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Logistics outsourcing and performance of manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises in Nairobi

The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, 2018
Background: Logistics outsourcing has been accepted as a strategy through which small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can access the logistics capabilities they lack internally at a lower cost.
Joash Mageto, Gerrie Prinsloo, Rose Luke
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A framework for exploring blockchain technology in supply chain management

, 2020
The purpose of the study is to identify and explore different applications of blockchain technology in supply chain management and suggest a framework for their analysis.
Norrman, Andreas, Batwa, Abbas, Norrman, Andreas,, Lund University., Batwa, Abbas,, Abbas Batwa, Andreas Norrman   +6 more
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Blockchain Technology and Trust in Supply Chain Management: A Literature Review and Research Agenda

, 2021
Applying blockchain technology for information sharing in supply chain is driven by many factors, but developing trust is one of the most proposed. However, trust is a multidimensional, intangible concept without an agreed-upon definition.
Norrman, Andreas, Batwa, Abbas, Norrman, Andreas,, Lund University., Batwa, Abbas,, Abbas Batwa, Andreas Norrman   +6 more
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Editorial: Supply Chain Management

International Journal of Business Science and Applied Management, 2012
This special issue has followed up the 2nd Olympus International Conference on Supply Chains held on October 5-6, 2012, in Katerini, Greece. The Conference was organized by the Department of Logistics of Alexander Technological Educational Institution (ATEI) of Thessaloniki, in collaboration with the Laboratory of Quantitative Analysis, Logistics and ...
Aidonis, Dimitrios, Folinas, Dimitrios, Triantafillou, Dimitrios   +2 more
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The extent of logistics outsourcing among small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises in Nairobi

Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2018
Background: Small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises (manufacturing SMEs) can facilitate economic growth and development by creating employment and spurring economic activities at low levels of the economy.
Joash Mageto, Gerrie Prinsloo, Rose Luke
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Personalized Recommendation Classification Model of Students’ Social Well-being Based on Personality Trait Determinants Using Machine Learning Algorithms

Journal of ICT, 2023
The global trend of student social well-being has steadily declined in recent years. As a result, the need for a personalized recommendation classification model that can accurately assess and identify the individual student’s social well-being has ...
Nur Atiqah Rochin Demong, Melissa Shahrom, Ramita Abdul Rahim, Emi Normalina Omar, Mornizan Yahya   +4 more
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Supply Chain Risk Governance: Towards a Conceptual Multi-Level Framework [PDF]

, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) is currently putting high pressure on most countries’ critical infrastructures (not only health care), creating huge uncertainties in supply and demand, and disrupting global supply chains.
Norrman, Andreas, Ahlqvist, Victoria, Jahre, Marianne, Ahlqvist, Victoria,, Norrman, Andreas,, Lund University., Jahre, Marianne,, Marianne Jahre, Victoria Ahlqvist, Andreas Norrman   +9 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, Zane Simpson, Pieter F. Fourie, Anneke de Bod   +3 more
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Working Capital Behavior of Firms during an Economic Downturn: An Analysis of the Financial Crisis Era

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, Juuso Töyli, Tomi Solakivi   +2 more
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Supply Chain in Relation to Tourism and Crowd Management

, 2022
Proceedings of the 40th International Business Information Management Association Conference, Seville, Spain, November 23-24, 2022.The tourism industry is one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world, and the developments in the industry are ...
Almaktoom, Abdulaziz, Shami, Atheer
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