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Direct Effect of TC on the LME Copper Prices

open access: yesEconomies, 2020
The motivation of this paper is to identify the effect of treatment charge (TC) on LME (London Metal Exchange) copper prices. It is a fundamental variable as a supply side factor, because it is related to the smelting process and reflects the level of ...
Byungkwon Lim   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cascading Sustainability in Multi‐tier Supply Chains: When Do Chinese Suppliers Adopt Sustainable Procurement?

open access: yesProduction and operations management, 2021
As global brands assume more accountability for their extended supply chains, some request that their first‐tier suppliers in turn adopt sustainable procurement practices, thereby “cascading” sustainability requirements to second‐tier suppliers. However,
Miriam M. Wilhelm, Verónica H. Villena
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on liver transplant waitlist outcome in France

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the outcome of patients on the liver transplantation (LT) waitlist in 2020 in France, in particular, the incidence of deaths and delisting for worsening condition ...
Camille Legeai   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Roadmap for Applying Digital Technology to Improve the Efficiency of Construction Supervision in Building Projects: Focusing on Korean Cases

open access: yesBuildings, 2023
Construction supervision is a key task that can confirm and inspect the project execution and support the creation of successful results. For the efficient performance of construction supervision, collecting various information necessary for the ...
Chang-Won Kim   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Men procuring sexual services from women: everyman or peculiar man? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Objective: To explore characteristics of men procuring sexual services from women. Design: Quantitative study using questionnaires and purposive sampling.
Birch, Philip, Ireland, Jane Louise
core   +1 more source

Rethinking health sector procurement as developmental linkages in East Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Health care forms a large economic sector in all countries, and procurement of medicines and other essential commodities necessarily creates economic linkages between a country's health sector and local and international industrial development.
Abimola   +43 more
core   +1 more source

Public Procurement in Law and Practice

open access: yesSocial Science Research Network, 2020
We examine a new dataset of public procurement laws, practice, and outcomes in 187 countries. We measure regulation as restrictions on the discretion of the procuring entities.
E. Bosio   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Public Procurement: How open is the European Union to US firms and beyond? CEPS Policy Insights No 2020-04 / March 2020 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
A recent report on public procurement published by the United States Government Accounting Office (GAO) attempted to provide a range of estimates for the EU and the US, among others, and argued that the EU awarded a low share of public procurement ...
Cernat, Lucian   +1 more
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Practitioners' learning about healthcare supply chain management in the COVID-19 pandemic: a public procurement perspective

open access: yesInternational Journal of Operations & Production Management, 2021
PurposeThe procurement and supply of crucial healthcare products in the early stages of the COVID-19 emergency were chaotic. To prepare for future crises, we must be able to describe what went wrong, and why, and map out ways to build agility and ...
C. Harland   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Procurement of good governance as a strategic tool for achieving value for money in public construction projects [PDF]

open access: yesLBS Journal of Management & Research
Purpose – The study aims to explore the role of procurement of good governance (PGG) on value for money (VfM) achievement in public construction projects. By investigating various dimensions of PGG, including transparency, accountability, competition and
Atupakisye Mwakolo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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