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  • RFID Demystified: Part 1. The technology, Benefits and Barriers to Implementation 
    Wilding, Richard D.; Delgardo, Tiago (The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, 2004-04-01)
    Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has by some commentators been heralded as a technology that will have as big an impact on supply chain operations as the advent of computer based planning systems in the early 1970’s. ...
  • RFID Demystified: Part 2. Applications within the supply chain. 
    Wilding, Richard D.; Delgardo, Tiago (The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, 2004-05-01)
    In our previous article we discussed the technology, benefits and barriers to implementations of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). In this article we discuss where this technology can be applied. Essentially, it is ...
  • RFID Demystified: Part 3. Company Case Studies. 
    Wilding, Richard D.; Delgardo, Tiago (The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, 2004-06-01)
    In the previous two parts of RFID Demystified we have discussed the technology, possible benefits and areas of application for with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems. In this final part we review Company ...
  • RFID in the supply chain: lessons from European early adopters 
    White, Andrew; Johnson, Mark; Wilson, Hugh (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2008-02-01)
    Purpose Radio frequency identification (RFID) is increasingly being presented as a technology with the potential to improve supply chain performance, but empirical evidence from early adopters is sparse. This paper aims ...
  • RFID-Applications within the supply chain 
    Wilding, Richard D.; Delgardo, Tiago (Sckc Cranfield University, 2004-04-01)
    Radio frequency identification (RFID) has been heralded by some commentators as a technology that will have as big an impact on supply chain operations as the advent of computer based planning systems in the early 1970’s; ...
  • Rhetoric and Anti-Racism in Social Work: A Study in the Philosophy of Language 
    Lesser, Danielle (Cranfield University, 1993-10)
    This thesis is concerned with the nature of understanding in multi-racial social work practice (MRP), and in particular with the philosophy of anti-racist social work. After a review of the past and present literature ...
  • Rightshoring for ambidexterity: supply chain reconfiguration in response to geopolitical disruptions 
    Moradlou, Hamid; Skipworth, Heather; Bals, Lydia; Aktas, Emel (IPSERA : International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association, 2022-04-10)
    Companies have extensively invested in offshoring strategies, creating geographically dispersed, complex networks. The concept of organisational ambidexterity through balancing the exploration (flexibility) and exploitation ...
  • The rise and stall of a fair trade pioneer: The Cafedirect story 
    Davies, Iain A.; Doherty, B; Knox, Simon (Springer Science Business Media, 2010-01-01)
    This is a case study investigating the growth of fair trade pioneer, Cafédirect. We explore the growth of the company and develop strategic insights on how Cafédirect has attained its prominent position in the UK mainstream ...
  • Risk and opportunities management for programmes and projects: A synopsis 
    Kutsch, Elmar; Murray-Webster, Ruth; Maylor, Harvey (2008-04-01)
    The purpose of this document is to provide the reader with a synopsis of current thinking in the area of risk and opportunities management in programmes and projects. It forms part of a package delivered to EDS and the ...
  • Risk appetite and foreign exchange intervention in an inflation-targeting framework: the case of Indonesia 
    Lubis, Alexander; Alexiou, Constantinos; Nellis, Joseph G. (Bank of Indonesia, 2023-03-31)
    The use of foreign exchange intervention in an inflation-targeting framework raises the question regarding its role. In addition, in an environment of volatile capital flows, how the risk appetite of foreign investors might ...
  • Risk capital in the UK 
    Dewhurst, Jim (1987)
  • Risk Governance: Examining its Impact Upon Bank Performance and Risk 
    Gontarek, Walter (2017-04)
    This study examines the emergence of risk governance arrangements in US bank holding companies (BHCs) and tests for their impact upon performance and risk profiles. Following the financial crisis, regulators introduced ...
  • Risk governance: examining its impact upon bank performance and risk-taking 
    Gontarek, Walter; Belghitar, Yacine (Wiley, 2018-09-21)
    As policy-makers in the United States contemplate a relaxation of financial regulation, our study contributes to this dialogue by testing the veracity of heightened standards of risk governance activities for US bank holding ...
  • Risk Management in a Cost-Cutting Environment 
    Bender, Ruth (2008-01-01)
    Increased risk In times of cost-cutting, organisations may be at increased risk due to poor morale, staff changes, or individuals and divisions cutting corners in attempting to meet the original expectations. Tone at the ...
  • Risk management in new product development : a systematic review of literature 
    Afzal, Muhammad Akram (Cranfield University, 2012-10)
    The purpose of this thesis is to provide taxonomy of risk management (RM) in new product development (NPD) research and, based on that, to develop a research agenda for this field of study. The review was based on a ...
  • Risks in new product development (NPD) projects 
    Akram Afzal, Muhammad (Cranfield University, 2017-01)
    New product development (NPD) is vulnerable to a wide variety of risks arising from within the firm or from the external environment. Existing categorizations of NPD project risks are partial or ill-defined and consequently ...
  • Roads to Resilience: Building Dynamic Approaches to Risk to Achieve Future Success 
    Goffin, Keith; Hopkin, Paul; Szwejczewski, Marek; Kutsch, Elmar (Airmic, 2014-01-28)
    In complex and constantly changing business environments with ever more complex risk, one of the key questions that boards ask of themselves is: “What can we do to future-proof ourselves against the growing array of ...
  • Robotization and labor supply in the context of a dynamic monopsony: novel evidence from South Korea 
    Saade, Ahmed; Alexiou, Constantinos; Belghitar, Yacine (Institute of Economic Research (Korea) et al.,, 2022-08-31)
    We estimate the effects of robotization on labor supply in Manufacturing, Services and the whole of the South Korean economy using exponential hazard and a random effects logit methodologies over the period 1999-2019. Our ...
  • Role and contribution of the non-executive director : implications for corporate social responsibility in the boardroom 
    Barratt, Ruth (Cranfield University, 2005-06)
    This research examines the role and contribution of the Non Executive Director (NED) within the corporate board. The literature identifies the NED as a boundary spanner. Boundary spanners are believed to be essential to ...
  • The Role and Function of the Audit Committee 
    Bender, Ruth (2005-01-01)
    There is no universal standard for the way in which audit committees work. Although broadly they covered the same activities, the number of formal meetings of companies reviewed ranged between 3 and 13 in the year. The ...

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