ITLS Working Papers: Recent submissions
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The implications on willingness to pay of a stochastic treatment of attribute processing in stated choice studies
Published 2005-06-01Individuals processing the information in a stated choice experiment are asked to evaluate a set of attributes offered and to choose their most preferred alternative. It has always been thought that some attributes are not ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Asymmetrical Preference Formation in Willingness to Pay Estimates in Discrete Choice Models
Published 2006-06-01Individuals when faced with choices amongst a number of alternatives often adopt a variety of processing rules, ranging from simple linear to complex non-linear treatment of each attribute defining the offer of each ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Quality Management in Logistics: A Comparison of Practices between Manufacturing and Retail Companies and Logistics Firms.
Published 2003-06-01In February 2002, the Institute of Transport Studies (ITS), The University of Sydney, initiated a study to investigate world class logistics (WCL) practices in Australia. This research is part of the wider WCL study ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Using Rudyard Kipling to design value chain processes: An application of interactions theory
Published 2007-05-01“I keep Six Honest Serving Men, (They taught me all I know), their names are What and Why and When, And How and Where and Who.” Egan (1998) reminds us how important these characters are in their role of ‘life long learning’ ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
The value chain approach imposes increased expectations on logistics management
Published 2008-04-01As business organisations move toward network structures, and virtual models replace vertical organisations (or begin to become part of them), it is time to consider the role of logistics management in light of these ...Open AccessWorking Paper