The article examines trends in the market power relationship between UK grocery manufacturers and retailers over the past 10-15 years. It identifies the underlying causes of trends in this area, the implications for consumer welfare, and the legislative framework relating to these relations. Contributory factors to the changed market-power relationship are relative manufacturer and retailer fir…
There are gaps in the countries of Africa between basic universal health care and what is provided. Educating those who are trying to help is important to bring about change. Recently, there are many organizations and individuals responding to those needs, including governmental and non-governmental organizations (NGO). These entities strive to improve the conditions of the African people by pr…
This book explores the intersection of two trends in the port sector that have occupied researchers in recent years: the port's progressively interventionist role in the hinterland and its increasing importance as a node within supply chains. These trends are set against the backdrop of fierce port competition as the increasing size of modern container vessels drives ports to make huge investm…
Developments in the world of distributed computing have made possible the successful integration of diverse information systems working in different environments. Electronic government (eGovernment) provides governmental stakeholders with a wealth of information stored at the various entities in the organisation. Decision makers are often overloaded with the amount of information that they rece…
This paper investigates the major impacts of the financial tsunami on the maritime industries, notably port and shipping. The maritime industries are still reeling from market declines, with stakeholders still attempting to weather the storm as best as they can through various strategies. However, such strategies are not uniform, where significant diversifications have been noted between maj…
The government of Indonesia plans to offer six geothermal power projects with a combined capacity of 255MW, through an auction in September, according to Jakarta Globe. The projects include Kepahiang and Simbolon Samosir power plants with 110MW capacity each, and 10MW of Borapulu, Lamiding and Oka Ile Ange power plants, respectively, and a 5MW of Mount Sirung plant. Firms from the US, Japan, Tu…
Indonesia ' s pharmaceutical market, the largest in South East Asia, will see continued foreign drugmaker investment and the manufacturing of pharmaceutical raw materials in the country will increase following the revision of the country's Negative Investment L ist. In addition, t he government ' s incentive to develop the domestic pharmaceutical industry and reduce its reliance on …
The state government of Sarawak in Malaysia approved construction of the proposed 275MW Trusan hydroelectric plant on Trusan River. The scheme will be executed by Sarawak Energy. The plant is slated to start power generation as early as 2019, according to state officials, although a timeframe for construction is yet to be revealed (Hydro World).
National intellectual capital (IC) measurement models produced by academics provide potentially valuable information for policy making. However, there is a lack of research explaining how policy makers actually deal with issues related to national IC. The purpose of this paper is to examine the phenomenon of national IC from the perspective of policy makers. The aim is to understand how they pe…
The purpose of this study is to introduce the concept of social welfare chain and address the challenges in decision making through the development of an optimal planning model for a nongovernmental organization (NGO). The distinctive properties of the social welfare chain and its relationship with the humanitarian relief chain in the context of supply chain management are also discussed. The p…
In 1989, the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) published the milestone volume Management of Success: The Moulding of Modern Singapore, edited by Kernial Singh Sandhu and Paul Wheatley, which delved into a wide variety of issues that were integral to the growth of modern Singapore. The world that Singapore faced in 1989 has changed irrevocably. Meanwhile, within Singapore, the city-st…