Essays on Supply Chain Management in Emerging Markets
Micha Hirschinger emphasizes the importance of foresight on logisticsand institutions in particular for effective decision making as distinctresearch in this context is limited. He applies a systematic and transferablemulti-method approach based on Delphi studies and fuzzy c-means cluster analysisto develop profound scenarios for the future. He uses the relevance ofinformation-processing requirements to investigate whether centralization ofpurchasing organizations increases functional efficiency. The author finallyshows how a sharing-economy business model transfer could help to overcome thelimited access to factor markets, especially trucks, at the base of thepyramid.
Introduction.- The Future of Logistics in Emerging Markets - Fuzzy Clustering Scenarios Grounded in Institutional and Factor-Market Rivalry Theory.- No Vehicle Means No Aid - A Paradigm Change For The Humanitarian Logistics Business Model.- How the Aerospace and Defence Industry in India Might Evolve Till 2020: An Institutional Perspective.- Does Centralization Lead to higher Efficiency? - An Industry-specific Analysis of Purchasing Functions.- Final Conclusion.
Hirschinger, Micha
| ISBN | 978-3-658-11945-4 |
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| Media type | Book |
| Edition number | 1st ed. 2016 |
| Copyright year | 2015 |
| Publisher | Springer, Berlin |
| Length | XV, 124 pages |
| Illustrations | XV, 124 p. 9 illus. |
| Language | English |
