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Soft Landing: Airline Industry Strategy, Service, and Safety covers the immediate past, present, and future of the airline industry and its effects on consumers and the economy. Aviation receives a disproportionate amount of news coverage in the popular press—not to mention chatter at cocktail parties and workplaces around the world. And why not? Aviation represents a sector of the U.S economy, for example, exceeded in size only by the real estate, healthcare, and automotive industries. Furthermore, hundreds of millions of people fly each year, including 80 million Americans. So we all have airline stories—experiencing a delay and losing a business deal, spending a night or three in the airport, dealing with ornery airline personnel, losing money on airline stocks, or being involved in a near miss. (Or, as George Carlin more accurately put it, a “near hit.”) But things might be on the upswing. Knocked to its knees by 9/11 and a decade of falling revenue and rising losses, the industry’s “flying cheap” strategy and organizational efficiencies based partly on outsourcing have appear to have helped passengers and profitability return. As this book explains, we can look forward to better technology and infrastructure, speedier—and easier—travel, more effective and less invasive security measures, and more jobs in the air and on the ground. Turbulence is always a possibility. Rising fuel costs, economic uncertainty, and future terror attacks could cause tumult once again. Plus, airline companies intend to charge us extra for everything from the weight of our own bodies to use of the bathroom. But as the industry has discovered, we’ll put up with that—and more—if we can make it to our destinations with bags intact and a smaller dent in our wallets. Soft Landing will: Sort out the promise and perils facing the airlines Analyze and articulate the potential impact of changes in the aviation industry on passengers, airports, governments, the global economy, and the airlines themselves Give airline passengers worldwide an idea of what’s ahead when it comes to airline service, security, and technology.
Aeronautics, Commercial -- Management. --- Aircraft industry -- Forecasting. --- Aircraft industry -- History. --- Airlines -- Management. --- Airlines --- Aeronautics --- Aeronautics, Commercial --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Business & Economics --- Transportation Economics --- Computer Science --- Management --- Safety measures --- Information Technology --- Computer Science (Hardware & Networks) --- Finance. --- Cost of operation. --- Air carriers --- Air lines --- Air transportation industry --- Airline industry --- Aviation industry --- Scheduled airlines --- Air service --- Air transport --- Air transportation system --- Civil aeronautics --- Civil aviation --- Commercial aeronautics --- Commercial aviation --- Business. --- Management science. --- Business and Management. --- Business and Management, general. --- Quantitative business analysis --- Problem solving --- Operations research --- Statistical decision --- Trade --- Economics --- Commerce --- Industrial management --- Airways
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This brief explores the business and global implications of the American shale energy, or natural gas, revolution. Specifically, it provides a rational, comprehensive look at the major business themes and management implications that surround the new abundance of natural gas in the United States and identifies some of the most significant geopolitical considerations globally. While acknowledging some of the controversies and hazards surrounding the extraction techniques, commonly known as “fracking”, the author also looks at the hopes this technique poses and details how shale energy will impact supply chains for firms. The discovery of new sources of domestic natural gas in recent years - coupled with innovations that facilitated their extraction - has altered the global landscape. However, the vast majority of the information out there for business students, faculty, and practitioners about the natural gas revolution is focused on the impact of “longer and lower” energy prices; and, secondarily, opportunities within the domestic energy sector. Each of these is crucial for business people to understand, however, the natural gas revolution is about much more. Companies of all sizes, whether they see it or not, are having new opportunities open up for their products and services. Further, the globalization of shale energy will have far reaching influence beyond simply economic factors. Geopolitical considerations and the re-structuring of international relations around shale energy will impact supply chains in a myriad of ways. This book aims to examine these opportunities. Featuring case studies from contemporary companies, this book will be of interest to students, academics, researchers, professionals and policy makers who are seeking to understand the business and global implications of the shale energy revolution.
Business. --- Energy policy. --- Energy and state. --- Leadership. --- Business logistics. --- Business and Management. --- Supply Chain Management. --- Business Strategy/Leadership. --- Natural Resource and Energy Economics. --- Energy Policy, Economics and Management. --- Shale gas industry --- Gas industry --- Natural resources. --- National resources --- Natural resources --- Resources, Natural --- Resource-based communities --- Resource curse --- Ability --- Command of troops --- Followership --- Supply chain management --- Industrial management --- Logistics --- Economic aspects --- Energy and state --- Power resources --- State and energy --- Industrial policy --- Energy conservation --- Government policy
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This brief explores the business and global implications of the American shale energy, or natural gas, revolution. Specifically, it provides a rational, comprehensive look at the major business themes and management implications that surround the new abundance of natural gas in the United States and identifies some of the most significant geopolitical considerations globally. While acknowledging some of the controversies and hazards surrounding the extraction techniques, commonly known as “fracking”, the author also looks at the hopes this technique poses and details how shale energy will impact supply chains for firms. The discovery of new sources of domestic natural gas in recent years - coupled with innovations that facilitated their extraction - has altered the global landscape. However, the vast majority of the information out there for business students, faculty, and practitioners about the natural gas revolution is focused on the impact of “longer and lower” energy prices; and, secondarily, opportunities within the domestic energy sector. Each of these is crucial for business people to understand, however, the natural gas revolution is about much more. Companies of all sizes, whether they see it or not, are having new opportunities open up for their products and services. Further, the globalization of shale energy will have far reaching influence beyond simply economic factors. Geopolitical considerations and the re-structuring of international relations around shale energy will impact supply chains in a myriad of ways. This book aims to examine these opportunities. Featuring case studies from contemporary companies, this book will be of interest to students, academics, researchers, professionals and policy makers who are seeking to understand the business and global implications of the shale energy revolution.
Social psychology --- Relation between energy and economics --- Business policy --- Physical distribution --- Personnel management --- Business management --- energiebeheer (technologie) --- energiemanagement (economie) --- intern transport --- energiebeleid --- energie-economie --- SCM (supply chain management) --- B2B (business-to-business) --- leidinggeven --- strategisch beleid --- natuurlijke energiebronnen
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A practical, global-centric view of how to make the worldwide supply chain safer, more resilient, and efficient.
Business logistics. --- Security, International. --- International trade.
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Consumer behavior --- Direct marketing --- Marketing --- Target marketing --- Management
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This volume presents new theoretical insights, practical strategies, and policy initiatives in the rapidly evolving field of global supply chain security. As businesses, governments, and society at large have become increasingly dependent on a global network to provide goods and services, protecting global supply chains has become an issue of vital importance for industries, nations, and regions. The "supply chain" encompasses all the links connecting a manufacturer to end users of its products. Links may take the form of plants, supplier warehouses, vendor facilities, ports or hubs, retail warehouses or facilities, and outbound shipping centers. Links also involve all the ways goods are moved—by truck, ship, airplane, or rail car. A great deal can go wrong in the supply chain due to company or systemic mismanagement and inefficiency, criminal activity, employee or technology errors, or terrorism, to name just a few of the threats. Then there are government regulation, industry or association oversight, and security agencies (both public and private) keeping track. Globalization, stricter security regimes, and increasingly sophisticated criminal activity have made cross-border cargo movements more complex, putting the integrity of end-to-end supply chains at much greater risk. This is why the security of the supply chain has become such an important issue for business people: there is too much at stake to let problems proliferate or stagnate. It has been estimated, for example, that thieves now steal $50 billion in goods each year from various points along the supply chain. Synthesizing the most current research, practical application, and policy, Global Supply Chain Security covers a range of emerging topics—from risk assessment to technology deployment to continuity planning—and will serve as a useful resource for anyone concerned with supply chain security issues, including scholars, students, business executives and policymakers.
Economics/Management Science. --- Production/Logistics/Supply Chain Management. --- Economic Policy. --- International Economics. --- Economics. --- Economic policy. --- International economics. --- Economie politique --- Politique économique --- Business logistics. --- International trade. --- Security, International. --- Business logistics --- Management --- Business & Economics --- Management Theory --- Security measures --- Security measures. --- Management. --- Supply chain management --- Business. --- Production management. --- Business and Management. --- Operations Management. --- Industrial management --- Logistics --- Economic policy, Foreign --- Economic relations, Foreign --- Economics, International --- Foreign economic policy --- Foreign economic relations --- Interdependence of nations --- International economic policy --- International economics --- New international economic order --- Economic policy --- International relations --- Economic sanctions --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Economics --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Manufacturing management
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This volume focuses on the spotlight on Romania and Moldova, two distinct nations that share a common language, history and culture. Romania is a NATO member since 2004 and a fully integrated nation into the European Union since 2007, while The Republic of Moldova (a former Soviet republic) is attempting to join both international organizations for security and development reasons. Ever since the Iron Curtain fell on Europe at the end of World War II, the term “Eastern Europe” has been used without much regard for the diversity of the region. Given the geographical proximity, perhaps this is an understandable error. However, moving forward into the twenty-first century, and considering the highly sensitive geopolitical, security and development issues playing out in the region, we believe each nation should be treated with the unique distinction it deserves. Building a mosaic of the most current research, practical application, and policy, the authors, who represent unique, insider perspectives, cover a range of emerging and timely topics from Black Sea security to cultural analyses, organizational development and risk assessment shedding light on social, political and economic challenges of rapid transition in the region, while considering the implications for research, practice and policy in other front-line regions around the world.
Economics/Management Science. --- Emerging Markets/Globalization. --- Social Policy. --- European Integration. --- International Relations. --- Economics. --- Europe --- Social policy. --- Economie politique --- Politique sociale --- Economic policy. --- Europe_xEconomic policy. --- Commerce --- Business & Economics --- International Commerce --- Marketing & Sales --- Geopolitics --- National security --- Economic development --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- National security policy --- NSP (National security policy) --- Security policy, National --- Government policy --- Business. --- Globalization. --- Markets. --- International relations. --- European Economic Community literature. --- Business and Management. --- Economic policy --- International relations --- Military policy --- World politics --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- European Economic Community lite. --- Coexistence --- Foreign affairs --- Foreign policy --- Foreign relations --- Global governance --- Interdependence of nations --- International affairs --- Peaceful coexistence --- World order --- Sovereignty --- National planning --- State planning --- Family policy --- Social history --- Global cities --- Globalisation --- Internationalization --- Anti-globalization movement --- Public markets --- Fairs --- Market towns
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This volume focuses on the spotlight on Romania and Moldova, two distinct nations that share a common language, history and culture. Romania is a NATO member since 2004 and a fully integrated nation into the European Union since 2007, while The Republic of Moldova (a former Soviet republic) is attempting to join both international organizations for security and development reasons. Ever since the Iron Curtain fell on Europe at the end of World War II, the term “Eastern Europe” has been used without much regard for the diversity of the region. Given the geographical proximity, perhaps this is an understandable error. However, moving forward into the twenty-first century, and considering the highly sensitive geopolitical, security and development issues playing out in the region, we believe each nation should be treated with the unique distinction it deserves. Building a mosaic of the most current research, practical application, and policy, the authors, who represent unique, insider perspectives, cover a range of emerging and timely topics from Black Sea security to cultural analyses, organizational development and risk assessment shedding light on social, political and economic challenges of rapid transition in the region, while considering the implications for research, practice and policy in other front-line regions around the world.
Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Social policy --- International relations. Foreign policy --- Microeconomics --- Developing countries: economic development problems --- Literature --- literatuur --- markt --- welzijnsbeleid --- sociaal beleid --- globalisering --- internationale betrekkingen --- Europese eenmaking --- Europe
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