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Building Supply Chain Excellence in Emerging Economies
. Ed(S): Lee, Hau L. (University Of Stanford,...
Hardback. Helps readers to manage supply chains in emerging economics. This book addresses a host of issues and challenges, from infrastructure constraints and the logistics inefficiencies to contributing to the social and environmental developments of emerging economies. Editor(s): Lee, Hau L. (University of Stanford, USA); Lee, Chung-Yee. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 468 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387384283
- ISBN
- 9780387384283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.04
€ 128.04
Hardback. This book is a comprehensive survey of the mathematical concepts and principles of industrial mathematics. It provides an understanding of the fundamental mathematical principles used in Industrial Mathematics/OR in modeling problems and application solutions. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 298 pages, 70 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJMD; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387377346
- ISBN
- 9780387377346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.19
€ 68.19
Hardback. Collective behaviors play a fundamental role in many scientific and technical disciplines. This book introduces the concept of Collective Being as a Multiple System established by processes of emergence and self-organization of the same agents simultaneously or dynamically interacting in different ways. Series: Contemporary Systems Thinking. Num Pages: 462 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HP; KJMV6; KJU; PBW; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1870.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 462
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387355412
- ISBN
- 9780387355412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.59
€ 189.59
The Transfer and Diffusion of Information Technology for Organizationa...
. Ed(S): Donnellan, Brian; Larsen, Tor J.; Le...
Hardback. Addresses the challenges faced by many organizations as they strive to be resilient in a turbulent economic and political environment. This book covers topics that include: improvisation and agility; IT support for nurturing core competencies; ontological/definitional issues relating to resilience; multi-level studies of resilience; and more. Editor(s): Donnellan, Brian; Larsen, Tor J.; Levine, Linda; DeGross, Janice. Series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Num Pages: 380 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387344096
- ISBN
- 9780387344096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.94
€ 125.94
Knowledge Enterprise - Intelligent Strategies in Product Design, Manu...
. Ed(S): Wang, Kesheng; Kovacs, George; Wozny...
Hardback. Contains the edited technical presentations of PROLMAT 2006, the IFIP TC5 international conference held on June 15-17, 2006 at the Shanghai University in China. This book collects papers that concentrate on knowledge strategies in Product Life Cycle and bring together researchers and industrialists. Editor(s): Wang, Kesheng; Kovacs, George; Wozny, Michael J.; Fang, Minglun. Series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Num Pages: 1068 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 55. Weight in Grams: 3670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 1068
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387344027
- ISBN
- 9780387344027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.18
€ 194.18
Research and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information Systems
. Ed(S): Tjoa, A. Min; Xu, Li; Chaudhry, Soha...
Hardback. Contains papers that were presented at a conference aimed at building an IFIP forum among the different Information Systems Communities of the IFIP TC 8, which deals with the important area of Enterprise Information Systems. Editor(s): Tjoa, A. Min; Xu, Li; Chaudhry, Sohail. Series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Num Pages: 812 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 42. Weight in Grams: 2890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 812
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387343457
- ISBN
- 9780387343457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.12
€ 192.12
paperback. Presents research directions that address management in the information economy. This book begins with perspectives at the level of the economy as a whole and then progressively addresses industrial structure, sectors, functions, and business practices. Editor(s): Uday, Apte; Karmarkar, Uday. Series: Annals of Information Systems. Num Pages: 472 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- SKU
- V9780387342146
- ISBN
- 9780387342146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.86
€ 120.86
Hardback. Outlines the role of organizational design in management theory and practice. This book reviews the main theoretical perspectives of organization design, identifies important theoretical and practical issues facing the field, and suggests ways for research to be conducted. Series: Information and Organization Design Series. Num Pages: 297 pages, 27 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387341729
- ISBN
- 9780387341729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.21
€ 186.21
Hardback. Presents a critical analysis of four critical areas of investment management. This book provides an overview of portfolio management and its historical evolution. It includes a review and analysis of a range of academic research into the performance of portfolio managers. Series: Innovations in Financial Markets and Institutions. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387338293
- ISBN
- 9780387338293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.48
€ 122.48
Hardback. Identifies rent-seeking behavior as a primary cause of poor economic performance in many places, particulary Africa. This book presents an empirical study of rent-seeking within the civil service, parastatal sector, and business community in Tanzania. It quantifies and evaluates the rent-seeking behavior of more than 300 parastatal companies. Num Pages: 682 pages, 47 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; KCM; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 682
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387337722
- ISBN
- 9780387337722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.94
€ 129.94
Hardback. Surveys the developments in project scheduling research of operations research. This book covers the range of the key models in the field, including deterministic, probabilistic, single- and multi-mode, single- and multi-objective, and a general model on discrete-continuous resources. It examines various solution algorithms. Editor(s): Jozefowska, Joanna; Weglarz, Jan. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 444 pages, 97 black & white illustrations, 93 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1830.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387336435
- ISBN
- 9780387336435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Hardback. Focuses on real-world production scheduling in factories and industrial settings. This book includes industry case studies that use innovative techniques as well as academic research results that can be used to improve production scheduling. It presents scheduling principles, advanced tools, and examples of innovative scheduling systems. Editor(s): Herrmann, Jeffrey W. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 320 pages, 59 black & white illustrations, 18 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 659.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387331157
- ISBN
- 9780387331157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.01
€ 187.01
Hardback. Develops models, results and algorithms for optimizing public transportation from a customer-oriented viewpoint. This book covers the specific topics that are motivated by real-world examples which occurred in practical projects: location of stops, management of delay, and tariff zone design. Series: Springer Optimization and its Applications. Num Pages: 282 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJT; PBKS; PBUH; UMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 177 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387328966
- ISBN
- 9780387328966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.08
€ 155.08
Hardback. Defines the parameters of the emerging business strategy, mass customization. This book covers the main categories of the area with a systematic examination of the following themes: manufacturing systems and mass customization, supply chain management and mass customization, and information systems and mass customization. Editor(s): Blecker, Thorsten; Friedrich, Gerhard. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 282 pages, 63 black & white illustrations, 21 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV5; KJMV8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387322223
- ISBN
- 9780387322223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.47
€ 124.47
Hardback. This book discusses topical issues in entrepreneurship organized around the various stages of venture creation, development and performance. It will help researchers and practitioners who want to pinpoint the key points emerging from the latest academic thinking. Editor(s): Parker, Simon. Series: International Handbook Series on Entrepreneurship. Num Pages: 604 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2260.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 604
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387321561
- ISBN
- 9780387321561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 368.12
€ 368.12
Hardback. Deals with the theme 'human issues of technology and their normative aspects'. This book intends to stimulate the readers to consider information systems within the context of an integrative vision of technology. Editor(s): Strijbos, Sytse; Basden, Andrew. Series: Contemporary Systems Thinking. Num Pages: 310 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 9 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387321509
- ISBN
- 9780387321509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.09
€ 125.09
Hardback. Presents a systems theory approach to management information system (MIS) development. This book covers an outline of the approach, providing a theoretical foundation for MIS from the systems theoretic viewpoint before presenting practical applications ranging from a transaction processing system to a solver system. Series: IFSR International Series on Systems Science and Engineering. Num Pages: 360 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJQ; PBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 711.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387314143
- ISBN
- 9780387314143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 213.46
€ 213.46
Evaluation and Decision Models with Multiple Criteria
Bouyssou, Denis; Marchant, Thierry; Pirlot, M...
Hardback. Offers a way of reasoning aimed at helping the analyst to choose a model and use it consistently. This book is suitable for the aware or enlightened practitioner, for those who use decision or evaluation models - for research or for applications - and is willing to question his practice, to have a deeper understanding of what he does. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 461 pages, 51 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 829.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 461
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387310985
- ISBN
- 9780387310985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Hardback. Provides a treatment of the transshipment operation and processes on the shipment of automobiles. This work incorporates Network Optimization, Logistics, Distribution, Transportation, and Supply Chain Management into a framework of Information Systems for an understanding of the development of transshipment terminals in the global economy. Series: Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series. Num Pages: 178 pages, 54 black & white illustrations, 13 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387308531
- ISBN
- 9780387308531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.37
€ 122.37
Hardback. Provides technical (meaning formal, mathematical, and algorithmical) tools to make the user of Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) methodologies independent of bulky optimization computations. This book applies the approximate - soft - treatments to major MCDM solving methodologies. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 172 pages, 48 black & white illustrations, 18 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJMD; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 990.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387302430
- ISBN
- 9780387302430
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.43
€ 122.43