In this book, the authors examine retinoic acid and how it plays important role in a wide range of biological processes including proliferation and...

Human Resource Management (HRM) could very well be the key contributor to organization profitability and competitive advantage in the 21st century....

The management of modern companies requires full focus on planning activities and reaching expected goals, and in particular on monitoring achievem...

Globalisation has moved through several change phases from capitalistic philosophy to democratic business notions involving stakeholders in the pro...

This book presents seven case studies of large Danish investment companies in India and China. The case studies provide intriguing perspectives on ...

Supply Chain Management (SCM) has been widely researched in numerous application domains during the last few decades. Despite the popularity of SCM...

City logistics planning is vital to improve goods transport in urban areas. It involves consolidation and coordination of goods transport activitie...

City logistics planning is vital to improve goods transport in urban areas. It involves consolidation and coordination of goods transport activitie...

Modern cities are facing the growing problem of congestion, poor air quality and lack of public space. To ameliorate the condition of goods transpo...

The most adequate tool of synthesis of the heterogeneous notions, concepts and methods is their mathematical formalisation which provides a common ...

The term "systems thinking" generates from systems theory, in particular the theory of living systems, which appeared in cybernetics and computer s...

Any organisational system seeks to improve (optimise) the efficiency of its activities in terms of achieving the goals it faces. Sometimes this opt...

Though the C-135 was originally designed over forty years ago as an aerial refueling tanker, (749 of the 820 were built as tankers), more than 600 ...

The application of projects in various organizational settings and for multiple purposes is accelerating at a rapid pace. Increasingly public and p...

In recent years research initiatives in the field of project management have accelerated and are now pursued across many disciplinary fields and a ...

This book provides an insight into industrial organization thinking at the turn of the century.

The targeted readership of this book is project management professionals and scholars who are seeking to gain insights into the perquisites of proj...

In The Transformed Team, leading team psychologist Dr Declan Woods provides forty dynamic practices to help any team work more effectively, perform...

The opening study in Total Quality Management (TQM): Concepts, Implementation and Applications investigates the quality of administrative services ...

Understanding Six Sigma: Concepts, Applications and Challenges includes seven excellent chapters that have been prepared using state-of-the-art met...

Understanding Value Chains first examines the process of the institutionalization of the main theoretical foundations of the global value chain sin...

Are you wasting time on marketing? The sad truth is that most businesses are. But there is an answer, and it's in this book! Even the smartest...

Told through case studies of entrepreneurs, companies and social enterprises, Whāriki weaves together business theory and day-to-day practice to an...

sn’t it time that we are told the insider TRUTH regarding the intentional and unintentional cover-ups made by the big boys in Detroit. We will be b...

Jack Leblanc arrived in China in 1989 intending to teach for just two years. He was to spend the next two decades on a very different learning curv...

Take greater control of your brain to become more efficient, effective and successful. The brain often overcomplicates matters, leading you to fe...