Linear Optimization and Heuristics: K. Völker, M. Hümmer:The Decision Tree Procedure -- F. W. Peren: Linear Optimization -- K. M. Kroth: Cutting and Packaging Optimization -- M. Adolphs, S. Feistner, V. Jahnke: Queueing Theory -- T. Neifer, F. W. Peren: Sequencing Problems -- T. Neifer:...

Today, production processes have become fragmented with a range of activities divided among firms and workers across borders. These global value chains are being strongly promoted by international organizations, such as the World Bank and the World Trade Organization, but social and political...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part 1. Upgrading from Above: Industry 4.0 and China’s New Development Strategies -- Chapter 2. Made in China 2025: Advanced Manufacturing and Transformation of Production Networks -- Chapter 3. Alibaba’s Distribution-Driven Approach Towards the Industrial...

1. Introduction: Globalization, Value Chain Governance and Supplier Experimentation (Joonkoo Lee, Hyunji Kwon and Hyun-Chin Lim) -- 2. Expanding Overseas, Becoming Multinational, and Moving up the Chain: Three Waves of Globalization in the Korean Apparel Industry (Joonkoo Lee and Hyun-Chin Lim)...

1. Are multinational enterprises capable of and/or responsible for combating rising inequality? -- Part 1. Inequality and institutions -- 2. Left behind. Research on foreign divestment and local employees.-3. Universal’ CSR and its discontents in an emerging economy -- 4. Using non-market...

Part I. World and Global Economy -- Chapter 1. World and Global Economy, Global Business Environment and International Business: Nature, Formation, and Structure -- Chapter 2. Concepts and Theories of Global Economy -- Chapter 3. World Economy: Growth, Proportions, Efficiency, and Forecasting --...

Part I: Key Transformative Trends of the Global Automotive Sector -- 1. Introduction John Humphrey, Martin Krzywdzinski, Grzegorz Lechowski and Tommaso Pardi -- 2. Car Markets in Transition. Can Emerging Countries Take the Lead? Tommaso Pardi -- 3. Incumbent Responses to the Challenges of...