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- Introduces the reader to the process of strategic decision making and combines operations research and engineering management in a structured manner
- Presents concepts of game theory, technology management, innovation and entrepreneurship
- Has a strong focus on application with examples of decision making under certainty, uncertainty and risk conditions
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Operations Research (OR)
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Engineering Management
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
R. Srinivasan
About the author
R. Srinivasan is a professor at the Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He holds a doctoral degree in Management (Fellowship Program) from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, after completing post-graduation in Engineering. He had his post-doctoral training from the University of Leeds, UK. He has more than 33 years of experience in both academia and industry, having served in some of the reputed organizations in the country like Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE), New Delhi, Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad, and National Institute for Training in Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai. He serves as a visiting faculty and examiner in many reputed institutions in the country. His papers have been published in leading international and national journals and he has authored six books. He is also a recipient of a number of awards, notably the International Statistical Institute Award (1983) and the Colombo Plan Award (1989). He has been invited to serve on the panel to develop International Technology Indicators by the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA, for 2002–2004, 2005–2006 and again for 2007–2008. His interest in infrastructure development field has influenced his work on a number of assignments of societal and national interest like the socio-economic impact analysis of the Bedthi hydel project and more recently, an estimation of the demand for solar photovoltaic (SPV) cells in Gundlupet, a drought-prone area in the Karnataka, India. The Indian Journal of Transport Management has rated the research article Intermodal Choice in Passenger Transportation: Some Empirical Evidence as the best research article in 2001. His research on Dimensional Identification of International Positioning Process for Defence systems won the European Aeronautical Defence and space Systems Award in 2009. He was invited in 2006 to share his thoughts and expertise in the EuropeanMasters Programme in Management at Madrid, Spain. He is consulted regularly by well known Indian national bodies including the Public Service Commission (UPSC), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Ministry of Defence. His current research interests are in developing strategic policy initiatives and strategic marketing.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Strategic Business Decisions
Book Subtitle: A Quantitative Approach
Authors: R. Srinivasan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1901-9
Publisher: Springer New Delhi
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature India Private Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-81-322-1900-2Published: 11 June 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-81-322-2914-8Published: 27 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-81-322-1901-9Published: 23 May 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 309
Number of Illustrations: 44 b/w illustrations
Topics: Operations Research/Decision Theory, Industrial and Production Engineering, Operations Research, Management Science, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Project Management, IT in Business