The National Security Council (NSC) is the most important formal institution in the U.S. government for the creation and implementation of foreign and defense policy. The Council's four principal members--the President, Vice President, Secretary of State, and Secretary of Defense--are responsible for incredibly far-reaching decisions regarding war and peace, diplomacy, international trade, and covert operations. Despite its obvious importance, the NSC has been subject to relatively little scholarly scrutiny, and therefore remains misunderstood by most international relations students....

Reverse logistics concerns the integration of used and obsolete products back into the supply chain as valuable resources. Economic, marketing, and legislative drivers increasingly are leading companies to take back and recover their products after use. The arising product flows pose novel challenges for supply chain management.

This book addresses decision making in reverse logistics. It covers a wide range of aspects, related to distribution, production and inventory management, and supply chain management. For each topic, it highlights key managerial issues in real-life examples...

Die vorliegende Arbeit "Zur Gute linearer Entscheidungsregeln in Produktions Lagerhaltungs-Modellen" wurde 1975 vom Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften der Freien Universitat Berlin als Dissertation angenommen. Herrn Prof. Dr. Christoph Schneewei mochte ich fur die Anregung zur Bearbei tung dieses Themas und fur die stetige Unterstiitzung herzlich danken. Der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft bin ich dankbar fUr die finanzielle Forderung dieser Arbeit im Rahmen des Forschungsprojekts "Theil'sche Theorie" (Schn 159/1 u. 2). Berlin, November 1976 Karl Inderfurth 3 Inhalt 1. Problemstellung...