http://scrmblog.dumke.me/taxonomy/term/706/all en http://scrmblog.dumke.me/content/real-options-and-child-labor-this-week-in-supply-chain-management-24-2012 <div class="field field-name-field-picture field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://scrmblog.dumke.me/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/NewsIcon.jpg?itok=2X-4GZfB" width="80" height="80" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>This was a slow first week, after my vacation. I am still waiting for some feedback on my dissertation. Regarding my job-hunt: I sent applications to several interesting companies and now I am looking forward to their feedback.</p> <p>The following articles I found worth reading this week.</p> <h5>Conferences</h5> <ul> <li>Short summary, with some impressions of the <span class="caps">NOFOMA</span> 2012 logistics conference. (<a href="http://interorganisational.org/2012/06/13/just-finished-nofoma-2012/" title="Interorganisational: Just finished: NOFOMA 2012">Interorganisational</a>)</li> <li>Scott Byrnes describes his impressions of the Gartner Supply Chain Conference in Palm Desert, CA, citing resilience as one of the major topics this year. (<a href="http://www.supplychainvisibility.org/supply-chain-visibility/gartner-supply-chain-conference-recap" title="SCV: Gartner Supply Chain Conference Recap">Supply Chain Visibility</a>)</li> </ul> <h5>Articles</h5> <ul> <li>The Guardian has an article this week on child labor in supply chains. Concluding that: &#8220;Eliminating child labour and improving conditions within our supply chains must be a collaborative process with all stakeholders taking on responsibility&#8221;. (<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/eliminating-child-labour-supply-chain?newsfeed=true" title="The Guardian: Eliminating child labour from the supply chain">Guardian</a>)</li> <li>Andreas from <span class="caps">SCM</span> research writes about &#8220;Real options in supply chain management&#8221;, highlighting a study which shows potential advantages of real-option-models. Another article on this topic can be found <a href="http://scrmblog.dumke.me/review/managing-disruption-risks-using-real-options-scrm-thesis" title="SCRM Blog: Managing Disruption Risks using Real Options">here</a> in the blog. (<a href="http://scmresearch.org/2012/06/12/real-options-in-supply-chain-management/" title="SCM Research: Real options in supply chain management"><span class="caps">SCM</span> Research</a>)</li> </ul> <p>I hope enjoy your weekend.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags-review field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/twi" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">twi</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">news</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/option-theory" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">option theory</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/child-labor" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">child labor</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-news-user-rating field-type-fivestar field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><form class="fivestar-widget" action="/taxonomy/term/706/all/feed" method="post" id="fivestar-custom-widget" accept-charset="UTF-8"><div><div class="clearfix fivestar-smart-stars fivestar-average-stars fivestar-form-item fivestar-outline"><div class="form-item form-type-fivestar form-item-vote"> <div class="form-item form-type-select form-item-vote"> <select id="edit-vote--2" name="vote" class="form-select"><option value="-">Select rating</option><option value="20">Give Real Options and Child Labor - This Week in Supply Chain Management (24 / 2012) 1/5</option><option value="40">Give Real Options and Child Labor - This Week in Supply Chain Management (24 / 2012) 2/5</option><option value="60">Give Real Options and Child Labor - This Week in Supply Chain Management (24 / 2012) 3/5</option><option value="80">Give Real Options and Child Labor - This Week in Supply Chain Management (24 / 2012) 4/5</option><option value="100">Give Real Options and Child Labor - This Week in Supply Chain Management (24 / 2012) 5/5</option></select> </div> <div class="description">Rating of news Items</div> </div> </div><input class="fivestar-submit form-submit" type="submit" id="edit-fivestar-submit" name="op" value="Rate" /><input type="hidden" name="form_build_id" value="form-Let7KDawktVR5jPiYNBkYRgxxSmlKDAXWOmQvd55jEU" /> <input type="hidden" name="form_id" value="fivestar_custom_widget" /> </div></form></div></div></div> Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:47:31 +0000 Daniel Dumke 1810 at http://scrmblog.dumke.me