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Overview: This book is the second in a series of scientific textbooks designed to cover advances in selected research fields from a basic and general viewpoint, so that only limited knowledge is required to understand the significance of recent developments. Further assistance for the non-specialist is provided by the summary of abstracts in Part 2, which includes many of the major papers published in the research field. Crystal Growth of Semiconductor Materials has been the subject of numerous books and reviews and the fundamental principles are now well-established. We are concerned chiefly

Overview: Erkl?rt grundlegende Prinzipien und Definitionen der Creative Industries aus Management- Perspektive.Beschreibt den digital shift anhand zahlreicher Beispiele.Erl?utert Finanzierungsstrategien und VerDieses Lehrbuch erkl?rt die grundlegenden Prinzipien und Definitionen der Creative Industries und beschreibt die Besonderheiten der Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft. Es erl?utert den .digital shift. anhand zahlreicher Fallbeispiele, z. B. aus der Musik-, Games- und Fernsehbranche, aber auch aus der bildenden und darstellenden Kunst sowie der Modebranche. Im Detail werden die Auswirkungen di

Overview: The first book available on circularity assessment at different levels of systemic hierarchy.Provides a glimse of the ISO standard in development for circularity assessment.Offers a basic perspective .This open access book attempts to provide a perspective on the circularity assessment at different levels of the systemic hierarchy and advocates better resource management for a sustainable future. It demonstrates how relevant circularity indicators are used for quantifying the extent of circularity of each level. Illustrative case studies that discuss the process of quantitatively int

Overview: The two-volume set CCIS 1491 and 1492 constitutes the refereed post-conferenceproceedings of the 16th CCF Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, ChineseCSCW 2021, held in Xiangtan, China, November 26–28, 2021. The conference was held in a hybrid mode i.e. online and on-site in Xiangtan due to the COVID-19 crisis..The 65 revised full papers and 22 revised short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 242 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections:.Volume I:.Collaborative Mechanisms, Models, Approaches, Algorithms a

Overview: The comparative analysis of government activity raises many methodological, theoretical and substantive problems. In this volume authors drawn from varied subfields of political science address some of these problems, including: the usefulness of expenditure data, case interdependence, the issue of non-decision, the measurement of the distribution of power through laws, methodological individualism, cultural explanations, politico-economic interactions, the usefulness of textual analysis and issues of accumulation and aggregation.978-1-349-24535-2978-1-349-24533-8

Overview: This A-Z reference work provides the first comprehensive reference guide to the wide range of historical writing with which women have been involved, particularly since the Renaissance. The Companion covers biographical writing, travelogue and historical fictions, broadening the concept of history to include the forms of writing with which women have historically engaged. The focus is on women writing in English internationally, but historical and historiographical traditions from beyond the English-speaking world are also examined. Brief biographies of individual writers are include

Overview: Expertenwissen für ein erfolgreiches Management von Intangible Assets978-3-8349-0003-6978-3-663-09514-9

Overview: Offers a multidisciplinary approach on Complex Systems.Explores relation of methodologies and chaos theory.Discusses the recent developments of the field of leadership.The proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Chaos, Complexity, and Leadership present various concepts of diverse research methodologies to explore chaos and complexity across different scientific fields of leadership. Particular emphasis will be placed on investigating non-linearity to stimulate discussion on novel approaches and perspectives regarding chaos, complexity, and leadership...The book delves into

Overview: 1. 1Motivation Increasingglobalcompetitionandcostpressureforceenterprisesandsupplychains to discover undetected cost-saving potentials. In particular, interfaces to the p- curement market are a promising ?eld for improvement. Recent developments in international trade outline the high in?uence of uncertain deliveries and highly volatile prices on the companies’ costs. A vital question in research, industry, and politics addresses theoptimal procurement policy of rawmaterialsdue touncertain future prices and is of highest priority for the ?rms’ success and even the wealth of a nation.

Overview: This book looks at many rare malformations of the congenital brain.Chapters cover diseases in an accessible form, and include case studies and advanced management protocols.Test your knowledge with qu.This book offers a clinical and surgical overview on congenital brain malformations, which are abnormalities that occur during fetal?development, leading to brain defects and disorders. The?fetal?brain begins to?develop shortly after conception and continues to?grow throughout pregnancy. This book covers the various congenital brain malformations, their aetiologies and development, diag

Overview: Provides extensive review of the latest advances in the synthesis, properties, and applications of geopolymers.Demonstrates the superior properties of nanofillers in terms of its durability and high-t.This book provides an overview on the latest advances in the synthesis, properties and applications of geopolymers reinforced with natural fibres such as pulp fibre, cotton, sisal, flax and hemp. The influence of adding various natural fibres and nanofillers on the mechanical properties of these composites is discussed. Potential challenges and future directions of these composites are

Overview: Provides a comprehensive update on the state of the art in cancer immunology.Describes the most promising therapeutic concepts, with coverage of combination therapies and personalized medicine.Discuss.This book provides a comprehensive update on the state of the art in cancer immunology, which has rapidly evolved from a field of clinical research into an established discipline of oncology. The key recent developments in immuno-oncology are all covered, from the ever-changing immunological and regulatory frameworks to the most promising therapeutic concepts. Themes include combination

Overview: Stellt einen Referenzrahmen für die Planung und Umsetzung nachhaltig gemeinsamer Wertsch?pfung bereit.Illustriert an Beispielen die praktische Umsetzung von Nachhaltigkeit im Kerngesch?ft.Beschreibung.Nachhaltig gemeinsame Wertsch?pfung als Offensivkonzept für profitables Wachstum in Unternehmen und Gesellschaft.Die Fragestellung, wie die Verantwortung eines Unternehmens (Corporate Social Responsibility) konsistent bzw. mit Integrit?t in Kerngesch?ft und Organisation verankert werden kann, beherrscht zunehmend die ?ffentliche Diskussion. Im Rahmen dieser Diskussion, bietet das Konzep

Overview: Proposes the idea of collective-individualism-based learning to explore classroom culture at China’s educational institutions.Illustrates and analyzes the implicit connection between constructing clas.This book comprehensively examines classroom culture in the Chinese context and develops the model of “collective-individualism-based learning.” Classroom culture plays a fundamental role in constructing students’ learning competencies, perceptions, and behaviors. This book puts forward a collective-individualism-based learning model to explain the classroom culture in China, both past

Overview: China is well-known as the largest recipient of foreign direct investment among developing countries. Little is known so far of the fact that China has become (quietly) one of the most significant third world investors in the global economy. This book traces the evolutionary path of China‘s outward investment activities and examines the political economy of the rapid rise of China‘s global businesses in the context of the economic reforms since 1978. The analysis of changing policy regimes for China‘s outward investment is complemented by detailed investigations of the rise and opera

Overview: Explores the uses of autoethnography as an influential and radical tool in qualitative educational research and writing.Argues that autoethnography enables an emotioned, embodied and ethical approach .Autoethnography is a unique discipline which steps inside and outside the self to experience, embody and express social and cultural meaning. At once a performative, political and poetic genre of research writing, it holds the potential to uncover the ‘heart of the world’, if only for a moment. The author uses theory as story and story as theory to explore her place in the world through

Overview: This book explores globalization through a historical and anthropological study of how familiar soft drinks such as Coke and Pepsi became valued as more than mere commodities. Foster discusses the transnational operations of soft drink companies and, in particular, the marketing of soft drinks in Papua New Guinea, a country only recently opened up to the flow of brand name consumer goods. Based on field observations and interviews, as well as archival and library research, this book is of interest to anyone concerned about the cultural consequences and political prospects of globaliz

Overview: Focused on the central Indo-Pacific Coral Reefs.Comprehensive up-to-date scientific knowledge for the Indo-Pacific surface coral reefs.Multi-disciplinary nature of the studies on coral reefs.The monograph is based on the research and training activities in the Western Pacific Ocean Region within the umbrella of UNESCO/IOC-Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific Region. The results of these activities are compared to cases from other tropical and subtropical regions on this planet to make the knowledge applicable to global aspects of sustainability of coral reef ecosystems. In this mon

Overview: Publication in the field of technical sciencesAnne Dreller shows that data sharing offers great opportunities and huge value creation potential for the business world. Despite many opportunities that data sharing promises, the business world has not fully operationalized this fact yet, due to various existing challenges. Thus, an exemplary, future-oriented, and platform-based data sharing business model is developed for the startup Quemey. This business model is also equipped with prioritized implementation advice, including measures like focusing on strong values for all platform pa

Overview: Combines food security and agricultural competitiveness issues.Provides a consistent analysis of global agricultural competitiveness, trade and food security patterns over 25 years.Includes nine policThe book combines food security and agricultural competitiveness issues and treat them together. It starts with definitions and evolution of both concepts, followed by reviews on global and regional food security challenges. The book identifies global agricultural trade and competitiveness patterns and uses it as a basis for analysing global food security. Further, the book also identifi