Search Results - subject:"Theory of constraints"

Theory of Constraints for Sustainable Inventory Management in Downstream Supply Chain

Singh, Kuldeep; Misra, Dr. Sheelan - 2021

Many firms have benefited from Theory of constraints implementation helping them in achieving ambitious goals. Theory … the existing implementation model of Theory of constraints especially in downstream supply chain and uncovers the … of constraints, a robust new model of implementation of Theory of constraints is presented, which can be of great help …

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Educational Production

Lazear, Edward P. - 2021

The literature on class size yields a number of findings. First, class size effects are difficult to find except when using data where class size variations are truly exogenous. Second, Catholic schools have large classes and better performance. Third, to the extent that class size matters, it...

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On Amenities, Natural Advantage and Agglomeration

Krupka, Douglas J. - 2021

A prominent feature of economic geography in America is the positive correlation amongst local incomes, housing costs and city population. This paper embeds a "black box" agglomeration economy within a more neoclassical general equilibrium model of local wages, rents and population to assess the...

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Cooperative Congestion Games

gusev, vasily - 2021

This paper studies a model for cooperative congestion games. There is an array of cooperative games V and a player’s strategy is to choose a subset of the set V. The player gets a certain payoff from each chosen game. The paper demonstrates that if a payoff is the Shapley or the Banzhaf value,...

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Congestion in the Justice System and Private Investments

Marang'a, Moses; Ouma, Duncan; Kosimbei, George - 2021

Purpose: Public goods and services play a vital role in a given economy. Most importantly, optimal supply of public goods and services is desirable. The justice system services are public services that, as argued by most economists and governments, would be expected to spur the growth of private...

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Design Rules Volume 2 Chapter 21—Capturing Value via Strategic Bottlenecks in Digital Exchange Platforms

Baldwin, Carliss Y. - 2021

The purpose of this chapter is to use value structure analysis to better understand how sponsors of digital exchange platforms capture value and maintain strategic bottlenecks. I begin by describing the three core technological processes that lie at the heart of all digital exchange platforms:...

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Measuring Brand Congestion in Bordeaux Wine : Too Many Towers, Hills, and Crosses?

Buccafusco, Christopher; Masur, Jonathan S.; Whalen, Ryan - 2021

Firms rely on brand names to market goods to consumers, and consumers rely on brand names to locate goods that satisfy their preferences. If multiple firms are using the same or similar names, consumers may be confused about which product to buy, and firms may not obtain the benefits of their...

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Vehicle To Vehicle System For Congestion Control And Performance Validation

Dhurve, Nikhil; Soman, Sunil - 2021

The vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication is the inter vehicle communication model which is not more applied and systematize by governments. The important attribute of the V2V communication is that it does not depend on other reliable network like cellular network to communicate between other...

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Congestion pricing, air pollution, and individual-level behavioral responses

Isaksen, Elisabeth T.; Johansen, Bjørn G. - 2021

This paper shows that differentiating driving costs by time of day and vehicle type help improve urban air quality, lower driving, and induce adoption of electric vehicles. By taking advantage of a congestion charge that imposed spatial and temporal variation in the cost of driving a...

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Stuck in Traffic : Measuring Congestion Externalities with Negative Supply Shocks

Mosquera, Roberto - 2021

Traffic congestion is one of the most challenging issues of urban agglomeration. Congestion costs are often higher than their socially optimal levels, and little is known about the key parameters needed to design optimal congestion policies. This paper addresses this issue by exploiting an...

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