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Transport and Logistics in a Globalizing World
Globalization of the economy, fragmentation of the production process, increasing externalization of TNCs activities through their global value chains and the widespread adoption of Just-in-Time have increased the flows of raw materials, intermediate goods and finished products, with a direct effect on the transport and logistics industry. This industry, indeed, plays a key role in connecting t…
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- 978-3-319-00011-4
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- XVI, 92
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- SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
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Intakes and Outfalls for Seawater Reverse-Osmosis Desalination Facilities
The book assembles the latest research on new design techniques in water supplies using desalinated seawater. The authors examine the diverse issues related to the intakes and outfalls of these facilities. They clarify how and why these key components of the facilities impact the cost of operation and subsequently the cost of water supplied to the consumers. The book consists of contributed art…
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- 978-3-319-13202-0
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- XIX, 544
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- 658 INT
Evaluation and Decision Models with Multiple Criteria Case Studies
This book showcases a large variety of multiple criteria decision applications (MCDAs), presenting them in a coherent framework provided by the methodology chapters and the comments accompanying each case study. The chapters describing MCDAs invite the reader to experiment with MCDA methods and perhaps develop new variants using data from these case studies or other cases they encounter, equipp…
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- 978-3-662-46816-6
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- 67 b/w illustrations, 72 illustrations in colour
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Evaluation Method of Energy Consumption in Logistic Warehouse Systems
This book focuses on guidelines for reducing the energy consumption in warehousing processes. It presents a model of formal assessment for energy consumption in the context of storage-system logistics, as well as a computational model consisting of three sub-models: energy consumption models for forklifts and stacker cranes, respectively, and an energy intensity model for roller conveyors. The …
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- 978-3-319-22044-4
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- 19 b/w illustrations, 26 illustrations in colour
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Evaluating e-Participation Frameworks, Practice, Evidence
There is a widely acknowledged evaluation gap in the field of e-participation practice and research, a lack of systematic evaluation with regard to process organization, outcome and impacts. This book addresses the state of the art of e-participation research and the existing evaluation gap by reviewing various evaluation approaches and providing a multidisciplinary concept for evaluating the o…
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- 978-3-319-25403-6
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- 13 b/w illustrations, 26 illustrations in colour
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Eutrophication and Oligotrophication in Japanese Estuaries The present statu…
This book presents lessons learnt from Japan’s past, in relation to coastal waters, industrial pollutants and concentrated urban populations. It examines ecosystem damage and pollution in coastal sea areas and addresses the question: What is the present status of Japanese estuaries from the view point of eutrophication and oligotrophication? The authors describe three typical situations, name…
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- 978-94-017-9915-7
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- 17 b/w illustrations, 140 illustrations in colour
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Systemic Flexibility and Business Agility
Flexibility and agility in business are emerging as key dimensions of business excellence that encompass the requirements of both choice and speed. The two concepts, flexibility and agility, have been used in multiple ways and often interchangeably, both in literature and in practice. The growing need for flexibility/agility in business can be seen from reactive as well as proactive perspective…
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- 978-81-322-2151-7
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- XVII, 416
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- Flexible Systems Management
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Transforming Learning and IT Management through Gamification
This book explains how gamification, specifically enterprise gamification, can help mangers in multiple areas within an enterprise to improve attrition. Employee Engagement is an important component to foster employee relations with the organization. Gamification by its inherent design helps to increase engagement within an enterprise. Several successful case studies in Gamification are present…
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- 978-3-319-18698-6
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- XIII, 119
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- International Series on Computer Entertainment and Media Technology
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Transforming City Governments for Successful Smart Cities
There has been much attention paid to the idea of Smart Cities as researchers have sought to define and characterize the main aspects of the concept, including the role of creative industries in urban growth, the importance of social capital in urban development, and the role of urban sustainability. This book develops a critical view of the Smart City concept, the incentives and role of govern…
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- 978-3-319-03166-8
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- XIII, 185
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- Public Administration and Information Technology
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European Retail Research 2013, Volume 27, Issue II
The aim of EUROPEAN RETAIL RESEARCH is to publish interesting manuscripts of high quality and innovativeness with a focus on retail researchers, retail lecturers, retail students and retail executives. As it has always been, retail executives are part of the target group and the knowledge transfer between retail research and retail management remains a part of the publication’s concept. EUROP…
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- 978-3-658-07038-0
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- 17 b/w illustrations
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