Collaborative planning deals with aligning the production plans of legally separated companies. This thesis provides an approach for aligning detailed schedules in a scenario where several suppliers are delivering intermediate goods to one manufacturer. For producing the goods in a...

The purpose of this paper is to outline the research work of managing returnable assets such as pallets by radio frequency identification (RFID) methods on a national scale. Design/methodology/approach - The project is an extension of an earlier project which tracks pallets and cartons through a...

The rising interest in innovation studies as indicators of industry growth has resulted in the proliferation of research unpacking the elements that enable companies to learn and to innovate (Arthur De Little, 2001; Smith, 2000). In recent years the attention has been focused on knowledge-intensive...

This books provides basic information about the historical, ideological and legal foundations of the GDR, its political and economic and education system