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The Story of Indian Manufacturing : Encounters with the Mughal and British Empires (1498 -1947)
Seth, Vijay K. - 2018
This book discusses the role historical events played in determining the pattern of growth of Indian manufacturing. Two important historical events significantly influenced the course of Indian manufacturing from the 15th century AD. The first was the arrival of European merchants via sea route...
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A Comparative History of Commerce and Industry, Volume II : Converging Trends and the Future of the Global Market
McNabb, David E. - 2016
A Comparative History of Commerce and Industry, Volume II offers a subjective review of how the cultural, social and economic institutions of commerce and industry evolved in industrialized nations to produce the institution we now know as business enterprise.
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The Plight of Older Workers : Labor Market Experience after Plant Closure in the Swiss Manufacturing Sector
Baumann, Isabel - 2016
This open access book examines the economic, social, and psychological consequences of manufacturing plant closure at the individual level. Using an original data set of over 1,200 workers from Switzerland who lost their manufacturing jobs after the financial crisis of 2008, the author analyzes...
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Zukunft der Arbeit in Industrie 4.0
Botthof, Alfons (ed.); Hartmann, Ernst Andreas (ed.) - 2015
Das Zukunftsprojekt "Industrie 4.0", das ein zentrales Element der Hightech-Strategie der Bundesregierung darstellt … ein neues Zeitalter geführt werden. Das Technologieprogramm "Autonomik für Industrie 4.0" des Bundesministeriums für … Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi) ist Teil des Zukunftsprojekts "Industrie 4.0". Im Kontext dieses Programms ist der vorliegende Band …
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Economic Growth in Developing Countries : Structural Transformation, Manufacturing and Transport Infrastructure
Lakhera, Mohan L. - 2016
Economic growth across countries during the last 30 years or so has displayed 'dual' divergence between developed and developing countries, and among developing countries. The structural transformation has been either slow or of an anomalous nature. The study addresses these and suggests how...
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Supply Chain Social Sustainability for Manufacturing : Measurement and Performance Outcomes from India
Mani, V.; Delgado, Catarina - 2019
This book highlights a number of social sustainability issues at different stages of the supply chain, and demonstrates how these issues can be addressed by adopting social sustainability practices in the manufacturing supply chain. In the wake of emerging social issues in developing countries,...
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Strategic Implementation of Continuous Improvement Approach : Improving the Performance of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Singh, Jagdeep; Singh, Harwinder - 2019
This book covers the strategic use of continuous improvement (CI) techniques for manufacturing performance improvement. It focuses primarily on strategies that can be adopted by small and middle-sized enterprises in manufacturing in order to meet the global challenges and competition. The book...
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Management Approach for Resource-Productive Operations : Design of a Time-Based and Analytics-Supported Methodology Grounded in Six Sigma
Hammer, Markus - 2019
Markus Hammer investigates a time-based and analytics-supported operations management approach. He explores five perspectives: 1) the needs of industry, in particular manufacturing in process industries, 2) the impact of digitization, with focus on Big Data and analytics, 3) the management of...
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The Digitization of Business in China : Exploring the Transformation from Manufacturing to a Digital Service Hub
Kim, Young-Chan (ed.); Chen, Pi-Chi (ed.) - 2018
One of the first of its kind, this book examines the digitalization of Chinese businesses both theoretically and practically. Taking a fresh and unique approach, the authors seek to adopt individual theories for each empirical case explored and investigate the dramatic digital transformation...
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Understanding the Role of Business Analytics : Some Applications
Chahal, Hardeep (ed.); Jyoti, Jeevan (ed.);  … - 2019
This book encompasses empirical evidences to understand the application of data analytical techniques in emerging contexts. Varied studies relating to manufacturing and services sectors including healthcare, banking, information technology, power, education sector etc. stresses upon the...
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