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In the industrial world, companies are always seeking competitive advantages to sustain themselves in the globalized market. A supply chain is one of these improvements that managers implement in order to stay ahead of the competition. However, certain methods of supply chains add risks such as the addition of costs, possible accidents, and economic losses. Because of this, companies are looking for techniques in which to progress their supply chain execution. The Handbook of Research on Industrial Applications for Improved Supply Chain Performance is a pivotal reference source that identifies techniques, tools, and methodologies that can improve supply chain performance and enable businesse...
Effective logistics management has played a vital role in delivering products and services, and driving research into finding ever improving theoretical and technological solutions. While often thought of in terms of the business world, logistics and operations management strategies can also be effectively applied within the military, aeronautical, and maritime sectors. The Handbook of Research on Military, Aeronautical, and Maritime Logistics and Operations compiles 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. Academics and professionals operating in business environments, government institutions, and military research will find this publication beneficial to their research and professional endeavors.
En los últimos meses nos enfrentamos como sociedad (personas y organizaciones) a la pandemia del Covid-19, que significó el cierre de varias empresas por la gran crisis económica como consecuencia de la misma. Actualmente las organizaciones se manejan por proyectos, como un esfuerzo planificado, temporal y único, con la intención de crear productos o servicios únicos que agreguen valor a las organizaciones. La gerencia de proyectos es un elemento de la gestión que se hace necesario para el correcto manejo empresarial. La gestión de proyectos supone ejecutar una serie de actividades, que consumen recursos como tiempo, dinero, gente, materia-les, etc. para lograr unos objetivos predefi...
Esta obra contiene ocho investigaciones con temas de interés para aquellas personas ubicadas en posiciones de dirección y que valoran la toma de decisiones como una labor fundamental. En particular, aborda temas como la selección de portafolios de inversión, finanzas corporativas, valoración de intangibles, y control de proyectos como apoyo a la planeación, entre otros. Con un enfoque teórico-práctico, los diversos capítulos tratan las bases de cada tema, así como los debates actuales y las tendencias provenientes de la investigación y la práctica empresarial. Sin duda, el lector encontrará en este libro un instrumento útil para introducirse en los temas de la gestión y las fi...
Las tecnologías de información, en la actualidad, representan para las empresas, en general, una necesidad de uso, ya que su integración incide en la optimizáción de los procesos, registro de intormación y una mejor coordinación con empresas externas que colaboran de manera constante con sus clientes, en particular, en el manejo de productos y procesos logísticos dela cadena de suministro. La presente obra contiene trabajo de investigación realizados por docentes mexicanos y colombianos comprometidos con la academia y con el sector empresarial de Colombia. Los resultados tienen.el propósito de mostrar a los empresario estrategias en materia de tecnologías de información que permitan generar ventajas competitivas en sus organizaciones y mejoras de eficiencia en procesos administrativos y operativos, al margen de la actividad comercial que desempeñan. En este sentido, el lector encontrará diversos temas que pretenden ofrecer a los empresarios y responsables de las operaciones de las organizaciones opciones y recomendaciones para que los indicadores internos de la empresa puedan ser factor clave para su mejor desempeño y competitividad empresarial.
One of the major challenges facing organization studies has been for a long time to develop an operational content to the notion of routines . This book offers important advances in this direction, both conceptually and through illuminating case studies. Giovanni Dosi, Sant Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy This book showcases advanced empirical research that applies the concept of organizational routines to understanding organizations and how they change and evolve. The contributions gathered in the book cover qualitative, quantitative, and archival methods for empirical research applying the concept of organizational routines. Specific issues highlighted include the use of event...
Education has become one of our major concerns, at the heart of any strategy for prosperity and social cohesion. But young people are having more difficulty than ever before in adapting to the world they will enter as adults. Tom Bentley argues that if education is to meet the emerging challenges of the twenty-first century, we must recognise that learning takes place far beyond the formal education sector. We cannot rely solely on dedicated teachers to deliver the understanding and personal qualities young people will need. Instead we must connect what happens in schools to wider opportunities for learning. Drawing on a wide-ranging review of educational innovation and on contemporary analy...
Globalisation and the rapid increase in world trade in the past decade have contributed to greater demand for international transport and logistics and, consequently, the expansion of the maritime industry. The dramatic changes in the mode of world trade and cargo transportation make it more important than ever to have a clear understanding of the way in which freight is transported by sea and the role of ports in this exchange. At the cutting edge in its assessment of the industry, Maritime Logistics covers the whole scope of maritime logistics and examines latest logistical developments within the port and shipping industry. With a range of new international contributors, this new edition ...
Preface: Running with the Centaur "A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator." —Paul Valery, French Poet and Philosopher The Internet revolution didn't turn out to be anything like we thought it would be. At the end of the 1990s, the discussion of many observers, we among them, focused on the rise of the "cyberconsumer" and the emergence of "Internet marketing." At the extreme, the image of this cyberconsumer was humorously caricatured in a series of Sprint commercials introducing its wireless web, in which people hunched over their computers in dark rooms were invited at long last to step out into the sunlit world. The business model designed for the cyberconsumer was the "pu...