Humanitarian Logistics

Humanitarian Logistics
Author: R. Tomasini
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2009-02-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230233481

Imagine planning an event like the Olympics. Now imagine planning the same event but not knowing when or where it will take place, or how many will attend. This is what humanitarian logisticians are up against. Oversights result in serious consequences for the victims of disasters. So they have to get it right, fast.

Purchasing and Supply Management

Purchasing and Supply Management
Author: Michiel Leenders
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-07-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780073377896

The Fourteenth Edition of Purchasing and Supply Management provides a comprehensive introduction to the purchasing and supply chain management field, supported by over 40 case studies. Cases cover purchasing and supply chain issues in a variety of settings, from process industries to high tech manufacturing and services as well as public institutions. The text focuses on decision making throughout the supply chain. Based on the conviction that supply managers, in concert with suppliers and distributors, have to contribute to organizational goals and strategies, this edition continues to focus on how to make that mission a reality.

The Palgrave Handbook of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management

The Palgrave Handbook of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Author: Gyöngyi Kovács
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 759
Release: 2017-10-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1137590998

Focusing on the specific challenges of research design and exploring the opportunities of conducting research in humanitarian logistics and supply chain management, this handbook is a significant contribution to future research. Chapters include extensive descriptions of methods used, highlighting their advantages and disadvantages, and the challenges in scoping, sampling, collecting and analysing data, as well as ensuring the quality of studies. Covering a wide variety of topics including risk and resilience and the impact of humanitarian logistics on capacity building, sustainability and the local economy, it also explores the need for scalability and co-ordination in the humanitarian network. Contributors provide important insight on future directions and offer crucial guidance for researchers conducting projects within the field.

Research Methodologies in Supply Chain Management

Research Methodologies in Supply Chain Management
Author: Herbert Kotzab
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 616
Release: 2006-01-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3790816361

For reseach in all subjects and among different philisopical paradigms, research methodologies form one of the key issues to rely on. This volume brings a series of papers together, which present different research methodologies as applied in supply chain management. This comprises review oriented papers that look at what kind of methodologies have been applied, as well as methodological papers discussing new developments needed to successfully conduct research in supply chain management. The third group is made up of applications of the respective methodologies, which serve as examples on how the different methodological approaches can be applied. All papers have undergone a review process to ensure their quality. Therefore, we hope that this book will serve as a valid source for current and future researchers in the field. While the workshop on “Research Methodologies in Supply Chain Management” took place at the Supply Chain Management Center, Carl von Ossietzky Univ- sity in Oldenburg, Germany, it is based on a collaboration with the Supply Chain Management Group of the Department of Operations Management at the Cop- hagen Business School and the Department of Production Management at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. We would like to thank all those who contributed to the workshop and this book.

Emerging Frontiers in Operations and Supply Chain Management

Emerging Frontiers in Operations and Supply Chain Management
Author: B. Vipin
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2021-09-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9811627746

This edited book addresses the challenges in managing the operations and supply chain of organizations in the era of internet of things and Industry 4.0. It presents cutting edge research on real world operations related problems, in-depth analyses, and relevant managerial implications. Wide variety of solution approaches such as quantitative, quantitative, and simulations are presented in the context of managing the operations and supply chains. Consisting of selected papers from the XXIII Annual International Conference of Society of Operations Management, this volume is part of a two volume series with the other book consisting of chapters on quantitative decision making. This edited book covers various quantitative models on operations and supply chain management such as inventory optimization, machine learning-operations research integrated model for healthcare systems, game-theoretic analysis of review strategies in truthful information sharing, design of contracts in supply chains, supply chain optimization, inventory routing, and shop floor scheduling. In addition to the quantitative models, several innovative heuristics are proposed for different problems. This book explores qualitative models on improving the performance of small and medium enterprises and petroleum industries and a simulation model for staff allocation in the information technology industry. Finally, this book provides review articles on vaccine supply chains and behavioral operations management. The book throws light on the emerging trends in the use of analytics, optimization, and simulation tools and empirical analysis to improve the performance of operations and supply chains of organizations. It will serve as an essential resource for practitioners, students, faculty members and scholars in operations management and related areas to gain knowledge and pursue high quality research on developments in areas such as managing the resource management and the solution methodology---innovative tools employed in addressing the real world problems and the different optimization techniques.

Longitudinal Field Research Methods

Longitudinal Field Research Methods
Author: George P. Huber
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 392
Release: 1995-08-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780803970915

Eleven papers, some of which have appeared previously as contributions to the journal Organizational Science , emphasize a range of methodological issues involved in longitudinal field research, including ethnographic methods, longitudinal and comparative case studies, event history analysis, and real-time tracking of events, as well as procedural.

The Uneasy Alliance

The Uneasy Alliance
Author: Kim B. Clark
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Total Pages: 520
Release: 1985
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Case Study Methodology in Business Research

Case Study Methodology in Business Research
Author: Jan Dul
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0750681969

A complete guide for how to design and conduct theory-testing and other case studies, this text sets out structures and guidelines that assist students and researchers from a wide range of disciplines to develop their case study research in a consistent and rigorous manner.

Management Science, Logistics, and Operations Research

Management Science, Logistics, and Operations Research
Author: Wang, John
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 481
Release: 2013-09-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1466645075

"This book examines related research in decision, management, and other behavioral sciences in order to exchange and collaborate on information among business, industry, and government, providing innovative theories and practices in operations research"--Provided by publisher.

Handbook of Strategic e-Business Management

Handbook of Strategic e-Business Management
Author: Francisco J. Martínez-López
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 1004
Release: 2013-11-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3642397476

This research handbook provides a comprehensive, integrative, and authoritative resource on the main strategic management issues for companies within the e-business context. It covers an extensive set of topics, dealing with the major issues which articulate the e-business framework from a business perspective. The handbook is divided into the following e-business related parts: background; evolved strategic framework for the management of companies; key business processes, areas and activities; and, finally, emerging issues, trends and opportunities, with special attention to diverse Social Web-related implications. The articles are varied, timely and present high-quality research; many of these unique contributions will be especially valued and influential for business scholars and professionals interested in e-business. Many of the contributors are outstanding business scholars who are or have been editors-in-chief of top-ranked management and business journals or have made significant contributions to the development of their respective fields.