1. The Integrated State of Global Production Chain -- 2. Bismarck and German Consensus -- 3. The Meiji Restoration and Industrial Focus -- 4. The New Rome and The US Exceptionalism -- 5. The Current Entrenched Global Gentrification -- 6. The Balancing Acts by Large Industrial Economies -- 7. The...

Energy policies play a pivotal part in helping countries achieve their sustainable development goals. Further, energy is one of the critical raw materials in companies’ production processes. Therefore, ensuring a steady energy supply is essential to increasing production; otherwise, countries...

Chapter 1: A Batch Scheduling Model for a Three-Stage Flowshop With Batch Processor and Heterogeneous Job Processor to Minimize Total Actual Flowtime -- Chapter 2: Batch scheduling of unique and common components for a three-stage hybrid flow shop processing different product types with multiple...

Digital Twins in the Industry: Maturity, Functions, Effects -- Architecting Digital Twin-Driven Transformation in the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Sector -- Practical Application of the Concept of Digital Twins in the Aviation Sector -- Digital Revolution in the Energy Sector: Effects of...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. A Profile of the Indian Pharmaceutical Companies -- Chapter 3. Marketing Activities of Indian Pharmaceutical Companies -- Chapter 4. Research and Development Activities of the Indian Pharmaceutical Companies -- Chapter 5. Global Competitiveness of Indian...

This contributed volume explores and reveals the new developments, dynamics and recommendations for entrepreneurship education in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Presenting papers by respected experts in the field, it shares essential insights on the status quo of entrepreneurial...

This book discusses the ways in which characteristics of innovative firms and innovative talents with core competence in Japanese, Korean, German, and American contexts are developed and nurtured, and compares innovative firms with a long history of business operations from these four countries....

Part I -- Chapter 1 Information Science and Technology – A New Paradigm in Military Medical Research -- Chapter 2 Technological Options for Enhancing ADU`s Sustainability: Solar PV and Insulation -- Chapter 3 Behind the Meter Energy Storage Implementation -- Chapter 4 The Adoption and Use of...

The Philosophy of Paradigm Change in the History of Social Evolution -- Paradigm Changes in Technological Knowledge Connections in Urban Innovation Systems -- International Standardization of the New Technology Paradigm: A Strategy for Royalty-Free Intellectual Property -- New roles for Japanese...

Part I. Introduction -- 1. Introduction; Lorraine Eden, Alain Verbeke and Bo Bernhard Nielsen -- Part II. Reproducibility and Replicability -- 2. Science’s Reproducibility and Replicability Crisis: International Business is Not Immune; Herman Aguinis, Wayne F. Cascio and Ravi S. Ramani -- 3....