Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) are a massive subset of the healthcare industry that negotiate lower costs for healthcare supplies by buying for several hospitals at once.
This book collates the main research developments around Lean Construction over the past 25 years with contributions from many seminal authors in the field.
Whether you are undertaking the exercises for your own purposes or with the intent of completing a certification course in sustainable development, this workbook will be of help.
Tom Brady and the "e;tuck rule"e;; "e;Nobody knew health care could be so complicated"e;; "e;The financial world has become way too complicated and very secretive.
Against the backdrop of enormous technological strides, this book argues that the air transport industry must be constantly vigilant in its efforts to employ a legal regime that is applicable to the aeronautical and human aspects of the carriage by air of persons and goods.
This book consolidates the current state of knowledge on implementing cooperating robot-based systems to increase the flexibility of manufacturing systems.
Voluntary environmental agreements (VEAs) - generally agreements between government and business - have been regarded by many as a key new instrument for meeting environmental objectives in a flexible manner.
One of the greatest challenges of the 21st century is the problem of how the public and private sectors can sustain economic development, business growth, social well-being and ecosystem health in the face of accelerating demand for water, energy, and food.
With a range of well-respected voices from across the business, political, third sector and research spectrum, this important book provides an accessible insight into responsible leadership.
Since the process of liberalization and opening of markets in the 1990s, the emerging markets have created a thriving culture of entrepreneurship, creativity and global collaboration.
The book comprises high-quality refereed research papers presented at the 4th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Logistics Engineering (ICAILE2024), held in Guiyang, China, on April 16-17, 2024, was organized jointly by Wuhan University of Technology, the National Technical University of Ukraine "e;Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute"e;, the Polish Operational and Systems Society, Wuhan Technology and Business University, Guizhou Vocational and Technical College of Transportation, and the International Research Association of Modern Education and Computer Science.
The book is one of the first ones focussing on how organisations (civil society, corporations, and public sector ones) are contributing to sustainability.
This second volume on coastal tourism and climate change in the Caribbean examines three key supporting sectors: golf, local agriculture and cuisine, and aviation.
Sharing accurate and timely supply and demand information throughout a supply chain can yield significant performance improvements to all members of the supply chain.
Based on the "e;Sixth International Conference on Dynamics of Disasters"e; (Piraeus, Greece, July 2023), this volume includes contributions from experts who share their latest discoveries on disasters either caused by natural phenomena or human activities.
El libro Logística XY plus es una obra que describe en forma sistemática la sostenibilidad y la colaboración que debe existir en la cadena de suministro.
A Vineyard Odyssey is a fascinating saga of winethe journey from vine to bottlethat takes the reader on a travelogue of the many hazards that lie along the way.
This book provides the reader with a better understanding of the One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative, its various projects around the world, and its consequences at a local as well as an international level.
The World Guide to Sustainable Enterprise is the first comprehensive global compendium that clearly describes the national approaches to sustainable enterprise.
This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to corporate social responsibility (CSR), examining economic sciences and managements to show the complexity of the contemporary perception and development of CSR in Poland.
This book provides a description of the state of the art on environmental disclosure, illustrating the key theoretical issues, the regulatory frameworks, and the main standards developed and reporting the results of an empirical analysis on the environmental disclosure released by listed firms.
This book presents high-quality cases on the actions carried out by companies to minimize the social and environmental impact of the products (goods and services) they launch on the market.
Today, one of the top priorities of an organization's modern corporate strategy is to portray itself as socially responsible and environmentally sustainable.
Updated for a post-Covid world, the second edition of this groundbreaking book explains why becoming a Humachine enterprise is the only way forward for a company to maintain a competitive advantage in the age of artificial intelligence (AI).
This book presents contemporary case studies on selected Italian food and wine products to explore how traditional production and consumption models address and adapt to the sustainability challenges in the Italian high-excellence agri-food sector.
Grow your audience, shrink your footprint, change the world Straight-talk on what makes a purposeful, sustainable event, including honest, practical insights into case studies of hits, misses, and lessons learned.
Automotive Scrap Recycling provides a qualitative description of the steel scrap industry by focussing on its largest segment: conversion of obsolete cars into steel scrap.
Viele etablierte Unternehmen, die sich mit dem Thema Digitale Transformation beschäftigen, stehen bei der Entwicklung Digitaler Innovationen vor immensen Herausforderungen, da sie unter anderem wenig mit den sich verändernden Dynamiken in einer digitalen Welt vertraut sind.
This book provides a rich collection of essays discussing and showcasing the transformation of businesses around the world towards sustainability and responsibility.
