It is my pleasure to be the guest editor of this special issue of InternationalJournal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management. This issue highlightsco-opetition which is "a revolutionary mindset that combines competition andcooperation (C&C)", information technology (IT), physical...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Overview: Slovenia's Threefold Transition -- Part I The Road toward Political and Economic Independence -- Chapter 1 The Political Reasons for the Dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia -- Chapter 2 Socialism...

How and for whose benefit the European Central Bank (ECB) will work is the most important issue facing Europe. A team from the ECB, including Otmar Issing it's Chief Economist, here present a non-technical analysis of the ECB's monetary policy strategy, institutional features and procedures

Located only blocks from Tokyo's glittering Ginza, Tsukiji--the world's largest marketplace for seafood--is a prominent landmark, well known but little understood by most Tokyoites: a supplier for countless fishmongers and sushi chefs, and a popular and fascinating destination for foreign tourists

Understanding the complexities of change, generating as clear a picture as possible and providing a common language for discourse about change is vital to balanced and responsible economic growth. Whether from an individual company perspective or from a national or supra national policy...

In the late 1980s and 1990s, the advanced industrial countries considered replacing the existing analog television infrastructure with a new digital one. Hart's book shows how nationalism and regionalism produced incompatible standards in the US, Japan and Europe, and led to missed opportunities...

Written by economists, a political scientist and a practising politician, and offering insights in EU farm policy, this volume demystifies the bond scheme proposal and explores concerns expressed by farmers and policy makers

This text provides an analysis of rural employment dynamics in European Union member states and is the result of the RUREMPLO (Agriculture and employment in the rural regions of the EU'') project, supported by an EU research programme

In this comprehensive overview of trade unionism in Europe and beyond, Richard Hyman offers a fresh perspective on trade union identity, ideology and strategy. He shows how the varied forms and impact of different national movements reflect historical choices on whether to emphasize a role as...

What requirements must Turkey-the largest country among the candidate and accession countries-meet to join the European Union? What progress has been made toward meeting them? This timely volume analyzes the economic challenges confronting Turkey in its quest to accede to the European Union...