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Hardback. ICT is improving governments' capacity to provide a wide array of innovative services that benefit citizens, while E-government itself is now a multidisciplinary field of research. This volume considers the topic from both practical and research perspectives. Editor(s): Assar, Said; Boughzala, Imed; Boydens, Isabelle. Num Pages: 251 pages, 15 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KJE; UKR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441975324
- ISBN
- 9781441975324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.79
€ 123.79
Hardback. Here is the first in-depth comparison of research projects studying firm creation in a number of countries. Includes two studies of entrepreneurial dynamics in the U.S., and counterparts in Australia, Canada, China, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. Editor(s): Reynolds, Paul Davidson; Curtin, Richard T. Series: International Studies in Entrepreneurship. Num Pages: 369 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMJ; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 369
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441975355
- ISBN
- 9781441975355
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Condition: New
€ 187.57
€ 187.57
Hardback. Central to this book is the question of how people in organizations make decisions. Do they act rationally? After discussing recent studies mapping bounded rationality, the work moves on to present the socially-informed notion of 'extendable rationality'. Series: Organizational Change and Innovation. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMJ; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441975416
- ISBN
- 9781441975416
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.32
€ 122.32
Fixed Point Theory in Ordered Sets and Applications
Siegfried, Carl (Martin-Luther-Universitat Ha...
Hardback. This unified, comprehensive treatment of an order-theoretic fixed point theory in partially ordered sets shows its various useful interactions with topological structures. Covering the preliminaries before moving to more advanced topics makes it approachable. Num Pages: 477 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCH; PBKB; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 32. Weight in Grams: 826.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 477
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441975843
- ISBN
- 9781441975843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.04
€ 128.04
Hardback. Transportation accounts for roughly a third of greenhouse gas emissions, and it remains a growing sector. This book offers practical suggestions in its analysis of the challenge transport presents today, as well as examining its role in future climate policy. Editor(s): Rothengatter, Werner; Hayashi, Yoshitsugu; Schade, Wolfgang. Series: Transportation, Research, Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 328 pages, 7 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; KCN; KCP; KNGR; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441976420
- ISBN
- 9781441976420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.06
€ 182.06
hardcover. The Political Economy of Regulation in Turkey examines the recent Turkish experience and its relation to competition policy. The text explores how economic theory and historical analyses can enlighten market processes and government action, and discusses the recent changes in the regulatory structure. Editor(s): Aaetin, Tamer; OAuuz, Fuat. Num Pages: 248 pages, 23 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441977496
- ISBN
- 9781441977496
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.74
€ 123.74
Paperback. This book identifies the key ingredients for the strategic integration of information and communication technology (ICT) into national development, with examples from around the world. It demonstrates how ICT can be implemented to support economic development. Series: Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management. Num Pages: 460 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 640.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441978431
- ISBN
- 9781441978431
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Condition: New
€ 186.77
€ 186.77
Paperback. This book identifies the key ingredients for the strategic integration of information and communication technology into national development policies. It showcases best practices from around the world and suggests strategic approaches and practical lessons. Series: Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management. Num Pages: 336 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCG; KCM; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 533.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441978455
- ISBN
- 9781441978455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.02
€ 120.02
Benchmarking with DEA, SFA, and R (International Series in Operations ...
Bogetoft, Peter, Otto, Lars
Hardcover. This book covers recent advances in efficiency evaluations, particularly data envelopment analysis (DEA) and stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) methods. It introduces the underlying theories, demonstrates the necessary calculations and discusses applications. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 352 pages, 53 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCH; KJMV5; KJT; PBUH; TGP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441979605
- ISBN
- 9781441979605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 352.12
€ 352.12
hardcover. Perishable Inventory Systems explores the benefits of a periodic review versus continuous review, and a look at a one-period newsvendor perishable inventory model. Topics include one-for-one policies, models with zero lead time, and optimal policies with positive lead time. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 80 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441979988
- ISBN
- 9781441979988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Paperback. With infrastructure and its use at the heart of current European political debate, this book has a clutch of distinguished economists set out policy practice and analytical tools for appraising infrastructure. They focus largely on Dutch and European practice. Editor(s): Jonkhoff, Wouter; Manshanden, Walter. Series: SpringerBriefs in Economics. Num Pages: 104 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, 20 black & white tables. BIC Classification: GTB; KCP; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441981004
- ISBN
- 9781441981004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.62
€ 55.62
Planning Production and Inventories in the Extended Enterprise
. Ed(S): Kempf, Karl G.; Keskinocak, Pinar; U...
Hardback. In two volumes, this Handbook examines production planning for the extended enterprise against a backdrop of important gaps between theory and practice. Covers basic principles and problems, the current state of research, current best practices and more. Editor(s): Kempf, Karl G.; Keskinocak, Pinar; Uzsoy, Reha. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 588 pages, 62 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV5; PBUH; TGP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2240.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 588
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441981905
- ISBN
- 9781441981905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.22
€ 199.22
Hardback. This book presents a multidisciplinary and multisectoral perspective on the nature of service systems, on research and practice in service and on the future directions to advance service science. It offers theory-based research with actionable results. Editor(s): Demirkan, Haluk; Spohrer, James C.; Krishna, Vikas. Series: Service Science: Research and Innovations in the Service Economy. Num Pages: 360 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJM; KJQ; KJT; UKR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441982698
- ISBN
- 9781441982698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.86
€ 120.86
hardcover. Pluralism is arguably one of the most important features of modern society, and may be a key driver of progress in science, society and economic development. This book examines archaeological evidence pointing to effective power-sharing for the public good. Series: Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HD; JPQB; KCD; RPC; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441983053
- ISBN
- 9781441983053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.99
€ 122.99
Hardcover. A reader in the history of economic thought challenges the assumption that today's prevailing economic theories are always the most appropriate ones. It examines the life and work of each of the founders of economics. It maps the various channels of continental economics, particularly from the late-18th through the early-20th centuries. Editor(s): Backhaus, Jurgen George. Series: The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 740 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1184. Insights on the Founders of Modern Economics. Series: The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences. 742 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Backhaus, Jurgen Georg. A reader in the history of economic thought challenges the assumption that today's prevailing economic theories are always the most appropriate ones. It examines the life and work of each of the founders of economics. It maps the various channels of continental economics, particularly from the late-18th through the early-20th centuries. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JPA; KCA. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 43. Weight: 1184.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441983350
- ISBN
- 9781441983350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 237.35
€ 237.35
Hardback. With a stress on interactive decision-making, this work breaks new ground by covering both the random nature of events related to environments, and the fuzziness of human judgements. The text runs from mathematical preliminaries to future research directions. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 264 pages, 45 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJT; PBT; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1250.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441984012
- ISBN
- 9781441984012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.04
€ 124.04
Hardback. This book offers a conceptual framework for stakeholder involvement, with case studies showing how diverse stakeholders and communities can interact openly and transparently to solve otherwise difficult and contentious problems of energy and the environment. Editor(s): Burger, Joanna. Num Pages: 453 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KNBT; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 871.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 453
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441988126
- ISBN
- 9781441988126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.47
€ 183.47
Hardback. Expanding on central portions of the theory explored in the first edition, this reworking of the seminal economics text examines applications engendered by the concept of discontinuity in various subdisciplines of economics, including urban and evolutionary. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; KCA; KCN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441988270
- ISBN
- 9781441988270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.09
€ 125.09
Paperback. This appealing work encapsulates the essential developments in demand flexibility in supply chain planning into a single resource. Crucial unanswered questions are explored, and the book aims to set an agenda for further development in the field. Series: SpringerBriefs in Optimization. Num Pages: 103 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KJMV8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 103
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441993465
- ISBN
- 9781441993465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. Does economics conform to the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics? This important and fascinating tour of these laws and their influence on natural, technological, and social evolution uses them to analyze economic growth in Germany, Japan and the USA. Series: The Frontiers Collection. Num Pages: 297 pages, 32 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FPJ; 1KBB; KCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441993649
- ISBN
- 9781441993649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.99
€ 109.99