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Process Risk and Reliability Management
ISBN: 9780128016534 / Angielski / Twarda / 798 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the last twenty years considerable progress has been made in process risk and reliability management, particularly in regard to regulatory compliance. Many companies are now looking to go beyond mere compliance; they are expanding their process safety management (PSM) programs to improve performance not just in safety, but also in environmental compliance, quality control and overall profitability. Techniques and principles are illustrated with numerous examples from chemical plants, refineries, transportation, pipelines and offshore oil and gas. This book helps executives,... In the last twenty years considerable progress has been made in process risk and reliability management, particularly in regard to regulatory compl... |
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707,28 |
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The Invention of Improvement: Information and Material Progress in Seventeenth-Century England
ISBN: 9780199645916 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Improvement was a new concept in seventeenth-century England; only then did it become usual for people to think that the most effective way to change things for the better was not a revolution or a return to the past, but the persistent application of human ingenuity to the challenge of increasing the country's wealth and general wellbeing. Improvements in agriculture and industry, commerce and social welfare, would bring infinite prosperity and happiness. The word improvement was itself a recent coinage. It was useful as a slogan summarising all these goals, and since it had no equivalent in...
Improvement was a new concept in seventeenth-century England; only then did it become usual for people to think that the most effective way to change ...
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306,67 |
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Managing Strategic Design
ISBN: 9781137325945 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Blending theory with a wealth of practical applications and examples, this book provides a long overdue consideration of design and its strategic role within businesses and organisations. Suitable for students and practitioners, the authors redefine design and emphasise its power to contribute to management throughout the organisation.
Blending theory with a wealth of practical applications and examples, this book provides a long overdue consideration of design and its strategic role...
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225,87 |
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Crisis and Embodied Innovations: Fluctuating Trend Vs Fluctuations Around Trend, the Real Vs the Financial, Variety Vs Average
ISBN: 9781137477064 / Angielski / Twarda / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book introduces embodied innovations into the circle of already recognised causes of economic crises. The author shows how issues of investment, accumulation and structural change associated with embodied innovations can be used to monitor potential crisis. The author argues that crises are predictable and manageable in depth.
This book introduces embodied innovations into the circle of already recognised causes of economic crises. The author shows how issues of investment, ...
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201,72 |
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Tourism, Environment and Ecology in the Mediterranean Region
ISBN: 9781443862189 / Angielski / Twarda / 470 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As humans we have stewardship over the environment. Man's dominion does not mean a license to abuse, spoil, squander or destroy. Future cultures will be able to reach their potential only if this generation remembers that sustainable land use is a combination of economics, ecology and social justice. Our ancestors survived due to an innate sense of oneness whereby they helped each other. For them everything was holy. Sustaining desired ecological, economic, and social conditions in the system is a big challenge, but not an impossible task. This book presents chapters by scientists from...
As humans we have stewardship over the environment. Man's dominion does not mean a license to abuse, spoil, squander or destroy. Future cultures will ...
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215,60 |
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Indian Aircraft Industry
ISBN: 9789380502519 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Aviation came to India quite early, in fact a century ago, and an aircraft factory, Hindustan Aircraft Ltd., had been set up 70 years ago in Bangalore. But India, from its 25 percent share of global manufacturing in 1750, had been deindustrialised in the previous two centuries and its technological and economic capacity had been emasculated by the Raj. Hence, it had no industry, leave alone defence industry, to talk of at the time of independence. But by 1948, the first Indian design of a primary trainer, the HT-2, was started and soon, the licensed production of the first jet fighter, the...
Aviation came to India quite early, in fact a century ago, and an aircraft factory, Hindustan Aircraft Ltd., had been set up 70 years ago in Bangalore...
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298,78 |
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Media Economics: Theory and Practice
ISBN: 9781138834255 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Media Economics: Theory and Practice focuses on the basic principles of economics in the business sector and applies them to contemporary media industries. This text examines the process of media economics decision making through an exploration of key topics, such as industrial restructuring, regulatory constraints upon media operations, and changing economic value, providing key insights into media business activities. With the structure and value of media industries changing rapidly and sometimes dramatically, this text moves beyond a basic documentation of historical patterns to help...
Media Economics: Theory and Practice focuses on the basic principles of economics in the business sector and applies them to contemporary media indust...
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707,28 |
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Shareology: How Sharing Is Powering the Human Economy
ISBN: 9781630473846 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Technology continues to evolve and make our lives busier and more complicated, but it can never replace true human connection our fundamental need to share information, stories, and emotions. Shareology explores the history, science, and art of sharing and its importance to both individuals and brands in the emerging sharing economy. It is meant for entrepreneurs and marketers who want to make their content more valuable (and shareable), and for individuals who want to understand the power of sharing to grow their personal brand."
Technology continues to evolve and make our lives busier and more complicated, but it can never replace true human connection our fundamental need to ...
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64,61 |
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Explaining International Production (Routledge Revivals)
ISBN: 9781138826557 / Angielski / Twarda / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John Dunning's general theory of international production, first propounded in the late 1970's, has generated considerable debate. This work thoughtfully reassesses the paradigm, and extends the analysis to embrace issues of theoretical and empirical importance. In a collection of essays, the changing characteristics of international production are examined, and an interdisciplinary approach suggested for understanding the multinational enterprise in the world economy. This book, first published in 1988, will be of value not only to economists and international business analysts,... John Dunning's general theory of international production, first propounded in the late 1970's, has generated considerable debate. This work though... |
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878,00 |
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Strategischer Wettbewerb: Eine Einführung in Die Industrieökonomik
ISBN: 9783642369902 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dieses Lehrbuch fuhrt in die Grundlagen der Industrieokonomik ein. Gegenstand der Analyse sind die Entscheidungen der Unternehmen unter den Bedingungen oligopolistischen Wettbewerbs bei homogenen und bei differenzierten Gutern. Im Zentrum stehen dabei die Herleitung und die Erlauterung der optimalen Unternehmensentscheidungen mit Blick auf die Aktionsparameter Preis, Produktionskapazitat, Produktdesign, Produktqualitat sowie Produkt- und Prozessinnovation. Behandelt wird zudem der Zusammenhang zwischen der Profitabilitat und der Stabilitat von Kartellen und Fusionen einerseits und der... Dieses Lehrbuch fuhrt in die Grundlagen der Industrieokonomik ein. Gegenstand der Analyse sind die Entscheidungen der Unternehmen unter den Bedingu... |
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124,40 |
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Cluster-Based Industrial Development:: Kaizen Management for Mse Growth in Developing Countries
ISBN: 9781137384690 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In order to reduce widespread poverty in developing countries, it is essential to create jobs by promoting industrial development. Yet, there is no clear-cut and effective strategy to develop industries. This study tackles the problems facing cluster-based industrial development and suggests effective strategies for a more successful future.
Based on a number of case studies and the results of six Kaizen management training experiments, this book has found that efficient management is the key to the innovation, which, in turn, is a major engine of firm and industrial growth. The... In order to reduce widespread poverty in developing countries, it is essential to create jobs by promoting industrial development. Yet, there is no cl...
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403,47 |
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Dealing in Desire: Asian Ascendancy, Western Decline, and the Hidden Currencies of Global Sex Work
ISBN: 9780520275577 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This captivating ethnography explores Vietnam's sex industry as the country ascends the global and regional stage. Over the course of five years, author Kimberly Kay Hoang worked at four exclusive Saigon hostess bars catering to diverse clientele: wealthy local Vietnamese and Asian businessmen, Viet Kieus (ethnic Vietnamese living abroad), Western businessmen, and Western budget-tourists. Dealing in Desire takes an in-depth and often personal look at both the sex workers and their clients to show how Vietnamese high finance and benevolent giving are connected to the intimate spheres of...
This captivating ethnography explores Vietnam's sex industry as the country ascends the global and regional stage. Over the course of five years, auth...
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126,09 |
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Plunkett's Telecommunications Industry Almanac 2015
ISBN: 9781628313390 / Angielski / Miękka / 530 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Plunkett's Telecommunications Industry Almanac is the only complete reference guide to the telecommunications technologies and companies that are changing the way the world communicates today. This massive reference book's market research section provides our famous trends analysis, as well as major statistical tables. You will receive an abundance of data on statistics, new telecommunications technologies, markets, the Internet, land lines, VOIP, unified communications and leading telecommunications companies. In the corporate profiles section, you'll receive vital details on the...
Plunkett's Telecommunications Industry Almanac is the only complete reference guide to the telecommunications technologies and companies that are chan...
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1414,56 |
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Plunkett's Biotech & Genetics Industry Almanac 2015
ISBN: 9781628313406 / Angielski / Miękka / 568 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Plunkett's Biotech & Genetics Industry Almanac is a complete reference guide to the business side of biotechnology, genetics, proteomics and related services. This new book contains complete profiles of the leading biotech companies; in-depth chapters on trends in genetics, technologies, statistics and finances; a handy glossary; and thorough indexes. For the first time, in one carefully-researched volume, you'll get all of the data you need. Topics include: biotechnology funding and investments; activities in Singapore, China and India; FDA; gene therapies; personalized medicine; systems...
Plunkett's Biotech & Genetics Industry Almanac is a complete reference guide to the business side of biotechnology, genetics, proteomics and related s...
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1414,56 |
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The Handbook of Service Innovation
ISBN: 9781447165897 / Angielski / Twarda / 842 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bringing together some of the world's leading thinkers, academics and professionals to provide practitioners, students and academicians with comprehensive insights into implementing effective service innovation. This book presents service innovation as a complex concept that exists and occurs at a systemic level, and across various service verticals - health, education, tourism, hospitality, telecommunications, retail. Addressing contemporary issues in service innovation it encompass both conceptual and applied contributions. Featuring a select number of case studies across several... Bringing together some of the world's leading thinkers, academics and professionals to provide practitioners, students and academicians with compre... |
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726,29 |
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The Causal Structure of Long-Term Supply Relationships: An Empirical Test of a Generalized Transaction Cost Theory
ISBN: 9781461370413 / Angielski / Miękka / 155 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Long-term supply relationships are of crucial importance in industrial organization. The present (r)evolution in information and communication technology such as e-business is proof of the increasingly dynamic environment in which firms operate. As a result, firms have to focus on their core competencies and obtain complementary ones from partner firms to be able to survive. This can hardly be realized without having long-term supply relationships. In the past decades, research on strategic alliances -the class of interfirm arrangements to which long-term supply relationships belong...
Long-term supply relationships are of crucial importance in industrial organization. The present (r)evolution in information and communication technol...
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605,23 |
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Interfirm Networks: Franchising, Cooperatives and Strategic Alliances
ISBN: 9783319101835 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The organization of interfirm networks, such as alliances, cooperatives, franchise and retail chains, has become an important research topic in the field of economics, marketing, strategic management, and organization theory. This book contributes to the literature on formal and informal inter-organizational governance by providing new insights on contract design, ownership, evolution of cooperation, role of social capital and performance in franchising networks; includes topics of loyalty, reputation and organizational form as well as performance of cooperatives, and discusses the...
The organization of interfirm networks, such as alliances, cooperatives, franchise and retail chains, has become an important research topic in the fi...
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403,47 |
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Network Economics: Principles - Strategies - Competition Policy
ISBN: 9783319116945 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This textbook on network economics provides essential microeconomic instruments for the analysis of network sectors like telecommunications, transport or energy. Network-specific characteristics emerge both on the cost side and benefit side, requiring network providers to develop innovative entrepreneurial competition strategies for costing, pricing, and investment. From a competition policy perspective, a number of interesting questions arise: In which parts of networks is competition functional? In contrast, where is an abuse of market power to be expected? What is the division of labor...
This textbook on network economics provides essential microeconomic instruments for the analysis of network sectors like telecommunications, transport...
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201,72 |
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Competition, Innovation and the Microsoft Monopoly: Antitrust in the Digital Marketplace: Proceedings of a Conference Held by the Progress & Freedom F
ISBN: 9789401058940 / Angielski / Miękka / 297 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do the antitrust laws have a place in the digital economy or are they obsolete? That is the question raised by the government's legal action against Microsoft, and it is the question this volume is designed to answer.
America's antitrust laws were born out of the Industrial Revolution. Opponents of the antitrust laws argue that whatever merit the antitrust laws may have had in the past they have no place in a digital economy. Rapid innovation makes the accumulation of market power practically impossible. Markets change too quickly for antitrust actions to keep up. And antitrust remedies... Do the antitrust laws have a place in the digital economy or are they obsolete? That is the question raised by the government's legal action against M...
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605,23 |
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Economics of Food Safety
ISBN: 9789401170789 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Public concern about the safety and healthfulness of the food supply grew markedly during the 1980s. Numerous government, academic, interest group, and media reports questioning the adequacy of the food safety regulatory system formed the basis for this increase in concern. While public concern focused most directly on pesticide residues in food, scientists emphasized the risks of illness associated with microbiological contamination of food. Much additional attention was focused on the food supply as a result of the striking consensus on dietary recommendations that emerged in the late 1980s...
Public concern about the safety and healthfulness of the food supply grew markedly during the 1980s. Numerous government, academic, interest group, an...
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201,72 |