This paper investigates semi-online scheduling problems on two parallel identical machines under a grade of service (GoS) provision. We consider two different semi-online versions where the optimal offline value of the instance is known in advance or the largest processing time of all jobs is...

Purpose - To explore and identify the strategic approaches firms may follow in their pursuit of value transparency (VT) in inter-organisational relations in supply networks. Design/methodology/approach - Through the use of game theory an understanding of the difficulties of co-operation and...

Management concern surrounding the supply of goods and services from business to business, and the related attempts to understand the phenomena observed therein, appears to rest upon a broad range of incompatible perspectives, from political science (often limited to considerations of power) to...

The present work identifies the relationship between sharing photographs with different depictions in Facebook on relationship quality, which varies depending on the type of target sharing the photographs. With over 1 billion active users, disclosure on Facebook is frequent, considered a norm of...