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Hardback. Integrates Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), Workflow Management Systems (WFMS), and Transaction Processing (TP) Technologies by presenting analysis of requirements presented by diverse classes of co-operative applications, ranging from cooperative authoring, through design for manufacturing, to interorganizational workflows. Editor(s): By, Rolf A. de. Series: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJM; UKR; UN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1150.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792381006
- ISBN
- 9780792381006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.83
€ 191.83
Hardback. Provides answers to the basic questions of what could have caused some of the regional financial crises, what their key characteristics were, how they could have been prevented, what lessons national governments, central bankers and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have learned and how such crises could be prevented. Editor(s): Rehman, Scheherazade S. Num Pages: 355 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFFK; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 355
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792380948
- ISBN
- 9780792380948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.44
€ 194.44
Hardback. Addresses the needs and interests of three groups of individuals in the manufacturing field: academic researchers, industry practitioners, and students. This book incorporates the advances made in GT/CM over the years and synthesizes the industry practices and outcomes to guide research. Editor(s): Suresh, Nallan C.; Kay, John M. Num Pages: 550 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV5; TGP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 973.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792380801
- ISBN
- 9780792380801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 251.53
€ 251.53
Advances in Computational and Stochastic Optimization, Logic Programmi...
David L. . Ed(S): Woodruff
Hardback. Presents the research which is an evidence of the frontiers of the Computer Science and Operations Research disciplines. This book provides researchers and practitioners with work in the areas of logic programming, stochastic optimization, heuristic search and post-solution analysis for integer programs. Editor(s): Woodruff, David L. Series: Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series. Num Pages: 319 pages, 38 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KJT; UGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792380788
- ISBN
- 9780792380788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.33
€ 193.33
Hardback. This text reviews and addresses the global manufacturing strategy area through research in four major economic areas of the world. It is the result of a single major research project undertaken in 20 countries, focusing on the manufacturing strategies and practices in each. Editor(s): Lindberg, Per. Num Pages: 502 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 937.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 502
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792380610
- ISBN
- 9780792380610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 246.52
€ 246.52
Hardback. Based on the 'International Working Conference on Information and Process Integration in Enterprises (IPIC '96)', held at MIT in 1996, this book addresses information and process integration issues as a single body of research and practice. It identifies the concept of documents as a common thread linking the integration issues. Editor(s): Wakayama, Toshiro; Kannapan, Srikanth; Khoong, Chan Meng; Navathe, Shamkant B.; Yates, JoAnn. Series: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science. Num Pages: 419 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJQ; KJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 419
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792380597
- ISBN
- 9780792380597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.70
€ 195.70
Hardback. Presents a set of mathematical modeling tools for analyzing financial risk. This book presents an array of tools drawn from several research areas, including chaos theory, expert systems, fuzzy sets, neural nets, risk analysis, stochastic programming, and multicriteria decision making. Editor(s): Zopounidis, Constantin. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV1; KJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792380559
- ISBN
- 9780792380559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.85
€ 193.85
Hardback. Discusses the health care delivery system, its organizations, and its supporting industries with relevance to technology. This book examines several aspects of managing medical technology, discusses its key issues, and outlines how it can be managed more effectively. It is useful for academics and students in different areas of health management. Series: Management of Medical Technology. Num Pages: 518 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJT; MBG; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 929.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 518
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792380542
- ISBN
- 9780792380542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 250.89
€ 250.89
Hardback. Provides an analysis of a distinct form of inter-firm collaboration in Research & Development (R&D): research joint ventures (RJVs). This book focusses on the role of RJVs in facilitating 'virtual' firm diversification as necessary to pursue particular technological objectives. This book is useful to economists and policy makers. Series: Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792380429
- ISBN
- 9780792380429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 246.43
€ 246.43
Hardback. The field of operations research has had a tremendous impact on the management of air transportation. This book shows some advances in optimization techniques and decision support systems applications in air transportation. It covers a variety of operations research topics in the air transportation industry. Editor(s): Yu, Gang. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 473 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJT; KNGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 873.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 473
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792380399
- ISBN
- 9780792380399
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.91
€ 252.91
Hardback. Provides training professionals in industry, and students of human resources development, with an overview of models and issues in educational evaluation. This book is organized around three themes: context, models, and issues. It highlights new areas of concern and interest that may affect how we assess learning interventions in organizations. Editor(s): Brown, Stephen M.; Seidner, Constance J. Series: Evaluation in Education and Human Services. Num Pages: 390 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNKD; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792380269
- ISBN
- 9780792380269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.96
€ 130.96
Hardback. Reports on the modes of governmental intervention to stimulate the usage of electronic data interchange (EDI) and the challenges facing government as they try to smoothen their own units via organizational management. Editor(s): Andersen, Kim Viborg. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJQ; UTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 675.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792380214
- ISBN
- 9780792380214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 250.08
€ 250.08
Hardback. This text explores a variety of advances in IT by a group of researchers who are at the cutting-edge of this research. There are four general categories in the book: future markets, inter-organizational systems, focused applications, and future strategies. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMD; KJQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 493.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792380207
- ISBN
- 9780792380207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.42
€ 191.42
Hardback. Presents a quantification of the managerial behavior within decentralized organizations. This title provides insights into the internal functioning of the firm, the relationships between the managers at different organizational echelons, and the conditioning effects of the organizational controls and the market environment external to the firm. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1150.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792380160
- ISBN
- 9780792380160
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.82
€ 127.82
Hardback. Introduces queueing network models with finite capacity and various types of blocking mechanisms. This book gives the definition of the analytical model underlying these blocking queueing networks. It surveys various analytical solution methods and algorithms and their properties. It also presents various application examples of queueing networks. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJ; PBT; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792379966
- ISBN
- 9780792379966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.47
€ 128.47
hardcover. Reviews the changing regulatory environment, notably incentive regulation and competition in regulated industries. Some of the major changes in electricity, gas, and telephone utilities allow for competition in local service through unbundling. Editor(s): Crew, Michael A. Series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJF; KJU; KNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792379713
- ISBN
- 9780792379713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Hardback. Learning plays a fundamental role in the production planning and growth of all organizations. This book covers a range of learning models and related topics beginning with learning curves to research on learning organizations. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMD; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792379430
- ISBN
- 9780792379430
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.57
€ 129.57
Hardback. Attempts to develop an evolutionary family business theory, positioning family businesses as a distinct organizational form (based on conjectures from organizational ecology). This book includes review of research literature on grounded theory, its developments, and its epistemological and ontological assumptions in light of philosophy of science. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1030.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792379393
- ISBN
- 9780792379393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.04
€ 191.04
Hardback. Presents an alternative methodology to deal with a financial problem: the control of credit risk. This monograph includes chapters that review the main avenues of literature related to our problem; provide a brief overview of the main optimal control principles; and, present the models and their setting. Series: Advances in Computational Management Science. Num Pages: 102 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFF; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 347.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 102
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792379386
- ISBN
- 9780792379386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.71
€ 122.71
Hardback. Analyzes decision problems in the management and engineering sciences. Divided into five parts, this book explores methodological issues, describes approaches to the model energy, applies quantitative techniques to problems in finance and economics, considers a series of problems in production systems, and covers game theory. Editor(s): Zaccour, Georges. Series: Advances in Computational Management Science. Num Pages: 421 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; KJMD; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 421
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792379379
- ISBN
- 9780792379379
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.70
€ 195.70
Hardback. Summarizes knowledge from experts and from empirical studies. This book provides guidelines that can be applied in fields such as economics, sociology, and psychology. It applies to problems such as those in finance, marketing, personnel, and production. Editor(s): Armstrong, Jon Scott. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 850 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1808.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 850
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792379300
- ISBN
- 9780792379300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 601.33
€ 601.33
Hardback. Evaluates and compares the regulation of telecommunications markets in Germany and the United States. This volume contains papers that emphasise that the goal of public policy in this area should be to make the broadest and most functional competition possible by means of an appropriate regulatory framework. Editor(s): Sidak, J.Gregory; Engel, Christoph; Knieps, Gunter. Num Pages: 83 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; KJU; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 83
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792379157
- ISBN
- 9780792379157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.19
€ 125.19
Hardback. Provides an understanding of why the soft budget constraint exists. By investigating state-owned enterprises in Tanzania before, during and after socialism, this book examines the prevalence of the soft budget constraint. The soft budget constraint is defined as an informal institution. Num Pages: 400 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792379102
- ISBN
- 9780792379102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.33
€ 195.33
Hardback. This title is an examination of manufacturing innovations - both technical and knowledge-based. It examines the elements that make today's manuacturers successful. Many examples from industry throughout the book should enable the reader to appreciate and comprehend the concepts presented. Editor(s): Swamidass, Paul M. Num Pages: 439 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 439
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792378969
- ISBN
- 9780792378969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.88
€ 189.88