Business Research for Decision Making with InfoTrac

Business Research for Decision Making with InfoTrac

Author: Duane L. Davis

Publisher: South Western Educational Publishing

Published: 1998-08

Total Pages: 596

ISBN-13: 9780534363369

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This text covers the entire process of business and marketing research. It contains up-to-date references to on-line and electronic sources. The author emphasizes modern software use and decision-making.


Business Research for Decision Making

Business Research for Decision Making

Author: Duane Davis

Publisher: Brooks/Cole

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 644

ISBN-13: 9780534371067

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This Fifth Edition reflects the ever-increasing changes in the tools and technology available today. Duane Davis teaches students and managers how to develop ways to efficiently and effectively plan, collect, organize, and assimilate information to make informed business decisions. This book covers the fundamentals of conducting research as well as the recent advancements in the field of business research such as the use of the Internet, qualitative research, and modern analytical tools (SPSS and Excel). The new edition is available packaged with the SPSS Student Version Software.


Utilizing New Information Technology in Teaching of International Business

Utilizing New Information Technology in Teaching of International Business

Author: Fahri Karakaya

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-03-26

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1351066846

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Originally published in 1985 this book looks at the way in which some businesses in high technology manufacturing industry have organised their structures and processes in order to manage product innovation effectively. Including detailed case studies of both British and American companies, the book gives examples of both effective and less effective practices. The author puts forward a general framework of good practice for the benefit of both practitioners and business studies students.


Essentials of Business Research Methods

Essentials of Business Research Methods

Author: Joseph F. Hair, Jr

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-03-04

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 1317471237

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Managers increasingly must make decisions based on almost unlimited information. How can they navigate and organize this vast amount of data? Essentials of Business Research Methods provides research techniques for people who aren't data analysts. The authors offer a straightforward, hands-on approach to the vital managerial process of gathering and using data to make clear business decisions. They include such critical topics as the increasing role of online research, ethical issues, data mining, customer relationship management, and how to conduct information-gathering activities more effectively in a rapidly changing business environment. This is the only such book that includes a chapter on qualitative data analysis, and the coverage of quantitative data analysis is more extensive and much easier to understand than in other works. The book features a realistic continuing case throughout the text that enables students to see how business research information is used in the real world. It includes applied research examples in all chapters, as well as Ethical Dilemma mini - cases, and interactive Internet applications and exercises.


Data Analysis for Managers with Microsoft Excel

Data Analysis for Managers with Microsoft Excel

Author: S. Christian Albright

Publisher: South Western Educational Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 988

ISBN-13: 9780534383664

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This text presents statistical concepts and methods in a unified, modern, spreadsheet-oriented approach. Featuring a wealth of business applications, this examples-based text illustrates a variety of statistical methods to help students analyze data sets and uncover important information to aid decision-making. DATA ANALYSIS FOR MANAGERS contains professional StatPro add-ins for Microsoft Excel from Palisade, valued at one hundred fifty dollars packaged at no additional cost with every new text.


Strategic Decision Making for Sustainable Management of Industrial Networks

Strategic Decision Making for Sustainable Management of Industrial Networks

Author: Jafar Rezaei

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-01-12

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 303055385X

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This book presents a diverse set of decision-making methodologies to solve some of the most important decisions that most organizations face today. It is an excellent demonstration of some great challenges in our society in the area of sustainability. These great challenges, ranging from sustainability in logistics to the use of renewable energies, needs to be urgently addressed. Sustainability has become one of the most important topics in management and many organizations are taking big steps towards sustainability. Organizations are attempting to use cleaner production technologies and renewable energies sources, to improve health and safety issues within their industries and the products and services they offer. These points involve several important strategic and managerial decisions, highlighted in this book. The book can be used by decision-makers and policy-makers as exemplary guidelines to solve sustainability problems.