151 Quick Ideas for Delegating and Decision Making

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978-1-56414-961-9

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191 p

Judul Seri

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A two-stage supply chain DEA model for measuring container-terminal efficiency

Despite the growing amount of research into container-port operations and efficiency, much of the literature on the subject treats container ports and terminals as black box systems without examining the structure of their transformation and production processes. Research on the network and multi-stage structure of container-terminal operating systems is scarce and its applications in the conte…

Modern Ocean Cruising

Ocean voyaging is nolonger the privilege of the few or the extradiordinary, as more people undertake extended cruises across the oceans of the world. Over the years the design of boats has changed considerably, new materials have bocome available, instruments have reached a high level of sophistication and even old established concepts of seamanship have come under scrutiny. Many ocean voyager…

On natural selection

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves—and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives—and destroyed them. Now, Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civili…

The big ideal : a small book on a big topic

The big ideal : a small book on a big topic

Technical Efficiency Analysis of Container Terminals in the Middle Eastern Re…

Despite an increasing number of studies on the efficiency of container terminals, their focus has mostly been on advanced and emerging markets. There are limited studies on container terminals in developing countries such as those of the Middle Eastern region, which are located in a critical geographic position in the international maritime route between the East and the West. Information on th…

Groups in DEA based cross-evaluation: An application to Asian container ports

In container port performance evaluation, a group of ports in one country is always significantly different from a group of ports in another country. This is noticed as the heterogeneity of port performance. It is therefore necessary to further investigate the impact of the different groups on efficiency evaluation of ports. The cross-evaluation method is a DEA extension tool to identify best p…

Determinants of Place of Death for Terminal Cancer Patients

Approximately two-third of cancer patients, when asked about the preferred place of death, wish to die in their own homes. However, the majority of deaths from cancers in most western countries occur in a hospital. When a person dies from other than sudden or traumatic causes, the death appears to be a function of a complex interplay of personal and cultural values and physical and medical fact…

Dealing with uncertainty and volatility in the port industry network: social …

The recent proliferation of inter-firm collaborative linkages within the container port industry is progressively shaping a complex architecture of voluntary ties among terminal operators, i.e. an inter-organizational network. Within the overall industry network, some stable groups of densely interconnected firms emerge suggesting the existence of “cliques” where firms repeatedly cooperate …

An Application of DEA Windows Analysis to Container Port Production Efficiency

There have been various analyses of the efficiency of container port (or terminal) production using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) based on cross-sectional data. When time is not considered, the efficiency results derived using this approach can be biased. In order to overcome this problem, this paper applies DEA windows analysis, utilising panel data, to a sample of the world’s major contai…

The efficiency of European container terminals and implications for supply ch…

This paper investigates the efficiency of container terminals within the context of global supply chain management. The efficiency and scale properties of 104 of Europe’s container terminals with annual throughput of over 10,000 TEUs1 in 2003, distributed across 29 European countries, are derived using data envelopment analysis. The main findings are that significant inefficiency pervades mos…

The efficiency analysis of container port production using DEA panel data app…

Applications of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to container port production have been largely restricted to standard DEA models using cross-sectional data. The efficiency results derived may be biased; for instance, as the result of random effects or a recent investment in future production. In overcoming this problem, panel data on container port production may be more suitable for medium- to…

Slacks-based efficiency measures for modeling environmental performance

We develop two slacks-based efficiency measures for modeling environmental performance on the basis of environmental DEA technology. Of the two measures, one is a composite index with a higher discriminating power for modeling economic–environmental performance, and the other can be used to estimate the impacts of environmental regulations. We apply the proposed measures to model the CO2 emis…

Samsung Engineering Wins Power and Petrochemical Plant Deals

Samsung Group's construction arm Samsung Engineering has won two contracts worth about USD500mn from Thai state-owned oil and gas company PTT. Pursuant to the contracts, Samsung will be responsible for building a petrochemical and power plant for two subsidiaries of PTT in Thailand . The facilities will be in Rayong, 150km south east of Bangkok. Both projects will be delivered on engineerin…

The development of a framework for route selection in multimodal transportation

The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for route selection in multimodal transportation which can reduce cost, lead time, risk and CO2 emission in multimodal transportation systems.

Environmental efficiency analysis of transportation system in China: A non-ra…

Manycountriesareworriedaboutreducingenergyconsumptionandenvironmentalpollutionwhile increasing theproductivityandefficiency oftheirindustries.Thisstudyintendstocontributetothe literaturebyproposinganon-radialDEAmodelwiththeslacks-basedmeasure(SBM)toanalyzethe environmentalefficiency ofChina's transportationsector.Theresultsshowthatmostoftheprovincesin China donothaveaneco-efficient transportati…

The tipping point : how little things can make a big defference

The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate. This widely acclaimed bestseller, in which Malcolm Gladwell explores …