1. Introduction -- 2. Multinational Companies, Knowledge and Technology Transfer: Theoretical Framework -- 3. Research Methodology and Design -- 4. Survey Findings: Descriptive Analysis -- 5. Survey Findings: Econometric Analysis -- 6. Findings and Analysis of the Interviews -- 7. Conclusion

Introduction -- Review of the Literature on Strategy Cascading, Context, and Leadership -- Research Design and Data Collection -- The Relevance of Organizational Context to Strategy Cascading -- The Effect of Leadership on Strategy Cascading -- Assessment of Strategy Cascading Quality and...

Introduction -- Introduction to Tour Planning: Vehicle Routing and Related Problems -- The Considered RDOPG Applications -- Review of the Literature Related to the Considered RDOPG Applications -- A New Deterministic Real-Time Control Approach for RDOPG Applications.- A New Forecasting Approach...

The theoretical and empirical literature to date has fallen short of reaching a consensus as to whether granting more managerial discretion to managers tends to enhance, not alter or diminish organisational performance (the discretion puzzle). This book aims to build a bridge between these...

Corporate performance interpretation and measuring problems -- Country and industry factors as determinants of corporate performance -- Analysis of the corporate performance diversity in the selected European Union countries -- Cross-industry and cross-country comparative cluster analysis --...

1 Introduction -- 2 An Integrative Framework of Influences on Behavior -- 3 Experimental Design -- 4 Formulation of Hypotheses -- 5 Operationalization and Data Analysis Methods -- 6 Findings -- 7 Discussion and Outlook

Mitigating climate change is one of the most profound challenges facing humankind. In industrialized countries, the residential housing sector produces roughly one-fourth of the greenhouse gas emissions. One solution to reduce these emissions is the availability of building codes that require...

This book presents an in-depth perspective of knowledge as a fundamental process of any organization rather than just another resource to be managed. The author presents a process-oriented theory of creating and applying knowledge directed towards both researchers and practitioners. In this book...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Control System of the Firm -- Chapter 3. Key Components of the Internal Control -- Chapter 4. A Regulatory Perspective -- Chapter 5. Themes and Issues -- Chapter 6. Conclusions and Future Research

1.Introduction -- 2. Container-Terminal Logistics -- 3. Container-Storage Yard -- 4. RMGC-Design-Planning Problem -- Operational RMGC-Planning Problems -- 6. Simulation as a Terminal-Planning Approach -- 7. Simulation Study on RMGC-Design Planning -- 8. Summary and Outlook