Essays on Supply Chain Management in Emerging Markets / Essays on Supply Chain Management (PDF)

Micha Hirschinger emphasizes the importance of foresight on logistics
and institutions in particular for effective decision making as distinct
research in this context is limited. He applies a systematic and transferable
multi-method approach based on Delphi studies and fuzzy c-means cluster analysis
to develop profound scenarios for the future. He uses the relevance of
information-processing requirements to investigate whether centralization of
purchasing organizations increases functional efficiency. The author finally
shows how a sharing-economy business model transfer could help to overcome the
limited access to factor markets, especially trucks, at the base of the
pyramid.

Contents

• Future of Logistics in Emerging Markets - Fuzzy Clustering Scenarios
  Grounded in Institutional and Factor-Market Rivalry Theory
  
• No Vehicle Means No Aid - A Paradigm
  Change For The Humanitarian Logistics Business Model
  
• How theAerospace and Defence Industry in
  India Might Evolve Till 2020: An Institutional Perspective
  
• Does Centralization
  Lead to higher Efficiency? - An Industry-specific Analysis of Purchasing
  Functions
  

Target Groups

• Scientists in the field of Strategic Foresight, Supply Chain Management
  and International Management
  
• Supply chain manager, strategic planner, entrepreneurial and political
  decision maker
  

About the
Author

Prior to his current position as consultant at a leading global
management consulting firm, Micha
Hirschinger worked as research associate at the Chair of Supply Chain
Management at the FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg.