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Supply Chain Finance and Industrial Efficiency: Evidence From ICT Industry

SAGE Open, 2023
This study explores the impact of supply chain finance on industrial efficiency and the internal mechanism. The super-efficiency model and quantitative analysis method were used based on the time series data of the ICT industry in Shenzhen from 2005 to ...
Jiajia Meng, Xuedong Wang, Jialu Yang
doaj   +1 more source

Supply chain finance and SMEs: Evidence from international factoring data [PDF]

, 2016
The unbundling of trade across regions offers unique opportunities for SMEs to integrate into global trade notably through their involvement into supply-chains.
Auboin, Marc, Smythe, Harry, Teh, Robert
core   +3 more sources

Skill competency development strategies by a contractor [PDF]

, 2009
Construction skills are one of the vital aspects of construction work which is growing in importance due to skill gaps and skill shortages during different economic cycles.
A. S. Oyegoke, Chartered Institute of Building, Construction Industry Training Board, ConstructionSkills., Department of Trade and Industry, Drucker J., G. Aouad, M. Cleary, Muzio E., Office for National Statistics, Office of Government Commerce, Office of Government Commerce, Office of Government Commerce, P. McDermott, Ruiz Y., Thomas J. C.   +15 more
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The dark and bright side of network complexity: Novel insights from an asymmetric supply chain recovery and disruption approach

Cogent Business & Management, 2023
Recent studies have conceptualized the potential for a dark and bright perspective of network complexity in relation to supply chain disruption and resilience respectively.
Emmanuel Asafo-Adjei, Zulaiha Hamidu, Kassimu Issau, Baba Adibura Seidu, Anokye M. Adam   +4 more
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Supply chain finance: optimal introduction and adoption decisions [PDF]

, 2016
Supply chain finance (SCF) can improve supply chain performance by facilitating longer payment terms for buyers and better access to financing for suppliers. In spite of these clear benefits, there is empirical evidence for some hesitation and resistance
Blome, Constantin, Heese, H Sebastian, Protopappa-Sieke, Margarita, Wuttke, David A   +3 more
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Nature-Inspired Metaheuristics for Two-Agent Scheduling with Due Date and Release Time

Complexity, 2020
This paper delves into a two-agent scheduling problem in which two agents are competing for a single resource. Each agent has a set of jobs to be processed by a single machine.
Hongwei Li, Yuvraj Gajpal, Chirag Surti, Dongliang Cai, Amit Kumar Bhardwaj   +4 more
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Research on financial platform of railway freight supply chain based on blockchain [PDF]

Smart and Resilient Transportation, 2020
Purpose – This paper aims to systematically expound the theory and development background of supply chain finance and blockchain, design a railway freight supply chain financial platform based on blockchain, determine the risk management system and ...
Peng Xie, Qiang Chen, Ping Qu, Jianping Fan, Zhijun Tang   +4 more
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Integrating big data analytics into supply chain finance: The roles of information processing and data-driven culture

International Journal of Production Economics, 2021
The role of big data in implementing supply chain finance (SCF) initiatives lacks empirical study. There is little guidance available for managers on developing an integrated SCF process in the era of big data. Using organizational information processing
Wantao Yu, C. Wong, R. Chavez, M. Jacobs
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Implementation of blockchain-enabled supply chain finance solutions in the agricultural commodity supply chain: a transaction cost economics perspective

Production Planning & Control, 2023
Agricultural commodity supply chains are characterised by the involvement of multiple intermediaries, lack of access to finance and poor financial conditions of farmers.
Manjot Singh Bhatia, A. Chaudhuri, Yasanur Kayikci, Horst Treiblmaier   +3 more
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Financial literacy, access to digital finance and performance of SMEs: Evidence From Central region of Ghana

Cogent Economics & Finance, 2022
This paper expands on financial literacy, access to digital finance, and SME performance in the Central Region of Ghana. First, the study analysed SMEs’ digital platform knowledge and utilisation.
Stephanie Efua Frimpong, Gloria Agyapong, Daniel Agyapong   +2 more
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