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Demand Management Opportunities in E-fulfillment: What Internet Retailers Can Learn from Revenue Management [PDF]

In this paper, we explain how Internet retailers can learn from proven revenue management concepts and use them to reduce costs and enhance service. We focus on attended deliveries as these provide the greatest opportunities and challenges.
Agatz, N.A.H., Campbell, A., Fleischmann, M., Nunen, J.A.E.E. van, Savelsbergh, M.W.P.   +4 more
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Perspective on Aqueous Batteries: Historical Milestones and Modern Revival

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review retraces the development of aqueous batteries from classical Zn‐MnO2 chemistry to modern Zn and Ni systems, correlating voltage, capacity, and electrolyte formulation with practical performance. By mapping historical success and failure onto current and future research directions, it identifies guiding principles that steer the design of ...
Fangwang Ming, Dong Guo, Yizhou Wang, Hussam Qasem, Hanfeng Liang, Husam N. Alshareef   +5 more
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Assessing the Technical and Allocative Efficiency of U.S. Organic Producers [PDF]

We develop measures of technical and allocative efficiency of producers in marketing certified organic products. A stochastic output distance frontier and the associated revenue share equations are estimated using comprehensive U.S.
Lohr, Luanne, Park, Timothy A.
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Laser‐Based Solidification of Cermets/Cemented Carbides: Processing‐Microstructure‐Property Relationships

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Recent research on laser‐processed cermets and cemented carbides highlights significant advancements, yet a notable paucity of studies and persistent challenges remain. Efforts are increasingly focused on developing low‐cost, environmentally friendly cermets as alternatives to conventional materials.
Himanshu Singh Maurya, Farid Akhtar, Konda Gokuldoss Prashanth   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

FISCAL MANAGEMENT IN DANGILA MUNICIPALITY, ETHIOPIA. PERFORMANCE AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS [PDF]

Fiscal decentralization is one component of decentralization that gives authority to local governments to collect revenue through taxes and responsibility over spending decisions. Even though fiscal decentralization has given revenue raising and spending
Edson MBEDZI, Tendayi GONDO
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Lattice Structures for Bone Replacement: The Intersection of Bone Biomechanics, Lattice Design, and Additive Manufacturing

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review outlines how understanding bone's biology, hierarchical architecture, and mechanical anisotropy informs the design of lattice structures that replicate bone morphology and mechanical behavior. Additive manufacturing enables the fabrication of orthopedic implants that incorporate such structures using a range of engineering materials ...
Stylianos Kechagias, Maxwell J. Munford, Frederik C.H. Masure, Richard J. van Arkel, Reece N Oosterbeek   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

REVENUE FORECASTING SCENARIOS FOR INTERNATIONAL HOTEL CHAINS

Baltic Journal of Economic Studies
The purpose of the study is to develop a system of balanced scorecards for forecasting the income of hotels belonging to international chains. The subject of the study is the system processes of evaluating the effectiveness of the management analysis ...
Anatolii Mazaraki, Mariia Kulyk, Tetiana Zubko   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Forest Charges and Trusts: Shared Benefits with Clear Responsibilities [PDF]

This paper examines the Community-Based Forest Management Program (CBFM) and Industrial Forest Management Agreements (IFMA) within the context of efficient forest management.
Dalmacio, Marcelino V., Guiang, Ernesto S., Harker, Bruce R., Hyde, William F.   +3 more
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Anti‐Slip Material‐Based Strategies and Approaches

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights the principle mechanisms of slipping at the microscale, linking contact mechanics with a friction behavior model for surface interfaces. Main strategies to develop anti‐slip properties to the surfaces are discussed alongside standardized testing approaches.
Sogand Abbaspoor‐Zanjani, Carlo Antonini, Teresa Gatti, Mengjiao Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source