... data were collected from managers across diverse distribution and supply chain industries in India, yielding 302 valid responses for analysis. Findings The results reveal that technological factors such as trust in technology, relative advantage and compatibility significantly drive intentions...

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...Ismail Abushaikha; Loay Salhieh; Neil Towers There exists a positive relationship between warehouse waste reduction level and both warehouse operational performance and distribution performance. There was no direct relationship between warehouse waste reduction level and business...

...Ismail Abushaikha This paper makes several contributions. It fills a gap in our understanding of how logistics clusters may contribute to improved distribution capabilities and provides a qualitative case study on logistics clustering in an emerging market. Insights and theories from...

... to improve their performance. However, although several studies had previously referred to the role influencing firm performance that different strategic orientations can play in retail firms as distribution channel players, until now none had attempted direct verification of the hypothetical mediation...

...S. Umit Kucuk Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide clear insights into the influence of product availability, and thus distribution on double jeopardy (DJ) patterns, for frequently‐purchased products (FPP). This paper also aims to provide important strategies in order to maximize...

... significant ones. Research limitations/implications Simulation models for the beer distribution game are developed to represent supply chains. Different supply chain structures can be constructed to examine the causes of the bullwhip effect. Practical implications In order to mitigate the bullwhip...

.... A proliferation of pure players over the past few years has intensified competition in the online shopping market and the question of who is better at offering physical distribution service quality (PDSQ), multi‐channel retailers or pure players, is open to debate. Despite PDSQ's importance in an electronic...

... of the relationship that exists among the perceptions, the personal characteristics of the respondents and the organisational characteristics of their banks. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Bank data processing Distribution Human resourcing Greece One of the most recent channels...

...Niels Jørgensen Presents a case on Danish potted plants distribution. The company, GASA‐Group Denmark, is the dominating distributor of Danish potted plants to all of Europe with a total turnover of approximately DKK2.8 billion. The company’s management is planning a long‐term strategy...

... statistics from various official sources, it provides a handy reference guide to the changes in the UK distributive trades. Statistics Retailing United Kingdom Distribution ...

... of advocacy for the restoration of nostalgic methods of food distribution that remove all intermediaries from direct farmer‐consumer interaction, we conclude that farm‐to‐table direct marketing plays, and is likely to continue to play, a very minor role in US food distribution. © MCB UP Limited 2002...

... and customer satisfaction. Considers that much economic analysis still tends to concentrate on production rather than services. Asks whether economic ideas should be reviewed in order to allow economics to reflect more clearly the realities of the changed economic system of the distribution of goods...

...Beverly K. Brockman; Robert M. Morgan Efficient consumer response (ECR) is arguably the most complex managerial innovation in distribution to be introduced in the US. As such, ECR holds great potential for retailing. Despite praise by some, however, ECR faces criticism and even rejection by others...

... management Quality function deployment Distribution This paper aims to describe work currently underway at Capper and Co., a distributor of convenience food to retail outlets. This work is part of the output of a three year joint project between Capper and the Lean Enterprise Research Centre (LERC...

...C.D.J. Waters Centrally‐planned economies generally put little emphasis on the retail sector. The communist government in Poland, for example, worked with an “economy of shortages”, where demand for most goods was greater than supply and there was no incentive to develop an efficient distribution...

... Channel relationships Distribution Service systems Services marketing Improving customer retention rates is a major goal for most firms. Typically, as customer loyalty increases, costs decline and profits rise (Fornell and Wernerfelt, 1987; Rust and Zahorik, 1993). This is particularly true...

... market between the powerful Korean manufacturers and foreign retail competitors who have themselves learned to be competitive by going head to head with world‐class retailers. Manufacturers, rather than retailers, have dominated the Korean distribution industry. Korean retailing is characterized by large...

...Norberto Muñiz‐Martínez It is true that the process of what has been termed the “globalisation” of the world economy is less noticeable in retail distribution than in other sectors more involved in industrial activities. Nonetheless, a slow but steady trend towards establishing a presence in other...

... Expansion (SIRE) model combines ideas presented in four separate theories to predict future expansion of these retailers. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Distribution Globalization International trade Retailing USA The USA is the largest mass market in the developed world. It has taken domestic...