Logistics is a complex set of activities. Hesse and Rodrigue (2004) have developed a much quoted definition that includes a “wide set of activities dedicated to the transformation and circulation of goods, such as the material supply of production, the core distribution and transport function, wholesale and retail and also the provision of households with consumer goods as well as the related i...

Building on social embeddedness theory, we examine how the competencies and resources of one corporate actor in a network are transferred to another actor that uses them to enhance transactions with a third actor—a strategic process we dub ‘network transitivity.’ Focusing on the properties of network transitivity in the context of small-firm corporate finance, we consider how embedded relations...

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This paper explores the impact on economies of trade liberalization under alternative regional and multilateral arrangements: unilateral liberalization; liberalization as part of the ASEAN regional grouping; liberalization as part of the APEC regional grouping; or liberalization as part of a multilateral trade liberalization regime. The paper is based on a Dynamic Intertemporal General Equilibr...

We show that the advent of improved logistics management, including the “just-intime” (JIT) production system, can plausibly explain much of the dramatic (i.e., roughly 95%) growth of intra-firm trade in intermediates from Canadian affiliates to their U.S. MNC parents in the 1984-1995 period. The decline in tariffs and physical transport costs over this period was far too small (about 2.5%) to ...

This paper explores challenges that Jersey faces in the post-Brexit era, and how can utilize paradiplomacy to overcome obstacles broaden opportunities. Due its constitutional status, preexisting international arrangements, turbulences resulting from Brexit, Bailiwick of is a complicated context. Since May 2021, fishing conflicts have erupted off coast after government adopted licensing scheme r...

Background This paper presents findings from a study which sought to understand why health workers working under the results-based financing (RBF) arrangements in Zimbabwe reported being satisfied with the improvements in working conditions and compensation, but paradoxically reported lower motivation levels compared to those not working under RBF arrangements.   Methods...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) entered into force in May 2019 after surpassing the required 22 ratifications. This article combines decision support model (DSM) and Global Analysis Project (GTAP) computable general equilibrium (CGE) to make quantitative assessments of expected welfare trade effects AfCFTA on Nigerian South sectors possessing sustained export potential within m...