Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Production & Operations Management

Industrial Applications of Carbon Nanotubes covers the current applications of carbon nanotubes in various industry sectors, from the military to visual display products, and energy harvesting and storage. It also assesses the opportunities and challenges for increased commercialization and manufacturing of carbon nanotubes in the years ahead.

Real-life case studies illustrate how carbon nanotubes are used in each industry sector covered, providing a valuable resource for scientists and engineers who are involved and/or interested in carbon nanotubes in both academia and...

Das nunmehr in dritter Auflage vorliegende Buch zeigt auf Grundlage des Hannoveraner Trichtermodells auf, welche Stellhebel Unternehmen nutzen konnen, um die Ziele sicher zu erreichen.Unternehmen mit hoher Termintreue, kurzen Lieferzeiten und niedrigen Bestanden wachsen schneller als der Wettbewerb und erzielen hohere Gewinne.

Anwender finden einfache und wirksame Verfahren fur die Unternehmenspraxis.Studenten erhalten einen umfassenden Uberblick uber Ziele, Aufgaben und Verfahren der Fertigungssteuerung.

"Das Buch zeichnet sich durch eine uberzeugende Systematik,...

Moderne praxis-, ziel- und ergebnisorientierte Steuerungsinstrumente, die fur eine erfolgreiche und qualitatsgesicherte Projektabwicklung erforderlich sind, werden in dieser Auflage umfassend dargestellt.

Erganzt wurden lebenszyklusorientierte Projektabwicklungsformen, Anforderungs-Engineering, Rendite- und Kostensteuerung von Bauprojekten, LC-Kostentreiber von Gebauden, Net Present Value, Wirtschaftlichkeitsanalysen zur Auswahl von Projekten und deren Abwicklungsformen und die Bewertung von PPP-Projekten. Auch neue Projektabwicklungsformen fur den Hochbau und den...

Although the theory of operations management has been presented in many textbooks published in the last two decades, the subject of e-enabled operations management is rather short of easily accessible literature. The approach to operations management described in this book is unusual with respect to what is found in standard textbooks. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) impact the ways firms are organised and managed, and as a consequence change the practical means used to conduct business operations.

The features of this book are threefold.

System approach...

The literature in this field focuses mainly on the performance of organisational forms, but the author's approach is grounded in the idea that technological innovation requires investments to be made in complementary assets. Diversity of these components implies their articulation. If these assets are to result in systems, we must devise policies that set up effective interactions between enterprises (large and SMEs), universities, research centers, and private/public institutions.

This book examines the concepts of open innovation, crowdsourcing and co-creation from a holistic point of view and analyzes them considering their suitability to the tourism industry. Methods, theories and models are discussed and examined regarding their practical applicability in tourism. The book illustrates the theoretical mechanisms and principles of Open Innovation, Crowdsourcing and Co-creation with case studies and best practices examples. In addition to the scientific target group, the book is a useful resource for managers of the entire tourism...

This edited book examines the relationship between the materiality of artefacts and managerial techniques, combining the recent scholarly interest on socio-materiality with a focus on management. Exploring managerial techniques, the social and material tools used by actors to guide or facilitate collective activities, topics include their socio-materiality, performative dimension, role in managerial control, relationship to organisational space and relationship to organisational legitimacy. This volume particularly explores the valuation and legitimation practices or processes involving...