The Covid-19 crisis spread around the world at lightning speed mainly due to the interconnectedness of today's economies as evidenced by major disruptions in international trade. This article aims at assessing the possible shifts that coronavirus disease has triggered in trade activity of...

As the courier, express and parcel (CEP) market has grown rapidly in recent years, shipment packaging has also shifted from classic cuboid cardboards to mixed-mail, typically with flexible plastic or paper packaging. Despite being cost-effective and spaceefficient, the physical characteristics...

The biopharmaceutical sector is of considerable interest during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to investigate the biopharmaceutical sector using the Shenwan Industry Classification and provides insights into investment strategies. We combine factor and cluster analyses to reduce data...

Sequence and cluster analysis is applied to measures of body mass index for mothers and children for four waves of the Growing up in Ireland longitudinal data set. Optimal matching analysis is used to construct a dissimilarity matrix to which cluster analysis is then applied. Distinct...

Logistics and transport-production processes are critical components in the management of supply chains for enterprises. Increasing demands for the accessibility and efficiency of these processes necessitate further refinement of logistics theory and practice. The primary objective of this...