Ports provide a number of logistical choices concerning storage, onward transport and postponement. We investigate the flexibility offered by ports of a central location with respect to hinterland transport. This is illustrated through a case in which a number of alternative strategies are...

Various studies have shown the emergence of cooperative behavior in evolutionary models with repeated local interaction among spatially distributed agents. We investigate to what extent these findings generalize to evolutionary models of price competition among spatially distributed firms. We...

Reverse logistics concerns the integration of used and obsolete products back into the supply chain as valuable resources. Economic, marketing, and legislative drivers increasingly are leading companies to take back and recover their products after use. The arising product flows pose novel...