Bøker av Andreas Karaoulanis

This book navigates us through thick and thin and gives us a holistic description of what is supply chain resilience, which are the factors that affect it, and which are the most effective resilience strategies that we need to implement in our supply chains in order to survive during turbulent times. In a world where pandemics, natural disasters, climate change, and wars are only some of the disruptions that supply chains are facing, resiliency has become the alpha and the omega of supply chain management. his book navigates us through thick and thin and gives us a holistic description of what is supply chain resilience, which are the factors that affect it, and which are the most effective resilience strategies that we need to implement in our supply chains in order to survive during turbulent times. The book is divided into three distinct parts. In the first one discusses the term supply chain resilience-its importance, its components, and the most important supply chain resilience metrics. The author presents real life examples of well-known companies which were successful in enhancing the resilience of their supply chains. The second part presents all the factors that can influence the resilience of a supply chain and concludes with discussions of seventeen supply chain resilience strategies which can be used by almost any company, in any industry, in any part of the world. This holistic approach on supply chain resilience makes this book unique. At the end of each chapter, professors will find a dedicated part which will assist them in managing their in-class interaction with students. This book can be used as an academic compendium or as a guide for supply chain professionals who want to cement the resilience of their supply chains and successfully navigate through crisis.

Fernunterricht ist ein äußerst wichtiges Instrument für die globale Bildung. In einer globalen Internet-Gesellschaft kann ein solches Instrument enorme Auswirkungen haben, insbesondere in armen Ländern, in denen sich die Menschen keine traditionelle Bildung leisten können, ganz zu schweigen von den unendlichen Möglichkeiten für Berufstätige oder Menschen, die in verschiedenen Zeitzonen leben. In diesem Buch werden wir den Bereich des Fernunterrichts anhand von Fallstudien und Untersuchungen beleuchten, um sowohl die Mechanismen, die ihn ermöglichen, als auch seine sozialen Auswirkungen zu verstehen.

This book gives us a holistic description of all paragons involved in small business operations during crisis years and suggests the necessary steps that need to be taken to help them overcome their problems.The author clearly demonstrates the crisis implications to small businesses by using personal research and real-life examples in addition to a big bibliography from renowned academics. The book contains useful and practical information for small business owners, entrepreneurs from all industries, business students, academics and strategists, business coaches and can be used as a road map during turbulent periods for small business in all industries.The author covers the topic from different approaches, while he tries to have a bird's-eye view of contemporary trends and new approaches. Several concepts like risk management, blue ocean strategy, and turnaround management have been discussed by the author in order to create a crystal clear understanding of why there is no such thing as dead end for small businesses even under the worst possible situations and how they can achieve their sustainable development and grow.This book was inspired by the significant problems that small and medium enterprises faced during the last huge global financial crisis.