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Research Methods for Operations and Supply Chain Management, third edition, is a toolkit of research approaches primarily for advanced students and beginner researchers, but also a reference book for any researcher in operations and supply chain management (OSCM).

Many students begin their careers in research limited by the one or few approaches taken by their department. The concise, accessible overviews found here equip them with an understanding of a variety of methods and how to use them, enabling students to tailor their research project to their own strengths and goals. The more seasoned researcher will find comprehensive descriptions and analyses on a wide variety of research approaches.

This updated and enhanced edition responds to the latest developments in OSCM, including the growing prominence of services and production of intangible products, the complete supply chain, and the increasing use of secondary data and of mixed approaches. Alternative research approaches are included and explored to help with the planning of research. This edition also includes expanded literature reviews and analysis to guide students towards the next steps in their reading, and more detailed step-by-step advice to tie theory with the research.

Including contributions from an impressive range of the field’s leading thinkers in OSCM research, this is a guide that no one embarking on an OSCM research project should be without. Previous editions of this book were published under the title Research Methods for Operations Management and Researching Operations Management.

Research Methods for Operations and Supply Chain Management, third edition, is a toolkit of research approaches primarily for advanced students and beginner researchers, but also a reference book for any researcher in operations and supply chain management (OSCM).

Many students begin their careers in research limited by the one or few approaches taken by their department. The concise, accessible overviews found here equip them with an understanding of a variety of methods and how to use them, enabling students to tailor their research project to their own strengths and goals. The more seasoned researcher will find comprehensive descriptions and analyses on a wide variety of research approaches.

This updated and enhanced edition responds to the latest developments in OSCM, including the growing prominence of services and production of intangible products, the complete supply chain, and the increasing use of secondary data and of mixed approaches. Alternative research approaches are included and explored to help with the planning of research. This edition also includes expanded literature reviews and analysis to guide students towards the next steps in their reading, and more detailed step-by-step advice to tie theory with the research.

Including contributions from an impressive range of the field’s leading thinkers in OSCM research, this is a guide that no one embarking on an OSCM research project should be without. Previous editions of this book were published under the title Research Methods for Operations Management and Researching Operations Management.

This book examines accountability in the EU from different perspectives and considers whether EU citizens have real opportunities for holding decision-makers accountable. This book critically analyses five arguments which claim there are sufficient means for holding decision-makers to account in the Union.

The main conclusion is that the current institutional set-up and practice of decision-making in the EU is one that merely creates an illusion of accountability.

Using a strict framework focusing on the difference between formal mechanisms and actual opportunities for accountability, this highly coherent volume will be of interest to students and scholars of European politics, especially those interested in the democratic foundations of the European political system.

Chapter 1 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

This book examines accountability in the EU from different perspectives and considers whether EU citizens have real opportunities for holding decision-makers accountable. This book critically analyses five arguments which claim there are sufficient means for holding decision-makers to account in the Union.

The main conclusion is that the current institutional set-up and practice of decision-making in the EU is one that merely creates an illusion of accountability.

Using a strict framework focusing on the difference between formal mechanisms and actual opportunities for accountability, this highly coherent volume will be of interest to students and scholars of European politics, especially those interested in the democratic foundations of the European political system.

Chapter 1 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Ska EU utvecklas i en federal riktning eller ska flexibla lösningar på konkreta problem tillämpas? Detta är ödesfrågan som EU återigen står inför i en tid då nya hotbilder växer sig starka i omvärlden och flera inom-europeiska utmaningar kvarstår. En tydlig framtida färdriktning är ännu inte utstakad. Låter sig de mönster som kan skönjas i utvecklingen under de senaste åren  tolkas som att EU har tagit avgörande kliv mot ett federalt system, eller  handlar det snarare om en utveckling i flera hastigheter? I en tid då EU står inför stora utmaningar är handlingskraften i dess befogenheter och bärigheten i politiska strukturer avgörande för framtiden. Dessa utmaningar ställer viktiga frågor på sin spets: utgör planerna att upprätta en europeisk försvarsunion, jämte inrättandet av en europeisk åklagarmyndighet avgörande steg bort från statssuveräniteten? Innebär den nya utformningen av EU:s statsstödsregler ett hot mot demokratin? Hur påverkar rättsstatskrisen integrationen i EU? Hur ser möjligheterna och utmaningarna ut för en gemensam skatte- och finanspolitik inom EU? Vilken roll spelar graden av ekonomisk jämlikhet för EU:s fortsatta utveckling? Finns det en fungerande parlamentarism i EU?

Dessa och andra frågor belyses i den tjugofemte årgången av Europaperspektiv. Boken är tvärvetenskaplig och innehåller nio kapitel skrivna av forskare inom juridik, statskunskap och ekonomiska ämnen, som ur olika perspektiv analyserar den europeiska integrationens färdriktning.

I Industrivisioner: åtta röster om framtidens svenska industri samlas journalister, forskare, filmskapare, debattörer och branschexperter. Förhoppningen är att bidra till en mer framtidsinriktad debatt om den svenska industrins utveckling, bortom dagsaktuella kvartalsrapporter.

Hur kan vi skapa en svensk industri som är hållbar och framgångsrik när det gäller frågor som innovation, teknik, produktion, arbetsorganisation? Vilken roll får människor och fackföreningar i en framtid som ter sig allt mer automatiserad? Texterna rör allt från klimatutmaningen till jämställdhet och klyftan mellan stad och land.

Medverkande: Lena Abrahamsson, Ola Asplund, Christer Karlsson, Felix Lundmark, Tuula Teeri, Po Tidholm, Lisa Pelling, Gabriela Pichler.