Funding Body: GM Global Research & Development Type of Funding: Private Researcher: Mozart Menezes Term: 01/04/2011 – 31/07/2011 Project Description This project will study the ideal level of catalyzers’ commonality for different vehicle models. The key trade-off is the complexity reduction obtained by different vehicle models using a same component versus the potentially inefficient usage […]
This project aims to understand the underlying dynamics of supply chain risk phenomenon, emphasizing on supply chain disruptions, which are considered the most pressing concerns facing firms competing in today’s global marketplace. This project highlights the importance of better aligning the perception and assessment of risk sources with supply chain disruption management and supply chain […]
This project addresses Absorptive Capacity (AC, or “the ability of a firm to recognize the value of new, external information, assimilate it, and apply it to commercial ends”, Cohen and Levinthal, 1990: p. 128) in a relational context. We build upon a knowledge-based view of the firm, which is a spin-off of the resource based […]
Main Researcher: Susana Val Other Researchers: Blanca Esteban, Rubén Sáinz (University of Cantabria), Emilio Larrodé (University of Zaragoza) Funding Body: Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) Type of Funding: Public Term: November 23, 2011 to July 22, 2012 Project Description Logistics performance is a measurement of how efficient logistics is in enabling the flow of goods from […]
Funding Body: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Type of Funding: Private Main Research: Prashant Yadav, Laura Rock Kopczak Other Researchers: Noel Watson, Santiago Kraiselburd, Michael Laverty Term: 15/11/2008-15/05/2010 Project Description The main objective of this project will synthesize principles related to process, infrastructure, technology and intra- and inter- organizational relationships and structure, and inform recommendations […]
Procurement and Supply Chain Management Capacity Building and Technical Assistance Programme (SCCBC)
Funding Body: Global Fund through the Society for Family Health (SFH) Main Researcher: Prashant Yadav/Noel Watson Other Researchers: Mozart Menezes Term: 14/12/2009-11/06/10 Project Description The activities of the Zaragoza Logistics Center in the project will consist in the following: Contributing to the design of a distribution system that manages to deliver Artemesinin Combination based Therapy […]
Funding Body: Department for International Development Main Researcher: Prashant Yadav Term: 15/08/2009-31/12/2009 Project Description The purpose of the project is to highlight the role of inter- and intra-country differential pricing and its impact on access to medications. It involves drawing an easy to understand picture of the methods, barriers and impact of differential pricing. The […]
Funding Body: Government of the Gambia Type of Funding: Public Main Researcher: Prashant Yadav Other Researchers: Laura Varela, Michael Laverty Term: April 2009-July 2009 Project Description The main objective of the project is to identify how the present policies, processes and approach to drugs management could be improved, to enable the pharmaceutical supply chain in […]
Funding Body: World Bank Type of Funding: Private Main Research: Prashant Yadav Other Researchers: Simón Conesa Term: 24/02/2009-15/04/2009 Project Description A deeper and structured understanding of the supply chain for medicines in low and middle income countries represents an important gap in our current knowledge although such information is key to the development of remedial […]
Funding Body: The Rockefeller Foundation, Dalberg Global Development Advisors Type of Funding: Private Main Research: Prashant Yadav Other Researchers: Laura Rock Kopczak, Michael Laverty, Santiago Kraiselburd Term: 01/04/2008-31/10/2008 Project Description This study has two objectives: to provide an understanding of the current and potential role for the private sector in health supply chains to provide […]
Funding Body: Doctors Without Borders, Spain Main Researcher: Mozart Menezes Other Researchers: María Laura Varela Term: 01/10/2008-31/05/2009 Project Description This project will analyse the real needs of Doctors without Borders in terms of food and medications, as well as the best options for their distribution. The aim of the project is to review the current […]
Funding Body: Department For International Development Type of Funding: Private Main Researcher: Prashant Yadav Term: 30/11/2007-31/08/2008 Project Description The purpose of this consultancy is to develop an analytic tool/framework for mapping the supply chain that can be used in MeTA countries. The framework will be developed and then tried in 2-3 MeTA countries as part […]
Funding Body: The center for global development Main Researcher: Prashant Yadav Term: 01/11/2007-30/09/2008 Project Description The project has three main subjects that should be identified: The role of all the bodies that form part of the supply chain of certain products, paying attention to the markets of medications for tuberculosis and other antibiotics, and focusing […]
Funding Body: The center for global development Main Researcher: Prashant Yadav Term: 01/11/2007-30/09/2008 Project Description The project consists in studying the following objectives: Identifying the risks to which agents involved in the antiretroviral supply chain are subjected to in such a way that they undermine efficient behaviour and make access to said antiretrovirals less than […]
Researcher: Prashant Yadav Term: September 2007 Project Sponsor: UK Department for International Development. Pilot study done in Zambia and Kyrgyzstan Project Description One third of the world’s population lacks access to essential medicines. This situation persists despite increased government and donor financing for health, in part due to fundamental inefficiencies in the pharmaceutical market and across […]
Funding Body: Dalberg Global Development Advisors Main Researcher: Prashant Yadav Term: 01/06/2007-31/09/2007 Project Description Artemisinin-combination therapies (ACTs) substantially delay the emergence and spread of artemisinin- resistant strains of falciparum malaria and they should be made available at affordable prices. In 2004, the Institute of Medicine concluded that a global high-level subsidy was the best way […]
Researcher: Prashant Yadav Term: 2007 Project Sponsor: Roll-Back Malaria Partnership, Geneva http://www.rollbackmalaria.org/ Project Description Every year, over a million people die from malaria–most of them children–and hundreds of millions more suffer from disease and disability. Along with the devastating human toll, the economic costs to many African countries are massive. The malaria burden has increased in […]
Researchers: Prashant Yadav, Kirsten Curtis and Neelam Sekhri Dec 2006 Centre for Global Development: Global Health Forecasting Working Group Background Paper http://www.cgdev.org/ Project Description Poor allocation of risks among the constituents of a supply chain results in a misalignment of incentives, leading to over-reactions, unnecessary interventions, second guessing, mistrust, and distorted information – ultimately degrading […]
Funding Body: Department For International Development Main Researcher: Prashant Yadav Term: 11/09/2006-15/12/2006 Project Description The project has three main points that should be identified: The role of all the bodies in health product supply chains, focusing on the malaria treatment and antiretroviral drug markets. The capacity of each of the agents to mitigate the risk […]
Project Description Emergence of drug resistant is posing a major threat to global disease eradication programmes. This phenomenon is framed within global drug supply chains, which are inherently more risky than domestic supply chains due to the numerous links interconnecting a wide network of firms. The traditional approach to effective supply chain risk mitigation involves […]
