environmental factors, such as the diversity of customer demands, problems of product safety, and adjustments of industrial policies. To investigate the approach to enhance supply chain...

This study distinguished three basic kinds of Global Supply Chain (GSC) strategies: operational excellence, customer closeness and mass customisation based on content analysis of 55 consulting reports from Company T by using qualitative analysis software Leximancer. Through comparing original...