A domain-specific modeling technique for value-driven strategic sourcing [PDF]
, 2018 Strategic sourcing recognizes that procurement should support a firm’s effort to achieve its long-term objectives. In particular, procurement needs to be a cross-functional end-to-end process inside the organization that is oriented towards value ...
Poels, Geert +2 more
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A decision-making approach for investigating the potential effects of near sourcing on supply chain [PDF]
, 2012 Purpose - Near sourcing is starting to be regarded as a valid alternative to global sourcing in order to leverage supply chain (SC) responsiveness and economic efficiency.
Arese, M. +3 more
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Contextual factors, knowledge processes and performance in global sourcing of IT services: An investigation in China [PDF]
, 2011 Copyright @ 2011, IGI Global. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global is prohibited. Reuse of this article has been approved by the publisher.In this paper, the authors explore the influences of two ...
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Nonconventional Technologies Review, 2020 A cellular glass-ceramic with very high compressive strength (14.1 MPa) from a mixture 40/60 of blast furnace slag and container glass waste, calcium carbonate (6.5%), borax (7.8%), titanium oxide (5%), sodium phosphate (3%) and water addition (8%) was ...
Bogdan Traian Grigoras +2 more
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Outsourcing Relations in the Economy and Entrepreneurship [PDF]
Prostranstvennaâ Èkonomika, 2018 The purpose of this article is to test the methodology of the ‘five forces of outsourcing’. The testing is based on the analysis of a wide range of industries within the long-term timeframe.
Dmitry Andreevich Stapran
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2010 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, 2010 The notion of source polarization is introduced and investigated. This complements the earlier work on channel polarization. An application to Slepian-Wolf coding is also considered. The paper is restricted to the case of binary alphabets. Extension of results to non-binary alphabets is discussed briefly.
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To follow or not to follow? How Belgian health journalists use Twitter to monitor potential sources [PDF]
, 2017 Digital technology, the internet and mobile media are transforming the journalism and media landscape by influencing the news gathering and sourcing process.
Deprez, Annelore, Van Leuven, Sarah
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USE OF CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT) GLASS WASTE TO PRODUCE GLASS FOAM BY MICROWAVE RADIATION
Nonconventional Technologies Review, 2020 The paper presents experimental results obtained in the manufacturing process of a glass foam with good characteristics of insulating material (porosity of 90%, thermal conductivity of 0.042 W/m·K and compressive strength of 2.1 MPa) usable in ...
Lucian Paunescu +2 more
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Heat-insulating, fireproof and waterproof materials produced by recycling glass waste in microwave field [PDF]
Constructii: Journal of Civil Engineering Research, 2018 The paper presents experimental results obtained in the manufacture of glass foams from packaging bottle glass waste, using the microwave energy. The glass foam as insulating material for construction is an advantageous alternative to existing building ...
Lucian PĂUNESCU +3 more
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Neuroplasticity pathways and protein-interaction networks are modulated by vortioxetine in rodents
BMC Neuroscience, 2017 Background The identification of biomarkers that predict susceptibility to major depressive disorder and treatment response to antidepressants is a major challenge. Vortioxetine is a novel multimodal antidepressant that possesses pro-cognitive properties
Jessica A. Waller +9 more
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