In dieser Untersuchung werden mit der Logistik und dem wirtschaftlichen Wettbewerb zwei Themenfelder miteinander verknüpft, welche innerhalb der ökonomischen Theorie bislang isoliert voneinander betrachtet wurden und noch immer werden. Hauptzielsetzung der Arbeit ist es zu zeigen, dass...

Planungsansätze an einem Beispiel illustriert und bewertet. Das taktische Supply Chain Planning bestimmt auf Basis einer prognostizierten Nachfrage die jeweiligen Produktmengen übergreifend von den Lieferanten über die Produktionsstandorte und Distributionslager bis hin zu den Kunden mit...

Durch die komplexe Vernetzung verschiedenster Unternehmen in der Lieferkette zeigt sich, dass heutzutage nahezu jedes industrielle Unternehmen auf die externe Beschaffung von Gütern und Dienstleistungen angewiesen ist. Dabei hat insbesondere die Dienstleistungsbeschaffung in vergangenen Jahren...

This volume contains research contributions by an international group of authors addressing innovative and technology-based approaches for logistics and supply chains. They present business models and investment options for enhanced strategic decision making as well as recent approaches for...

Logistics commands a huge variety of dynamic developments, driven by techno-logical, organizational as well as market changes. Within this dynamic environ-ment, logistics management demands a competent and flexible workforce, up-dated by current training and qualification tools. Publication of...

For the procurement of complex goods the early exchange of information is important to avoid costly renegotiation. If the buyer can specify the main characteristics of possible design improvements in a complete contingent contract, a scoring auction implements the efficient allocation. If this...

Marktpreisrisiken von industriellen Verbrauchsgütern oder, nach Gutenberg (1983) und Heinen (1992), Repetierfaktoren waren schon immer ein zentrales Thema in der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Diskussion. Eine zunehmende Intensität von Marktpreisrisiken, wie sie in den letzten Jahren beobachtet...

This paper analyzes the design of innovation contests when the quality of an innovation depends on the research approach, but the best approach is unknown. Inducing a variety of research approaches is desirable because it generates an option value. We show that suitable contests can induce such...

This paper focuses on the rationale for state-based market interventions to support smallholder production along with some case studies that follow the evolution and impact of what we call 'institutional demand' policies. Institutional demand is an intervention that aims to improve regional...

Like other Sahel countries, Senegal experienced a succession of food and nutrition crises in 2005, 2008, 2010 and 2012. In 2012, severe food insecurity affected around 739,000 people, corresponding to 6.2 per cent of the Senegalese population. Nutrition surveys conducted in 2012 showed overall...

We consider a budget-constrained mechanism designer who selects an optimal set of projects to maximize her utility. Projects may differ in their value for the designer, and their cost is private information. In this allocation problem, the quantity of procured projects is endogenously determined...

We develop a model to discuss a government's incentives to delegate to bureaucrats the regulation of an industry. The industry consists of a polluting firm with private information about its production technology. Implementing a transfer-based regulation policy requires the government to make...

The procurement of complex projects is often plagued by large cost overruns. One important reason for these additional costs are flaws in the initial design. If the project is procured with a price-only auction, sellers who spotted some of the flaws have no incentive to reveal them early. Each...