Design of Extended Warranties in Supply Chains Kunpeng Li University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign‚ College of Business Dilip Chhajed University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign‚ College of Business Suman Mallik University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign‚ College of Business Abstract Consider a supply chain involving an independent retailer and an independent manufacturer. The manufacturer produces a single product and sells it exclusively through the retailer. Using this supply chain
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1. Introduction Globalization is “the integration of economies around the world through the movement of goods‚ services and capital across borders” and is a dynamic process through which companies‚ corporations and organizations leverage their strengths‚ magnify their reach‚ and decrease costs by outsourcing multiple business processes (IMF Staff‚ 2008). The globalization of Starbucks’ supply chain played a crucial role in attaining organizational success‚ having a significant impact on its business
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References: Forrester‚ Jay W. (1976). Business structure‚ economic cycles‚ and national policy. Futures 8:3 195-214 Hau L. Lee‚ V. Padmanabhan and Seungjin Whang. (1997) The Bullwhip Effect in Supply Chain. In MIT Sloan Management Review 38. Retrieved from http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/understanding-the-bullwhip-effect-in-supply-chains/ Wright J Nevan‚ and Race P. (2004)‚ The Management
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21th Bled eConference eCollaboration: Overcoming Boundaries Through Multi-Channel Interaction June 15 - 18‚ 2008; Bled‚ Slovenia The Beergame in business-to-business eCommerce courses – a teaching report Kai Riemer The University of Münster‚ Germany wikari@wi.uni-muenster.de Abstract In this teaching report I demonstrate the use of the so-called beer distribution game in teaching business-to-business eCommerce courses. The beergame is a role-play supply chain simulation game that lets students
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Journal of Management and Marketing Research An analysis of cultural impact on international business performance via foreign market entry mode: case of South Korean MNCs Cheong-A Lee Pusan National University Ho-Yeol Bang Pusan National University Jong Wook Ha Columbus State University Joo Young Lee The University of West Alabama Young Hee Yun Kim Tuskegee University ABSTRACT Research on the entry mode of multinational companies (MNCs) to a new market has been one of the major topics in the
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livelihood problems? A case study from Periyar Tiger Reserve India-Wildlife Conservation Society-India program’‚ Centre for Wildlife Studies‚ 1669‚ 31st Cross‚ 16th Main‚ Banashankari 2nd Stage‚ Bengalooru 560 082‚ India and Durrell Institute of * Manjula.‚ (1991)‚ ‘Participation of tribal women in agriculture’‚ M.Sc. (Agri.) thesis‚ TNAU‚ Coimbatore. * Martin‚ A. (1999)‚ ‘Background to Western Ghats of Karnataka’‚ De Montfort University‚ Leicester‚ UK‚ Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
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SM C101 Chapter 1 Page 29 Internet Questions 1. Visit the websites of companies like Wal-Mart‚ Dell and Home Depot‚ and see if you can find discussions of their supply chain management activities. List information you can find on purchasing/supplier issues‚ logistics‚ information systems‚ quality and customer service. Purchasing/supplier issues: Wal-Mart always emphasized the need to reduce its purchasing costs and offer the best price to its customers. The company procured goods directly from
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All in a day’s work Employee empowerment is the latest buzzword in business and a variety of Tata companies are working overtime to place their people in the driver’s seat The crowd holds its collective breath as Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar prepares to strike. But the batsman‚ B Muthuraman‚ is unperturbed. The delivery is sent flying into the stands. The cheers get louder as the Tata Steel managing director raises his bat in triumph. Not real life‚ but an inspirational film. "It’s
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Mitra Email: fb10001@astra.xlri.ac.in Mobile: (0)8594823288 Session 12: Information Asymmetry in a Supply Chain: Bullwhip Effect Pre-Reading for the class: "Information distortion in a supply chain: the bullwhip effect." By Lee‚ Hau L.‚ Venkata Padmanabhan‚ and Seungjin Whang. Management science 50.12_supplement (2004): 1875-1886 (Can be downloaded from scholar.google.com). "Bullwhip effect in supply chains." By Scukanec‚ Andelko‚ Kristijan Rogic‚ and Darko Babic. Promet TrafficTraffico 19.5 (2007)
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References: Ijaz Nabi and Manjula Luthria. (2002) Building competitive firms‚ incentives and capabilities‚ Washington‚ DC‚ The World Bank. Wendy Dobson & Chia Siow Yue (1997) Multinationals and east Asian integration‚ Canada & Singapore‚ International Development Research Centre.
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