Part 1: Humanitarian Logistics Design and Planning -- 1. Humanitarian Logistics and Disaster Management: The Role of Different Stakeholders -- 2. Logistics Planning in Natural Disasters -- 3. Identification and Modeling of Critical Success Factors of a Humanitarian Supply Chain -- 4....

Identification of Performance Measurement Systems Applied in Polish Enterprises -- The Impact on the Organisational Effects of the Implementation of ERP and Selected Management Methods -- Industry Concentration and Performance: Case of Life Insurance Industry -- Communication Infrastructure and...

Decompositions of Productivity Growth into Sectoral Effects: Some Puzzles Explained.- The Dynamics of Productivity Change: A Review of the Bottom-Up Approach.- A General Error Revenue Function Model with Technical Inefficiency: An Application to Norwegian Fishing Trawler.- Production Response in...

This book presents new concepts as well as practical applications and experiences in the field of information technology for environmental engineering. The book has three main focus areas: firstly, it shows how information technologies can be employed to support natural resource management and...

Chapter 1. A Dynamic Conditional Correlation analysis based approach to test Financial Contagion in developing markets -- Chapter 2. Achieving Business Agility through Service Oriented Architecture in Recovering Markets -- Chapter 3. An Analysis of Foreign Direct Investment with Special...

This book covers the entire spectrum of cultural and digital tourism and presents the latest findings, examples and cases, highlighting innovations for the tourism industry from both an academic and a practical point of view. The book invites readers to discover ongoing developments and recent...

The book addresses the sustainability of cities in the context of sustainability science and its application to the city boundary. In doing so it investigates all the components of a city on the basis of sustainability criteria. To achieve sustainability it is essential to adopt an integrated...

This book presents the latest research and recent studies in the field of national brand and private label marketing. It covers a wide range of topics, including retailing, marketing, general business, psychology, economics and statistics. It addresses diverse areas of application, such as brand...

Preface -- Chapter 1: What Makes for an Effective Free Trade Agreement? Examination of Theory and Evidence -- Chapter 2: The Mode of Economic Cooperation in the “One Belt and One Road” Construction -- Chapter 3: Simulation on Trade Effects of CJK FTA and the Prospects of Negotiation --...

The 2014 International Symposium on Advances in National Brands & Private Labels in Retailing is believed to be the first international forum to present and discuss original, rigorous and significant contributions on such issues. The three-day event aimed to bring together researchers working in...