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The Effect of Traffic Congestion on Labour Investment Efficiency

European Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study examines the effects of headquarters‐city traffic congestion on labour investment efficiency. The results indicate that firms headquartered in congested cities may engage in inefficient labour investment decisions. Further analysis indicates that the inefficiency is associated with both overinvestment and underinvestment in labour ...
Rajib Chowdhury
wiley   +1 more source

Integrative taxonomy reveals four new species of the armoured catfish genus Pareiorhina (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper Paraná River basin, Brazil

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Four new species of the small‐sized armoured catfish genus Pareiorhina are described from mountain ranges in the Grande River drainage, upper Paraná River basin, based on morphological and molecular species delimitation methods. Molecular analyses based on the cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) marker recovered Pareiorhina as polyphyletic ...
Pedro L. C. Uzeda, Luana J. Sartori, Axel M. Katz, Felipe P. Ottoni, Wilson J. E. M. Costa, Francisco Langeani, Valter M. Azevedo‐Santos   +6 more
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Path Planning Methods for Four-Way Shuttles in Dynamic Environments Based on A* and CBS Algorithms

Mathematics
In the four-way shuttle system, the efficiency of path planning directly affects the overall effectiveness of logistics and warehousing operations. Traditional path planning methods for multiple four-way shuttles do not take into account the fact that ...
Jiansha Lu, Qihao Jin, Jun Yuan, Jianping Ma, Jin Qi, Yiping Shao   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Barriers to Ophthalmologic Care Reported by Family Caregivers of Users and Non‐Users With Intellectual Disabilities

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background People with intellectual disabilities (IDs) are more likely to experience vision‐related impairments, yet they face many barriers to accessing eye care. Although previous studies have described these barriers, few have compared barriers reported by families who have and have not accessed ophthalmologic care, which may provide ...
Chiun‐Ho Hou, Yueh‐Ching Chou, Shu‐Fang Shih, Christy Pu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the Impact of Cellular Tower Density on Intercity Travel OD Identification Using Mobile Signalling Data: An Empirical Comparison of ST‐DBSCAN and Bi‐LSTM Algorithms

IET Intelligent Transport Systems
Significant differences in cellular tower density across cities pose a major challenge for identifying intercity travel origin‐destination (OD) pairs from mobile phone signalling data.
Lilei Wang, Fei Yang, Peng Sun, Yaping Cui, Xiaoqing Dai, Cheng Wang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Leave It to Me: Overconfident CEOs’ Lower Propensity to Delegate Acquisition Responsibility

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Overconfident CEOs have been shown to lead their firms to achieve different outcomes, but the literature has only a limited understanding why this is the case. In this paper, we focus on whether overconfident CEOs run their firms differently, focusing on a key internal interaction: CEOs' choices regarding whether to delegate to other ...
Matthew Josefy, Jared Smith, Daniel Greene   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DIFFERENT FORMS OF MATERIAL PROCUREMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE LOGISTIC AND PURCHASING ACTIVITIES OF THE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Perner’s Contacts, 2011
The contribution brings an insight into the different forms of material procurement. It compares so-called traditional approach of procurement with Just-in-Time and Just-in-Sequence approaches and points out main characteristics of each system with ...
Marián Sedliak, Marián Šulgan
doaj  

Bridging Knowledge Capability Gaps: Digital Technology Offsetting in Interfirm Knowledge Transfer

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract In this digital age, the adoption of digital technology (DT) is changing traditional business processes. Against this backdrop, we try to answer the question of whether DT could effectively bridge any interfirm knowledge capability gaps. Though effective knowledge transfer is dependent on the sender's and the receiver's knowledge capabilities,
Antony Paulraj, Chandrasekararao Seepana, Murtaza Faruquee, Vaidyanathan Jayaraman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inbound Truck Scheduling for Workload Balancing in Cross-Docking Terminals

Mathematics
The rapid growth of e-commerce and advances in information and communication technologies have placed increasing pressure on last-mile delivery companies to enhance operational productivity.
Younghoo Noh, Seokchan Lee, Jeongyoon Hong, Jeongeum Kim, Sung Won Cho   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding and Addressing the Disruptive Impacts of Contemporary Climate Crises

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Contemporary climate crises, such as wildfires, droughts, floods, and tropical storms, are increasing in frequency, intensity, scale, and duration. Organization and management scholars have been calling for more systematic study of the impacts of this increasing complexity on extant crisis governance arrangements and capacities for ...
Jaco Fourie, Markus A. Höllerer, Renate E. Meyer, Dennis Jancsary, Graham Dwyer, Martin Kornberger, Paul Spee   +6 more
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