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Operations Forensics: Business Performance Analysis Using Operations Measures and Tools

Lai, Richard - The MIT Press

looks at operations management not from the traditional point of view of a manager but from that of an investor or … reviews of operations management concepts, real-world examples of operations forensics, and a glossary. The mathematical … consultants. This book provides a valuable resource for MBA students and practitioners. Downloadable supplementary material for …

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Notes on Operations Research, 1959

The MIT Press; Operations Research Center MIT

A collection of lectures from a special summer program at MIT's Operations Research Center treats topics in operations research for industry, military services, and governmental departments, beginning with the principles and application of probability theory.

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Making in America: From Innovation to Market

Berger, Suzanne with the MIT Task Force on Production … - The MIT Press

critical problem for the country. MIT scientists, engineers, social scientists, and management experts visited more than 250 …

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Logistics Clusters: Delivering Value and Driving Growth

Sheffi, Yoss - The MIT Press

management expert Yossi Sheffi explains why Memphis, Singapore, Chicago, Rotterdam, Los Angeles, and scores of other locations …

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Trade and Poverty: When the Third World Fell Behind

Williamson, Jeffrey G. - The MIT Press

Today's wide economic gap between the postindustrial countries of the West and the poorer countries of the third world is not new. Fifty years ago, the world economic order--two hundred years in the making--was already characterized by a vast difference in per capita income between rich and poor...

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The Uprising: On Poetry and Finance

Berardi, Franco "Bifo" - The MIT Press

The Uprising is an Autonomist manifesto for today’s precarious times, and a rallying cry in the face of the catastrophic and irreversible crisis that neoliberalism and the financial sphere have established over the globe. In his newest book, Franco “Bifo” Berardi argues that the notion of...

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Something for Nothing: A Novel

Klein, Michael W. - The MIT Press

. His students have never read Freakonomics. He thinks he is getting the hang of teaching, but a smart and beautiful young …

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Inside and Outside Liquidity

Holmström, Bengt - The MIT Press

, investment decisions, and liquidity management. The government has an active role to play in improving risk-sharing between …

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The Evolving Role of China in the Global Economy

Cheung, Yin-Wong (contributor) - The MIT Press

China is now the world’s second largest economy and may soon overtake the United States as the world’s largest. Despite its adoption of some free-market principles, China considers itself a “socialist-market economy,” suggesting that the government still plays a major role in the...

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Eco-Business: A Big-Brand Takeover of Sustainability

Dauvergne, Peter - The MIT Press

McDonald’s promises to use only beef, coffee, fish, chicken, and cooking oil obtained from sustainable sources. Coca-Cola promises to achieve water neutrality. Unilever has set a deadline of 2020 to reach 100 percent sustainable agricultural sourcing. Walmart has pledged to become carbon...

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