In this study we explore the implications of using recycled versus virgin materials for the supply chain structure and supplier relationships as well as the broader effects on operations strategy. We focus our study on the corrugated cardboard industry, where vertical integration is common, and non-integrated firms are both customers and competitors of integrated firms. These multiple supplier/...

1Elements Strategy Initiative Center for Magnetic Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan 2Computational Materials Science Center, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan 3Research Center for Strategic Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan 4School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, ...

Strategic preparedness planning is an important new imperative for many hospitals. Strategic preparedness planning goes beyond traditional product/market strategic planning by focusing on disaster prevention, containment, and response roles. Hospitals, because of their unique mission, size, complexity, the types of materials they handle, and the types of patients they encounter, are especially ...

Debabrata Payra, Masanobu Naito, * Yoshihisa Fujii, and Yuki Nagao a Research Center for Strategic Materials, Structural Materials Unit, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan b Advanced Key Technologies Division, Polymer Materials Unit, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan c School ...