This study examines how product characteristics, values, inventory cost, shipping charges, shipping distance, and time affect an international firm's choice of air carrier. An individual choice model is constructed by assuming that the shipper in a specific industry chooses the optimal air cargo...

This study analyzes how an airline operates differentiated cargo services to meet shipping demand for different goods so as to enhance its service level, air freight demand, and total profit. The shipping alternative choice model assumes shippers with different demand characteristics choose the...

This study developed a nonlinear mixed integer programming (MIP) model for high-tech manufacturer to determine the optimal supply chain network design. The impacts of economies of scale on the optimal capacity and the production amount are also explored. A heuristic solution approach, based on...