springer customized book list · to itil and beyond! it service management (itsm) is the group of...

springer.comABCD

FRANKFURT

BOOKFAIR

2007

Springer Customized Book ListBusiness & Management

springer.com/booksellers Business & Management 1

W. Abramowicz, Poznan University of Economics, Poland (Ed.)

Business Information Systems

10th International Conference, BIS 2007, Poznan, Poland,

April 25-27, 2007, Proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the10th International Conference on Business Informa-tion Systems, BIS 2007, held in Poznan, Poland inApril 2007. The 49 revised full papers presented to-gether with 1 keynote lecture were carefully reviewedand selected from numerous submissions for inclu-sion in the book. Among the issues addressed arebusiness process management, Web services, ontolo-gies, information retrieval, system design, agents andmobile applications, decision support, social issues,specific MIS issues.

Fields of interest

Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet);Information Systems; Information Storage and Re-trieval; Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery;Computers and Society; Management of Computingand Information Systems

Target groups

Researchers and professionals

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due April 2007

2007. XV, 654 p. Also available online. (Lecture Notes in Comput-

er Science, Vol. 4439) Softcover

76,00 €

ISBN 978-3-540-72034-8

R. Addy, Hartley, Kent, UK

Effective IT Service Management

To ITIL and Beyond!

IT service management (ITSM) is the group of pro-cesses and functions that oil the wheels of the IT ma-chine. Without ITSM, every IT project and systemwould deteriorate over time until failure. ITIL is therecognized best-practice standard for ITSM, and hasbeen around since the late 1980s, with ITIL version 3published just recently. However, many of today’s ITproblems have been around for just as long -so in order to manage IT effectively, organizationsmust go beyond the ITIL framework. Rob Addy pro-vides IT service managers and professionals withpractical guidance on delivering and managing ITservices in an effective and efficient manner by ex-tending the ITIL approach to deliver proactive andpragmatic IT service management. His book is a can-did look at the relative merits of currently acceptedwisdom regarding the provision of IT services, usingthe principles of the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)guidance series. It describes IT service managementprocesses related to service [..]

Fields of interest

Management of Computing and Information Sys-tems; Technology Management; Software Engineer-ing; Information Systems

Target groups

Professionals

Type of publication

Professional book

Due September 2007

2007. XL, 342 p. 50 illus. Hardcover

49,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-73197-9

U. Apte, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA; U. Kar-

markar, University of California at Los Angeles, CA, USA (Eds.)

Managing in the Information

Economy

Current Research Issues

Managing in the Information Economy: Current Re-search Issues presents the recent research directionsthat address the issue of management in this econ-omy. The contributors include leading researcherswith interests in a diverse set of topics. While thevolume cannot give a complete and comprehensivepicture, it can provide introductions to importantareas, and point to some important topics for fu-ture research. Therefore the book begins with per-spectives at the level of the economy as a whole andthen progressively addresses industrial structure,sectors, functions (e-commerce) and business prac-tices. Introductions to the main sections and the pa-pers in each section are provided. The volume is or-ganized around six sections: The Information Econ-omy; Structure and the Organization of the Informa-tion Economy; Marketing and Ecommerce; Emerg-ing Issues in the Information Economy; Operationsin the Information Economy; and Empirical Stud-ies of Business Practices. Please see the Table of Con-tents and [..]

Features

The first book in a serialized publishing stream with-in the IS2 book series. The series has beenmodeled after two successful and unique serial pub-lishing programs — the "Lecture Notes in Comput-er Science" and the "Annals of Operations Research";it will consist of ISSN numbered, serialized volumesthat will be indexed and abstracted in the ISI, SCIand other A/I services All volumes in this series will[..]

Contents

Introductory note.- Current research on managingin the information economy.- Size, structure, andgrowth of the US information economy.- Informa-tion technology and the G7 economies.- Informationsystems outsourcing contracts: theory and evidence.-Managing network organizations in the knowledgeeconomy: learning from success and failure.- Under-standing sourcing as a strategic business: the risksand rewards of strategic sourcing and inter-firm al-liances in India.- Personalization and technology-en-abled marketing.- The real value of B2B: from com-merce towards interaction and knowledge [..]

Fields of interest

Information Systems; Operation Research/DecisionTheory; e-business and e-commerce; Management;Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet)

Target groups

Academics, students and business practitioners

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due June 2007

2007. Approx. 455 p. (Annals of Information Systems, Vol. 1) Soft-

cover

79,95 €

ISBN 978-0-387-34214-6

2 Business & Management springer.com/booksellers

C. Barz, University of Karlsruhe, Germany

Risk-Averse Capacity Control in

Revenue Management

Traditionally, revenue management models aimat a maximization of expected revenue, i.e. a risk-neutral decision-maker is assumed. During the lastfew years, however, the consideration of revenuerisk has gained more and more attention. By fail-ing to suggest mechanisms for reducing unfavor-able revenue levels, traditional risk-neutral capaci-ty control models fall short of meeting the needs ofa risk-averse planner. This is why this book revisesthe well-known capacity control problem in revenuemanagement from the perspective of a risk-aversedecision-maker. Modelling an expected utility maxi-mizing decision maker, the problem is formulated asa risk-sensitive Markov decision process. Special em-phasis is put on the existence of structured optimalpolicies. Numerical examples illustrate the results.

Fields of interest

Operation Research/Decision Theory; Produc-tion/Logistics; Procurement; Marketing; Optimiza-tion

Target groups

Scientists

Type of publication

Monograph

Due August 2007

2007. XIII, 163 p. 32 illus. (Lecture Notes in Economics and Math-

ematical Systems, Vol. 597) Softcover

54,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-73013-2

J. Becker, European Research Center for Information Systems (ER-

CIS), Münster, Germany; P. Delfmann, European Research Center

for Information Systems (ERCIS), Münster, Germany (Eds.)

Reference Modeling

Efficient Information Systems Design Through Reuse of Infor-

mation Models

Reusability of information models has been dis-cussed in science and practice for many years. Ref-erence models are information models that are de-veloped with the aim of being reused for differentbut similar application scenarios. They primarilypromise time and cost savings, since parts of the ref-erence models can be reused. The topic of referencemodeling is addressed in this book from differentperspectives: Besides reference modeling languagesthat provide special modeling language concepts forthe development and application of reference mod-els, reference modeling methodologies are discussed,which additionally provide procedure models for theconstruction and application of reference models.Moreover, particular reference models are discussedand evaluated.

Contents

O. Thomas: Version Management for ReferenceModels: Design and Implementation.- J. Becker,P. Delfmann, R. Knackstedt: Adaptive ReferenceModeling: Integrating Configurative and GenericAdaptation Techniques for Information Models.-F. Gottschalk, W.M.P. van der Aalst, M.H. Jansen-Vullers: Configurable Process Models - A Founda-tional Approach.- T. Rieke, C. Seel: Supporting En-terprise Systems Introduction by Controlling En-abled Configurative Reference Modeling.- F. Ahle-mann: RefModPM: Reference Information Modelfor Enterprise-Wide Project Planning, Controllingand Coordination in [..]

Fields of interest

Information Systems; Information Systems Applica-tions (incl.Internet); Organization/Planning

Target groups

Researchers and Practitioners

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due July 2007

2007. X, 147 p. 55 illus. Softcover

54,95 €

ISBN 978-3-7908-1965-6

R. Berndt, Graduate School of Business, Horgen, Schweiz (Ed.)

Internationale

Wettbewerbsstrategien

Die globale Wirtschaft und die Herausforderung China

Der rasante Aufstieg Chinas zur wirtschaftlichenMacht zwingt europäische Manager, sich mit denwirtschaftlich relevanten Bedingungen Chinas au-seinanderzusetzen und geeignete Strategien zu find-en. Dieser Sammelband führt in allgemeine Wet-tbewerbsstrategien ein und untersucht im beson-deren geeignete Strategien für den Wettbewerb aufdem chinesischen Markt. Die Beiträge stammen vonManagement-Spezialisten der GSBA Zürich aus Eu-ropa, Asien und den USA.

Features

Spezielle Strategien für den Wettbewerb auf dem chi-nesischen Markt Von Management-Spezialisten derGSBA (Graduate School of Business Administration,Zürich) Plus: allgemeine Wettbewerbsstrategien

Contents

International MBA-Concepts: Der Globale MBA(GEMBA) für die Managementweiterbildung ohneGrenzen.- Corporate Strategies: Methoden desZukunftsmanagements.- KMU im globalen Umfeld.-Die Entwicklung eines dynamischen Kennzahlensys-tems zur Simulation von Globalisierungsstrategienund Handlungsoptionen eines mittelgroßen Un-ternehmens.- Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Ver-sus Happiness.- Marketing Strategies: InternationaleMarketing-Strategien und Marketing-Aktivitäten mitFokus China.- Marketingpolitische Besonderheitendes chinesischen Marktes.- Product Counterfeitingin China.- "Made in ..." [..]

Fields of interest

Management

Target groups

Führungskräfte in Unternehmen, besonders mit In-teresse für den chinesischen Markt

Type of publication

Professional book

Due September 2007

2007. XIV, 360 S. 104 Abb. (Herausforderungen an das Manage-

ment, Vol. 14) Hardcover

56,03 €

ISBN 978-3-540-74585-3


J. Blazewicz, Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland;

K.H. Ecker, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA; E. Pesch, Univer-

sity of Siegen, Germany; G. Schmidt, University of Saarland,

Saarbrücken, Germany; J. Weglarz, Polish Academy of Sciences,

Poznan, Poland

Handbook on Scheduling

From Theory to Applications

This handbook covers not only in a unified approachthe most important scheduling models and meth-ods, it also put special emphasis to their relevance topractical situations. Many applications from industryand service operations management and case studiesare described. Because the book offers some prelimi-naries concerning basic notions from discrete math-ematics, it can also be used by beginners. As a conse-quence, the handbook is an indispensable source fora broad audience, ranging from researchers to prac-titioners, graduate and advanced undergraduate stu-dents in computer science/engineering, operationsresearch, industrial and real-time engineering, man-agement science, business administration, informa-tion systems, and applied mathematics curricula.

Features

Reference book for theory and practice of schedulingCovers many different scheduling problems, e.g. inadvanced planning, supply chain management, andcomputer systems

Contents

Introduction.- Basics.- Definition, Analysis and Clas-sification of Scheduling Problems.- Scheduling onOne Processor.- Scheduling on Parallel Processors.-Communication Delays and Multiprocessor Tasks.-Scheduling in Hard Real-Time Systems.- Flow ShopScheduling.- Open Shop Scheduling.- Schedulingin Job Shops.- Scheduling with Limited ProcessorAvailability.- Processor Scheduling under ResourceConstraints.- Constraint Programming and Disjunc-tive Scheduling.- Scheduling in Flexible Manufac-turing Systems.- Computer Integrated ProductionScheduling.

Fields of interest

Production/Logistics; Information Systems; Infor-mation Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Indus-trial and Production Engineering

Target groups

Researchers, practitioners

Type of publication

Handbook

Due June 2007

2007. XII, 647 p. 144 illus. (International Handbooks on Informa-

tion Systems) Hardcover

159,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-28046-0

S. Boyarchenko, The University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA; S. Lev-

endorskii, The University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA

Irreversible Decisions under

Uncertainty

Optimal Stopping Made Easy

In real life, as well as in economic models, individ-uals often make decisions in an uncertain environ-ment. In many cases, a problem which an optimiz-ing agent faces can be formulated or reformulat-ed as a problem of optimal timing of a certain irre-versible or partially reversible action or optimal stop-ping problem. In this book, the authors present analternative approach to optimal stopping problems.The basic ideas and techniques of the approach canbe explained much simpler than the standard meth-ods in the literature on optimal stopping problems.The monograph will teach the reader to apply thetechnique to many problems in economics and fi-nance, including new ones. From the technical pointof view, the method can be characterized as optionpricing via the Wiener-Hopf factorization.

Features

Presents an alternative approach to optimal stoppingproblems The Approach can be used to many prob-lems in finance and economics

Contents

Part I Discrete time - discrete space models. Finitetime horizon: Introduction.- Real options and Amer-ican options.- Risk-neutral pricing. Finite time hori-zon case.- Part II Discrete time - discrete space mod-els. Infinite time horizon: Random walks on Z.- Op-tions in the binomial and trinomial models.- Gener-al random walks on Z: Option pricing.- Part III Dis-crete time - continuous space models: Random walkson R.- Basic options in the model.- Optimal stoppingfor general random walks.- Part IV Continuous time- continuous space models: Brownian motion case.-General Lévy processes.- [..]

Fields of interest

Economic Theory; Finance /Banking; Game Theory,Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences

Target groups

Researchers

Type of publication

Monograph

Due September 2007

2007. XVI, 285 p. 15 illus. (Studies in Economic Theory, Vol. 27)

Hardcover

84,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-73745-2

C.R. Boër, iCIMSI-SUPSI, Manno, Switzerland; S. Dulio, Vigevano,

Italy

Mass Customization and Footwear:

Myth, Salvation or Reality?

A Comprehensive Analysis of the Adoption of the Mass Cus-

tomization Paradigm in Footwear, from the Perspective of the

EUROShoE (Extended User Oriented Shoe Enterprise) Research

Project

Mass customization is an emerging paradigm gath-ering growing interest in many industrial fields. TheEUROShoE project (financed by the EC) exploredthe applicability of and developed technologies forthe adoption of such a paradigm in the footwearbusiness. The research showed the benefits for shoecompanies of switching to the new business modelsand heled develop many of the enabling technolo-gies that adopting the new paradigm appears to have.This is the only book dedicated to the application ofmass customization in a particular industry. Basedon the EUROShoE project, it is a detailed analysisof the most relevant case studies of early mass cus-tomizers in the footwear sector, highlighting reasonsfor their failure or success. Both the technologicalaspects and the business aspects of mass customiza-tion, together with some relevant economic indica-tors are discussed. This book will interest both prac-titioners in the footwear sector, and postgraduates,researchers and lecturers in mass customization.

Features

Only monograph dedicated to the application ofmass customization in a particular industry Detailedanalysis of the most relevant case studies Written byindustry experts

Contents

Introduction: Why this Book and to whom it is Ad-dressed.- Mass Customization and Footwear.- TheEUROShoE Project.- Footwear Mass Customizationin Practice.- From Footwear to Other Industries.-Conclusion: A Few Questions to be Answered.

Fields of interest

Industrial and Production Engineering; Technolo-gy Management; Engineering Economics, Organiza-tion, Logistics, Marketing; Manufacturing, Machines,Tools; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE)and Design

Target groups

Postgraduates, researchers and lecturers

Type of publication

Monograph

Due September 2007

2007. X, 177 p. 42 illus. Hardcover

114,95 €

ISBN 978-1-84628-864-7


X. Cai, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China; D. Sha,

Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade, Shanghai, China; C.K. Wong,

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Time-Varying Network

Optimization

The express purpose of Time-Varying Network Op-timization is to describe, in a unified and self-con-tained manner, a series of models, propositions, andalgorithms developed in recent years on time-vary-ing networks. References and discussions on rele-vant problems and studies that have appeared in theliterature are integrated in the book. The book con-sists of eight chapters, in which the following prob-lems are formulated and examined: (1) the short-est path problem, (2) minimum-spanning tree prob-lem, (3) maximum flow problem, (4) minimum costflow problem, (5) maximum capacity path problem,(6) quickest path problem, (7) multi-criteria prob-lem, and (8) the generalized flow problem. The time-varying traveling salesman problem and the Chinesepostman problem are presented in a chapter togeth-er with the time-varying generalized problem. Whilethese topics will be described all within the frame-work of time-varying networks, our plan is to makeeach chapter relatively self-contained so that eachcan be [..]

Features

Addresses two types of needs in the research of net-work optimization: 1) to present the latest researchefforts and findings on time-varying network opti-mization; and 2) to examine key models and resultson dynamic network optimization problems thatcan be used by academics, practitioners, and gradu-ate students or senior-year undergraduate studentsThere is a great need to seek optimal solutions onthese types [..]

Contents

Preface.- Time-varying shortest path problems.-Time-varying minimum spanning tree.- Time-vary-ing universal maximum flow problems.- Time-vary-ing minimum cost flow problems.- Time-varyingmaximum capacity path problem.- The quickest pathproblem.- Finding the best path with multi-criteria.-Generalized flows and other network problems.- In-dex.- References.

Fields of interest

Operation Research/Decision Theory; Optimization;Operations Research, Mathematical Programming;Information Systems and Communication Service;Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet);Production/Logistics

Target groups

Academic researchers and students

Type of publication

Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook

Due May 2007

2007. XVI, 223 p. (International Series in Operations Research &

Management Science, Vol. 103) Hardcover

74,95 €

ISBN 978-0-387-71214-7

S.-H. Chen, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan; P.P.

Wang, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; T.-W. Kuo, Aletheia

University, Taipei, Taiwan (Eds.)

Computational Intelligence in

Economics and Finance

Volume II

Computational intelligence (CI), as an alternative tostatistical and econometric approaches, has been ap-plied to a wide range of economics and finance prob-lems in recent years, for example to price forecastingand market efficiency. This book contains researchranging from applications in financial markets andbusiness administration to various economics prob-lems. Not only are empirical studies utilizing vari-ous CI algorithms presented, but so also are theo-retical models based on computational methods. Inaddition to direct applications of computational in-telligence, readers can also observe how these meth-ods are combined with conventional analytical meth-ods such as statistical and econometric models toyield preferred results. Chen, Wang, and Kuo havegrouped the 12 contributions following their intro-ductory chapter into applications of fuzzy logic, neu-ral networks (including self-organizing maps andsupport vector machines), and evolutionary compu-tation. All chapters were selected either by [..]

Contents

Computational Intelligence in Economics and Fi-nance: Shifting the Research Frontier.- An Overviewof Insurance Uses of Fuzzy Logic.- Forecasting Agri-cultural Commodity Prices using Hybrid NeuralNetworks.- Nonlinear Principal Component Anal-ysis for Withdrawal from the Employment TimeGuarantee Fund.- Estimating Female Labor ForceParticipation through Statistical and Machine Learn-ing Methods.- An Application of Kohonen’s SOFMto the Management of Benchmarking Policies.-Trading Strategies Based on K-means Clustering andRegression Models.- Comparison of Instance-BasedTechniques for [..]

Fields of interest

Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Finance /Banking; Computer Appl. in Administrative Da-ta Processing; Information Systems Applications(incl.Internet)

Target groups

Researchers and professionals

Type of publication

Monograph

Due July 2007

2007. XIII, 227 p. 64 illus. Hardcover

74,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-72820-7

P.O. Christensen, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark; G.

Feltham, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC,

Canada

Economics of Accounting

Performance Evaluation

This book provides an integrated, technical exposi-tion of key concepts in agency theory, with particularemphasis on analyses of the economic consequencesof the characteristics of contractible performancemeasures, such as accounting reports. It is not a sur-vey of the literature, but provides a succinct sourcefor learning the fundamentals of the economics ofincentives. While there is an emphasis on informa-tion issues of interest to accounting researchers, it isalso relevant to researchers in economics, finance,management science, and other disciplines who areinterested in the economics of management incen-tives.

Features

Analytical research in accounting Courses in Eco-nomics, Finance and Management Science Manage-ment science students Supply chain management In-centives

Contents

Foreword to Volume I.- Preface to Volume I.- Pref-ace to Volume II.- Introduction to PerformanceEvaluation.- Optimal Contracts.- Ex Post Perfor-mance Measures.- Linear Contracts.- Multiple Tasksand Multiple Performance Measures.- Stock Pricesand Accounting Numbers as Performance Mea-sures.- Post-contract, Pre-decision Information.-Pre-contract Information - Uninformed PrincipalMoves First.- Intra-period Contract Renegotiation.-Multi-period Contracts with Full Commitment andIndependent Periods.- Timing and Correlation ofReports in a Multi-period LEN Model.- Full Com-mitment Contacts [..]

Fields of interest

Accounting/Auditing; Microeconomics

Target groups

Accounting researchers, particularly those interestedin economic theory applied to the analysis of the de-cision-influencing role of accounting management ofscience students

Type of publication

Monograph

Due September 2007

2007. XXII, 664 p. (Springer Series in Accounting Scholarship, Vol.

2) Softcover

64,95 €

ISBN 978-0-387-74577-0


E. Colcera, Fosso, Venice, Italy

The Market for Corporate Control in

Japan

M&As, Hostile Takeovers and Regulatory Framework

This book analyzes the modern trend in the JapaneseM and A market and reveal from different angles theprocess of convergence to a new monitoring mod-el of the corporation: "the market for corporate con-trol". A prima facie verification is based on the exam-ination of the evolution of the M and A environmentin the last twenty years including statistics, analy-sis of cultural and structural impediments, and eco-nomic-political reforms. Then, the analysis of sev-enteen cases of hostile takeover and of the processof transformation of the regulatory framework gov-erning takeovers related legal issues particularly fo-cused on the important METI-MOJ Guidelines of2005, will further corroborate the final argument. In-side the academic debate of theories of convergenceand path-dependence, the conclusions of the authorultimately support the hypothesis that the Japanesecorporate control has converged to a "hybrid Ameri-canized version of the model of market for corporatecontrol". Dr. Colcera's book is based on [..]

Features

First English study on Japanese corporate acqui-sitions and the market for corporate control sincemore than 15 years Systematic survey of all relevanteconomic and legal information in this field Wideseries of data collected and analysis of the regulato-ry framework Analysis of 17 recent cases of hostiletakeover

Fields of interest

International & Foreign Law; Management

Target groups

Advocats, consultants, manager, libraries (law, busi-ness)

Type of publication

Monograph

Due August 2007

2007. XVIII, 387p., 10 illus Hardcover

119,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-71587-0

R. Conrady, University of Applied Sciences, Worms, Germany; M.

Buck, ITB, Berlin, Germany (Eds.)

Trends and Issues in Global Tourism

2007

This book offers insight into important trends in theglobal travel and tourism industry and analyzes de-velopments in the aviation and hospitality indus-try, destination management and general travel be-havior. The most recent developments in marketingand sales as well as in travel technology and businesstravel are of key importance for managing compa-nies involved in travel and tourism. The articles arebased on presentations and panel discussions pre-sented at the world's largest tourism convention, theITB Convention Market Trends and Innovations.This book unites convention highlights prepared byrenowned professionals and scientists within the in-dustry. As such, readers can form a comprehensivevision of the developments which are shaping thestructure of the global travel and tourism industry.The book is indispensable for tourism professionalsand scientists as well as students analyzing currentglobal tourism trends.

Contents

Mega trends and their impact on the tourism indus-try.- Aviation management.- Destination manage-ment.- Marketing and sales management.- Traveltechnology.- Business travel management.- Long-Term perspectives in the Tourism Industry.

Fields of interest

Management; Regional Science; Economic Geogra-phy; Human Geography

Target groups

Professionals in tourism

Type of publication

Professional book

Due March 2007

2007. XX, 235 p. 40 illus. Hardcover

49,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-70831-5

J.D. Cummins, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA; B. Ve-

nard, AUDENCIA Nantes School of Management, France (Eds.)

Handbook of International

Insurance

Between Global Dynamics and Local Contingencies

Insurance and financial markets have been radical-ly and deeply changed in the last 20 years. Deregula-tion, internationalization of insurance and financialinstitutions, increasing competition, electronic com-merce, bancassurance, and the emergence of newrisks are among the challenges faced by insurers andother financial firms. These developing trends poseboth global and local challenges for financial firmsparticipating in insurance markets. "The Handbookof International Insurance: Between Global Dynam-ics and Local Contingencies" increases understand-ing of insurance markets by adopting an internation-al comparative approach. Leading scholars and prac-titioners worldwide provide detailed information onmarket trends, regulation, taxation, and economicdevelopments for thirteen specific countries in Eu-rope, the Americas, and Asia. Each country chaptercovers key aspects of insurance: life insurance, non-life insurance, and public and private social insur-ance programs. The book also includes [..]

Features

The first in the market about the topic (regulationand reinsurance) Includes chapters written by schol-ars and practitioners in the major insurance marketsworldwide, including Europe, the Americas and Asiaand will provide important 'new' information on theevolution of the financial sector worldwide

Contents

Introduction.- International Insurance Markets.-The United States Insurance Market: Characteristicsand Trends.- The Japanese Insurance Market andCompanies: Recent Trends.- The UK Insurance In-dustry: Structure and Performance.- The French In-surance Market: Background and Trends.- GermanInsurance Industry: Market Overview and Trends.-The Italian Insurance Sector: Between Macro andMicro Facts, Salient Features, Recent Trends, andan Econometric Analysis.- A Descriptive Analysisof Canadian Insurance Markets.- Insurance in theNetherlands: Market Structure and Recent Develop-ments.- [..]

Fields of interest

Business/Management Science, general; Finance /Banking; Management

Target groups

Academic researchers, scholars, practitioners, policymakers and financial services industry executives

Type of publication

Handbook

Due April 2007

2007. XXIX, 981 p. (Huebner International Series on Risk, Insur-

ance and Economic Security, Vol. 26) Hardcover

169,95 €

ISBN 978-0-387-34162-0


P.F. Cunha, Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Setubal, Portugal;

P.G. Maropoulos, University of Bath, UK (Eds.)

Digital Enterprise Technology

Perspectives and Future Challenges

Digital engineering methods and systems are vital-ly important for performing key technical and busi-ness functions of global enterprises in a distributedand collaborative manner. The product design andengineering systems are gradually being developedto include a variety of tools for DfX, as well as incor-porate aspects of digital manufacturing. Digital En-terprise Technology: Perspectives and Future Chal-lenges, an edited volume, contains accepted chap-ters presented at the 3rd, CIRP sponsored Interna-tional Conference in Digital Enterprise Technology(DET'06), held in Setúbal, Portugal, September 2006.DET 2006 follows on the success of the two previousmeetings held in Durham, UK and Seattle, USA, in2002 and 2004 respectively. The chapters presentedin this book are contributed by world class leadersin the field. This volume includes relevant examplesof current state-of-art in the development and useof systems and methods for the digital modelling ofglobal development and realization processes [..]

Features

Includes advance factory design and modelling In-cludes physical-to-digital environment integratorsDistinguished contributors in the field

Contents

International Committee.- Organizing Committee.-Preface/Editorial.- Sponsors.- Keynote Papers.- Dig-ital Manufacturing In The Global Era.- Global Man-ufacturing – Challenges And Solutions.- EmergentSynthesis Approaches To Biological ManufacturingSystems.- Reconfigurable Process Plans For Respon-sive Manufacturing Systems.- Collaborative Net-works In Industry - Trends And Foundations.- Ses-sion 1 Advanced Factory Design And Modeling.-A Logistics Framework For Coordinating SupplyChains On Unstable Markets.- Federative FactoryData Management An Approach Based Upon ServiceOriented [..]

Fields of interest

Information Systems and Communication Service;Operation Research/Decision Theory; InformationSystems Applications (incl.Internet); InformationStorage and Retrieval; Database Management; Com-puter Systems Organization and CommunicationNetworks

Target groups

Professionals

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due July 2007

2007. XVIII, 593 p. Hardcover

139,95 €

ISBN 978-0-387-49863-8

C. Daraio, University of Pisa, Italy; L. Simar, Université Catholique

de Louvain, Louvain La Neuve, Belgium

Advanced Robust and

Nonparametric Methods in

Efficiency Analysis

Methodology and Applications

Providing a systematic and comprehensive treatmentof recent developments in efficiency analysis, thisreadable book makes available an intuitive yet rig-orous presentation of advanced nonparametric androbust methods. This flexible toolbox can be usedin theories based on the neoclassical theory of pro-duction and its alternatives, including evolutionarytheories. The methods are complemented by empiri-cal analysis of three different economic fields: scien-tific research, mutual funds industry and the insur-ance sector. The research demonstrates the utility ofthe toolbox for a wide range of economic issues, in-cluding the analysis of economies of scale and scope,dynamics of age and agglomeration effects, trade-offs in production and service activities, and expla-nations of efficiency differentials. Of interest to ap-plied economists broadly, this book will also be of in-terest to those focused on Operations Research and/or Management Science.

Features

Designed for applied economists who have an inter-est in the advantages of traditional nonparametricmethods (DEA/FDH) for efficiency analysis, but aresceptical about adopting them because of the draw-backs they present A complete and up to date pre-sentation of the advances made in nonparametricfrontier analysis able to overcome most of the draw-backs of traditional methods

Contents

Introduction.- The Measurement of Efficiency.- Sta-tistical Inference in Nonparametric Frontier Esti-mation.- Nonparametric Robust Estimators: Par-tial Frontiers.- Conditional Measures of Efficiency.-Economies of Scale, Scope and Experience in theItalian Motor-Vehicle Sector.- Age, Scale and Con-centration Effects in a Public Research System.- Ex-ploring the Effects of Manager Tenure, Fund Ageand their Interaction.- Conclusions

Fields of interest

Operation Research/Decision Theory; Management

Target groups

Applied economists, researchers in Operations Re-search and Management Science

Type of publication

Monograph

Due March 2007

2007. XXII, 248 p. (Studies in Productivity and Efficiency) Hard-

cover

92,95 €

ISBN 978-0-387-35155-1

R. Davis, BT OneIT, British Telecommunications plc, UK; E.

Brabänder, IDS Scheer AG, Germany

ARIS Design Platform

Getting Started with BPM

This practical "how-to" guide to using the ARIS De-sign Platform & how to use it to create realbusiness models describes the new release of ARIS7 Design Platform including ARIS Business Archi-tect & ARIS Business Designer. Rob Davis hasteamed up with Eric Brabänder of IDS Scheer to pro-vide practical answers to the following questions us-ing the new web-based ARIS Design Platform: • Howdo we get started with the ARIS Design Platform? •How do we establish company-wide Business Pro-cess Management? • How do we setup a project withARIS? • Which modelling methods should we use? •How do we effectively use the technical architectureof ARIS (Servers, Databases, Objects, Web Clients,etc) Containing tips, techniques & short cutsgained from practical experience, this book showhow to use ARIS in an easy way, supporting smartmethods & smart models, & displays howARIS can be used as a powerful tool for BPM. Thisbook is a must have guide & reference for all ex-isting & new [..]

Features

The only practical ‘How-to’ guide to both using theARIS Design Platform and how to use it to create re-al business models Features ARIS 7 Design Platform,including ARIS Business Architect and ARIS Busi-ness Designer Contains tips, techniques and shortcuts gained from practical experience Shows how touse ARIS in an easy way, supporting smart methodsand models Displays how to use ARIS as a powerfultool for BPM

Contents

An Introduction to BPM.- Introduction to the ARISPlatform.- The Basics of Process Modelling withthe ARIS Design Platform.- Business Process Archi-tecture with ARIS.- Getting Started with Your FirstModel.- More About the ARIS Interface.- The Event-driven Process Chain.- ARIS Explorer.- ARIS De-signer.- Model Appearance.- Objects and Relation-ships.- Model Assignments and the Function Alloca-tion Diagram.- Modelling your Business Structure.-ARIS Properties and Attributes.- Definitions, Occur-rences and Copies.- Standardised Modelling withARIS.- Roles and Responsibilities for BPM.- [..]

Fields of interest

Information Systems; Models and Principles; Simu-lation and Modeling

Target groups

Professionals, practitioners, industrial and commer-cial users of ARIS

Type of publication

Professional book

Due July 2007

2007. XVIII, 364 p. Softcover

49,95 €

ISBN 978-1-84628-612-4


J.M. Deepen, Düsseldorf, Germany

Logistics Outsourcing Relationships

Measurement, Antecedents, and Effects of Logistics Outsourc-

ing Performance

In recent years, logistics outsourcing has gained in-creasing importance and today is used by a largenumber of firms across virtually all industries world-wide. Logistics service providers have developed awide array of services that are utilized to improve lo-gistics processes - and mainly to cut costs.This bookuses state-of-the-art scientific methods to reveal thatmost firms currently do not realize the full potentialof logistics outsourcing. It shows the complexity ofoutsourcing performance and that its true driverslie in the relationship between service providers andtheir customers. Through the results of a large-scaleempirical survey, the book also emphasizes the im-portance of a firm's approach towards outsourcing:solely striving for cost reductions may be a dead end,while the often overlooked increased logistics ser-vice levels are equally important for boosting logis-tics performance. In the light of current outsourc-ing practices, this indicates substantial room for im-provement for most firms.

Contents

Introduction.- Basic concepts.- Theoretical frame-work.- Antecedents and effects of logistics outsourc-ing performance.- Methodology and sample charac-teristics.- Construct operationalization.- Summaryand results.- Appendix: Questionnaire.

Fields of interest

Production/Logistics

Target groups

Scientists

Type of publication

Monograph

Due June 2007

2007. XIV, 350 p. 26 illus. (Contributions to Management Science)

Softcover

74,95 €

ISBN 978-3-7908-1916-8

K.F. Doerner, University of Vienna, Austria; M. Gendreau, CIRRELT,

Montreal, Canada; P. Greistorfer, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz,

Austria; W. Gutjahr, University of Vienna, Austria; R.F. Hartl, Uni-

versity of Vienna, Austria; M. Reimann, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

(Eds.)

Metaheuristics

Progress in Complex Systems Optimization

The aim of Metaheuristics: Progress in Complex Sys-tems Optimization is to provide several differentkinds of information: a delineation of general meta-heuristics methods, a number of state-of-the-art ar-ticles from a variety of well-known classical applica-tion areas as well as an outlook to modern computa-tional methods in promising new areas. Therefore,this book may equally serve as a textbook in gradu-ate courses for students, as a reference book for peo-ple interested in engineering or social sciences, andas a collection of new and promising avenues for re-searchers working in this field. Highlighted are re-cent developments in the areas of Simulated Anneal-ing, Path Relinking, Scatter Search, Tabu Search,Variable Neighborhood Search, Hyper-heuristics,Constraint Programming, Iterated Local Search,GRASP, bio-inspired algorithms like Genetic Al-gorithms, Memetic Algorithms, Ant Colony Opti-mization or Swarm Intelligence, and several otherparadigms.

Features

All papers in the volume are carefully peer-reviewedpapers, which include high-interest research papersand tutorials from top researchers A series of tuto-rials on developing areas in Metaheuristics are giv-en by some of the top researchers in Metaheuristics:Edmund Burke, Reuven Rubinstein, Eric Taillard,Gilles Pesant, Pierre Hansen, and Stefan Voß Thisbook may equally serve as a textbook in graduate [..]

Contents

General concepts, case studies and software tools.-Path relinking, scatter search, and tabu search.-Bio-inspired methods.- Special neighbourhoodparadigms.- Linear and non-linear models includingrelaxation methods.- Hybridization.- Multiobjective,dynamic and stochastic problems and parallel com-putation.- New research avenus and application ar-eas.

Fields of interest

Operation Research/Decision Theory; OperationsResearch, Mathematical Programming; ComputingMethodologies; Optimization; Mathematical Model-ing and Industrial Mathematics; Theory of Compu-tation

Target groups

Professors and students in engineering and socialsciences- some technically- able practitioners

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due September 2007

2007. XIV, 410 p. (Operations Research/Computer Science Inter-

faces Series, Vol. 39) Hardcover

99,95 €

ISBN 978-0-387-71919-1

H.A. Eiselt, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada;

C.-L. Sandblom, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

Linear Programming and its

Applications

This book presents a unified treatment of linear pro-gramming. Without sacrificing mathematical rig-or, the main emphasis of the book is on models andapplications. The most important classes of prob-lems are surveyed and presented by means of mathematical formulations, followed by solutionmethods and a discussion of a variety of "what-if"scenarios. Non-simplex based solution methods andnewer developments such as interior point methodsare covered along with a variety of approaches thatincorporate multiple objectives in the model.

Features

Extended chapter on all major areas of applicationsDetailed managerial sensitivity analyses With a smalland fully formulated case study and an extendedchapter that deals with models that incorporate mul-tiple objectives Reader will be able to understand themajor phases of the process: the formulation, solu-tion, and the interpretation of the results

Contents

Linear Algebra.- Computational Complexity.- Appli-cations.- The Simplex Method.- Duality.- Extensionsof the Simplex Method.- Postoptimality Analyses.-Non-Simplex Based Solution Methods.- Problem Re-formulations.- Multiobjective Programming.

Fields of interest

Operation Research/Decision Theory; OperationsResearch, Mathematical Programming; EngineeringEconomics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing

Target groups

Researchers, graduate students

Type of publication

Monograph

Due August 2007

2007. XIV, 380 p. 71 illus. Hardcover

99,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-73670-7


O. Falck, Ifo Institute of Economic Research, München, Germany

Emergence and Survival of New

Businesses

Econometric Analyses

Two very topical research questions are addressed inthis book: Which are the determinants of new busi-ness formation and their survival, and will businessstart-ups, especially in the service sector, create em-ployment and thereby generate growth? The analy-sis is based on a unique dataset consisting of the pop-ulation of all businesses with at least one employeeunder social security in Germany in all private in-dustries (manufacturing and services). State-of-the-art econometric techniques are used throughout thebook, taking into account the multi-dimensionalcharacter of the determinants. Using Germany as anexample, the book gives a comprehensive review onentrepreneurial activity, and draws the general con-clusion that new businesses should not be subsidizedwith a watering can.

Contents

Introduction, Overview, and Conclusions.- The Ef-fects of New Business Formation on Growth.- NewBusinesses and Regional Development.- New Busi-ness Formation by Industry over Space and Time.-New Business Survival by Industry over Space andTime.- Micro-Econometric Survival Analysis of NewBusinesses.

Fields of interest

Entrepreneurship; Industrial Organization; Econo-metrics

Target groups

Scientists

Type of publication

Monograph

Due July 2007

2007. VIII, 140 p. 13 illus. (Contributions to Management Science)

Softcover

54,95 €

ISBN 978-3-7908-1947-2

J. Filipe, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal/INSTICC, Portugal; J.

Cordeiro, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal/INSTICC, Portugal; V.

Pedrosa, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal/INSTICC, Portugal (Eds.)

Web Information Systems and

Technologies

International Conferences WEBIST 2005 and WEBIST 2006, Re-

vised Selected Papers

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 1st and 2nd International Con-ference on Web Information Systems and Technolo-gies, WEBIST 2005 and 2006, held in Miami, FL,USA, and Setubal, Portugal, respectively. The 30 re-vised full papers presented in this volume were care-fully reviewed and selected from more than 300 sub-missions overall. In addition, three keynote presen-tations are also included. The papers address all rel-evant aspects of web information systems technolo-gies and applications and are grouped into four partsabout internet technology; web interfaces and appli-cations; society, e-business and e-government; and e-learning.

Contents

Invited Papers - Part 1: Internet Technology - Part 2:Web Interfaces and Applications - Part 3: Society, E-Business and E-Government - Part 4: E-Learning.

Fields of interest

e-business and e-commerce; Information Systems;Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet);Computer Applications

Target groups

Researchers and libraries

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due August 2007

2007. XIII, 422 p. (Lecture Notes in Business Information Process-

ing, Vol. 1) Softcover

56,00 €

ISBN 978-3-540-74062-9

F. Franceschini, Politecnico di Torino, Italia; M. Galetto, Politecni-

co di Torino, Italia; D. Maisano, Politecnico di Torino, Italia

Management by Measurement

Designing Key Indicators and Performance Measurement Sys-

tems

A world that is changing faster and faster forcescompanies to a continuous performance monitor-ing. Indicators give the impression to be the real en-gine of organizations or even the economy at large.But performance indicators are not simple observa-tion tools. They can have a deep “normative” effect,which can modify organizational behaviour and in-fluence key decisions. Companies are what they mea-sure! The selection of good performance indicatorsis not an easy process. This monograph focuses onthe designing of a Performance Measurement System(PMS), knowing that “magic rules” to identify themdo not exist. Some indicators seem right and easy tomeasure, but have subtle, counter-productive conse-quences. Other indicators are more difficult to mea-sure, but focus the enterprise on those decisions andactions that are critical to success. This book suggestshow to identify indicators that achieve a balance inthese effects and enhance long-term profitability.

Features

Comprehensive monograph (in step with actualpractice) on the “art” of designing indicators neededfor performance management and quality control

Contents

Quality and process indicators.- Indicators critical-ities and curiosities.- The condition of uniquenessin process representation.- Performance indicatorsproperties.- Designing a performance measurementsystem.- Indicators, measurements, preferences andevaluations: A scheme of classification according tothe representational theory.

Fields of interest

Organization/Planning; Operation Research/Deci-sion Theory; Information Systems; Quality Control,Reliability, Safety and Risk

Target groups

Researchers and scholars; practitioners in qualitycontrol and general management

Type of publication

Monograph

Due August 2007

2007. XI, 242 p. 87 illus. Hardcover

79,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-73211-2


T.L. Friesz, Pennsylvania State University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

(Ed.)

Network Science, Nonlinear Science

and Infrastructure Systems

Network Science, Nonlinear Science and Infras-tructure Systems has been written by leading schol-ars in these areas. Its express purpose is to developcommon theoretical underpinnings to better solvemodern infrastructural problems. It is felt by manywho work in these fields that many modern com-munication problems, ranging from transportationnetworks to telecommunications, Internet, supplychains, etc., are fundamentally infrastructure prob-lems. Moreover, these infrastructure problems wouldbenefit greatly from a confluence of theoretical andmethodological work done with the areas of NetworkScience, Dynamical Systems and Nonlinear Science.This book is dedicated to the formulation of infras-tructural tools that will better solve these types of in-frastructural problems.

Features

There is much interest in infrastructural problemsthese days, including the complexities of transporta-tion, the Internet, supply chains, and many other in-frastructural networks. This interest has generatedmathematical modeling of physical and virtual in-frastructure that emphasizes the nonlinear and dy-namic nature of flow phenomena on infrastructurenetworks Will attract considerable attention among[..]

Contents

A revolution in infrastructure network research andengineering?.- Modeling large scale and complexinfrastructure systems as computable games.- Net-works and dynamics: the structure of the world welive in.- Differential variational inequalities with con-trols and state-dependent time shifts.- Characteri-zation and monitoring of nonlinear dynamics andchaos in manufacturing enterprise systems.- Evolu-tionary traffic flow landscapes: a fitness approach forITS management.- Network connectivity models:an overview and empirical applications in the space-economy.- An application of complex [..]

Fields of interest

Operation Research/Decision Theory; Regional Sci-ence; Economic Theory; Mathematical Modeling andIndustrial Mathematics; Communications Engineer-ing, Networks; Optimization

Target groups

Academic researchers, graduate students

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due August 2007

2007. VIII, 368 p. (International Series in Operations Research &


99,95 €

ISBN 978-0-387-71080-8

H. Gimpel, University of Karlsruhe, Germany

Preferences in Negotiations

The Attachment Effect

Negotiations are ubiquitous in business, politics,and private life. In many cases their outcome is ofgreat importance. Yet, negotiators frequently act ir-rationally and fail to reach mutually beneficial agree-ments. Cognitive biases like overconfidence, egocen-trism, and the mythical fixed pie illusion oftentimesforeclose profitable results. A further cognitive bias isthe attachment effect: Parties are influenced by theirsubjective expectations formed on account of theexchange of offers, they form reference points, andloss aversion potentially leads to a change of prefer-ences when expectations change. This book presentsa motivation, formalization, and substantiation ofthe attachment effect. Thereby, preferences and be-havior are approached from a microeconomic anda psychological perspective. Two experiments showclear evidence for a systematic bias. The results canbe used for prescriptive advice to negotiators: eitherfor debiasing or to systematically affect the counter-party.

Fields of interest

Operation Research/Decision Theory; Microeco-nomics; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav.Sciences; Behavioural Sciences; Psychology, general

Target groups

Scientists

Type of publication

Monograph

Due June 2007

2007. XIV, 268 p. 33 illus. (Lecture Notes in Economics and Math-


64,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-72225-0

M. Grabinski, University of Applied Sciences Neu-Ulm, Germany

Management Methods and Tools

This textbook includes the most important meth-ods and tools for managers and consultants. The au-thor does not restrict himself to describing the scien-tific methods but also shows how to apply them toreal-life situations. The management tools he intro-duces have been successfully tested during 20 yearsof experience. The various methods are describedand analysed in detail, and many examples illustratetheir application. Thus, the textbook gives a funda-mental and comprehensive insight into the practiceof successful management. It is clearly structuredand provides essential in-depth knowledge for stu-dents as well as for managers and consultants.

Features

Yet unpublished hints by an insider in managementconsulting

Contents

Introduction.- Business process modeling.- Balancedscorecard approach.- Controlling process.- Orga-nization.- Quantitative tools.- Operation's manage-ment.

Fields of interest

Programming Techniques; Business/ManagementScience, general; Finance /Banking; Management;Personnel Management

Target groups

This book is for Scientists, students and lecturersof business management at universities, colleges,academies and other institutions. As well as Man-agers, consultants and leaders in the field of industry,trade and banking business.

Type of publication

Professional book

Due July 2007

2007. 270 p. Softcover

29,90 €

ISBN 978-3-8349-0383-9


D. Grundel, Eglin AFB, FL, USA; R. Murphey, Eglin AFG, FL, USA; P.

Pardalos, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; O. Prokopyev,

University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA (Eds.)

Cooperative Systems

Control and Optimization

Cooperative systems are pervasive in a multitude ofenvironments and at all levels. We find them at themicroscopic biological level up to complex ecologicalstructures. They are found in single organisms andthey exist in large sociological organizations. Coop-erative systems can be found in machine applicationsand in situations involving man and machine work-ing together. They have some common elements: 1)more than one entity, 2) the entities have behaviorsthat influence the decision space, 3) entities share atleast one common objective, and 4) entities share in-formation whether actively or passively. Because ofthe clearly important role cooperative systems playin areas such as military sciences, biology, communi-cations, robotics, and economics, just to name a few,the study of cooperative systems has intensified. Thisbook provides an insight in the basic understandingof cooperative systems as well as in theory, modeling,and applications of cooperative control, optimizationand related problems.

Fields of interest

Operation Research/Decision Theory; Calculus ofVariations and Optimal Control; Optimization; Op-erations Research, Mathematical Programming; En-gineering, general

Target groups

Scientists

Type of publication

Monograph

Due March 2007

2007. IX, 403 p. 173 illus. (Lecture Notes in Economics and Math-


79,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-48270-3

A. Gustafsson, University of Karlstad, Sweden; A. Herrmann, Uni-

versity of St. Gallen, Switzerland; F. Huber, University of Mainz,

Germany (Eds.)

Conjoint Measurement

Methods and Applications

The book covers all recent developments in ConjointAnalysis. Leading scientists present theory and ap-plications of this technique. In short, the followingmodels, techniques, and applications are discussed:normative models that maximize return, extensionof choice-based conjoint simulations, latent class, hi-erarchical Bayes modelling, new choice simulators,normative models for representing competitive ac-tions and reactions (based on game theory), appli-cations in diverse areas, computation of monetaryequivalents of part worth, share/return optimisa-tion (including Pareto frontier analysis), coupling ofconjoint analysis with the perceptual and preferencemapping of choice simulator results.

Features

Latest developments in conjoint analysis which is themost important multivariate technique in marketingCovers all hot topics in the field

Contents

P.E. Green: Foreword.- Conjoint Analysis as an In-strument of Market Research Practice.- Measure-ment of Price Effects with Conjoint Analysis.- Mar-ket Simulation Using a Probabilistic Ideal VectorModel for Conjoint Data.- A Comparison of Con-joint Measurement with Self-Explicated Approach-es.- Non-geometric Plackett-Burman Designs inConjoint Analysis.- On the Influence of the Evalu-ation Methods in Conjoint Design.- EvolutionaryConjoint.- The Value of Extent-of-Preference Infor-mation in Choice-Based Conjoint Analysis.- A Mul-ti-trait Multi-method Validity Test of Partworth Es-timates.- [..]

Fields of interest

Marketing; Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathe-matical Finance/Insurance

Target groups

Researchers, graduate students, practitioners

Type of publication

Monograph

Due September 2007

2007. VII, 373 p. 39 illus. Hardcover

99,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-71403-3

G. Hanekamp, Europäische Akademie GmbH, Bad Neue-

nahr-Ahrweiler, Germany (Ed.)

Business Ethics of Innovation

Firms that operate in a market economy often de-pend upon innovations in order to achieve compet-itive advantages that sustainably secure their sur-vival. Business ethics is thus largely concerned withquestions about the decisional freedoms involvedin innovation processes. Innovations oftentimesraise novel questions about the role of the state orthe structure of society. Business ethics needs to pro-vide a framework for balancing the different perspec-tives, values, and interests at stake. This balance mustbe achieved at the level of the firm in order to facil-itate adequate long term decisions, but it should al-so be sought at higher, including regulatory, levels.Achieving this balance will require an ethical frame-work for entrepreneurial action. The particular disci-plines engaged in generating innovations as well asall relevant fields of applied ethics should be involvedin the balancing process. Business Ethics of Innova-tion is thus necessarily an interdisciplinary endeav-our. This volume [..]

Contents

Business Ethics of Innovation. An Introduction.-Corporate Ethics and Globalization. Global Rulesand Private Actors.- Research Priorities, Profits, andPublic Goods: The Case of Drug Resistant Disease.-Ethical Issues Associated with Pharmaceutical Inno-vation.- Corporate Responsibility for Innovation –A Citizenship Framework.- Access to Medicines andthe Innovation Dilemma.- IT Innovations and OpenSource: A Question of Business Ethics or BusinessModel?

Fields of interest

Ethics; Operation Research/Decision Theory; Engi-neering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Market-ing; Political Science; Philosophy; Economic Policy

Target groups

Researcher and scientists

Type of publication

Monograph

Due May 2007

2007. XV, 110 p. (Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment,

Vol. 31) Hardcover

49,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-72309-7


T. Harris, Lightwater, Surrey, UK

Collaborative Research and

Development Projects

A Practical Guide

A lot of time and money is invested in collaborativeresearch and development projects at universities,research institutes and companies. But how shouldthese complex projects be planned and run to cre-ate valuable commercial outcomes? This book is amanual for all individuals and organisations fromacademia and industry working together on researchand development projects. Whether grant fund-ed, company to company or academic to company,this inspiring and highly readable book covers win-ning grant support, the legal arrangements, workingwith academics and practitioners, managing projectprogress and exploiting the project results. The ex-amples, practical methods and tips in this book willnot only help the reader prepare for grant applica-tions, but more importantly help to achieve the bestresults and returns from every collaborative project.

Features

Guide to creating and running successful collabo-rative research and development projects Takes theproject team by the hand in the challenging ventureahead of them Helps industrial readers to under-stand the practicalities of working with academicsand it helps academic readers to understand the na-ture and expectations of their industrial partners

Contents

Foreword: Ray Browne.- Introduction.- The Natureof Grant Funding.- The Legal Agreements.- Prepar-ing to Start the Project.- Managing Project Progress.-Working with Academic Partners.- Working withIndustrial Partners.- Managing Problems.- Exploit-ing the Results.- Concluding Remarks.

Fields of interest

Management; Engineering, general; Computer Sci-ence, general; Biomedicine general; TechnologyManagement

Target groups

Researchers and practitioners, project managers

Type of publication

Professional book

Due April 2007

2007. XIII, 169 p. 16 illus. Hardcover

39,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-46052-7

K. Head, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Elements of Multinational Strategy

This textbook on international business integratesthe academic study of international trade and for-eign direct investment with the actual strategic andoperational decisions of exporters and multination-al enterprises. The book aims to merge managerialdecision making in the internationally oriented firmwith the conceptual tools provided by internation-al economics. The book proceeds as follows. Likemost firms, we begin with exportingand importing,and tackle issues raised by overseas investmentlater.We first analyze the gains from trade and then enu-merate themany costs of cross-border goods and ser-vice transactions. Next weapply the four elementsof multinational strategy - factor advantages,tradecosts, scale economies, and market sizes - to the deci-sion of whichmultinational form best suits each firm.We then take up issues of centralimportance to firmsthat invest overseas: exchange rate risk, politicalrisk,taxation, and expatriate assignments.

Features

The author is a well known scholar from SauderSchool of Business, Strategy and Business EconomicsDivision, University of British Columbia. He holdsthe HSBC Professorship of Asian Commerce and haspublished numerous articles on international busi-ness during the last years Other textbooks current-ly available often have a chapter on trade theory andanother on manufacturing locations, a chapter onforeign [..]

Contents

Business Across Borders.- Foreign Exchange.- GainsFrom Trade.- Factor Advantages.- Trade Costs.-Trade Rules.- Market Adaptation.- Internalization.-Multinational Formation.- Competitive Interac-tions.- International Taxation.- Political Analysisand Strategy.- Expatriate Assignment.

Fields of interest

Business/Management Science, general; Internation-al Economics; Management; Entrepreneurship; Re-gional Science

Target groups

Researchers and scholars

Type of publication

Monograph

Due September 2007

2007. XII, 208 p. 23 illus. Hardcover

74,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-44765-8

R. Hübner, McKinsey & Company Inc., Berlin

Strategic Supply Chain

Management in Process Industries

An Application to Specialty Chemicals Production Network

Design

More and more often practitioners in process indus-try have to adapt their global production networks tochanges in the competitive environment. A majori-ty of the supply network design models proposed byacademia does not sufficiently capture the econom-ic and technical questions that have to be resolved.This work seeks to provide the necessary operationsresearch decision support tools. It builds on the ex-ample of specialty chemicals industry, which faces astrong increase of competitive pressure and histori-cally grown production networks that typically lacka coherent design strategy. Decision makers have todefine a global production network re-design strat-egy. Therefore, the book proposes a planning pro-cess split into the two phases: global production net-work optimization and individual site selection. Tosupport the former a comprehensive Mixed-IntegerLinear Programming model is proposed while an ap-proach based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process issuggested for the latter. Findings from a case [..]

Contents

Introduction.- Production Network Design and Spe-cialty Chemicals.- Global Production Network Op-timization.- Evaluation of Individual ProductionSites.- Case Study Production Network Optimiza-tion.- Conclusion.

Fields of interest

Production/Logistics; Operation Research/DecisionTheory

Target groups

Scientists

Type of publication

Monograph

Due June 2007

2007. XII, 243 p. (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical

Systems, Vol. 594) Softcover

64,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-72180-2


M. Hülsmann, University of Bremen, Germany; K. Windt, Universi-

ty of Bremen, Germany (Eds.)

Understanding Autonomous

Cooperation and Control in

Logistics

The Impact of Autonomy on Management, Information, Com-

munication and Material Flow

One of the great challenges in flexible productionand supply chains is the availability of necessary in-formation at any time and any place. As a result ofincreasing dynamical and structural complexity ofstructures and processes in production it is oftenimpossible to make all necessary information avail-able to a central instance in real time and to performappropriate measures of control in terms of a de-fined target system. A fast and flexible adaptation tochanging basic conditions ought to be achieved byestablishing autonomous logistics processes. In thiscontext several fundamental questions concerningautonomous cooperating logistics processes were in-vestigated: The identification problem: What are au-tonomous logistics processes and how do they dif-fer from conventionally managed processes? The de-scription problem: Which changes will autonomycause in order processing? One of the first results is adefinition for the term autonomy for applications inengineering science. The constituent [..]

Features

Fast and flexible adaptations to changes of basic con-ditions can be achieved by establishing autonomouslogistics processes The constituent characteristicsof the definition for autonomy for applications inengineering science were considered in order to de-scribe autonomous logistic processes Requirementsfor modelling of autonomous processes as well as ap-propriate modelling methods were specified

Contents

Changing Paradigms in Logistics - Understandingthe Shift from Conventional Control to AutonomousCooperation and Control.- Fundamental Basics andConcepts of Autonomous Control and Coopera-tion.- Autonomous Control Methods for the Man-agement, Information and Communication Layer.-Autonomous Control Methods and Examples for theMaterial Flow Layer.

Fields of interest

Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics,Marketing; Production/Logistics; Information Sys-tems; e-business and e-commerce; Simulation andModeling

Target groups

Scientists, researchers, academics, corporates, practi-tioners, lecturers, tutors

Type of publication

Monograph

Due June 2007

2007. XXVIII, 417 p. 91 illus. Hardcover

129,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-47449-4

J. Jozefowska, Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland

Just-in-Time Scheduling

Models and Algorithms for Computer and Manufacturing Sys-

tems

Just-in-Time Scheduling: Models and Algorithms forReal Time Operating Systems is the first exposito-ry treatment surveying the theoretical work on com-puter systems models and algorithms utilized in just-in-time scheduling. With the impact of globalizationand supply chains on manufacturing, there are im-mense amounts of material flowing through supplychains at any given time worldwide. Therefore thescheduling of all the stages of material arriving at dif-ferent geographical points at precise times is a highlysignificant problem. Moreover, the theoretical workin this area has larger ramifications for operationalscheduling in many application areas. The schedul-ing models and algorithms presented and illustratedin the book will be done so in the context of exten-sive use of computer systems in a "real time context."The book will survey and synthesize all the researchin this topical area.

Features

Had its beginnings with Japanese manufacturers es-tablishing the paradigm in the 1980’s and set intomotion the inventory systems research that led tothe field of Supply Chain Management As the fieldof Supply Chain Management matured, maintainingthe precise flow of goods to maintain inventories ona 'just-in-time' basis remains a major challenge Hasdeveloped operating solutions that have applicationsin [..]

Contents

Preface.- Just-in-time concept in manufactur-ing and computer systems.- Methodologicalbackground.- Common due date.- Individual duedates.- Algorithms for schedule balancing.-References.- Subject Index.

Fields of interest

Production/Logistics; Management; Industrial andProduction Engineering; Engineering Economics,Organization, Logistics, Marketing; Operation Re-search/Decision Theory; Business/Management Sci-ence, general

Target groups

Academics, students and practitioners in manufac-turing

Type of publication

Monograph

Due August 2007

2007. XIV, 258 p. (International Series in Operations Research &


79,95 €

ISBN 978-0-387-71717-3

H. Jung, State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA; F.F. Chen, State

University, Blacksburg, VA, USA; B. Jeong, Yonsei University,

Seoul, Korea (Eds.)

Trends in Supply Chain Design and

Management

Technologies and Methodologies

New challenges in supply chain design and manage-ment emerged after the rapid development of infor-mation and network technologies and market re-quirements. Four of these new technologies are: Ra-dio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology;mobile transaction technology; information han-dling and storage technology; and multi-agent tech-nology. They can enable companies to change theirthinking about supply chain management to copewith these changes. New methodologies include: sus-tainable supply chain management, advanced supplychain planning, available-to-promise (ATP) systemsand lean supply chain design and management. Thisedited book describes new trends in supply chaindesign and management with an emphasis on tech-nologies and methodologies and contains guidelinesdetailing the real-world applications of these tech-nologies and methodologies. This book is of interestto researchers and practitioners and can also be usedas a reference handbook by lecturers and postgradu-ate students in this field.

Features

Describes new trends in supply chain design andmanagement with emphasis on technologies andmethodologies Each chapter contains guidelines de-tailing the real-world application(s) of the present-ed technologies and methodologies Compilation ofchapters written by active researchers and practition-ers in this field

Contents

Introduction: Overall Trends.- Trends in Technolo-gies.- Trends in Methodologies: Sustainable Sup-ply Chain.- Trends in Methodologies: Supply ChainPlanning.- Trends in Methodologies: Available-To-Promise (ATP).- Trends in Methodologies: LeanSupply Chain.

Fields of interest

Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics,Marketing; Production/Logistics; Management; Op-erating Procedures, Materials Treatment

Target groups

Researchers, practitioners, postgraduates and re-searchers

Type of publication

Monograph

Due March 2007

2007. XIII, 451 p. (Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing)

Hardcover

99,95 €

ISBN 978-1-84628-606-3


C. Kausch, Zurich, Switzerland

A Risk-Benefit Perspective on Early

Customer Integration

Customer integration in the early innovation phasehas been considered the method of choice in theo-ry and practice. Growing experience with the con-cept has shown unexpected side effects that mayeven outweigh its recognized advantages. Therefore,management needs to be able to assess in advancewhether the involvement of customers will add over-all value to each particular innovationproject. To support but not to replace the finalmanagerial decision, a mathematical formula is de-veloped. It can be applied to all kinds of pro-cess structures, takes into account the risks and ben-efits contingent on a company's situation as well asrisk-reducing and benefit-increasing measures andtranslates them into numerical values. The resultingfigure indicates the prospective value of customer in-tegration in a specific project.

Contents

Introduction.- Literature Review of Key Issues.- De-velopment of an Analysis Model for a Risk-BenefitBalance.- Case Studies on Early Customer Integra-tion.- Characteristics of Successful Early CustomerIntegration.- Managerial Recommendations for Ad-visable Envisaged Customer Integration.- Conclu-sion.

Fields of interest

Organization/Planning; Economic Theory; Technol-ogy Management

Target groups

Scientists, innovation managers

Type of publication

Monograph

Due August 2007

2007. XVI, 244 p. 49 illus. (Contributions to Management Science)

Softcover

64,95 €

ISBN 978-3-7908-1961-8

G. Kirchgässner, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland; J. Wolters,

Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Introduction to Modern Time Series

Analysis

This book presents modern developments in timeseries econometrics that are applied to macroeco-nomic and financial time series. It attempts to bridgethe gap between methods and realistic applications.This book contains the most important approach-es to analyse time series which may be stationary ornonstationary. Modelling and forecasting univariatetime series is the starting point. For multiple station-ary time series Granger causality tests and vector au-toregressive models are presented. For real appliedwork the modelling of nonstationary uni- or multi-variate time series is most important. Therefore, unitroot and cointegration analysis as well as vector er-ror correction models play a central part. Modellingvolatilities of financial time series with autoregressiveconditional heteroskedastic models is also treated.

Features

Presents recent and modern methods of time serieseconometrics Combines methods with real world ap-plications

Contents

Introduction and Basics.- Univariate Stationary Pro-cesses.- Granger Causality.- Vector AutoregressiveProcesses.- Nonstationary Processes.- Cointegra-tion.- Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedastici-ty.

Fields of interest

Econometrics; Statistics for Business/Eco-nomics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance

Target groups

Students, researchers

Type of publication

Monograph

Due August 2007


79,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-73290-7

N. Kock, Texas A & M International University, Laredo, TX, USA

(Ed.)

Information Systems Action

Research

An Applied View of Emerging Concepts and Methods

Information Systems Action Research is organizedinto three parts: (1) The first part focuses on themethodological issues that arise when action re-search methods are conducted. (2) The second partprovides examples of action research in practice.(3) The third part will summarize the philosophicalfoundations of action research and its applicationas a methodology in Information Systems researchand research programs. The book will include chap-ters from Europe, Australasia, and the Americas rep-resenting different traditions and perspectives in ac-tion research. These chapters will come from promi-nent scholars in the areas, who are widely recognizedas authors of seminal ideas in action research.

Features

The book will be positioned well in the Informa-tion Systems/Information Technology market. Thelargest consumers of IS research are businesses andorganization that employ information technologyand systems to support many of their business/orga-nizational functions including finance, marketing,order-taking, production, supply chain management,human resources, and other services Current IS re-search is [..]

Contents

Contributing authors.- Foreword.- Preface.-Methodological issues.- Action research: its natureand validity.- The structure of power in action re-search projects.- Action is an artifact: what action re-search and design science offer to each other.- Ac-tion research and design in information systems: twofaces of a single coin.- The three threats of organiza-tional action research: their nature and related anti-dotes.- Driven by two masters, serving both: the in-terplay of problem solving and research in informa-tion systems action research projects.- IS action re-search in practice.- Story [..]

Fields of interest

Information Systems; e-business and e-commerce;Management; Information Systems Applications(incl.Internet); Management of Computing and In-formation Systems; Information Systems and Com-munication Service

Target groups

Students and researchers

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due July 2007

2007. XXV, 425 p. (Integrated Series in Information Systems, Vol.

13) Hardcover

84,95 €

ISBN 978-0-387-36059-1


R. Koop, Sogeti Nederlands BV, Diemen, The Netherlands; E.

Muris, Sogeti Nederlands BV, Diemen, The Netherlands

Successfully Implementing

Microsoft Dynamics™

By Using the Regatta® Approach for Microsoft Dynamics™

Does the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics™contribute to the goals of your company? Does yourcompany itself have the capacity to build a bridgebetween the Business and IT? Can your employeesadopt a flexible attitude on all the related changes ?And, probably even more important, is that whatthey are also willing to do? If you are striving for afull-hearted yes to these questions, this is the bookfor you. Regatta Dynamics, our methodology for thestructured implementation of Microsoft Dynam-ics™, is based on our firm belief that when you im-plement Microsoft Dynamics™ there must be a bal-ance between the Business and IT. The consistencyand cohesion between the different underlying workstreams are hereby of overriding importance for theultimate result. In this book, we answer the questionsmentioned above and describe pragmatically the fullimplementation process from A to Z. Emphasis isplaced on the organizational component of the im-plementation process and the cohesion with func-tional [..]

Features

Learn from SOGETI, a Microsoft Gold Partner, howto implement Microsoft Dynamics™ Combine Prod-uct Knowledge about Microsoft Dynamics™ withKnowledge about the SOGETI Regatta® Implementa-tion Process

Contents

Part I - Background and Theory: 1) ImplementingMicrosoft Dynamics - 2) The Regatta for DynamicsModel.- Part II - Regatta for Dynamics in Practice:3) Model Process Cluster - 4) Map Process Cluster -5) Customize Process Cluster - 6) Integrate ProcessCluster.- Appendix, Glossary, References.

Fields of interest

Management of Computing and Information Sys-tems; Information Systems; Information SystemsApplications (incl.Internet); Technology Manage-ment; Computer Appl. in Administrative Data Pro-cessing

Target groups

Professional software developers, consultants,project managers

Type of publication

Professional book

Due May 2007

2007. IX, 225 p. 35 illus. Hardcover

44,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-71592-4

E.A. Langenberg, Siemens Ltd., Nanjing, China

Guanxi and Business Strategy

Theory and Implications for Multinational Companies in China

"Guanxi and Business Strategy" elaborates upon atopic of paramount importance to both academ-ic scholars and managers doing business with Chi-na: the impact of personal relationships (guanxi)on business affairs. In the Chinese cultural and so-cio-economic environment, how are the ubiqui-tous practices of guanxi to be considered in en-trepreneurial strategies? Rather than explaining theemergence of guanxi and its persistence – in spiteof the existence of a market economy – with Confu-cianism, the author applies the phenomenon to themethodology of New Economic Sociology. By inte-grating guanxi into a business context, he shows thatthe commercial utilization of guanxi with suppliers,customers, competitors and authorities yields signif-icant sustainable competitive advantages. As guanxipractices, however, may pose risks to unsus-pecting managers, guanxi-based business strategiesare also assessed in terms of compliance with legaland ethical standards.

Contents

Introduction: The Ubiquitous Phenomenon ofGuanxi; Review of Previous Research; Methodolog-ical Considerations.- The Guanxi System: The Cul-tural Embeddedness Argument; ConceptualizingGuanxi; Transitory Considerations.- Guanxi-BasedBusiness Strategies: What Is Strategy? The Role ofSustainable Competitive Advantage; Typology ofGuanxi-Based Business Strategies; Notes on Strate-gy Implementation.- Discussion: Assessment from aLegal Perspective; Implications for Business Ethics;Outlook: Durability of Results.

Fields of interest

Business/Management Science, general; Regionaland Cultural Studies; Entrepreneurship

Target groups

Researchers and scholars, as well as employees ofcompanies which are active in China

Type of publication

Monograph

Due May 2007

2007. XIV, 226 p. 24 illus. (Contributions to Management Science)

Softcover

59,95 €

ISBN 978-3-7908-1955-7

F.J.v.d. Linden, Philips Medical Systems, Best, The Netherlands;

K. Schmid, Universität Hildesheim, Germany; E. Rommes, Philips

Research, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Software Product Lines in Action

The Best Industrial Practice in Product Line Engineering

Software product lines represent perhaps the mostexciting paradigm shift in software developmentsince the advent of high-level programming lan-guages. Nowhere else in software engineering havewe seen such breathtaking improvements in cost,quality, time to market, and developer productivity,often registering in the order-of-magnitude range.While the underlying concepts are straightforwardenough – building a family of related products orsystems by planned and careful reuse of a base ofgeneralized software development assets – the devilcan be in the details, as successful product line prac-tice can involve organizational change, business pro-cess change, and technology change. The authorsideally combine academic research results with in-dustrial real-world experiences, thus presenting abroad view on product line engineering so that bothmanagers and technical specialists will benefit fromreading it. After presenting a common frameworkfor the description of the industrial case studies, they[..]

Features

Learn from expert experience how to do it right andhow to avoid pitfalls Gain information about thefirst steps in transitioning to or improving the prod-uct line approach in your organization Benefit fromthe largest collection of experiential software prod-uct line reports ever gathered in one reference Frompractitioners to practitioners – the authors workedon many product line projects and had insight in [..]

Contents

Part I - Aspects of Software Product Line Engineer-ing: 1) The Product Line Engineering Approach. 2)Business. 3) Architecture. 4) Process. 5) Organisa-tion. 6) The Family Evaluation Framework.- Part II -Experience Reports: 7) Experiences in Product LineEngineering. 8) Akvasmart. 9) Bosch Gasoline Sys-tems. 10) DNV Software. 11) market maker SoftwareAG. 12) Nokia Mobile Phones. 13) Nokia Networks.14) Philips Consumer Electronics Software for Tele-visions. 15) Philips Medical Systems. 16) SiemensMedical Solutions. 17) Telvent.- Part III - Conclu-sions: 18) Analysis. 19) Starting with [..]

Fields of interest

Software Engineering; Information Systems; Tech-nology Management; Information Systems Applica-tions (incl.Internet); Management of Computing andInformation Systems

Target groups

Professionals

Type of publication

Professional book

Due June 2007

2007. XX, 333 p. 90 illus. Hardcover

49,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-71436-1


I. Linkov, INTERTOX Inc., Boston, Massachusetts and Seattle, WA,

USA; G.A. Kiker, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; R.J.

Wenning, ENVIRON International Corporation, San Francisco, CA,

USA (Eds.)

Environmental Security in Harbors

and Coastal Areas

Management Using Comparative Risk Assessment and Mul-

ti-Criteria Decision Analysis

Human experience has shown how great cities, na-tions, and empires have either collapsed or retiredfrom their predominant stature when natural re-sources are depleted to an extent that exceeds theability of the environment to restore or replenishtheir supply. This book explores the challenges fac-ing coastal areas during the next few decades andthe difficult decisions needed to prevent a repeat ofthe past. Establishing, maintaining or enhancing asense of environmental security in different coastalregions and improving the management of criticalinfrastructure will require (i) matching human de-mands with available environmental resources; (ii)recognition of environmental security threats and in-frastructure vulnerabilities; and, (iii) identification ofthe range of available options for preventing and/orminimizing natural disasters, technological failures,and/or terror actions. This book emphasizes beliefsthat the convergence of seemingly disparate view-points and often uncertain and limited [..]

Features

State-of-the-science approach to current environ-mental issues Balanced international perspectives,including developing countries Use of advancedquantitative tools to address policy problems Riskassessment and decision analysis applications Casestudies in the use of risk assessment and MCDA

Contents

From the contents Preface. Acknowledgements.-Part 1. Environmental Security: Regulatory Needsand Tools.- Part 2. Coastal Areas: Challenges and So-lutions.- Part 3. Applications of Multi-Criteria De-cision Analysis.- Part 4. Applications of Risk Assess-ment.- Part 5. Case Studies in Environmental Securi-ty Analysis.- List of Participants.- Author Index.

Fields of interest

Environmental Management; Operation Re-search/Decision Theory; Environmental Economics;Math. Appl. in Environmental Science

Target groups

Environmental scientists, Civil, Environmental andBioenvironmental Engineers, Environmental andnatural resource planners and managers, Risk assess-ment and decision analysts, Environmental policydecision-makers, Professors (can be supplementaltext to graduate courses), Coastal Industry port man-agers

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due March 2007

2007. XIII, 492 p. (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C:

Environmental Security) Hardcover

179,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-5800-4

I. Linkov, INTERTOX Inc., Boston, Massachusetts and Seattle, WA,

USA; G.A. Kiker, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; R.J.

Wenning, ENVIRON International Corporation, San Francisco, CA,

USA (Eds.)

Environmental Security in Harbors

and Coastal Areas

Management Using Comparative Risk Assessment and Mul-

ti-Criteria Decision Analysis

Human experience has shown how great cities, na-tions, and empires have either collapsed or retiredfrom their predominant stature when natural re-sources are depleted to an extent that exceeds theability of the environment to restore or replenishtheir supply. This book explores the challenges fac-ing coastal areas during the next few decades andthe difficult decisions needed to prevent a repeat ofthe past. Establishing, maintaining or enhancing asense of environmental security in different coastalregions and improving the management of criticalinfrastructure will require (i) matching human de-mands with available environmental resources; (ii)recognition of environmental security threats and in-frastructure vulnerabilities; and, (iii) identification ofthe range of available options for preventing and/orminimizing natural disasters, technological failures,and/or terror actions. This book emphasizes beliefsthat the convergence of seemingly disparate view-points and often uncertain and limited [..]

Features

State-of-the-science approach to current environ-mental issues Balanced international perspectives,including developing countries Use of advancedquantitative tools to address policy problems Riskassessment and decision analysis applications Casestudies in the use of risk assessment and MCDA

Contents

From the contents Preface. Acknowledgements.-Part 1. Environmental Security: Regulatory Needsand Tools.- Part 2. Coastal Areas: Challenges and So-lutions.- Part 3. Applications of Multi-Criteria De-cision Analysis.- Part 4. Applications of Risk Assess-ment.- Part 5. Case Studies in Environmental Securi-ty Analysis.- List of Participants.- Author Index.

Fields of interest

Environmental Management; Operation Re-search/Decision Theory; Environmental Economics;Math. Appl. in Environmental Science

Target groups

Environmental scientists, Civil, Environmental andBioenvironmental Engineers, Environmental andnatural resource planners and managers, Risk assess-ment and decision analysts, Environmental policydecision-makers, Professors (can be supplementaltext to graduate courses), Coastal Industry port man-agers

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due March 2007

2007. XIII, 492 p. (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C:

Environmental Security) Softcover

79,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-5801-1

J. Mahlich, Austrian Economic Chamber, Vienna, Austria; W.

Pascha, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany (Eds.)

Innovation and Technology in

Korea

Challenges of a Newly Advanced Economy

Only inadequately perceived by the Western pub-lic, Korea has transformed into an economic heavyweight during recent decades. The Korean govern-ment believes it can turn it into one of the top 10competitive economies until 2010. This goal doesnot sound overambitious as Korea has undergonetremendous efforts in order to forge ahead in thefield of research and development. In some high techindustries, Korean firms have advanced into leadingplayers in the global market place and are increas-ingly challenging their international competitors.Against this background, the volume offers an in-depth analysis of the Korean innovation system andshows how its science and technology policies actu-ally work. As Korea’s economy is now reaching thestatus of a newly advanced economy, the book alsotakes a close look on ongoing structural changes inthe course of economic globalization.

Features

Korea's technological development and catching-upfrom an economic perspective Strategic aspects ofKorea's innovation system Various approaches: gen-eral economic, industry-specific as well as cross-sec-tional

Contents

Part I: General Surveys.- Part II: Cross-cutting Is-sues.- Part III: Sectoral Issues.

Fields of interest

R & D/Technology Policy; Technology Management;Development Economics

Target groups

Researchers and professionals interested in Asianeconomies

Type of publication

Monograph

Due April 2007


69,95 €

ISBN 978-3-7908-1913-7


R. Maier, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Austria

Knowledge Management Systems

Information and Communication Technologies for Knowledge

Management

Information and knowledge have profoundly trans-formed businesses, organizations and society.Knowledge management promises concepts and in-struments that help organizations to provide an envi-ronment supportive of knowledge creation, sharingand application. Information and communicationtechnologies are often regarded as the enabler for theeffective and especially efficient implementation ofknowledge management. The book presents an al-most encyclopedic treatise of the many importantfacets, concepts and theories that have influencedknowledge management and integrates them into aframework consisting of strategy, organization, sys-tems and economics guiding the design of success-ful initiatives. The third edition particularly extendscoverage of the two pillars of implementing knowl-edge management initiatives, i.e. organization andsystems.

Features

Presents the conceptual roots of knowledge manage-ment and knowledge management systems Identifieskey strategic issues of knowledge management andlinks it to corporate strategy Gives guideliness for or-ganisational design of knowledge management ini-tiatives

Contents

Introduction: Motivation.- Goals.- Procedure, Meth-ods and Overview.- Concepts and Theories: Foun-dation.- Strategy.- Organization.- Systems.- Eco-nomics.- Summary and Critical Reflection.- State ofPractice: Related Empirical Studies.- Research De-sign.- Strategy and Environment.- Organization.-Systems.- Economics.- Summary and Critical Reflec-tion.- Conclusion and Outlook: Scenarios.- Outlook.

Fields of interest

Information Systems; Information Systems Applica-tions (incl.Internet); Organization/Planning

Target groups

Researchers, graduate students

Type of publication

Monograph

Due June 2007


169,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-71407-1

R.S. Mamon, The University of Western Ontario, Canada; R.J. El-

liott, University of Calgary, AB, Canada (Eds.)

Hidden Markov Models in Finance

A number of methodologies have been employedto provide decision making solutions to a whole as-sortment of financial problems in today's globalizedmarkets. Hidden Markov Models in Finance by Ma-mon and Elliott will be the first systematic applica-tion of these methods to some special kinds of fi-nancial problems; namely, pricing options and vari-ance swaps, valuation of life insurance policies, in-terest rate theory, credit risk modeling, risk manage-ment, analysis of future demand and inventory level,testing foreign exchange rate hypothesis, and earlywarning systems for currency crises. This book pro-vides researchers and practitioners with analyses thatallow them to sort through the random "noise" of fi-nancial markets (i.e., turbulence, volatility, emotion,chaotic events, etc.) and analyze the fundamentalcomponents of economic markets. Hence, HiddenMarkov Models in Finance provides decision makerswith a clear, accurate picture of core financial com-ponents by filtering out the random noise in [..]

Features

Robert J. Elliott is a distinguished research professorwho has developed the area of Hidden Markov Mod-els and Rogemar Mamon is a young researcher whois focusing his research efforts in this area. RobertElliott has published exclusively in the area of Hid-den Markov Models, and he is the author of lead-ing books in the field — Hidden Markov Modelsand Mathematics of Financial Markets Leading re-searchers have [..]

Contents

Exact solution of the term structure of interest ratesunder regime-switching risk.- Term structure ofinterest rates in a hidden Markov setting.- Fairvaluation of participating life insurance policieswith regime-switching.- Pricing options and vari-ance swaps in Markov-modulated Brownian mar-kets.- Smoothed parameter estimation for a hiddenMarkov model of credit quality.- Expected shortfallunder a model with market and credit risks.- Filter-ing of hidden Markov chain-discrete range observa-tions.- Filtering of a partially observed inventory sys-tem.- Empirical investigation of the [..]

Fields of interest

Operation Research/Decision Theory; Finance /Banking; Mathematical Modeling and IndustrialMathematics; Probability Theory and Stochastic Pro-cesses; Business/Management Science, general; Op-erations Research, Mathematical Programming

Target groups

Academic researchers, graduate students, and techni-cally competent practitioners

Type of publication

Handbook

Due April 2007

2007. XIX, 184 p. (International Series in Operations Research &


74,95 €

ISBN 978-0-387-71081-5

I. Matthäus-Maier, KfW, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; J.D.v. Pis-

chke, Reston, VA, USA (Eds.)

Microfinance Investment Funds

Leveraging Private Capital for Economic Growth and Poverty

Reduction

Microfinance investment funds are a recent develop-ment that will grow in importance. These funds ex-pand the range of opportunities for financing micro-finance institutions, enabling them to offer greateroutreach and diversity of products for microen-trepreneurs and small businesses. Microfinance nowspans the range of finance, from the most simple en-terprise to the complexity of capital markets. KfWactively promotes microfinance investment fundsand other activities that facilitate the growth of mi-crofinance. This book is an expression of KfW's roleas information broker and trend setter. The authorswho contributed to this collection offer a compre-hensive range of perspectives and themes related tomicrofinance investment and its promotion.

Features

First-ever editorial volume on microfinance invest-ment funds Wide and unique range of perspectivesand voices in the field of microfinance Special fea-tures include an overview on the market for invest-ment in microfinance, the risk assessment of micro-finance, foreign exchange risk, and corporate gover-nance

Contents

Introductory Remarks: The Purpose of Our En-deavour.- Microfinance Investment Funds: WhereWealth Creation Meets Poverty Reduction.- TheMarket for Investment in Microfinance: Microfi-nance Investment Funds: Objectives, Players, Poten-tial.- The Market for Microfinance Foreign Invest-ment: Opportunities and Challenges.- Micro-bub-ble or Macro-immunity? Risk and Return in Micro-finance: Lessons from Recent Crises in Latin Amer-ica.- ProCredit Banks in Southeast Europe: Success-ful Public-Private Partnership in Microfinance.- Riskand Governance in Microfinance Investment: Com-mercial Investment [..]

Fields of interest

Finance /Banking; Development Economics; Finan-cial Economics

Target groups

Professionals in banks and financial institutionsas well as in development assistance agencies; re-searchers

Type of publication

Monograph

Due June 2007

2007. XIII, 290 p. 12 illus. Softcover

34,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-72423-0


C.R. McInerney, Rutgers, The Stae University of New Jersey, New

Brunswick, NJ, USA; R.E. Day, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN,

USA (Eds.)

Rethinking Knowledge

Management

From Knowledge Objects to Knowledge Processes

Rethinking Knowledge Management: From Knowl-edge Objects to Knowledge Processes readdress-es fundamental issues in knowledge management,leading to a new area of study: knowledge process-es. These integrate research across a variety of fields,thus reasserting the fundamental insights of knowl-edge management in organizations and societies.Knowledge processes go far beyond traditional infor-mation acquisition and processing by stressing theimportance and creative potential of human expres-sion, communication, and learning for successfuleconomic planning and meaningful personal and so-cial existence. McInerney’s and Day’s superb authorsfrom various disciplines offer new and exciting viewson knowledge acquisition, generation, sharing andmanagement in a post-industrial environment. Theircontributions discuss problems of knowledge acqui-sition, handling, and learning from a variety of per-spectives. Rather than the traditional notion of storesof knowledge that we hold in our mind, the view pre-sented in [..]

Contents

Conversations for Reflection (M. Aakhus) - An Ac-tivity Centered Framework for Knowledge Manage-ment (S. Gourlay) - Trust and Knowledge Sharing inOrganizations (C. McInerney, S. Mohr) - The Prac-tice Gap (C. Simard, R. E. Rice) - Can Organizationsreally unlearn ? (E. Turc, Ph. Baumard) - ManagingKnowledge for Innovation (J. Swan) - Where andWhen was Knowledge managed (E. Davenport, K.Horton) - Knowledge Processes and Communica-tion Dynamics in Mobile Telework (D. Hislop) - TheCritical Role of the Librarian /Information Officer asBoundary Spanner across Cultures (R. M. Maseon)- [..]

Fields of interest

Library Science; Organization/Planning; Informa-tion Systems and Communication Service; Sociology;Computers and Society

Target groups

Libraries, researchers in knowledge and informationmanagement, information scientists

Type of publication

Monograph

Due June 2007

2007. XII, 370 p. 14 illus (Information Science and Knowledge

Management, Vol. 12) Hardcover

99,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-71010-3

J. McIntyre-Mills, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia (Ed.)

Systemic Governance and

Accountability

Working and Re-Working the Conceptual and Spatial Bound-

aries

Systemic Governance addresses accounting and ac-countability and develops conceptual tools to en-hance the capacity of policy makers and managers.The structures and processes of international rela-tions and governance need to be re-considered toallow diversity to the extent that is does not under-mine the freedoms of others. The book makes a pleafor systemic governance. Policy makers and man-agers need to work with rather than within theoreti-cal and methodological frameworks to achieve multi-dimensional and multilayered policy decisions. Con-ceptual tools can be used to enhance systemic gov-ernance. The closest we can get to truth is throughcompassionate dialogue that explores paradoxes andconsiders the rights and responsibilities of caretak-ers. Case studies and conceptual tools enliven thetext.

Features

Follows a practical approach including case studiesand conceptual tools

Contents

Working and Reworking the Boundaries of Knowl-edge International Relations and Governance.- Sys-temic Governance: From Mode 1 to Mode 2 Con-sciousness and Praxis.- Knowledge, Identity and Cul-ture: Molar and Molecular Identity and Politics.-Subsidiarity, Sustainable Governance and Regional-ism.- Design of Inquiring System for Governance.-Capacity Building for Both Strong and Weak Re-gions and States.- Structures and Processes for Sys-temic Governance: Reworking Subsidiarity.- Conclu-sion: Appreciating Complexity When Making PublicPolicy Through Systemic Learning and Lived Experi-ence.

Fields of interest

Business/Management Science, general; Political Sci-ence; Political Philosophy

Target groups

Students and members of professional associationsin the field of systems sciences, public policy andmanagement, politics and international relations

Type of publication

Monograph

Due March 2007

2006. XLIX, 437 p. (C. West Churchman's Legacy and Related

Works, Vol. 3) Hardcover

119,95 €

ISBN 978-0-387-48671-0

N.R. Milton, Epistemics, Strelley Hall, Nottingham, UK

Knowledge Acquisition in Practice

A Step-by-step Guide

Recent years have seen an upsurge of interest inknowledge. Leading organisations now recognise theimportance of identifying what they know, sharingwhat they know and using what they know for max-imum benefit. Many organisations employ knowl-edge engineers to capture knowledge from expertsusing the principles and techniques of knowledge en-gineering. The emphasis is on a structured approachbuilt on a sound understanding of the psychology ofexpertise and making use of knowledge modellingmethods and the latest web technologies. KnowledgeAcquisition Projects is the first book to provide a de-tailed step-by-step guide to the methods and practi-cal aspects of acquiring, modelling, storing and shar-ing knowledge. The reader is led through 47 stepsfrom the inception of a project to its successful con-clusion. Each step is described in terms of the rea-sons for the step, the required resources, the activi-ties to be undertaken, and the solutions to commonproblems. In addition, each step has a checklist [..]

Features

Only book to present a step-by-step guide that walksthe reader through a knowledge acquisition project,presenting a methodology that can be used for anyarea of expertise and any type of expert Will enablethe reader to identify, capture, store and dissemi-nate expertise that is vital to an organisation in an ef-ficient and effective manner that minimises the re-sources required whilst maximising the use and [..]

Contents

Introduction.- Overview of the Step-by-step Proce-dure.- Start, Scope and Plan the Project.- Initial Cap-ture and Modelling.- Detailed Capture and Mod-elling.- Share the Stored Knowledge.- Implementa-tion Issues.

Fields of interest

Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics,Marketing; Information Systems; Systems and Infor-mation Theory in Engineering

Target groups

Knowledge engineers; knowledge workers; chiefknowledge officers; ontological engineers

Type of publication

Manual

Due June 2007

2007. XI, 176 p. (Decision Engineering) Hardcover

69,95 €

ISBN 978-1-84628-860-9


P. Mir-Artigues, University of Lleida, Spain; J. González-Calvet,

University of Barcelona, Spain

Funds, Flows and Time

An Alternative Approach to the Microeconomic Analysis of

Productive Activities

This book deals with concepts of microeconomicproduction theory, using the fund-flow model ofNicholas Georgescu-Roegen as a basic reference.This long-neglected model allows for a representa-tion of productive operations that incorporates thetime dimension and can be easily accommodated toempirical application. Through a detailed analysis ofthe organization of productive processes, the authorsestablish a link between the practical tools of processtiming optimisation used in operational research,and the fund-flow model. In addition, they go be-yond the original model by extending the analysis toservice activities, making special reference to trans-port operations and the development of informationassets. The book sheds new light on long-establishedconcepts of microeconomic production theory andcombines general theoretical analysis with referencesto management tools.

Contents

Anatomy of the production pro-cess.- Productive deployment of ele-mentary processes.- Characteristics of line pro-cess.- The fund-flow model and the produc-tion function.- The fund-flow model and service ac-tivities.- Costs.

Fields of interest

Microeconomics; Production/Logistics; EngineeringEconomics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing

Target groups

Scientists, graduate students

Type of publication

Monograph

Due May 2007

2007. XVII, 263 p. 73 illus. Hardcover

84,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-71290-9

M. Müller-Bungart, CTcon GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany

Revenue Management with Flexible

Products

Models and Methods for the Broadcasting Industry

Remarkable features of revenue management (RM)problems in the cargo, manufacturing and broad-casting industries are so-called flexible products."Flexibility" means that the actual mode of produc-tion is not defined at the time of purchase, but canbe chosen later on by the service provider. This bookis among the first to analyze RM problems with flex-ible products and RM in broadcasting companies.The implications of flexibility are explicitly taken in-to account in the models and methods presented.As an aside, the book contains descriptions of algo-rithms to generate stochastic demand data streamsfor general RM problems. An implementation asa Microsoft Windows executable file is available,which can directly be used both by theoreticians andpractitioners in their own simulation studies. Thisbook will be of great value for researchers, managersand students interested in RM with flexible productsin general and broadcasting companies in particular.

Contents

Defining Revenue Management.- Capacity Controland Overbooking.- Recent Advances in RevenueManagement.- Evaluating Revenue ManagementTechniques: Instance Generation.- Simulation ofStochastic Demand Data Streams.- Revenue Man-agement in Broadcasting Companies.- Conclusion.

Fields of interest

Management; Operation Research/Decision Theory;Media Management; Marketing

Target groups

Scientists

Type of publication

Monograph

Due June 2007

2007. XXI, 297 p., 15 illus. (Lecture Notes in Economics and Math-


69,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-72315-8

M. Mütze, Mütze Korsch Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH,

Düsseldorf; Th. Senff, Mütze Korsch Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft

mbH, Düsseldorf; J.C. Möller, Mütze Korsch Rechtsanwaltsge-

sellschaft mbH, Düsseldorf (Eds.)

Real Estate Investments in Germany

Transactions and Development

The real estate market in Germany is on the move.Not only are major real estate portfolios changinghands but a considerable number of small portfo-lios and individual properties are also being devel-oped and sold. Against this backdrop, this publica-tion provides investors and project developers withpractical explanations of the legal, tax and economicrequirements surrounding real estate investments inGermany.

Features

Concise and relevant legal advice to manage andevaluate real estate projects or transactions in Ger-many

Contents

Zoning Law.- Building Regulations.- ProfitabilityAspects of the Investment.- Financing and Securi-ties.- Purchase Contract.- Design and Project Man-agement.- Construction Contract.- Lease Agree-ments.- Facility Management.- Public Procurementand PPP.- German Tax Environment of Real Es-tate.- Taxation along the Life Cycle of an Invest-ment.- Open-End and Closed-End Funds and RealEstate.- Verordnung über Grundsätze für Ermittlungder Verkehrswerte von Grundstücken (Wertermit-tlungsverordnung - WertV).- Vergabe- und Vertrag-sordnung für Bauleistungen (VOB) Teil B.

Fields of interest

International & Foreign Law; Management; Com-mercial Law

Target groups

Foreign investors, project developers, attorneys, con-sultants

Type of publication

Monograph

Due June 2007

2007. XXV, 362 p. Hardcover

69,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-72178-9


P.M. Panteghini, University of Brescia, Italy

Corporate Taxation in a Dynamic

World

This book analyzes the economic principles of mod-ern corporate taxation. With respect to the existingproducts it represents a novelty in at least two re-spects. First of all, it analyzes not only the effects oftaxation on firms' marginal choices, but also focuseson the impact of taxation on discrete choices, such asplant location, R and D investment, and new market-ing programs. The second novelty is represented bythe application of option pricing techniques to cor-porate taxation. To give an idea of the importance ofoptions it is sufficient to say that managers are awarethat new business programs are an opportunity andnot an obligation. This means that they behave asif they owned option-rights. Due to the partial irre-versibility of their choices, they know that the exer-cise of such options reduces their business flexibility.

Features

Focuses on the impact of taxation on decisions likeplant location, R and D investment, and new market-ing programs Applies option pricing techniques tocorporate taxation

Contents

Basic issues: The real option approach.- The en-trepreneurial decision.- The choice of the organiza-tional form.- The tax treatment of debt financing.-Foreign Direct Investment and tax avoidance.- Poli-cy issues: Corporate tax base options.- Broad or nar-row bases?- Risk-adjusted or risk-free imputationrate?- Full loss offset or no-loss offset?- R-based orS-based taxation?- Conclusions and topics for futureresearch.

Fields of interest

Public Finance; Business Taxation

Target groups

Researchers

Type of publication

Monograph

Due May 2007


79,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-71405-7

S. Povaly, JP Morgan, London, UK

Private Equity Exits

Divestment Process Management for Leveraged Buyouts

Private Equity Exits provides the first comprehensiveanalysis of private equity divestment processes – so-called 'exits' – for European buyouts. The work is de-signed as a compendium of current scientific knowl-edge on portfolio company exits and also providesdeeper insights into various aspects of divestmentprocesses, which is underpinned by own extensiveempirical analysis and findings. Examining the ef-ficiency of exits, this book offers recommendationsand guidelines for an integrated and exit-orientedprivate equity portfolio management and providesa detailed assessment of exit decision drivers. Find-ings contribute to a clearer understanding and betterpredictability of exit behavior. The work highlightsthe growing need for pro-active as well as thoroughlyplanned divestment strategies, efficient executions,and the importance and value of paying attention al-so to other stakeholders’ interests when selling stakesin businesses.

Features

Provides the first comprehensive analysis of privateequity divestment processes - so-called 'exits' - forEuropean buyouts

Contents

Introduction.- Background.- Theoretical Foundationand Literature Review.- The Exit Process: ReducingExposure to a Portfolio Company.- Empirical Analy-sis: Exit Behaviour and Efficiency.- Conclusion.

Fields of interest

Finance /Banking; Quantitative Finance

Target groups

Researchers and practitioners in the area of privateequity portfolio management

Type of publication

Monograph

Due March 2007

2007. XI, 413 p. Hardcover

89,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-70953-4

P. Reynolds, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA

Entrepreneurship in the United

States

The Future Is Now

Entrepreneurship is among the most vibrant andimportant parts of the economy. This importantbook enhances understanding of entrepreneurialdynamics, providing the first analysis of changes inUS entrepreneurial activity. Based on the unprece-dented Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics,it examines adult participation in new firm creationand differences in regional firm creation activity. Shedding light on the importance of newfirms for job growth, productivity enhancements, in-novation, and routes for social mobility, the authortracks the success or failure of entrepreneurs, includ-ing comparisons of different groups, such as womenand minorities, along with different countries. All sectors of the population are making significantcontributions. Significant implications for practi-tioners, educators and policy makers are discussed.

Features

A current, comprehensive overview of en-trepreneuial activity in the United States Uniquesource of data and analysis giving insight to contri-butions, issues, and policy implications Future ori-ented recommendations drawn from analysis

Contents

Introduction.- Changes over Time.- ComparisonsAcross Space.- Comparisons Across the Firm LifeCourse.- Individuals: Participation in the BusinessLife Course.- Informal Investors.- Accredited In-vestors.- Overview and Implications.

Fields of interest

Entrepreneurship; Regional Science; Business/Man-agement Science, general

Target groups

Entrepreneurial researchers, social scientists, andpolicy researchers with a focus on the business cre-ation process and the extent of population participa-tion in new firm creation

Type of publication

Monograph

Due September 2007

2007. XX, 220 p. (International Studies in Entrepreneurship, Vol.

15) Hardcover

74,95 €

ISBN 978-0-387-45667-6


S.C. Sarin, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA

Flow Shop Lot Streaming

Lot streaming is a process of breaking a batch of jobsinto smaller lots, and then processing these in anoverlapping fashion on the machines. This importantconcept can significantly improve the overall perfor-mance of a production process, and thereby makethe operation of a manufacturing system lean. FlowShop Lot Streaming introduces the reader to this sig-nificant production process, presents various anal-ysis techniques, and allows the reader to quickly be-come conversant with the state-of-the-art techniquesnecessary to embark on new research directions.This text begins with an introduction to and a briefhistorical perspective of the lot streaming problem,and continues with generic mathematical models forthis problem. Flow Shop Lot Streaming presents sys-tematic analysis, algorithms, key ideas and illustra-tive examples using 2-machine, 3-machine, and thegeneral m-machine flow shop lot streaming prob-lems. Flow Shop Lot Streaming will appeal toproduction and operations management [..]

Features

Discusses the process of "Lot Streaming" and how itcan significantly improve the overall performanceof a production process, and thereby, make the op-eration of a manufacturing system lean Provides acomplete introduction to the Flow Shop Lot Stream-ing Problem and provides a historical perspectivePresents algorithms for a variety of lot streamingproblems with numerical illustrations for ease of [..]

Contents

Introduction.- Introduction to the Lot StreamingProblem. Introduction. Terminolog. Assump-tion, Notation and Classification Scheme. Domi-nance in Lot Streaming Model. Potential benefits ofLot Streaming. Brief Historical Perspective. Applica-tions of Lot Streaming. Chapter Summary.- Generic Mathematical Models of the FlowShop Lot Streaming Problem. Introduction. SomeGeneric Mathematical models for Lot StreamingProblem.Mathematical Models for special Cases.Chapter Summary.- 2-Machine Shop LotStreaming Problems.- 3-Machine Flow Shop LotStreaming Problems.- [..]

Fields of interest

Industrial and Production Engineering; OperationResearch/Decision Theory; Engineering Economics,Organization, Logistics, Marketing; Production/Lo-gistics

Target groups

Production and operations management engineers,researchers and academics involved in the study ofmanufacturing systems

Type of publication

Professional book

Due August 2007

2007. Approx. 300 p. Hardcover

114,95 €

ISBN 978-0-387-47687-2

S. Sarkar, University of Évora, Portugal

Innovation, Market Archetypes and

Outcome

An Integrated Framework

Innovation is the key to firm competitiveness andgrowth yet studying innovation is much like the an-cient parable about a group of blind men each touch-ing a different part of an elephant. This book is afresh new approach to understanding innovation –market linkages using one unified framework. Thebook examines an integrated innovation environ-ment. Four market archetypes as well as the marketoutcome for each archetype are described. Innova-tion dynamics including commoditization, the con-stant innovation challenge and the sustainability ofinnovation are analyzed along with cases includingthe iPod, Lego, Barbie, the browser wars and Google.A diagnostic matrix is presented which enables oneto take a ´snapshot´ of a product in the innovationenvironment. This book is an invaluable tool for theacademic, the manager and the consultant to under-stand ‘where’ a firm is located in an innovation envi-ronment, `why’ it is so located and provides valuableclues as to ‘what’ to do when designing strategy.

Contents

Innovation.- Innovation and Markets: The KnownPaths.- Innovation: An Integrated Framework.- Mar-ket Archetypes: The Fox, the Wolf, the Bear and theSheep.- Metamorphoses: Market Archetypes, Inno-vation and Integrated Dynamics.- Sustaining Inno-vation: Staying Ahead.- Staying Alive: Struggles inInnovation Space.- Commoditization - The Sword ofDamocles.- Escape from Commoditization?- Map-ping the Integrated Innovation Space: A Look at theMirror.- An Integrated Innovation Landscape.

Fields of interest

Technology Management; R & D/Technology Policy

Target groups

Researchers and scholars

Type of publication

Monograph

Due May 2007


79,95 €

ISBN 978-3-7908-1945-8

R.A. Schwartz, Zicklin School of Business, New York, NY, USA; J.A.

Byrne, Rockaway, NY, USA; A. Colaninno, Zicklin School of Busi-

ness, New York, NY, USA (Eds.)

The New NASDAQ Marketplace

The NASDAQ Stock Market has been reengineeredin recent years from a competitive dealer marketto a modern hybrid. The broader NASDAQ mar-ketplace, including ECNs and ATSs, has also expe-rienced substantial growth and development. Thisconference brought together leading buy-side andsell-side participants and NASDAQ executives to putthese changes into sharper focus. The resulting bookassesses both the current market structure and thedirection in which the new NASDAQ marketplace isheading.

Features

Assesses both the current market structure and thedirection in which the new Nasdaq marketplace isheading by leading buy-side and sell-side partici-pants and Nasdaq executives

Contents

Reengineering a Marketplace.- Keynote Address.-Recent Developments at Nasdaq.- The Nasdaq Mar-ketplace.- Reflections from the Sell-Side.- Reflectionsfrom the Buy-Side.- Dialog with Robert Greifeld.-Nasdaq’s Electronic Closing Cross: An EmpiricalAnalysis.- Nasdaq’s Closing Cross. -Index.

Fields of interest

Finance /Banking; Business/Management Science,general

Target groups

Securities markets professionals

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due May 2007

2007. XIII, 177 p. (Zicklin School of Business Financial Markets

Series, Proceeding) Hardcover

69,95 €

ISBN 978-0-387-48600-0


G. Schwetje, Hamburger Beratungs-Kontor GmbH & Co.KG, Ham-

burg, Germany; S. Vaseghi, Deloitte Environment & Sustainability

Services, Copenhagen, Denmark

The Business Plan

How to Win Your Investors' Confidence

This book provides the essentials to write a success-ful businessplan. The represented methods and bestpractices have been approved over many years inpractice with many management consulting engage-ments. The book is easily structured, it has a prag-matic emphasis and an autodidactic approach. Thereader gets acquainted with the skills and competen-cies as well as tools, required for the planning anddevelopment of the businessplan project. This wayof approach gives even those readers, with less back-ground in business, a professional and excellent in-troduction to the field of business planning. Eachsection of the book closes with a set of crucial keyquestions, in the manner of a quick due diligence,these results essentially give a roadmap, independentof the industries applied. The book allows the read-er to make up a clear and transparent portrait abouthis/her company respectively entrepreneurial inten-tion. By this way, the reader is able to estimate him-self/herself the real risks and chances.

Features

Provides the experience and best practices of a lead-ing consulting firm Contains crucial questions thatgive a roadmap to the writing of a businessplan

Contents

Necessity of Planning.- Business Plan Project.- Exec-utive Summary.- Business Idea and Strategic Goals.-Management Team and Organization.- Productsand Services.- Market and Competition.- Market-ing and Sales.- Research and Development.- Pro-duction.- Procurement and Logistics.- Finance.-The Way to the Investor.- Key PerformanceIndicators.

Fields of interest

Management; Entrepreneurship; Organization/Plan-ning

Target groups

Practitioners

Type of publication

Professional book

Due August 2007

2007. XII, 179 p. 39 illus. Hardcover

34,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-25451-5

O.W. Steenbeek, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Nether-

lands; S.G.v.d. Lecq, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Nether-

lands (Eds.)

Costs and Benefits of Collective

Pension Systems

The Dutch pension system is often praised as one ofthe best in the world: it is efficient, it provides cer-tainty to participants and it preserves cohesion andsolidarity among workers and pensioners. This bookpresents these benefits in detail, supported by quan-titative evidence. It also discusses the aspects of thesystem that are less favourable, however, such as im-plicit value transfers from younger to older genera-tions that limit mobility of labour. The analyses ofboth benefits and costs will help pension fund man-agers, boards of trustees, supervisors, and researchersto understand and to improve pension systems cur-rently in place around the world. "The Dutch are theglobe’s thought-leaders in the design and implemen-tation of retirement income systems. This book of-fers the rest of the world a first-hand opportunityto learn why this is the case" (Keith Ambachtsheer,Director, Rotman International Centre for PensionManagement University of Toronto)

Features

Explicitly recommended by Robert C. Merton (no-bel laureate), Bert Rürup (pension system advisor tothe German Federal Government), Brett Hammond(Managing Director TIAA-Creff, a leading pensionfund in the USA), and many others

Contents

S.G. van der Lecq, O.W. Steenbeek: Introduction.-J.B. Kuné: Solidarities in collective pension schemes.-P.P.T. Jeurissen, F.B.M. Sanders: Solidarity: whocares?- J.A. Bikker, J. de Dreu: Operating costs ofpension schemes.- C.G.E. Boender, A.L. Bovenberg,S. van Hoogdalem, Th.E. Nijman: Optimal risk-sharing in private and collective pension contracts.-R.P.M.M. Hoevenaars, E.H.M. Ponds: Intergenera-tional value transfers within an industry-wide pen-sion fund - a value-based ALM analysis.- T.A.H.Boeijen, C. Jansen, C.E. Kortleve, J.H. Tamerus: In-tergenerational solidarity in the uniform [..]

Fields of interest

Economic Policy; Finance /Banking; Population Eco-nomics; Aging

Target groups

Practitioners and researchers in the area of pensionsystems, demography, as well as pension fund man-agement

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due September 2007


69,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-74373-6

S.M. Stolz, Washington, DC, USA

Bank Capital and Risk-Taking

The Impact of Capital Regulation, Charter Value, and the Busi-

ness Cycle

The year-long consultations on Basel II mirror theinternational popularity of capital requirements asa regulatory instrument. Yet, the impact of capitalrequirements on banks' behavior is not fully under-stood. The aim of this study is to contribute to thisunderstanding by answering the following questions:How do banks adjust capital and risk after an in-crease in capital requirements? How do banks adjusttheir regulatory capital buffer over the business cy-cle? And, what is the impact of banks' charter valueon the regulatory capital buffer?

Contents

Introduction.- Theoretical Literature.- Capital andRisk Adjustments after an Increase in Capital Re-quirements.- Capital and Risk Adjustments over theBusiness Cycle.- The Disciplining Effect of CharterValue on Risk-Taking.- Final Remarks.

Fields of interest

Finance /Banking; Financial Economics; Microeco-nomics

Target groups

Researchers

Type of publication

Monograph

Due June 2007

2007. XIV, 150 p. (Kieler Studien - Kiel Studies, Vol. 337) Hardcov-

er

69,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-48544-5


R. Studer, University of Karlsruhe, Germany; S. Grimm,

Forschungszentrum Informatik (FZI), Karlsruhe, Germany; A.

Abecker, Forschungszentrum Informatik (FZI), Karlsruhe, Ger-

many (Eds.)

Semantic Web Services

Concepts, Technologies, and Applications

In just a few years, service-oriented architectures(SOA) and Web services not only gained consider-able interest in computer science research, they werealso taken up with unanimity by all major interna-tional players in the IT industry. However, and inspite of all existing standards, in most SOA appli-cations much human intervention is still required,for example to interpret the semantics of informaldescriptions or to harmonize incompatible dataschemata. Semantic Web services combine Web ser-vices communication technology with the intelligentprocessing of ontology-based metadata to achievehighly integrated enterprise application integrationscenarios, for service look-up, schema matching, orprotocol negotiation, for example. Rudi Studer andhis team deliver a self-contained compendium aboutthis exciting field, starting with the basic standardsand technologies and also including advanced appli-cations in eGovernment and eHealth. The contribu-tions provide both the theoretical background and[..]

Features

Complete and self-contained coverage of SemanticWeb Services Balance between theoretical founda-tions and practice-oriented topics Fair and compre-hensive survey, not committed to a specific standardor approach

Contents

Introduction (R.S. Tuder, S. Grimm, A. Abecker).-Part I - Web Services Technology. 1) Towards Ser-vice-Oriented Architectures (S. Fischer, C. Wern-er) - 2) Architecture and Standardisation (C. Wern-er, S. Fischer).- Part II - Semantic Web Technolo-gy. 3) Knowledge Representation and Ontologies (S.Grimm, P. Hitzler, A. Abecker) - 4) Ontology De-velopment (G. Nagypál) - 5) Semantic Annotation(S. Handschuh).- Part III - Semantic Web Services.6) Goals and Vision (C. Preist) - 7) Description (H.Lausen et. al.) - 8) Discovery (S. Grimm) - 9) Com-position (L. Henocque, M. Kleiner) - 10) [..]

Fields of interest

Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet);Information Systems; Artificial Intelligence (incl.Robotics); e-business and e-commerce; ComputerAppl. in Administrative Data Processing; ComputerCommunication Networks

Target groups

Researchers in academia and industry, graduate stu-dents

Type of publication

Monograph

Due May 2007

2007. VI, 406 p. 102 illus. Hardcover

69,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-70893-3

S. Takahashi, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan; D. Sallach, Ar-

gonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA; J. Rouchier, GRE-

QAM, Marseille, France (Eds.)

Advancing Social Simulation

The First World Congress

Agent-based modeling and social simulation haveemerged as both developments of and challenges tothe social sciences. The developments include agent-based computational economics and investigationsof theoretical sociological concepts using formal sim-ulation techniques. Among the challenges are the de-velopment of qualitative modeling techniques, im-plementation of agent-based models to investigatephenomena for which conventional economic, so-cial, and organizational models have no face valid-ity, and the application of physical modeling tech-niques to social processes. Bringing together diverseapproaches to social simulation and research agen-das, this book presents a unique collection of con-tributions from the First World Congress on SocialSimulation, held in 2006 in Kyoto, Japan. The workemerged from the collaboration of the Pacific AsianAssociation for Agent-Based Approach in Social Sys-tems Sciences, the North American Association forComputational Social and Organizational Science,and the [..]

Features

Offers topics related to social simulation and agent-based approaches in economic and social complexsystems to promote worldwide activities of the mul-ti-disciplinary community on multiagent, computa-tional economics, organizational science, social dy-namics, and complex systems Contributors are fromnot only Japan but also from US and Europe

Fields of interest

Simulation and Modeling; Organization/Planning;Operation Research/Decision Theory; Personality &Social Psychology

Target groups

Researchers, scientists

Type of publication

Monograph

Due August 2007

2007. X, 360 p. Hardcover

89,95 €

ISBN 978-4-431-73150-4

T. Terano, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan; H.

Kita, University of Kyoto, Japan; H. Deguchi, Tokyo Institute of

Technology, Yokohama, Japan; K. Kijima, Tokyo Institute of Tech-

nology, Tokyo, Japan (Eds.)

Agent-Based Approaches in

Economic and Social Complex

Systems IV

Post Proceedings of The AESCS International Workshop 2005

Agent-Based Modeling/Simulation (ABM/ABS) isan emerging field that enables bottom-up and exper-imental analysis in social sciences such as economics,management, sociology and politics. The chaptersof this book are the selected papers from those pre-sented the Third International Workshop on Agent-Based Approaches in Economic and Social ComplexSystems held in Tokyo, Japan in 2005. Articles in thisbook covers methodological issues, computationalmodel/software, combination with gaming simula-tion, and real-world applications to economic, man-agement/organizational and social issues.

Features

Offers topics related to Agent-Based Approaches inEconomic and Social Complex Systems to promoteworldwide activities of the multi-disciplinary com-munity on multiagent, computational economics, or-ganizational science, social dynamics, and complexsystems

Contents

Gaming and Education.- Market and policy.- Cityand local community.- Network.- Learning Agents.-Methodology and tools.

Fields of interest

Simulation and Modeling; Organization/Planning;Operation Research/Decision Theory

Target groups

Researchers, scientists

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due April 2007

2007. IX, 206 p. 99 illus. (Springer Series on Agent Based Social

Systems, Vol. 3) Hardcover

79,95 €

ISBN 978-4-431-71306-7


B. Vagadia, London, UK

Outsourcing to India - A Legal

Handbook

For the benefits offered by outsourcing and off-shoring, organisations outsourcing to India musthowever recognise that there are real risks involved,and allocating such risk through a well constructedcontract is a crucial step in minimizing such risk. Asis the case with respect to any material agreement,the structure of an outsourcing agreement is impor-tant because it embodies the rights, remedies, du-ties and obligations of the parties and provides ablueprint for the parties' relationship. When con-tracts transcend national boundaries, the nationallegal regime of any single country becomes inade-quate. When the parties to the contract are locatedin different countries, at least two systems of law im-pinge upon the transaction and the rules of Inter-national Law come into play. Clauses however ad-dressing certain issues can only be governed by Indi-an Law. Specific legal factors around Data Process-ing, Intellectual Property and staffing implications(TUPE) must also be given careful consideration.

Features

Concise, digestible and relevant legal advice to en-sure the outsourcing deal delivers on its promiseChecklist for companies to ensure critical factors areadequately addressed within their contract with theservice provider

Contents

Background and snapshot of key issues.- Outsourc-ing fundamentals.- Attitudes to outsourcing world-wide.- Selecting a outsourcing service provider.- TheIndian judicial system.- Critical contract considera-tions – jurisdiction issues.- Allocation of risk into thecontract.- Privity of contract.- Project management.-Contract discharge and methods to reduce liability.-Pricing.- Transition-in and change control.- Scope ofservices to be outsourced.- Service Level Agreement(SLA).- Contract enforcement.- Contract termina-tion procedures.- Unenforceable contract terms un-der Indian legal [..]

Fields of interest

International & Foreign Law; Management; Com-mercial Law

Target groups

Lawyers, solicitors, business and IT directors, se-nior managers within any company contemplatingoutsourcing, outsourcing suppliers, consultants andgeneral business advisors

Type of publication

Professional book

Due August 2007

2007. XIX, 208 p. Hardcover

59,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-72219-9

K.-H. Waldmann, University of Karlsruhe, Germany; U.M. Stocker,

University of Karlsruhe, Germany (Eds.)

Operations Research Proceedings

2006

Selected Papers of the Annual International Conference of the

German Operations Research Society (GOR), Jointly Organized

with the Austrian Society of Operations Research (ÖGOR) and

the Swiss Society of Operations Research (SVOR)

This volume contains a selection of papers referringto lectures presented at the symposium "OperationsResearch 2006" (OR 2006) held at the University ofKarlsruhe, September 6 – 8, 2006. This internation-al conference took place under the auspices of theOperations Research Societies of Germany (GOR),Austria (ÖGOR), and Switzerland (SVOR). The sym-posium was attended by more than 600 academicsand practitioners from 35 countries. It presented thestate of the art in Operations Research and relatedareas in Economics, Mathematics, and ComputerScience and demonstrated the broad applicability ofits core themes, placing particular emphasis on BaselII, one of the most topical challenges of OperationsResearch.

Contents

Part I: GOR Unternehmenspreis 2006.- Part II: GOR'Dissertationspreis 2006.- Part III: GOR Diplomar-beitspreis 2006.- Part IV: Plenary and Semi-PlenaryTalks.- Part V: Business Intelligence, Forecasting andMarketing.- Part VI: Discrete and CombinatorialOptimization.- Part VII: Econometrics. Game The-ory and Mathematical Economics.- Part VIII: En-ergy and Environment.- Part IX: Finance, Bankingand Insurance.- Part X: Health and Life Science.- XI:Logistics and Transport.- Part XII: Managerial Ac-counting and Auditing.- Part XIII: Metaheuristicsand Decision Support Systems.- Part XIV: [..]

Fields of interest

Operation Research/Decision Theory; OperationsResearch, Mathematical Programming

Target groups

Scientists and practitioners

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due May 2007

2007. XX, 616 p. 123 illus. (Operations Research Proceedings,

Conference 2006) Softcover

129,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-69994-1

M. Weske, HPI, U Potsdam, Germany

Business Process Management

Concepts, Languages, Architectures

Business process management is usually treated fromtwo different perspectives: business administrationand computer science. While business administra-tion professionals tend to consider information tech-nology as a subordinate aspect for experts to handle,by contrast computer scientists often consider busi-ness goals and organizational regulations as termsthat do not deserve much thought but require theappropriate level of abstraction. Mathias Weske ar-gues that the communities involved need to share acommon understanding of the principles underlyingbusiness process management. To this end, he devel-ops an overall picture that describes core BPM con-cepts and technologies and explains their relation-ships. This picture covers high-level business aspectslike business goals, strategies, and value chains, butit concentrates on process modeling techniques andprocess enactment platforms, taking into account thedifferent stakeholders involved. After starting with apresentation of general [..]

Features

details the complete business process lifecycle fromthe modeling phase to process enactment and im-provement presents both traditional and advancedbusiness process management architectures, like e.g.workflow management systems and service-oriented architectures shows how standards likeWfMC, SOAP, WSDL, and BPEL fit into the pic-ture accompanying website www.bpm-book.comcontains additional [..]

Contents

Part I: Foundation 1) Introduction 2) Evolution ofEnterprise Systems Architectures.- Part II: BusinessProcess Modeling 3) Business Process ModelingFoundation 4) Process Orchestrations 5) ProcessChoreographies 6) Properties of Business Processes.-Part III: Architectures and Methodologies 7) Tradi-tional BPM Architectures 8) Advanced BPM Archi-tectures 9) Business Process Methodology.- Refer-ences.- Index.

Fields of interest

Computer Appl. in Administrative Data Processing;Information Systems; Information Systems Appli-cations (incl.Internet); e-business and e-commerce;Software Engineering

Target groups

Graduate students, advanced professionals

Type of publication

Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook

Due September 2007


59,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-73521-2


L. Yu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; S. Wang, Chi-

nese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; K.K. Lai, City University

of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Foreign-Exchange-Rate Forecasting

with Artificial Neural Networks

The book focuses on forecasting foreign exchangerates via artificial neural networks. It creates and ap-plies the highly useful computational techniques ofArtificial Neural Networks (ANNs) to foreign-ex-change-rate forecasting. The result is an up-to-datereview of the most recent research developments inforecasting foreign exchange rates coupled with ahighly useful methodological approach to predict-ing rate changes in foreign currency exchanges. For-eign Exchange Rate Forecasting with Artificial Neu-ral Networks is targeted at both the academic andpractitioner audiences. Managers, analysts and tech-nical practitioners in financial institutions across theworld will have considerable interest in the book,and scholars and graduate students studying finan-cial markets and business forecast will also have con-siderable interest in the book.

Features

The book’s modeling framework is multi-level en-abling agent of an intelligent foreign-exchange-rate-forecasting methodology. Adding to the methodolo-gy is a decision-support system, which can be deliv-ered by both a client/server model and widely-usedweb technologies Because of the highly usefulcomputational techniques of Artificial Neural Net-works (ANNs) to foreign-exchange-rate forecasting,managers, [..]

Contents

Preface.- Are foreign exchange rates predictable? Ananatomy of a survey from artificial neural networksperspective.- Basic principles of ANN algorithms.-Data preparation in neural network data analysis.-Forecasting foreign exchange rates using an adaptiveback-propagation algorithm with optimal learningrate and momentum factor.- An online learning al-gorithm with adaptive forgetting factors for BP neu-ral network in foreign exchange rate forecasting.-An improved BP algorithm with adaptive smoothingmomentum terms for foreign exchange rate predic-tion.- Hybridizing BPNN and [..]

Fields of interest

Finance /Banking; Quantitative Finance; OperationResearch/Decision Theory; Artificial Intelligence (in-cl. Robotics); Computational Mathematics and Nu-merical Analysis; Computing Methodologies

Target groups

Financial practitioners and academics

Type of publication

Monograph

Due August 2007

2007. XXII, 316 p. (International Series in Operations Research &


99,95 €

ISBN 978-0-387-71719-7

J. Zentes, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany; D.

Morschett, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany; H.

Schramm-Klein, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

Strategic Retail Management

Text and International Cases

"Strategic Retail Management - Text and Interna-tional Cases" is devoted to the dynamic developmentof retailing. The various strategy concepts adoptedby retailing companies and their implementation inpractice are at the core of the book. This is not a tra-ditional textbook or collection of case studies, butis intended to demonstrate the complex and mani-fold questions of retail management in the form of15 lessons that provide a thematic overview of key is-sues and illustrate them with the help of comprehen-sive case studies. Internationally known retail com-panies are used as examples to facilitate an under-standing of what is involved in strategic retail man-agement and to present some best practices. Further-more, the book can be used in education as a basisfor working with case studies. For this purpose, thecase studies are integrated into the lessons in such away that they provide additional content and a spe-cific application of the individual lessons. That is,they form part of the main [..]

Features

Retail management in 15 lessons Each lesson in-cludes a thematic overview of key issues and a com-prehensive case study

Contents

Formats and Players in Retailing.- Strategic Market-ing in Retailing.- Marketing Mix in Retailing.- Buy-ing, Logistics and Performance Measurement.

Fields of interest

Management; Marketing; Business/ManagementScience, general; Organization/Planning; Produc-tion/Logistics

Target groups

Students, practitioners

Type of publication

Professional book

Due June 2007

Distribution rights for the Americas only

2007. 380 p. 124 illus. Softcover

29,90 €

ISBN 978-3-8349-0287-0

J. Zhu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA, USA; W.D. Cook, York

University, Toronto, ON, Canada (Eds.)

Modeling Data Irregularities and

Structural Complexities in Data

Envelopment Analysis

DEA is computational at its core and this book willbe one of several books that we will look to publishon the computational aspects of DEA. This book byZhu and Cook will deal with the micro aspects ofhandling and modeling data issues in modeling DEAproblems. DEA's use has grown with its capabilityof dealing with complex "service industry" and the"public service domain" types of problems that re-quire modeling both qualitative and quantitative da-ta. This will be a handbook treatment dealing withspecific data problems including the following: (1)imprecise data, (2) inaccurate data, (3) missing da-ta, (4) qualitative data, (5) outliers, (6) undesirableoutputs, (7) quality data, (8) statistical analysis, (9)software and other data aspects of modeling complexDEA problems. In addition, the book will demon-strate how to visualize DEA results when the data ismore than 3-dimensional, and how to identify effi-ciency units quickly and accurately.

Features

There certainly is a need for such a book. We havehad issues for a long time on how to deal with com-putation/data variety problems in the DEA litera-ture The authors are well recognized in the areas andhave done substantial research and consulting in thecomputational and data areas in DEA. I believe thebook will be of high quality based upon their author-ity and experience Wade Cook and Joe Zhu are well[..]

Contents

Data irregularities and structural complexities inDEA.- Rank order data in DEA.- Interval and ordinaldata.- Variables with negative values in DEA.- Non-discretionary inputs.- DEA with undesirable factors.-European nitrate pollution regulation and Frenchpig farms’ performance.- PCA-DEA.- Mining non-parametric frontiers.- DEA presented graphically us-ing multi-dimensional scaling.- DEA models for sup-ply chain or multi-stage structure.- Network DEA.-Context-dependent data envelopment analysis andits use.- Flexible measures—classifying inputs andoutputs.- Integer DEA models.- DEA with [..]

Fields of interest

Operation Research/Decision Theory; Economet-rics; Business/Management Science, general; Opera-tions Research, Mathematical Programming; PublicFinance

Target groups

Professor, researchers, and graduate students

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due July 2007

2007. VIII, 334 p. Hardcover

79,95 €

ISBN 978-0-387-71606-0


W.C. Zimmerli, Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, Ger-

many; K. Richter, Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, Ger-

many; M. Holzinger, Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg,

Germany (Eds.)

Corporate Ethics and Corporate

Governance

Corporations are under fire. Hardly a day goes bythat executive conduct doesn’t appear as a topic – or,more accurately, as a problem – in the media. Thisleads to increased public pressure on corporations,many of whom are reacting and publicly assumingtheir corporate responsibility. This book representsan introduction to and overview of the diverse as-pects of the ethical challenges confronting compa-nies today. It introduces executives, students and in-terested observers to the complex trends and devel-opments in business ethics. On the one hand, thisbook presents industry-specific topics in ethics, andon the other provides a general, interdisciplinary sur-vey of the ethical dimensions of management andbusiness.

Features

General, interdisciplinary survey of the ethical di-mensions of management and business Mix of inter-nationally renowned and most cited publications andnew original articles from upcoming stars in the fieldof Business Ethics With industry-specific case studiesHot topic of public interest

Contents

Setting the Scene.- Leading Self and Others.- Organi-zational Ethics.- Business in Society.- Global Corpo-rate Ethics.

Fields of interest

Management; Ethics

Target groups

Business executives, students of management science

Type of publication

Collection of essays

Due June 2007

2007. VII, 332 S. Hardcover

79,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-70817-9

Order Now ! Springer Customized Book List

Yes, please send me:

copies ISBN € / £

















All € and £ prices are net prices subject to local VAT, e.g. in Germany 7% VAT for books and 19% VAT for electronic products. Pre-publication pricing: Unless otherwise stated, pre-pub prices are valid through the end of the third month following publication, and therefore are subject to change. All prices exclusive of carriage charges. Prices and other details are subject to change without notice. All errors and omissions excepted.

Springer Distribution Center GmbH, Haberstrasse 7, 69126 Heidelberg, Germany 7 Call: + 49 (0) 6221-345-4301 7 Fax: +49 (0)6221-345-4229 7 Email: [email protected] 7 Web: springer.com

Available from Name

Dept.

Institution

Street

City / ZIP-Code

Date Signature

Country

Email

Please bill me

Please charge my credit card: Eurocard/Access/Mastercard Visa/Barclaycard/Bank/Americard AmericanExpress

Number Valid until

springer customized book list · to itil and beyond! it service management (itsm) is the group of...

Documents