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Hardcover. This book investigates the process and mechanism of the capability development of East Asian local manufacturers, which has underpinned their phenomenal rise in the world's competitive landscape of industrial production during the last few decades. Editor(s): Kawakami, Momoko; Sturgeon, Timothy J. Series: IDE-JETRO series. Num Pages: 249 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230238497
ISBN
9780230238497
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.93

Hardcover. This book reports empirical material from three case studies in the pharmaceutical industry, the biotechnology industry and the domain of academic research. New technoscientific frameworks that have not yet translated into new therapies, in the future, may play a more central role in the late-modern society. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJD; KJU; KNDP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230238367
ISBN
9780230238367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.34

Hardcover. Presenting findings from research into Sweden's leading multinationals this book focuses on engineering companies operating in global industries such as pharmaceutical, aerospace, packing systems and automotive. It explores research and practice within the area of HRM focusing on project-based organizations. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV2; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230231900
ISBN
9780230231900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.96

Hardcover. The focus of the study is on the larger food processing companies, which invested in Central and Eastern Europe -- namely Nestle, Unilever and InBev - and analyses the motives of investment and the entry strategies of food MNEs, outlines their contribution to the local development and stresses the national actors as forces to embedded FDI. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; KJVG; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230230552
ISBN
9780230230552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.23

Hardcover. As a window for understanding the relationship between globalization and the state's pursuit of national industrial development, this book examines how and why the Chinese government succeeded in leveraging China's international competitive advantages to modernize the country's automotive industry. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCP; KNDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 1. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230220607
ISBN
9780230220607
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.44

Hardcover. This book opens up the world on private equity investment in one of the hottest industries -- Biotechnology. The book describes how Europe has fallen behind the US due to under-investment and bad management by the VCs who control the companies. Detailed analysis shows why it is in VCs' interests to damage the very companies they invest in. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; KNDH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230217195
ISBN
9780230217195
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.79

Hardcover. MNEs setting up subsidiaries in emerging markets face the ongoing question to what extent they can transfer their home-grown or global organizational models. This book looks at how the cross-border transfer of production models in MNEs is related to strategic choices of firms and different kinds of contextual differences between countries. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KNDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230206694
ISBN
9780230206694
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.94

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; KNDF; WBXD2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
William Morrow
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062389756
ISBN
9780062389756
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.75

Paperback. Trends such as the massive growth in availability of air travel and air freight are among those which have led to aviation becoming one of the fastest growing emitters of greenhouse gases. Presenting the science of the environmental issues, this book covers drivers and trends of growth, socio-economics and politics, as well as mitigation options. Editor(s): Gossling, Stefan; Upham, Paul. Series: Earthscan Climate. Num Pages: 408 pages, Figures, tables, index. BIC Classification: KNDV; RNPG; TRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844076208
ISBN
9781844076208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.12

hardcover. This book focuses on the lives, struggles, and contrasting perspectives of the 60,000 workers, military administrators, and technical staff employed in the largest, most strategic industry of the Nationalist government, the armaments industry based in China's wartime capital, Chongqing. Num Pages: 480 pages, 22 tables, 3 maps, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJH; HBTB; KNDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 757.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804748964
ISBN
9780804748964
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.02

hardcover. This book is a detailed study of the modern silk industry in a county in the Yangzi delta. It reopens and restructures the grand debate on Chinese economic development, combining quantitative analysis of both industry and agriculture with study of how local politics, class, culture, and gender also shaped the modern Chinese economy. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; KCZ; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804729987
ISBN
9780804729987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.02

paperback. Editor(s): Kochan, Thomas A.; Lansbury, Russell D.; MacDuffie, Carrington. Series: Cornell International Industrial & Labor Relations Report. Num Pages: 368 pages, 43. BIC Classification: KNDR; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801484131
ISBN
9780801484131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 43.81

hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages, 32, 12 black & white halftones, 13 tables, 7 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBJK; JFCV; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801454042
ISBN
9780801454042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.75

Paperback. Provides an alternative overview of the 18th-century British economy. Recent macroeconomic history has presented a male industrial revolution as the general experience, but new textiles and metal industries were primarily employers of women. This edition covers these industries. Num Pages: 352 pages, 17 line drawings, 18 figures, 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; KCB; KCZ; KND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415069359
ISBN
9780415069359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.02

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851990088
ISBN
9780851990088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.58

Hardcover. The objective of a synchronized production system is to harmonize the elements of the manufacturing process based on the Just-in-Time strategy. This title sets out the fundamentals of the process and explains how to improve performance through changes to management processes. It is suitable for managers in various types and sizes of businesses. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KJC; KJMV5; KNDH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 288 x 226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 918.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Kogan Page Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749447656
ISBN
9780749447656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.03

Paperback. Covers the integrated approach to food production, hygiene, and safety, and how it results in concurrent benefits to animal well being, human health via safe food, protection of the environment, and socioeconomic aspects. Topics covered include ways of optimising farming practices, controlling notifiable and zoonotic diseases, and more. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KNDF; MBN; MZ; PSVL; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 23. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
CABI
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851999081
ISBN
9780851999081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.79

paperback. The purpose of this short book is to provide a review of: information on the scale of manufacture, import, export and use of chemical pesticides; examples of direct risks to human welfare; and examples of problems with storage of obsolete stocks of pesticides in developing countries. Series: Biopesticides S. Num Pages: 90 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KNAC; KNDC; MBN; RNP; TVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 113.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
90
Condition
New
Publication date
2000
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780851994765
ISBN
9780851994765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 52.76

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTK; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226123097
ISBN
9780226123097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.85

hardcover. Studying the years from 1880 to 1930, this text traces the origins, evolution and implications of the fruit industry in California, the creation of America's first industrial countryside and its repercussions. The text examines the growers' corporations and their political influence. Num Pages: 302 pages, 9 b/w illustrations and 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; KCZ; KNAC; KNDF; RN; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
Edition
New
SKU
V9780520211728
ISBN
9780520211728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.54
€ 49.03

Paperback. This book will offer companies in the food industry a comprehensive guide to preparing for a British Retail Consortium Standard evaluation (Issue 6). It will enable them to ensure that the correct systems are in place to achieve the Standard, and also that they present themselves in the best possible light during the audit process. Num Pages: 406 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KNDF; KNXC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 17. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
406
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470670651
ISBN
9780470670651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 111.07

paperback. Examines the social and political consequences of the globalization of the apparel industry in Asia, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and the United States. This work analyzes the countries' trade policies, the apparel industry's network of capital ad labor, working conditions in garment factories, and the role of workers, especially women. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSP; KCL; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781566391696
ISBN
9781566391696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 40.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ1; KNDF; KNSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813571256
ISBN
9780813571256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.05

hardcover. This is the story of the Cadillac car company. The American automobile industry, which, as much as any industry, drove America's growth in the 20th century and defined the American people: mobile and prosperous. Num Pages: 240 pages, 180 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; KNDR; WGCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 260 x 184 x 22. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804749428
ISBN
9780804749428
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.33

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