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Online kiosks: the alternative to mobile technologies for mobile users [PDF]

, 2002
Online kiosks have the potential to be a significant alternative to mobile technologies in retailing, information provision and service delivery. This article describes the development and use of different types of online kiosk in contexts where users ...
Rowley, J., Slack, Frances
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Patients and consumers [PDF]

, 2017
Successive governments of the UK have strongly supported two policies: an NHS free at the point of delivery, and the encouragement of consumer choice.
Downie, R.
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Improving a Firm's Performance within a Strategic Shipping Alliance

Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics, 2019
Shipping companies have proactively participated in various strategic alliances within the industry to improve their competitive advantage. Previous studies have addressed how shipping companies gain benefits from strategic alliances.
Eon-Seong Lee
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Impact of maritime logistics on archipelagic economic development in eastern Indonesia

Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics, 2021
The efficiency of logistics is a determinant in developing trade cooperation between regions. Many areas in the eastern part of Indonesia have a flawed logistics system that results in a low level of competitiveness.
Chairullah Amin, Heti Mulyati, Eva Anggraini, Tridoyo Kusumastanto   +3 more
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Delivery of Goods on International Sales

Journal of Politics and Law, 2017
Commitment to delivery of goods that are addressed in the materials 30 to 44 of the International Sale convention is a fundamental obligation of the seller that Article 30 stipulates that the seller must deliver the goods, hand over any documents relating to them and transfer the property in the goods, as required by the contract and this Convention ...
Mohsen Hodssein Abadi, Alireza Azadi Kalkoshki   +1 more
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Refining maritime Automatic Speech Recognition by leveraging synthetic speech

Maritime Transport Research
Maritime transport serves as a critical component of global trade and logistics, enabling the movement of goods and resources across oceans and waterways.
Christoph Martius, Emin Çağatay Nakilcioğlu, Maximilian Reimann, Ole John   +3 more
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Job Selection in a Network of Autonomous UAVs for Delivery of Goods [PDF]

, 2016
This article analyzes two classes of job selection policies that control how a network of autonomous aerial vehicles delivers goods from depots to customers.
Behrens, Doris A., Bettstetter, Christian, Grippa, Pasquale, Wall, Friederike   +3 more
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Autonomous ferries in light of labor regulations—A passenger perspective

Maritime Transport Research
We study the potential effects of introducing autonomous ferries in a transportation system of water buses. We develop two integer linear programming models and a heuristic to find weekly passenger transportation plans.
Christian Braathen, Julio C. Goez, Mario Guajardo   +2 more
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Public goods delivery as a contributing factor to the property tax revenue generation in Malaysian local governments [PDF]

, 2018
Provision of facilities and delivery of strategic services to improve the quality of life the people living in the sub-urban communities is an imperative issue to municipal councils.
Kasim, Rozilah, Martin, David, Umar, Muhammad Akilu, Yassin, Azlina Md   +3 more
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Spatial planning of the circular economy in uncertain times

Maritime Transport Research
The circular economy (CE) brings many opportunities, but also many challenges for ports, cities, and their hinterland. The goal of this paper is twofold. First, we embrace the inherent uncertainty of the spatial impact of the CE on ports and cities.
Karel Van den Berghe, Tanya Tsui, Merten Nefs, Giorgos Iliopoulos, Chrysanthi Papadimitriou, Tom Fitzgerald, Thomas Bonte, Aryzo Arrindell   +7 more
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