Current Issue : April - June Volume : 2020 Issue Number : 2 Articles : 5 Articles
To create global interdependence and also to emerge of a global village is assumed\nin economy globalization phenomenon. With regard to the growing\ntrend of this novel phenomenon and the necessity for a broad participation of\nto be one of the most important effects of the structural transformation\ncountries in international arena depicted the role of countries in international\ncompetitiveness more effectively. This article reviews the capacity for Iran\nexport (non-oil) to region No. 2, using the â??gravity modelâ? during the period\n2011 to 2015. The estimated results indicated that Iran amongst countries in\nregion No. 2 had the highest potential export to Iraq and the least potential\nallocated to Armenia. Moreover, the highest percentage of unused capacity of\nIran belonged to Azerbaijan and the lowest unused capacity referred to Armenia....
DEA window analysis has been a great tool used in improving the economic\nimpacts of ports through its efficiency analysis. This has been employed to\nports found in West Africa, Europe, Asia ports; nonetheless, this has not been\napplied to Indian Ocean Island ports. The purpose of this paper is to investigate\nthe port efficiencies of four island port countries found in the West Indian\nOcean (port Reunion, the port of Colombo, Port Louis and the port of\nToamasina). DEA window analysis is used to determine port efficiency and to\nobserve the possibility of changes in port efficiency over time. Despite the\nmeasures were put in place to improve the efficiency of the port, corruption,\nunskilled labour and others are some inefficiencies that hinder the performance\nof the port. Implications and future research directions are also included\nin this study....
With the improvement of social environmental awareness, the dual-channel green product sales mode has been widely used by\nmany manufacturing firms. In this paper, we consider a dual-channel green supply chain where one manufacturer produces a\ngreen product and sells it through one retail channel and its own direct channel. Consumers in the two channels have different\nperceptions of the product energy efficiency level due to different purchasing experiences. The product energy efficiency level\nevolves over time and is characterized as a dynamic variable. By developing and solving the Stackelberg differential game problems\nunder the dynamic and static wholesale pricing strategies, respectively, we obtain the main results in this paper. First, the\nmanufacturer has more incentives to invest in green innovation when more consumers buy the green product through the direct\nchannel. Second, the manufacturer prefers to adopt the dynamic wholesale pricing strategy in most cases and prefers the static one\nonly when the consumers in both channels have relatively high energy efficiency perceptions. By introducing the transfer payment\ncontract, we show that the static wholesale pricing strategy may be the better choice, which leads to a win-win outcome for both\nmembers. Finally, sensitivity analysis further provides some managerial insights and verifies the robustness of the results....
The development of the organic food industry is of great significance to the environment and society as consumers increasingly\nprefer green and healthy food. However, certain production and investment problems must be solved. A tripartite game model is\nestablished in this study to investigate the labeling and advertising investment decisions in an organic food supply chain composed\nof one supplier and two heterogeneous manufacturers by the biform game approach. In addition, a subsidy mechanism is\nintroduced to alleviate underinvestment. The results show that, first, the supplier will label if labeling cost is relatively low without\nconsidering advertising investment. Second, the supplier will not label if advertising investment is considered because of the\nâ??diffusion of responsibilityâ? mentality, and both manufacturers will invest in advertising as a result of equilibrium in dominant\nstrategies. Third, the advertising subsidy mechanism can achieve Pareto improvement and coordinate the supply chain. Finally,\nmanufacturer heterogeneity will lead to differentiated subsidy strategies that the supplier can claim to give additional subsidies to\nthe weak manufacturer, thereby weakening the â??diffusion of responsibilityâ? mentality....
This study focused on the relationship between supply chain management practices and SME\nperformance in Arua Municipality, Uganda. The research axiology is value free and the\napproach is deductive. Data were sourced using both structured and semi-structured\nquestionnaire survey consisting of 140 SMEs registered with the Uganda Registration Services\nBureau (URSB).\nResearch outcomes revealed that supply chain collaboration is a precursor of SME\nperformance. Whereas, internal management, use of information communication technology\nand innovation were proven to be statistically insignificant predictors of SME performance.\nThe analysis of the study is deterministic and findings are hypothetical. The research design\nprohibits studying SME performance using exploratory views. In addition, data collection tool\nwas standardized questionnaire design, and operationalised using quantitative procedures.\nApplication of an in-depth interview could have given profound insights of the studied\nphenomenon.\nThe practical effects of this study are that: owners and/or Managers of SMEs should improve\nperformance by engaging in collaborative approaches such as long term contracts and\ninterdependence. Scholarly presentations on the effects of supply chain management practices\non the performance of SMEs in Arua Municipality, Uganda have attracted little scholarly\nattention in the past years. This study is therefore of momentous contribution in this area of\nresearch....
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