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What is the relationship between logistics and supply chain
management? What factors need to be taken into account when
designing a supply chain? How do you forecast your supply chain
requirements? What inventory concepts do you need to know? Business
Logistics Management fifth edition covers concepts and theories
relating to the movement of goods, and the coordination of the
supply chain.
This book provides insights into the hidden role of intuitive
expertise in financial decision-making. The authors show and
discuss how expertise combined with intuitive judgments positively
affect decision-making outcomes. The book builds on the latest
academic studies in this emergent field. In combination with the
academic perspective, the authors provide a field study that they
conducted in the context of mergers and acquisitions (M&As), a
common and critical strategic investment for companies. The
interviews were carried out with experts and decision-makers in
large and successful international companies (i.e., M&A
experts, CEOs, CFOs, and board members). The book provides a solid
theoretical and empirically based grounding of the topic. In
addition, it offers suggestions to practitioners on how they can
develop and nurture intuitive expertise in strategic investment
decision-making. The report of the field study provides examples
and quotes from interviews to visualize findings, thus helping
practitioners gain understanding and insights from the text. The
authors also discuss the downsides of intuitive expertise, such as
biases and flawed decision-making. For scholars, students, and
professionals, the book offers a concise and up-to-date summary of
an emergent stream of research, exploring how cognition and
judgment affect financial decision-making.
Continuing in the tradition of the bestselling first edition, this
book examines networked surveillance video solutions. It provides
the latest details on industry hardware, software, and networking
capabilities of the latest cameras and DVRs. It addresses in full
detail updated specifications on MPEG-4 and other digital video
formats, resolution advantages of analog v. digital, intelligent
video capabilities, frame rate control, and indoor/outdoor
installations factors. New chapters include cloud computing,
standards, and thermal cameras.
This book identifies drivers of transformation of auditing,
including regulation, digitalisation, sustainability, and
individual auditor characteristics, and discusses how the drivers
affect auditing. It provides a holistic perspective, discussing
these current and highly relevant themes in depth and ‘one by
one’ and also stresses the importance of the temporal dimension,
i.e., offering a historical and a present-day perspective. The book
covers several different theoretical perspectives when analysing
and discussing how the various drivers affect auditors, the audit
process, accounting firms, stakeholders and so on. Sweden is used
as a setting to study the effects of these drivers of transition.
The Swedish experience is generalisable to other European
countries, with a Germanic origin currently influenced by
Anglo-American ideas of auditing. In addition, Sweden provides a
research setting with unique access to empirical data. The
monograph is unique in its broad coverage of drivers of
transformation, combined with its clear focus on financial
auditing. It is informed by a wide range of research approaches,
from qualitative interview studies to recently developed machine
learning methods. Readers, therefore, benefit from a comprehensive
understanding of current changes in the audit industry. This will
be a useful reference work for students of accounting and auditing,
as well as for audit practitioners, including both auditors and
regulators, and for researchers.
A merger or acquisition is usually a challenging endeavor with a
single ultimate aim: to create value for the owner. However,
stakeholder theory shows how such a narrow and one-sided focus is
detrimental to value-creation in general - not only for other
stakeholders within and outside the organization, but also for the
owner. Especially in a merger or an acquisition, it is evident that
there are many groups and individuals who have a stake in the
success or failure of a business. So far, the overwhelming majority
of research in the field of mergers and acquisitions has focused on
the merging organizations, and so researchers have mainly studied
internal stakeholder groups, such as employees and managers. This
book shows how different stakeholders, internal and external, may
play a critical role during a merger or an acquisition process. The
book builds on empirical examples that illustrate how various
stakeholders play active roles throughout the different phases,
and, thus, ultimately affect the outcome and the value formation
process of the merger or the acquisition. There is still much
debate on how and when to best measure the outcome of a merger or
an acquisition. With its comprehensive focus on stakeholders, this
volume explores why some mergers and acquisitions fail while others
succeed.
Bank Regulation: Effects on Strategy, Financial Accounting and
Management Control discusses and problematizes how regulation is
affecting bank strategies as well as their financial accounting and
management control systems. Following a period of bank
de-regulation, the new millennium brought a drastic change, with
many new regulations. Some of these are the result of the financial
crisis of 2008-2009. Other regulations, such as the introduction in
2005 of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for
quoted companies in the EU, can be related to the introduction of a
new global accounting regime. It is evident from annual reports of
banks that the number of new regulations in recent years is high
and that they cover many different functional areas. The objectives
of these regulations are also ambitious; to improve governance and
control, contributing to a high level of financial stability for
banks. These objectives are obviously of great concern for an
industry that directly and indirectly affects the financial
situation not only of individuals and organizations but also nation
states. Considering the importance of banks in society, it is of
little surprise that the attention of both scholars and
practitioners has been directed towards how banks comply with new
regulations and if the intended objectives of the regulations are
met. This book will be of great value to all those interested in
financial stability matters (practitioners, policy-makers,
students, academics), as well as to accounting and finance
scholars.
Bank Regulation: Effects on Strategy, Financial Accounting and
Management Control discusses and problematizes how regulation is
affecting bank strategies as well as their financial accounting and
management control systems. Following a period of bank
de-regulation, the new millennium brought a drastic change, with
many new regulations. Some of these are the result of the financial
crisis of 2008-2009. Other regulations, such as the introduction in
2005 of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for
quoted companies in the EU, can be related to the introduction of a
new global accounting regime. It is evident from annual reports of
banks that the number of new regulations in recent years is high
and that they cover many different functional areas. The objectives
of these regulations are also ambitious; to improve governance and
control, contributing to a high level of financial stability for
banks. These objectives are obviously of great concern for an
industry that directly and indirectly affects the financial
situation not only of individuals and organizations but also nation
states. Considering the importance of banks in society, it is of
little surprise that the attention of both scholars and
practitioners has been directed towards how banks comply with new
regulations and if the intended objectives of the regulations are
met. This book will be of great value to all those interested in
financial stability matters (practitioners, policy-makers,
students, academics), as well as to accounting and finance
scholars.
The third edition traces the trajectory of video surveillance
technology from its roots to its current state, and into its
potential future role in security and beyond. For the reader, it is
an opportunity to explore what the latest technology has to offer,
as well as to gain some insight into the direction that
surveillance will take us in the years ahead. The revised edition
of Intelligent Network Video is more comprehensive in every area
than the first and second editions, printed in over 25,000 copies.
There is also a new chapter on cybersecurity, as well as thoroughly
revised chapters on cloud and analytics. The book takes the reader
on a tour through the building blocks of intelligent network
video—from imaging to network cameras and video encoders, through
the IT technologies of network and storage and into video
management, analytics, and system design.
Architectural practices worldwide have to deal with increasingly
complex design requirements. How do practices acquire the ability
to do so? The Changing Shape of Practice provides a handbook of
examples for practices that wish to integrate more research into
their work and a reference book for students that seek to prepare
themselves for the changing shape of practice in architecture. It
addresses the increasing integration of research undertaken in
architectural practices of different sizes ranging from small to
very large practices from the UK, USA, Europe and Asia. The book is
organized according to the size of the practices which is
significant in that it addresses the different structures and
resourcing requirements that are enabled by specific practice
sizes, as this determines and constrains the type, scope and modes
of research available to a given practice. The practices covered
include: Woods Bagot Perkins + Will White AECOM UN Studio Shop
Architects PLP Architecture Kieran Timberlake 3XN ONL AZPML Thomas
Herzog + Partners Herreros Arquitectos Spacescape OCEAN Design
Research Association By taking stock of the current shape of
practice, the book provides essential information for professional
architects who are integrating research into their practice.
Research in the creative fields of architecture, design, music and
the arts has experienced dynamic development for over two decades.
The research in these practice- and arts-based fields has become
increasingly mature but has also led to various discussions on what
constitutes doctoral proficiency in these fields. The term
'doctorateness' is often used when referring to the assessment of
the production of doctoral research and the research competence of
research students, but in architecture and the arts, the concept of
doctorateness has not yet attained a clearly articulated
definition. The assessment of quality has been practiced by way of
supervising, mentoring and the evaluation of dissertations but much
less discussed. This book offers perspectives on how to qualify and
assess research in architecture, music and the arts. It creates a
broader arena for discussion on doctorateness by establishing a
framework for its application to creative fields. The book is
grouped into three sections and includes contributions from
international experts in the various fields working in Australia,
Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, the
Netherlands and the UK. The first section offers general frameworks
for further conceptualising doctorateness in the fields in
question. It is followed by a section that describes and discusses
various experiences, concerns and visions on the production and
assessment of doctoral research reporting from doctoral programmes
in different stages of development. The third section includes
future-oriented perspectives on knowledge-building processes, and
asks how the ongoing, profound changes in academia could influence
the concept of quality in both doctoral process and product. The
book presents different perspectives on research assessment
practices and developments of relevant criteria in the
practice-based and creative fields of architecture and the arts.
The contributions propose ways of framing this issue conceptually,
show the need for awareness of the specific context and tradition
programmes develop and give proposals for various potential
trajectories for the future.
This book is about financial accounting and management control and
how these two information systems are related as well as how their
objectives conflict. At the most fundamental level, the objective
of financial accounting is to provide owners and funders with
comparable information on a company's value creation. The aim of
management control, on the other hand, is to give the board, senior
executives and employees unique information for strategy
formulation and implementation. One often-mentioned negative effect
is the risk of financial accounting affecting management control
design and use, making it less relevant for decision-making at the
company level. The book provides an analysis of the complex
relationship between financial accounting and management control.
The analysis is based on theoretical reasoning as well as several
examples of how financial accounting standards affect not only the
annual report but also the control system. An interesting, and
perhaps unexpected conclusion is that management control seems to
affect financial accounting almost as much as financial accounting
affects management control. These complex relationships, which can
influence the design and use of both financial accounting and
management control, are discussed in detail in this book.
This book is about financial accounting and management control and
how these two information systems are related as well as how their
objectives conflict. At the most fundamental level, the objective
of financial accounting is to provide owners and funders with
comparable information on a company's value creation. The aim of
management control, on the other hand, is to give the board, senior
executives and employees unique information for strategy
formulation and implementation. One often-mentioned negative effect
is the risk of financial accounting affecting management control
design and use, making it less relevant for decision-making at the
company level. The book provides an analysis of the complex
relationship between financial accounting and management control.
The analysis is based on theoretical reasoning as well as several
examples of how financial accounting standards affect not only the
annual report but also the control system. An interesting, and
perhaps unexpected conclusion is that management control seems to
affect financial accounting almost as much as financial accounting
affects management control. These complex relationships, which can
influence the design and use of both financial accounting and
management control, are discussed in detail in this book.
This book is about competitive advantage and how it is created at
the company level. Our theoretical starting point is that the
alignment of strategies and control systems affects the firm's
chances of successfully positioning itself in its chosen area of
competition. The firm is in a better position to concentrate on
activities that create value for the customer if its strategies and
control systems are mutually consistent and adapted to expected
external demands. This book is thus a contribution to the
literature that treats competitive advantage on the basis of the
match between the environment and internal resources. Our ambition
has been to provide additional knowledge in the area through a
comprehensive discussion on co-ordination and integration of
strategies and control systems.
The link between strategies and control systems and how it
ultimately af fects the competitiveness of firms is an area that is
attracting the atten tion of practitioners and scholars. There is a
need to discuss which combi nations of strategies and control
systems can be assumed to contribute to competitive strength. In
this book we have chosen to highlight the role of management
control and manufacturing control in this respect. For a long time
these two types of control systems were regarded as more or less
separate subjects of research and study. However, the differences
between management control and manufacturing control are
diminishing, a ten dency that we support. The book is written in
this spirit of approval. The models and hypotheses advanced in the
book were developed over a long period of time. They are based on
research and have been published and otherwise presented in a
variety of different circumstances (see, for example, Jansson et
al., 2000; Kald et al., 2000; Nilsson, 1994, 1997, 2002; Rapp et
al., 2000). Our colleagues have stimulated our thinking and have
contributed to further refinement of the thoughts presented in the
book. We would like to thank Professor Leif Appelgren, Professor
Thomas Falk, Professor Nils Goran Olve, Professor Rolf Rundfelt,
Professor Bengt Saven, Associate professor Vivian Vimarlund and
Assistant professor Alf Westelius for their valuable comments and
inspiration.
The discipline of architecture is currently undergoing a
significant change as professional practice and academia seem to be
transforming one another specifically through succinct research
undertakings. This book continues the discussion started in The
Changing Shape of Practice - Integrating Research and Design in
Architecture on architectural offices' modes of research and lines
of inquiry in architecture and how it reshapes practice. The book
aims to contribute to the mapping and discussion on research in
architectural practice and its transformational impact and gives
input to the discussions on where the architectural profession is
heading. In this second volume, various research initiatives and
modes in architectural practices are portrayed. The book also
includes contributions that broaden the scope and put the
developments into larger contexts, and present an overview of
developments from different regional perspectives and of various
social aspects of architecture. It also relates the developments in
practice to educational efforts and to initiatives where the more
traditional role of architects is challenged. The contributions
include chapters by Walter Unterrainer, Anthony Burke, Renee Cheng
and Andrea J. Johnson, and Michael U. Hensel, and on the practices
atelier d'architecture autogeree, Helen & Hard, MVRDV and The
Why Factory, NADAAA & Nader Tehrani, Nordic - Office of
Architecture, Schmidt Hammer Lassen, Skidmore, Owings &
Merrill, Void, Sarah Wigglesworth Architects, and AElvstranden
Utveckling.
Architectural practices worldwide have to deal with increasingly
complex design requirements. How do practices acquire the ability
to do so? The Changing Shape of Practice provides a handbook of
examples for practices that wish to integrate more research into
their work and a reference book for students that seek to prepare
themselves for the changing shape of practice in architecture. It
addresses the increasing integration of research undertaken in
architectural practices of different sizes ranging from small to
very large practices from the UK, USA, Europe and Asia. The book is
organized according to the size of the practices which is
significant in that it addresses the different structures and
resourcing requirements that are enabled by specific practice
sizes, as this determines and constrains the type, scope and modes
of research available to a given practice. The practices covered
include: Woods Bagot Perkins + Will White AECOM UN Studio Shop
Architects PLP Architecture Kieran Timberlake 3XN ONL AZPML Thomas
Herzog + Partners Herreros Arquitectos Spacescape OCEAN Design
Research Association By taking stock of the current shape of
practice, the book provides essential information for professional
architects who are integrating research into their practice.
Research in the creative fields of architecture, design, music and
the arts has experienced dynamic development for over two decades.
The research in these practice- and arts-based fields has become
increasingly mature but has also led to various discussions on what
constitutes doctoral proficiency in these fields. The term
'doctorateness' is often used when referring to the assessment of
the production of doctoral research and the research competence of
research students, but in architecture and the arts, the concept of
doctorateness has not yet attained a clearly articulated
definition. The assessment of quality has been practiced by way of
supervising, mentoring and the evaluation of dissertations but much
less discussed. This book offers perspectives on how to qualify and
assess research in architecture, music and the arts. It creates a
broader arena for discussion on doctorateness by establishing a
framework for its application to creative fields. The book is
grouped into three sections and includes contributions from
international experts in the various fields working in Australia,
Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, the
Netherlands and the UK. The first section offers general frameworks
for further conceptualising doctorateness in the fields in
question. It is followed by a section that describes and discusses
various experiences, concerns and visions on the production and
assessment of doctoral research reporting from doctoral programmes
in different stages of development. The third section includes
future-oriented perspectives on knowledge-building processes, and
asks how the ongoing, profound changes in academia could influence
the concept of quality in both doctoral process and product. The
book presents different perspectives on research assessment
practices and developments of relevant criteria in the
practice-based and creative fields of architecture and the arts.
The contributions propose ways of framing this issue conceptually,
show the need for awareness of the specific context and tradition
programmes develop and give proposals for various potential
trajectories for the future.
The discipline of architecture is currently undergoing a
significant change as professional practice and academia seem to be
transforming one another specifically through succinct research
undertakings. This book continues the discussion started in The
Changing Shape of Practice - Integrating Research and Design in
Architecture on architectural offices' modes of research and lines
of inquiry in architecture and how it reshapes practice. The book
aims to contribute to the mapping and discussion on research in
architectural practice and its transformational impact and gives
input to the discussions on where the architectural profession is
heading. In this second volume, various research initiatives and
modes in architectural practices are portrayed. The book also
includes contributions that broaden the scope and put the
developments into larger contexts, and present an overview of
developments from different regional perspectives and of various
social aspects of architecture. It also relates the developments in
practice to educational efforts and to initiatives where the more
traditional role of architects is challenged. The contributions
include chapters by Walter Unterrainer, Anthony Burke, Renee Cheng
and Andrea J. Johnson, and Michael U. Hensel, and on the practices
atelier d'architecture autogeree, Helen & Hard, MVRDV and The
Why Factory, NADAAA & Nader Tehrani, Nordic - Office of
Architecture, Schmidt Hammer Lassen, Skidmore, Owings &
Merrill, Void, Sarah Wigglesworth Architects, and AElvstranden
Utveckling.
Strategic management control differs from traditional management
control in several important respects. First, it supports both
strategy formulation and strategy implementation. Second, it is to
a large extent based on non-financial information. Third, it deals
with both the long and short term and supports not only tactical,
but also strategic and operational decision-making. Fourth, and
perhaps most importantly, strategic management control is designed
for, and adapted to, each organisation's unique strategies. In this
context, the book emphasises the importance of dialogues. The
authors argue that it is unwise to assume that decisions taken at
the top of the organisation will automatically be executed and
obeyed throughout the organisation. Instead, they highlight the
importance of dialogue and collaboration, both between hierarchical
levels within the organisation and between actors in the network.
Such communication is essential to making management control
processes both strategic and successful. The book follows a clear
structure, from the design of strategies to the everyday evaluation
and discussion of performance and results. Though primarily
intended for professionals working in strategy and management
control at organisations, it will also benefit students and
academics interested in strategy and management control.
Strategic management control differs from traditional management
control in several important respects. First, it supports both
strategy formulation and strategy implementation. Second, it is to
a large extent based on non-financial information. Third, it deals
with both the long and short term and supports not only tactical,
but also strategic and operational decision-making. Fourth, and
perhaps most importantly, strategic management control is designed
for, and adapted to, each organisation's unique strategies. In this
context, the book emphasises the importance of dialogues. The
authors argue that it is unwise to assume that decisions taken at
the top of the organisation will automatically be executed and
obeyed throughout the organisation. Instead, they highlight the
importance of dialogue and collaboration, both between hierarchical
levels within the organisation and between actors in the network.
Such communication is essential to making management control
processes both strategic and successful. The book follows a clear
structure, from the design of strategies to the everyday evaluation
and discussion of performance and results. Though primarily
intended for professionals working in strategy and management
control at organisations, it will also benefit students and
academics interested in strategy and management control.
Continuing in the tradition of the bestselling first edition, this
book examines networked surveillance video solutions. It provides
the latest details on industry hardware, software, and networking
capabilities of the latest cameras and DVRs. It addresses in full
detail updated specifications on MPEG-4 and other digital video
formats, resolution advantages of analog v. digital, intelligent
video capabilities, frame rate control, and indoor/outdoor
installations factors. New chapters include cloud computing,
standards, and thermal cameras.
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