Protecting franchise chains against weather risk: A design science approach
Protecting franchise chains against weather risk: A design science approach Abstract : Franchisees are often small business owners whose sales, profitability, and financial equilibrium in the first years of operation are increasingly being impacted by weather...
Managing the financial consequences of weather variability
Managing the financial consequences of weather variability Abstract : Cool summers or warm winters affect sales of scores of products of all businesses operating in the 70% of activity sectors that are exposed to weather variability. The renewed interest in...
Choosing a transport contract over multiple periods
Abstract : We offer a shipper and a carrier the choice among three contracts in which to frame their relationship. Both can also take recourse in the transport spot market. Demand and price on the spot market are dependent exogenous stochastic processes. We model the...