Chapter 1: Preliminaries -- Chapter 2: Makespan minimization for two-machine open shops -- Chapter 3: General open shop scheduling -- Chapter 4: Multiprocessor operations -- Chapter 5: Concurrent open shops -- Chapter 6: Open shop scheduling with simultaneity constraints -- Chapter 7:...

1. Introduction -- 2. Problems of Managing Technical Assets in Railway Domain -- 3. Conceptual Provisions for Integrated Risk-Based Management of Reliability, Safety, and Resources -- 4. Basic Concepts and Indicators of Dependability and Functional Safety of Railway Transport Facilities -- 5....

Das in dieser Open-Access-Publikation vorgestellte Toolbook soll zur Ermutigung und Stärkung von Science-/Society-Projekten beitragen und den weiteren Diskurs stimulieren. Es bietet wissenschaftlich fundierte und zugleich praxisnahe Methoden und Instrumente für die Zusammenarbeit zwischen...

Introduction -- Consumption economies of scale and Engel equivalence scales -- Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of Sri Lankan households -- Link between income and economies of scale -- Economies of scale in home-grown food consumption -- Implications of access to electricity on...

Chapter 1. Oceania entrepreneurship: A future research agenda (Vanessa Ratten) -- Chapter 2. The job satisfaction trajectory during entrepreneurship entry and beyond (Safiya Mukhtar Alshibani, Thierry Volery and Ingebjorg Kristoffersen) -- Chapter 3. Coronavirus (COVID-19): Policy responses for...

Chapter 1. Foreword- Sustainable and Resilient Economies, Theoretical Considerations (Taha Chaiechi) -- Chapter 2. Conference Keynote- After COVID-19: Building Inclusive and Sustainable Economies for Resilience (Hurriyet Babacan) -- Chapter 3. An MMT Perspective on How Agenda 30 Could Be...

Introduction -- Design and operation of assembly lines -- Literature review on assembly line balancing under uncertainty -- Balancing under full sequencing control -- Balancing under no sequencing control -- Controlling production sequences using buffers -- Conclusion.

Part 1. Overview -- Chapter 1.China’s opening-up policies: achievements and prospects -- Part 2. Import substitution & trade protection -- Chapter 2. The economics of price scissors: an empirical investigation for China -- Chapter 3.Measuring the impact of trade protection on industrial...

Part I: Defining the Internet of Value 1 -- Chapter 1. Defining the Internet of Value -- Part II: How DLT will evolve in the Future 13 -- Chapter 2. Blockchains, DLTs and the Future of Payments 15 -- Chapter 3. Consensus: Proof of Work, Proof of Stake and Structural Alternatives. Part III: The...

Part I: Disruptions in Management -- Chapter 1: Disruptive Management Practices: Surviving the Changing Business Ecosystem -- Chapter 2: Reverse Innovations as Disruptors: Breaking the Global Corporate Path -- Chapter 3: Mapping Disruptions in Businesses during and Post-Pandemic Econoscape --...