This book presents recent advancements of research, new methods and techniques, applications and projects in decision making and decision support systems. It explores expert systems and neural networks, knowledge engineering and management, fuzzy sets and systems and computational methods for...

This book presents in its first part the financial determinants of innovation processes considered in a macro-economic perspective, which are limited by short-term constraints, and studies in its second part the linkages existing between the necessity to innovate in order to survive and the...

5th Werner Kern Award for Productivity Research 2005 Kanban control systems bear a great potential to significantly improve operations. A company may reap the full benefits of kanban control only after determining an optimal or near-optimal system configuration. To do that, methods are needed to...

Vorwort -- 1. Grundlagen betriebswirtschaftlicher Prozesse -- 2. Planung von Unternehmensprozessen -- 3. Ablauforientiertes Prozessmanagement -- 4. Analytische Verfahren -- 5. Wissensbasierte Verfahren -- Literaturverzeichnis.

Innovationen im Fertigungsprozess stellen eine wichtige Quelle strategischer Wettbewerbsvorteile dar. Jan-Marc Lischka untersucht prozessuale und strukturelle Gestaltungsfaktoren des Managements technischer Prozessinnovationen auf ihre Erfolgswirkung. Neben einer strukturierten Planung hängt...

Die Beitragsautoren dieses Sammelbandes erforschen, diskutieren und validieren den Einsatz zukunftsorientierter Produktionsmethoden zur Gestaltung nachhaltiger Wertschöpfungsnetzwerke. Vor dem Hintergrund zunehmender globaler Umweltrisiken und sozialer Disparitäten ist die Konzeption...

This book analyzes of the surplus of production capacity in China. According to a government statement, there is a serious surplus of productive capacity in the steel, cement, glass, aluminum, and shipbuilding industries. There was no surplus of productive capacity in above industries between...

This book offers a comprehensive overview of sustainability and management in India and through its insightful essays highlights the complex and multifaceted nature of sustainability as a concept. It also demonstrates the debates surrounding the concept of sustainability and its ramifications...