The decision technologies, tools and theories of Operations Research and Management Sciences have long been applied to a wide range of issues and problems within health care. To date, however, there has been no single handbook that synthesizes the wide applicability of such techniques. The...

Die Rolle der strategischen Planung und der Unternehmensumwelt -- Nichtmarktstrategien im Kontext des strategischen Managements -- Koordination und Integration von Strategien -- Fallvergleich und Kausalitätenbildung -- Beurteilung einer deskriptiven Theorieentwicklung.

One of the most striking macroeconomic developments during the last three decades is the rise and persistence of large fiscal deficits in a number of countries. Despite recent major fiscal reforms around the world, many countries suffer from recurrent large fiscal imbalances that often reflect...

The rapidly developing new economies in China, India, Hungary, Vietnam, Costa Rica, Mexico, Brazil, etc., are at the crossroads of almost all major supply chains. In fact, these emerging economies are in fact growing faster than the established industrial economies of the world. However, given...