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Mapping the avocado value chain in Mbeya and Njombe regions with a focus on market access implications

Discover Agriculture
Despite significant growth in the avocado market across domestic, regional, and international markets, and its contributions to Tanzania’s economy and poverty reduction, smallholder producers remain largely excluded from high-value markets.
Tatu Salum, Leonada R. Mwagike, Noel P. Mrope   +2 more
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Threshold effects of public procurement on Ghana’s economic development: A budgetary allocation perspective

Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management
Background: Public procurement is one of Ghana’s largest channels of public expenditure, yet institutional inefficiencies, corruption, and political interference limit its contribution to sustainable development. Empirical evidence on threshold effects –
Emmanuel A. Afoakwah, Kwabena Adjei, Evelyn N. Asare   +2 more
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Government Procurement [PDF]

, 2018
Procurement is an important element of the discussions around an Australia-European Union (EU) free trade agreement (FTA), given that Australia uses public purchasing to support small and medium-sized enterprises, indigenous communities and Australian industry more generally.
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Supplier Performance Improvement and Value for Money Delivery in Dodoma City: A Case of Selected Public Procuring Entities [PDF]

International Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics
Supplier performance has been questioned by various practitioners within and outside the procuring entity. Delayed delivery of goods and services has been prolonged thus affecting procuring entities to achieve the expected objectives.
Goodluck Ntangeki, Liberatus Gabagambi
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Information quality and supply chain performance: The mediating role of information sharing

Supply Chain Analytics, 2023
This paper brings to light the powerful connection between buyer and supplier relationships in terms of information sharing, information quality, and supply chain performance.
George Kankam, Evans Kyeremeh, Gladys Narki Kumi Som, Isaac Tetteh Charnor   +3 more
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Order management practices and small-scale grape processing firms’ performance: the moderating effect of logistics capabilities

African Business Management Journal
This study examines the moderating effect of logistics capabilities on the relationship between order management practices and the performance of small-scale grapes processing firms.
Debora Chelestino Kisinga, Alban Dismas Mchopa, Leonada Raphael Mwagike   +2 more
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A multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) tool to purchase implantable medical devices in Egypt

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2022
Background With the availability of several similar medical devices performing the same function, choosing one for reimbursement is not easy, especially if purchased for a large number of patients.
Baher Elezbawy, Ahmad Nader Fasseeh, Bertalan Németh, Mary Gamal, Mariam Eldebeiky, Remonda Refaat, Amr Taha, Shimaa Rabiea, Marwa Abdallah, Soha Ramadan, Hasnaa Noaman, Amany Bahaa Eldin, Hossam Mostafa, Sara Nouh, Asmaa Zaki, Mohamed Abdelrahman, Sherif Abaza, Zoltàn Kalò   +17 more
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Procurement Auctions with Losses

Computational Management Science, 2022
Abstract To study first-price procurement auctions in the presence of losses, we introduce a new fixed point gradient flow algorithm to compute the Bayesian Nash Equilibrium. We use this efficient algorithm to compare optimal, first-price and VCG auctions.
Heymann, Benjamin, Jofré, Alejandro
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Deterministic Application of Process-centric Law to the System-centric Requirements of Procurement Procedures

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2021
South Africa's public procurement system is accorded constitutional status, establishing fundamental requirements for the operation of the system. The application of these constitutional system requirements and their interpretation in the judicial ...
David John Wickens
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A Framework for Evaluating Cost Performance of Architectural Projects Using Unstructured Data and Random Forest Model Focusing on Korean Cases

Buildings
Cost is a key performance indicator for evaluating the success of architectural construction projects. While previous studies have relied on quantitative data and statistical models to evaluate cost performance, recent advancements in methods have ...
Chang-Won Kim, Taeguen Song, Kiseok Lee, Wi Sung Yoo   +3 more
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