Рейтинги банков являются неотъемлемым элементом информационной инфраструктуры, обеспечивающим нормальное развитие банковского бизнеса. Одним из главных...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to consider the appeal and impact of internet social networking sites and reflect upon a likely disconnect between libraries and the current web generation. Design/methodology/approach – Makes reference to previous authors' works relating to social...

Purpose – The purpose of this Guest Editorial is to introduce the papers in this special issue. Design/methodology/approach – A brief summary of the main contributions of the papers included in this issue is provided. Findings – The idea of this special issue was an outcome of the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse a representative sample of hypermarkets and supermarkets working in the Portuguese market, using a benchmark procedure to compare companies that compete in the same market and thereby deriving managerial and policy implications....

Purpose – To estimate the economic efficiency of supermarket chains in the Spanish retailing industry. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology applied is based on the non‐parametric technique of data envelopment analysis. The empirical application is carried out on a sample of 100...

Short shelf‐life grocery goods present some of the biggest challenges for supply chain management due to a high number of product variants, strict traceability requirements, short shelf‐life of the products, the need for temperature control in the supply chain, and the large volume of goods...