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December 6, 2005
MIT Professor and international
supply chain expert Yossi Sheffi will present his new business
bestseller “The Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming
Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage” at the
Boston Public Library in Copley Square on Tuesday, December
13 at 6:00 pm. The talk will be taped by Book TV, a weekend
program on upcoming and established authors broadcast by
C-SPAN on the C-SPAN 2 channel.
Garnering rave reviews from the
Wall Street Journal, New
York Times and The Economist,
The Resilient Enterprise provides a clear plan
for managing corporate disaster and disruption. From fires
and earthquakes to labor strikes and terror attacks, Dr.
Sheffi provides a rich set of lessons on how to prepare
for and manage the many business shocks of today’s
global market.
“In a world of growing
security concerns - where natural disasters and terror threats
abound – my book provides a systematic approach to
corporate self-defense.” said Dr. Sheffi, a professor
of Engineering Systems at MIT. “Companies must start
preparing for the next crisis now, and The Resilient
Enterprise will help them do just that.”
The talk sponsored by the Boston
Public Library is free and open to the public. It will take
place Tuesday, December 13 at 6pm in Rabb Lecture Hall at
the library’s main branch in Boston’s Copley
Square. The talk will be followed by a book signing and
reception.
For more information about "The
Resilient Enterprise," please visit the book's website
at http://resilient-enterprise.mit.edu
or contact Becky Schneck
Allen at 617.253.4592.
Yossi Sheffi is the
author of the recently released “The Resilient Enterprise:
Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage.”
Sheffi, an international expert in supply chain management,
is Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT, and Director
of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (http://ctl.mit.edu).
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