This paper provides a case study of the effect of labor relations on product quality. We consider whether a long, contentious strike and the hiring of permanent replacement workers by Bridgestone/Firestone in the mid-1990s contributed to the production of an excess number of defective tires....

The U.S. Department of Commerce has imposed steep anti-dumping duties on Chinese passenger and light truck tires. The U.S. International Trade Commission (USICT) invoked a China-specific safeguard to apply punitive duties ranging from 25 to 35 percent on imports of Chinese passenger and light...

The ever-increasing concerns of the growth in the volume of waste tires and new strict government legislations to reduce the environmental impact of the end-of-life (EOL) tires have increased interest among companies to design a sustainable and efficient closed-loop supply-chain (CLSC) network....

This paper makes an attempt to provide an insight into the profitability performance of leading tyre manufacturers in India. It also makes an endeavour to observe and test the inter firms industry position. Profitability ratios are ranked and selected into a uniform boundary to compare their...

The ever-increasing concerns of the growth in the volume of waste tires and new strict government legislations to reduce the environmental impact of the end-of-life (EOL) tires have increased interest among companies to design a sustainable and efficient closed-loop supply-chain (CLSC) network....

This paper provides a case study of the effect of labor relations on product quality. We consider whether a long, contentious strike and the hiring of replacement workers at Bridgestone/Firestone's Decatur plant in the mid-1990s contributed to the production of defective tires. Using several...