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Do Organizations Have Feelings?
ISBN: 9780415115469 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Arguing that any adequate organizational narrative for today must transcend the emotion/rationality divide, this text challenges the manager, the consultant and the business schools to take sociology seriously. The papers in this collection on the sociology of organizations were written over a period of 30 years. Collated in this volume with commentary and discussion by the author and followed by two specially written chapters bringing the story right up to date, they chart the development of the study of organizations during a period of epochal change from the modern to the global age. This...
Arguing that any adequate organizational narrative for today must transcend the emotion/rationality divide, this text challenges the manager, the cons...
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Do Organizations Have Feelings?
ISBN: 9780415115476 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Arguing that any adequate organizational narrative for today must transcend the emotion/rationality divide, this text challenges the manager, the consultant and the business schools to take sociology seriously. The papers in this collection on the sociology of organizations were written over a period of 30 years. Collated in this volume with commentary and discussion by the author and followed by two specially written chapters bringing the story right up to date, they chart the development of the study of organizations during a period of epochal change from the modern to the global age. This...
Arguing that any adequate organizational narrative for today must transcend the emotion/rationality divide, this text challenges the manager, the cons...
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242,84 |
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On the Shop Floor : Two Studies of Workshop Organization and Output
ISBN: 9780415279901 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lupton's empirical study used real work groups in post-war factories in Britain to arrive at a more sympathetic and informed appreciation of the reasoning behind the positions adopted by workers in their dealings with management.
Lupton's empirical study used real work groups in post-war factories in Britain to arrive at a more sympathetic and informed appreciation of the reaso...
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Theories of Corporate Governance
ISBN: 9780415323086 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the wake of the financial and corporate scandals of recent years, corporate governance increasingly is recognised as being at the heart of understanding how and why businesses are run as they are. But while there are diverse and well-established theories of corporate governance, they are rarely gathered in a coherent and comparative way. In the wake of the financial and corporate scandals of recent years, corporate governance increasingly is recognised as being at the heart of under... |
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922,99 |
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Dutch Enterprise in the 20th Century : Business Strategies in Small Open Country
ISBN: 9780415350273 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first book to summarise the twentieth century economic history of the Netherlands from a business history perspective. It has a broad historical coverage of Dutch business development including in particular the major multinationals such as Philips, Shell, and Unilever. Although focused on Dutch business it has a strong international flavour.
This is the first book to summarise the twentieth century economic history of the Netherlands from a business history perspective. It has a broad hist...
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Property Rights Dynamics : A Law and Economics Perspective
ISBN: 9780415363822 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Issues such as the patentability of scientific ideas, the market for organs and open source software are hotly debated and yet poorly understood. In particular, there is a great need for sound economic theorizing on such issues. There is also a need for a clear and concise exposition of the state-of-the-art of the economics of property rights. This book fulfils these various needs. Issues such as the patentability of scientific ideas, the market for organs and open source software are hotly debated and yet poorly understood. I... |
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Communication in Construction Teams
ISBN: 9780415366199 / Angielski / Twarda / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Construction teams are usually very complex and temporal groupings of actors that rely on interdisciplinary interaction for the realization of project goals. The costs of delay and inefficiency associated with poor coordination and communication is a constant factor, and it is well recognized that the development and maintenance of effective communication within teams is crucial to successful project outcomes. However, published data regarding the manner in which individuals interact within the temporary project team is scarce. Managers and researchers have little other than anecdotal...
Construction teams are usually very complex and temporal groupings of actors that rely on interdisciplinary interaction for the realization of project...
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Next Generation Manufacturing: Methods and Techniques
ISBN: 9780471360063 / Angielski / Twarda / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work is drawn from the results of a five-year research programme (the NGM Project) that combined the insights and perspectives of business and academia in the field of manufacturing. This partnership gave rise to the NGM paradigm that defines manufacturing practices. The book offers a framework for applying the operational strategies, product development techniques, metrics and knowledge management approaches that lead to manufacturing excellence. It includes examples from the 15 participating global firms such as Chrysler and Caterpillar.
This work is drawn from the results of a five-year research programme (the NGM Project) that combined the insights and perspectives of business and ac...
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511,35 |
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Statistical Methods for Testing, Development, and Manufacturing
ISBN: 9780471540359 / Angielski / Twarda / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Clearly illustrates how established techniques can be easily understood and used with a sample size that is smaller than normally envisioned.
Clearly illustrates how established techniques can be easily understood and used with a sample size that is smaller than normally envisioned.
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817,91 |
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Wharton on Dynamic Competitive Strategy
ISBN: 9780471689577 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. WHARTON on DYNAMIC COMPETITIVE STRATEGY
"A valuable contribution, this insightful book makes it clear that strategy is not a one-time search for a sustainable competitive advantage, but a continuous monitoring of the environment, consumers, and competitors with the object of making the right moves in a dynamically changing competitive landscape." -Philip Kotler S.C. Johnson & Sons Distinguished Professor of International Marketing J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management Northwestern University. "An ambitious and welcomed effort at addressing strategy from an interdisciplinary... WHARTON on DYNAMIC COMPETITIVE STRATEGY
"A valuable contribution, this insightful book makes it clear that strategy is not a one-time search for... |
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Lean Distribution: Applying Lean Manufacturing to Distribution, Logistics, and Supply Chain
ISBN: 9780471740759 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Kirk Zylstra's focus on the customer is a fresh approach to lean. Companies that can bear the burden of variability will develop a strategic advantage in today's volatile market."
--Travis Jarrell Institute of Industrial Engineers Program Committee Chair "Lean Distribution is a comprehensive yet concise work with clear leanings. Kirk's experience across a range of industries brings a unique understanding of common opportunities and solutions available to optimize distribution processes. Lean techniques, typically effective in manufacturing processes, are applied in the... "Kirk Zylstra's focus on the customer is a fresh approach to lean. Companies that can bear the burden of variability will develop a strategic advantag...
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Voices of the Industrial Revolution: Selected Readings from the Liberal Economists and Their Critics
ISBN: 9780472060535 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Studies social and economic issues through the writings of great thinkers of the age
Studies social and economic issues through the writings of great thinkers of the age
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A Casebook on Corporate Renewal
ISBN: 9780472113699 / Angielski / Twarda / 438 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A helpful tool for business students studying turnaround management and corporate renewal.
A Casebook on Corporate Renewal spans a variety of business areas relevant to corporate renewal and turnaround management. Corporate renewal, as a topic taught and discussed in business schools, has surged in the past decade. The cases in this book were selected to cover the knowledge and skills needed by successful turnaround managers, including ethical and legal issues; developing a plan of reorganization; and defining problems and their solutions, including strategic, financial, and... A helpful tool for business students studying turnaround management and corporate renewal.
A Casebook on Corporate Renewal spans a variety ... |
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Competition Policy: Theory and Practice
ISBN: 9780521016919 / Angielski / Miękka / 642 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offering a complete analysis of antitrust (or competition policy) issues, this study is enhanced by frequent references to antitrust cases and a few fully developed case studies. Although it can be used as an economics textbook in graduate or advanced undergraduate courses, the book is equally accessible to lawyers, practitioners, and readers interested in antitrust issues, but unfamiliar with modern economics. Technical explanations of material are relegated to separate "technical" sections that can be skipped without losing continuity.
Offering a complete analysis of antitrust (or competition policy) issues, this study is enhanced by frequent references to antitrust cases and a few f...
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The Dynamics of Company Profits
ISBN: 9780521022293 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do company profits eventually converge on a common, competitive level? How long does the convergence process take? This book seeks to answer these questions through a comparison of company profitability using time series data compiled at the firm level and at the industry level in Canada, France, Japan, Sweden, West Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The emphasis is on long run, dynamic processes and the perspective is that of Joseph Schumpeter, with profits converging if at all to competitive levels only in the long run. The basic methodology of the book is presented in one...
Do company profits eventually converge on a common, competitive level? How long does the convergence process take? This book seeks to answer these que...
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The Economics of Price Discrimination
ISBN: 9780521283946 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers a theoretical and unified explanation of how prices are determined in practice. Pricing, as observed in real life, turns out to be almost discriminatory. Four broad areas are covered: the spatial pricing of bulky products (Part I); the intertemporal pricing of storable goods, exhaustible resources, new durables, and nonstorable goods and services (Part II); two-part tariffs, commodity bundling, tie-ins, and nonlinear prices in general (Part III); and pricing of goods of different quality (Part IV). Each essay contains an introductory chapter describing the business practices...
This book offers a theoretical and unified explanation of how prices are determined in practice. Pricing, as observed in real life, turns out to be al...
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Corporate Law and Economic Analysis
ISBN: 9780521360548 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The past decade has brought certain corporate transactions and arrangements to the forefront of public attention and debate. At the same time, a new mode of corporate law analysis has been developed--one that uses economics to identify the consequences and desirable features of corporate law rules. This collection of papers uses economic analysis to study some of the main issues in corporate law. By collecting work at the frontier of this method of analysis, the volume provides a clear picture of the power, current state, and future direction of the economic analysis of corporate law. Written...
The past decade has brought certain corporate transactions and arrangements to the forefront of public attention and debate. At the same time, a new m...
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Managing the Service Economy: Prospects and Problems
ISBN: 9780521378581 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These essays discuss the service sector, an often neglected area of economic study. The contributors agree that services are replacing manufacturing as the employment base in more advanced economies. Their essays provide valuable insight into the causes, problems and prospects of this transition. Commissioned for the Wharton-ARA Conference on the Service Economy, this collection examines the rise of the prevailing economic order in the United States, Japanese, and international economies and the future and potential of the service sector. The volume concludes with an agenda for future...
These essays discuss the service sector, an often neglected area of economic study. The contributors agree that services are replacing manufacturing a...
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The Market and Beyond: Cooperation and Competition in Information Technology
ISBN: 9780521435253 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many have described the Japanese competitive success in information technology; very few have explained it. In this book Martin Fransman advances our understanding by developing the concept of the Japanese Innovation System--an arrangement consisting of competing and cooperating private companies, government policy-makers and researchers, and universities. It will be of interest to all teachers, students and policy makers interested in technological competition.
Many have described the Japanese competitive success in information technology; very few have explained it. In this book Martin Fransman advances our ...
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Perspectives on Innovation
ISBN: 9780521685610 / Angielski / Miękka / 516 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Innovation has become a major field of study in economics, management, sociology, science and technology, and history. Case studies, empirical models, appreciative analyses and formal theories abound. However, after several decades of study on innovation, and so many different types of contribution, there are still many phenomena we know very little about. The debate on innovation still has much to deliver; important questions remain unanswered and many problems require solution. Bringing together many leading figures in the field, this collection aims to address these concerns by offering...
Innovation has become a major field of study in economics, management, sociology, science and technology, and history. Case studies, empirical models,...
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