Micha Hirschinger

Essays on Supply Chain Management in Emerging Markets

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Essays on Supply Chain Management
• Verlag: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden / Springer Gabler / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-658-11945-4
• 1st ed. 2016
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 205g
• ISBN-13: 9783658119454
• ISBN-10: 3658119454
• Artikelnr.: 43904254

Autorenporträt

Prior to his current position as consultant at a leading global management consulting firm, Micha Hirschinger worked as research associate at the Chair of Supply Chain Management at the FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg.

Inhaltsangabe

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.