There’s a new buzz phrase in the air: Supplier Relationship Management (SRM). Corporate executives know it’s necessary, but there’s only one problem. Nobody yet knows how to do it. Or they think it’s all about bashing your vendors over the head until they reduce the price another 4%. Supplier Relationship Management: How to Maximize Vendor Value and Opportunity changes all that.Containing the best and most innovative advice from the operations and procurement experts at co...

Disruptive Procurement is a radical new approach to creating value and innovation by challenging the status quo in the entire product and service line. It requires going far beyond conventional desktop procurement to understand the value the company brings to its customers as well as the value that suppliers bring to the company.By combining knowledge of these two dimensions, companies become far more flexible and they move closer to disrupting the environment in ways that create v...

The SPECTACULAR new book in the MAX MAGIC series, from superstar TV presenter and magician, Stephen Mulhern.THE SHOW MUST GO ON!Max Mullers is ready to take his magic skills to the next level. Then the news hits that the no-good Crayfish Twins have broken out of jail and are ready to get their revenge on Max and his friends. Luckily, Max and the gang are heading to the incredible Popkins Holiday Resort

THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!An UNBELIEVABLE new book in the MAX MAGIC series from superstar TV presenter and magician, Stephen Mulhern.NEVER GIVE UP!Max Magic is back and he's ready to win national talent show: The Greatest Show on Earth! He knows he's got what it takes to impress the show's judges: Willow Holloughby, Fox Blackshaw and Shussy D - and to wow the audiences with his

The MAGICAL debut children's book from superstar TV presenter and magician, Stephen Mulhern!ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!Max Mullers loves doing magic tricks - his gran has taught him everything he knows! But his tricks aren't enough to keep Bottley the Bully off his back.Then a run-in with Bottley at his parents' market stall gets Max into even bigger trouble - now the notorious East End gangsters the Crayfish Twins

The SPECTACULAR new book in the MAX MAGIC series, from superstar TV presenter and magician Stephen Mulhern.Max Mullers is ready to take his magic skills to the next level. Then the news hits that the no-good Crayfish Twins have broken out of jail and are ready to get their revenge on Max and his friends. Luckily, Max and the gang are heading to Bupkins Holiday Resort for a week of seaside fun - it'...

The UNBELIEVABLE new book in the MAX MAGIC series from superstar TV presenter and magician, Stephen Mulhern!NEVER GIVE UP!Max Magic is back and he's ready to win national talent show: The Greatest Show on Earth! He knows he's got what it takes to impress the show's judges: Willow Holloughby, Fox Blackshaw and Shussy D - and to wow the audiences with his illusions and magic tricks. He's not going to use his mysterio...

This Palgrave Pivot re-examines salary formation in Major League Baseball in light of real option theory to clarify the connection between salary and marginal revenue product for professional baseball players. Current literature has tended to treat single-year and multi-year contracts similarly, ignoring the potential option value for teams and for players. Recent work points to the observation that both high-productivity and low-productivity athletes have salaries that systematically diff...

A number of clubs in professional sports leagues exhibit winning streaks over a number of consecutive seasons that do not conform to the standard economic model of a professional sports league developed by El Hodiri and Quirk (1994) and Fort and Quirk (1995). These clubs appear to display what we term "unsustainable runs", defined as a period of two to four seasons where the club acquires expensive talent and attempts to win a league championship despite not having the market size to susta...

INCLUDES AN ADDITIONAL AUDIO EXCLUSIVE BONUS TRACKThe MAGICAL debut children's book from superstar TV presenter and magician, Stephen Mulhern!ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!Max Mullers loves doing magic tricks - his gran has taught him everything he knows! But his tricks aren't enough to keep Bottley the Bully off his back.Then a run-in with Bottley at his parents' market stall gets Max into even bigger troub...