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Hardback. Offers a selection of the papers presented at the Second Meta-Heuristics Conference (MIC 97). This title describes the developments in theory and applications of meta-heuristics, heuristics for specific problems, and comparative case studies. Editor(s): Voss, Stefan; Martello, Silvano; Osman, Ibrahim H. (University of Kent); Roucairol, Catherine (Universite de Versailles, France). Num Pages: 511 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMD; KJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 2010.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 511
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792383697
- ISBN
- 9780792383697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 259.45
€ 259.45
Hardback. Describes the relationship between subjective and objective elements in Life Cycle Impact Assessment. This title offers a framework that allows people to master the problems associated with LCA: the difficulty of separating subjective from objective elements, and the tendency for impact assessment to record 'phantoms' rather than actual damages. Num Pages: 484 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMD; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1950.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792383772
- ISBN
- 9780792383772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.65
€ 206.65
Hardback. Covering some new and still challenging older problems which arise in the planning of telecommunication networks, this book examines the necessary optimization of the planning process in a competitive field. Network design and wireless and mobile networks are among the topics covered. Editor(s): Sanso, Brunilde; Soriano, Patrick. Series: Centre for Research on Transportation. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJP; KNTT; TJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792383970
- ISBN
- 9780792383970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.84
€ 128.84
Hardback. The purpose of this book is to outline the structure of Business Process Engineering (BPE), its practices, methods, and theory for implementing successful organization restructuring. BPE is the design and implementation of efficient and effective business processes. Editor(s): Elzinga, Jack; Gulledge, Thomas; Lee, Chung-Yee. Num Pages: 391 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 747.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 391
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384021
- ISBN
- 9780792384021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.01
€ 195.01
hardcover. This collection of papers covers a wide spectrum of computational optimization topics, representing a blend of familiar nonlinear programming topics and such novel paradigms as semidefinite programming and complementarity-constrained nonlinear programs. Editor(s): Pang, John-Shi. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJT; UM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384137
- ISBN
- 9780792384137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.46
€ 192.46
Hardback. Presents the results of the Esprit Wide project on database support for workflow management. This book discusses combining database management and workflow management technology, especially in the areas of transaction and exception management. Editor(s): Grefen, Paul; etc. Series: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJ; UN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384144
- ISBN
- 9780792384144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.05
€ 195.05
Hardback. Proposes and supports the claim that small firms make two indispensable contributions to the economy. First, they are an integral part of the renewal process that pervades market economies. Second, small firms are the essential mechanism by which millions enter the economic and social mainstream of American society. Editor(s): Acs, Zoltan J.; Ackermann, Stephen J. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU; KJVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384151
- ISBN
- 9780792384151
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.85
€ 126.85
Hardback. Addresses the question, 'How can economic policy contribute to a strong export performance by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries?' Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCLT; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384304
- ISBN
- 9780792384304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.02
€ 193.02
International Standardisation of Good Corporate Governance
Ridder, Liesbeth De; Berghe, Lutgart Van Den
Hardback. The Academy of Directors (AoD) presents a multidisciplinary approach for the governance of a company in this book, which explores their interaction between the academic and the business world in order to change the environment in which companies work. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384328
- ISBN
- 9780792384328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.82
€ 187.82
Hardback. The authors of this text have proposed a management planning model for developing strategic goals for e-commerce enterprises. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384373
- ISBN
- 9780792384373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.00
€ 127.00
Hardback. This comprehensive dictionary features over 5,000 entries on supply chains and transportation and is intended as a reference for professionals working in the areas of supply chain management, transportation, distribution, logistics, material, and purchasing. Num Pages: 398 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GBC; KJMV8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 4 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384441
- ISBN
- 9780792384441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.08
€ 195.08
Emerging Competition in Postal and Delivery Services
. Ed(S): Crew, Michael A.; Kleindorfer, Paul ...
hardcover. Examines various policy and regulatory issues facing the postal and delivery industries. This book reviews such topics as cost and productivity analysis, universal service and entry, demand analysis and the structure of postal payment system, price regulation and competition. Editor(s): Crew, Michael A.; Kleindorfer, Paul A. Series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 360 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU; KNTT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384540
- ISBN
- 9780792384540
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.44
€ 194.44
Hardback. Do the antitrust laws have a place in the digital economy or are they obsolete? That is the question raised by the government's legal action against Microsoft, and this volume is designed to answer it. Editor(s): Eisenach, Jeffrey A.; Lenard, Thomas M. Num Pages: 297 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJU; LNCH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384649
- ISBN
- 9780792384649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.22
€ 193.22
Hardback. Provides a theoretical and practical introduction to decision criteria and inventory processes. This title presents Inventory theory by focusing on the analysis and processes underlying decision criteria. It pays special attention to the analysis of some theoretical and applied aspects of fuzzy criteria and dynamic fuzzy criterion models. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV9; KJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384687
- ISBN
- 9780792384687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.51
€ 191.51
Hardback. Introduces a modeling method, 'Integrated Enterprise Modelling' (IEM), which is related to ISO standards and provides manufacturing organizations with the means of analyzing, improving, and redesigning their business processes. This book discusses the IEM method and applies it to the concept of 'Quality-Oriented Design of Business Processes'. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV5; TD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384847
- ISBN
- 9780792384847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.36
€ 191.36
Hardback. The questions that transition economies pose for policymakers and companies seeking to enter and compete in these new markets are considered here. This text offers an examination of issues that have developed as markets in transitional economies become more deregulated and open. Editor(s): Batra, Rajeev. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 615.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384984
- ISBN
- 9780792384984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.16
€ 129.16
Hardback. Studies the effects of relationship networks on the ability of corporate players (firms and their members) to attain their professional goals. By explicitly connecting social networks to the goals of corporate players, this book provides a unifying framework to the study of social capital in an organizational context. Editor(s): Leenders, Roger T. A. J.; Gabbay, Shaul M. Num Pages: 562 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 984.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 562
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385011
- ISBN
- 9780792385011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 251.64
€ 251.64
Hardback. Addresses the public policy issues underlying liability rules for common carriers in the context of telephone companies. This book offers the industry and policymakers the means and recommendations for designing appropriate liability rules in order to achieve social objectives for the telecommunications industry. Series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 131 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 131
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385127
- ISBN
- 9780792385127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.17
€ 67.17
Paperback. Presents practical ways for companies to be adaptable and flexible whilst operating effectively and efficiently. This book describes an approach for developing knowledge networks in companies. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMD; KJQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385301
- ISBN
- 9780792385301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.69
€ 128.69
Hardback. The issue of organizational legitimacy is increasingly gaining the attention of researchers and managers. While legitimacy can be described in a number of ways, defined by the harder social sciences it has usually been considered a static, one-dimensional characteristic. This work explores how organizations enact strategies to gain legitimacy. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1150.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385455
- ISBN
- 9780792385455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.82
€ 127.82
Hardback. Explores the general nature of the finance industry, of the institutions which make it up, of the people in it and the pressures they are under. This book provides an examination of the guidance people can obtain from four of the world's great religions on exactly how people ought to behave when engaged in the financial industry. Num Pages: 164 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 950.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385561
- ISBN
- 9780792385561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.65
€ 192.65
hardcover. A wide gulf now exists between theory and practice in the field of management. This book includes topics that should provoke the reader to ponder on the complexities of the multi-faceted managerial scene and to question the basis of many managerial practices as well as the validity of theories propounded in the literature. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385578
- ISBN
- 9780792385578
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.59
€ 193.59
hardcover. Describes methods for developing multiobjective solutions to common production scheduling equations modeling in the literature as flowshops, job shops and open shops. This text shows how methods such as Elitist Nondominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm (ENGA) can find a bevy of Pareto optimal solutions for them. Num Pages: 358 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV5; TGPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385615
- ISBN
- 9780792385615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 247.70
€ 247.70
New Information Technologies in Organizational Processes
. Ed(S): Ngwenyama, Ojelanki; Introna, Lucas ...
Hardback. Discusses the social and organizational issues surrounding the implementation and use of new technologies in organizational processes. This book discusses: Implementation of ERP; Electronic commerce; Intranet implementation; The management of standards; Issues of organizational analysis; Understanding BPR tools; and Collaborative technologies. Editor(s): Ngwenyama, Ojelanki; Introna, Lucas D.; Myers, Michael David; DeGross, Janice. Series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385783
- ISBN
- 9780792385783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.99
€ 192.99