2015, vol. 8, núm. 4
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Buy-back and revenue-sharing contracts in global supply shain
(OmniaScience, 2015-10)
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Open AccessPurpose: The main propose of this study is to investigate how exchange rate risk affects the buy-back and revenue-sharing contracts in the global supply chain, hence to improve the performance of global supply chain. De ... -
Strength of the HRM system: the development of a measure
(OmniaScience, 2015-10)
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Open AccessPurpose: The aim of this study is to operationalize the construct Strength of the HRM System theoretically defined by Bowen and Ostroff (2004) as a set of process metafeatures to convey signals to employees about desired ... -
Optimal combined purchasing strategies for a risk-averse manufacturer under price uncertainty
(OmniaScience, 2015-10)
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Open AccessPurpose: The purpose of our paper is to analyze optimal purchasing strategies when a manufacturer can buy raw materials from a long-term contract supplier and a spot market under spot price uncertainty. Design/methodo ... -
Two-agent scheduling in open shops subject to machine availability and eligibility constraints
(OmniaScience, 2015-10)
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Open AccessPurpose: The aims of this article are to develop a new mathematical formulation and a new heuristic for the problem of preemptive two-agent scheduling in open shops subject to machine maintenance and eligibility ... -
Robustness analysis of pull strategies in multi-product systems
(OmniaScience, 2015-10)
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Open AccessPurpose: This paper examines the behaviour of shared and dedicated Kanban allocation policies of Hybrid Kanban-CONWIP and Basestock-Kanban-CONWIP control strategies in multi-product systems; with considerations to robustness ... -
The effects of spiritual intelligence and its dimensions on organizational citizenship behaviou
(OmniaScience, 2015-10)
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Open AccessPurpose: Organizational citizenship behaviour may exist among employees who have inner feelings of having better work experiences by using their spiritual experiences, and also to nurture these by creating meaningful ethical ... -
Risk matrix model applied to the outsourcing of logistics' activities
(OmniaScience, 2015-10)
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Open AccessPurpose: This paper proposes the application of the risk matrix model in the field of logistics outsourcing. Such an application can serve as the basis for decision making regarding the conduct of a risk management in the ... -
Bi-objective optimization for multi-modal transportation routing planning problem based on Pareto optimality
(OmniaScience, 2015-10)
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Open AccessPurpose: The purpose of study is to solve the multi-modal transportation routing planning problem that aims to select an optimal route to move a consignment of goods from its origin to its destination through the multi-modal ... -
Discrete-time retrial queue with Bernoulli vacation, preemptive resume and feedback customers
(OmniaScience, 2015-10)
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Open AccessPurpose: We consider a discrete-time Geo/G/1 retrial queue where the retrial time follows a general distribution, the server subject to Bernoulli vacation policy and the customer has preemptive resume priority, Bernoulli ... -
The optimization model of the vendor selection for the joint procurement from a total cost of ownership perspective
(OmniaScience, 2015-10)
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Open AccessPurpose: This paper is an attempt to establish the mathematical programming model of the vendor selection for the joint procurement from a total cost of ownership perspective. Design/methodology/approach: Fuzzy genetic ... -
The impact of individual relationships on performance and reformation of R&D alliances
(OmniaScience, 2015-10)
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Open AccessPurpose: To examine how trust, conflict, commitment and communication affect R&D alliance performance, the individual’s satisfaction with the alliance and their intention to collaborate with the same partners in the ... -
Countries three wise men: sustainability, innovation, and competitiveness
(OmniaScience, 2015-10)
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Open AccessPurpose: The studies on links between sustainability, innovation, and competitiveness have been mainly focused at organizational and business level. The purpose of this research is to investigate if there is a correlation ...