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Supply Chain Connectivity: Enhancing Participation in the Global Supply Chain

Patalinghug, Epictetus E. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2015

Supply chain connectivity is vital for the efficient flow of trade among APEC economies. This paper reviews the literature and supply chain management, describes the barriers to enhancing participation in global supply chain, analyzes the various measures of supply chain performance, and...

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The Long Run Impact of Biofuels on Food Prices

Chakravorty, Ujjayant; Hubert, Marie-Helene; Moreaux, Michel - Department of Economics, Tufts University

More than 40% of US corn is now used to produce biofuels, which are used as substitutes for gasoline in transportation …

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Agglomeration and directional imbalance of freight rates : the role of density economies in the transport sector

Tsubota, Kenmei - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

This paper examines the conventional assumption that bilateral transport costs are symmetric. We develop an economic geography model with transport sector in which asymmetric freight rates can occur as a result of density economies. Comparing this to models without density economies, we show...

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Comparitive Performance Analysis of European Airports by Means of Extended Data Envelopment Analysis

Suzuki, Soushi; Nijkamp, Peter; Pels, Eric; Rietveld, Piet - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009

This discussion paper led to an article in the <I>Journal of Advanced Transportation</I> (2014). Volume 48, issue 3 …

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Car ownership and the Labor Market of Ethnic Minorities

Gautier, Pieter A.; Zenou, Yves - Tinbergen Instituut - 2008

to capital markets or better public transportation will reduce the differences in labor market outcomes. …

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Using Break Quantities for Tactical Optimisation in Multistage Distribution Systems

Kleijn, Marcel J.; Dekker, Rommert - Tinbergen Instituut - 1997

marketing process, and a qualitative and quantitative analysis on the implications for the transportation and inventory costs …

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Oceanic Travel Conditions and American Immigration, 1890-1914

Keeling, Drew - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The pace and incidence of improvements to oceanic travel conditions for American immigrants, during the quarter century preceeding the First World War, were significantly constrained by shipping lines’ capacity considerations. The improvements had no detectable impact on the overall volume of...

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Promoting Quality of Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment in India

Krishnan, S; Madsen, E; Porterfield, D; Varghese, B - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015

Cervical cancer screening is highly cost effective, feasible, and culturally acceptable in higher and lower income settings across the world. According to the World Health Organization and the World Economic Forum, screening for cervical cancer is an evidence-based ?best buy? prevention...

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Haulage sharing approach to achieve sustainability in material purchasing: New method and numerical applications

Andriolo, Alessandro; Battini, Daria; Persona, Alessandro; … - In: International Journal of Production Economics 164 (2015) C, pp. 308-318

Transportation costs are becoming increasingly important in inventory replenishment decisions and, in practice, lot … sizing decisions are strongly affected by material handling equipment, transportation flow paths, vehicle capacities and … technical constraints. Companies within a global sourcing context daily experience the cost of transportation as playing a major …

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Systematic approach for recognizing limiting factors for growth of biomethane use in transportation sector – A case study in Finland

Uusitalo, V.; Havukainen, J.; Soukka, R.; Väisänen, S.; … - In: Renewable Energy 80 (2015) C, pp. 479-488

In this paper, limiting factors for increased use of biomethane as a transportation fuel are studied. The aim of this … research is to recognize and estimate the limiting factors for biomethane utilization in the transportation sector. The … biomethane in the transportation sector which could lead to GHG emission reductions. A similar systematic approach can also be …

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