The importance of services procurement increases constantly. However, empirical studies identify deficits in realising … the tremendous opportunities of strategic procurement of services in day-to-day business – caused by the difference of … services compared to goods resulting in a higher degree of complexity and uncertainty.Using neo-institutional approaches, the …

Customer-oriented service provision as in customer solutions or services results in new requirements for the …-oriented services in comparison to other services and their impact on organisational activities. To this end, the thesis examines the …

the selected sample. Section II of the survey posed questions directly dealing with logistics costs, competitive advantage …, strategy and performance.With regard to logistics costs, the research sought to determine the most significant costs, as … topics were developed in accordance with the model proposed in Logistics, Strategy and Structure: A Conceptual Framework …

-häusern erschleißen lassen. Konkret soll das „Versprechen“ des betriebswirtschaftlichen Feldes der Logistik für die Lösung der Kosten- und … excellent hospital services is accompanied by a strong pressure to reduce costs in order to secure the survival of the hospital … Ineffizienzen dargestellt und Handlungsempfehlungen abgeleitet. Die Einordnung der Logistik in einen breiteren branchenstrukturellen …

. Based on asimple cost model considering also relevant transaction costs and risk we use different regression andresampling …

Purpose/topicality: Demand and lead time uncertainty in business logistics increase, but can be mitigated by risk … pooling. Risk pooling can reduce costs for a given service level, which is especially valuable in the current economic …, characterization, and juxtaposition of risk pooling methods in business logistics on the basis of value activities and their …

the complete risk management process. An Example from a mechanical engineering company is used for the final validation of …

. It suggest a microeconometric method for measuring flooding related risk preferences of affectedindividuals. The method …-experimental approach to measure differences in the risk attitudes of farmers located in highflooding risk areas versus farmers located in … low flooding risk areas is followed. Changes in flooding risk relatedbehaviour over time is analysed and marginal effects …

-Walrasian disequilibrium approach and describe optimizing agents. These agents use chance constraints which depict a Cash Flow at Risk approach …