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A Conceptual Framework for Implementing Lean Construction in Infrastructure Recovery Projects

open access: yesBuildings, 2022
Natural hazards can have substantial destructive impacts on the built environment. Providing effective services in disaster areas is heavily reliant on maintaining or replacing infrastructure; thus, post-disaster reconstruction of infrastructure has ...
Mahyar Habibi Rad   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The sources of uncertainty in natural gas closed loop supply chain [PDF]

open access: yesNew Applied Studies in Management, Economics & Accounting, 2023
Recently, governmental legislations, limitation of natural resources and adverse effects of End-of-Life products on ecological system have spurred researchers to design closed-loop supply chains.
Reza Mohammadi
doaj   +1 more source

Connectivity knowledge and the degree of structural formalization: a contribution to a contingency theory of organizational capability

open access: yes, 2020
The objective of this study is to develop a contingency theory of organizational capability based on the identification of decision variables relevant to the design of firms.
Rogerio S. Victer
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Choosing an organisational form: the case of collaborative procurement initiatives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This paper deals with different organisational forms of collaborative procurement and provides insight into when to use which form. Different forms from the literature are compared with empirical examples to give an overview of forms, which are then ...
Bakker, Elmer   +3 more
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Systèmes criminels et systèmes pénaux au sud du Sahara, entre contingence et complexité

open access: yese-cadernos ces, 2015
In this article, we will follow the stream of criminal systems in Africa, under the prism of the theory of social systems by Niklas Luhmann. Increasing complexity raises contingency in social systems.
Fodé Camara
doaj   +1 more source

Generalized Contingency Analysis Based on Graph Theory and Line Outage Distribution Factor [PDF]

open access: yesIEEE Systems Journal, 2020
Identifying the multiple critical components in power systems whose absence together has severe impact on system performance is a crucial problem for power systems known as $(N-x)$ contingency analysis. However, the inherent combinatorial feature of the $
M. Narimani   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Contractual procurement alternatives of air force contingency pharmaceuticals: a cost-benefit analysis [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Defense Analytics and Logistics, 2020
Purpose – This paper aims to explore effective supply chain principles, through the theory of transaction cost economics, as measures to improve current contingency pharmaceutical item shortfalls in the Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) Contingency ...
Adam J. Brubakken   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the relation between modality and tense [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
We critically review two extant paradigms for understanding the systematic interaction between modality and tense, as well as their respective modifications designed to do justice to the contingency of time’s structure and composition.
Correia, Fabrice, Rosenkranz, Sven
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Resource-based View and Contingent Perspective on the Relationship between Geographic Diversification of Businesses and Organizational Performance

open access: yesBBR: Brazilian Business Review, 2023
Recent meta-analyses have shown that the relationship between international diversification and performance can be moderated by the environment in which the company operates.
Aloisio Pereira Júnior   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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