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  • Unsafe at MIT

    A Chronicle of a Campus War on the Jews

    by Yossi Sheffi ...
    For Jewish and Israeli students at MIT, the days and months following October 7 profoundly changed campus life. Campus corridors, which once reverberated with the voices of researchers discussing problems and sharing solutions, became an echo chamber of hostility and intimidation. For many students, the experience reshaped not only their education but also their sense of belonging at one of the ... Read more

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  • The Resilient Enterprise

    Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage

    by Yossi Sheffi ...
    Stories from Nokia, Dell, UPS, Toyota, and other companies show how firms can reduce their vulnerability to high-impact distributions, from earthquakes to strikes, from SARS to terrorism, and use them for competitive advantage.What happens when fire strikes the manufacturing plant of the sole supplier for the brake pressure valve used in every Toyota? When a hurricane shuts down production at a ... Read more

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  • Balancing Green

    When to Embrace Sustainability in a Business (and When Not To)

    An expert on business strategy offers a pragmatic take on how businesses of all sizes balance the competing demands of profitability and employment with sustainability.The demands and stresses on companies only grow as executives face a multitude of competing business goals. Their stakeholders are interested in corporate profits, jobs, business growth, and environmental sustainability. In this ... Read more

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  • The Power of Resilience

    How the Best Companies Manage the Unexpected

    by Yossi Sheffi ...
    How the best companies prepare for and manage modern vulnerabilities—from cybersecurity risks to climate change: new tools, processes and organizations for developing corporate resilience.A catastrophic earthquake is followed by a tsunami that inundates the coastline, and around the globe manufacturing comes to a standstill. State-of-the-art passenger jets are grounded because of a malfunctioning ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Logistics Clusters

    Delivering Value and Driving Growth

    by Yossi Sheffi ...
    How logistics clusters can create jobs while providing companies with competitive advantage.Why is Memphis home to hundreds of motor carrier terminals and distribution centers? Why does the tiny island-nation of Singapore handle a fifth of the world's maritime containers and half the world's annual supply of crude oil? Which jobs can replace lost manufacturing jobs in advanced economies?Some of ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Strategic Planning for Dynamic Supply Chains

    Preparing for Uncertainty Using Scenarios

    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book presents a strategic decision-making process (i.e., scenario planning) to help managers build supply chain infrastructures that can adapt to uncertain shifts in the business environment. The authors detail the process for developing and applying scenarios for strategic planning in organizations playing three different roles in supply chains. Using three cases in which the process was ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    The Power Resilience

    How the Best Companies Manage the Unexpected

    by Yossi Sheffi ...
    Narrated by Sean Pratt ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 39 min

    A catastrophic earthquake is followed by a tsunami that inundates the coastline, and around the globe manufacturing comes to a standstill. State-of-the-art passenger jets are grounded because of a malfunctioning part. A strike halts shipments through a major port. A new digital device decimates the sales of other brands and sends established firms to the brink of bankruptcy. The interconnectedness ... Read more

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  • Marketbusters

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  • No Ordinary Disruption

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    Our intuition on how the world works could well be wrong. We are surprised when new competitors burst on the scene, or businesses protected by large and deep moats find their defenses easily breached, or vast new markets are conjured from nothing. Trend lines resemble saw-tooth mountain ridges.The world not only feels different. The data tell us it is different. Based on years of research by the ... Read more

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  • Strategic Global Sourcing Best Practices

    The latest best practice guidance on all aspects of global strategic sourcing-including environmental and international issuesStrategic Global Sourcing Best Practices covers the latest trends and leading edge processes in global strategic sourcing, including supply management, t, sustainability, financial decisions, risk management, and international strategies.Offers the latest trends and ... Read more

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  • Logistics Handbook

    The Logistics Handbook encompasses all of the latest advances in warehousing and distribution. It provides invaluable "how to" problem-solving tools and techniques for all the ever-increasing logistical problems managers face -- making it the most complete and authoritative handbook to date.Special features include:* The most in-depth coverage of a wide range of topics, including information ... Read more

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