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Business Information Systems Business Information Systems Witold Abramowicz This book contains the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Business Information Systems, BIS 2013, held in Poznań, Poland, in June 2013. The theme of this year's conference w… OL19832673W
Credibilistic Programming Credibilistic Programming Xiang Li It provides fuzzy programming approach to solve real-life decision problems in fuzzy environment. Within the framework of credibility theory, it provides a self-contained, comprehensive and up-to-dat… OL19838535W
Design and Operation of Automated Container Storage Systems Design and Operation of Automated Container Storage Systems Nils Kemme The storage yard is the operational and geographical centre of most seaport container terminals. Therefore, it is of particular importance for the whole terminal system and plays a major role for tra… OL19841452W
Employment Location in Cities and Regions Employment Location in Cities and Regions Francesca Pagliara The focus of this book is the modeling of the location of economic activities, measured in terms of employment, in land-use and transportation systems. These measures are key inputs to models at intr… OL19847076W
Encyclopedia of Finance Encyclopedia of Finance Cheng-Few Lee The Encyclopedia of Finance, Second Edition, comprised of over 1000 individual definitions and chapters, is the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource in the field, integrating the most current t… OL19847174W
Enterprise Information Systems of the Future Enterprise Information Systems of the Future Geert Poels <p>This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International IFIP Working Conference on Research and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information Systems (CONFENIS 2012), held in Ghent, Belgium, d… OL19847689W
Financial Analysis and Risk Management Financial Analysis and Risk Management Victoria Lemieux The Global Financial Crisis has drawn attention to weaknesses in financial records, information and data. These weaknesses have led to operational risks in financial institutions, flawed bankruptcy a… OL19850026W
Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships Carlos Oliveira Cruz Economic development and social welfare depend on the existence of effective and efficient infrastructure systems, particularly in health, energy, transportation and water, many of which are develope… OL19857648W
Internal Control Internal Control Olof Arwinge <p>The concept of internal control has developed along with audit practice. As demands have been made for greater accountability in corporate governance, the significance of internal control systems … OL19858466W
Inventors at Work Inventors at Work Brett Stern <p><em>Inventors at Work: The Minds and Motivation Behind Modern Inventions</em> is a collection of interviews with inventors of famous products, innovations, and technologies that have made life eas… OL19859353W
The Jobs Act The Jobs Act William Michael Cunningham On April 5, 2012, President Barack Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, better known as the JOBS Act. The act is designed to &#147;reopen American capital markets to small companies,… OL19878256W
Managing global innovation Managing global innovation Oliver Gassmann,Roman Boutellier,Maximilian von Zedtwitz What are the secrets of competitive R & D on a global scale? The nineties have seen the largest international R & D expansion ever. Investigating more than 1000 R & D laboratories of 80 companies, th… OL19885466W
Modeling spatial and economic impacts of disasters Modeling spatial and economic impacts of disasters Yasuhide Okuyama,Stephanie E. Chang This book brings together a collection of innovative papers on strategies for analyzing the spatial and economic impacts of disasters. Natural and human-induced disasters pose several challenges for … OL19888636W
New Business Models and Value Creation: A Service Science Perspective New Business Models and Value Creation: A Service Science Perspective Lino Cinquini The contemporary economic landscape features the prevalence of the service sector in economic systems, the pervasive servitisation of manufacturing, innovations in traditional business models and new… OL19890561W
Organizational Change and Information Systems Organizational Change and Information Systems Paolo Spagnoletti This book examines a range of issues emerging from the interaction of Information Technologies and organizational systems. It contains a collection of research papers focusing on themes of growing in… OL19892914W
Process management Process management Jörg Becker,Martin Kugeler,Michael Rosemann Process Management is a comprehensive compendium for the contemporary design of process-oriented organizations. It presents a proven methodology for the introduction and sustainable management of bus… OL19896958W
A Real-Time In-Memory Discovery Service A Real-Time In-Memory Discovery Service Jürgen Müller The research presented in this book discusses how to efficiently retrieve track and trace information for an item of interest that took a certain path through a complex network of manufacturers, whol… OL19898788W
Scheduling computer and manufacturing processes Scheduling computer and manufacturing processes Jacek Błażewicz This book provides a theoretical and application oriented analysis of deterministic scheduling problems arising in computer and manufacturing environments. In such systems processors (machines) and p… OL19900805W
Using Game Theory to Improve Safety within Chemical Industrial Parks Using Game Theory to Improve Safety within Chemical Industrial Parks Genserik Reniers Though the game-theoretic approach has been vastly studied and utilized in relation to economics of industrial organizations, it has hardly been used to tackle safety management in multi-plant chemic… OL19909159W
Weather Derivatives Weather Derivatives Antonis Alexandridis K. <p>Weather derivatives are financial instruments that can be used by organizations or individuals as part of a risk management strategy to minimize risk associated with adverse or unexpected weather … OL19910608W
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