Yossi Sheffi: 4 books
Logistics Clusters
Delivering Value and Driving Growth
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
How logistics clusters can create jobs while providing companies with competitive advantage.
Why is Memphis home to hundreds of motor carrier terminals and distribution centers? Why does the tiny island-nation of Singapore handle a fifth of the world's maritime containers and half the world's...
The Power of Resilience
How the Best Companies Manage the Unexpected
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
How the best companies prepare for and manage modern vulnerabilities—from cybersecurity risks to climate change: new tools, processes and organizations for developing corporate resilience.
A catastrophic earthquake is followed by a tsunami that inundates the coastline, and around the globe...
Balancing Green
When to Embrace Sustainability in a Business (and When Not To)
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2018
An expert on business strategy offers a pragmatic take on how businesses of all sizes balance the competing demands of profitability and employment with sustainability.
The demands and stresses on companies only grow as executives face a multitude of competing business goals. Their stakeholders...
The Resilient Enterprise
Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2007
Stories from Nokia, Dell, UPS, Toyota, and other companies show how firms can reduce their vulnerability to high-impact distributions, from earthquakes to strikes, from SARS to terrorism, and use them for competitive advantage.
What happens when fire strikes the manufacturing plant of the sole...