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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
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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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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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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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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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An intelligent method for supply chain finance selection using supplier segmentation: A payment risk portfolio approach

Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic-driven financial crisis grew significant interest among firms to adopt supply chain finance (SCF) to optimize working capital for the financial stability of the supply chain.
Kedar Shiralkar, Arunkumar Bongale, Satish Kumar, Anupkumar M. Bongale   +3 more
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Policy document and brief for engagement with government and private sector in Cocoa: A case of Ghana [PDF]

, 2020
There is a gap today in funding for investment in developing countries. A recent assessment of financing in the agriculture sector in Ghana based on existing financial sector laws showed that, there is currently no distinct policy to enable lending to ...
Asare, Richard, Dalaa, Mustapha, Mensah, Christian, Naponen, Martin, Saeed, Abdul-Razak   +4 more
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Research on financial risk management and control of agricultural products supply chain—A case study of Jiangsu Province of China

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
Agriculture has always been the focus of all countries, the rapid development of agriculture is inseparable from the strong support of finance. As a new financial model, agricultural product supply chain finance has attracted much attention.
Jing Yang, Decai Tang, Decai Tang, Haojia Kong, Valentina Boamah   +4 more
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Determinants of green purchase and conservation behaviour among young consumers: an emerging economy perspective

Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain
The study examines green purchasing and conservation behaviour among young consumers in an emerging economy. The study offers a novel integration of Norm Activation Model (NAM) and Stimulus-Organism-Response (S-O-R) frameworks using PLS-SEM to model ...
Daniel Ofori, Dominic Jacob Nsiah-Sarfo, Stephanie Efua Frimpong, Selorm Buertey Buer   +3 more
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