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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Leading in Inter-Organizational Networks: Towards a Reflexive Practice
Book SynopsisIn view of the rising importance and prevalence of network-based collaboration, this book aims to meet the need for more theory in this area. Theoretically conceptualizing and empirically describing the practice of reflexive leadership in inter-organisational networks, it explores how member organisations approach reflexive leadership and the associated challenges. Examining these questions from wider leadership theory perspectives as well as a tighter focus upon inter-organizational networks, the author specifically explores how reflexive leadership can be sustained and how social and political contexts may obstruct or support its use, acceptance and practice. Based on in-depth qualitative empirical fieldwork in the Swiss healthcare sector, the book offers a novel practice-theoretical model for use in inter-organizational networks.Table of Contents1. The need for reflexive leadership in inter-organizational networks Research question and research issues Relevance to research and managerial practice Theoretical perspectives Empirical perspectives Contributions and structure of the book 2. Theoretical foundations of leadership in networks Action- and structure-oriented theories of leading in networks Affordances and limitations Towards a practice theory of leading in networks Summary and outlook 3. Reconstructing leadership in networks as a reflexive practice Principles of practice theory Networks as bundles of inter-organizational practices The practice of leading in inter-organizational networks The meaning and role of reflexivity in leadership practice Summary and outlook 4. Methodology Longitudinal qualitative comparative case study design Research context and field access Data collection and analysis Research aim and ethical considerations Summary and outlook 5. A practice-theoretical model of reflexive leadership in networks Assumptions about networks, leadership, and the role of reflexivity A closer look at the model Summary and outlook 6. Case study I: Peripheral Starting conditions (2000 – 2002) Period 1 (2003 – 2006): Peripheral’s birth Period 2 (2007 – 2008): Peripheral’s pilot phase Period 3 (2009 – 2013): Integrating care Summary and outlook 7. Case Study II: Urban Starting conditions (2000 – 2006) Period 1 (2007 – 2009): Urban’s launch Period 2 (2010 – 2012): Building Urban Period 3 (2013 – 2014): Ambulatory primary care Summary and outlook 8. Discussion Comparative analysis and theorization Theoretical implications Practical implications 9. Conclusion
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG African Indigenous Financial Institutions: The Case of Congo and Liberia
Book SynopsisThis book examines engagements with financial services in contexts of conflict. Using Liberia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo as case studies, it explores informal financial and business strategies and how these shift during conflict. Through a combination of regression analyses and panel data modeling with fixed effects, the project research indicates that conflict has a stronger effect on the nature of demand for credit and savings services than it has on the actual performance of financial institutions. In examining these patterns, the importance of networks and family becomes increasingly important—not just in the ways they are important to us as individuals, but as important determinants of post-war outcomes. Table of Contents1. Chapter 1 Introduction2. Chapter 2 Certainty Premiums and Cognitive Loads3. Chapter 3 Monrovia Burning4. Chapter 4 Shadows are Weaker5. Chapter 5 What’s War got to Do with this?6. Chapter 6 Is Microfinance by Itself Transformative in Post-Conflict Contexts?7. Chapter 7 Social behavioural Changes8. Chapter 8 Stress Limits and Sparse Networks9. Chapter 9 No Easy Answers
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Chaos, Complexity and Leadership 2017:
Book SynopsisThe proceedings of the 2017 Symposium on Chaos, Complexity and Leadership illuminate current research results and academic work from the fields of physics, mathematics, education, economics, as well as management and social sciences. The text explores chaotic and complex systems, as well as chaos and complexity theory in view of their applicability to management and leadership.This proceedings explores non-linearity as well as data-modelling and simulation in order to uncover new approaches and perspectives. Effort will not be spared in bringing theory into practice while exploring leadership and management-laden concepts. This book will cover the analysis of different chaotic developments from different fields within the concepts of chaos and complexity theory. Researchers and students in the field will find answers to questions surrounding these intertwined and compelling fields.Table of Contents
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Success of English Land Tax Administration 1643–1733
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Counter-Terrorism Technologies: A Critical
Book SynopsisThis book critically discusses the role of technology for counter-terrorism in general, and for securing our vulnerable open societies in particular. It is set against the backdrop of the terrorist threat posed by the combined forces of Al Qaeda and ISIS/Daesh in the foreseeable future. The book commences by illuminating current and foreseeable tactics and weapons used by these implacable enemies – weapons that may well include chemical, biological, radiological and potentially even nuclear (CBRN) devices. In a second part, it introduces technologies already available or in development that promise an increase in safety and security when it comes to the dangers posed by these terrorists. This part also includes a critical discussion of advantages and disadvantages of such technologies that are, quite often, sold as a ‘silver bullet’ approach in the fight against terrorism. Controversies such as those triggered by the abuse of millimeter wave scanners deployed at several Western European airports will demonstrate that there are costs involved with regard to human rights. The third, analytical part takes the critical discussion further by arguing that the uncritical fielding of new surveillance and control technologies in parallel with the on-going outsourcing and privatization of key services of the state could well lead to dystopias as envisaged in a rather prescient way by the so-called cyperpunk novels of the 1980s. The book concludes with the question that any liberal democracy should ask itself: how far can we go with regard to hardening our societies against terrorist threats?Trade Review“Lehr’s book is a very useful tool for both academics and practitioners to get an overview of how our social world has been changing by the complex coexistence of (still) open societies, the threat of terror, surveillance/security mechanisms, and the many aspects of digitalisation. Counter-Terrorism Technologies captures an intriguing age of transition that one day might make more sense for posterity than it does now for us. … thanks to the critical-analytical approach.” (Zsófia Hacsek, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, December 22, 2020)Table of ContentsIntroduction: Terrorism as a Threat to Open Societies.- Part 1: Barbarians at the Gates: ‘Sinful’ Cities.- Actions: The Return of Urban Guerillas.- Reactions: The New (Para-) Military Urbanism.- Consequences: The Urban Space as a (Limited) Battlespace. Part 2: ‘Our Silicon Will Win’: The Role of Technology in Urban Counter-Terrorism.- Identification: Biometrics, or a Real-Time 'Who is Who'.- Prediction and Postdiction: Real-Time Data Mining and Data Analytics.- Detection: Scanning and 'Sniffing' Technologies.- Surveillance and Observation: The All-Seeing Eye of Big Brother.- Protection: Defensible Spaces.- Threat Displacement Instead of Threat Eradication: Come Concluding Caveats.- Part 3: Brave New Cities: The Law of Unintended Consequences.- The Quest for Silver Bullets: Implications for our Construction of Citizenship.- Archipelagos of Fear: CT Technology and the Securitization of Everyday Life.- Undemocratic Means: The Rise of the Surveillance State.- Democracy Transfigured: The Dawn of the 'Umpire State'.- Outlook: The Need for 'Critical' Critical Infrastructure Studies.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Foucault and Post-Financial Crises: Governmentality, Discipline and Resistance
Book SynopsisThis title explains the causes of the financial crisis and the economic reforms that were created subsequently through a Foucauldian philosophical lens. The author sets out the approaches established by Foucault – namely governmentality, biopolitics and disciplinary mechanisms – explaining how these influenced the shift of production from a local to a global level, alongside a shift towards financialisation. Glenn applies Foucauldian principles to aid understanding of the self-corrective mechanisms applied to the financial system, and the interpellative processes that led to the emergence of a new mode of subjectification. Concurrently, this title examines the retreat of the state from the financial sphere. This shift, the author posits, did not mean the complete absence of governance; rather governance became more concerned with ensuring that financial behaviour was contained within certain limits. Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Governmentality, Bio-Politics and Discipline.- 3. The Rise of Neo-Liberal Governmentality.- 4. Neo-Liberalism Rebooted: Resilience versus resistance.- 5. Securing Finance: Risk, Pre-emption and Resilience.- 6. Disciplining the Sovereign Periphery of Europe.- 7. Conclusion: Resisting Neo-Liberalism.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Data-Driven Policy Impact Evaluation: How Access to Microdata is Transforming Policy Design
Book SynopsisIn the light of better and more detailed administrative databases, this open access book provides statistical tools for evaluating the effects of public policies advocated by governments and public institutions. Experts from academia, national statistics offices and various research centers present modern econometric methods for an efficient data-driven policy evaluation and monitoring, assess the causal effects of policy measures and report on best practices of successful data management and usage. Topics include data confidentiality, data linkage, and national practices in policy areas such as public health, education and employment. It offers scholars as well as practitioners from public administrations, consultancy firms and nongovernmental organizations insights into counterfactual impact evaluation methods and the potential of data-based policy and program evaluation. Trade Review“This book, edited by Nuno Crato and Paolo Paruolo, provides a thorough analysis of evaluation studies and is a valuable contribution for a reader seeking to gain an understanding of the literature on microdata issues and the use of the results related to policy evaluation. … the book could be very useful to scholars interested in regional development and regional policy effectiveness given the topics and the discussions included.” (Roberto Gabriele, Regional Studies, Vol. 53 (6), 2019)Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Part I: Microdata for Policy Research.- Part II: Microdata Access.- Part III: Counterfactual Studies.- Part IV: Use of Results.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG China and India’s Development Cooperation in Africa: The Rise of Southern Powers
Book SynopsisExplaining the determinants of China and India’s development cooperation in Africa cannot be achieved in simple terms. After collecting over 1000 development cooperation projects by China and India in Africa using AidData, this book applies the method of qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) to understand the motives behind their development cooperation. Mthembu posits that neither China nor India were solely motivated by one causal factor, whether strategic, economic or humanitarian interests or the size of their diaspora in Africa. China and India are driven by multiple and conjunctural factors in providing more development cooperation to some countries than others on the African continent. Only when some of these respective causal factors are combined is it evident that both countries disbursed high levels of development cooperation to some African countries.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: The Changing Development Cooperation Landscape Chapter 2. Conceptual Framework and the Importance of Consistent Definitions Chapter 3. An Overview of China and India’s Development Cooperation in Africa Chapter 4. Theoretical Foundations of the Determinants of Development Cooperation Chapter 5. Methodology and the Operationalisation of VariablesCausal Variable 1: Strategic importance of recipientsCausal Variable 2: Economic importance of recipientsCausal Variable 3: Humanitarian needs of recipientsCausal Variable 4: The size of the Chinese and Indian diaspora in Africa Chapter 6. Explaining the Determinants of China and India’s Development Cooperation in Africa Chapter 7. Conclusion and Opportunities for Further Research Bibliography
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Storytelling Industries: Narrative Production in the 21st Century
Book SynopsisThis book shows how the unique characteristics of traditionally differentiated media continue to determine narrative despite the recent digital convergence of media technologies. The author argues that media are now each largely defined by distinctive industrial practices that continue to preserve their identities and condition narrative production. Furthermore, the book demonstrates how a given medium’s variability in institutional and technological contexts influences diverse approaches to storytelling. By connecting US film, television, comic book and video game industries to their popular fictional characters and universes; including Star Wars, Batman, Game of Thrones and Grand Theft Auto; the book identifies how differences in industrial practice between media inform narrative production. This book is a must read for students and scholars interested in transmedia storytelling. Trade Review“A solid and engaging examination of narrative and medium in the entertainment industries that will appeal to scholars in a wide range of fields related to media studies. This is an ambitious manuscript that accomplishes its goal of discussing the narrative differences between and within serial media in the current entertainment industries. … One of the things that makes this book such a joy to read is the wealth of information provided here.” (Jessica Bay, Projections, Vol. 15 (1), 2021)“This is an impressive study, drawing on significant archival resources, that dazzles with the breadth of knowledge of different fields, … to simplify occasionally.” (Elke Weissmann, Critical Studies in Television, Vol. 14 (1), 2019)Table of Contents1. Introduction2. Narratives in the Media Convergence Era: The Industrial Dimensions of Medium Specificity.3. Economic Specificity in Narrative Design: the Business of Television Drama Storytelling.4. Audience Specificity in Narrative Design: Comic-Book Storytelling in the Inclusivity Era.5. Technological Specificity in Narrative Design: Story-Driven Videogame Series in an Upgrade Culture.6. Conclusion.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Independent Television Production in the UK: From Cottage Industry to Big Business
Book SynopsisThis book is the first authoritative account of the UK’s independent television production sector, following the creation of Channel 4 in 1982. It examines the rise of a global industry, increasingly interconnected through format development, distribution, ancillary sales and rights. Drawing on case studies, interviews and policy analysis; the author considers the cultural politics behind the growth of the ‘indies’, the labour conditions for workers in this sector, and some of the key television programmes that have been created within it. Filling an important gap in our understanding, this book constitutes a comprehensive account of this vital cultural industry for students, academics and researchers working in the areas of the cultural and creative industries, media and cultural policy and television studies. Table of Contents1. Chapter 1: Introduction: Situating Independent Television in the cultural economy.- 2. Part I: Independent transformations. The politics of independence: Contextualising independent television production in the UK - Chapter 2. The creation of the independent sector in the UK.- 3. Chapter 3. Creative Industries policy and the rise of the ‘mega-indies’; Independent television production in the age of New Labour.- 4. Part II: Working in independent television - Chapter 4: Creative labour and social change.- 5. Chapter 5 Working in the Indies: Precarity, value and burnout.- 6. Chapter 6 Networks, social capital and the burden of performativity.- 7. Part III: Cultural Value - Chapter 7 Independent Creativity.- 8. Chapter 8: Commercialisation, consolidation and cultural value: The restructuring of the British independent television industry, and the implications for production.- 9. Chapter 9. Conclusion: towards a moral economy of independent television production.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG From Good to Bad Bankers: Lessons Learned from a 50-Year Career in Banking
Book SynopsisBankers are administrators of other people’s money, and they are responsible both to their depositors and to other stakeholders. Human nature being what it is, however, they sometimes fall prey to overweening ambition, coming to see themselves as the rightful beneficiaries of the moneys entrusted to them. This can lead them to make poor lending decisions and engage in risky practices, eventually moving on to cosmetic accounting and the concealment of problems, speculation and even outright fraud.Supervisors are there to prevent such behaviour, of course. They are responsible to government and the general public alike for the stability of the financial system, the proper allocation of financial resources by the banks and the protection of depositors and creditors. Their responsibility is, then, subsidiary to that of the bankers themselves.Where supervision is lax and ineffective, however, it encourages bad management by bankers, creating a vicious circle that eventually leads to financial crises, which has most often to be cured using tax-payers’ money. Of course, it also hurts the broader economy. That is why the inseparable trio of regulation, supervision and resolution must exist.In this collection of his writings over a period of some 50 years, Aristóbulo de Juan describes the causes, characteristics and consequences of financial crises based on his own experience as a central banker, world bank expert and consultant spanning a career of more than 55 years.In a nutshell, the papers brought together in this book recount circumstances that have always plagued banking, and that are only too likely to recur in the future.Table of ContentsFOREWORD by Fernando González UrbanejaPROLOGUE by the AuthorCHAPTER 1 FROM GOOD BANKERS TO BAD BANKERSCHAPTER 2 THE SPANISH BANKING CRISIS OF THE 1970s AND 1980sCHAPTER 3 THE MICROECONOMIC ROOTS OF THE BANKING CRISISCHAPTER 4 BANK REFORM IN EASTERN EUROPECHAPTER 5 ‘FALSE FRIENDS’ AND BANKING REFORMCHAPTER 6 THE DYNAMICS OF UNDISCLOSED INSOLVENCYCHAPTER 7 OBSTACLES IN THE WAY OF CRISIS RESOLUTION EXCERPTS FROM THE PAPER DESPEJAR EL TERRENO (CLEARING THE DECKS)CHAPTER 8 THE FINANCIAL SYSTEMS AND THE ETHICS OF RESTRUCTURINGCHAPTER 9 LIQUIDITY AND EUPHORIACHAPTER 10 THE RECOMMENDED OPTIONCHAPTER 11 THE PROBLEMS OF THE EUROPEAN BANKING UNIONCHAPTER 12 STABILITY AND ITS RISKSCHAPTER 13 PRACTICAL LESSONS FOR DEALING WITH PROBLEM BANKSCHAPTER 14 NON PERFORMING LOANS - NPLs
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Inequality and Organizational Practice: Volume I:
Book SynopsisBringing together international authors, this edited collection addresses the need for greater inclusivity within organizational policy and practice, in order to tackle both visible and invisible inequalities amongst employees. Evidence suggests that more positive employment relationships can be brought about by tackling diversity issues, yet there are still ‘grey areas’ existing in the current legislative framework. Volume I explores the way that these hidden inequalities can be used to identify an individual as ‘other,’ and how this ultimately affects their wellbeing and welfare at work. Analysing social justice and stigma, as well as nuanced issues within the workplace, this book is a thought-provoking read for scholars of HRM, practitioners and policy-makers.Table of Contents1. Inequality and Organisational Practice: Work and Welfare; Stefanos Nachmias, Valerie Caven, and Amairisa Kouki2. The Legal Framework on Diversity and Equality; Stefanos Nachmias, Maranda Ridgway and Valerie Caven3.Expert Leadership and Hidden Inequalities in Community Projects; Christine Mortimer and Brendan Paddison4. Mentoring and the Older Worker in Contemporary Organisations: The Australian Case; Julie Nyanjom5. Non-binary Gender Identities in Legislation, Employment Practices and HRM Research; Catherine J. Abe and Louise Oldridge6. Gender-based Favouritism in Workplace Training; Fotios Mitsakis7. Transgender and Gender Non-conforming People in the Workplace: Direct and Invisible Discrimination; Ilaria Boncori, Luigi Maria Sicca and Davide Bizjak8. Avoiding Hidden Inequalities in Challenging Times: Can Talent Management Help?; Muteb Alamri, Merlin Stone, Eleni Aravopoulou, Luisa Weinzierl, Guglielmo Calvini and Lakshmipriya Maheswaran9. Managing Asperger Syndrome in the Workplace: Considerations for Line Managers; Anne Cockayne10. The Business Case for Gender Diversity in the Indian Information Technology Industry; Shreyashi Chakraborty11. Examining Disability and Work in Small Island Developing States; Jacqueline H. Stephenson12. Tackling Race Inequalities in Career Progression in UK Organisations; Jill Miller
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Race in the Marketplace: Crossing Critical
Book SynopsisThis volume offers a critical, cross-disciplinary, and international overview of emerging scholarship addressing the dynamic relationship between race and markets. Chapters are engaging and accessible, with timely and thought-provoking insights that different audiences can engage with and learn from. Each chapter provides a unique journey into a specific marketplace setting and its sociopolitical particularities including, among others, corner stores in the United States, whitening cream in Nigeria and India, video blogs in Great Britain, and hospitals in France. By providing a cohesive collection of cutting-edge work, Race in the Marketplace contributes to the creation of a robust stream of research that directly informs critical scholarship, business practices, activism, and public policy in promoting racial equity.Table of ContentsTable of Content Chapter 1: Introduction Co-Editors Section 1 - Space and Time Chapter 2: Making the mass white: how racial segregation shaped consumer segmentation Marcel Rosa-Salas Chapter 3: Race, markets, and digital technologies: historical and conceptual frameworks W. Trevor Jamerson Chapter 4: (Re)visiting the corner store: black youth, gentrification, and food sovereignty Naya Jones Chapter 5: Beyond whiteness: perspectives on the rise of the pan-asian beauty ideal. Jeaney Yip et al. Section 2– Racialization and Intersectionality Chapter 6: Shopping while veiled: an exploration of the experiences of veiled muslim consumers in france Ranam Alkayyli Chapter 7: Constructing and critiquing interracial couples on youtube Francesca Sobande Chapter 8: Marketing marriage and colorism in india Komal Dhillon-Jamerson Chapter 9: ‘Dirty braids’: how hair is disrupting dominant racial narratives in puerto rico post-hurricane maria Jess Vega-Centeno Section 3 – Voices and Modes of Understanding Chapter 10: Are black consumers a bellwether for the nation?: how research on blacks can foreground our understanding of race in the marketplace Cassi Pittman Claytor Chapter 11: A loan at last? Race and racism in mortgage lending Vanessa Gail Perry Chapter 12: Crowd-based markets: technical progress, civil and social regression Lauren Rhue Section 4 – Neoliberalism, Markets and Marketization Chapter 13: Cultural justice and collecting: challenging the underrecognition of african american artists Patricia A. Banks Chapter 14: The new economics of colorism in the skin whitening industry: case of india and nigeria Ramya M. Vijaya Chapter 15: Race as a currency? Profitability and racialization in french healthcare institutions Dorothée Prud’homme Chapter 16: Development by markets: an essay on the continuities of colonial development and racism in africa Samuel Kwaku Bonsu Chapter 17: Afterword Rokhaya Diallo (Journalist – France)
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Retail Investor in Focus: The Indian IPO Experience
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Social Marketing in Action: Cases from Around the
Book SynopsisThis textbook provides students with real-world social marketing case studies from different countries and regions around the world, taking learners from classroom theory to practice. The primary objective is to clearly portray to students distinct, identifiable steps that are essential for successful social marketing campaigns. Core social marketing practices are applied to each case to help students master social marketing principles and apply them to their own real world social marketing activities in order to affect positive social change. This textbook first provides the tools necessary to understand the effective applica- tion of social marketing, and then offers 24 case studies exemplifying effective social marketing efforts from all around the world. Specifically, Part I clearly and concisely explains the principles of social marketing in five chapters: • Upstream vs. downstream social marketing, SWOT, competition • Fundamentals of social marketing, ethics • Formative and Evaluative Research • Theories applied in social marketing • A historical perspective on social marketing Part II features 24 social marketing case studies that demonstrate the application of social marketing principles. All 24 cases follow a consistent structure that includes: • Background • Positioning • SWOT • Research • Objectives • The 4 P’s • Target audience • Evaluation • Barriers and benefits • Discussion • Competition This format allows for students and professors to easily and effectively select individual cases and compare between cases. This textbook also allows instructors to encourage critical thinking by having students compare and contrast not only the cases themselves, but the applications used. In addition, teaching guides with answers to discussion questions, suggestions for activities inside and outside of the classroom and further readings are available to assist professors in teaching from this book.Table of ContentsPart I: Understanding Social Marketing.- Chapter 1 The Big Picture in Social Marketing.- Chapter 2 The Fundamentals of Social Marketing.- Chapter 3 Research and Evaluation in Social Marketing.- Chapter 4 Theory in Social Marketing.- Chapter 5 A Brief History of Social Marketing.- Part II Social Marketing Cases: Social Welfare.- Chapter 6 Fun Ways to Engage with Rail Safety through the Dumb Ways to Die Social Marketing Campaign.- Chapter 7 The Second Life of Food.- Chapter 8 The Bank of Cancer Research.- Chapter 9 VCW of Social Impact in a Developing Country.- Chapter 10 Operation Red Nose.- Chapter 11 Social Marketing for the Reduction of Tax Evasion.- Chapter 12 Worn Wear.- Part III Social Marketing Cases: Health.- Chapter 13 Inculcating the Handwashing Habit through Social Marketing Among Poor Children in India.- Chapter 14 Social Marketing Campaigns for Healthier Eating Habits in France.- Chapter 15 Smile Train India.- Chapter 16 Enhancing Existing Communication Channels for Large-Scale Health Interventions.- Chapter 17 Saving Lives through Lifebuoy's "Help a Child Reach 5' Social Marketing Campaign.- Chapter 18 Behavior Change and Nutrition Education for Teenagers.- Chapter 19 Using Social Marketing to Promote Handwashing the Soap for a Healthier Vietnam.- Part IV: Social Marketing Cases: Environment.- Chapter 20 Using Social Marketing to Increase Bicycle Ridership to Major Events in Vancouver, Canada.- Chapter 21 Akureyri on the Verge.- Chapter 22 Vancouver Aquarium and World Wildlife Foundation's Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup.- Chapter 23 Be the Street You Want to See.- Chapter 24 The Coulee Clean Up.- Chapter 25 Applying Social Marketing to Koala Conservation.- Part V Social Marketing Cases: Education.- Chapter 26 Co-creating a Sea Change Social Marketing Campaign for Ocean Literacy in Europe.- Chapter 27 Enhancing Health by Means of Massive Open Online Courses.- Chapter 28 Use of Social Marketing to Improve Science Teaching in Maharashtra, India 2014-2018.- Chapter 29 A Case of Co-Created Social Marketing Campaign.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Thomas Robert Malthus
Book SynopsisThomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) was a leading figure in the British classical school of economics, best-known for extending the insights of Adam Smith at a time of revolutionary improvements in agriculture and industry. This book explores the way in which he accounted for the tendency to overpopulation, the exhaustion of arable land and the deficiency of effective demand.Malthus relied on historical and empirical evidence in the spirit of Bacon and Hume, but also backed up his data with a priori hypotheses that link him to his contemporary, David Ricardo. Malthus was strongly in favour of free trade, the minimal State, the gold standard and the abolition of poverty relief. Always a pragmatist, however, he was just as much in favour of public education, contra-cyclical public works and a safety net of tariffs and bounties to encourage national self-sufficiency with regard to food. He was both an economist and a clergyman and saw the two roles as interconnected. Malthus believed that a benevolent Deity had created vice and misery in order to shake human beings out of their natural indolence that would otherwise have condemned them to still greater distress. This title provides a clear and comprehensive examination of Malthus’s economic and social thought. It will be of interest to students and scholars alike.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Induction and Deduction.- Chapter 3: The Law of Population.- Chapter 4: Public Policy.- Chapter 5: The Poor Laws.- Chapter 6: Balanced Growth.- Chapter 7: Tariffs and Bounties.- Chapter 8: The Circular Flow.- Chapter 9: Circular Flow and Social Class.- Chapter 10: Society and State.- Chapter 11: Foreign Trade.- Chapter 12: Money.- Chapter 13: God’s Design.- Chapter 14: Malthus’s Legacy: A System of Ideas.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Corporations as Custodians of the Public Good?: Exploring the Intersection of Corporate Water Stewardship and Global Water Governance
Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive assessment of how local corporate water strategies influence global water governance objectives. In various geographies, companies spearhead a quest for more sustainable water management within and beyond their own operations. This book critically examines such strategies and provides an overarching analysis of the effects that mounting corporate involvement has had on the global water discourse. More specifically, it explains why companies from the food, beverage, textile, and mining sectors have started to incorporate water management objectives into their business strategies, how companies work in partnerships with other stakeholders to realize these objectives, and how these actions acquire wider political legitimacy. It presents insightful interview material from business leaders and other high-level stakeholders. Readers will gain the necessary knowledge to develop a critical view and respond appropriately.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introducing Corporate Water Stewardship in the Context of Global Water Governance.- Part I: Incorporation.- Chapter 2. Understanding the Enabling Environment.- Chapter 3. The Rise of Corporate Water Stewardship.- Part II: Involvement.- Chapter 4. Companies and Water Resources Management.- Chapter 5. Companies and Water Sanitation and Hygiene.- Part III: Influence.- Chapter 6. Corporate Legitimacy in Collective Action.- Chapter 7. Corporations and the Shaping of the Global Water Agenda.- Chapter 8. Imagining Pathways Forward: Corporate Water Stewardship and the future of Global Water Governance.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Ubiquitous Computing and the Internet of Things: Prerequisites for the Development of ICT
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Political and Economic History of North Cyprus: A Discordant Polity
Book SynopsisThis monograph provides a comprehensive analysis of the political economy of the Turkish Cypriot governance in the northern part of Cyprus after 1974. Examining the political and state structure, labour market, social security, state economic enterprises and allocation of land, Ekici shines a light on the turbulent history of North Cyprus. What is its relationship with Turkey and the South? How does economic development compare across Cyprus? Who are the potential perpetrators of post-1974 developments? Such questions are addressed in this much-needed book.As a self-proclaimed internationally unrecognised state, neglected by the international community and scholarly literature, this book marks an important development in the study of North Cyprus and Turkey's role in its economy and politics.Trade Review“The Political and Economic History of North Cyprus: A Discordant Polity provides the reader with a comprehensive analysis of the ‘discordant’ economic development of northern Cyprus. It is an invaluable contribution to Cyprus studies and an essential book for an introduction to the political economy of the TRNC. It could be a handbook for those studying the politics of Cyprus as well as those interested in the economic relations between Turkey and North Cyprus.” (Ismail Yazici, Insight Turkey, Vol. 24 (1), 2022)Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: What kind of Polity?.- Chapter 3: Economic and Institutional Foundations of Turkish Cypriot Governance and the ‘ITEM’ Law.- Chapter 4: From Separation to Convergence: The Economic Development of the Republic of Cyprus and Turkification of Northern Cyprus.- Chapter 5: The Labour Market.- Chapter 6: The Social Security System.- Chapter 7: State Economic Enterprises (SEEs) and Revolving-Capital Enterprises.- Chapter 8: Private Sector Development.- Chapter 9: Conclusion.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Increasing Learning & Development's Impact
Book SynopsisThis book provides a guide to the process of accrediting training programs, sets out how to achieve consistent measurement of the results of training, and explains why accreditation is critical for capturing and developing today’s workers’ skills, aiding retention, and boosting strategic organizational credibility with millennials. Workplace and executive training is a multi-billion dollar industry and yet an enormous percentage of that budget is spent on programs that have never been rigorously examined to ensure that they are fit for purpose and deliver value for the money. If you’re signing off on that budget, or asking your people to spend time on training programs, shouldn’t that concern you? Training accreditation offers vital quality assurance, ensures global consistency of results and delivers accountability for learning and performance outcomes. Apart from delivering better results and greater ROI, organizations can differentiate themselves from their competitors in the employment marketplace by offering accredited proprietary training. After all, digital natives, and indeed all of today’s most talented potential employees, expect (and increasingly demand) the high quality, engaging and transferable employee development that only accredited programs can deliver. Aligning with the standards set by the International Association of Continuing Education and Training (IACET) – today’s premier accreditation body for training programs – the authors offer principles for quality program structure, delivery, and improvement needed to achieve accreditation. They share practices used by high quality training program managers today, covering business alignment and program administration along with the planning, design, delivery and evaluation of learning systems.Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION............................................................................................... 1 1.1: Rationale for Accreditation......................................................................................... 2 1.2: Business Case............................................................................................................... 7 1.2.1: Today’s Risk Reduced........................................................................................ 7 1.2.2: Tomorrow’s Risk Avoided.................................................................................. 8 1.2.3: Adapt to External Pressures to Change and Re-size............................................. 8 1.2.4: Reduce Direct People Costs................................................................................. 9 1.2.5: Always Innovate................................................................................................. 9 1.2.6: Attract Workers You Want................................................................................ 10 Conclusion......................................................................................................................... 11 References......................................................................................................................... 12 CHAPTER 1: MANAGER TIPS...................................................................................... 14 CHAPTER 1: SUPPLEMENT.......................................................................................... 15 Supplement Tool 1A: The Advanced Organizer............................................................ 15 PART I: STRUCTURE, RESPONSIBILITY AND CONTROL......................................... 18 CHAPTER 2: ALIGN LEARNING WITH ORGANIZATION MISSION VALUES....... 20 2.1: Vision, Mission and Values as Strategy.................................................................... 20 2.2: Alignment Benefits Accreditation.............................................................................. 23 2.2.1: Philosophy on Employee Education.................................................................. 24 2.2.2: Provides Direction............................................................................................. 26 2.2.3: Unifies the Team............................................................................................... 27 2.2.4: Claims Authority............................................................................................... 27 2.3: Steps to writing a Mission and Values Statement..................................................... 28 Conclusion......................................................................................................................... 30 References......................................................................................................................... 30 CHAPTER 2: MANAGER TIPS...................................................................................... 32 CHAPTER 2 : SUPPLEMENT......................................................................................... 34 Supplement Tool 3A: Steps to Writing a Mission and Value Statement......................... 34 CHAPTER 3: STRUCTURING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY............................................... 42 3.1: Models for Structure................................................................................................. 42 3.1.1: Centralized Training Organization..................................................................... 44 3.1.2: Decentralized Training Organization................................................................. 44 3.1.3: Business Embedded Model............................................................................... 45 3.1.4: Corporate Universities and the Emerging Federated Model............................... 46 3.2: Responsibility and Accountability for Learning....................................................... 47 3.2.1: The Senior Learning Executive.......................................................................... 48 3.2.2: Senior Learning Executive Responsibilities....................................................... 48 3.2.3: Learning Processes............................................................................................ 49 3.2.4: Learning Administration................................................................................... 49 3.2.5: Learning Maintenance...................................................................................... 50 3.2.6: Training Audit................................................................................................... 50 3.3: Accountability for Continuing Education Units (CEUs)........................................... 52 3.3.1: Purpose of CEU................................................................................................ 52 3.3.2: Calculating CEU................................................................................................ 52 3.3.3: Recording CEU................................................................................................. 55 Conclusion......................................................................................................................... 55 References......................................................................................................................... 56 CHAPTER 3: MANAGER TIPS...................................................................................... 57 CHAPTER 3: SUPPLEMENT.......................................................................................... 59 Supplement Tool 3A: CEU WORKSHEET (Face-To-Face Event).................................. 59 Supplement Tool 3B: CEU WORKSHEET: Online/Self-Paced...................................... 60 CHAPTER 4: MANAGEMENT OF TRAINING.................................................................. 61 4.1: Learning Environment and Resources...................................................................... 62 4.2: Assessing the Learning Environment........................................................................ 62 4.3: Providing Support Services....................................................................................... 64 4.3.1: Registration Methods......................................................................................... 65 4.3.2: Notifications and Access................................................................................... 66 4.3.3: Seating Arrangements........................................................................................ 66 4.3.4: Equipment to Support Learning......................................................................... 67 4.3.5: Refreshments.................................................................................................... 68 4.3.6: Event Evaluation............................................................................................... 69 4.4: Creating a Supportive Learning Environment......................................................... 70 Conclusion......................................................................................................................... 70 References......................................................................................................................... 71 CHAPTER: 4 MANAGER TIPS...................................................................................... 72 CHAPTER 4: SUPPLEMENT.......................................................................................... 74 Supplement Tool 4A: Tool to Assess the Organization’s Learning Climate.................. 74 PART II: PLANNING THE ENVIRONMENT AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS.......... 77 CHAPTER 5: PLANNING FOR LEARNING....................................................................... 80 5.1: Quality Management Background............................................................................ 81 5.1.1: Continuous Improvement.................................................................................. 81 5.1.2: Quality and Continuous Improvement in the Context of Learning.................... 83 5.2: Quality Approach to Training – Strategic Planned Learning.................................. 83 5.2.1: Clean up the Talk.............................................................................................. 84 5.2.2: Don’t Say Curriculum!...................................................................................... 84 5.2.3: Structured Learning Plans – the Learning Blueprint........................................... 85 5.2.3.1: Organizational, Job and Individual Needs............................................ 87 5.2.3.2: Planning the Learning Blueprint (shhh! – curriculum planning)......... 88 5.2.3.3: Writing a Learning Blueprint (shhh! - curriculum design).................... 89 5.2.3.4: Formalize the Learning Blueprint......................................................... 90 5.3: Creating Courses – a Design Process...................................................................... 91 5.3.1: Instructional Systems Design (ISD).................................................................. 92 5.3.1.1: ADDIE Model..................................................................................... 92 5.3.1.2: Dick and Carey Systems Approach Model.......................................... 94 5.3.1.3: Successive Approximation Model (SAM)............................................. 95 5.4: Plan to Evaluate......................................................................................................... 96 Conclusion......................................................................................................................... 97 References......................................................................................................................... 97 CHAPTER 5: MANAGER TIPS...................................................................................... 99 CHAPTER 5: SUPPLEMENT........................................................................................ 100 Supplement Tool 5A: Sample Learning Blueprint....................................................... 100 CHAPTER 6: IS TRAINING THE ANSWER? ASSESSING NEEDS............................. 101 6.1: Assessing the Real Need – Determining the Business Problem/GAP...................... 101 6.1.1: Framing the Problem....................................................................................... 103 6.1.2: Type of Need.................................................................................................. 104 6.1.3: Investigating Root Causes................................................................................ 106 6.1.3.1: Individual–Level Root Causes............................................................ 106 6.1.3.2: Organization-Level Root Causes....................................................... 107 6.2: Conducting a Needs Assessment.............................................................................. 110 6.2.1: Setting the Limits............................................................................................. 111 6.2.2: Determining the Data Needed.......................................................................... 111 6.2.3: Identifying Sources of Information................................................................. 111 6.2.4: Selecting Methods for Data Collection........................................................... 112 6.2.5: Collecting and Analyzing the Data.................................................................. 112 6.2.6: Communicating Needs Assessment Results..................................................... 113 6.3: Issues in Needs Assessments.................................................................................... 114 6.4: Planning for Strategic Organizational Learning beyond Needs Assessment......... 115 Conclusion....................................................................................................................... 116 References....................................................................................................................... 116 CHAPTER 6: MANAGER TIPS.................................................................................... 118 CHAPTER 6: SUPPLEMENT........................................................................................ 119 Supplement Tool 6A: Needs Assessment Diagnosis – Where is the real Problem?...... 119 Supplement Tool 6B: Checklist to Guide Training Needs Assessment......................... 121 PART III: BENEFITS AND OUTCOMES........................................................................... 122 CHAPTER 7: INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES...................................................... 125 7.1: Name the Program Goal......................................................................................... 125 7.1.1: Training Program Goal Looks to the Future..................................................... 126 7.1.2: Training Program Goal Covers Broad Changes................................................ 127 7.2: Differentiate Goals and Objectives......................................................................... 127 7.3: Analyze Jobs to Determine Performance Objectives............................................. 128 7.3.1: Job Analysis................................................................................................... 129 7.3.2: Performance Objectives in Domains.............................................................. 131 7.3.2.1: The Cognitive Domain..................................................................... 131 7.3.2.2: The Psychomotor Domain................................................................ 133 7.3.2.3: The Affective Domain....................................................................... 134 7.3.3 Using Domains in Performance Objectives..................................................... 136 7.4: Write High Quality Performance Objectives........................................................ 137 7.4.1: Marrying Performance Objectives and Instructional Objectives.................... 137 7.4.2: Descriptors in Every Performance Objective................................................. 137 7.5: Uses for Performance Objectives............................................................................ 139 7.6: Creating Evaluation Methods to Test Objectives................................................... 140 7.7: Preparing Learning Outlines or Storyboards......................................................... 140 7.7.1: Instructional Plan or Storyboard..................................................................... 141 7.8: Writing, Buying or Buying and Modifying Instructional Materials....................... 142 7.9: Communicating Training Events as Opportunities................................................. 142 7.9.1: Communicate to Employees........................................................................... 143 7.9.2: Communicate to Other Managers................................................................... 143 Conclusion....................................................................................................................... 144 References....................................................................................................................... 145 CHAPTER 7: MANAGER TIPS.................................................................................... 147 CHAPTER 7: SUPPLEMENT........................................................................................ 148 Supplement Tool 7A: Instructional Objectives Worksheet........................................... 148 CHAPTER 8: WHO SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN INSTRUCTION?............................. 149 8.1: Qualifying as a Learning and Development Professional....................................... 150 8.2: Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes and Other Competencies Essential for Learning..... 150 8.3: Learning and Development Professionals Skills..................................................... 151 8.3.1: Needs Assessment Skills................................................................................. 152 8.3.2: Job Analysis Skills.......................................................................................... 153 8.3.3: Design Skills.................................................................................................... 154 8.3.4: Development Skills......................................................................................... 154 8.3.5: Implementation Skills...................................................................................... 155 8.3.6: Evaluation Skills.............................................................................................. 156 8.4: Documenting Learning and Development Professional Qualifications.................. 156 8.5: Developing Learning and Development Professional Skills.................................... 157 8.6: Ensuring a Well-Qualified Learning and Development Team................................ 158 Conclusion....................................................................................................................... 159 References....................................................................................................................... 159 CHAPTER 8: MANAGER TIPS.................................................................................... 160 CHAPTER 8: SUPPLEMENT........................................................................................ 161 Supplement Tool 8A: Checklist to Review Instructor Qualifications........................... 161 CHAPTER 9:............................................................................................................................. 162 CONDUCTING LEARNING EVENTS PROFESSIONALLY......................................... 162 9.1: Historical Evolution of the Training and Development Professional..................... 162 9.2: Training and Development Professionals................................................................ 164 9.2.1: Occupational Profile........................................................................................ 165 9.2.2: Required Qualifications................................................................................... 166 9.2.2.1: Credentials, Certifications, and Certificate Programs........................ 167 9.2.2.2: Training Credentials.......................................................................... 168 9.2.2.2.1: Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP).............. 169 9.2.2.2.2: Associate Professional in Talent Development (APTD)..................... 169 9.2.2.2.3: Certified Performance Technologist (CPT)....................................... 170 9.2.2.2.4: Alternate Credentials................................................................ 170 9.2.2.3: Eligibility for Credentials................................................................... 170 9.2.3: Competencies of Learning and Development Practitioners.............................. 175 9.3: Professional Conduct and Code of Ethics............................................................... 177 9.3.1: Professional Obligations.................................................................................. 178 9.3.2: Confidentiality................................................................................................ 178 9.3.3: Professional Boundaries and Limitations......................................................... 179 9.3.4: Professional Integrity....................................................................................... 179 9.3.5: Maintain Intellectual Property.......................................................................... 180 9.3.6: Inclusionary Practices...................................................................................... 181 9.3.7: Conflicts of Interest......................................................................................... 181 Conclusions..................................................................................................................... 182 References....................................................................................................................... 182 CHAPTER 9: MANAGER TIPS.................................................................................... 185 CHAPTER 9: SUPPLEMENT........................................................................................ 186 Supplement Tool 9A: Professional Development Activities for L & D Personnel... 186 PART IV: CONTENT DESIGN AND DELIVERY............................................................ 187 CHAPTER 10: DECIDING WHAT TO INCLUDE............................................................ 189 10.1: Planning Training for Your Employees and Your Workplace............................ 189 10.1.1: General/Demographic Characteristics......................................................... 190 10.1.2: Current Abilities......................................................................................... 191 10.1.3: Work Environment..................................................................................... 192 10.2: Setting Instructional Objectives............................................................................ 194 10.3: Write Conditions, Action Verbs, and Criteria in Instructional Objectives......... 195 10.3.1: Condition................................................................................................... 195 10.3.2: Action Verbs.............................................................................................. 196 10.3.3: Criteria....................................................................................................... 199 Conclusion....................................................................................................................... 201 References....................................................................................................................... 201 CHAPTER 10: MANAGER TIPS.................................................................................. 203 CHAPTER 10: SUPPLEMENT...................................................................................... 204 Supplement Tool 10A: Instructional Objectives Worksheet......................................... 204 CHAPTER 11:........................................................................................................................... 205 METHODS TO ACHIEVE CONSISTENCY....................................................................... 205 11.1: Design Content....................................................................................................... 205 11.1.1: Workers as Learners.................................................................................... 206 11.1.2: Sequencing the Content............................................................................... 206 11.2: Select Methods....................................................................................................... 208 11.2.1: Methods are categorized.............................................................................. 208 11.2.2: Select Methods According to Objectives..................................................... 209 11.2.3: Create Activities to match Methods and Domains....................................... 210 11.3: Promote Interaction.............................................................................................. 211 11.3.1: Interaction with Content.............................................................................. 212 11.3.2: Interaction with Others................................................................................ 212 11.4: Selecting Instructional Media – Training Delivery............................................... 213 11.4.1: Planning for On-site Learning...................................................................... 214 11.4.2: Planning for Job-integrated Training............................................................ 215 11.4.3: Planning for Peer Learning and Social Media Learning............................... 216 11.5: Implement a Course Planner................................................................................. 216 11.5.1 Using a Course Planning Instrument............................................................. 217 Conclusion....................................................................................................................... 219 References....................................................................................................................... 219 CHAPTER 11: MANAGER TIPS.................................................................................. 220 CHAPTER 11: SUPPLEMENT...................................................................................... 221 Supplement Tool 11A: Methods Overview.................................................................. 221 PART V: ASSESSING OUTCOMES, MAINTAINING RECORDS................................ 225 CHAPTER 12: FEEDBACK AND JOB APPLICATION.................................................. 227 12.1: Providing Learners with Feedback....................................................................... 227 12.1.1: Training Evaluation Policy and Procedures................................................. 228 12.1.2: Record Keeping........................................................................................... 230 12.2: Addressing Job Application of Training............................................................... 232 12.2.1: Defining On-The-Job Transfer.................................................................... 232 12.2.2: Defining and Ensuring Near Transfer of Training..................................... 232 12.2.3: Defining and Ensuring Far Transfer of Training.......................................... 233 12.3: Managers Tips to Provide Learners with Feedback and Ensure On-the-Job...... 235 Conclusion....................................................................................................................... 236 Reference........................................................................................................................ 236 CHAPTER 12: MANAGER TIPS.................................................................................. 238 CHAPTER 12: SUPPLEMENT...................................................................................... 239 Supplement Tool 12A: Brainstorming Guide –Encourage Giving Feedback............. 239 Supplement Tool 12B: Brainstorming Guide –Near Transfer of Learning................. 240 Supplement Tool 12C: Brainstorming Guide –Far Transfer of Learning................... 241 CHAPTE 13: RECORDS AND PROGRAM EVALUATION........................................... 242 13.1: Full Program Evaluation....................................................................................... 242 13.1.1: Purpose....................................................................................................... 243 13.1.2: Reluctance................................................................................................... 243 13.1.3: Comprehensive........................................................................................... 244 13.1.4: Goal Oriented.............................................................................................. 244 13.1.5: Sources........................................................................................................ 245 13.2: Focus: Formative, Summative or Confirmative................................................... 246 13.2.1: Formative.................................................................................................... 246 13.2.2: Summative.................................................................................................. 246 13.2.3: Confirmative............................................................................................... 247 13.3: Evaluation Procedures/Methods........................................................................... 248 13.3.1: Kirkpatrick and Phillips Levels of Evaluation............................................. 248 13.3.2: Other Program Evaluation Methods............................................................. 251 13.4: Report Writing and Audience............................................................................... 253 13.4.1: Results......................................................................................................... 254 13.4.2: Conclusions and Recommendations............................................................ 254 13.4.3: Evaluation Reports..................................................................................... 255 13.5: Training Policy and Records................................................................................. 257 13.5.1: Policy........................................................................................................ 257 13.5.1.1: Evaluation policies..................................................................... 258 13.5.1.2: Learner privacy policies........................................................... 258 13.5.2: Results and Record Maintenance................................................................ 259 13.5.2.1: Training event records................................................................ 259 13.5.2.2: Learner documentation............................................................... 260 13.5.3: Record Maintenance................................................................................... 260 Conclusion....................................................................................................................... 261 References....................................................................................................................... 261 CHAPTER 13 : MANAGER TIPS................................................................................. 263 CHAPTER 13: SUPPLEMENT...................................................................................... 264 Supplement Tool 13A: Level 1 Sample of Evaluation Form........................................ 264 CHAPTER 14: ACCREDITATION SOURCES.................................................................. 265 14.1: Pre-Steps to Achieve Accreditation....................................................................... 265 14.2: Clarify Purpose...................................................................................................... 266 14.3: Research................................................................................................................ 267 14.3.1: Accrediting Bodies...................................................................................... 267 14.3.2: Standards.................................................................................................... 270 14.3.2.1: American National Standards Institute (ANSI)............................ 271 14.3.2.2: International Organization for Standardization (ISO)................ 271 14.3.2.3: Learning and Development Standards........................................ 272 14.4: Business Case......................................................................................................... 273 14.5: Project Plan........................................................................................................... 273 14.6: Accreditation Process............................................................................................ 275 14.7: Recommendation and Tips.................................................................................... 276 Conclusions..................................................................................................................... 283 References....................................................................................................................... 284 CHAPTER 14: MANAGER TIPS.................................................................................. 285 CHAPTER 14: SUPPLEMENT...................................................................................... 286 Supplement Tool 14A: Accreditation Readiness Checklist.......................................... 286
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Third Wave in Science and Technology Studies: Future Research Directions on Expertise and Experience
Book SynopsisThis book analyzes future directions in the study of expertise and experience with the aim of engendering more critical discourse on the general discipline of science and technology studies. In 2002, Collins and Evans published an article entitled “The Third Wave of Science Studies,” suggesting that the future of science and technology studies would be to engage in “Studies in Expertise and Experience.” In their view, scientific expertise in legal and policy settings should reflect a consensus of formally-trained scientists and citizens with experience in the relevant field (but not “ordinary” citizens). The Third Wave has garnered attention in journals and in international workshops, where scholars delivered papers explicating the theoretical foundations and practical applications of the Third Wave. This book arose out of those workshops, and is the next step in the popularization of the Third Wave. The chapters address the novel concept of interactional experts, the use of imitation games, appropriating scientific expertise in law and policy settings, and recent theoretical developments in the Third Wave.Table of ContentsChapter 1. IntroductionPart One: Law and Policy Studies in ExpertiseIntroduction to Part One.Chapter 2. Twenty-Five Years of Opposing Trends: The Demystification of Science in Law, and the Waning Relativism in the Sociology of ScienceChapter 3. Ignoring ExpertsChapter 4. Recognizing Counterfeit Scientific Controversies in Science Policy Contexts: A Criteria-Based ApproachChapter 5. Judging Social Work Expertise in Care ProceedingsChapter 6. Geographical Expertise: From Places to Processes and Back AgainPart Two: Imitation GamesChapter 7. Bonfire Night and Burns Night: Using the Imitation Game to Research English and Scottish IdentitiesChapter 8. How (Well) Do Media Professionals Know Their Audiences? S.E.E. Meets Media StudiesChapter 9. East German Identity: A Never-Ending Story?Chapter 10. The Game With Identities: Identifications and Categorization as Social PracticePart Three: Interactional ExpertiseChapter 11. The Test of Ubiquitous Through Real or Interactional Expertise (TURINEX) and Veganism as ExpertiseChapter 12. Why They've Immersed: A Framework for Understanding and Attending to Motivational Differences Among Interactional ExpertsChapter 13. Developing a Theoretical Scaffolding for Interactional Competence: A Conceptual and Empirical Investigation into Competence versus ExpertiseChapter 14. Collaboration Among Apparently Incommensurable Expertises: A Case Study of Combining Expertises and Perspectives to Manage Climate Change in Coastal ViginiaPart Four: Conceptual and Theoretical DevelopmentsChapter 15. Trading Zones RevisitedChater 16. Interactional Expertise as Primer of Abstract ThoughtChapter 17. A Scientific Research Program at the U.S.-Mexico Borderland Region: The Search for the Recipe of Maya BlueChapter 18. Conclusion
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Future of Finance: The Impact of FinTech, AI,
Book SynopsisThis book, written jointly by an engineer and artificial intelligence expert along with a lawyer and banker, is a glimpse on what the future of the financial services will look like and the impact it will have on society.The first half of the book provides a detailed yet easy to understand educational and technical overview of FinTech, artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies including the existing industry pain points and the new technological enablers.The second half provides a practical, concise and engaging overview of their latest trends and their impact on the future of the financial services industry including numerous use cases and practical examples.The book is a must read for any professional currently working in finance, any student studying the topic or anyone curious on how the future of finance will look like.Table of Contents Chapter 1 - The Digital Triumvirate of Computation, Data, and Connectivity 13 1.1 Increasing computational power 13 1.2 Increasing data collection and availability 16 1.3 Increasing digital connectivity 18 1.4 Bringing computation, connectivity and data together in the cloud 20 Chapter 2 - New Interfaces for the Digital World 22 2.1 The evolution of visual displays 23 2.2 Voice as a user interface 24 2.3 Wearables and the body as an interface 25 The Fundamentals of Fintech 27 Chapter 3 - The Rise of Fintech 28 3.1 Drivers of the fintech revolution 29 3.1.1 A changing economic/regulatory landscape 29 3.1.2 A rapidly evolving technology environment 29 3.1.3 Shifting customer expectations 30 3.2 Types of fintechs 31 3.2.1 Fintech and payments 31 3.2.2 Fintech and lending 36 3.2.3 Fintech and wealth management 38 3.2.4 Fintech and insurance 41 3.2.5 Fintech and digital banking 43 3.2.6 Regtech: A different sort of fintech innovation 45 3.3 Challenges faced by fintechs 49 3.3.1 Access to talent 49 3.3.2 Regulatory compliance 51 3.3.3 Customer trust 53 3.3.4 Scaling the customer base 53 3.3.5 Raising capital 55 Chapter 4 - Incumbent Financial Institutions and their Response to Fintechs 55 4.1 Impediments to incumbent innovation 56 4.2 Incumbents building/replicating fintech offerings 58 4.3 Incumbents investing in fintechs 61 4.4 Incumbents partnering with fintechs 62 Chapter 5 - The Emergence of Techfin 64 5.1 The case for tech to techfin 64 5.2 China as a template for the growth of techfin 65 5.2.1 Alibaba and Tencent’s transformation of payments in China 65 5.2.2 Alibaba and Tencent’s expansion beyond payments 66 5.2.3 Alibaba and Tencent’s international expansion 67 5.3 Early techfin developments outside of China 68 Chapter 6 - The Changing Structure of the Financial Ecosystem 70 6.1 Incumbent collaboration with techfins 70 6.2 Fintech collaboration with techfins 71 Chapter 7 - Financial Innovation and Inclusion 72 7.1 Fintech as a driver of financial inclusion 72 7.2 Government as an enabler of inclusive fintech solutions 75 The Fundamentals of Crypto-assets 76 Chapter 8 - The Basics of Cryptography and Encryption 77 8.1 Early encryption 77 8.2 Asymmetric or public key cryptography 78 8.3 Early experiments with cryptocurrencies 79 Chapter 9 - The Rise of Bitcoin 80 9.1 The Bitcoin white paper 81 9.2 The technical foundations of Bitcoin 84 9.2.1 The role of cryptography in Bitcoin 84 9.2.2 The role of decentralization in Bitcoin 86 9.2.3 The role of immutability in Bitcoin 87 9.2.4 The role of proof-of-work in Bitcoin 87 9.3 The growth of Bitcoin 89 9.4 Challenges facing Bitcoin 93 Chapter 10 - Blockchain as an Enabling Technology 95 10.1 Defining the characteristics of a blockchain 96 10.2 Challenges 99 10.3 Use cases of blockchains 100 Chapter 11 - The Proliferation of Crypto-assets 103 11.1 The emergence of new crypto-assets 103 11.2 Mechanisms for distributing new crypto-assets 105 11.2.1 The creation of new tokens via mining 106 11.2.2 The creation of new tokens via a hard fork 106 11.2.3 The distribution of new tokens via sale 108 11.3 A closer look at ICOs 108 11.3.1 Technical structure of an ICO 109 11.3.2 The regulatory treatment of ICOs 112 11.3.3 Advantages and challenges of ICOs 115 Chapter 12 - A High-Level Taxonomy of Crypto-assets 117 12.1 Establishing a taxonomy of crypto-assets 117 12.2 Payment tokens 119 12.2.1 Characteristics of a payment token 119 12.2.2 Challenges facing payment tokens 120 12.2.3 Regulation of payment tokens 121 12.3.4 Stable coins 122 12.3 Utility tokens 124 12.4 Investment tokens 126 12.4.1 Tokenization of new investment instruments 126 12.4.2 Tokenization of pre-existing investment instruments 127 12.5 Non-fungible tradable tokens 130 12.6 Non-fungible non-tradable digital assets 131 Chapter 13 - The Crypto-asset Ecosystem 132 13.1 Crypto-asset exchanges 133 13.1.1 Centralized crypto-asset exchanges 133 13.1.2 Decentralized crypto-asset exchanges 136 13.2 Crypto-asset custodians and wallets 136 13.2.1 Crypto-asset custodians 137 13.2.2 Crypto-asset wallets 138 13.3 Advisory and consumer services for the crypto-asset ecosystem 139 The Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence 139 Chapter 14 - Understanding Artificial Intelligence and its Capabilities 140 14.1 The surprisingly tricky problem of defining AI 140 14.2 Why artificial intelligence matters 142 14.3 Selected AI techniques 143 14.3.1 Machine learning 143 14.3.2 Neural networks and deep learning 144 14.3.3 Genetic and evolutionary algorithms 145 14.3.4 Limitations of these techniques 145 14.4 Selected capabilities of AI 145 14.4.1 Machine vision 146 14.4.2 Natural language processing 146 14.5 High-level implications of AI for business 147 Chapter 15 - Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services 148 15.1 Key artificial intelligence opportunities for financial institutions 148 15.1.1 AI-enabled automation 149 15.1.2 AI-enabled improved decision-making 150 15.1.3 AI-enabled customization 150 15.1.4 AI-enabled new value propositions 150 15.2 Specific applications of AI in sub-sectors of financial services 151 15.2.1 Key applications of artificial intelligence in lending 151 15.2.2 Key applications of artificial intelligence in wealth and asset management 153 15.2.3 Key applications of artificial intelligence in insurance 155 15.2.4 Key applications of artificial intelligence in payments 157 15.3 Key challenges to the deployment of artificial intelligence in financial institutions 159 15.3.1 Data challenges to deploying of AI in financial institutions 159 15.3.2 Technology challenges to deploying of AI in financial institutions 160 15.3.3 Talent challenges to deploying of AI in financial institutions 160 15.3.4 Regulatory challenges to deploying of AI in financial institutions 162 Future Trends in Fintech, Crypto, and AI 163 Chapter 16 - Fintech and the Future of the Financial Ecosystem 164 16.1 The changing shape of the financial ecosystem 165 16.1.1 The shift from in-person to digital channels 165 16.1.2 Larger shifts in the financial ecosystem on the horizon 167 16.2 A new approach to customer experience 168 16.2.1 Open banking and the ‘platformization’ of the customer experience 168 16.2.2 Who will own the financial platform of the future? 170 16.2.3 Broader challenges of a platform model of customer experience 171 16.3 New market dynamics for competing financial products 172 16.4 Renovating the back office and shared financial infrastructure 174 16.4.1 Outsourcing the back office 174 16.4.2 The much needed modernization of financial infrastructure 175 Chapter 17 - The Continuing Evolution of Crypto-assets 176 17.1 Regulators provide improved clarity on crypto-assets 177 17.1.1 A positive disposition to crypto-assets 177 17.1.2 A neutral approach to crypto-assets 178 17.1.3 A negative approach to crypto-assets 179 17.1.4 The future of crypto-asset regulation 180 17.2 Financial incumbents as facilitators of crypto investments 181 17.2.1 Institutional investors and crypto-assets 181 17.2.2 Incumbent financial institutions as crypto-asset service providers 182 17.3 Large tech firms’ forays into crypto 183 17.4 Central bank-backed digital currencies 185 Chapter 18 – Future Trends in Artificial Intelligence 189 18.1 The perils of predicting AI developments 189 18.2 The democratization of artificial intelligence 191 18.3 AI trends in financial services 193 18.3.1 Alternative data and ‘quantamental’ asset management 194 18.3.2 AI-as-a-service by and for financial institutions 196 18.3.3 AI enabled ‘self-driving finance 198 18.4 Responsible regulation of AI in financial services 201 Artificial Intelligence Meets Cryptoassets 202 Chapter 19: Selected Scenarios for a Crypto-AI World 203 19.1 Real-time auditing 203 19.2 Artificially intelligent distributed autonomous corporations 206 19.3 Blockchain based identity powered by AI data managers 208 19.4 Data marketplaces and the democratization of AI 210 19.5 AI catalyzing the adoption of cryptoassets 213 19.6 The machine-to-machine payment economy 214 A Financial Future Full of Possibilities 217
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Developing Global Leaders: Insights from African
Book SynopsisThis book is a timely guide on what constitutes effective leadership in Africa. It explores how today’s leaders in Africa perceive their role, the challenges they experience, and how they operate effectively as leaders. In the era of globalization, there is an increasing need to offer guidance on how leaders can adjust their leadership style to suit situational contexts. Drawing on case study and survey data, this book illustrates to scholars and leaders worldwide the vision of leadership that is emerging in Africa. It will contribute to the development of a new community of global leaders, integrating cutting-edge knowledge on leadership development in Africa.Trade Review“This book examines leadership through a new lens, demonstrating a high level of scientific analysis through an interdisciplinary approach addressing both theory and practice. Scholars, graduate students, and nongovernmental organizations, as well as policy makers in government will find the book very rewarding.” (Felix Kiruthu, Governance, Vol. 34, 2021)Table of ContentsContents 1. Introduction Eva Jordans, Bettina Ng’weno and Helen Spencer-Oatey Part 1: Foundations 2. Global leadership: key concepts and frameworks Helen Spencer - Oatey 3. Leadership in Africa: Past, Present & Future Perspectives Estelle-Marie Heussen – Montgomery and Eva Jordans 4. The Historical, Political and Demographic Context of Leadership in Africa Bettina Ng’weno Part 2: Case Studies and Survey findings 5. Methodology Eva Jordans and Helen Spencer-Oatey 6. Young Leaders transforming Science in Ghana Yaw Bediako and Eva Jordans 7. Leadership and culture in corporate organisations in Nigeria Ike Nwankwo, Estelle-Marie Heussen - Montgomery and Eva Jordans 8. Bridging the generation gap: Perceptions of leadership by senior and young leaders in Tanzania Mwatima Juma and Eva Jordans 9. Changing leadership perceptions: Leaders in the private sector in Kenya Kanini Mutooni, Bettina Ng’weno and Eva Jordans 10. Emerging People-oriented Leadership in Rural development in Rwanda Joseph K. Nsabimana and Eva Jordans 11. Leadership development needs and experiences: Survey findings Helen Spencer-Oatey and Daniel Dauber Part 3: Implications and applications 12. Understanding leadership and its development in Africa Eva Jordans, Bettina Ng’weno and Helen Spencer-Oatey
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Economics of Bioresources: Concepts, Tools,
Book SynopsisThis fundamental book provides a cross-sectoral, multi-disciplinary view on the biobased economy. It explains opportunities for the value-adding production and use of bioresources, while also discussing the main drivers and obstacles involved. The book is divided into three major parts, the first of which introduces readers to the basics of bioresource economics and engineering. In terms of economics, it discusses decision-making from the policy, producer, investor, and citizen perspectives; in terms of engineering, it addresses key technologies and the processing of bioresources, as well as the development of biorefineries for high-value products on large and small scales. In turn, the book’s second part presents cases focused on different types of energy use, and written by practitioners. The cases illustrate the businesses and technologies involved, as well as the roles of citizens, social organisations and policies. The book’s third and last part highlights opportunities in sustainable agriculture, valuable industrial products and innovative services, while also outlining key conditions for success. Written by a team of scholars and practitioners from various engineering, natural-science and social-science disciplines, the book is primarily intended for undergraduate and graduate students, and for practitioners in business and policy who wish to explore the sustainable production and use of bioresources. All theoretical issues are explained with the aid of real-world examples, making the content highly accessible.Table of Contents1.Introduction: Yoram Krozer, Maarten Arentsen, Michael Narodoslawsky (10 pages).- Part I: Basics (20-25 pages each chapter).- 2.Bioresources basics: Michael Narodoslawsky.- 3.Bioresources for electricity: Andrej Gubina.- 4.Economic basics: Yoram Krozer.- 5.Regional capabilities: Frans Coenen.- 6.Market behavior: Boglarka Vajda and Yoram Krozer.- 7.Business development: Yoram Krozer and Petra Doelman.- 8.Policy development: Maarten Arentsen .- Part II Cases (5-10 pages each chapter).- 9.Willows for localized fuels: Sandor Bartha.- 10.Modern bio-refineries: Louis Duarte.- 11.Supplies for bioenergy markets: Devrim Yazan.- 12.Food chain waste processing: Ina Körner.- 13.Reuse of edible oils: Avinash Narayanswamy.- 14.Manure for energy: Willem van Laarhoven.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Growth Poles of the Global Economy: Emergence, Changes and Future Perspectives
Book SynopsisThe book presents the best contributions from the international scientific conference “Growth Poles of the Global Economy: Emergence, Changes and Future,” which was organized by the Institute of Scientific Communications (Volgograd, Russia) together with the universities of Kyrgyzstan and various other cities in Russia. The 143 papers selected, focus on spatial and sectorial structures of the modern global economy according to the theory of growth poles. It is intended for representatives of the academic community: university and college staff developing study guides on socio-humanitarian disciplines in connection with the theory of growth poles, researchers, and undergraduates, masters, and postgraduates who are interested in the recent inventions and developments in the field. It is also a valuable resource for expert practitioners managing entrepreneurial structures in the existing and prospective growth poles of the global economy as well as those at international institutes that regulate growth poles.The first part of the book investigates the factors and conditions affecting the emergence of the growth poles of the modern global economy. The second part then discusses transformation processes in the traditional growth poles of the global economy under the influence of the technological progress. The third part examines how social factors affect the formation of new growth poles of the modern global economy. Lastly, the fourth part offers perspectives on the future growth of the global economy on the basis of the digital economy and Industry 4.0.Table of ContentsImprovement of the Structural Solution of Monolithic Reinforced Concrete Floors with the Use of Steel Profiled Flooring.- Increase in the Level of Structural Safety of Multistory Buildings and Structures.- Strategic Control as a Tool of Effective Management of Region’s Economy.- Modern Ways of Application of Innovative Teaching Methods for the Development of Creative Activity in the Teaching Process.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG eDemocracy & eGovernment: Stages of a Democratic
Book SynopsisThis textbook reviews and systematically presents the use of the Internet in public administration and politics. Further, it employs a process-oriented layer model to define the opportunities for exchange and participation for all stakeholder groups, covering the following topics: eAssistance, eProcurement, eService, eContracting, eSettlement, eCollaboration, eDemocracy, and eCommunity. In turn, real-world case studies demonstrate the practical applications in industry, administration and research.The second edition of this book has been completely revised and extended, and includes several new case studies. It offers a valuable asset for students in Business, Economics and Political Sciences courses, as well as practitioners interested in emerging opportunities for digital exchange and participation in the knowledge society.Trade Review“The book is well written and well organized, and the style is light and easy to read. In addition, the many case studies make it a valuable reference for students and educators.” (Stefka Tzanova, Computing Reviews, February 10, 2021)Table of ContentseGovernment Framework.- eAssistance.- eProcurement.- eService.- eContracting.- eSettlement.- eCollaboration.- eDemocracy.- eCommunity.- Knowledge Society.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Purpose-driven Organizations: Management Ideas
Book SynopsisA higher purpose is not simply about profit. Symbolising the motivations of our actions and efforts, it reflects something much more aspirational and contributes to our global society. This open access book offers novel solutions to ensure employees support a wider organizational meaning whilst guaranteeing that the company benefits from the employee’s individual sense of purpose. Advocating a shift from previous models and theories, this book contributes to debate and offers insight for both scholars and practitioners. The chapters bring together academic rigour and practical models to help readers distinguish between the fads and influential strategies. Exploring the development of purpose at each level of business, from strategy and leadership to communication, this book avoids theoretical jargon and provides new approaches to building sustainable purpose-driven organizations.This is an Open Access book sponsored by DPMC Spain, UIC Barcelona and Corporate Excellence - Centre for Reputation LeadershipTable of ContentsPart I. Understanding Purpose-driven Organizations.- 1. The New Logic of Purpose within the Organization; Carlos Rey, Jon San Cristobal Velasco and Juan Almandoz.- 2. Personal and Organizational Purpose Harmonisation; Carlos Rey and Ivan Malbašić.- 3. Three Dimensions of Purpose: Knowledge, Motivation and Action; Carlos Rey and Miquel Bastons.- 4. Why Purpose Needs Strategy (and Vice Versa); Carlos Rey and Joan E. Ricart.-5. Purpose-driven Leadership; Pablo Cardona, Carlos Rey and Nick Craig.- Part II. Creating Purpose-driven Organizations.- 6. Agile Purpose: Overcoming Bureaucracy; Carlos Rey, Nuno Pitta, Donatas Ramonas and Phil Sotok.- 7. Key Factors in Purpose Internalisation; Carlos Rey, Frederic Marimon and Marta Mas-Machuca.- 8. Nurturing Personal Purpose at Work; Carlos Rey, Juan Almandoz and Alex Montaner.- 9. (Re)Discovering Organizational Purpose; Clara Fontán, Ángel Alloza and Carlos Rey.- 10. Measuring the Purpose Effect; Álvaro Lleó, Carlos Rey and Nuria Chinchilla.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Adventure Tourism: Environmental Impacts and Management
Book SynopsisThis textbook presents a comprehensive overview of the environmental impacts of various types of adventure tourism and how these can be best managed. This volume follows on from the authors previous textbook – ‘Outdoor Recreation: Environmental Impacts and Management’ and continues the aim of developing a deeper understanding of how tourist numbers impact the environment and to provide practical solutions to these problems. Combining their own first-hand experience and research with extensive literature review the authors' present several popular adventure tourism destinations from across the globe, including the Arctic, the Himalayas, Africa, Australia and Scotland as case studies. Chapters cover the particular challenges faced by each region: including impacts on animals and birds; the spread of invasive plant species and diseases; trail impacts on vegetation; impacts on geological, historical and archaeological sites and pollution and waste issues. A discussion and evaluation of the possible management actions for minimising these impacts and how outdoor recreation tourists can be regulated concludes each chapter. This practical and engaging textbook will be invaluable to students and scholars of adventure tourism and outdoor recreation as well as practitioners and managers working in the field.Table of ContentsChapter 1: What Is Adventure Tourism?Chapter 2: Adventure Tourism in AntarcticaChapter 3: The Arctic Islands: Svalbard and IcelandChapter 4: Adventure Tourism in the Russian ArcticChapter 5: Adventure Tourism in GreenlandChapter 6: Adventure Tourism in the Canadian ArcticChapter 7: Adventure Tourism in AlaskaChapter 8: Adventure Tourism in the HimalayasChapter 9: The AndesChapter 10: East AfricaChapter 11: Australia and New ZealandChapter 12: ScotlandChapter 13: Climate Change and Adventure Tourism
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming: 20th International Conference, XP 2019, Montréal, QC, Canada, May 21–25, 2019, Proceedings
Book SynopsisThis open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Agile Software Development, XP 2019, held in Montreal, QC, Canada, in May 2019. XP is the premier agile software development conference combining research and practice. It is a hybrid forum where agile researchers, academics, practitioners, thought leaders, coaches, and trainers get together to present and discuss their most recent innovations, research results, experiences, concerns, challenges, and trends. Following this history, for both researchers and seasoned practitioners XP 2019 provided an informal environment to network, share, and discover trends in Agile for the next 20 years The 15 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 45 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: agile adoption, agile practices; large-scale agile; agility beyond IT, and the future of agile. Trade Review Table of Contents
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Entrepreneurship and Organizational Innovation
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the process of designing a new business, known as entrepreneurship. It gives emphasis to the deep relationship between entrepreneurship and organizational innovation. This book provides a wide range of information and knowledge, namely: - on the different initiatives to be developed in order to promote an entrepreneurial culture; - on the different types and levels of innovation and organizational change to be implemented by organizations; - on the possible strategies to be developed with a view to fostering qualified entrepreneurship through a strong training component; -on the involvement of the different agents of innovation to equip the promoting entrepreneurial projects teams with scientific and technical knowledge in the different areas of intervention, such as marketing, finance, human resources management, the protection of intellectual property, techniques to persuade investors, etc.This book contributes not only to the transmission of knowledge and know-how in what concerns the techniques, procedures and strategies of entrepreneurial management, but also, and above all, to the construction of the behaviors, characteristics and entrepreneurial attitudes, leading to high levels of success in the business world.Table of ContentsEntrepreneurship and organizational innovation.- Intra-entrepreneurship.- Organizational innovation.- Culture and organizational behaviour.- Work challenges and changes.- Communication, participation and involvement in innovative environments.- Competitive management practices.- Human resource management.- Matching human and innovative organizations needs.- Motivating people in an innovative environment.- Developing leadership / entrepreneurial skills.- Global management.- Team building and innovation.- Strategic management.- Employee motivation and entrepreneurship.- Conflict management and work challenges.- Learning skills and styles in work innovation.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Underdog Entrepreneurs: A Framework of Success
Book SynopsisEntrepreneurship is challenging, whatever your background, in the current science- and technology-driven Western world. However, unlike traditionally dominant, native-born, white male entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and elsewhere, those who face greater hurdles blocking their path to success primarily come from marginalized and minority groups, both real and self-perceived—including immigrants, refugees, women, blacks, Hispanics, and Asians. Despite their potential to innovate and add value in the global marketplace, they persistently struggle, or fail, because they lack the requisite code-breaking skills. This book helps these underdog entrepreneurs acquire those skills with actionable advice to achieve and sustain success.It proposes a framework that pinpoints what the author calls the outsider problem—that is, situations in which individuals are primarily disadvantaged because they lack access to networks that facilitate superior learning and performance outcomes. He completes the framework by incorporating personal qualities and strategies that can solve this problem.Along the way, Morgan distills insights and evidence from multiple fields, combined with a fresh look at the familiar stories of initially marginalized business leaders, such as Indra Nooyi, Jack Ma, Hilary Devey and Mike Lazaridis. He also shares the less known, but equally inspiring stories of others. This book will help readers thrive while transcending their underdog status.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Underdog Entrepreneurs Are Everywhere PART ONE: THE OUTSIDER PROBLEM 2. Being on the Outside of Powerful Mainstream Networks 3. Lacking Relevant Know-How 4. Being Subject to Stereotype-Driven Discrimination and Stereotype Threat PART TWO: CODE-BREAKING SKILLS 5. A Growth Mindset 6. Valuable Knowledge from Formal Education 7. Strategic Identity Orientation 8. Complementary Social and Political Skills PART THREE: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER AND DRAWING LESSONS 9. An Integrative Framework 10. Commit to Ongoing Learning and Capability Development 11. Strategically Cultivate Mutually Beneficial Networks 12. Experiment With Self-Identities, Don’t Be Rigidly Defined By Them 13. Strategically Accumulate Power and Appropriately Use It 14. Strategically Target and Use Government Support 15. Cultivate Higher-Order Mental Skills 16. Conclusion: Underdog Entrepreneurs’ Most Enduring Asset Epilogue: What Journey Brought Me Here?
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Architects of Change: Designing Strategies for a
Book SynopsisWhat is the difference between a fire fighter and an architect? One deals with crises as they arise while the other is capable of building something that can withstand all weathers. Using this analogy, Architects of Change provides you with the tools to grasp, leverage and harness the dynamics that shape tomorrow's markets. It encourages you to nurture an entrepreneurial mind-set to transform the way a business – or even an entire industry – operates. Tackling crucial topics related to geopolitics, creative destruction, fake news, resilience and creativity, this book gives you the tools to analyse your environment and future trends in order to reinvent the way you do business. It teaches you how to: · Identify actors of change · Conduct simulations about the future · Assess threats of political instability · Build a strategy for a profitable and sustainable firm amid ongoing uncertainty · Become an architect of change yourself. Containing original interviews with industry insiders, including a world-famous expert on brands and luxury, the former CEO of a major think tank, a thought leader from CISCO, the former chairman of the US National Intelligence Council, and a former chief political scientist of a large Asian bank, this book helps you to understand the type of imagination and creativity this business environment requires not only to survive, but thrive.Table of Contents1: A Tale of Two Professions.- 2. Case Study: When James Bond Met Q.- 3. The World We Live In.- 4. Case Study: The Change-maker Game.- 5. The Road to Reinvention.- 6. Case Study: Founding a Popular Pizza Place in Paris.- 7. The Power of Analysis.- 8. Case Study: Strategising at Amazon When Globalisation Comes Under Pressure.- 9. The Significance of Anticipation.- 10. Case Study: Getting Ready for the World in Five Years.- 11. The Purpose of Imagination.- 12. Case Study: Conducting a Pre-Mortem.- 13. The Meaning of Creativity.- 14. Case Study: Looking for Talent in a Chaotic World.- 15. A Tribute to my Kids (The Ultimate Architects of Change).
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Teaching Economics: Perspectives on Innovative Economics Education
Book SynopsisThis book looks at a number of topics in economic education, presenting multiple perspectives from those in the field to anyone interested in teaching economics. Using anecdotes, classroom experiments and surveys, the contributing authors show that, with some different or new techniques, teaching economics can be more engaging for students and help them better retain what they learned. Chapters cover a wide range of approaches to teaching economics, from interactive approaches such as utilizing video games and Econ Beats, to more rigorous examinations of government policies, market outcomes and exploring case studies from specific courses. Many of the chapters incorporate game theory and provide worked out examples of games designed to help students with intuitive retention of the material, and these games can be replicated in any economics classroom. While the exercises are geared towards college-level economics students, instructors can draw inspiration for course lectures from the various approaches taken here and utilize them at any level of teaching. This book will be very useful to instructors in economics interested in bringing innovative teaching methods into the classroom.Table of ContentsChapter 1: The Development of Interactive Classroom Activities to Teach Economic Freedom to Students of Various Learning Styles.- Chapter 2: Video Games in Teaching Economics.- Chapter 3: One-Shot Game: A Free-Market Approach to the Principles of Microeconomics Class.- Chapter 4: A Highly-Simplified Pollution Abatement Game.- Chapter 5: Assignments to Engage Students in Economics Study Abroad Programs.- Chapter 6: The Economic Principles of my Cancer Treatment: How to Use Medical Experiences to Teach Economics.- Chapter 7: Textbook Confessions: Government Policies and Market Outcomes.- Chapter 8: University and High School Economics Educators Partnership: A Model from LaCrosse, Wisconsin.- Chapter 9: A Classroom Experiment: The Redistribution of Quiz Scores.- Chapter 10: Making Economics Stick with Econ Beats.- Chapter 11: Navigating the Economics Major: The Effect of Gender on Students' Degree Pathways.- Chapter 12: Taking a Path Less Traveled: Mastering Metrics Without a Textbook.- Chapter 13: Structured Writing Assignments in an American Economic History Course.- Chapter 14: Integrating the Economic Way of Thinking into US History Courses.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Art of Going Global: A Practical Guide to a
Book SynopsisInternationalizing your firm presents both exciting opportunities and daunting challenges, regardless of your industry. While strategy will vary from firm to firm, this book provides a solid set of decision-making tools that will support you as you take your company global. Starting with the most important step – cultivating a truly international perspective in your senior management team – it sets out the pros and cons of each choice you will face as you define and shape a global strategy. With a pragmatic toolkit provided at the end of each chapter, The Art of Going Global will help to improve your decision-making capabilities in relation to a range of challenges, including:· Selecting foreign markets · Adapting your business model· Navigating uncertain global markets· Managing across cultures· Choosing between entry mode options With case studies and insights illustrating how to apply each toolkit, this book is ideal for practitioners, MBA students, and those in executive education. It will help you to consider a variety of alternative solutions for key managerial decisions on internationalization, the costs and benefits of different strategic scenarios, and ultimately drive you to create a clear global vision for your firm. Table of Contents1. Is Your Business Reaching its Full Potential in Global Markets?.- 2. Global E-E-E Mindset: Empathy, Ethics and Engagement.- 3. How to Enter a Foreign Market.- 4. Implementing Internationalization Strategy: People's Issue.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Trustee Governance Guide: The Five
Book Synopsis More than 80% of the financial assets in the United States fall under the purview of a trustee. That's a big responsibility for an estimated 1% (around 1.5 million people) of the U.S. working population charged with overseeing investments for millions and millions of beneficiaries, public sector, and non-profit organizations. In a world proliferated by investment products, increasingly dominated by indexes, faced—particularly in the pension world—with increasing liabilities, more regulation, and a growing number of social and sustainability objectives, what's a trustee to do?The Trustee Governance Guide is here to help guide today’s board trustee through the brave new world of 21st century investing. The book focuses on the critical aspects of the Five Imperatives: Governance, Knowledge, Diversification, Discipline, and Impact. Based on more than a decade of research, practice, and discussions with many key decision makers and influencers across the industry, this book addresses the many topics related to better governance, greater mission-driven financial performance, and impact. The questions the book addresses include: · What is good governance, how do we know it when we see it, and why does it matter?· How much knowledge is necessary to be a competent board member?· How big should my endowment be?· What are the key elements of a diversified portfolio?· How much does cost matter?· What's the difference between socially responsible and ESG investing?· Can I focus on sustainability and still be a good fiduciary? This book provides a way for boards to improve and benchmark their own governance performance alongside their peers, and uniquely covers related investment topics in each chapter. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction The First Imperative: Be Well-Governed Chapter 2: Crisis Chapter 3: Fiduciary Duty Chapter 4: Good Governance Practitioner Focus: Board Self-Assessment The Second Imperative: Be Knowledgeable and Beware of Common Errors Chapter 5 – Human Error and Behavioral Finance Practitioner Focus – How Much Endowment is Enough? Chapter 6 – Knowledge Not Just for Knowledge’s Sake Chapter 7 – Origins of Financial Illiteracy Practitioner Focus: Investment 101 and Foundation Board Basics The Third Imperative: Be Diversified Chapter 8 – 30,000 Products Practitioner Focus – Cryptocurrencies Chapter 9 – Theory Time Practitioner Focus – Return Targeting Chapter 10 – Over-diversification Practitioner Focus – Why Over-complicate Things? The Fourth Imperative: Be Disciplined and Control Costs Chapter 11 – The Active vs. Passive Debate Chapter 12 – Active vs. Passive-The Evidence Chapter 13 – Cost Savings and What Really Matters Practitioner Focus – Fee and Expense Reports: What to ask your Consultant for on an Annual Basis The Fifth Imperative: Be Impactful Chapter 14 – Farewell to Uncle Milt Practitioner Focus – Doesn’t ESG Investing Pose a Conflict with Fiduciary Duty? Chapter 15 – ESG Challenges Practitioner Focus – What Exactly is the Difference between SRI and ESG? Chapter 16 – Ok, I’ve Bought In…Now What? Practitioner Focus – Writing ESG into your Investment Policy
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Work in the Future: The Automation Revolution
Book SynopsisThis short, accessible book seeks to explore the future of work through the views and opinions of a range of expertise, encompassing economic, historical, technological, ethical and anthropological aspects of the debate. The transition to an automated society brings with it new challenges and a consideration for what has happened in the past; the editors of this book carefully steer the reader through future possibilities and policy outcomes, all the while recognising that whilst such a shift to a robotised society will be a gradual process, it is one that requires significant thought and consideration.Table of Contents1. Introduction- Robert Skidelsky and Nan Craig2. The Future of Work - Robert SkidelskyPart I: Work in the Past3. Patterns and Types of Work in the Past: Part 1 - Richard Donkin4. Patterns and Types of Work in the Past: Part 2 - Richard Sennett5. Patterns and Types of Work in the Past: Wageworker and Housewife from a Global Perspective: Birth, Variations and Limits of the Modern Couple- Andrea KomlosyPart II: Attitudes to Work6. Attitudes to Work and the Future of Work: the view from economics - David A. Spencer7. Attitudes to Work – Pierre-Michel Menger8. Work as an Obligation - Nan CraigPart III: Attitudes to Technology9. Attitudes to Technology: Part 1 - Jim Bessen10. Attitudes to Technology: Part 2 - Carl Benedikt FreyPart IV: Possibilities and Limitations for AI: What can’t machines do?11. What Computers Will Never Be Able To Do - Thomas Tozer12. Possibilities and Limitations for AI: what can’t machines do? - Simon ColtonPart V: Work in the Digital Economy13. Work in the Digital Economy - Daniel Susskind14.Two Myths about the Future of the Economy - Nick SrnicekPart VI: AI, Work and Ethics15. AI, Ethics, and the Law - Cathy O'NeilPart VII: Policy16. Policy for the Future of Work - David Graeber17. Automation and Working Time in the UK - Rachel Kay18. Shaping the Work of the Future: Policy Implications - Irmgard Nubler
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG All the Brains in the Business: The Engendered
Book SynopsisThe power of gender difference, not gender equality, is a secret source for success. Some smart businesses are starting to wake up to this fact. This book explores why and how. Properly valuing brain gender diversity in the workplace is one of the biggest and largely untapped sources of competitive advantage for modern businesses. Recent advances in neuroscience provide the key to unlocking it. Modern research shows that there are gender-based differences in the brain – it’s just not as simple as a binary between a ‘male brain’ and ‘female brain’. In fact, our brains are like a mosaic where many of the tiles are available in thousands of shades on a spectrum between pink and blue. The problem is that our workplaces tend to be governed by structures, processes and cultures that are practically pure blue. All the brains in the business that are elsewhere on the spectrum cannot thrive as they might, so sources of productivity, creativity and agility go untapped. Anyone who manages people needs to understand how the brain works and the impact it has on how people work together as teams. Anyone who wants to unlock the talent and productivity of all of their people needs to understand how recent findings around male- and female-type brains should shape the way they manage. Leading applied neuroscientists and international corporate coaches Kate Lanz and Paul Brown show you why and how to access all the brains in your business.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Brain Sex and Biological Sex.- Chapter 2 Conditions for Optimal Brain Function.- Chapter 3 Survive, Thrive and Flow.- Chapter 4 Brain-Sex Based Attention and Communication.- Chapter 5 Power, Politics and Pressure.- Chapter 6 Problem Solvers and Solution Seekers – the Difference between Intra- Compared with Inter- Neural Connectivity.- Chapter 7 The Beginnings of a New Motivational Theory, from the Engendered Brain.- Chapter 8 The Business Case for Valuing Brain Sex Difference.- Chapter 9 How to Ignite All the Brains in the Business.- Chapter 10 Exhaustion, Energy and Excellence – The Male-Female Differences.- Chapter 11 Creating the Mind of the Organisation.- Chapter 12 The New Organisational Paradigm.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Designing Enterprise Information Systems: Merging
Book SynopsisThis book brings together enterprise modeling and software specification, providing a conceptual background and methodological guidelines that concern the design of enterprise information systems. In this, two corresponding disciplines (enterprise engineering and software engineering) are considered in a complementary way. This is how the widely recognized gap between domain experts and software engineers could be effectively addressed. The content is, on the one hand, based on a conceptual invariance (embracing concepts whose essence transcends the barriers between social and technical disciplines) while on the other, the book is featuring a modeling duality, by bringing together social theories (that are underlying with regard to enterprise engineering) and computing paradigms (that are underlying as it concerns software engineering). In addition, the proposed approach as well as its guidelines and related notations further foster such enterprise-software modeling, by facilitating modeling generations and transformations. Considering unstructured business information in the beginning, the modeling process would progress through the methodological construction of enterprise models, to reach as far as a corresponding derivation of software specifications. Finally, the enterprise-software alignment is achieved in a component-based way, featuring a potential for re-using modeling constructs, such that the modeling effectiveness and efficiency are further stimulated. For the sake of grounding the presented studies, a case study and illustrative examples are considered. They are not only justifying the idea of bringing together (in a component-based way) enterprise modeling and software specification but they are also demonstrating various strengths and limitations of the proposed modeling approach.The book was mainly written for researchers and graduate students in enterprise information systems, and also for professionals whose work involves the specification and realization of such systems. In addition, researchers and practitioners entering these fields will benefit from the blended view on enterprise modeling and software specification, for the sake of an effective and efficient design of enterprise information systems.Table of Contents1 Introduction.- 2 Systems.- 3 System Environment and Context-Awareness.- 4 Social Theories.- 5 Computing Paradigms.- 6 The SDBC Approach.- 7 Case Study and Examples.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Stock Market Short-Termism: Law, Regulation, and Reform
Book SynopsisConsideration of harmful short-termism in capital markets is prevalent amongst legal and business academics. It is also garnering increased attention in corporate board rooms and executive suites, and from the investing public. As a result, correcting perceived short-termism in capital markets has become a rationale for reform used by regulators across the globe. Despite the considerable attention given to this phenomenon, there has not yet been a comprehensive book analyzing the perceived short-termism problem, its sources and causes, and reform efforts undertaken to date. This book fills this gap by documenting the rise of the short-termism discussion, analyzing the significance of the problem, and considering the proposed legal remedies. Based on this analysis, a framework for effective short-termism reform is offered.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Defining the Issues.- Chapter 3. Short-Termism, An Evolving Concern?.- Chapter 4. What Has Been Done to Correct Short-Termism?.- Chapter 5. Is There A Short-Termism Problem At All?.- Chapter 6. Short-Termism Transmission Mechanisms.- Chapter 7. What Are The Harms Of Short-Termism?.- Chapter 8: Dual Pathway For Short-Termism Reform.- Chapter 9. Conclusion.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Housing Estates in the Baltic Countries: The Legacy of Central Planning in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
Book SynopsisThis open access book focuses on the formation and later socio-spatial trajectories of large housing estates in the Baltic countries—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. It also explores claims that a distinctly “westward-looking orientation” in their design produced housing estates that were superior in design to those produced elsewhere in the Soviet Union (between 1944 and 1991, Estonia was a member republic of the USSR). The first two parts of the book provide contextual material to help readers understand the vision behind housing estates in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. These sections present the background of housing estates in the Baltic Republics as well as challenges and debates concerning their formation, evolution, and present condition and importance. Subsequent parts of the book consist of: demographic analyses of the socioeconomic characteristics and ethnicity of housing estate residents (past and present) in the three Baltic capital cities, case studies of people and places related to housing estates in the Baltic countries, and chapters exploring relevant special topics and themes. This book will be of interest to students, scholars, and advocates interested in understanding the past, present, and future importance of housing estates in the Baltic countries.Trade Review“This is a useful book that addresses the breadth and depth of issues related to housing estate revitalization across Europe and should meet students’ and academics’ appetites for more detailed excavations of housing estates development today. It presents substantial progress in understanding urban issues like ethnic-spatial segregation, inner city revitalization, limiting urban sprawl, and social cohesion, and generates fresh ideas for potential collaboration, among many other things.” (Marcela Mele, Eurasian Geography and Economics, May 8, 2023)“This much-needed book pays great attention to explaining the historical context of the birth of this sort of housing, the use of standardized types and projects versus innovative planning principles … and the architect’s aspiration towards novelty and original solutions in developing housing estates for the Soviet man.” (Triin Ojari, European Planning Studies, Vol. 28 (6), 2020)“I strongly recommend [this book] to housing scholars and practitioners on both sides of the Atlantic. The editors and the publisher, Springer Open, deserve credit for publishing two attractive and useful books that address the breadth and depth of issues related to housing estate revitalization across Europe. The numerous photographs (color as well as black-white) throughout the book helped me to understand changes in the design of European housing estates—the good as well as the bad.” (David P. Varady, Geography Research Forum, Vol. 39, 2019)Table of ContentsPrologue-A Place to Live, Work, and Play: Housing Demand and Urbanization in the Baltic Countries.- Turbulent Political History and the Legacy of State Socialism in the Baltic Countries.- Soviet-Era Housing Systems Explained: Constructing and Inhabiting Socialist Housing Estates in the Baltics.- Freedom and Constraints: Ideals Transferred but Eclipsed by Industrialised Housing Production.- Mass Housing and ‘Extensive Urbanism’ in Eastern Europe: A Comparative Overview.- The Ethnic and Social Landscape of Residents in Tallinn’s Socialist Housing Estates.- Residential Change and Socio-Demographic Challenges for Large Housing Estates: Exploring Post-Soviet Riga.- Soviet Housing Estates and their Residents in Vilnius.- Living in a Large Housing Estate: An Insiders’ Perspective from Lithuania.- Innovation Inside and Outside “The System”: Revisiting the Role of Architects in Planning Socialist-Era Residential Districts in Estonia.- Evolution of Award-Winning Microrayons and Housing Estates in the Baltics.- Aspirations versus Reality in the Formation of Mikrorayon Commercial Centers in Lithuania.- Forms of Governing Parking in Housing Estates in Tallinn, Estonia.- State-Subsidized Renovation of Socialist Apartment Blocks in Estonia.- Large Housing Estates in Latvia: Origin and Future Challenges.- Possibilities for Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Renovation of Socialist Residential Space: “Smart City” Redevelopment in Tartu, Estonia
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG International Trade Finance: A Pragmatic Approach
Book SynopsisThe 21st century has witnessed swift change in every sphere of the human endeavour. Regulatory re-alignment, digitalisation and economic and political developments have contributed to paradigm shift in banking, trade, finance and the shipping industry virtually transforming the landscape. International Trade Finance is an essential tool for bankers, exporters/importers, shippers, consultants, teachers and students navigating the procedures of international trade finance. The book addresses basic topics relating to international trade including letters of credit mechanism, collections of bills, trade customs and practice. New to this revised edition, it covers SWIFT updates, supply chain system, UKEF, Blockchain technologies, the implications of BREXIT, NAFTA, Mexico, Canada and other bilateral agreements and their implications, the US sanctions, terrorist financing and anti-money laundering provisions, and a check list to control financial crime risks in trade finance. The extended metaphor of the book is that of an arm chair tour covering fundamentals to the nuances of the hard core of the subject matter and enabling the readers to deal with complicated implementation issues in a forthright and comprehensive fashion.Table of Contents1. International Trade and Inherent Risks2. Services Offered by Commercial Banks3. Methods of Trade4. Foreign Exchange Rates5. Bills of Exchange, Collections, Purchasing and Discounting6. Documentary Letters of Credit7. Letters of Credit: Types8. Methods of Payment Settlement9. Financial Load Variations: Eight Types of Letters of Credit10. INCOTERMS11. Documents in Foreign Trade12. Negotiation of Documents13. Factoring and Forfaiting14. Electronic Documents (eUCP)15. Scrutiny of Documents: Procedures16. Common Irregularities in Documents17. Bank Guarantees and International Bonds18. SWIFT and Letters of Credit19. ICC DOCDEX Rules20. UK Export Finance21. Marine Insurance22. Innovative Non-traditional Finance23. BREXIT24. Blochchain Technology and Trade Finance25. Money Laundering and Sanctions
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Understanding Artificial Intelligence: Fundamentals, Use Cases and Methods for a Corporate AI Journey
Book SynopsisArtificial Intelligence (AI) will change the lives of people and businesses more fundamentally than many people can even imagine today. This book illustrates the importance of AI in an era of digitalization. It introduces the foundations of AI and explains its benefits and challenges for companies and entire industries. In this regard, AI is approached not just as yet another technology, but as a fundamental innovation, which will spread into all areas of the economy and life, and will disrupt business processes and business models in the years to come. In turn, the book assesses the potential that AI holds, and clarifies the framework that is necessary for pursuing a responsible approach to AI. In a series of best-practice cases, the book subsequently highlights a broad range of sectors and industries, from production to services; from customer service to marketing and sales; and in industries like retail, health care, energy, transportation and many more. In closing, a dedicated chapter outlines a roadmap for a specific corporate AI journey.No one can ignore intensive work with AI today - neither as a private person, let alone as a top performer in companies. This book offers a thorough, carefully crafted, and easy to understand entry into the field of AI. The central terms used in the AI context are given a very good explanation. In addition, a number of cases show what AI can do today and where the journey is heading. An important book that you should not miss!Professor Dr. Harley KrohmerUniversity of Bern"Inspiring, thought provoking and comprehensive, this book is wittingly designed to be a catalyst for your individual and corporate AI journey.”Avo Schönbohm, Professor at the Berlin School of Economics and Law, Enterprise Game Designer at LUDEO and Business PunkTable of ContentsWhat is Artificial Intelligence and how to exploit it?.- Basics and drivers of Artificial Intelligence.- Fields of application of Artificial Intelligence – production area.- Fields of application of Artificial Intelligence – customer service, marketing and sales.- Fields of application of Artificial Intelligence – retail, service and maintenance sector.- Fields of application of Artificial Intelligence – health care, education and human resource management.- Fields of application of Artificial Intelligence – energy sector, smart home, mobility and transport.- Fields of application of Artificial Intelligence – financial services and creative sector.- Fields of application of Artificial Intelligence – security sector and military sector.- AI challenge – how Artificial Intelligence can be anchored in a company.- Outlook.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Viability of Organizations Vol. 3: Designing
Book SynopsisThe design process for organizational structures sometimes resembles a random walk, especially when it is embedded in an arena of competing personal interests and power games. Many organizations still lack clear guidance and are therefore seeking a rigorous, nuanced, and impartial methodology for the design and development of their organizational structures, processes and behavioral repertoire. The Viable System Model (VSM) can help: by identifying the essential design principles and parameters that need to be considered, and which can be used to enhance an organization’s effectiveness, adaptability, cohesion and overall viability.This book, the third volume in a set of three, connects the VSM to the world of the standard organizational chart. It offers readers a new perspective on corporate functions and their contributions to the organization as a whole. Further, it shows them how the VSM can be used to develop viable organizational structures, following a detailed step-by-step approach. Lastly, it explains the vital processes, behaviors, and attitudes that need to be developed in order to make organizations truly viable.Readers will find solutions to, and guidelines on, many critical organizational design issues, e.g. designing job profiles; correctly mapping synergistically (“centrally”) operating units in the organizational chart; outsourcing processes; and handling matrix situations; as well as designing and implementing organizational change processes."This compendium is a most welcome contribution to Organizational Cybernetics. Lassl provides a detailed analytical and insightful perspective on the currently most powerful organization theory, which is a key to mastering complexity: the Viable System Model. The author also finds new, creative ways of showing the practitioner how to make the model work. If you apply it properly, you can reap huge benefits: the viability of your organization and a prosperous future."Prof. em. Dr. Markus Schwaninger, University of St. Gallen"There is nothing more practical than a good theory" (K. Lewin). This is exactly what Lassl’s books exemplify and prove. By advancing the VSM-based organizational theory and providing ample application-related examples, these books allow the readers to look at their organizations and management from a new perspective, and provides them with the knowledge to trigger and implement practical organizational changes.I have been able to draw upon many cutting-edge examples from Lassl’s books for my lectures on the VSM, which have repeatedly convinced students of its value and enabled them to gain an in-depth understanding of the VSM. Particularly Lassl’s elaborations on variety management and on the axiom of requisite vertical eigen-variety are cornerstones for every organizational design project, for value-oriented management, and for the overall viability of the organization. I highly recommend the book to all managers looking for ideas for future-oriented design of organizations and of value creation."Prof. Dr. Matthias Müller-Wiegand, Vice President Department Business and Law, Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln/University of Applied Sciences Table of ContentsPart I: Building the Bridge.- Part II: Designing Organizational (Chart) Structures.- Part III: Implementation.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Psychology of Silicon Valley: Ethical Threats
Book SynopsisMisinformation. Job displacement. Information overload. Economic inequality. Digital addiction. The breakdown of democracy, civility, and truth itself.This open access book explores the conscious and unconscious norms, values, and characteristics that drive behaviors within the high-tech capital of the world, Silicon Valley, and the sector it represents. In an era where the reach and influence of a single industry has the potential to define the future of our world, it has become apparent just how little we know about the organizations driving these changes. The Psychology of Silicon Valley offers a revealing look inside the mind of world’s most influential industry and how the identity, culture, myths, and motivations of Big Tech are harming society. The book argues that the bad values and lack of emotional intelligence borne in the vacuum of Silicon Valley will have lasting consequences on everything from social equality to the future of work to our collective mental health. Katy Cook expertly walks us through the psychological landscape of Silicon Valley, including its leadership, ethical, and cultural problems, and artfully explains why we cannot afford to ignore the psychology and values that are behind our technology any longer.Trade Review“This unique psychology-based approach to the digital economy is a valuable, scholarly achievement. Many other authors have made these same connections over the past few years, but Cook offers a meticulously well-sourced compilation of these critiques. … Scholarship, timeliness, and an informed psychological perspective set this book apart from other Silicon Valley critiques.” (Kirkus, kirkusreviews.com, December 17, 2019)Table of Contents1. IntroductionPart I – Psychology2. Identity3. Culture & Environment.4. Myths & Stories5. MotivationPart II – Impacts6. Truth, Information & Democracy7. Economic Inequality & Employment8. Mental Health, Relationships & CognitionPart III – Next Steps9. A Way Forward10. Conclusion
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Belt and Road Initiative and the Global Economy: Volume II – The Changing International Financial System and Implications
Book SynopsisThis two-volume work provides a comprehensive overview of the Belt and Road Initiative, examining its impact on economic growth, trade, financial systems and international relations. Weaving theory with real-world examples, Joshua makes an important contribution to the understanding of how the Global Economy is being shaped through these developments.In this second volume, Joshua focuses on the operation of the international monetary system and the effects of the Belt and Road Initiative on both China's domestic economy and the Global Economy. In addition, this volume addresses the consequences of economic growth on the environment and international relations.Table of Contents Introduction The Changing International Financial System International Economic Growth The Effects of the Belt and Road Initiative on China's Domestic Economy Effects of the Belt and Road Initiative on the Domestic Economies of Participating Countries Effects of the Belt and Road Initiative on the Global Economy The Belt and Road Initiative and International Relations The Rise and Fall of Nations
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Economics and Ageing: Volume IV: Political
Book SynopsisThis upper level textbook provides a coherent introduction to the economic implications of individual and population ageing. Placing economic considerations into a wider social sciences context, this is ideal reading not only for advanced undergraduate and masters students in health economics and economics of ageing, but policy makers, professionals and practitioners in gerontology, sociology, health-related sciences, and social care.This volume introduces topics in the economics of happiness, quality of life, and well-being in later life. It also covers questions of inequality and poverty, intergenerational economics, and housing. Other areas described in this book include behavioural economics, political economy, and consumption in ageing societies.Table of ContentsI Economics of happiness and quality of life1 Conceptualisations and measurement1.1 Utility1.2 Welfare1.3 Subjective and objective well-being1.3.1 Subjective well-being1.3.2 Objective well-being1.4 Psychological well-being1.5 Optimal well-being1.6 Happiness1.7 Human development1.8 Quality of life1.8.1 CASP-191.8.2 Long-term care1.8.3 Health care1.8.4 Community quality of life2 Theories and empirical findings2.1 Comparison theories2.2 Easterlin paradox2.3 Set-point, adaptation-level, and the hedonic treadmill2.4 Personality traits and genetics2.5 Needs-based theories2.6 Inequality and happiness2.7 Happiness along the life cycle3 Happiness and policy3.1 Gross National Happiness3.2 National Accounts of Well-being3.2.1 Time-based national well-being accounts3.3 Happy life expectancy or happy life years3.3.1 Inequality of Happiness3.4 Closing thoughtII Inequality and Poverty4 Inequality4.1 Introduction4.2 Distribution and moral theory4.2.1 Value claims4.2.2 Moral desert4.2.3 Utilitarianism4.2.4 Libertarianism4.2.5 Contractualism4.2.6 Capabilities4.2.7 Consequentialist and deontological approaches4.3 Measurement of distribution and inequality4.3.1 Inequality of whom?4.3.2 Inequality of what?4.3.3 Measures of inequality4.4 Population ageing and distributional issues4.5 Intergenerational transmission of inequality5 Poverty, deprivation and social class5.1 An embarrassment of definitional riches?5.1.1 Equivalisation5.1.2 Absolute poverty5.1.3 Relative poverty5.1.4 Multidimensional approaches5.1.5 Mortality-adjusted poverty rates5.1.6 Subjective poverty5.1.7 Financial distress5.1.8 Financial security5.1.9 Chronic or persistent poverty5.2 Theories of Poverty5.2.1 Individualist approaches5.2.2 Structuralist approaches5.2.3 Intergenerational income elasticity5.2.4 Equal burden-sharing5.2.5 The Great Gatsby curve5.2.6 Anti-poverty role of pension income in low-income developingcountries5.3 Social class and later life6 Some questions of intergenerational economics6.1 Intergenerational transfers6.2 Intergenerational mobility6.2.1 Multigenerational mobility6.3 Justice between generations6.3.1 Prudential lifespan6.3.2 Fair innings6.4 Equity, solidarity, conflict, and ambivalence6.4.1 Generational equity6.4.2 Generational interdependence and solidarity6.4.3 Generational contract6.4.4 Intergenerational ambivalence6.5 Indices of intergenerational fairness6.5.1 The Intergenerational Fairness Index6.5.2 Intergenerational Justice Index7 Ageing, house prices, and economic crises7.1 Introduction7.2 Residential mobility in later life7.2.1 Ageing, moving, and house prices7.2.2 Housing-related financial products7.3 Housing and poverty in later life7.3.1 Housing and risk in later life7.4 Housing and pensions7.4.1 Housing income and public spending on older people7.4.2 Housing and the retirement decisionIII Behavioural Economics and Ageing8 Behavioural economics and individual ageing8.1 Prospect theory8.2 Framing effects8.3 Anchoring effect8.4 Priming8.5 Sunk cost effect8.6 Mental accounting8.7 Myopia8.8 Lack of willpower8.9 Complexity8.10 Same findings, other approaches9 Behavioural economics and policy9.1 Libertarian paternalism9.1.1 Nudge9.2 Constitutionally constrained paternalism9.3 Autonomy-enhancing paternalism9.4 Asymmetric paternalism9.5 The Save More Tomorrow TM programmeIV Political Economy10 Economics and the political economy of ageing10.1 Introduction 10.2 Political economy of ageing -the orthodox economicsview10.2.1 Population ageing and the median voter model10.2.2 Elderly power and fiscal leakage10.2.3 Interest group models11 Gerontological views11.1 Political gerontology11.2 Social gerontology and the political economy of ageingV The silver economy12 The silver economy12.1 Introduction12.2 The ageing’ consumer12.2.1 Demand-driven market segmentations12.2.2 Other market segmentations12.3 The retirement-consumption puzzle12.4 Ageing and the consumer society12.4.1 Successful ageing and the consumer society12.4.2 Affluenza
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Stochastic Programming: Modeling Decision Problems Under Uncertainty
Book SynopsisThis book provides an essential introduction to Stochastic Programming, especially intended for graduate students. The book begins by exploring a linear programming problem with random parameters, representing a decision problem under uncertainty. Several models for this problem are presented, including the main ones used in Stochastic Programming: recourse models and chance constraint models. The book not only discusses the theoretical properties of these models and algorithms for solving them, but also explains the intrinsic differences between the models. In the book’s closing section, several case studies are presented, helping students apply the theory covered to practical problems. The book is based on lecture notes developed for an Econometrics and Operations Research course for master students at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands - the longest-standing Stochastic Programming course worldwide. Trade Review“The book is well written. The book will be of interest to mathematicians, engineers, economics and especially graduate students.” (I. M. Stancu-Minasian, zbMATH 1446.90118, 2020)Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Random Objective Functions.- Recourse Models.- Stochastic Mixed-integer Programming.- Chance Constraints.- Integrated Chance Constraints.- Assignments.- Case Studies.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Virtuous Cycles in Humanistic Management: From the Classroom to the Corporation
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