Because of rapid evolution in product and process technology, many operations in the manufacturing and service industries in recent years require workers to acquire and maintain more extensive ``knowledge stock'' than before. In this paper, we address the human resource planning in these knowledge-intensive operations. We focus on the management of knowledge mix, that is, the mix of workers in ...

Abstract We document how demand shocks in export markets lead French multiproduct exporters to reallocate the mix of products sold those destinations. In response positive shocks, firms skew their sales toward best-performing products. develop a theoretical model and derive specific conditions (with endogenous price elasticities) needed generate these product-mix reallocations. Under conditions...

The aim of this study is to evaluate the sport marketing mix and its seven elements (product, price, promotion, place, public relations, people, and physical evidence) in Iran’s volleyball super league from the viewpoint of ministry of sport and volleyball federation managers in two conditions, namely existing and optimal. For this purpose, 102 subjects, among them the official staffs in ...

In this paper we explore the problem of maximizing revenue for an Internet service firm that operates in a market of unique short-lived products that have uncertain demand. We look at the short-term problem where the firm has a capacity constraint and has to choose an appropriate product mix such that customers' desired quality-of-service requirements are fulfilled. For example, converging digi...

In the past few decades, the concept of manufacturing flexibility has become a key competitive criterion for many manufacturing organizations. The importance of flexibility in supporting other competitive criteria such as cost, quality and delivery speed has also been recognized (Bolwijn and Kumpe, 1990). However, there is a dearth of studies linking flexibility with another competitive criteri...