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Optimal stack layout in a sea container terminal with automated lifting vehicles
(Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2017)
Container terminal performance is largely determined by its design decisions, which include the number and type of quay cranes, stack cranes, transport vehicles, vehicle travel path and stack layout. We investigate the ...
Strategic global strategy: the intersection of general principles, corporate responsibility and economic value-added
(Blackwell Publishing Inc., 2017)
An ongoing argument often made by business ethicists is that a singular preoccupation on profitability, will lead, in the long run, to disvalue for all the stakeholders and the communities it affects, and often (but alas ...
Automobile dependence and physical inactivity: insights from the California household travel survey
(Elsevier, 2017-09)
Auto-dependence has been linked to the physical inactivity epidemic across U.S. cities, resulting in unprecedented increases in incidences of obesity, cardiovascular diseases, depression, etc. The search for strategies to ...
Influence of media context on humorous advertising effectiveness
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2017)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of three dimensions of media context – program type, break type, and pod position – on two types of humorous advertisements: incongruity resolution (IR) and arousal ...
Estimating performance in a robotic mobile fulfillment system
(Elsevier B.V., 2017)
This paper models Robotic Mobile Fulfillment Systems and analyzes their performance. A Robotic Mobile Fulfillment System is an automated, parts-to-picker storage system where robots bring pods with products to a workstation. ...
Determinants of the distance between sovereign credit ratings and sub-sovereign bond ratings: evidence from emerging markets and developing economies
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-07-05)
This article explores factors that affect the distance between sovereign credit ratings and the
ratings assigned to new foreign-currency bonds issued by sub-sovereign entities (such as private
non-financial corporations, ...
HMiner: efficiently mining high utility itemsets
(Elsevier, 2017-12-30)
High utility itemset mining problem uses the notion of utilities to discover interesting and actionable
patterns. Several data structures and heuristic methods have been proposed in the literature to efficiently
mine ...
Multilevel analysis of ambidexterity and tagging of specialised projects in project based information technology firms
(www.emeraldinsight.com, 2017-07-27)
The purpose of this paper is to understand the expression of ambidexterity at the “between”
projects level as well as the “within” project level in project-based information technology firms (PBITF).
The research also ...
A Two-echelon joint continuous-discrete location model
(Elsevier, 2017-11-01)
The
problem
of
locating
up
to
a
given
number
of
facilities
in
continuous
Euclidean
space
that
can
serve
as
intermediate
transshipment
points
between
multiple
stakeholders
in
a
supply
chain
— ...
Can rigorous impact evaluations improve humanitarian assistance?
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-10-24)
Each year billions of US-dollars of humanitarian assistance are mobilised in response to man-made emergencies and natural disasters. Yet, rigorous evidence for how best to intervene remains scant. This dearth reflects that ...