| |
 | 
Edition : 1
Number of Pages : 817
Publisher : Springer
List Price : $149.00
Amazon Price : $107.46
Used Price : $109.62 |
Product Description Over the past two decades, not only has supply chain analysis become a strategic focus of leading firms, it has also spawned an impressive array of research that brings together diverse research communities. Adding to this diversity and intellectual energy is the emergence of E-Business. E-Business creates new competitive dimensions that are fast-paced, ever-changing, and risk-prone, dimensions where innovation, speed, and technological savvy often define success. Most importantly, E-Business challenges the premises and expands the scope of supply chain analysis. The Handbook is a comprehensive research reference that is essential for anyone interested in conducting research in supply chain. Unique features include: -A focus on the intersection of quantitative supply chain analysis and E-Business,
-Unlike other edited volumes in the supply chain area, this is a handbook rather than a collection of research papers. Each chapter was written by one or more leading researchers in the area. These authors were invited on the basis of their scholarly expertise and unique insights in a particular sub-area,
-As much attention is given to looking back as to looking forward. Most chapters discuss at length future research needs and research directions from both theoretical and practical perspectives,
-Most chapters describe in detail the quantitative models used for analysis and the theoretical underpinnings; many examples and case studies are provided to demonstrate how the models and the theoretical insights are relevant to real situations,
-Coverage of most state-of-the-art business practices in supply chain management. Audience: This volume is suitable for researchers, faculty, graduate students, and practitioners in the following areas: supply chain management, operations research, management science, decision science, industrial engineering, operations management, civil engineering/transportation, logistics management, risk management, applied mathematics, economics, computer science, industrial management, and other related areas. Related Search : research management , handbook quantitative , e business  |
Author : Dimitrije Dimitrijevic
Number of Pages : 192
Publisher : Praeger Publishers
List Price : $106.95
Amazon Price : $106.95
Used Price : $260.44 |
Product Description A pioneering work in comparative monetary and financial studies, this is the first international comparative, empirical study of the money supply process (MSP) that involves all of the basic types of economies and institutional economic systems at all levels of economic development. As the authors note at the outset, the highly relative nature of the MSP contributes to wide differences in the MSP in different types of economies. Yet the MSP is one of the most important topics of both monetary theory and monetary practice. The comparative approach adopted here enables the authors to explain the differences that do occur in the MSP across economies and what causes them. By properly defining the general theory and overall monetary theory of MSP, the authors offer the reader both a better understanding of the national MSP and a broad framework of possibilities for improving the efficiency of monetary policy. The authors begin by describing their approach to an analysis of the MSP in national economies and the concepts and models used in this analysis. They then explain the classification of economies used in the study and their methodological approach, which is based on a two-dimensional flow of funds accounts matrix. Four chapters present the empirical evidence derived from this approach. Included are both a holistic analysis and a structural comparative analysis of the MSP. A separate chapter presents a comparative analysis involving 100 countries of the MSP during the 1978-83 time period. Finally, the authors look at the influence of the balance-of-payments and of domestic institutional sectors on the MSP. Their concluding chapters summarize their findings and point the way to further research in this area. Scholars and policymakers in economics, macroeconomics, and monetary policy will find this an illuminating addition to the literature of the money supply process. Related Search : analysis , money supply , process comparative  |
Author : Johnny C. Bennett
Edition : 1
Number of Pages : 272
Publisher : CRC
List Price : $195.95
Amazon Price : $158.68
Used Price : $175.50 |
Product Description When designing switch-mode power supplies (SMPSs), engineers need much more than simple "recipes" for analysis. Such plug-and-go instructions are not at all helpful for simulating larger and more complex circuits and systems. Offering more than merely a "cookbook," Practical Computer Analysis of Switch Mode Power Supplies provides a thorough understanding of the essential requirements for analyzing SMPS performance characteristics. It demonstrates the power of the circuit averaging technique when used with powerful computer circuit simulation programs. The book begins with SMPS fundamentals and the basics of circuit averaging models, reviewing most basic topologies and explaining all of their various modes of operation and control. The author then discusses the general analysis requirements of power supplies and how to develop the general types of SMPS models, demonstrating the use of SPICE for analysis. He examines the basic first-order analyses generally associated with SMPS performance along with more practical and detailed methods for developing SMPS and component models. The final chapter features the circuit-averaging macromodel of the integrated circuit PWM controller illustrated through analyses of three power supplies. Practical Computer Analysis of Switch Mode Power Supplies builds a strong foundation on the principles of SMPS analysis, enabling further development and advancement of the techniques while supplying meaningful insight into the process. Related Search : analysis switch , supplies , mode power  |
Edition : 1
Number of Pages : 283
Publisher : Springer
List Price : $129.00
Amazon Price : $90.41
Used Price : $97.76 |
Product Description SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYSIS: A Handbook on the Interaction of Information, System, and Optimization is a carefully developed work focused on the analysis of supply chain interaction issues in emerging markets and industry sectors. It is a leading-edge handbook that will emphasize where little work has been done and where the "rubber meets the road" — the supply chain process, information, and systems integration. These are pertinent issues facing practitioners and researchers in today’s business environment. This is a gap-bridging handbook that analyzes interaction issues from both the research and practitioner sides. The result is a volume that examines and provides practical solutions on interaction issues while being firmly grounded in research principles. Some of the topical areas the Handbook examines are: - The issue of supply chain design, from the perspective of foreign cosmetic companies in China;
- The issue of supply chain coordination among the grocery manufacturers. Most notably, the opportunity for strategic, multi-lateral collaboration through a shared distribution network;
- The impact of online secondary markets on the operational issues of a supply chain;
- The critical importance of risk and disruption in supply chain;
- and the huge issue of integrating demand and supply, hence the need to synchronize the supply chain with the demand chain.
Related Search : international series , system optimization , analysis handbook ![Small distributed generation versus centralised supply: a social cost-benefit analysis in the residential and service sectors [An article from: Energy Policy]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51V04XZR0JL._SL160_.jpg) |
Format : HTML
Author : F. Gulli
Number of Pages : 28
Publisher : Elsevier
List Price : $10.95
Amazon Price : $10.95
|
Product Description This digital document is a journal article from Energy Policy, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Description: This paper aims at measuring the social benefits of small CHP distributed generation (DG) in the residential and service sectors. We do this by comparing the social costs of decentralised and centralised supplies, simulating ''ideal'' situations in which any source of allocative inefficiencies is eliminated. This comparison focuses on assessing internal and external costs. The internal costs are calculated by simulating the optimal prices of the electricity and gas inputs. The external costs are estimated by using and elaborating the results of the dissemination process of the ExternE project, one of the most recent and accurate methodologies in this field. The analysis takes into account the main sources of uncertainty about the parameter values, including uncertainty about external cost estimations. Despite these sources of uncertainty, the paper concludes that centralised supply is still preferable to small DG. In fact, the overall range of DG social competitiveness is restricted, even considering further remarkable improvements in DG electrical efficiency and investment costs. The results are particularly unfavourable for the residential sector, whereas, in the service sector, the performance of DG technologies is slightly better. Related Search : sectors article , generation versus , benefit analysis ![Switchgrass (Panicum vigratum, L.) delivery to a biorefinery using integrated biomass supply analysis and logistics (IBSAL) model [An article from: Bioresource Technology]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512SA5QAAFL._SL160_.jpg) |
Format : HTML
Author : A. Kumar
Publisher : Elsevier
List Price : $10.95
Amazon Price : $10.95
|
Product Description This digital document is a journal article from Bioresource Technology, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Description: This study develops cost, energy input and carbon emissions for a number of switchgrass supply options. The Integrated Biomass Supply Analysis and Logistics (IBSAL) model developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is used to evaluate the delivery systems. Three biomass collection systems: baling, loafing and ensiling are evaluated. The number and operational performance of equipment are specified to complete collection operations within 120days of harvest after August 1. Bales are stacked and tarped on the farm side. The transport of biomass from the farm side to a biorefinery takes place over a full year cycle, i.e. 365days. Supply quantities range from 454 to 4540 dry tonnes/day (500-5000 dry tons/day). Delivered costs to a biorefinery with capacity of 1814 dry tonnes/day (2000 dry tons/day) are: $44-$47/dry tonne for delivered bales (round and square); $37/dry tonne for delivered loafs (size 2.4mx3.6mx6m); $40/dry tonne for chopped biomass; and $48/dry tonne for ensiled chops. These costs do not include any payment to the farmers or switchgrass farming cost. Based on the data from literature, the switchgrass farming cost can range from $30 to $36/dry tonne. These costs would be additional to the switchgrass collection and transportation cost. Switchgrass collection is generally less expensive than collection of straw or corn stover because of the assumed high yield of 11 dry tonnes/ha and a denser biomass. Energy consumption for delivery systems at this capacity ranges from 4.8% to 6.3% of the energy content of switchgrass. Additional 1% of the energy content of switchgrass is consumed in its farming. At 1814 dry tonnes/day (2000 dry tons/day) capacity, greenhouse gas emissions ranges from 75 to 100kg of CO"2/dry tonne of switchgrass delivered. Related Search : ibsal model , switchgrass panicum , delivery biorefinery
Format : HTML
Author : Donald H. Dutkowsky
Number of Pages : 25
Release Date : 2005-07-28
Publisher : Ohio State University Press
List Price : $5.95
Amazon Price : $5.95
|
Product Description This digital document is an article from Journal of Money, Credit & Banking, published by Ohio State University Press on May 1, 1996. The length of the article is 7224 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. From the supplier: This study investigates the macro-econometric credibility of the Intertemporal Substitution Hypothesis. It extends the usual formulation by considering money within the representative consumer's life cycle decision. We also provide measures of the real wage rate and asset returns based upon interpretation of the constraint as consumption-saving behavior. Estimation with quarterly U.S. data generates plausible and significant estimates of the structural parameters. The findings indicate elastic labor supply response to the wage rate but mixed results with respect to nominal returns. The estimates are reasonably robust to alternative measures of consumption, money, leisure, and rates of return. (Printed by permission of the publisher.) Citation DetailsTitle: Intertemporal substitution, money, and aggregate labor supply.(analysis of Intertemporal Substitution Hypothesis) Author: Donald H. Dutkowsky Publication: Journal of Money, Credit & Banking (Refereed) Date: May 1, 1996 Publisher: Ohio State University Press Volume: v28 Issue: n2 Page: p216(17) Distributed by Thomson Gale Related Search : credit banking , intertemporal substitution , article from
Format : HTML
Author : Robert L. Sexton
Number of Pages : 8
Release Date : 2005-07-28
Publisher : Atlantic Economic Society
Company : The Gale Group
List Price : $5.95
Amazon Price : $5.95
|
Product Description This digital document is an article from Atlantic Economic Journal, published by Atlantic Economic Society on December 1, 1992. The length of the article is 2194 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. From the supplier: Courses in supply and demand analysis are based on the flow concept, with the assumption that excess holder demand is always equal to zero. However, the distinction between stocks and flows in supply and demand analysis should be incorporated to make the analysis more comprehensive. The stock-flow model, which allows the analysis of saving, investment and growth processes, will be valuable for students' understanding the principles of macroeconomics. among Citation DetailsTitle: Incorporating inventories into supply and demand analysis. Author: Robert L. Sexton Publication: Atlantic Economic Journal (Refereed) Date: December 1, 1992 Publisher: Atlantic Economic Society Volume: v20 Issue: n4 Page: p41(5) Distributed by Thomson Gale Related Search : demand analysis , article from , into supply |
|
