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Presents the latest scholarly research on diverse opportunities and obstacles facing multinational corporations in emerging economies. Highlighting innovative perspectives and real-world examples, this book is designed for researchers, practitioners, upper-level students, and industry professionals interested in management approaches for achieving success in international corporations.

With the influence of operations research and management science, business and administration methods have made significant strides in advancing the effective application methods for decision-making processes. This examines related research in decision, management, and other behavioral sciences in order to exchange and collaborate on information among business, industry, and government.

Explores the most important elements of change management, as well as the difficulties and challenges that organisations have faced when implementing change. This volume samples different disciplines relevant to topics such as resistance to change, mergers and acquisitions management, leadership, the role of human resource strategies, and culture.

Discusses the various challenges in management and decision science. This volume features exhaustive coverage on a range of topics within operational research including, but not limited to, decision analysis, data mining, process modeling, probabilistic interpolation and extrapolation, and optimization methods.

This is an in-depth reference source that covers emerging issues and relevant applications of information pertaining to supply chain management from an international perspective. It features coverage on topics such as the global importance of SCMs to strategies for producing an effective supply chain.

Offers discussion on a variety of teaching methods and practices being used in current business education programmes. Highlighting the ways that technology can be used to aid students in the advancement of their studies as well as career development and preparation, this text covers a range of topics, from leadership expectations and workforce requirements to electronic course materials.

Examines how various organisations have re-engineered their business processes in an effort to accommodate new innovations and remain relevant in a highly competitive global marketplace. It highlights the creation of integrated supply chains and the emergence of virtual business communities.

Explores the various facets of effective management procedures within the fashion industry. Featuring research on entrepreneurship, operations management, marketing, business modelling, and fashion technology, this publication is an extensive reference source for practitioners, academics, researchers, and students interested in the dynamics of the fashion industry.

Examines optimization techniques for improved business operations and procedures in the industrial sector. Highlighting management techniques, innovative approaches, and technological tools, this publication is an essential reference source for professionals, researchers, consultants, upper-level students, and academics interested in the advancement of knowledge in industrial communities.

Addresses the roles of knowledge management and information technology within emerging markets. This forward-thinking title explores the current trends in supply chain management, knowledge acquisition and transfer mechanisms among supply chain partners, and knowledge management paradigms.

Provides an inclusive overview of various management practices that contribute to the sustainability efforts of an organization. Highlighting successful techniques being implemented and utilized by different companies, this publication is an ideal reference for researchers, academics, consultants, policy makers, and practitioners.

Examines the challenges and benefits of implementing sustainability into the core functions of contemporary enterprises, focusing on how green approaches improve operations in an ecological way. Highlighting key concepts, emerging innovations, and future directions, this book is a pivotal reference source for professionals, managers, educators, and upper-level students.

A key source on the latest innovations in enhancing all main management functions, such as working capital and marketing, and examines how to implement sustainable business management practices. This book features extensive coverage across a range of relevant perspectives and topics, such as human resources development, market orientation, and knowledge management.

Presents the latest scholarly material on outsourcing strategies in contemporary business environments and examines the role of intermediaries in the dynamics of decision-making and process management. This book highlights pivotal discussions across a myriad of relevant topics, including open innovation, competitive advantage, and social capital.

Highlights strategies, tools, and skills necessary for supply management within organisations and companies. Featuring best practices and empirical research within the field, this handbook is a reference source for scholars, practitioners, researchers, information systems and telecommunication specialists, and managers.

Presents the latest scholarly material on the management of knowledge resources in smaller-scale enterprises. Highlighting theoretical foundations and real-world applications, this book is designed for professionals, practitioners, researchers, and upper-level students interested in emerging perspectives on knowledge management.

Presents the latest research on various manufacturing methodologies and highlights the best optimization approaches to achieve boosted process performance. This volume features extensive coverage on relevant areas such as genetic algorithms, fuzzy set theory, and soft computing techniques.

Presents the latest scholarly material on organisational procedures and methods that ensure environmental sustainability, while maintaining effective production processes. This publication highlights the most innovative topics and perspectives, such as life cycle costing, waste management, and business leadership.

Provides a comprehensive examination of the latest strategies and methods involved in decision theory. Featuring extensive coverage on relevant topics such as nested scalar convolutions, Pareto optimality, nonlinear schemes, and operator performance, this publication is designed for engineers, students, professionals, academics, and researchers.

Examines the cultural aspects of management styles and techniques. Highlighting relevant topics such as leadership development, value systems, validity tests, and organisational communication, this publication will benefit all academics, professionals, practitioners, managers, and business owners that are interested in discovering a more inclusive way to hone their leadership skillsets.

Presents the latest findings on the connection between international influence and integrity among corporations. Featuring extensive coverage on a broad range of topics and perspectives such as corporate governance, stakeholder theory, and foreign direct investment (FDI), this publication is designed for researchers, professionals, and academics.

Presents the latest scholarly research on core concepts of project sustainability and its applications. Featuring extensive coverage on a broad range of topics and perspectives, such as energy systems, climate change, and human capital, this publication is designed for managers, researchers, and students.

Presents interdisciplinary research on diverse issues related to logistics from an inclusive range of methodological perspectives. This publication focuses on original contributions in the form of theoretical, experimental research, and case studies on logistics strategies and operations management with an emphasis on military, aeronautical, and maritime environments.

Presents the latest scholarly research on properly managing business processes in order to satisfy end-user requirements and increase competitive advantage in the retail marketplace. This book highlights concepts relating to field applications, customer relationships, and current trends in logistics management.

Evaluates innovative processes and original operational models, frameworks, and architectures in the topic areas of industrial engineering and management science. Featuring optimized enterprise chain management strategies and emergent research within the field, this book is an essential reference for professional, academics, and researchers.

Presents advances in the field of operations management, focusing specifically on topics related to layout design for manufacturing environments. Chapters discuss the arrangement of resources used in batch production and provide perspectives on technological, organisational, and social perspectives of cellular manufacturing systems.