"Genius? Tyrant? Power broker? Enzo Ferrari is the impressively researched, fully detailed biography of one of the most powerful men of the twentieth century. Brock Yates penetrated Ferrari's inner circle and reveals everything, from his early days in the town of Modena to his bizarre...

Auf den Punkt * Die digitale Fertigung bietet vielfaltige Chancen für Handwerksbetriebe und Designunternehmen, mit innovativen Produkten und Dienstleistungen auf veränderte Kundenanforderungen zu reagieren und sich wettbewerbsfähig im Markt zu positionieren. * Die Ausschöpfung der Potenziale...

"This book provides an overview of how the movement towards implementing a new building safety regime has unfolded over the last three years and details what still needs to be done if residents are to feel safe and be safe in their own homes."

Introduction : understanding offshore construction -- Tendering and negotiating contracts -- Design risk -- Scope of work and interpretation of contracts -- Subcontracting -- Changes to the work -- Defects -- Delay -- Intellectual property rights -- Acceptance and delivery -- Indemnity and...

"Design for Global Challenges and Goals charts the developments, opportunities and challenges for design research in addressing global challenges facing the developing world, focusing on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. The book explores the role design and social responsibility play in...

Disruptive and radical innovations can lead to achieving a competitive edge in technology, design engineering, and entrepreneurship. Likewise, entrepreneurship can encourage more innovation. This article highlights the inter-relationships between these forces and how one can inform and action...

Disruptive and radical innovations can lead to achieving a competitive edge in technology, design engineering, and entrepreneurship. Likewise, entrepreneurship can encourage more innovation. This article highlights the inter-relationships between these forces and how one can inform and action...

Tim Nießer widmet sich in diesem Buch kostenbezogenen Vorgaben für die Konstruktion von Produkten, die für den anonymen Absatzmarkt hergestellt werden, wobei diese Vorgaben insbesondere der daraus resultierenden Risikosituation Rechnung tragen sollen. Als Ergebnis präsentiert er ein auf...

Benedikt S. Höckmayr explores the unique characteristics of service systems in the digital age and provides generalizable guidelines for engineering these complex entities. The author contributes towards understanding the socio-technical mechanisms that lead to according novel digitally enabled...

Design of container terminal operations is complex because multiple factors affect the operational performance. These factors include: topological constraints, a large number of design parameters and settings, and stochastic interactions that interplay among the quayside, vehicle transport, and...

A hedonic pricing model estimates the effect on house prices of the stricter 2002 Florida Building Code for three geographical areas with varying degrees of risk exposure in the Jacksonville, Florida area. Results show that houses built under the new, stricter code sold for an average premium of...

This book explores the application of Design Thinking in the automotive industry in order to explain which factors influence the innovativeness of Design Thinking teams. Seeking for innovation leadership, automotive manufacturers apply Design Thinking to enhance their competitiveness with...

This book presents the full scope of Design Thinking in theory and practice, bringing together prominent opinion leaders and experienced practitioners who share their insights, approaches and lessons learned. As Design Thinking is gaining popularity in the context of innovation and information...

Статья посвящена проблемам повышения конкурентоспособности научно-промышленного комплекса в условиях транзитивной экономики. Обоснована актуальность...

I show how the coherence/correspondence distinction can inform the conversation about decision methods for engineering design. Some engineers argue for the application of multi-attribute utility theory while others argue for what they call heuristics. To clarify the differences among methods, I...