This book examines the role of agriculture in the economic transformation of developing low- and middle-income countries and explores means for accelerating agricultural growth and poverty reduction. In this volume, Mellor measures by household class the employment impact of alternative...

1 Dawn of Corporate Governance: Japan must change -- 2 Cash Valuation Assessment of Japanese Corporations: When 100 yen is Valued at 50 yen -- 3 Abenomics Requires Enhancement of Corporate Value via ROE -- 4 Equity Spread and Value Creation -- 5 Value Creative Investment Criteria -- 6 Optimal...

This textbook on knowledge management draws on the authors’ more than twenty years of research, teaching and consulting experience. The first edition of this book brought together European, Asian and American perspectives on knowledge-based value creation; this second edition features...

This book provides readers an in-depth understanding of the inner mechanisms and principles of the global supply chain. Authored by the Head of Supply Chain and Transport Industries at the World Economic Forum, it draws on a wealth of operational and managerial expertise in the global supply...

This book offers a service science perspective on platform orchestration and on collaborative consumption, providing an overview of research topics related to service dominant logic in multi-sided markets. The chapters give an international and multi-disciplinary overview of the current topics...

In recent years, Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) have been a key issue both in the scientific community and in public debates. This is due to their profound implications for rural development, local sustainability, and bio-economics. This edited collection discusses what the main determinants...

This book provides a detailed study of the Thai rubber industry and its utilisation of renewable resources, focussing on the use of open source software in building supply chain models. By describing elements that the supply chain is composed of and relating this to Thailand’s rubber industry,...

Unsere Gesellschaft hat sich in den vergangenen zwei Jahrzehnten bedeutender verändert als vielleicht je zuvor. Wertschöpfung findet heute immer mehr auf der Netzwerkebene statt, von Online-Markplätzen wie Amazon und eBay bis hin zu den Champions des Silicon Valley wie Facebook oder Tinder....

Florian Kopshoff analysiert eine bislang kaum beachtete Einflussgröße auf den Erfolg von Projektgeschäften: die Kompetenz des Kunden. Mit einem Mixed-Method-Ansatz ermittelt und misst der Autor Zusammenhänge zwischen Verhaltensweisen des Kunden und dem Projekterfolg. Dabei erweisen sich...

Wie lässt sich Wertschöpfung im Unternehmen beziffern und aussagekräftig darstellen? Einen Ansatz dafür bietet die von den Autoren entwickelte Value Added Heat Map. Diese innovative Methode hilft dabei, Verschwendung zu bewerten und zu visualisieren, um daraus Optimierungspotenziale...