This study investigates factors that affect the adoption of information and communications technology (ICT) in Africa. The study also compares the ICT adoption factors in African nations with that of developed nations, represented by the Organization of Economic and Cooperative Development (OECD) over a period of over 21years. Using a large set of data from World Bank and pooled regression anal...

The progress of industrialization is accompanied with environmental degradation and developing countries are facing the dilemma between economic growth and environmental protection currently. According to EKC theory, environmental quality will get improved when income exceeds a threshold value. While during this process, different effects work, among which the technological advance play an impo...

*Correspondence: [email protected] 1Department of Mathematics, Techno India University, West Bengal, India Full list of author information is available at the end of the article Abstract In this paper, we have developed an integrated supplier-manufacturer-retailer, joint economic lot-sizing model for the items with stochastic demand and imperfect quality. The supplier produces the item (raw...

At the moment we realize that the world will face major changes in land use in the coming decades. Agricultural production will need to meet the needs of the world population which is expected to double to 12 billion, and to meet the increasing demand as a result of continued economic growth and consumer demands. Agriculture needs to meet this rising demand on less land, with less resources suc...

An economic production quantity model with demand dependent unit production cost in fuzzy environment has been developed. Flexibility and reliability consideration are introduced in the production process. The models are developed under fuzzy goal and fuzzy restrictions on budgetary cost. The inventory related costs and other parameters are taken as fuzzy in nature. The problem is solved by par...

The classic Economic Order Quantity model assumes that the unit purchasing cost is not based on the order quantity. In practice, a supplier may offer purchasers an all-units discount. We develop a model and solution procedure for the EOQ with all-unit discounts and partial backordering at a constant rate. We show, and illustrate with a numerical example, how that model can be used to find the s...

A conceptual framework for the probabilistic performance-based seismic assessment of building structures that considers both model uncertainty and response sensitivity to ground motion modification is presented in this paper. A new damage model is proposed for the assessment of building performance to seismic loads. The model is derived at the material level and combined at the element, story a...

This paper presents inventory models for perishable items with stock dependent selling rate. The selling rate is assumed to be a function of current inventory level and rate of deterioration is taken to be constant. Under instantaneous replenishment with zero lead time, the model incorporates aspects such as complete, partial, and no backlogging. EOQ is determined for maximizing the total profi...

Among the assumptions of the classical economic order quantity (EOQ) model is that all units that are purchased (or produced) are of perfect quality. However, this is frequently unrealistic since production processes deteriorate resulting in the production of defective products requiring rework. Some recent studies suggest that production systems performance might be improved by applying the fi...

This article outlines a framework for the analysis of economic integration and its relation to the asymmetries of economic and social development. Consciously breaking with state-centric forms of social science, it argues for a research agenda that is more adequate to the exigencies and consequences of globalization than has traditionally been the case in ‘development studies’. Drawing on earli...