Springer International Publishing, 2018. — 180 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-63510-1, 978-3-319-63509-5. This book explores how enterprises adapt to challenges in their business environments. It focuses on the critical elements within organisations that every executive must address in order to remain competitive. It takes a pluralist approach in trying to broaden our knowledge on...
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2016. – 185 p. – ISBN-10: 3658124148. Tobias Brandt outlines how information technology (IT) can be used to integrate sustainable energy technologies into existing infrastructures. The topic is approached from micro, meso, as well as macro perspectives. He first describes how IT artifacts can be used to manage renewable energy sources and energy...
2nd Edition. — Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2017. — 440 p. An issue-driven introduction to industrial organization, thoroughly updated and revised. The study of industrial organization (IO) — the analysis of the way firms compete with one another — has become a key component of economics and such related disciplines as finance, strategy, and marketing. This book provides an...
Cambridge University Press, 2005. — 308 p. The decision to source software development to an overseas firm (offshoring) is frequently looked at in simple economic terms – it is cheaper. In practice, however, offshoring is fraught with difficulties. As well as the considerable challenge of controlling projects at a distance, there are differences in culture, language, business...
CRC Press, 2003. — 384 p. This reference outlines the fundamental concepts and strategies for economic assessments for informed management decisions in industry. The book illustrates how to prepare capital cost and operating expense estimates, profitability analyses, and feasibility studies, and how to execute sensitivity and uncertainty assessments. From financial reports to...
Version 2 — Business Continuity Institute, 2012. — 65 p. It is recognized that many terms and definitions exist throughout the world that relate to BCM or synergic subjects like Risk Management and Emergency Planning. It would be impossible to include them all but the BCI does attempt to keep an up to date as possible dictionary of important BCM terms and their sources.Terms in...
American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Center for Chemical Process Safety, 2003. — 198 p A resource for individuals responsible for siting decisions, this guidelines book covers siting and layout of process plants, including both new and expanding facilities. This book provides comprehensive guidelines in selecting a site, recognizing and assessing long-term risks, and the...
Manning, 2014. — 360 p. — ISBN: 1617291056, 9781617291050 Do you want to better understand how your work works and what is happening on your team or in your workplace? Would you benefit from being able to focus on a few small things instead of constantly having to switch between multiple projects? Do your users and stakeholders want new features delivered now rather than some...
The Technology Press of Massachusetts Institute of Technology John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York Chapman & Hall, Ltd., London, 1956. — 350 p. Introduction: Posing the Location and Regional Problem Some Basic Development Processes Some Fundamental Questions Possible Theoretical Approaches Some General Theories of Location and Space-Economy The Anglo-Saxon Bias Some Early Attempts...
Springer, 2009. - 533 p. Today, the optimization of production planning processes using IT and quantitative methods is a de-facto standard in the energy industry. The energy problem is challenging and one of the most important political and economical issues in the world. Governments face the problem how to adopt the system of `Cap and Trade.' Especially, energy consuming...
Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2017. — 145 p. This book outlines the new concept of user engineering and covers the diversity of users, along with the business process that includes the design and the user’s experience processes. Although the concept of user experience (UX) has become popular, the definition and the methodology are still ambiguous. User engineering is similar to the...
Wiley, 2016. — 328 p. A comprehensive examination of DMPC theory and its technological applications. • A comprehensive examination of DMPC theory and its technological applications from basic through to advanced level. • A systematic introduction to DMPC technology providing classic DMPC coordination strategies, analysis of their performance, and design methods for both...
Wiley, 2017. — 384 p. — ISBN: 978-1-119-37027-7. This is not your average technical book! Using a humorous and easy-to-understand approach to solving common process engineering problems, this unique volume is the go-to guide for any veteran or novice engineer in the plant, office, or classroom. Textbooks are often too theoretical to help the average process engineer solve...
Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag, 2008. - XIV, 402 p. - ISBN: 978-3-7908-2053-9 (Print) 978-3-7908-2054-6 (Online). What is modern governance? Is it the battle against ‘old-fashioned’ hierarchy, or is it the restoration of key hierarchical values? Is it optimizing network management, or maximizing the benefits of market thinking in the public-sector? This book argues that it is the...
O’Reilly Media, 2016. — 205 p. — ISBN: 9781491938409. Design has become the key link between users and today’s complex and rapidly evolving digital experiences, and designers are starting to be included in strategic conversations about the products and services that enterprises ultimately deliver. This has led to companies building in-house digital/experience design teams at...
Blomberg Press, 2007. - 343 p. Business failure is not limited to start ups. In America alone between 1990 and 2000, there were over 6.3 million business start-ups and over 5.7 million business shut-downs. Risk of failure can be greatly reduced through effective organisational design that encourages high performance and adaptability to changing circumstances. Organisation...
Physica-Verlag, 2005. — (Sustainability and Innovation). — ISBN: 9783790815917, 3-7908-1591-8, 3-7908-1553-5,3790815918. The implementation of material flow management offers enterprises a high potential for realizing new economic competitive advantages. The eco-efficient optimization of material flows aims at reducing costs while simultaneously achieving long-term...
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