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The Network Challenge (Chapter 6)
Biological Networks: Rainforests, Coral Reefs, and the Galapagos Islands
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
Biology remains the most extensive and complex information network on the planet. This chapter examines the nature of biological networks, including their inherent stability and risks to their resilience. After a general introduction exploring networks and biological systems, this chapter reviews (1)...
by Michael B. Bender
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2010
This Element is an excerpt from A Manager's Guide to Project Management: Learn How to Apply Best Practices (ISBN: 9780137136902) by Michael B. Bender. Available in print and digital formats. Projects in context: What should your projects aim to achieve, and how can you help your project managers...
Doing Things Right and Wrong Matters
Excellence and Relevance
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
This Element is an excerpt from Doing Both: How Cisco Captures Today's Profit and Drives Tomorrow's Growth (9780137083640) by Inder Sidhu. Available in print and digital formats. Why successful innovation requires both excellence and relevance--and how to achieve them both. “A truly 21st century...
by Robert U. Ayres, Edward H. Ayres
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2010
This Element is an excerpt from Crossing the Energy Divide (ISBN: 9780137015443) by Robert U. Ayres and Edward H. Ayres. Available in print and digital formats. Finally: a coherent, integrated energy strategy based on techniques and technologies that have already been proven in the real world! ...
Energy Future of Liquid Fuel
Why Corn Ethanol Is a Fuel's Errand, The
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This Element is an excerpt from Crossing the Energy Divide (ISBN: 9780137015443) by Robert U. Ayres and Edward H. Ayres. Available in print and digital formats. Why biofuels won’t work--except for gigantic agribusinesses and their lobbyists. If the entire U.S. corn crop were converted to ethanol,...
Trend Following (Updated Edition): Learn to Make Millions in Up or Down Markets,
Learn to Make Millions in Up or Down Markets,
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2009
Discover the investment strategy that works in any market. The one strategy that works in up and down markets, good times and bad.
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‘Trend Following’ has become the classic trading book — accepted by the great pro traders as their standard.. Learn how Trend Followers...
The End of Lean?
Automobile Manufacturers Are Rethinking Some Supply Chain Basics
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
This case study shows how automobile manufacturers are reconsidering some "lean" approaches in the wake of events that have stretched supply chains beyond their limits. It focuses on two disasters: the devastating earthquake and tsunami that took place in Japan in March 2011 and an explosion...
Airbus' Overstretched Supply Chain
Just How Far Can You Go Before Your Supply Chain Snaps?
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
Using Airbus's experience, this new case study discusses how exceptionally lean supply chains can generate catastrophic costs when something goes wrong. It asks: “Just what is the breaking point of a lean supply chain?” Coverage includes how Airbus must coordinate 1,500 suppliers to ramp up production...
Modeling Techniques in Predictive Analytics
Business Problems and Solutions with R, Revised and Expanded Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2014
To succeed with predictive analytics, you must understand it on three levels:
Strategy and management
Methods and models
Technology and code
This up-to-the-minute reference thoroughly covers all three categories.
Now fully updated, this...
by Dean A. Shepherd
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from From Lemons to Lemonade: Squeeze Every Last Drop of Success Out of Your Mistakes (ISBN: 9780131362734) by Dean A. Shepherd. Available in print and digital formats. At some point, you will fail: here’s how to handle...
Supply Chain Management Strategy
Using SCM to Create Greater Corporate Efficiency and Profits
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2014
Drive more value from your supply chain by choosing and implementing the right models and strategies. Supply Chain Management Strategy offers expert guidance for comparing and choosing models, implementing governance, and strategizing to enable sales growth, margin growth, and superior customer experience.
Lead...
Managing Supply Chain Networks
Building Competitive Advantage In Fluid And Complex Environments
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
USE KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION TO MAXIMIZE VALUE FROM TODAY’S SOPHISTICATED, FAST-CHANGING SUPPLY NETWORKS Build integrated, complementary supply networks that work together to win Accelerate the cycle from needs identification to product/service launch to customer experience Create long-term...
by Matthew Drake
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2014
This new business analytics case study challenges readers to forecast donations, plan budgets, and manage cash flow for a religious institution suffering rapidly falling contributions. Crystallizing realistic analytical challenges faced by non-profit and for-profit organizations of all kinds, it exposes...
The Supply Chain Game Changers
Applications and Best Practices that are Shaping the Future of Supply Chain Management
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2015
BREAKTHROUGH BEST PRACTICES IN GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT FROM WORLD-CLASS PRACTITIONERS
For all supply chain decision-makers, professionals, and students
Improve financial and operational performance
Manage risk and ensure continuity
Drive value through deeper integration
Optimize logistics...