Logistics refers to the processes that start with resources and their acquisition, storage, and transportation to their destination. The concept is crucial in business -- particularly for the manufacturing sector -- to understand, manage, and control how resources are handled and progress through the whole supply chain. Now, there is a strong trend to focus on sustainability and eco-friendly solutions in logistics.

Processes based on both technology and management need innovations and detaile...

Research Methods for Operations and Supply Chain Management, third edition, is a toolkit of research approaches primarily for advanced students and beginner researchers, but also a reference book for any researcher in operations and supply chain management (OSCM). Many students begin their careers in research limited by the one or few approaches taken by their department. The concise, accessible overviews found here equip them with an understanding of a variety of methods and how to use them,...

With over 120,000 copies sold worldwide, Peter Dicken's Global Shift has been the definitive work on economic globalization for almost 30 years now. A tried, trusted and unrivalled resource for undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers across the social sciences, this is a seminal text from an internationally renowned author.

- Analyse van de concurrentie tussen ondernemingen staat centraal, vanuit micro-economisch perspectief én meso-economisch perspectief;

- zeer geschikt om de concurrentie-intensiteit en concurrentieposities op concrete markten en voor concrete ondernemingen vast te stellen;

- geeft inzicht in de strategische mogelijkheden die ondernemingen hebben om hun concurrentiepositie te verbeteren.

Meso-economie en bedrijfsomgeving is de enige geïntegreerde methode voor bedrijfstakanalyse waarin een ve...

De Nederlandse economie heeft de laatste tien jaar een opmerkelijke 'come back' gemaakt. Terwijl amper 15 jaar geleden internationaal vooral de 'Dutch disease' de aandacht trok, overheerst thans alom bewondering voor de prestaties en dynamiek van het 'poldermodel'. In dit boek wordt deze hernieuwde dynamiek van de Nederlandse economie geanalyseerd tegen de achtergrond van de ontwikkelingen sinds 1870. Typisch Nederlandse trekken waren het grote gewicht van de multinationale ondernemingen, de ...

Richard Heinberg doorziet de crisis.

Begrijpen we de huidige crisis? Hebben de internationale instellingen er wel een oplossing voor? Als je Einde aan de groei leest, begrijp je wat er schort aan de opvattingen van de leidende economen.

De diagnose van dit boek is diepgaand. De crisis is niet louter financieel. De goedkope olie is op. Prijzen van voedsel en grondstoffen zullen blijven stijgen. Particulieren en staten hebben geprobeerd zich hier uit te lenen, maar nu valt de realiteit niet lan...

With an accessible approach, the third European edition of Principles of Economics provides students with the tools to analyze current economic issues. The book is underpinned by a focus on seven Core Principles, which help students to make the link between economic theory and practice. The 'economic naturalist' approach, supported by exercises, problems and examples, encourages students to employ economics principles to understand and explain the world around them.Developed from the well-reg...

Innovation contributes to corporate competitiveness, economic performance and environmental sustainability. In the Internet era, innovation intelligence is transferred across borders and languages at an unprecedented rate, yet the ability to benefit from it seems to become more divergent among different corporations and countries. How much an organization can benefit from innovation largely depends on how well innovation is managed in it.

Thus, there is a discernible increase in interest in t...

Forget everything you think you know about global warming. It's not about carbon - it's about capitalism. The good news is that we can seize this crisis to transform our failed economic system and build something radically better. This is a book that redefines its era.