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Satisfaction and loyalty in B2B relationships in the freight forwarding industry: adding perceived value and service quality into equation

Transport, 2018
This paper focuses on analysing the determinants of satisfaction (service quality, perceived value), as well as its possible influence on customer loyalty of freight forwarders to freight transport service providers (by road/maritime/air) in Spain.
Irene Gil-Saura, Gloria Berenguer-Contri, Eugenia Ruiz-Molina   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Study on the Small-medium Sized Freight Forwarders' Entry into UNPM -Subject to International Freight Forwarder & Delivery Service

Journal of Korean navigation and port research, 2012
Local freight forwarder`s circle is suffering worsening profitability and insecure employment from over-competition which caused by a saturated local logistics market. It is emerging UN procurement market for local freight forwarders. However it is needed to study on successful entry, market status and supporting measures from government and research ...
Seok-Hyun Shin, Kyu-Seok Kwak
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Perfusion Bioreactor Culture Incorporating Mechanical Confinement Enhances Mesenchymal Stem Cell Extracellular Vesicle Production and Wound Healing Potential

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Scalable manufacturing challenges and limited potency remain two of the most intransigent issues limiting clinical translation of EV therapeutics. Mechanical cues can induce phenotypic changes and increased vesiculation in EV source cells without the use of extraneous reagents, chemicals, and/or cargo, thereby potentially drastically improving the ...
Emily H. Powsner, Raith Nowak, Stephanie M. Kronstadt, Nicholas H. Pirolli, Talia J. Solomon, Kristin Nikolov, William Pieper Holeman, Ian M. Smith, Kimberly M. Stroka, John P. Fisher, Steven M. Jay   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

An empirical analysis of service quality factors pertaining to ocean freight forwarding services

Maritime Business Review, 2018
Purpose The service sector is the key driver of a country’s economic growth. The quality of service is more important for the survival of any organization. It is the interactive process by which the organization understands the customer and satisfies their needs.
S. Subhashini, S. Preetha
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Toward Wireless Implantable Robotic Systems Driven by Magnetic Field for Personalized Therapy

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Robotic materials are playing an increasingly vital role in enabling sensing and actuation at small scales. This perspective highlights recent advances in magnetic materials and magnetically actuated devices for wireless sensing, actuation, and energy harvesting toward implantable robotic systems for closed‐loop therapy.
Yusheng Wang, Ruijian Ge, Xiaoguang Dong
wiley   +1 more source

Unfruitful cooperative purchasing [PDF]

Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 2014
Purpose – – The purpose of this paper is to understand the impact of cooperative purchasing on buyers’ purchasing power. Purchasing in the humanitarian sector has traditionally been characterized by a low level of coordination due to inter-agency ...
Ala Pazirandeh, Heidi Herlin
doaj   +1 more source

Tumbling Magnetic Microrobots for Targeted In Vivo Drug Delivery in the GI Tract

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
We introduce a microrobot design and integrated system for on‐demand targeted drug release in the gastrointestinal tract. The microrobot has an embedded magnet for actuation with external magnetic fields and is visualized in real time using ultrasound. It has two drug release ports sealed with a thermally sensitive wax. Local heating of the wax using a
Aaron C. Davis, Luis Carlos Sanjuan Acosta, Shubh P. Mehta, Baiyan Qi, Yang Yang, Luis Solorio, Craig J. Goergen, David J. Cappelleri   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing Photovoltaic Recycling Capacities and Policy Gaps in the European Union

Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
This study maps photovoltaic recycling capacity in the EU and key global regions, highlighting gaps between growing waste volumes and available infrastructure. It combines survey insights and policy analysis to identify recycling bottlenecks and offers recommendations to boost circularity in the solar sector.
Nieves Espinosa, Silvia Bobba, Cynthia E. L. Latunussa, Enrica Leccisi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

ANALYSIS OF THE PROFITABILITY OF THE ENTERPRISE AS THE BASIC INDICATOR OF FINANCIAL STABILITY

Вестник Северо-Кавказского федерального университета, 2022
The article shows the methodology for analyzing the profit of an enterprise, which allows to react in a timely manner to external and internal changes in financial instability.
Tatiana Anatolievna Kulagovskaya, Ekaterina Evgenievna Puchkova, Elena Yurievna Zharikova, Ivan Dmitrievich Glushko   +3 more
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Conditions of construction of the system of digital transport and logistics in the management of competitiveness

Управление, 2018
Recently, the issue of the development of automation systems in transport is again becoming topical. Note that the first developments in the field of automated control systems (ACS) date back to the mid-20th century, when cybernetics was developing in ...
D. R. Abdyusheva, A. O. Merenkov, A. A. Stepanov   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source