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Hardback. Brings together practitioners, postal administrators, the express industry, regulators, economists and lawyers to examine the important policy and regulatory issues facing the postal and delivery industries. This book provides a different perspective on the problems facing postal and delivery networks. Editor(s): Crew, Michael A.; Kleindorfer, Paul R. Series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 424 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU; KNTT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1750.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792398493
ISBN
9780792398493
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.66

Hardback. The disciplines of Computer Science and Operations Research have been linked since their origins and each have contributed to the dramatic advances of the other. This volume examines some of the advances resulting from the confluence between these two technical communities. Editor(s): Barr, Richard S.; Helgason, R.V. (Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA); Kennington, Jeff L. Series: Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series. Num Pages: 454 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPFC; KJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 818.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
454
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792398448
ISBN
9780792398448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.03

Hardback. An examination of the effects on economic performance of several key features of the US electric power industry. Paramount among these are public versus private ownership, vertical integration versus deintegration, and retail competition versus monopoly distribution. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJU; KNBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792398431
ISBN
9780792398431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.66

hardcover. Focuses on consensus formation in multiperson decision-making groups using imprecise information. This work includes an array of paradigms, tools and techniques that can help develop various analytical tools for consensus-reaching processes. Editor(s): Kacprzyk, Janusz; Nurmi, Hannu; Fedrizzi, Mario. Series: International Series in Intelligent Technologies. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMD; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
1997th Edition
Number of pages
311
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792398394
ISBN
9780792398394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.22

Hardback. Outlining the results of a systematic, long-term research effort aimed at developing effective scheduling algorithms for complex manufacturing facilities, this text focuses on a specific industrial context, that of semiconductor manufacturing. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792398356
ISBN
9780792398356
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.69

Hardback. This volume presents an understanding of corporate financial performance. The authors review both the factors that cause the financial performance of some firms to be better than others, and also those factors that influence the trajectory of firm financial performance over time. Num Pages: 405 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFFN; KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 774.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
405
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792398318
ISBN
9780792398318
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.38

Hardback. Provides an exposition of the techniques that are available for optimizing complex systems and to do so in a way that unifies the theory of nondifferentiable and two-level mathematical programming. This book also points out the useful algorithms developed for solving a particular instance of two-level problem known as a static Stackelberg game. Num Pages: 470 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJT; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 857.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
470
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792398219
ISBN
9780792398219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.55

Hardback. Management-oriented, this text about efficiency, quality and effectiveness contains new ideas regarding quality and efficiency-based effective management. Num Pages: 122 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
122
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792398127
ISBN
9780792398127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.77

Hardback. Focuses on incentive regulation and competition. This text reviews topics including price caps, incentive regulation, market structure and new regulatory technologies. Editor(s): Crew, Michael A. Series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCC; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792398103
ISBN
9780792398103
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.37

Hardback. This work focuses largely on constrained optimization. It begins with a substantial treatment of linear programming and proceeds to convex analysis, network flows, integer programming, quadratic programming, and convex optimization. Software is included implementing the algorithms studied. Editor(s): Vanderbei, Robert J. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 436 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJT; PBUH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 791.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792398042
ISBN
9780792398042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 246.00

Hardback. This text aims to catalogue the major empirical, theoretical, and practical articles on family business. It also features a review of the literature, a discussion of how family businesses have been defined, and agenda for future research into both family business and entrepreneurship studies. Editor(s): Sharma, Pramodita; Chrisman, James J.; Chua, Jess H. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GBCR; KJC; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792397830
ISBN
9780792397830
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.78

Hardback. In manufacturing, queuing models are used for modeling production processes. Realistic inventory models are stochastic in nature. Stochastic models are considered in transportation and communication. This book is suitable for a graduate level course on stochastic models or as a secondary text for a graduate level course in operations research. Series: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science. Num Pages: 382 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJT; PBT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792397809
ISBN
9780792397809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 248.14

Hardback. X-efficiency theory shows that protection from competitive pressures produces not only allocated market-inefficiency, but inefficiency within the firm. This book provides an understanding of X-efficiency by developing the theory, exhibiting empirical evidence, and, finally, reviewing applications of the theory. Series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 167 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1000.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
167
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792397687
ISBN
9780792397687
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.35

Hardback. How does a firm anticipate and respond to changes which occur in its environment? What is involved in planning and implementing a business strategy which allows a company to maintain and improve upon previous success? This book presents ten case studies of ten international firms and their individual approaches to the problem of strategic change. Editor(s): Sinatra, Alessandro. Num Pages: 535 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2160.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
535
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792397670
ISBN
9780792397670
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 205.76

Hardback. There is a renewed interest in scientific management and the works of F W Taylor. This book focuses on the insights and flaws in Taylor's theory of industrial organization. It explores the nature of Taylor's contributions to engineering and to factory management. It deals with the spread of scientific management throughout the world. Editor(s): Spender, J. C.; Kijne, Hugo. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792397588
ISBN
9780792397588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.24

Hardback. This text provides a frame for deepening understanding of the consumption and portfolio selection behaviour of individuals and households. Num Pages: 448 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 807.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792397557
ISBN
9780792397557
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.83

Hardback. This text examines the role of technology in the delivery of health care by physicians and other health care workers, and their respective roles in the management of health care technology. Editor(s): Geisler, Eliezer; Heller, Ori. Series: Management of Medical Technology. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJ; MBPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792397502
ISBN
9780792397502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 245.59

Hardback. This work focuses on the antitrust process and how that process affects the efficiency of antitrust law enforcement. The contributors share a wide range of experiences in the antitrust process, including academia, the legal environment and both private and public sectors. Editor(s): Coate, Malcolm B.; Kleit, Andrew N. Series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 559.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792397311
ISBN
9780792397311
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.38

Hardback. This text focuses on negotiation processes and how negotiation modelling frameworks and information technology can support these. A modelling framework for negotiation as a purposeful complex adaptive process is presented and computer-implemented in the first three chapters. Editor(s): Shakun, Melvin F. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJP; KJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 537.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Reprinted from GROUP DECISION AND NEGOTIATION 5:4
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792397298
ISBN
9780792397298
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.06

Hardback. Business and management education has an important impact on business practice throughout the world. This book details the long-term growth of business and management education. It examines the theoretical and empirical literatures on organizational evolution and decision making, focusing on decision making in institutions of higher education. Num Pages: 490 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KFC; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1960.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
490
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792397281
ISBN
9780792397281
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.84

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