Global supply chain: The consolidators’ role

The effect of strategic partnership on innovation: An empirical analysis

“…Moreover, contracts with public research institutions such as universities are helpful in order to develop new technology. This is particularly useful for small entrepreneurial firms that have few resources to invest in innovative activity (Caiazza, Stanton, & Volpe, 2016;;Tyler, 2009;Thomke & von Hippel, 2002;Lienhardt, 2004;;Vanhaverbeke & Cloodt, 2006;Chesbrough, Vanhaverbeke, & West, 2006;Chesbrough, 2003;Caiazza, Richardson, & Audretsch, 2015). Consequently, it is possible to hypothesize that interaction with other organizations positively affects firm's innovations.…”

Borderless ideas – open innovation in the Hungarian food chain

“…This is rather low, compared e.g. to the empirical research of Caiazza et al (2016) and Caiazza and Volpe (2014c) in the Italian food chain, where the analyzed companies export 60% of their products on average, and where open innovation found to enable companies to compete abroad. However, given that export connections are only used as determinants of innovation performance, this is not analysed more in depth, only to the extent to which export connections enable or draw back innovation performance.…”

Establishing an Efficient Outbound Overseas Logistics Chain of Small Consignments: The Perspective of Eastern Adriatic Region

“…In the research of the shipping agency market in Slovenia, it was acknowledged that shipping agents also offer LCL services [9]. Caiazza, Volpe and Stanton [3] determine that LCL operators need to manage complex services based on market knowledge, cargo flows, cargo characteristics of smaller shipments, the operation of consolidation warehouses and possibilities of appropriate modal split decisions. Especially important is the proper planning in combining different loads with respect to volume and weight, the final delivery point and time frames of delivery, the possibility of stacking consignments with one another, etc.…”

“…Differences between the import and export flows of small container shipments result in disproportion, which complicates the optimal operation of LCL services in a particular regional environment. This often affects the various operational and tactical decisions of LCL operators, who need to look for optimal solutions for cargo owners and their LCL network operation [3]. Particularly important are modal split decisions that are based on an efficient combination of various transport processes, from both a cost and time perspective.…”