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.

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...

For principles of economics courses. An engaging, practice-oriented approach to understanding core economic principles Foundations of Economics introduces economic principles students can use to navigate the financial decisions of their futures. Each chapter concentrates on 3 to 4 ideas, with each idea reinforced several times throughout the text. This patient approach helps guide learners through unfamiliar terrain and focuses them on key concepts and skills, like reading and interpreting gr...

An engaging, balanced and up to date coverage of international trade.

Available for the first time Macmillan’s new integrated, online learning system Achieve, this new edition of Feenstra and Taylor’s International Macroeconomics provides engaging, balanced coverage and applications of key concepts.

Developed in the classroom by two of the most prominent researchers in the field, it seamlessly blends theory and empirical data with current, real-world global policies, events and evidence. ...