Industrial Management category: 1113 books
Dead Fish and Fat Cats
A No-Nonsense Journey Through Our Dysfunctional Fishing Industry
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Dead Fish and Fats Cats is a lively, no holds barred account of the experiences and entanglements of Eric Wickham, a commercial fisherman who fished for salmon, halibut and sablefish for over fifty years. It describes the unpredictable life of independent commercial fishermen and chastises the fishing...
by James Peoples
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
Stepped-up competition in the airline industry over the past 40 years profoundly changed how carriers set fares. Chapters in this volume contribute to our understanding of fare determination in this industry by examining carrier pricing behavior, such as non-linear pricing, pricing decisions associated...
Strategischer Wettbewerb
Eine Einführung in die Industrieökonomik
Language: German
Release Date: July 11, 2014
Dieses Lehrbuch führt in die Grundlagen der Industrieökonomik ein. Gegenstand der Analyse sind die Entscheidungen der Unternehmen unter den Bedingungen oligopolistischen Wettbewerbs bei homogenen und bei differenzierten Gütern. Im Zentrum stehen dabei die Herleitung und die Erläuterung der optimalen...
Teuerungsklauseln in Lohnvereinbarungen und ihre Wirkungen
Eine oekonomische Untersuchung unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung der schweizerischen Verhaeltnisse
Language: German
Release Date: February 7, 2017
Die vorliegende Untersuchung befasst sich insbesondere mit folgenden Fragen: Welche Teuerungsklauseln werden in Lohnvereinbarungen verankert und wie funktionieren sie? Kann man durch solche Regelungen ein bestimmtes Realeinkommen bei Inflation ganz, teilweise oder überhaupt nicht erhalten? Sind von...
by Christina Jordan
Language: German
Release Date: October 19, 2006
Language: German
Release Date: October 19, 2006
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich VWL - Industrieökonomik, Note: 2,3, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Institut für Wirtschaftstheorie), Veranstaltung: Volkswirtschaftliche Aspekte der deutschen Wiedervereinigung, 17 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Viele...
Patenting of Pharmaceuticals and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Laws, Institutions, Practices, and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
This book critically investigates the patent protection of medication in light of the threats posed by HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis epidemics to the citizens of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (hereinafter “SSA” or “Africa”). The book outlines the systemic problems associated with the...
by Volker Simmering
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Volker Simmering shows how globalization influences the evolution of international standards and compares the roles of mandatory and voluntary standards. He investigates the problem of technological progress in networks and analyzes the resolution of conflicts within international standardization...
A Field Guide for Organisation Development
Taking Theory into Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
Organisation Development, as a field, is messy, imperfect and hard to get hold of - it is like nailing jelly to the wall. A Field Guide for Organisation Development offers a variety of perspectives and unparalleled experiences from practitioners and researchers who all share an interest and involvement...
A New Perspective on Agglomeration Economies in Japan
An Application of Productivity Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
This book describes various methods of analysis for ascertaining the effects of agglomeration economies, which are important for formulating regional economic policies. Specifically, it describes new analytical approaches using productivity and productive efficiency analyses as methods for understanding...
Anchor System Thinking
The Art of Situational Analysis, Problem Solving, and Strategic Planning for Yourself, Your Organization, and Society
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2018
Searching for calm waters in a turbulent life? In an increasingly complex world, the need to understand where you stand and where you are going is fundamental on the personal, organizational, and societal level.
A. I. Shoukry—author of the bestselling book In or Out—introduces us to his...
The Quick Changeover Playbook
A Step-by-Step Guideline for the Lean Practitioner
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Complete with color pictures from real quick changeover implementations, The Quick Changeover Playbook provides detailed step-by-step guidelines on how to reduce setup times as well as improve flexibility, product quality, and visual control while reducing lead times and costs.
This new book...
The Growth of Chinese Electronics Firms
Globalization and Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
The Growth of Chinese Electronics Firms outlines the way firms grow in China at an organizational level. Kimura uses China's electronics industry as a case study for measuring technology-fuelled growth and provides a way to understand diversified the growth process systematically.
Mission and Money
Understanding the University
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2008
Mission and Money goes beyond the common focus on elite universities and examines the entire higher education industry, including the rapidly growing for-profit schools. The sector includes research universities, four-year colleges, two-year schools, and non-degree-granting career academies. Many...
Spanish Sociedades Laborales—Activating the Unemployed
A Potential New EU Active Labour Market Policy Instrument
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2017
This book investigates the potential of the Spanish Sociedades Laborales (SLs) as an instrument of active labour market policy for re-turning the unemployed to the labour market and also the transferability of the scheme to other EU Member States. Spanish Sociedades Laborales (SLs) – mostly small...