Management Science category: 4086 books
The Rocky Road to Publishing in the Management and Decision Sciences and Beyond
Experiencing the Journey and Lessons Learned
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2014
This book documents the history of two research papers, from the first drafts to the final polished published articles, including the reviewer comments and the author responses. The documentary provides unique insights into the publishing process, which at times is filled with uncertainties, not only...
Agent-Based Approaches in Economic and Social Complex Systems VII
Post-Proceedings of The AESCS International Workshop 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
Agent-based modeling/simulation is an emergent approach to the analysis of social and economic systems. It provides a bottom-up experimental method to be applied to social sciences such as economics, management, sociology, and politics as well as some engineering fields dealing with social activities....
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Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
This Brief focuses on strategies for innovation. Top-Down Innovation discusses the barriers to successful organizational and product innovation, distills the leading theories about how to foster innovation, and presents six case studies of well-known brands that have succeeded (and in one case failed)...
Issues and Trends in Interdisciplinary Behavior and Social Science
Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Interdisciplinary Behavior and Social Sciences (ICIBSoS 2017), July 22-23, 2017, Bali, Indonesia
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2018
Issues and Trends in Interdisciplinary Behavior and Social Science contains papers presented at the 6th International Congress on Interdisciplinary Behavior and Social Science 2017 (ICIBSoS 2017), held 16—17 December 2017 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The contributions cover every discipline in all...
Trust-Based Selling
Finding and Keeping Customers for Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
The first year of developing a new sales territory or establishing new customers is a daunting task—especially in dog-eat-dog industries. The traditional advice is to train quickly on products, grab a customer list, start calling for appointments, discover opportunities, and close deals. In fact,...
by Pierre Massotte, Patrick Corsi
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
Faced with ever-increasing complexity on a daily basis, the decision-makers of today are struggling to find the appropriate models, methods and tools to face the issues arising in complex systems across all levels of global operations.
Having, in the past, resorted to outdated approaches which...
The Essence of Research Methodology
A Concise Guide for Master and PhD Students in Management Science
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Methodology is the ?eld which is indisputably complex. In the academic world, it is often said to be important, yet in everyday academic practice, it is not always treated accordingly. In teaching, methodology is often a mandatory course. Usually, it consists of learning how to adopt several common...
The Shame of Reason in Organizational Change
A Levinassian Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2011
Rational thought according to Levinas has the merit of making the world lucid and controllable. But at the same time it strips things and people of their identity and incorporates them in a homogenized rational order. Illusory, but nonetheless oppressive. Rationality’s totalitarian character can...
Enterprise Resiliency in the Continuum of Change
Emerging Research and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
There can be no growth in a business without change. Learning how to cope with change and capitalize on new developments is pivotal to organizational growth. Enterprise Resiliency in the Continuum of Change: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a critical reference source that discusses the components...
Big Data Bootcamp
What Managers Need to Know to Profit from the Big Data Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2014
Investors and technology gurus have called big data one of the most important trends to come along in decades. Big Data Bootcamp explains what big data is and how you can use it in your company to become one of tomorrow’s market leaders. Along the way, it explains the very latest technologies, companies,...
Advances in Social and Occupational Ergonomics
Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Social and Occupational Ergonomics, July 24-28, 2019, Washington D.C., USA
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2019
This book reports on cutting-edge research on social and occupational ergonomics, presenting innovative contributions to the optimization of sociotechnical management systems related to organizational, policy, and logistical issues. It discusses timely topics related to communication, crew resource...
Business Process Standardization
A Multi-Methodological Analysis of Drivers and Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
In a global society where professionals from diverse industries, cultures, and corners of the world must collaborate effectively to achieve shared goals, consistency of information is a critical concern. Businesses create guidelines and document procedures and policies to ensure a quality end product...
Plan Your Financial Future
A Comprehensive Guidebook to Growing Your Net Worth
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2013
Implementing a financial plan to manage the future is very important. If you have not assembled such a plan, or even if you have not thought about how best to manage your financial future, the time to do so is now, and the resource you need to walk you through every step of the personal financial...
Continuous Improvement Strategies
Japanese Convenience Store Systems
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
This book discusses continuous improvement strategies of Japanese convenience store operators. The study highlights the efforts of companies operating under lean management systems to identify new, dynamic, firm-specific capabilities in highly competitive markets.