This reference text covers the trilogy of processes - quality planning, quality control, and quality results - that underlie management for quality. This edition contains all the tools necessary for successful quality engineering and management.
This work investigates the relationship between corporate governance, market structure and innovation. The editors observe that a number of radical mutations are occuring in industries that have played a crucial role in sustaining and fostering the pace of technological progress…
The transfer pricing of intangibles (patents, trademarks, etc.) is an important issue in international tax law, because it determines how superprofits generated by multinationals through the exploitation of valuable intellectual property (IP) in their worldwide value chains are …
"Addressing this serious and growing problem, Pioneering Research: A Risk Worth Taking explains the urgent need to maintain both the originality and freedom of expression that is so vital to our economic growth and scientific development. Citing global trends and attitudes that …
In the intense competition of the global marketplace, there are six primary sources of sustainable competitive advantage which determine a company's short-term survival as well as long term market leadership. These six advantages are: research and development; production automat…
The conditions for successful manufacturing have changed considerably in recent years. New technologies such as information technology and biotechnology are considered important players in eradicating poverty in developing countries, but the risky nature of projects based on new…
