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An Introduction to Efficiency and Productivity Analysis

It is designed to be a "first port of call" for people wishing to study efficiency and productivity analysis. The book ...

Applying the Kaizen in Africa

At present, how to develop industries is a burning issue in Africa, where population growth remains high and economic development ...

Balancing Agility and Formalism in Software Engineering : Second IFIP TC 2 Central and East European Conference on Software Engineering Techniques, CEE-SET 2007, Poznan, Poland, October 10-12, 2007, Revised Selected Papers

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second IFIP TC 2 Central and East Conference ...

Beginning Groovy and Grails : From Novice to Professional

Web frameworks are playing a major role in the creation of today's most compelling web applications, because they automate ...

Building a Resilient and Sustainable Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa

What are the challenges and action points for agricultural sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa? This collection of papers ...

Capital, Systems, and Objects : The Foundation and Future of Organizations / Richard Thomas Watson

Provides a set of integrated frameworks—capital, systems, and objects—that transcend managerial or technology hype by ...

Computers and Productivity

Highlighting the importance of innovations, firm-sponsored training, and recruitment of high-skilled workers, this monograph ...

Designing Sustainable Technologies, Products and Policies

This open access book provides insight into the implementation of Life Cycle approaches along the entire business value chain, ...

Empirical Software Engineering Issues Critical Assessment and Future Directions

Its goal was to discuss the state of the art of empirical software engineering (ESE) by assessing past accomplishments, raising ...

Empirical Software Engineering Issues Critical Assessment and Future Directions

Its goal was to discuss the state of the art of empirical software engineering (ESE) by assessing past accomplishments, raising ...

Enterprise Knowledge Infrastructures

Success of an organization is increasingly dependent on its capability to create an environment to improve the productivity ...

Entrepreneurship in the U.S. : The Future is Now

This important book enhances understanding of entrepreneurial dynamics, providing the first analysis of changes in US entrepreneurial ...

Entrepreneurship, the New Economy and Public Policy

Silicon Valley is the most salient example of high-tech industrial clusters. Public policy makers throughout the world would ...

Essays on Transport Economics

This book covers the basic analytical methods used in transportation economics and policy analysis. Encompassing fields of ...

Foundations of Agile Python Development

You've long been enamored with the Python language, and have mastered its many nuances. Yet something seems to be missing—a ...

Global RFID : The Value of the EPCglobal Network for Supply Chain Management

At the same time, I was a junior Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble w- ried about a much more mundane problem: how to keep ...

Governance of Communication Networks

The articles collected in this book shed light on several aspects that are crucial for the success of global communication ...

Innovation and Firm Performance

The process of firms’ growth – in terms of productivity or employment – is a major concern of policy makers. In this ...

Intangible Capital and Growth : Essays on Labor Productivity, Monetary Economics, and Political Economy ; Vol. 1 / Felix Roth

It is now widely recognized that intangible capital has been a crucial element in the growth performance of these economies ...

Leading Pharmaceutical Innovation

Pharmaceutical giants have doubled their investments in drug development in the past decade only to see new drug approvals ...

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