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Huff, Anne Sigismund (contributor) - The MIT Press

In today’s competitive globalized market, firms are increasingly reaching beyond conventional internal methods of research and development to use ideas developed through processes of open innovation (OI). Organizations including Siemens, Nokia, Wikipedia, Hyve, and innosabi may launch...

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Organizing Business Knowledge: The MIT Process Handbook

Malone, Thomas W. (contributor); Crowston, Kevin (contributor) - The MIT Press

multidisciplinary research group at MIT's Sloan School of Management that has worked for over a decade to lay the foundation for just …

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Honest Signals: How They Shape Our World

Alex (Sandy) Pentland - The MIT Press

How can you know when someone is bluffing? Paying attention? Genuinely interested? The answer, writes Alex Pentland in Honest Signals, is that subtle patterns in how we interact with other people reveal our attitudes toward them. These unconscious social signals are not just a back channel or a...

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Eco-Efficiency: The Business Link to Sustainable Development

DeSimone, Livio D.; Popoff, Frank - The MIT Press

The term "eco-efficiency" describes business activities that create economic value while reducing ecological impact and resource use. This book outlines the principles of eco-efficiency and presents case studies of their application from a number of international companies, including 3M and the...

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Management: Inventing and Delivering Its Future

Kochan, Thomas A. (contributor); … - The MIT Press

The MIT Sloan School of Management, as conceived by the legendary General Motors chairman Alfred P. Sloan, was founded … in 1952 to draw on the scientific and technical resources of MIT and approach the problems of management with the … business and management, MIT faculty, students, and alumni to address again the basic principles that should guide business and …

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Operation Rules: Delivering Customer Value through Flexible Operations

Simchi-Levi, David - The MIT Press

In recent years, management gurus have urged businesses to adopt such strategies as just-in-time, lean manufacturing … strategies. And he offers a set of scientifically and empirically based rules that management can follow to achieve a quantum … information technology--transform operations and supply chain management from an undertaking based on gut feeling and anecdotes to …

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The Innovator's Way: Essential Practices for Successful Innovation

Denning, Peter J.; Dunham, Robert - The MIT Press

Innovation is the ruling buzzword in business today. Technology companies invest billions in developing new gadgets; business leaders see innovation as the key to a competitive edge; policymakers craft regulations to foster a climate of innovation. And yet businesses report a success rate of only...

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Student Solutions Manual to Accompany Health Economics

Sloan, Frank A.; Hsieh, Chee-Ruey - The MIT Press

Health Economics combines economic concepts with empirical evidence to enhance students’ economic understanding of how health care institutions and markets function. It views the subject in both microeconomic and macroeconomic terms, moving from the individual and firm level to the market...

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The Economics of Collusion: Cartels and Bidding Rings

Marshall, Robert C.; Marx, Leslie M. - The MIT Press

Explicit collusion is an agreement among competitors to suppress rivalry that relies on interfirm communication and/or transfers. Rivalry between competitors erodes profits; the suppression of rivalry through collusion is one avenue by which firms can enhance profits. Many cartels and bidding...

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Design Structure Matrix Methods and Applications

Eppinger, Steven D.; Browning, Tyson R. - The MIT Press

engineering management, DSM is increasingly being applied to complex issues in health care management, financial systems, public … integration, knowledge management, and others). …

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