G. Owen – författare

Improving Changeover Performance is essential reading for managers, engineers and improvement practitioners working in manufacturing industries. It will also prove invaluable to original equipment manufacturers and postgraduates and academic researchers alike.Increasing importance is being placed on responsive, flexible manufacture in multi-product industrial environments. The ability to changeover production facilities both quickly and to a high standard is a key component of just-in-time and lean manufacturing paradigms, which are increasingly being adopted as businesses strive to compete in today''s volatile and congested markets.Currently industry frequently adopts the SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Die) system, a well-established shop floor method to improve changeovers. This book takes a major step beyond the SMED system, by describing in much greater detail than hitherto the potential role of engineering design, of both substantive and non-substantive nature, to enhance changeovers. It also clearly sets out what better changeover performance can contribute to business competitiveness, and describes the many pitfalls that an improvement initiative can face.- Provides overall methodology for changeover improvementIncorporates design into SMED system- Recommended by the IMechE Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Corporate Governance in the US and Europe provides a comprehensive and concise overview of the most recent developments in corporate governance. It is based on a recent joint conference arranged by New York University and the London School of Economics, which brought together eminent academics and practitioners, including Michael Jensen in Finance and Martin Lipton in Law, to discuss the stock market boom-and-bust, and the recent corporate scandals. The book is aimed at practitioners, policy makers and academics who have to deal with corporate governance.

Corporate Governance in the US and Europe provides a comprehensive and concise overview of the most recent developments in corporate governance. It is based on a recent joint conference arranged by New York University and the London School of Economics, which brought together eminent academics and practitioners, including Michael Jensen in Finance and Martin Lipton in Law, to discuss the stock market boom-and-bust, and the recent corporate scandals. The book is aimed at practitioners, policy makers and academics who have to deal with corporate governance.

Corporate Governance in the US and Europe provides a comprehensive and concise overview of the most recent developments in corporate governance. It is based on a recent joint conference arranged by New York University and the London School of Economics, which brought together eminent academics and practitioners, including Michael Jensen in Finance and Martin Lipton in Law, to discuss the stock market boom-and-bust, and the recent corporate scandals. The book is aimed at practitioners, policy makers and academics who have to deal with corporate governance.

In den letzten Jahren entstand ein erheblicher Bedarf an Lehrbüchern, die die Theorie der Zwei-und n-Personenspiel~ aus mathematischer Sicht VOllständig behandeln. Ich hoffe, daß das vorliegende Buch diese Lücke schließen wird. Die Theorie der Zwei-Personenspiele wird in den Kapiteln I bis V behandelt, die gewis­ sermaßen den ersten Teil des Buches bilden. Die letzten fünf Kapitel behandeln die n-Personenspiele und können zum zweiten Teil zusammengafaßt werden. Beide Teile sind voneinander unabhängig und stellen etwa je eine einsemestrige Vorlesung dar. Es können aber auch die Kapitel I, II, VIII, IX zu einem mehr theoretisch orientierten Elementarkurs zusammengefaßt werden. Überdies ist es möglich, einzelne Kapitel weitgehend beliebig für eine Lehrveranstaltung auszuwählen, ohne daß dabei zu sehr auf die restlichen eingegangen werden muß. Schließlich sei bemerkt, daß die meisten der bisher bekannten Lehrbücher die Teile der Spieltheorie behandeln, die in den Kapiteln II, III, VIII und IX zu finden sind. Ich habe versucht, die vorliegende Theorie mit mathematischer Strenge abzuhandeln. Gleichzeitig aber wurde - besonders in der zweiten Hälfte des Buches -der mathe­ matische Aufbau der Theorie durch heuristische Betrachtungen erläutert. Schließlich ist die Spieltheorie die mathematische Beschreibung bestimmter soziologischer Phä­ nomene; und es wäre daher in der Tat zu dürftig, die mathematische Darstellung ohne die zugehörigen sozialen Bezüge zu bringen.