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Green Supply-Chain Management: A State-of-the-Art Literature Review
, 2007 There is a growing need for integrating environmentally sound choices into supply-chain management research and practice. Perusal of the literature shows that a broad frame of reference for green supply-chain management (GrSCM) is not adequately ...
S. K. Srivastava
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International Journal of Financial Studies, 2022 In times of crisis, cash and liquidity play an essential role. This paper analyzes the working capital measures over the course of a business cycle. We examine (1) how companies behave in economic downturns regarding their working capital components and (
Erik Hofmann +2 more
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The Influence of Gender Ideology in Consumer Behaviour and Gratification amongst Women Magazines in South Africa [PDF]
African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2020 Acknowledging the need for gender equity and female empowerment, effect-based research have led to the investigation of publish media content and the influence it has on gender beliefs and women’s self-views. When it comes to the Africa media landscape
Thérèse Roux +2 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2020 Background There is an observable, growing trend toward tailoring support programs – in addition to medical treatment – more closely to individuals to help improve patients’ health status.
Sjaak Bloem +5 more
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Pandemics and Supply Chain Management Research: Toward a Theoretical Toolbox*
Decision Sciences, 2020 The COVID‐19 pandemic paralyzed the world and revealed the critical importance of supply chain management—perhaps more so than any other event in modern history—in navigating crises.
C. Craighead +2 more
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Sustainable freight transport in South Africa:Domestic intermodal solutions
Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2011 Due to the rapid deregulation of freight transport in South Africa two decades ago, and low historical investment in rail (with resultant poor service delivery), an integrated alternative to road and rail competition was never developed.
Jan H. Havenga +3 more
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Acta Commercii, 2017 Objective: The objective was to analyse the integration of and collaboration between strategic sourcing and supplier development at Eskom, South Africa’s primary electricity supplier, and to determine how strategic sourcing can be a catalyst for supplier
Mzoxolo E. Mbiko +2 more
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QAmplifyNet: Pushing the Boundaries of Supply Chain Backorder Prediction Using Interpretable Hybrid Quantum-Classical Neural Network [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Supply chain management relies on accurate backorder prediction for optimizing inventory control, reducing costs, and enhancing customer satisfaction. However, traditional machine-learning models struggle with large-scale datasets and complex relationships, hindering real-world data collection.
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Blockchain technology: implications for operations and supply chain management
Supply Chain Management, 2019 PurposeThis paper aims to encourage the study of blockchain technology from an operations and supply chain management (OSCM) perspective, identifying potential areas of application, and to provide an agenda for future research.Design/methodology ...
R. Cole, M. Stevenson, J. Aitken
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Drug Supply Chain Optimization for Adaptive Clinical Trials [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 With increasing interest in adaptive clinical trial designs, challenges are present to drug supply chain management which may offset the benefit of adaptive designs. Thus, it is necessary to develop an optimization tool to facilitate the decision making and analysis of drug supply chain planning.
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