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Organizational and Decision-Making Tools
This chapter includes a selection of organizational management, decision-making, and business process frameworks. It delves into the people, teams,...
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The Next Logical Step
The decision with the most lasting impact on the U.S. space program made during the presidency of Ronald Reagan was likely his commitment to...
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A Plan for the Space Economy and a Step in the Direction of Mars
2016 was a key year in the evolution of domestic space activities. In May, the “Space Economy Strategic Plan—National positioning framework” was...
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Second Step: McMurdo
Please note that Figs. 4.1–4.15 are not cross-referred in the text.
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The Space Station Decision
In the final months of 1983, Gil Rye was joined by Cabinet secretary Craig Fuller in pushing for bringing the issue of the space station before the...
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The Art of Going Global A Practical Guide to a Firm's International Growth
Internationalizing your firm presents both exciting opportunities and daunting challenges, regardless of your industry. While strategy will vary from...
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Becoming a Learning Family
While individual ownership development is important, it’s critical to work on the family’s evolution as a team of learning owners, with collective...
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Advancing Leadership Capabilities: Middle Adult (Ages 35 to 65)
Middle adulthood is both a bridge from more youthful periods to later life and a time in which people hit peak performance as professionals and...
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Trouble in Paradise
At some point in the very near future the dream of human space settlement will either thrive and become the next step for human civilization or die...
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Too Many, Too Few: Candidate Selection in 2020
Often overlooked by the media and voters alike, the candidate selection phase for general elections has immeasurable consequences in that it shapes...
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Decision Making in Cricket: The Optimum Team Selection
In this chapter we discussed how optimization technique–the binary integer programming can be utilized for selecting the optimum balanced cricket...
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Foreign Market Selection: Which and How Many?
Defining the priorities for your international expansion is a complex decision impacted by the type of investment you intend to make in a foreign...
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Do Decision-Makers Matter?
How useful is the individual level of analysis in understanding foreign policy? This is a legitimate question since there is still controversy...
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Oh Price: Prelude
When I embarked on the flight for my first-ever pricing project in Toronto in the summer of 2008, I did not see that it was the first step in a long...
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Disposal
The responsible handling of the radiating legacies of nuclear energy is one of the major unsolved problems of today’s energy industry. In contrast...
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Entry Modes: How to Enter a Foreign Market
The mode of entry into a foreign market is a broad notion. In this chapter, we discuss it in terms of the initial approach to a foreign market and as...
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The Inventions of Louis Pouzin One of the Fathers of the Internet
This book recounts the adventures of Louis Pouzin who invented one of the core elements for transmitting data over today’s Internet, the datagram. He...
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Statistics
After reading this chapter you know:...
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Retailer Assortment and Merchandising Plan
Berkhout takes readers through a step-by-step plan addressing how differences in assortment size, the type of assortment, the way of merchandising,...
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Organizing for International Growth
Organizing a multinational involves the following major decisions: location of activities in foreign markets, allocation of resources and...