In the twenty-first century the sustainability of energy and transportation systems is on the top of the political agenda in many countries around the world. Environmental impacts of human economic activity necessitate the consideration of conflicting goals in decision making processes to...

This book provides an interdisciplinary account of how technological advances - mainly in the domains of energy and transportation - contribute to the transformation towards a more sustainable economic system. Drawing on methods from engineering, the management sciences and economics, which it...

This proceedings volume presents current research on transport sector development, with particular emphasis on sustainable transport development, innovation and transport enterprise growth and survival. Derived from the 2016 TranSopot Conference held in Sopot, Poland, this book aims to show the...

This book is the seventh volume in a series entitled “Contemporary Logistics in China,” authored by researchers from the Logistics Center at Nankai University. In the spirit of the six preceding annual volumes, this book carries on the ideal of providing a systematic exposition on the...

Grundlegende Begriffe und ihre empirische Darstellung -- Volkswirtschaftliche Bedeutung des Verkehrs -- Verkehrsökonometrische Methoden und Verfahren -- Besonderheiten des Verkehrssektors zur Begründung staatlicher Einflussnahme -- Elemente der verkehrspolitischen Praxis.

Das Buch geht der zentralen Frage nach, was die Gesundheitswirtschaft aus anderen Branchen lernen und wie sie architektonisch neu gestaltet werden kann. Es werden die einzelnen Tätigkeitsbereiche im Gesundheitsmanagement und die einzelnen Akteure wie Krankenhaus, Pharma oder ambulante...

Part I Transport Systems -- Chapter 1 International Cooperation in EU Transport Research -- Chapter 2 Methods for Assessing Rail Transport Competitiveness in Poland and United Kingdom -- Chapter 3 The Prospects for Growth of the Intermodal Transport in Poland -- Chapter 4 The Impact of Public...

A Bicriteria Traveling Salesman Problem with Sequence Priorities -- Metaheuristics for Tourist Trip Planning -- Solving Fuzzy Multi-Item Economic Order Quantity Problems via Fuzzy Ranking Functions and Particle Swarm Optimization -- Fixed and Variable Toll Pricing in Road Networks with Direct...

In 2012, over four billion people tuned in to watch the London Summer Olympics. As the single largest mega-event in the world, the Olympics has the power to captivate the global imagination. Long before athletes vie for a gold medal, however, competition between cities eager to host the Games...

Organisationen sind offenbar mit einem Paradoxon konfrontiert: Einerseits ist eine stabile soziale Ordnung Voraussetzung für die Existenz von Organisationen, andererseits liegt gerade in der Leugnung dieser Stabilität ihr Potential, sich an neue Gegebenheiten anzupassen. Clemens Rissbacher...