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Last‐minute coordination: Adapting to demand to support last‐mile operations
Journal of Operations Management, Volume 71, Issue 2, Page 176-194, March 2025.Abstract In the highly competitive e‐commerce industry, customer‐facing warehouses are crucial as the “order penetration points” for e‐commerce last‐mile operations. This research examines how warehouses use last‐minute coordination, an unstructured mechanism, to ensure sufficient inventory at the order penetration points. Previous research has focused
Kedong Chen +3 more
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Fraud, investments and liability regimes in payment platforms [PDF]
In this paper, we discuss how fraud liability regimes impact the price structure that is chosen by a monopolistic payment platform, in a setting where merchants can invest in fraud detection technologies.
Creti, Anna, Verdier, Marianne
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Merchants of colonial Borno : men, means and methods [PDF]
, 2006 This paper examines Borno's colonial economy with particular reference to the activity of indigenous traders. Stress is laid on trade within Borno and between the province and other markets in Nigeria and the adjoining colonies of Cameroon, Chad and ...
Mukhtar, Yakubu
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Targeting online sales through last‐mile delivery platform integration
Journal of Operations Management, Volume 71, Issue 2, Page 195-219, March 2025.Abstract We analyze channel integration between a last‐mile delivery platform and a general merchandise retailer in two distinct stages: (1) platform delivery access (PDA), where the retailer continues to offer standard delivery through its own website but directs customers to the platform's website for new same‐day delivery; and (2) integrated ...
Kevin H. Park +2 more
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Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan dan SainsCommunication between local merchants and foreign tourists at Bima Airport is often hindered by language barriers, which may affect the convenience and smoothness of transactions.
Agustina Agustina +2 more
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FOREIGNS IN “TERRA DI LAVORO” DURING THE MIDDLE AGES [PDF]
The presence of many foreigner merchants in “Terra di Lavoro”-Italy, during the Middle Ages drives civilisation historians to wonder about the role they had, what their culture and mentality were like, in which way they integrated with other foreign ...
Giancarlo BOVA
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Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT During the last glacial period, the Laurentide Ice Sheet (LIS) was the largest terrestrial ice sheet on Earth. Its evolution since the Last Glacial Maximum profoundly influenced Earth's geodynamics and surface processes. Investigating the past dynamics of the LIS provides critical insights into how contemporary ice sheets may respond to ...
Alexis P. Belko +3 more
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Журнал Фронтирных ИсследованийThe study highlights the specifics of the everyday work of the merchants of the Astrakhan and Orenburg Governorates in the fishing industry. Emphasis is placed on the activities of entrepreneurs who explored the waters of the Asian region in the 19th ...
Konstantin A. Abdrakhmanov
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Retail Payment Systems: What can we Learn from Two-Sided Markets? [PDF]
Some retail payment systems can be modelled as two-sided markets, where a payment system facilitates money exchanges between consumers on one side and merchants on the other.
Verdier, Marianne
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Strategic Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The increasing prevalence of corporate scandals and dysfunction linked to psychopathic leaders has prompted significant research into the drivers and effects of psychopathy in business. This paper examines corporate psychopathy, focusing on individuals with extreme selfishness, callousness, and manipulative behavior who often achieve ...
Florian Fuchs
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