Routing problems often utilize experimental networks to represent real world scenarios. However most ignore the inclusion of triangle inequality violations, a phenomenon resulting from delays or rounding errors within a network. This work evaluates the effect of both frequency – the number of...

This research uses a location analysis approach for selecting aircraft alert sites for the defense of important national areas of interest identified by the US Department of Defense. Solutions are generated in a two step approach where the minimum number of sites is first identified using the...

This research uses a two-stage maximal covering location problem (MCLP) model to develop Inter continental ballistic missile (ICBM) maintenance schedules for the US Air Force. Solutions are compared to actual missile maintenance activities accomplished at F. E. Warren Air Force Base (AFB),...

Firms at various levels of the supply chain are implementing reverse logistics systems to maximize the value captured from products flowing backwards from customers to suppliers. However, due to the sporadic and unpredictable cash outflows associated with returns, firms must take care to avoid...

We know that many businesses have a short-term focus in their planning and operations. In this article, Tom, Chad, and John note that companies often take a reactive posture to crises in their supply chains, failing to consider and manage events that present important risks and opportunities....

<i> Le droit et le non-droit: alcune osservazioni nell’ottoca del diritto Anglosassone </i> (di John Bell) - ABSTRACT: Il lavoro di Jean Carbonnier sulla sociologia del diritto fornisce un punto d’incontro tra la tradizionale sociologia teoretica francese e la tradizione empirica anglo-americana....

Alliances have become commonplace. This has led to a considerable number of academic and professional publications on alliances and, more recently, on the dynamics of cooperation. However, the body of knowledge on the dynamics of cooperation developed so far is characterized by fragmentation,...

This paper reports on a small-scale study of the compliance costs of small New Zealand businesses. Participating firms were asked to keep a record of both time spent and expenditure directly incurred over a thirteen-week period. This differs from previous studies that rely on a firm's recall....