In this paper, we review decision support models for the design of global supply chains, and assess the fit between the research literature in this area and the practical issues of global supply chain design. The classification scheme for this review is based on ongoing and emerging issues in global supply chain management and includes review dimensions for (1) decisions addressed in the model,...

the purpose of this study was to determ the degree, level and capacity indices of agricultural mechanization in sarab region (n: 37º45', e: 47º30') in eastern azarbayjan province, comprising about 65,164 hectares of farming land. the number of tractors, types of machines, and degree, level, and capacity of mechanization were calculated as the method of study. data showed that the average level ...

the present article try to explain rate of acceptance and/ or resistance of khozestanis' arabic speakers in confront with globalization values, and would reply to the question; either  do  the fundamental globalization values cause the preeminence of ethnic identity among the iranian arabic speakers? in other words, what effects does the globalization values have on the particularism among...

In the globalization era each and every organization which wants to compete the world’s changing scenario has to adopt changes with time. In case of globalization, privatization and liberalization old traditional strategies of manufacturing and management have already changed. There are no cross border bearers and giants which can operate their operations from more than one country availing...

although globalization has created ample opportunities and spaces to share experiences and information, the diffusion of ideas, especially in global health, is primarily influenced by the unequal distribution of economic, political and scientific powers around the world. these ideas in global health are generally rooted in high-income countries (hics), and then reach low- and middle-income coun...

In a simple model where global trade negotiations precede sequential Free Trade Agreement (FTA) formation, we show global tari¤ negotiations can prevent global free trade: FTA formation can yield global free trade in the absence of global tari¤ negotiations, but global free trade never emerges when global tari¤ negotitaions precede FTA formation. Intuitively, global tari¤ negotiations can preve...

globalization is a powerful and progressive process that challenges the power of governments in all political, economic, technological, and cultural aspects and provides them with opportunities and threats in their policy making. globalization theoreticians believe that information revolution has made the cultural aspect of globalization as its most powerful and widespread aspect challenging cu...

A psychological perspective has been largely absent in the multidisciplinary discourse surrounding globalization. In this commentary, we highlight the unique contributions that the articles in this special issue have made in advancing a new psychological science of globalization. We discuss the critical role that psychological theory plays in understanding reactions to globalization, and in tur...