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Hardback. Provides examples of how different types of projects function from a learning or renewal perspective, taken from a variety of real-life environments in industrial and public organizations. This book illustrates the mistaken habit of assuming too much in the project area. Editor(s): Lundin, Rolf A.; Midler, Christophe. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMP; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792381242
ISBN
9780792381242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.73

Hardback. Treating discovery and invention as processes of knowledge transformation, this book aims at taking technological and scientific thinking out of the realm of mystery and give the audience the tools to begin to comprehend it. It also shows how ethics can be used to make certain inventions and discoveries transform the world in a beneficial way. Num Pages: 389 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
389
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792381204
ISBN
9780792381204
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.08

Hardback. Focuses on a relatively new research area which is becoming increasingly more important: the growing uncertainty of the middle class. This book is suitable for policy-makers, managers, and trade union representatives who deal with problems induced by the changes. Editor(s): Steijn, Bram; Berting, Jan; Jong, Mart-Jan de. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSC; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 990.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
177
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792381198
ISBN
9780792381198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.78

Hardback. The essays in this volume illustrate the diversity of methods in defining the meaning of rationality, particularly in relation to economics. They attempt to find a common core of meaning that accommodates a variegated array of methods and approaches to this subject. Editor(s): Dennis, Ken. Series: Recent Economic Thought. Num Pages: 149 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 890.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
149
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792381143
ISBN
9780792381143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.15

Hardback. Within the subject of ionizing radiation and its impacts, this book intends to provide a complete picture of the various health impacts and environmental problems. It provides guidelines for a procedure that would guarantee the inclusion of scientific data and reasoning and would also assure the incorporation of social costs and values. Editor(s): Pinkau, K.; Renn, Ortwin. Num Pages: 430 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792381099
ISBN
9780792381099
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.50

Hardback. Trans-boundary water resources are often a cause of conflict among riparian entities. This book offers an economic approach to resolution of conflicts by identifying economic mechanisms that encourage sustainable cooperation. It includes discussions on international and intrastate disputes regarding both water quantity and water quality issues. Editor(s): Just, Richard E.; Netanyahu, Sinaia. Series: Natural Resource Management and Policy. Num Pages: 457 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 818.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
457
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792381068
ISBN
9780792381068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.03

Hardback. Presents evidence concerning health and the environment, inequality of health in many countries, and the compatibility of different quality of life measurements, along with solutions to problems of health policy. This book is useful to health economists, policy makers, insurers, and governmental advisors. Editor(s): Zweifel, Peter. Series: Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCC; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792381013
ISBN
9780792381013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.58

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

Hardback. Explores the concepts concerning the regulation and privatization of water resources, of water pricing, of public policies concerning the allocation of water supplied to users, and examines the issues involved in a truly market-determined framework. This book informs and prepares the persons studying water problems. Series: Natural Resource Management and Policy. Num Pages: 369 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCN; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
2nd ed. 1998
Number of pages
369
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792380962
ISBN
9780792380962
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.49

Hardback. Provides a conceptual framework for property tax reform and claims that a model for property tax reform in developing countries is derived from a theoretical distillation of empirical experience. This book examines what constitutes a good property tax system, for whom, and under what conditions, and why such a system works. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; KFFD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792380955
ISBN
9780792380955
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.68

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

Paperback. Examines the theory and practice of foreign exchange risk management. This book offers a set of operational guidelines within which foreign exchange risk can be consistently hedged both across different risk situations and over time, and tightly integrated with other types of financial risk such as interest rate and commodity price risk. Num Pages: 370 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCBM; KCLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792380887
ISBN
9780792380887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 248.56

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

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

Hardback. Presents an assessment of the effects of industrial policy at three levels: through the user cost of capital, through the effects of a macroeconomic model on the decisions of an enterprise, and through the effects of a macroeconomic model on the machine tools industry via its major customer industries. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792380757
ISBN
9780792380757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.58

Hardback. This work is designed to meet the need for a late-1990s concise treatment of significant international economic institutions and agreements. Professor van Meerhaeghe provides a critical comment on the activities of these institutions. Num Pages: 368 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 742.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
7 Rev ed
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792380726
ISBN
9780792380726
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.96

Hardback. Debates the notion that research on regulatory reform and labor markets should develop within the framework of the competitive model. This book achieves this by presenting diverging views on wage and employment determination in distinctly different deregulated industries. Editor(s): Peoples, James G. Series: Recent Economic Thought. Num Pages: 403 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCA; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
403
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792380658
ISBN
9780792380658
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.75

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

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

Hardback. The key to designing sustainable agricultural production technologies is in understanding their economic, environmental, and human health impacts. This volume presents a methodology designed to quantify such impacts and to represent them as tradeoffs. Editor(s): Crissman, Charles C.; Antle, John M.; Capalbo, Susan M. Series: Natural Resource Management and Policy. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; KNAC; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792380566
ISBN
9780792380566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 246.55

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

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

Hardback. Professor Sten Malmquist constructed the Malmquist quantity index and in doing so developed a distance function defined on a consumption space. This volume contains contributions based on Malmquist's work and provides modern perspectives on the value of this research. Editor(s): Fare, Rolf; Grosskopf, Shawna; Russell, R. Robert. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; KN; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792380504
ISBN
9780792380504
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.90

Hardback. Explores how symmetry and invariance of economic models can provide insights into their properties. This book aims to show that group theoretic methods form a natural extension of the techniques commonly used in economics and that they can be easily mastered. Series: Research Monographs in Japan-U.S.Business and Economics. Num Pages: 134 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCBM; PBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 387.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
134
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792380436
ISBN
9780792380436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.98

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