In 2010-2012, new outpatient service locations were established in Hungarian micro-regions, which had lacked such capacities before. We exploit this quasi-experiment to estimate the effect of geographical accessibility on outpatient case numbers using both individual-level and semi-aggregate panel data. We find a 24-27 per cent increase of case numbers as a result of the establishments. Our spe...

Increasing global notices in environmental protection, green supply chain management (GSCM) has received much attention by researchers and managers more than the past. Commonly, firms have considered cost criteria to select their suppliers. Despite the fact that there are various papers considering the formal criteria in supplier selection, there is a few limited numbers considering the environ...

Choosing the most suitable day-old chick (DOC) broiler chicken supplier is currently one of important issues that must be addressed. This because selecting can reduce amount spent on purchases and risk sick chickens being delivered by supplier. Another problem related to selection has been happening so far quality products are not following company standards or rejected products. The number pro...

Asus Tech. is the largest motherboard manufacturer in Taiwan. Hundreds of suppliers cooperate with the company in business. So that supplier selection is the most important function of a purchasing department in the enterprise. An enterprise resource planning (ERP) system in the process of supplier selection may result in the great savings in both costs and man hours. In the concept of push and...

Supplier selection serves as the most critical factor in supply chain, which involves several criteria. The of right supplier supports company's competition. To support decision-making, a credible and practical decision-making method is thus required. This study aims to integrate Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) PROMETHEE II methods for selection. In utilizing this method, AHP utilized determin...

Currently, the supplier selection process is considered as an integral part of supply chain. The appropriate suppliers plays a preponderant role in performance chain it determines relevant aspects such cost management and flexibility most production processes. Background: It multi-criteria multi-objective problem because includes both qualitative quantitative factors. Method: To solve Supplier ...

The supplier selection process is considered one of the most relevant decisions in supply chain management due to its effect on product quality and buyer performance. Supplier often unstructured, generally based lowest-price proposal. However, this type involves a high risk, sometimes resulting project delays, poor acquired goods, large financial losses. Price undoubtedly an important criterion...

In today's world, competition between companies in any industry has been so stressful and organizations that controls any moment become shorter life products and the emergence of similar products are capable of more performance. Therefore all large organizations to maintain their sustainable competitive market must accommodate and synchronize themselves with their customer’s needs. On the other...

University rankings generally present users with the problem of placing the results given for an institution in context. Only a comparison with the performance of all other institutions makes it possible to say exactly where an institution stands. In order to interpret the results of the SCImago Institutions Ranking (based on Scopus data) and the Leiden Ranking (based on Web of Science data), i...