Supply chain coordination with product line design and a revenue sharing scheme

Many manufacturers sell their products through retailers and share the revenue with those retailers. Given this phenomenon, we build a stylized model to investigate the role of revenue sharing schemes in supply chain coordination and product variety decisions. In our model, a monopolistic manufacturer serves two segments of consumers, which are distinguished by their willingness to pay for quality. In the scenario with exogenous revenue sharing ratios, when the potential gain from serving the low segment is substantial (e.g., the low‐segment consumers' willingness to pay is high enough or the low segment takes a large enough proportion of the market), the retailer is better off abandoning the revenue sharing scheme. Moreover, when the potential gain from serving the low (high) segment is substantial enough, the manufacturer finds it profitable to offer a single product. Furthermore, when revenue sharing ratios are endogenous, we divide our analysis into two cases, depending on the methods of cooperation. When revenue sharing ratios are negotiated at the very beginning, the decentralized supply chain causes further distortion. This suggests that the central premise of revenue sharing—the coordination of supply chains—may be undermined if supply chain parties meticulously bargain over it.     

The Anglo-American military relationship: Institutional rules,practices, and narratives

The Anglo-American military relationship is a vital yet neglected area of study. This article argues that the British military have actively cultivated a relationship with the U.S. military that has contributed to the longevity of the broader so-called “Special Relationship,” even in the Trump era. The article contends that the complexities of the military relationship can best be captured by the theoretical lens provided by Lowndes and Roberts that combines different strands of institutionalism to focus on rules, practices, and narratives. The intense linkages between the United States and United Kingdom have become routinized, enabling them to adapt their peacetime cooperation to conflicts, and thereby address post-Cold War security challenges. The article draws upon semi-structured interviews with senior British military officers as well as policy documents to explore how these patterns of collaboration have become ingrained in patterns of both thinking and behavior.     

Coordination as showcasing: the establishment of Norway’s Afghanistan Forum

In complex operations such as the interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan, where multiple government ministries are involved in putting together a state’s contributions, the use of national-level coordination bodies has become more widespread. Research has taken for granted that the rationale behind these bodies reflects their declared aim – enhanced coordination as a means to improve mission effectiveness. However, they appear to have had modest effect on coordination. That notwithstanding, they seem to remain popular. This prompts us to ask why such bodies are actually established. This article – based on in-depth interviews and archival records – critically explores the establishment of Norway’s ad hoc, inter-ministerial, political-level Afghanistan Forum. Distinguishing between a structural-instrumental, a cultural-institutional and an environmental perspective from organizational theory to structure the analysis, this article shows that the declared purpose of the forum, inter-ministerial coordination, proved less important than showcasing coordination efforts and keeping the coalition together. In addition, national traditions in handling coordination challenges in the central government apparatus and powerful international reforms helped bring the forum about. This has implications for research on the rationale and effectiveness of these bodies, and also for understanding their policy relevance.     

On Government-industry Nexus and Indigenous Armed Resistance

This paper proposes a simple game-theoretic framework for analyzing the relationship between the government, industry and indigenous community, especially in the context of mounting violence surrounding displacement of indigenous communities by governments for the purposes of commercial use of their habitat. It specifically takes into account the possibility of alleged ‘nexus’ between the government and the industry and explores its implications on the level of allocation and utilities of the players. We find that the bias in allocation that occurs when the government and the industry enter a ‘nexus’ can be rectified when there is resistance from the indigenous groups. Moreover, rebellion is a dominant strategy of the indigenous community, irrespective of whether there is ‘nexus’ or not, and being in ‘nexus’ with the government is a best response for the industry. The unique SPNE occurs when there is ‘nexus’ between the industry and the government and resistance by the indigenous groups, corroborating the widespread allegations of ‘nexus’ and evidence of resistance worldwide. We also explore a few extensions of the basic model and present some narrative evidence in support of the theoretical model.     

风场的科学计算可视化在导弹射击中的应用

在导弹射击时,消除风会对导弹飞行造成不利的影响,因此基于可视化分析的研究模型、流程等,利用科学计算方法直观分析优点对风的大小和方向进行分析,并采用开放图形接口对实验风场数据进行了三维图形绘制以提高导弹打击目标的精度,对实际中导弹的风场阻力研究有一定的指导意义.     

装备故障诊断和预测技术综述

结合故障诊断与预测技术的国内外研究现状,综述了故障诊断和预测的完整性认知模型,并以此对蓬勃发展的故障诊断和故障预测技术进行了分类与综合分析。同时针对故障的不确定性特征,对故障诊断和预测技术的性能要求、定量评价与验证方法进行了分析。最后,分别从实际应用及扩展的四个方面提出了故障诊断、预测,以及PHM技术未来发展的几个问题。     

高炮火控系统模拟训练及综合评价系统

提出了一种新型的基于计算机及计算技术的高炮火控系统仿真模拟训练及综合评价系统的设计方案。这一方案不仅注重了系统实现仿真训练的基本功能,同时还利用计算机仿真优势,强调了对训练效果的评估及对训练模式的总结。提出了实时决策支持的新概念     

罗伯特·布朗宁《深夜幽会》的赏析及翻译

该文对英国维多利亚时代的著名诗人罗伯特.布朗宁的《深夜幽会》从三个方面进行了赏析:1.寓情于景,运用多种鲜明的意象表达情思;2.多种格律和韵律的运用;3.拟声词的运用;并在学习、比较、借鉴多种译文之后进行对《深夜幽会》的翻译。     

“联合全资产可视化”及其关键技术

论述了美军"联合全资产可视化"(JTAV)的背景、目标、策略及主要因素,重点阐述了JTAV的关键技术手段--射频识别技术,包括光储卡、射频识别、灵巧卡和射频数据通信等.提出了我军装备维修保障信息化过程中急需研究和开发的相关技术及基础架构.     

从传统儒家的“德治思想”到“以德治国”方略

传统儒家倡导"仁政",注重"德治",对封建社会秩序的稳定起到了积极的作用。当前,党中央提出"以德治国",既是对儒家"德治思想"在新的历史条件下作出的新阐释和新发展,同时又赋予它以新的内涵,对我们社会主义建设过程中保持政治秩序的稳定、经济的繁荣和持续发展有着非常重要的现实意义。