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Walker outlines the tools necessary to evaluate alternative investments and further diversify your portfolio using hedge funds, real estate, venture…
capital, gold and more. Using ground-breaking data on alternative investments, the author explores how to apply new risk measurements for building a portfolio with these investment vehicles.Modeling Structural Change in the U.S. Textile Industry (Studies on Industrial Productivity: Selected Works)
By Shu Yang, Barry K. Goodwin. 2000
Since the 1980s, the characteristics model in economics has been applied to the field of finance, and offers a fresh…
perspective for understanding financial behaviour. This book brings together some of the latest research by leading exponents of the characteristics model and its application to finance.In this book, Fattorello addresses the differences between contingent and non-contingent information. The theory is translated into English for the…
first time and is contextualized and put into a historical framework by Prof. Ragnetti's additional text.Revolutions in Book Publishing: The Effects of Digital Innovation on the Industry
By Michael Szenberg, Lall Ramrattan. 2016
Revolutions in Book Publishing uses dynamic methods to examine the evolution of the industry's transition from physical place to cyber…
space, analyzing the latest effects of technological innovations on the industry as well as their influence on distribution channels, market structure, and conduct of the industry.Quality Issues in Heritage Visitor Attractions
By Ian Yeoman. 2000
* Quality as a tool for success*Covers a diverse range of quality issues and theories in the context of heritage…
attractions* Well-respected international contributor team of academics and practitionersHeritage Tourism is the fastest growing component of the tourism market. Tourists have more choices than ever and their past experiences and future expectations make them even more discerning customers. A focus on quality can assist with customer satisfaction and business excellence. This new book on Quality issues brings together a range of specialists who lead us from the evolution of quality to our current position on the quality roadmap. It provides a toolkit to assist on the continuous quality improvement journey and presents a vision of what lies ahead in this new millennium.'Quality Issues in Heritage Visitor Attractions' will prove an invaluable guide for students and practitioners in the field s of Heritage, Visitor Attractions and Tourism in general.Divided into six sections this text presents a different 'flavour' of quality by looking at aspects such as critical success factors for heritage organizations, methods of quality improvement, developing the concept and offering, quality tools for managers, managing the quality workforce and the future.The late twentieth century has witnessed a dramatic upsurge in foreign direct investment in the Third World. Based upon thorough…
statistical analysis, the book presents exhaustive case-studies of foreign investment policy in 'metropolitan' countries and of the experiences of 'host' countries throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America. With a wide geographical and historical focus, it also makes an important contribution to current debates on dependency theory.Im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung führt der Einsatz innovativer Informationstechnologien zu deutlichen Veränderungen in der Unternehmenswelt. Dabei sind nicht nur Unternehmen…
aller Branchen betroffen, sondern auch alle Funktionsbereiche innerhalb eines Unternehmens. Entsprechend entstehen damit verbundene Herausforderungen auch im Marketing. Gleichzeitig bieten digitale Innovationen aber auch viele neue Möglichkeiten und Chancen. Das vorliegende essential fokussiert sich auf die Digitalisierung des Marketing sowie die damit verbundenen Chancen und Herausforderungen. Dabei werden zunächst die zentralen Treiber des digitalen Marketing herausgestellt, bevor anschließend die Implikationen und die Auswirkungen auf die Marketing-Funktion diskutiert werden. Das essential hilft dabei, auf den digitalen Wandel im Marketing nicht nur zu reagieren, sondern eine proaktive Rolle einzunehmen.Der Autor:Prof. Dr. Nils Urbach ist Professor für Wirtschaftsinformatik und Strategisches IT-Management an der Universität Bayreuth. Zudem ist er stellvertretender wissenschaftlicher Leiter am Kernkompetenzzentrum Finanz- & Informationsmanagement (FIM) und der Projektgruppe Wirtschaftsinformatik des Fraunhofer-Instituts für Angewandte Informationstechnik (FIT).Innovationsmanagement der chemischen Industrie im digitalen Zeitalter: Den digitalen Wandel effektiv gestalten
By Sabine Landwehr-Zloch, Josef Glaß. 2020
Seien Sie optimal vorbereitet!Digitale Technologien verbunden mit der Transformation ganzer Branchen verändern die Rahmenbedingungen und Parameter für forschende Chemieunternehmen derzeit…
grundlegend: Auf der einen Seite eröffnen digitale Technologien neue Geschäftsmodelle und Innovationsmöglichkeiten. Auf der anderen Seite verändert die digitale Transformation branchenübergreifend die etablierten Spielregeln am Markt. Wer seine Wettbewerbsfähigkeit langfristig sichern möchte, ist gefordert, sich mit diesen Entwicklungen auseinander zu setzen und seinen Weg in das digitale Zeitalter proaktiv zu definierenIn vielen Unternehmen ist das bestehende Innovations-Setting mit Strukturen, Prozessen und der Innovationskultur jedoch noch stark auf die klassische Neuproduktentwicklung ausgerichtet. Somit stellt sich die Frage, welche Veränderungen notwendig sind, um für das digitale Zeitalter und damit für den ‚zweiten Frühling‘ der chemischen Industrie optimal aufgestellt zu sein.Dieses Buch gibt Hilfestellung bei der Beantwortung und bietet Lösungsansätze aus der Praxis und der Wissenschaft für die Praxis. Die Beiträge kommen aus Best Practice Unternehmen der chemischen Industrie – von großen globalen Konzernen, von Mittelständlern, von Startups – und aus der Wissenschaft. Zielgruppe sind Unternehmen der chemischen und pharmazeutischen Industrie und anderer Branchen, Berater sowie Lehrende im Kontext von Führung und Innovationsmanagement.Finden Sie hier die wichtigsten Themen aufgelistet:Innovationsstrategien für das digitale ZeitalterBewertung und Messung der Innovationsperformance in einer VUCA Welt Innovationsstrukturen und -prozesse im digitalen Zeitalter Kulturelle Aspekte des digitalen WandelsThe Globalization of Chinese Enterprises: Trends and Characteristics (The Chinese Enterprise Globalization Series)
By Lu Miao, Huiyao Wang. 2020
The internationalization of Chinese enterprises is one of the most notable aspects of economic globalization in the 21st century. Despite…
the 2008 financial crisis and weak global outbound investment, under the “go global“ initiative, Chinese outbound investment has gone from strength to strength, while also diversifying in terms of investment modalities, destinations, and industries. However, growing anti-globalization sentiment in some countries has also created new challenges for Chinese firms expanding internationally. Drawing on nearly 3000 data samples, using both quantitative and qualitative research methods, this book presents unique insights into the features and patterns of Chinese enterprises’ globalization. The analysis provides a useful reference for enterprises that have already gone global and those that plan to. In particular, this book investigates challenges confronted by Chinese companies when doing business in foreign countries. It summarizes research covering three angles, namely: the current situation, causation analysis and corresponding solutions, and recommendations for firms, government agencies and other institutions. This book provides a comprehensive overview to help readers to grasp the broad picture of the international expansion of Chinese enterprises. It has important reference value for enterprises to help devise foreign investment strategy, seize opportunities, and navigate challenges in the course of globalization.IMF Staff Discussion Note (Imf Staff Discussion Notes Ser. #Staff Discussion Notes No. 14/02)
By International Monetary Fund. 2014
Supply Chain Resilience: Reducing Vulnerability to Economic Shocks, Financial Crises, and Natural Disasters
By Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, Fukunari Kimura, Shandre Mugan Thangavelu. 2020
This book investigates individual companies’ and industries’ supply chain risk management approaches to identify risk drivers and verify effective risk-reduction…
measures and business continuity plans.Typically, supply chain risk assessments focus on normative guidelines based on single best practice examples or vulnerability events, and there has been little work exploring how the concepts of supply chain risk management and resilience are related. However, since this relationship has implications for developing integrated response strategies, a clear understanding of the possible consequences is a fundamental step in building socio-economic resilience along the supply chain.Against this background, the book addresses three main topics: firstly, it defines the conceptual and sectoral domains of supply chain risk management and resilience by examining the welfare effects of extreme weather events and other economic shocks on selected global supply chains. It then presents an in-depth analysis of the scope of public–private partnerships to tackle the risks, by empirically exploring supply chain risk effects and information management. Thirdly, it proposes a regional cooperation framework in the context of major supply chain vulnerability events such as disasters and global financial crises.This book provides senior managers, project- and program managers, team coaches and team leaders with thought and management tools for…
potentiating self-organization and creating collaborative intelligence in teams. Adapted and expanded from the 2018 Dynamic Collaboration: Strengthening Self-Organization and Collaborative Intelligence in Teams, the book aids readers in establishing team structures optimal for shared leadership, based on the longitudinal adult development of contributors, especially as team members. Drawing from theoretical and empirical research on social-emotional and cognitive development since 1975, the authors create a provocative paradigm of forming, managing, evaluating and linking teams into networks. They introduce an empirically validated team typology and workspace analysis of dialogue spaces called ‘We-Spaces’. Featuring real world examples and cases of teams that have become self-organizing, this book is a valuable resource for upper and middle level managers, CEOs, Board of Directors as well as consultants, researchers and academics in human resource management, adult development, team building, leadership and organizational management.Higher Education Landscape 2030: A Trend Analysis Based on the AHEAD International Horizon Scanning (SpringerBriefs in Education)
By Martin Ebner, Dominic Orr, Maren Luebcke, J. Philipp Schmidt, Markus Ebner, Klaus Wannemacher, Dieter Dohmen. 2020
This open access Springer Brief provides a systematic analysis of current trends and requirements in the areas of knowledge and…
competence in the context of the project “(A) Higher Education Digital (AHEAD)—International Horizon Scanning / Trend Analysis on Digital Higher Education.” It examines the latest developments in learning theory, didactics, and digital-education technology in connection with an increasingly digitized higher education landscape. In turn, this analysis forms the basis for envisioning higher education in 2030.Here, four learning pathways are developed to provide a glimpse of higher education in 2030: Tamagotchi, a closed ecosystem that is built around individual students who enter the university soon after secondary education; Jenga, in which universities offer a solid foundation of knowledge to build on in later phases; Lego, where the course of study is not a monolithic unit, but consists of individually combined modules of different sizes; and Transformer, where students have already acquired their own professional identities and life experiences, which they integrate into their studies. In addition, innovative practice cases are presented to illustrate each learning path.B2B - or not to be?: Der Weg zu Vertriebserfolg und profitablem Wachstum
By Manfred Aull. 2020
Dieses Buch bietet Vertriebsverantwortlichen direkt einsetzbare Werkzeuge für profitables Wachstum im B2B. Der Autor zeigt die Herausforderungen und Fallstricke komplexer…
Vertriebsprozesse Schritt für Schritt an Beispielen auf und stellt konkrete Handlungsoptionen vor – von der Zielkundenidentifikation und Kontaktaufnahme über die Qualifizierung von Geschäftsmöglichkeiten bis hin zum Planen und Ausführen der Vertriebsstrategie. Mit zahlreichen Fragelisten, Modell-Dialogen, Praxisaufgaben, Handlungsplänen sowie praktischen Vorlagen und Checklisten bekommen Vertriebsmitarbeiter hilfreiche Tools zur Erledigung ihrer Aufgaben; Geschäftsführer und Vertriebsleiter erhalten das Handwerkszeug für eine wirksame Fokussierung und Steuerung der operativen Sales-Mannschaft – ein Must-have für den professionellen B2B-Vertrieb. Die 2. Auflage wurde um zusätzliche Download-Materialien sowie hilfreiche Videos zu zentralen Aufgaben im Vertriebsalltag ergänzt.Data Science and Productivity Analytics (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science #290)
By Joe Zhu, Juan Aparicio, Vincent Charles. 2020
This book includes a spectrum of concepts, such as performance, productivity, operations research, econometrics, and data science, for the practically…
and theoretically important areas of ‘productivity analysis/data envelopment analysis’ and ‘data science/big data’. Data science is defined as the collection of scientific methods, processes, and systems dedicated to extracting knowledge or insights from data and it develops on concepts from various domains, containing mathematics and statistical methods, operations research, machine learning, computer programming, pattern recognition, and data visualisation, among others. Examples of data science techniques include linear and logistic regressions, decision trees, Naïve Bayesian classifier, principal component analysis, neural networks, predictive modelling, deep learning, text analysis, survival analysis, and so on, all of which allow using the data to make more intelligent decisions. On the other hand, it is without a doubt that nowadays the amount of data is exponentially increasing, and analysing large data sets has become a key basis of competition and innovation, underpinning new waves of productivity growth. This book aims to bring a fresh look onto the various ways that data science techniques could unleash value and drive productivity from these mountains of data.Researchers working in productivity analysis/data envelopment analysis will benefit from learning about the tools available in data science/big data that can be used in their current research analyses and endeavours. The data scientists, on the other hand, will also get benefit from learning about the plethora of applications available in productivity analysis/data envelopment analysis.Economic Dualism and Agrarian Policies: Land Reforms and Structural Economic Change in Romania, 1864–2000 (SpringerBriefs in Economics)
By Adina Dabu, Paul D. Aligica. 2020
This book offers an in-depth case study of Romania’s land and agricultural reforms from mid-19th century and up to 2000,…
offering a historical account of agricultural reforms in post-communist Romania in the light of more than a century of social and economic development experiments. Taking a ‘dual economy’ analytic perspective, the book examines the impact of structural and agricultural reforms on the country's economic development and provides an analysis of the ideas and models that stood behind policy reforms aiming at the modernization of an economy and society defined by dualism and late development.Veränderungsbereitschaft stärken: Impulse und Übungen für Mitarbeiter und Führungskräfte
By Antje Freyth. 2020
Veränderungsbereitschaft ist die Voraussetzung, um den vielfältigen und tiefgreifenden Wandel im Berufsleben und der privaten Lebenswelt aktiv mit zu gestalten…
und zu bewältigen. Das vorliegende Buch fokussiert sich auf die Gestaltungsfaktoren zur Entstehung von Veränderungsbereitschaft, unterstützt dabei, innere Blockaden zu überwinden und persönliche Ressourcen zu erkennen und zu stärken. Der Leser erhält neben fundierten Informationen zur Entstehung von Veränderungsbereitschaft, konkrete und praxiserprobte Empfehlungen zur Stärkung der eigenen Veränderungsbereitschaft. Führungskräften, Trainern, Coaches und Personalentwicklern bietet das Buch darüber hinaus viele Empfehlungen, um die Veränderungsbereitschaft anderer zu stärken.Corporate Purpose – das Erfolgskonzept der Zukunft: Wie sich mit Haltung Gemeinwohl und Profitabilität verbinden lassen
By Annette Bruce, Christoph Jeromin. 2020
In diesem Buch erläutern die Autoren, was Corporate Purpose ist und warum er ein Unternehmen von Grund auf verändern wird. Unternehmensentscheider…
erfahren, wie Corporate Purpose sein Nutzenpotential gleichzeitig im Unternehmen und im Gemeinwohl entfalten kann. Sie erhalten einen Leitfaden und jede Menge Praxiswissen, um auf der Grundlage von Purpose ein tragfähiges Geschäftsmodell mit starken Marken und einem überzeugenden Beitrag zum Gemeinwohl entwickeln und implementieren zu können.Nachwachsende Generationen machen zurzeit überdeutlich: Reine Profitorientierung reicht für die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit eines Unternehmens immer weniger aus. Heute wird von Unternehmen und Marken erwartet, dass sie gesellschaftliche, ökologische und soziale Belange in ihrem Handeln fest verankern und auch für diese Verantwortung übernehmen. Die Mühe lohnt, denn erste Studien zeigen: Unternehmen mit einem klar definierten Purpose wachsen überdurchschnittlich.Aus dem Inhalt Das ist Corporate Purpose und so kann er entwickelt und verankert werden Das kann Corporate Purpose für Unternehmen und Gemeinwohl leistenDrei Handlungsszenarien für die Arbeit mit Corporate Purpose in der PraxisCheckliste zur Einschätzung des Potentials von Corporate Purpose in Ihrem Unternehmen16 Fallbeispiele aus der Praxis vom Start-up über KMU bis zum Global Player So können Sie den Erfolgsbeitrag von Corporate Purpose messenVerantwortungseigentum: eine rechtliche Struktur für purpose-orientierte UnternehmenInterviews zu Praxis-Cases mit: Susanne Franz (Audi), Ulrike Haugen (DNV GL Group), Varena Junge (enyway), Gabriella Ekelund (Essity), Jean-Gabriel Duveau (Gillette), Jan Fischer (Hamburg Towers), Dr. Jens Ade (Hinz&Kunzt), Udo Schulte (Lemonaid), Louise Brierley-Ingham (Patagonia), Markus Essing (Philip Morris International), Karen Löhnert (sleeperoo), Nina Witt (Stop the water while using me), Dr. Antje von Dewitz (VAUDE), Carolin Stüdemann (Viva con Agua) sowie Nataliya Yarmolenko (Weleda) sowie mit dem Team von Mercedes-Benz Cars.Mit einem Gastbeitrag von Achim Hensen (Purpose Stiftung).Sustainable Food Drying Techniques in Developing Countries: Prospects and Challenges
By Azharul Karim, Mahadi Hasan Masud, Anan Ashrabi Ananno, Asif Ahmed. 2020
This book presents a comprehensive review of renewable energy-based sustainable drying techniques for developing countries. Aspiring towards a world with…
zero food waste, the book has provided discussion on sustainable drying techniques in terms of energy efficiency. The socio-economic condition of each developing country is unique; therefore, has specific technological requirements. As such, the book presents discussions on food waste scenario around the world, the socio-economic status of developing countries and their correlation with food. The book gives an overview of the quality aspects of drying, along with the required energy and time to retain these features. Additionally, a method of selecting drying techniques for developing countries, taking the cost and safety factor into consideration, has been discussed extensively Also, the renewable and non-renewable energy resources of low income, lower-middle income, middle income, and high-income developing countries have been analyzed and presented. The book also highlights the available drying techniques that are currently being practiced by the consumers and industries of developing countries. The book recommends ten sustainable drying technologies for the developing countries and describes their working principle. Discussion on potential challenges for sustainable drying technology adoption is also presented. The book presents up-to-date research on sustainable drying techniques and their impact on developing countries to reduce food waste.Food waste is not only a humanitarian concern but also a threat to environmental sustainability. Currently, one-third of all produced food is being wasted, when nearly 805 million people - including children remain undernourished on a daily basis. In an effort to solve this crisis, a number of food preservations techniques are being practiced in food supply chain. Drying is one such preservation technique that prevents microbial proliferation, slows enzymatic reaction and preserves the physio-chemical properties of food. Albeit, drying is an effective means of food preservation; it is also highly energy-intensive. Developing countries do not have sufficient energy and financial resources to adopt conventional (expensive and high energy) drying techniques. As such, this is the first reference work dedicated to discussing the prospects and challenges of sustainable (renewable energy based and inexpensive) drying techniques for developing countries in order to reduce food waste. Sustainable food drying techniques in developing countries: Prospects and Challenges is a singular work in the field of food preservation and affordable drying technology.