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Developing economies such as those in sub-Saharan Africa are searching for realistic economic policy prescriptions. Despite economic growth in countries like Nigeria, poverty and unemployment blight……続きを見る

Transformation programs are an common feature of global companies carrying out major strategic change projects. These programs combine business and technical expertise to bring together management a……続きを見る

Lean Production wurde für die Großserienfertigung entwickelt und ist zum weltweiten Standard geworden. Die Stückzahlen eines Produktes werden jedoch kleiner und die Vielfalt größer. Die Kunden erwar……続きを見る

With a special focus on private label food brands and manufacturer brands, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the fast-moving consumer goods marketing landscape. The author illustrates t……続きを見る

In this book, we invited 146 authors with expertise in health policy, systems design, management, research, or practice, from each of the countries included, to consider health reforms or systems im……続きを見る

Summary: This book provides valuable, effective guidance for understanding, interpreting and implementing ISO 13485:2016 standard requirements. Despite its more than 800-page length, the author has ……続きを見る

Following the Brexit and Trump election cycles, consistent, long-term policy solutions to environmental and other societal challenges are becoming increasingly difficult to achieve. Stepping into th……続きを見る

This book is the eighth volume in a series entitled “Contemporary Logistics in China,” authored by researchers from the Logistics Research Center at Nankai University. In the spirit of the seven pre……続きを見る

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Decision Support Systems, ICDSST 2018, held in Heraklion, Greece, in May 2018. The main topic of this year’s conference w……続きを見る

The proceedings volume consists of academic papers on decision-making under uncertainty, smart decision, stochastic optimization, management simulation and its applications. It presents some compell……続きを見る

This brief explores the business and global implications of the American shale energy, or natural gas, revolution. Specifically, it provides a rational, comprehensive look at the major business them……続きを見る

In today’s connected world, promotion is fundamental to everything we do to drive business. This is a new edition of an established book, updated with the latest research on the shopper/buyer and ho……続きを見る

We know a lot about change leadership. We understand how to design change programmes, and we know how to prescribe best practice change methods. Yet, despite all this knowledge, it is reported that ……続きを見る

Many companies limp along from day-to-day treating the quality side of the business as a necessary evil, and doing only what is minimally necessary for compliance to regulations. This kind of approa……続きを見る

This comprehensive bookpresents a methodology for continuous process improvement in a structured, logical, and easily understandable framework based on industry accepted tools, techniques, and pract……続きを見る

Cutting costs is a common corporate refrain. But if you constantly slash expenditures, what happens to innovation? How can you stay competitive and satisfy customers? This book's revolutionary appro……続きを見る

This book gathers a selection of peer-reviewed papers presented at the International Conference on Operations Research (OR 2017), which was held at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany on September 6-8……続きを見る

Se former en continu, dès à présent Encadrer et coacher des collaborateurs en vue d'atteindre ensemble un objectif précis n'est jamais une mince affaire. La fonction managériale laisse peu de place ……続きを見る

The book develops manufacturing concepts and applications beyond physical production and towards a wider manufacturing value chain incorporating external stakeholders that include suppliers of raw m……続きを見る

In nur 50 Minuten die Wertkette nach Porter verstehen Die Wertkette, ein einflussreiches Analyse-Tool in der Unternehmensführung, wurde bereits 1985 von Michael Porter entwickelt und wird noch heute……続きを見る

Measuring productivity is often considered a difficult task for industries in the services sectors. This book offers a solution in the form of the 8M approach ー Management, Manpower, Method, Money,……続きを見る

This edited book intends to provide knowledge on tools and practices of servitization to facilitate the formulation and implementation of servitization-based strategies, service infusion and manufac……続きを見る

This book presents a comprehensive introduction to Integrated Business Planning (IBP), building on practitioner’s experience and showcasing the value gains when moving from disconnected planning to ……続きを見る

Dieses essential zeigt, wie der Vertriebsprozess bei Digitalisierungsprojekten im Bereich von Software-Präsentationen und Workshops effizienter gestaltet werden kann. In Software-Präsentationen oder……続きを見る

This essential guide brings supply chain theory to life. Intended for readers with a business interest in supply chain management, the book covers the key topics in eleven chapters, including planni……続きを見る

DesOps (aka. DesignOps) is an approach to design, inspired by the culture of DevOps. At the fundamental level, DesOps is not about introducing new models or process in the enterprise, rather, it is ……続きを見る

This book extends our understanding of how different cross- functional business and management disciplines, such as innovation and entrepreneurship, strategic management, marketing and HRM, individu……続きを見る

What is the business configurations in agribusiness system? Is not the power likely to focus on a restricted number of big manufacturers, and on a much more limited number of distributors? How to de……続きを見る

A leader's ability to discover and implement innovations is crucial to adapting to changing technologies and customer preferences, enhancing employee creativity, developing new products, supporting ……続きを見る

This book introduces social manufacturing, the next generation manufacturing paradigm that covers product life cycle activities that deal with Internet-based organizational and interactive mechanism……続きを見る