Product- and Geographic Boundary Dynamics under Foreign Competition Pressure -- Vertical Boundary Dynamics under Foreign Competition Pressure -- Product-, Geographic-, and Vertical Boundary Dynamics, and their Inter-Relationships under Foreign Competition Pressure -- Conclusion and Implications...

Energy Markets -- Introduction to Price Models for Energy -- Price Dynamics in Electricity Markets -- Price-Driven Hydropower Dispatch Under Uncertainty -- On Cutting Plane Algorithms and Dynamic Programming for Hydroelectricity Generation -- Medium-Term Operational Planning for Hydrothermal...

Vorwort -- Kapitel 1: Einleitung -- Kapitel 2: Projektmanagement- Einführung im Überblick: Der Projektmanagement-Navigator -- Kapitel 3: Die soziale und psychologische Dimension des Projektmanagements -- Kapitel 4: Standardisierung - vom Chaos zur einheitlichen Projektabwicklung.- Kapitel 5:...

This book presents innovative strategies for sustainable, socially responsible enterprise management from leading thinkers in the fields of corporate citizenship, nonprofit management, social entrepreneurship, impact investing, community-based economic development and urban design. The book’s...

This book explores the luxury industry and how it has undoubtedly been one of the fastest-growing sectors since the 1970s, and one in which Europe has managed to strengthen its competitiveness in the world market. While many aspects of globalization remain abstract and intangible, the luxury...

Use this comprehensive primer to simplify exporting, discover exportable products and services, and determine and select the best target market entry alternative while ensuring that you get paid. US small- to medium-size business owners (SMEs with less than 500 employees) interested in entering...

Today's international development financing system seems like a collection of disjointed entities that often work at cross purposes without being able to mobilize enough finance for developing countries in their efforts to reduce poverty and improve living standards. This book brings together...

The US Firms' Business Competence in the Taiwanese IT Industry -- Taiwan's Industrial Development, Foreign Investment and IT Industry -- The Strategy Formulation and Change of Foreign Subsidiaries and Their Functional Units -- The Determinants of Strategy Formulation and Change in Foreign...

The Geography of Small Firm Innovation offers a unique look at the importance of geographic proximity to the innovative activity of high-tech small firms. The book explores the concentration of innovation across metropolitan areas in the United States during the 1990s, by introducing a novel...