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  • Manufacturing Possibilities

    Creative Action and Industrial Recomposition in the United States, Germany, and Japan

    by Gary Herrigel ...
    Manufacturing Possibilities examines adjustment dynamics in the steel, automobile and machinery industries in Germany, the U.S., and Japan since World War II. As national industrial actors in each sector try to compete in global markets, the book argues that they recompose firm and industry boundaries, stakeholder identities and interests, and governance mechanisms at all levels of their political ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

  • Knowledge for Governance

    Edited by Johannes Glückler, Gary Herrigel, Michael Handke ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access book focuses on theoretical and empirical intersections between governance, knowledge and space from an interdisciplinary perspective. The contributions elucidate how knowledge is a prerequisite as well as a driver of governance efficacy, and conversely, how governance affects the creation and use of knowledge and innovation in geographical context. Scholars from the fields of ... Read more

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    Large-Scale Assessment and Classroom Assessment

    by Christine Suurtamm, Denisse R. Thompson, Rae Young Kim, Leonora Diaz Moreno, Nathalie Sayac, Stanislaw Schukajlow, Edward Silver, Stefan Ufer, Pauline Vos ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book provides an overview of current research on a variety of topics related to both large-scale and classroom assessment. First, the purposes, traditions and principles of assessment are considered, with particular attention to those common to all levels of assessment and those more connected with either classroom or large-scale assessment. Assessment design based on sound assessment ... Read more

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  • The China Price

    The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage

    by Alexandra Harney ...
    In this landmark work of investigative reporting, former Financial Times correspondent Alexandra Harney uncovers a story of immense significance to us all: how China's factory economy gains a competitive edge by selling out its workers, environment, and future. Harney's firsthand reporting brings us face-to-face with a world in which intense pricing pressure from Western companies combines with ... Read more

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  • Advanced AutoCAD® 2016 Exercise Workbook

    by Cheryl R. Shrock, Steve Heather ...
    This is the right book for users who liked the author’s “Beginning AutoCAD” workbook and want to learn more about AutoCAD’s features, including Xref, Attributes, and 3D solids. This clear, no nonsense, easy-to-follow text is totally updated for AutoCAD 2016 and 2016 LT, and it offers several new and improved features. All exercises are easy to print on standard 8 ½" x 11" paper. For use with the ... Read more

    $76.89 CAD

  • Machine Shop Trade Secrets

    Second Edition

    by James Harvey ...
    Written by an experienced machinist and plastic injection mold maker, this groundbreaking manual will have users thinking and producing like experienced machinists. Machine Shop Trade Secrets provides practical “how-to” information that can immediately be put to use to improve ones machining skills, craftsmanship, and productivity. It is sure to be used and referred to time and again.Users will ... Read more

    $87.89 CAD

  • Smith & Wesson

    by Roy G. Jinks, Sandra C. Krein ...
    Series series Images of America
    The most respected of firearm companies, Smith & Wesson explores the guns and company history from 1852 to to 1965. Rarely seen historical photographs, advertisements, and company documents culled from the company archives, museums collections, and the private collections of Smith & Wesson collectors make this a must for every gun collector and admirer. Horace Smith and Daniel Baird Wesson shared ... Read more

    $17.91 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • CNC Trade Secrets

    A Guide to CNC Machine Shop Practices

    by James Harvey ...
    OverviewCNC Trade Secrets is from the author of the bestselling and universally praisedMachine Shop Trade Secrets**. This new manual does for CNC machining what the first book did for conventional machining.With this guide to proven CNC machine shop practices, you will be producing machine parts faster, with fewer errors, and with less labor. You’ll discover that you don’t have to know “everything ... Read more

    $76.89 CAD

  • Second Shift: The Inside Story of the Keep GM Movement

    by David Hollister, Ray Tadgerson, David Closs, G. Tomas M. Hult ...
    The dynamic, collaborative management model that saved a U.S. manufacturing cityWhen car-making giant General Motors decided to close its plant in Lansing, Michigan, in 1996, one person—the city’s newly elected mayor—stood up and said “no.” Initially, it was the cry of a man in the wilderness. Not once in its century-long history had GM reversed a decision to close a plant. But Mayor David ... Read more

    $29.69 CAD

  • Discover Excellence

    An Overview of the Shingo Model and Its Guiding Principles

    Edited by Gerhard J. Plenert ...
    Series series The Shingo Model Series
    A facility-wide improvement initiative is expensive in terms of both time and money. Perhaps the most disappointing thing about them is that they often end up as temporary measures that may produce early results but are unsustainable in the long run. The unseen cost is that after they see such initiatives come and go, employees begin to see them as futile, temporary annoyances rather than the ... Read more

    Was $97.99 CAD Now $86.56 CAD

  • Strategic Management of Sustainable Manufacturing Operations

    Edited by Rameshwar Dubey, Angappa Gunasekaran ...
    As companies and organizations continue to grow economically, it has become pertinent to also implement business and management practices that help relieve environmental and social stressors created by manufacturing processes. Strategic Management of Sustainable Manufacturing Operations features an inclusive overview of various management practices that contribute to the sustainability efforts of ... Read more

    $227.99 CAD

  • Explaining Productivity Differences

    Comparative Analysis of Automotive Plants in Japan, the United States, Thailand and China

    by Hiromichi Shibata ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book, in contrast with previous research and popular discussions that focus on the productivity of workers, identifies the critical influence of supervisors and engineers as key drivers of productivity differentials. To do so, it analyzes productivity at a Japanese car component plant and its three offshoot plants located in the United States, Thailand, and China and how productivity evolved ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD