Purpose – The evolution of six sigma has morphed from a method or set of techniques to a movement focused on business‐process improvement. Business processes are transformed through the successful selection and implementation of competing six sigma projects. However, the efforts to implement...

Purpose: Service organization supply chains provide a context that amplifies the complexity of interorganizational interdependencies and the need to build unique capabilities and innovative solutions, especially when confronted with man-made or natural disasters. Using the lens of complex...

"This book is structured into sections that look at some of the challenges related to coalition operations in different types of networks, such as communications and information networks and human and cognitive networks, and looks at other issues that impact the operations of coalitions, the...

"This book offers current perspectives and trends in biologically inspired networking, exploring various approaches aimed at improving network paradigms, addressing communication networks, performance modeling, and distributed computing in networking"--Provided by publisher.

In this paper we have used data envelopment analysis (DEA) and econometric models to analyse the impact of research and development and innovation on relative efficiency and productivity change and firm performance in Indian pharmaceutical industry (IPI) between 1998 and 2007 which covers the...

Obsolescence of embedded parts is a serious concern for managers of complex systems where the design life of the system typically exceeds 20 years. Capital asset management teams have been exploring several strategies to mitigate risks associated with Diminishing Manufacturing Sources (DMS) and...