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Coffey, Dan - 2006

Combining case studies with accessible but rigorous production models and historical background, this provocative book challenges accepted views on Japanese production methods in the world car industry. The book argues that the 'lean and flexible' production model popularly associated with...

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A research agenda for lean management

Furlan, Andrea (ed.); Powell, Daryl J. (ed.) - 2024

"Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This fascinating Research Agenda analyzes the key...

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The Asian 'poverty miracle' : impressive accomplishments or incomplete achievements

Wan, Guang Hua (contributor); Silber, Jacques (contributor) - 2016

. Chakravarty, Nachiketa Chattopadhyay, and Jacques Silber -- 3. Concepts and measurement of vulnerability to poverty and other …

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Measuring and improving productivity in services : issues, strategies and challenges

Djellal, Faridah - 2008

The definition and measurement of productivity in services raises important conceptual, methodological and strategic …pt. 1. Productivity : definitions and methods of measurement -- pt. 2. Productivity : determinants and strategies …

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International review of national competitiveness : a detailed analysis of sources and rankings

Cho, Dong-Sung - 2013

This book provides rankings of national competitiveness alongside a series of sophisticated and specific guidelines for enhancing national competitiveness. Existing national competitiveness studies are often flawed since they are not based on rigorous models and appropriate methodologies. In...

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Measuring organizational performance : metrics for entrepreneurship and strategic management research

Carton, Robert B. - 2006

1. Introduction and overview -- 2. Performance measurement in management literature -- 3. Perspectives of … practice -- 6. Measurement concepts and implications -- 7. Developing a generalizable model for measuring organizational …

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Wealth, welfare and sustainability : advances in measuring sustainable development

Hamilton, Kirk - 2006

This important book presents fresh thinking and new results on the measurement of sustainable development. Economic … relevant theory is presented briefly, the chief emphasis is on empirical measurement of the change in real wealth: this measure …

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Competitiveness in research and development : comparisons and performance

Török, Ádám - 2005

measurement of R&D and innovation performance …

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Evaluation and performance measurement of research and development : techniques and perspectives for multi-level analysis

Chiesa, Vittorio - 2009

&D activities and the measurement of their performances. The framework encompasses a set of hierarchical, interrelated levels at … which R&D evaluation and performance measurement could be undertaken. This enlightening book focuses on the single … industrial firm to study performance measurement of R&D functions, projects and individual researchers or engineers. It also …

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Measuring WTO's contributions to global economic welfare

Anderson, Kym - 2014

, Amsterdam: North-Holland -- Findlay, Christopher and Tony Warren (eds.) (2000), Impediments to Trade in Services: Measurement … and Carlos Braga (eds.) (2009), Trade Preference Erosion: Measurement and Policy Response, London: Palgrave MacMillan and … Impacts', in Bernard Hoekman, Will Martin and Carlos A. Primo Braga (eds), Trade Preference Erosion: Measurement and Policy …

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