We use a randomized controlled trial to demonstrate that inexperienced female microenterprise owners in a Kenyan slum benefit from mentorship by an experienced entrepreneur in the same community. Using seven rounds of surveys, we find that mentorship increased profits by 20% relative to control. We conduct a formal business education intervention, which has no effect on profits despite changes ...

A number of trends in Information Technology (IT) indicate that the challenge of integrating information for construction projects may be served best by tight coupling of application methods with project model objects. A paradigm is proposed in which designers, contractors and suppliers process project information, which is stored on a central server, using application routines provided on-line...

A number of trends in Information Technology (IT) indicate that the challenge of integrating information for construction projects may be served best by tight coupling of application methods with project model objects. A paradigm is proposed in which designers, contractors and suppliers process project information, which is stored on a central server, using application routines provided on-line...

A considerable problem in competitive trade world is choosing the best supply chain. As a result in much more serious circumstances of competitions looking for the best supplier for manufacturing, for preparing raw material, is very significant. Meantime suppliers have different scenarios to be fulfilled, such as changing selection variables like lead-time, transportation cost and transportatio...

Horizontal scope – the set of products and services o¤ered – is an important dimension of ...rm strategy and a potentially signi...cant source of competitive advantage. On the one hand, the ability to build close buyer-supplier relationships over multiple transactions can give an advantage to broad ...rms that o¤er buyers “one-stop-shopping.” On the other hand, the existence of organizational t...

Abstract This study is designed to solve supply chain inefficiencies caused by some members' financial problems, such as capital shortages and financing restrictions in a stochastic environment. To this end, we have established finance framework designing two novel coordinating contracts based on trade credit for different problem settings. These are modeled the form of multi-leader Stackelberg...

One of the industry sectors with the longest history in remanufacturing is the automotive industry. Remanufactured parts include brake calipers, engines, servo pumps and alternators. A big challenge for automotive component remanufacturers is to achieve a steady flow of cores (parts that are used for remanufacturing). This flow could be secured by making agreements with core suppliers, such as ...

regarding to the diversified needs of domestic and global customers and various products of domestic and global competitors, importance of agility in supply chain management becomes more important. suppliers have to provide materials and essential resources of manufacturers in a short time without any lead time.in this research, we identified many criteria for agility in sanitation supply chain...