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Soft Computing in Management and Business Economics

Volume 1

  • Selected papers from AEDEM 2012
  • Advanced research in Soft Computing for Management and Business Economics
  • Written by leading experts in the field

Part of the book series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing (STUDFUZZ, volume 286)

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Table of contents (30 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-12
  2. Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. The Management of Human Resources within Total Quality Control

      • Estrella Vidal-Vázquez, Manuel Martínez-Carballo, Eduardo Guillén-Solórzano
      Pages 17-30
    3. Corporate Control and Generational Phase in Family SMEs

      • Amaia Maseda, Txomin Iturralde, Blanca Arosa
      Pages 31-46
    4. Characteristics of Upper Management and Market Orientation: An Empirical Study of Industrial Firms

      • Manuela Vega, María Ángeles Revilla, Francisco J. Cossío
      Pages 63-79
    5. Complex Group Decision Making under Risk and Uncertainty

      • José M. Merigó, Anna M. Gil-Lafuente
      Pages 81-93
    6. Algorithms for the Choice of a Leadership Measurement in the Uncertainty

      • Rita Berger, Marina Romeo, Sefa Boria-Reverter
      Pages 95-107
    7. Analysis on the Implementation of the EFQM Excellence Model on the Companies in Galicia

      • Manuel Martínez-Carballo, Estrella Vidal-Vázquez
      Pages 109-122
    8. Determinant Factors of Mandatory Environmental Reporting: The Case of Portuguese Primary Metal and Steel Industry

      • Carlos Lourenço Moreira de Barros, Sónia María da Silva Monteiro
      Pages 123-147
    9. Board Members Working Style and Board Demography in SMEs Spanish Firms

      • Txomin Iturralde, Blanca Arosa, Amaia Maseda
      Pages 149-164
    10. Organizational Structure as an Explanatory Factor of Market Orientation

      • María Ángeles Revilla, Manuela Vega, Tomás Cabello
      Pages 165-181
    11. Descriptive Analysis of Competitiveness of Spanish Subsidiaries

      • Paloma Miravitlles, Ana Núñez-Carballosa, Laura Guitart-Tarrés
      Pages 183-194
    12. Prevalence of Burnout Syndrome in Employees of Institutions of the Health Sector

      • Tirso J. Hernández, Germán Sánchez, José F. Hernández, Venancio Avendaño
      Pages 207-225
    13. Determinants of the Adoption of Environmental Management Practices in Portuguese Local Government: A Multivariate Analysis

      • Verónica Paula Lima-Ribeiro, Sónia María da Silva Monteiro, Cristina Aibar Guzmán
      Pages 227-242
    14. Environmental Factors and Female Entrepreneurship: A Quantitative Study in Spain

      • Maria Noguera, David Urbano, Claudia Álvarez
      Pages 243-259
    15. Team Participation and Career Advancement

      • Ana-Maria Godeanu
      Pages 261-282
  3. Marketing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 283-283

About this book

This book is a collection of selected papers presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Academy of Management and Business Economics (AEDEM), held at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Barcelona, 05 – 07 June, 2012. This edition of the conference has been presented with the slogan “Creating new opportunities in an uncertain environment”. There are different ways for assessing uncertainty in management but this book mainly focused on soft computing theories and their role in assessing uncertainty in a complex world.

The present book gives a comprehensive overview of general management topics and discusses some of the most recent developments in all the areas of business and management including management, marketing, business statistics, innovation and technology, finance, sports and tourism. This book might be of great interest for anyone working in the area of management and business economics and might be especially useful for scientists and graduate students doing research in these fields.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Business Administration, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Anna M. Gil-Lafuente, Jaime Gil-Lafuente, José M. Merigó-Lindahl

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Soft Computing in Management and Business Economics

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 1

  • Editors: Anna M. Gil-Lafuente, Jaime Gil-Lafuente, José M. Merigó-Lindahl

  • Series Title: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30457-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-30456-9Published: 24 June 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44893-5Published: 18 July 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-30457-6Published: 23 June 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1434-9922

  • Series E-ISSN: 1860-0808

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 466

  • Topics: Computational Intelligence, Marketing, Operations Research/Decision Theory

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eBook USD 169.00
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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 219.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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