In private international law of contract, the regulating rights and obligations contracting parties may (whether objectively determined or chosen by parties), in some instances, be limited either public policy considerations other relevant mandatory rules. this regard, overriding rules three places – that forum state, applicable (if different from lex fori) place performance (or a third state w...

Organizational subunits such as marketing, sales, and customer service, invest in software-as-a-service (SaaS) as a means to reduce information technology costs, speed time to market, gain access to new technologies, and improve application support and maintenance. For these reasons, SaaS has been characterized as a form of outsourcing, but one in which IT is losing relevancy because contracts ...

The paper analyses characteristics of vertical relationships of organic supply chains with a specific focus on the processing and retailing sectors. The analysis takes into account different regions of the EU Mediterranean area. Data were collected through interviews using an ad hoc questionnaire. The survey was based on a sample of 306 firms, including processors and retailers. The analysis re...

Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are the de facto method of managing IT Outsourcing (ITO) contracts. Negotiated during pursuit (pre-sales) phase and then used as a dashboard for performance management during delivery the SLA ultimately becomes both the lever and the measurable for revenue and margin performance on a contract. That SLAs should be meaningful, both for customers and vendors as defi...

The multibillion-dollar online advertising industry continues to debate whether to use the CPC (cost per click) or CPA (cost per action) model as an industry standard. This article applies the economic framework of incentive contracts to study the trade-o s of these pricing models. In some conditions, the CPA model leads to higher publisher (or advertiser) payo s than the CPC model. Whether pub...

Market share objectives are prominent in many industries, especially where managers pay much attention to league table rankings. This paper explores the strategic rationale for giving managers incentives based on market share, motivated by evidence from executive compensation practice in the automotive and investment banking industries. Strategic incentives for market share dominate the well-kn...

Supply chain redesign involves decisions regarding the timing, amount and location attributes of the investment and disinvestment in facilities, production, purchase of raw materials, sale of products, loans and bonds for raising capital, signing of contracts for material purchase and sales, such that the profit is maximized. In this work, we use genetic algorithm to obtain the supply chain red...

Firms that outsource production to supply partners are at risk if those suppliers engage in unethical behavior. Such issues have been particularly acute in the apparel industry. If suppliers engage in unethical practices, firms may suffer brand and reputation damage, lost sales, cancelled contracts, legal penalties, lower employee morale, and more. An innovative program, originated at Reebok an...

this research explores the effective ways of sales promotion at liability insurance according to upgrade policies in tehran. the goal is development of planning strategic to help iran insurance industry.  first, we evaluate opinions and views of iran insurance company experts and iran insurance sales agents in tehran on sales promotion (also, priority of the promotion policies) of liability ins...