Layers of Commerce: Modelling the Onion Trade of Dubai
This paper utilizes a comparative case study design to examine a regional onion market. The particular case of onion markets is used to understand perishable product supply chains. The site for the study is Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Results from a six-month field study are outlined. In particular, the findings suggest that firms should examine adding additional destinations to their supply chain. Further, we argue that utilizing Dubai as a supply chain hub is in certain cases counterproductive. Implications for food supply chains and regional trade are discussed.
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M. A. Aksoy and J. C. Beghin, Global Agricultural Trade and Developing Countries. World Bank Publications, 2004.
[2] D. N. Sull, S. Ghoshal, and F. Monteiro, “The hub of the world,” Bus. Strategy Rev., vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 35–40, 2005.
[3] N. Wilson, “The supply chains of perishable products in northern Europe,” Br. Food J., vol. 98, no. 6, pp. 9–15, 1996.
[4] C. Dolan, J. Humphrey, C. Harris-Pascal, and others, Horticulture commodity chains: the impact of the UK market on the African fresh vegetable industry. IDS, 1999.
[5] Y. Tseng, W. L. Yue, M. A. Taylor, and others, “The role of transportation in logistics chain,” 2005.
[6] G. B. Dantzig, Linear programming and extensions. Princeton university press, 1998.
[7] G. B. Dantzig and J. H. Ramser, “The truck dispatching problem,” Manag. Sci., vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 80–91, 1959.
[8] B. Eksioglu, A. V. Vural, and A. Reisman, “The vehicle routing problem: A taxonomic review,” Comput. Ind. Eng., vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 1472–1483, 2009.
[9] L. Davis, “Handbook of genetic algorithms,” 1991.
[10] D. E. Goldberg and J. H. Holland, “Genetic algorithms and machine learning,” Mach. Learn., vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 95–99, 1988.
[11] P. D. Wasserman, Neural computing. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1989.
[12] G. Chandrashekhar, “Nafed to canalise onion imports; China, Egypt eyed,” The Hindu Business Line, 22-Oct-2013.
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