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Personnel scheduling: A literature review

Van den Bergh, Jorne; Beliën, Jeroen; De Bruecker, Philippe - In: European Journal of Operational Research 226 (2013) 3, pp. 367-385

This paper presents a review of the literature on personnel scheduling problems. Firstly, we discuss the classification methods in former review papers. Secondly, we evaluate the literature in the many fields that are related to either the problem setting or the technical features. Each...

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Supply chain management of blood products: A literature review

Beliën, Jeroen; Forcé, Hein - In: European Journal of Operational Research 217 (2012) 1, pp. 1-16

This paper presents a review of the literature on inventory and supply chain management of blood products. First, we identify different perspectives on approaches to classifying the existing material. Each perspective is presented as a table in which the classification is displayed. The...

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Adaptation of interconnected infrastructures to climate change: A socio-technical systems perspective

Chappin, Emile J.L.; van der Lei, Telli - In: Utilities Policy 31 (2014) C, pp. 10-17

Climate change is likely to affect how society will function in this century. Because climate change effects may be severe, a next step is to study not only the effects on natural systems, but also the effects on built infrastructure systems and, in response to anticipated effects, the...

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Environmental issues associated with wind energy – A review

Dai, Kaoshan; Bergot, Anthony; Liang, Chao; Xiang, Wei-Ning - In: Renewable Energy 75 (2015) C, pp. 911-921

Recognized as one of the most mature renewable energy technologies, wind energy has been developing rapidly in recent years. Many countries have shown interest in utilizing wind power, but they are concerned about the environmental impacts of the wind farms. The continuous growth of the wind...

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Applications of nanotechnology in renewable energies—A comprehensive overview and understanding

Hussein, Ahmed Kadhim - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 42 (2015) C, pp. 460-476

One of the great technological challenges in 21st century is the development of renewable energy technologies due to serious problems related with the production and use of energy. A new promising area of research grows rapidly which is called Nanotechnologies are considered nowadays one of the...

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Vingt ans de recherches empiriques en marketing sur la performance des relations client-fournisseur

Nogatchewsky, Gwenaëlle; Donada, Carole - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2005

This paper proposes a review of empirical research in marketing on the performance of buyer-supplier relationships for … dimensions: economic performance, harmonious cooperation, satisfaction and evolution of the relationship. The analysis highlights … the importance of relational issues and their positive influence on the performance of buyer-supplier relationships. …

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Applying and theorizing institutional frameworks in IS research: a systematic comparison from 1999 to 2009

de Vaujany, François-Xavier; Carton, Sabine; Mitev, … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014

Purpose – This paper investigates how Information Systems (IS) researchers apply institutional theoretical frameworks. The purpose of this paper is to explore the operationalization of meta-theoretical frameworks for empirical research which can often present difficulties in IS research. The...

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Workforce planning incorporating skills: State of the art

De Bruecker, Philippe; Van den Bergh, Jorne; Beliën, Jeroen - In: European Journal of Operational Research 243 (2015) 1, pp. 1-16

This paper presents a review and classification of the literature regarding workforce planning problems incorporating skills. In many cases, technical research regarding workforce planning focuses very hard on the mathematical model and neglects the real life implications of the simplifications...

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Performance measures and metrics in outsourcing decisions: A review for research and applications

Gunasekaran, Angappa; Irani, Zahir; Choy, King-Lun; … - In: International Journal of Production Economics 161 (2015) C, pp. 153-166

Outsourcing, an operations strategy that influences the performance of a supply chain, has become an important …. Therefore, an attempt has been made to review the literature on outsourcing with particular reference to Performance Measures …

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Women and international assignments: A systematic literature review exploring textual data by correspondence analysis

Salamin, Xavier; Hanappi, Doris - In: Journal of Global Mobility 2 (2014), pp. 343-374

Purpose – Research on female expatriates has been substantially growing over the last decades and particularly in more recent years. Complementing previous thematic analyses of the literature, the purpose of this paper is to apply textual statistics and correspondence analysis to reveal the...

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