In 2015, the United Nations Member States developed a collective blueprint for sustainability and development. The 2030 Plan includes the 17 UN-SDGs, which
Samsung smartphones are available at various prices. while Apple iPhones are only available at one price point (usually high).16 How Are Apple and Samsung's Business Models Different? Samsung's business model focuses on vertically integrating supply chains, ramping up production volume, and diversif...
It’s normal to charge more in the busy season, but Amazon’s prices shootwayup in Q4. They also jump substantially when brands want to store oversized or heavy products. These costs may not be sustainable for some businesses. Differences between Amazon FBA and WFS ...
A comparison of the urban and virgin mining costs and prices demonstrates the economic superiority of urban mining. As complete as possible, data are collected to ensure a comprehensive comparison. The mean and error bar (standard error) is used to demonstrate the differences between values (Fig....
For example, agriculture is a source of income and food, and it has effects on food prices [9]. Women’s participation and decision-making in agriculture also affect their, and their children’s, nutritional outcomes [7, 9]. Between 2001 and 2013, more than a dozen literature reviews ...
A typology along a farmhouse–creamery continuum more accurately describes the distinction between the chains, rather than a simple local–global split. Indeed, this typology appears to be the key element of distinction in the cheese sector. The local cheeses in our sample are all produced in an...
The introduction of innovative digital tools for supporting manufacturing processes has far-reaching effects at an organizational and individual level due to the development of Industry 4.0. The FACTS4WORKERS project funded by H2020, i.e., Worker-Centric Workplaces in Smart Factories, aims to develo...
The initial preparation of the pdb files to select the needed chains, delete multiple ligands and non-protein parts, molecular graphics and other analyses were performed with the UCSF Chimera package [38]. Three docking suites of programs were used for this study. The obtained trial version of...
Furthermore, in doing so they trade in a better market position, as they avoid the bottleneck represented by larger retailers, and get higher prices thanks to the higher willingness to pay (WTP) of the final consumers for goods channeled by short chains [15,34]. Products usually marketed ...
The key research questions are to characterize the optimal order quantity and prices and to conduct comparative statics analysis with respect to model parameters for additive and multiplicative demand cases. In addition, they compare their results with those in the corresponding risk-neutral models of ...