Industry & industrial studies

Industrial shift: the structure of the new world economy

by Atikian, Joe

fromPalgrave Pivot

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The world's economies can be subdivided into three basic sectors whose sizes evolve as technology advances: agriculture, manufacturing, and services shift. Quantifying these shifts is fundamental to a grounded understanding of economic progress, and yet publication in this field…

Port management

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"Port Management brings together a collection of leading papers from Palgrave's journal, Maritime Economics and Logistics. It is a dynamic volume, containing contributions from a variety of authors with different disciplinary backgrounds, who represent a vast regional diversity.…

The economics of international airline transport

by Peoples, James

fromAdvances in airline economics

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This volume provides in depth analyses of: changes in international air transportations legal environment; airline companies market behavior in this new environment; trade growth in response to changing airline market behavior; and examination of the external costs and benefits …

The economics of international airline transport

by Appold, Stephen J.

fromAdvances in airline economics

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This volume provides in depth analyses of: changes in international air transportation's legal environment; airline companies market behavior in this new environment; trade growth in response to changing airline market behavior; and examination of the external costs and benefits…

The economics of international airline transport

by Peoples, James

fromAdvances in airline economics

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This volume provides in depth analyses of: changes in international air transportatiońs legal environment; airline companies market behavior in this new environment; trade growth in response to changing airline market behavior; and examination of the external costs and benefits …

A bone to pick: the good and bad news about food, along with wisd…

by Bittman, Mark

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"Mark Bittman made headlines three years ago when it was revealed that, for the first time, the New York Times opinion page would feature a food writer to help us make sense of the tangled webs of food, health, environment, politics, and culture. As an opinion columnist, Mark ha…

Building a digital enterprise: a guide to constructing monetization models using…

by Skilton, Mark

fromBusiness in the Digital Economy

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"In this practical book Mark Skilton examines the development of digital technologies and the way they drive digital enterprises and the digital economy. Through twenty five case studies he identifies the practices that drive new social and consumer value and uncovers the secret…

AI superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the new world order

by Lee, Kai-Fu

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The United States has long been the leader in Artificial Intelligence. But Dr. Kai-Fu Lee--one of the world's most respected experts on AI--reveals that China has caught up to the US at an astonishingly rapid pace. As Sino-American competition in AI heats up, Lee envisions China…

Medical innovation: science, technology and practice

fromRoutledge International Studies in Health Economics

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This book brings together a collection of empirical case studies featuring a wide spectrum of medical innovation. While there is no unique pathway to successful medical innovation, recurring and distinctive features can be observed across different areas of clinical practice. Th…

Joining Technologies

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Joining and welding are two of the most important processes in manufacturing. These technologies have vastly improved and are now extensively used in numerous industries. This book covers a wide range of topics, from arc welding (GMAW and GTAW), FSW, laser and hybrid welding, an…

Strategic thinking: a comprehensive guide

by Betz, Frederick

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The purpose of proper strategic thinking is to eliminate top-down only communication that leads to the wishful thinking way of organizational strategy. Strategic thinking is necessary at every level of an organization. This book uses actual histories of business successes and fa…

Business Ecosystems: Constructs, Configurations, and the Nurturing Pro…

by Shi, Y., Rong, K.

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"The business ecosystem theory has captured many imaginations and attentions in industrial innovation and manufacturing transformation in last twenty years. However, the concepts, boundaries and theoretical systems are still not comprehensively explored and structured. In order …

Business ecosystems: constructs, configurations, and the nurturing pro…

by Rong, Ke, Shi, Yongjiang

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"The business ecosystem theory has captured many imaginations and attentions in industrial innovation and manufacturing transformation in last twenty years. However, the concepts, boundaries and theoretical systems are still not comprehensively explored and structured. In order …

Money and medicine: the evolution of national health expenditures

by Getzen, Thomas E.

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"This book frames the evolutionary path of medicine and provides a useful forecasting model. Tracing health spending from ancient times to the present with a single ratio, health expenditures as a share of income, reveals an s-shaped growth curve, rising rapidly after science ma…

The Marshall Plan: dawn of the Cold War

by Steil, Benn, Council on Foreign Relations

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Traces the history of the Marshall Plan and the efforts to reconstruct western Europe as a bulwark against communist authoritarianism during a two-year period that saw the collapse of postwar U.S.-Soviet relations and the beginning of the Cold War.

Targeted development: industrialized country strategy in a globalizing …

by Bermeo, Sarah Blodgett

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In a globalizing world, the world's wealthiest nations have found it increasingly difficult to insulate themselves from the residual impacts associated with underdevelopment abroad. Many of the ills associated with, and exacerbated by, underdevelopment-illegal migration, politic…

"Production Ergonomics

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"Production ergonomics? the science and practice of designing industrial workplaces to optimize human well-being and system performance? is a complex challenge for a designer. Humans are a valuable and flexible resource in any system of creation, and as long as they stay healthy…

Defence industrial cooperation in the European Union: the state, the firm and Europe

by Fiott, Daniel

fromRoutledge Studies in European Security and Strategy

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"This book provides an empirical understanding of how EU-level defence industrial cooperation functions in practice. Using the Liberal Intergovernmental theoretical model, the book argues that while national economic preferences are an essential factor of government interests th…