Operations may not run the world, but it makes the world run! To truly understand the way a business operates, you need to get your hands dirty -- that's how you get to appreciate what's actually happening within an organization. Looking inside for the answers is what Operations Management is all about. Learn from world-leading experts Nigel Slack, Alistair Brandon-Jones and Nicola Burgess and benefit from their wealth of experience helping improve businesses of all shapes and sizes.

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Marketing: An Introduction shows you how creating and capturing customer value drives effective marketing strategies. The text reflects major trends and shifting forces that impact marketing in this digital age of customer value, engagement and relationships. This in turn gives you a richer understanding of basic marketing concepts, strategies and practices.

The 15th Edition features updated and deeply developed chapter-opening vignettes, Marketing at Work highlights, company cases and end-of...

This volume seeks to explain the political economy of the Abe government and the so-called 'Abenomics' economic policies. The Abe government represents a major turning point in postwar Japanese political economy. In 2019, Abe became the longest serving Prime Minister in Japanese history.

Abe's government stood out not only for its longevity, but also for its policies. Abe came to power promising to reinvigorate Japan's economy under the banner of Abenomics. He pursed a host of structural refo...

Drawing on the most up-to-date and relevant research, this concise textbook is an accessible guide to harnessing the appropriate resources when launching a new start-up business. The focus is on the wide range of tangible and intangible resources available to entrepreneurs in the early stages of a new venture. This second edition brings in material on crowdfunding, digitalization and Covid-19, and dedicates new chapters to: lean start-ups and business models idea generation and opportunity de...

The bestseller in an updated new edition: with famous classics and the latest trend bags that reflect the spirit of the times. Text in English, German and French.

De Dikke Blauwe is een journalistiek onafhankelijk on- en offline magazine voor filantropie in Nederland. In december verschijnt De Dikke Blauwe Major Donor Editie, een fullcolour bookazine, gericht op mensen en organisaties die zich met eigen middelen, kennis en tijd inzetten voor een betere wereld zoals vermogensfondsen en hun adviseurs, goede doelenorganisaties en notariskantoren.

In dit extradikke decembernummer wordt de jaarlijkse top 100 van filantropie-influentials, De Dikke Blauwe 100...

Criminelen zijn al decennia lang actief in de bovenwereld door onder andere gebruik te maken van Nederlandse en buitenlandse ondernemingsvormen. Op welke wijze verkrijgen zij de zeggenschap binnen deze ondernemingen en welke rol spelen financiële dienstverleners zoals advocaten, accountants, belastingadviseurs, notarissen en Trustkantoren hierbij. Welke methoden gebruiken zij om crimineel geld de wereld rond te pompen om uiteindelijk in Nederland (zogenaamd) legaal te kunnen gebruiken. Dit ...

Get ready for the ultimate crash course in communicating and solving problems through simple pictures.

Thirty-two thousand years ago, your many-times-great-grandparents Oog and Aag drew pictures on the wall of a cave. They had an innate need to communicate, but no written language. So they found an easy and natural way to share their thoughts and stories.

Today, after so many years when speaking and writing dominated, we're back in another highly visual age. About 90 percent of everything sha...

Brings innovative new strategic management models to the field of public management, to help public managers adapt their practices in an era of New Public Management reforms New chapter on open, co-operative and collaborative strategy-making, in line with the most innovative approaches to strategy An expanded list of mini-cases, a very popular feature of the first edition, as well as new chapter summaries to help reinforce learning Takes a comparative and international view for advanced level...

Now students can learn Microsoft Project efficiently and painlessly!

- Quickly start a new plan, build task lists, and assign resources

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- Capture and fine-tune work and cost details

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- Look up just the tasks and lessons ...