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Book SynopsisRecent achievements in hardware and software development, such as multi-core CPUs and DRAM capacities of multiple terabytes per server, enabled the introduction of a revolutionary technology: in-memory data management. This technology supports the flexible and extremely fast analysis of massive amounts of enterprise data. Professor Hasso Plattner and his research group at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany, have been investigating and teaching the corresponding concepts and their adoption in the software industry for years.This book is based on an online course that was first launched in autumn 2012 with more than 13,000 enrolled students and marked the successful starting point of the openHPI e-learning platform. The course is mainly designed for students of computer science, software engineering, and IT related subjects, but addresses business experts, software developers, technology experts, and IT analysts alike. Plattner and his group focus on exploring the inner mechanics of a column-oriented dictionary-encoded in-memory database. Covered topics include - amongst others - physical data storage and access, basic database operators, compression mechanisms, and parallel join algorithms. Beyond that, implications for future enterprise applications and their development are discussed. Step by step, readers will understand the radical differences and advantages of the new technology over traditional row-oriented, disk-based databases.In this completely revised 2nd edition, we incorporate the feedback of thousands of course participants on openHPI and take into account latest advancements in hard- and software. Improved figures, explanations, and examples further ease the understanding of the concepts presented. We introduce advanced data management techniques such as transparent aggregate caches and provide new showcases that demonstrate the potential of in-memory databases for two diverse industries: retail and life sciences. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Part I: The Future of Enterprise Computing.- Part II: Foundations of Database Storage Techniques.- Part III: In-Memory Database Operators.- Part IV: Advanced Database Storage Techniques.- Part V: Principles for Enterprise Application Development.- Self Test Solutions.

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Book SynopsisDieser Band ist das Ergebnis der mehrjährigen Tätigkeit eines von der Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI) angeregten Arbeitskreises. Das wirtschaftlich eminent wichtige und sich rapide entwickelnde Gebiet der rechnerunterstützten Systeme in der Fertigung zeigte einen großen Bedarf für ein solches Handbuch. Durch dieses Buch soll einerseits dem Experten ein Leitfaden und Nachschlagewerk in die Hand gegeben und andererseits das Management bei der Entscheidungsvorbereitung auf diesem Gebiet unterstützt werden. Es soll eine Hilfestellung sowohl bei der Beurteilung und Auswahl als auch bei der Entwicklung und Einführung solcher Systeme geben. Unter den vielen von Computer Aided Manufacturing beeinflußten Unternehmensbereichen ist besonders die Entwicklung aufzuführen, in der heute häufig schon mit CAD-Techniken gearbeitet wird. Der Bereich CAD wird eingehend in dem ebenfalls von der GI initiierten CAD-Handbuch behandelt und ist daher in dem vorliegenden CAM-Handbuch ausgespart. Das CAD- und das CAM-Handbuch sind somit als zwei sich ergänzende Werke zu betrachten. Der Leser, der sich intensiv mit CAM befaßt, sollte genügend Grundkenntnisse über CAD besitzen, um die Zusammenhänge zwischen diesen beiden Technologien zu verstehen.Table of Contents0 Einführung.- 0.1 Literatur zur Einführung.- 1 Das Unternehmen und sein Umfeld.- 1.1 Vorbemerkungen.- 1.2 Unternehmensziele.- 1.3 Einflüsse des Umfeldes auf die Unternehmensziele.- 1.4 Struktur eines Unternehmens der fertigenden Industrie.- 1.5 Informations-und Materialflüsse im Unternehmen.- 1.6 Unternehmensstrategie.- 1.7 Literatur zu Kapitel 1.- 2 Unternehmen und rechnerunterstützte Produktion.- 2.1 Vorbemerkungen.- 2.2 Begriffe der rechnerunterstützten Produktion.- 2.3 Problemfelder der rechnerunterstützten Produktion.- 2.4 Kosten der Rechnerunterstützung.- 2.5 Literatur zu Kapitel 2.- 3 Arbeitsplanung.- 3.1 Vorbemerkungen.- 3.2 Informationsfluß im Umfeld der Arbeitsplanung.- 3.3 Aufgaben der Arbeitsplanung.- 3.4 Informationsfluß innerhalb der Arbeitsplanung.- 3.5 DV-Unterstützung für die Arbeitsplanung.- 3.6 Wirtschaftlichkeit.- 3.7 Literatur zu Kapitel 3.- 4 NC-Werkzeugmaschinen, Industrieroboter, CNC-Koordinatenmeßgeräte.- 4.1 Vorbemerkungen.- 4.2 NC-Werkzeugmaschinen.- 4.3 Industrieroboter.- 4.4 CNC-Koordinatenmeßgeräte.- 4.5 Zusammenfassung.- 4.6 Literatur zu Kapitel 4.- 5 Fertigung.- 5.1 Vorbemerkungen.- 5.2 Beschreibung des Umfeldes.- 5.3 Informationsfluß in der Fertigung.- 5.4 Rechnerunterstützung bei der Informationsverarbeitung in der Fertigung.- 5.5 Maßnahmen zur Vorbereitung und zum Einsatz von rechnerunterstützten Systemen.- 5.6 Wirtschaftlichkeit von CAM-Systemen.- 5.7 Zusammenfassung.- 5.8 Literatur zu Kapitel 5.- 6 Qualitätssicherung.- 6.1 Vorbemerkungen.- 6.2 Ein idealisiertes Qualitätssicherungssystem.- 6.3 Objekte der Qualitätssicherung.- 6.4 Schnittstellen der rechnerunterstützten Qualitätssicherung.- 6.5 CAQ-Bausteine.- 6.6 Beitrag von CAQ zur Wirtschaftlichkeit von CAM.- 6.7 Literatur zu Kapitel 6.- 7 Integration.- 7.1 Vorbemerkungen.- 7.2 Technische Aspekte.- 7.3 Organisatorische Aspekte.- 7.4 Personelle Aspekte.- 7.5 Literatur zu Kapitel 7.- 8 Auswirkungen der Integration auf die Wirtschaftlichkeit von Investitionen in eine rechnergesteuerte Produktion.- 8.1 Vorbemerkungen.- 8.2 Wirtschaftlichkeitsrelevante Eigenschaften rechnerunterstützter Systeme in der Produktion.- 8.3 Wirkungsanalyse rechnerunterstützter Systeme in der Produktion.- 8.4 Probleme der Investitionsrechnung.- 8.5 Modifiziertes Verfahren der dynamischen Investitionsrechnung.- 8.6 Zusammenfassung.- 8.7 Literatur zu Kapitel 8.- Mitarbeiterliste.

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Book SynopsisKarsten Lübke und Martin Vogt führen in die Wirtschaftsstatistik ein. Dabei legen sie das Hauptaugenmerk auf die Vermittlung der Grundlagen der deskriptiven und induktiven Statistik. Sie zeigen, wie aus den allgegenwärtigen Daten Erkenntnisse gewonnen werden können, ohne dabei auf den Zufall hereinzufallen. Zahlreiche praxis- und berufsnahe Übungsaufgaben, Beispiele und Fallstudien aus unterschiedlichen Bereichen wie etwa Finance oder Marketing vertiefen und veranschaulichen die behandelten Themen. Die Autoren stellen die Praxis statistischer Verfahren dar, liefern die theoretischen Grundlagen und gehen sowohl auf berufspraktische und wissenschaftliche Aspekte als auch auf die Umsetzung am Computer ein, sodass die Verfahren von Studierenden und von Praktikern mit Gewinn eingesetzt werden können.Trade Review“... Dieses Lehrbuch der Wirtschaftsstatistik bietet hierzu ein gutes Fundament, es behandelt alle zentralen Themen, erörtert ihren Einsatz anhand von Anwendungsproblemen aus unterschiedlichen Branchen und bekommt so einen handlungsorientierten Charakter. Nicht vergessen werden Übungsaufgaben sowie weiterführende Literatur und Hinweise auf geeignete Softwarepakete.” (in: IT-Mittelstand, Heft 5, 2015) “... Dieses Lehrbuch der Wirtschaftsstatistik bietet hierzu ein gutes Fundament, es behandelt alle zentralen Themen, erörtert ihren Einsatz anhand von Anwendungsproblemen aus unterschiedlichen Branchen und bekommt so einen handlungsorientierten Charakter. Nicht vergessen werden Übungsaufgaben sowie weiterführende Literatur und Hinweise auf geeignete Softwarepakete.” (in: IT-Mittelstand, Heft 5, 2015)Table of ContentsDaten.- Datenbeschreibung.- Datenzusammenhang.- Daten und Zufall.- Multivariate Verfahren.​- Übungsaufgaben und Probeklausur.

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Book SynopsisDas Lehrbuch Risiko und Versicherungstechnik soll Studierenden der Wirtschaftswissenschaften sowie Praktikern aus der Versicherungswirtschaft eine grundlegende, leicht verständliche und kompakte Einführung geben, wie Risiken auf privatwirtschaftlichen Versicherungsmärkten versichert werden können. Nach einem Überblick über Versicherungsmärkte werden grundlegende Erkenntnisse der Versicherungsnachfragetheorie dargestellt. Ausgehend von der Messung von Risiken wird im Weiteren erläutert, welche Vorteile aus der Zusammenfassung von Risiken resultieren können. Trade Review“... Ziel des neuen Lehrbuchs: Es soIl Studierenden der Wirtschaftswissenschaften sowie Praktikern aus der Versicherungswirtschaft eine grundlegende, leicht verständliche und kompakte Einführung geben, wie Risiken auf privatwirtschaftlichen Versicherungsmärkten versichert werden können. Dieses Ziel hat das Buch eindrucksvoll erreicht ... Der Praktiker wird sich über zahlreiche Beispiele aus dem wahren Versicherungsleben freuen, die das Verständnis fördern ...” (Zeitschrift für Versicherungswesen, Heft 9, 2018)“... Eine wesentliche Stärke des Buchs ist in seiner Präzision im Umgang mit den theoretischen Basiskonzepten der Versicherung zu sehen, ohne zu sehr mit Details zu überfrachten. Aber auch für Versicherungspraktiker bietet es Mehrwert, indem es aufgrund seiner Schärfe hilft, praktische Ungenauigkeiten oder Missverständnisse auszuräumen. Hervorzuheben sind zudem die zahlreichen Literaturhinweise, die es interessierten Lesern ermöglichen, tiefer in einzelne Themenfelder einzudringen, sowie die ebenfalls zahlreichen aktuellen versicherungspraktischen Beispiele, mit denen die theoretischen Konzepte unterlegt werden ... ” (Thomas Hartung, in: Zeitschrift für die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft, Jg. 107, 2018)Table of ContentsEinzelrisiken als versicherungstechnische Einheiten.- Grundlagen der Versicherungsnachfragetheorie.- Versicherungstechnisches Risiko und seine Messung.- Versicherbarkeit von Einzelrisiken.- Versicherungstechnische Gestaltung der Einzelrisiken.- Grundlagen der Risikoprämienkalkulation.- Bedeutung der Prämiendifferenzierung.

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Book SynopsisBegleitend zum Buch Aktien-, Zins- und Währungsderivate soll mit dieser Formelsammlung den Lesern, darunter insbesondere Studierende und Praktiker in den Bereichen Treasury, Risikocontrolling und Innenrevision von Banken und Industrieunternehmen, ein übersichtliches Nachschlagewerk der im Buch dargestellten Formeln zur Bewertung und Risikoanalyse von Derivaten in die Hand gegeben werden.Table of ContentsGrundprinzipien der Finanzmathematik und der Zinsrechnung.- Bewertung von festverzinslichen Finanzinstrumenten.- Ermittlung von Zinsstrukturkurven.- Risiikoanalyse zinstragender Finanzinstrumente.- Forward- und Future-Geschäfte.- Aktienforwards und -futures.- Zinsforwards und -futures.- Devisenforwards und -futures.- Equity Swaps.- Zinsswaps.- Währungsswaps.- Einführung in die Optionsgeschäfte.- Aktienoptionen.- Zinsoptionen.- Devisenoptionen.

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Book SynopsisPrivatpersonen bestellen heutzutage eine Vielzahl von Waren und Konsumgüter im oder über das Internet. Aufgrund der physischen Abwesenheit der Beteiligten im Internet stellen sich im entsprechenden E-Commerce jedoch unweigerlich besondere, vom stationären Handel abweichende Rechtsfragen. Diese sind dabei regelmäßig eng mit der gesetzgeberischen Intention eines umfassenden Verbraucherschutzes verknüpft. Das E-Commerce-Recht hat in diesem Zusammenhang in den letzten Jahren sowohl auf deutscher als auch europäischer Ebene eine umfassende Regulierung erfahren. Dieses essential gibt daher einen Einblick in die Grundlagen der verbraucherschützenden Regularien des E-Commerce und gibt Unternehmern Hinweise zur rechtskonformen Ausgestaltung ihres Online-Shops.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Rechtliche und ökonomische Ausgangslage.- Grundbegriffe.- Rechtliche Einordnung des Online-Verbrauchsgüterkaufs.- Vertragsabschluss im E-Commerce.- Unternehmerseitige Darstellungs-, Informations- und Dokumentationspflichten.- Verbraucherseitiges Widerrufsrecht.- Verbraucherseitige Gewährleistungsrechte.- Vertragsbeendigung („Kündigungsbutton“).

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Book SynopsisDigitisation and digital transformation are not only a topic of the media, but are also taking place in companies. The digital transformation affects the most diverse fields, from procurement to sales and from organisation to strategy development. This task requires the commitment of every company management and cannot simply be delegated. This book aims to help managers and entrepreneurs to set up structures in their organisation that allow them to approach the digital transformation systematically. The topics covered range from the configuration of digitisation strategies and new management roles such as the Chief Digital Officer to the importance of IT infrastructures, HR management and corporate culture as enablers of digital transformation. A simple framework serves as an orientation framework that structures the management tasks and clearly summarises the various concepts and instruments.In the 2nd revised and expanded edition, the focus is on organisational aspects, in particular the role of start-ups for the digital transformation, the design of the so-called Digital Innovation Units and the role of the CDO. Secondly, the design and management of digitisation projects is considered in more detail. And thirdly, the concept of digital transformation is further specified and delimited. In addition, the advancing technological development is taken into account."Prof. Thomas Hess provides a concrete overview of many important aspects to be considered in the digital transformation of companies. Clearly worth reading."Stefan Winners, Chief Digital Officer at Hubert Burda Media"Beyond the buzzword - Finally someone manages to systematically untangle the chaos surrounding digital transformation. With his book, Thomas Hess truly establishes the guardrails for managing digital transformation projects. While others promise much and deliver little, Thomas Hess gives the reader a design framework rather than a patent remedy."Dr Christoph Steiger, former board member and CDO of Hoffmann Group"Clearly more than just another book on the topic of digital transformation! With exciting insights from science and practice, Thomas Hess provides a toolbox for digital transformation. Relevant for business and relevant researchers."Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hubert Österle, University of St. GallenTable of ContentsDigitisation as a management challenge.- Welcome to the digital world: the basics from two perspectives.- Developing strategies and structures for digital transformation.- Creating the conditions for digital transformation.- Managing digitisation projects.- Getting started: the first steps in systematic management of the digitisation process.

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Book SynopsisCreate an IT strategy for your company with this book.In seven consecutive steps, this book presents the development of an IT strategy for manufacturing companies with the possibility of practical implementation using ready-made worksheets. It looks at all the issues relevant to an IT strategy, from deriving the IT strategy from the corporate strategy to creating the application and sourcing strategy. The role of IT in the company and the role of the CIO are examined in detail, and the demand/supply model is presented in detail as a structural organisation. In this book, the reader learns how to transfer the IT strategy into a roadmap for implementation, how to use a portfolio to control the projects and how to implement and control the goals of the IT strategy with a specially developed IT strategy cockpit. The second edition takes greater account of digitalisationThis second edition focuses on manufacturing companies in order to take into account the industry focus of any IT strategy. It also considers the distinction from digitalisation and digitalisation strategies and contains additional explanations on agile methods, DevOps as well as bi-modal IT structures. As a result, the existing 7-step concept for developing an IT strategy has become more focused and has taken on the current issues of IT and digitalisation, which continue to develop at a rapid pace.In terms of content, the book on creating IT strategies focuses on the following areas:- Fundamentals of IT strategy as well as differentiation from a digitalisation strategy.- Reasons for an IT strategy- As-is analysis of IT- Analysis of the corporate strategy- IT application strategy- Sourcing strategy- IT organisation and IT governance- Practical implementation: budgeting, IT roadmap and IT project portfolio- Monitoring and control of the IT strategy with the IT strategy cockpit The author primarily addresses CIOs and IT managers of medium-sized to large companies and groups in the manufacturing industry. In addition, the book is suitable for the following target groups:- IT staff, IT controlling and IT management level employees.- IT management consultants- CFOs, CEOs, managing directors and board members of manufacturing companiesTable of Contents

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Book SynopsisLankhorst and his co‑authors present ArchiMate® 3.0, enterprise modelling language that captures the complexity of architectural domains and their relations and allows the construction of integrated enterprise architecture models. They provide architects with concrete instruments that improve their architectural practice. As this is not enough, they additionally present techniques and heuristics for communicating with all relevant stakeholders about these architectures. Since an architecture model is useful not only for providing insight into the current or future situation but can also be used to evaluate the transition from ‘as‑is’ to ‘to‑be’, the authors also describe analysis methods for assessing both the qualitative impact of changes to an architecture and the quantitative aspects of architectures, such as performance and cost issues.The modelling language presented has been proven in practice in many real‑life case studies and has been adopted by The Open Group as an international standard. So this book is an ideal companion for enterprise IT or business architects in industry as well as for computer or management science students studying the field of enterprise architecture.This fourth edition of the book has been completely reworked to be compatible with ArchiMate® 3.0, and it includes a new chapter relating this new version to other standards. New sections on capability analysis, risk analysis, and business architecture in general have also been introduced.Table of ContentsIntroduction to Enterprise Architecture.-State of the Art.- Foundations.- Communication of Enterprise Architectures.- A Language for Enterprise Modelling.- Combining ArchiMate with Other Standards and Approaches.- Guidelines for Modelling.- Viewpoints and Visualisation.- Architecture Analysis.- Architecture Alignment.- Tool Support.- Case Studies.- Beyond Enterprise Architecture.- Appendix.- References.- Index.

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Book SynopsisLankhorst and his co‑authors present ArchiMate® 3.0, enterprise modelling language that captures the complexity of architectural domains and their relations and allows the construction of integrated enterprise architecture models. They provide architects with concrete instruments that improve their architectural practice. As this is not enough, they additionally present techniques and heuristics for communicating with all relevant stakeholders about these architectures. Since an architecture model is useful not only for providing insight into the current or future situation but can also be used to evaluate the transition from ‘as‑is’ to ‘to‑be’, the authors also describe analysis methods for assessing both the qualitative impact of changes to an architecture and the quantitative aspects of architectures, such as performance and cost issues.The modelling language presented has been proven in practice in many real‑life case studies and has been adopted by The Open Group as an international standard. So this book is an ideal companion for enterprise IT or business architects in industry as well as for computer or management science students studying the field of enterprise architecture.This fourth edition of the book has been completely reworked to be compatible with ArchiMate® 3.0, and it includes a new chapter relating this new version to other standards. New sections on capability analysis, risk analysis, and business architecture in general have also been introduced.Table of ContentsIntroduction to Enterprise Architecture.-State of the Art.- Foundations.- Communication of Enterprise Architectures.- A Language for Enterprise Modelling.- Combining ArchiMate with Other Standards and Approaches.- Guidelines for Modelling.- Viewpoints and Visualisation.- Architecture Analysis.- Architecture Alignment.- Tool Support.- Case Studies.- Beyond Enterprise Architecture.- Appendix.- References.- Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides specialists and executives with a clear, yet practical set of recommendations to meet the challenges of digital transformation and ensure long-term success as a leader in a primarily digital business world. The authors describe the fundamental principles of digitization and its economic opportunities and risks, integrating them into a framework of classic and new management methods. The book also explores how increasing digitization – not only of communication, but of complete value chains – has led to a need to establish a digital business leadership. Digitization is changing people and markets: it causes the upheaval of entire industries, creates new digital-centric companies, and forces established companies to cope with the transformation activities associated with these digitization processes. New approaches and methods have to be learned, tried and tested patterns of thinking have to be explored, and last but not least, innovation activities have to be understood as continuous necessities. At the same time, digital business offers considerable opportunities for renewing competitive advantages, improving existing process structures and realigning products, services and business models. Trade Review“The book has a very cogent and convincing flow. Its design and layout are excellent-- particularly the graphics and the very professional looking figures. … This book explains the need for a new management framework for digital business leadership. It will mostly appeal to practitioners rather than academia, because it gives ‘concrete recommendations for action to meet an increasingly digitally shaped business world.’” (C.S. Arora, Computing Reviews, December, 2018)​Table of Contents1. Background and need to build a digital business 2. Eight Fields of Action for Building a Digital Business Leadership 2.1 Guidelines for the development of a vision for the digital age 2.2 Concepts for developing business model innovations 2.3 How to design a digital organization 2.4 From product to process - The relevance of services 2.5 Open Innovation - How to integrate customers into innovation processes 2.6 User Centering - What the Digital Customer Journey Provides 2.7 IT as an Enabler for the Digitization of Business Processes, Products and Services 2.8 Controlling a Digitized Organization 199 3. Change management - shaping change successfully 4. Best Practices for Building a Digital Business Leadership 5. The beginning is the most difficult of all - our prompt to action

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Book SynopsisDer Markt für IT-Dienstleistungen wächst, der Trend zur Verlagerung auf externe Anbieter setzt sich ebenfalls fort. Hersteller, Händler, Lieferanten und Dienstleister verwenden AGB, die häufig im rechtlichen Graubereich liegen und damit für alle Seiten große Risiken in sich bergen. Besonders für Nicht-Juristen bietet dieses Buch eine verständliche Grundlage zur Überprüfung, Verhandlung und Gestaltung von AGB-Klauseln im IT-Umfeld.Die 7. Auflage berücksichtigt die aktuelle Rechtsprechung und deren Präzisierung durch Literatur und Praxis. Stellungnahmen zu vorhandenen Klauseln wurden angepasst und neue Klauseln aufgenommen, zum Beispiel zu Service Level Agreements (SLA), Preisanpassungen, Programmsperren sowie zur Nutzung von Artificial Intelligence (Künstlicher Intelligenz). Zudem wurden der Text und das Sachregister an vielen Stellen überarbeitet und ergänzt.Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Know-how! New Corporate Responsibility for the Digital Society.- Chapter 2. Watch it! Thinking Digitalization and Sustainability Together.- Chapter 3. Zoom in! Assessing Digital Responsibility in the Company.- Chapter 4. Just Do! Implementing CDR in the Company.- Chapter 5. Mind the Gap! Mastering Challenges in Practice.- Chapter 6. Go for Impact! Show Effectiveness.

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Book SynopsisEinführung in die Grundlagen der Wirtschaftsinformatik, in der wesentliche Themengebiete behandelt werden, die mit der Konzeption, der Entwicklung und dem Betrieb von Informations- und Kommunikationssystemen (als Gegenstand der Wirtschaftsinformatik) zusammenhängen. Table of ContentsEinführung.- Informatik und Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik.- Informationsmanagement.- Modellierung.- Datenbanken.- Softwareentwicklung.- Betriebliche Anwendungssysteme.

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Book SynopsisA number of eminent authors take a look at aspects of application management from a range of practical and theoretical perspectives and present possible solutions for current challenges, demonstrating the close links between service creation and service management.Table of ContentsCloud Computing Service Creation and Quality Management Resource and Competency Management Strategic Management Knowledge Management

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a comprehensive and in-depth exploration of key digital and AI technologies, providing readers with a thorough understanding of the concepts and advancements driving the digital and AI transformation.

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Book SynopsisConstructing a Multi-item Scale for Measuring Citizens' Perception Towards Success of E-gov Services in a Smart City in India: Exploring Age and Gender Dynamics.- Improved Pvo and Pee for Information Hiding in Digital Media.- When Clouds Go Dark: A Serious Look at CrowdStrike's Outage and the Fortitude of Cloud Security.- Rhombus Context Based Gradient Estimation for Information Retrieval Using Digital Media.- Extreme Gradient Booster Model (Xgb) Model for Cmmi Assessments.- Empowering Agripreneurship: Data-Driven Strategies for Sustainable Human Development.- Artificial Intelligence in Sustainable Agricultural Lending: Enhancing Credit Access for Smallholder Farmers.- Forecasting the Monthly Tourist Arrival From India to Nepal: An Econometrics Modeling Approach.- Analyzing the Impact of Publishing, Interacting, and Monitoring Skills on the Growth of Brand Equity in Social Media Marketing Using NLP.- Text-Driven Complex 3D Shape Generation Using Gan for Information Systems.- Neural Style Transfer for Information Systems Theory Using Images and Videos.- A Novel Approach for Enhancing Battery Reliability in Market Using Machine Learning-Based Rul Prediction.- Brand Evangelism in the Digital Era: The Impact of Data-Driven Influencer Marketing.- Beyond the Click: A Tam-Tpb Exploration of Public Perceptions in Search Engine Marketing.- An Intuitionistic Fuzzy Full Consistency Method for Analyzing Green Buying Behaviour.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction: Day 1 Strategy.- Chapter 2. Leadership.- Chapter 3. Building a Team.- Chapter 4. Data Sources.- Chapter 5. Data Processing.- Chapter 6. Other Data Considerations.- Chapter 7. Stakeholders.- Chapter 8. Reporting and Insight.- Chapter 9. Strategy.- Chapter 10. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction to ABCD Technologies.- Understanding Artificial Intelligence.- Exploring Blockchain Technology.- Leveraging Cloud Computing.- Data Analytics for Business.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1:5G Drives New Developments in Global Digital Transformation.- Chapter 2: 5G Development Around the Globe.- Chapter 3: Challenges, Phases, and Trends of 5G Large-Scale Replication.- Chapter 4: Introduction to AI.- Chapter 5: Typical AI Technologies.- Chapter 6: Significant Developments in AI.- Chapter 7: Dawn of the Large Model Era.- Chapter 8: AIToB Entering the Stage of Scale Exploration.- Chapter 9: Challenges of Adopting AI in ToB Scenarios.-Chapter 10: Industries Evolving from Digital to Intelligent.- Chapter 11: Collaborative Development Between 5G and AI: Accelerating Intelligent Industry Upgrade.- Chapter 12 Convergence of 5G and AI: Enabling Industry Intelligence.- Chapter 13: Key Industry Practices.- Chapter 14 Trends and Prospects.

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Book Synopsis1. The Arrival of CRM3.0 Era.- 2. CRM3.0- B2B Sales Digital Transformatio.- 3. CRM3.0 Service Digital Transformation.- 4. Building CRM3.0 Support System.- 5. Best Practices and Case Study.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction to Sustainable Enterprise Resource Planning (S-ERP) in Industry 4.0.- Chapter 2. Need of S-ERP in Industry 4.0.- Chapter 3. Business process modelling in an S-ERP.- Chapter 4. Change management and open innovation with S-ERP in Industry 4.0 .- Chapter 5. S-ERP Road mapping in Industry 4.0.- Chapter 6. Ethical aspects of S-ERP in Industry 4.0.- Chapter 7. Security aspects of S-ERP in Industry 4.0 .- Chapter 8. Conclusion and future scope of S-ERP in Industry 4.0.

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Book SynopsisSustainable Synergy: Green Techno Hrm In Action.- Empowering Humanity-Information System: Theory and Practice: A bibliometric Analysis using VOS viewer and R-Package.- A Comprehensive Study of the Elements of Organizational Healing and their Impact on Employee Well-being.- Transforming Leadership in IT : Confronting Queen Bee Syndrome.- Evaluating Technostress: Work-Life Balance and Wellbeing in Varied Work Contexts.- Bots and Bosses: AI's Impact on Managerial Job Satisfaction in India.- Work and Family Role Characteristics as Determinants of Work-family  Conflict.- Exploring the Progression of Tech Innovations in Intelligent Logistics: A Comprehensive Study of Worldwide Patent  Developments.- Driving FPO Performance through Blockchain Technology Adoption: Analyzing the Influence of Circular Supply Chains, Market Knowledge, and Product Development.- AHP-Based Evaluation of Next-Generation Industry 4.0 Technologies for Aerospace Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul.- Leveraging 3D Printing Technology for Sustainable Manufacturing in the North Eastern Region of India: A Study of Industry 4.0 Integration and Impact Is IPO underpricng real.- Role of Machine Learning Analytics to Secure Financial Frauds Operations.- Factors influencing investors' preference for cryptocurrency in the stock market: An empirical investigation of Indian investors.- Utilization of Financial Technologies of Banking Services among the Selected Customers of Axis Bank, Hyderabad Region - Using Structural Equation Modeling.- Human-AI Interaction in Higher Education: Understanding through Anthropomorphism.- Designing a predictive model for academicians’ research performance in premiere Indian technical institutions.- A Study On The Impact Of Knowledge Orientation On Business Model Innovation With Business Analytics Capabilities As A Mediator.- Looming Hopes with Power – Interrogating the question of sustainability of the Weaving Sector in Shantipur, West Bengal.- Insights Into Terrorists’ Weapon Choices Using Caterpillar Diagram.- Global Experiences of Women Entrepreneurs in Business Performance: A Systemic Literature Review and reflection for future development.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Digital transformation and digitization of products.- Digital transformation and digitalization of work processes.- Current progress of the 2030 National digital transformation programme of the Vietnamese government.- Digital Transformation and Sustainable Development areas in Vietnam.- Directions for future research.- Conclusion.

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Book Synopsis1.  Artificial Intelligence and Interprofessional Client-Centred Collaborative Practice in Health Care: Is There an Intersection Between the Two?.- 2.  Innovative Collaboration in Healthcare.- 3.  Roles and Effects of Communication Robot in Super-aging Society: Innovative collaboration between patient, caregiver and machine.- 4.  Application of Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Rwandan Experience.- 5.  The role of technology in supporting collaborative health care delivery in rural Australia: Challenges and new directions.- 6.  Cybersecurity Considerations.- 7. Interprofessional Team Building Within the Project CCC-Integrative: A Field Report in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic.- 8.  Transcendental Collaboration: The Significance of Itako's Kuchiyose in Promoting Grief Care for Suicide-Bereaved Family Members.- 9.  The Efficacy of SSM-based Action Research in Nursing Care Improvement.- 10. Establishing a Support  System for PTSD Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Among Victims of Sexual Violence.- 11.  Moral Distress and Interprofessional Collaboration Among Physicians, Nurses, and Social Workers.- 12.  What are the competencies that are necessary to promote interprofessional collaboration? : A study to identify deviations from the competencies that nursing professions themselves perceive as competent.- 13.  A study on the correlation between the degree of interprofessional collaboration and the quality of medical practice.- 14.  Reflection on the Book Contents.

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Book SynopsisAbout our authors Joseph S. Valacich is an Eller professor of management information systems in the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona. He has had visiting faculty appointments at Buskerud College (Norway), City University of Hong Kong, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Riga Technical University (Latvia), and Helsinki School of Economics and Business. He received a PhD from the University of Arizona (MIS), and an MBA and a BS degree in computer science from the University of Montana. His teaching interests include systems analysis and design, collaborative computing, project management, and management of information systems. Dr. Valacich co-chaired the national task forces to design IS 2010: The Model Curriculum and Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Information Systems. He also served on the Executive Committee, funded by the National Science Foundation, to define the IS Program Accreditation Standards and on Table of ContentsPART 1: FOUNDATIONS FOR SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT The Systems Development Environment The Origins of Software Managing the Information Systems Project Appendix: Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: Project Management PART 2: PLANNING Identifying and Selecting Systems Development Projects Initiating and Planning Systems Development Projects PART 3: ANALYSIS Determining System Requirements Structuring System Process Requirements Appendix 7A: Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: Use Cases Appendix 7B: Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: Activity Diagrams Appendix 7C: Business Process Modeling Structuring System Data Requirements Appendix: Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: Object Modeling—Class Diagrams PART 4: DESIGN Designing Databases Designing Forms and Reports Designing Interfaces and Dialogues Designing Distributed and Internet Systems PART 5: IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE System Implementation Maintaining Information Systems

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Introduction to Deep Learning and Financial Modeling 2. Deep Learning and Addressing the Class Imbalance Problem 3. Predicting Interest Rates and Spreads Using Deep Learning 4. Predicting Stock Market prices using Deep Learning 5. Predicting Inflation Rates using Deep Learning 6. Analyzing the GDP using Deep Learning 7. Predicting Exchange Rates using Deep Learning 8. Asset Allocation Optimization Using Deep Learning 9. Deep Learning, Credit Scoring and Underwriting 10. Deep Learning and Fraud Detection 11. Deep Learning and Sentiment/News Analysis 12. Banking and Insurance Solvency Capital Calculation Using Deep Learning 13. Insurance Pricing Using Deep Learning 14. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe intent of this book -- the author's goal for you â is to understand the baseless underpinnings of almost all our fears. You read that correctly -- almost all our fears -- and therefore to discard them. The author has expertly coached leaders and managers in the discovery of, examination of, elimination of, and sustained freedom from fears.We all know people who are charming and articulate, but flounder on a stage addressing colleagues; musicians who master intricate scores but canât play the basics when asked to solo; athletes who choke; business people who are strong until it comes time to ask for the business; people who consistently feel like imposters.We are far better at dealing with external, tangible fears than our own imagined ones. We purchase insurance, watch the safety demonstrations, know how to use the Heimlich Maneuver. But those are responses to rare and often never-occurring emergencies. Our mythical and monstrous fears are daily dark clouds, maskinTable of ContentsOther Books by Alan Weiss. Introduction. Acknowledgments. Dedication. Chapter 1: Real fear and fraudulent fear. The tyrannosaurus and the tyrant. Fight, flee, fright. Appropriate actions begin with rational beliefs. Fear is a learned behavior. The guy on your shoulder. Chapter 2: The origins of your current fears. What your parents told you and didn’t tell you. Norms vs. beliefs. The baggage that must be discarded. Who the hell are you listening to? Chapter 3: Manifestations of fear. Procrastination. Passive/aggressive behavior. Blending into the wallpaper. Can’t-Pull-the-Trigger Syndrome. Refusal to leave the nest. Chapter 4: Erasing past fears. The evidentiary test. Transitioning to current reality. Asking "Why?" The curse of rumination. Chapter 5: Preventing future fears. Avoiding "dread." Establishing resilience. The joys and lessons of failure. Why worry about what you can’t control? Chapter 6: Changing your metrics. Never compare yourself to your cousin. Excellence trumps perfection. All things are relative, just ask the person behind you. How to fearlessly become number one. Chapter 7: Organizing fearlessness. Churchill was very accurate but they still threw him out. When to hold, when to fold, when it’s gold. The fearless posture. Home is different from work, or it had better be. Chapter 8: Your fearless future. Maintaining a fearless demeanor. Dealing with volatility and disruption. Taking the blow. Constant recovery and success. The guy on your shoulder redux. Resources. Self-Test. About the Author.

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Book SynopsisWe live in the age of Computer Business Systems (CBSs),the highly complex, computer-intensive management programs on which large organizations increasingly rely. In Mindless , Simon Head argues that these systems have come to trump human expertise, dictating the goals and strategies of a wide array of businesses, and de-skilling the jobs of middle class workers in the process. CBSs are especially dysfunctional, Head argues, when they apply their disembodied expertise to transactions between humans, as in health care, education, customer relations, and human resources management. And yet there are industries with more human approaches, as Head illustrates with specific examples, whose lead we must follow and extend to the mainstream American economy. Mindless illustrates the shortcomings of CBS, providing an in-depth and disturbing look at how human dignity is slipping as we become cogs on a white collar assembly line.Trade ReviewNew York Review of Books "[An] arresting new book... Head offers a powerful indictment of contemporary Anglo-American Capitalism... He brilliantly translates ideas remote from the experience of most people into everyday language... [and] deconstructs and demystifies the pseudoscientific, abstract, jargonized language of management studies in order to reveal the dispiriting realities it obscures." Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review "A dark, revealing view of computerized control and monitoring of the workplace... A sobering, important book." Richard Sennett, author of Together: The Rituals, Pleasures and Politics of Cooperation "The regimented society has arrived, and Simon Head is its most probing critic. He not only shows the grip of computerized bureaucracy on people's lives, he also analyzes the economic interests and political processes which drive regimentation. This wide-ranging book is clearly and at times eloquently written. A must-read." Robert Skidelsky, author of Keynes: The Return of the Master "With insight and clarity, Simon Head describes the insidious effects of combining scientific management with IT systems and its propensity to create a world of top-down control, where workers are stripped of skills and satisfaction in their work. His fascinating account ranges from Walmart and Amazon's tightly controlled supply chains to Goldman Sachs's manipulation of sub-prime mortgages. In doing so he shows how the drive to automate human abilities and increase profits has depressed wages and undermined economies." Paul Duguid, co-author of The Social Life of Information "The world abounds in enthusiastic technologists offering their vision of the ideal, democratic future to which technology will deliver us, if only we are willing to follow. Simon Head's penetrating Mindless, with its well-chosen and impressively unpredictable case studies of Computer Business Systems in the workplace, the military, and academia, gives us reasons--and the tools--to question such advice. Importantly, Head shows us that the future is not inevitable. We have choices, and for the good of society we need to make them."

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Book SynopsisContemporary law and government are increasingly characterized by a focus on risk. Fields such as health, psychiatry, criminal justice, vehicle safety, urban design and environmental governance all provide examples of settings in which problems are dealt with as risks. While risk has become more prominent, there have also been changes in the nature of risk techniques deployed. Whereas welfare states provided many services through socialized risk - such as social insurances covering health, employment and old age - increasing emphasis is now placed on individual risk management arrangements such as private insurance. In this environment, the positive side of risk has also been made more salient. Enterprise, innovation and risk-taking have become qualities valued, or even required, of current governance. In this volume, the most influential examinations and interpretations of this major trend have been brought together, in order to make clear the range and diversity, the spread and penetration of risk in contemporary societies.Table of ContentsContents: Series preface; Introduction. Risk, Politics and Inequality: Risks and rights in the history of American governments, Theodore J. Lowi ; At risk in the welfare state, Deborah A. Stone; Liberal governance and prenatal care: risk and regulation in pregnancy, Lealle Ruhl ; The ideological effects of actuarial practices, Jonathan Simon. Risk, Private Law and Justice: Social change and the law of industrial accidents, Lawrence M. Friedman and Jack Ladinsky); Private insurance, social insurance, and tort reform: toward a new vision of compensation for illness and injury, Kenneth S. Abraham and Lance Liebman; The new legal structure of risk control, George L. Priest; Tort, insurance and ideology, Jane Stapleton. Risk, Criminal Law and Justice: Risk, power and crime prevention, Pat O'Malley; Managing the monstrous: sex offenders and the new penology, Jonathan Simon; Moral agent or actuarial subject: risk and Canadian women's imprisonment, Kelly Hannah-Moffat; Public protection, 'partnership' and risk penalty, Hazel Kemshall and Mike Maguire. Risk, Uncertainty and Economic Life: Uncertain subjects: risks liberalism and contract, Pat O'Malley; Business, state and community: 'responsible risk takers', new labour and the governance of corporate business, Gary Wilson; Calculations of risk: towards an understanding of insurance as a moral and political technology, D. Knights and T. Vurdubakis; Speculations of contract, or how contract law stopped worrying and learned to love risk, Roy Kreitner. Risk, Health and Technology: Governing risky individuals: the role of psychiatry in new regimes of control, Nikolas Rose; The biology of culpability, pathological identity and crime control in a biological culture, Nikolas Rose; The return of the crafty genius: an outline of a philosophy of precaution, François Ewald ; Name index.

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Book SynopsisThe explosion of Web-based data has created a demand among executives and technologists for methods to identify, gather, analyze, and utilize data that may be of value to corporations and organizations. The emergence of data mining, and the larger field of Web mining, has businesses lost within a confusing maze of mechanisms and strategies for obtaining and managing crucial intelligence.Web Data Mining and Applications in Business Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism responds by presenting a clear and comprehensive overview of Web mining, with emphasis on CRM and, for the first time, security and counter-terrorism applications. The tools and methods of Web mining are revealed in an easy-to-understand style, emphasizing the importance of practical, hands-on experience in the creation of successful e-business solutions.The author, a program director for Data and Applications Security at the National Science Foundations, details how both opportunities and dangers on the WTable of ContentsIntroduction. SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR WEB DATA MINING. The World Wide Web and E-Commerce. Data Mining. Core Data Mining Technologies. Web Database Management. Information Retrieval Systems. Information Management Technologies. The Semantic Web. WEB DATA MINING TECHNIQUES, TOOLS, AND TRENDS. Data Mining and the Web. Processes and Techniques for Web Data Mining. Mining the Databases on the Web. Information Retrieval and Web Data Mining. Information Management and Web Data Mining. Semantic Web Mining. Mining Usage Patterns and Structure on the Web. Prototypes, Products, and Standards for Web Data Mining. Some Applications for Web Mining. WEB DATA MINING APPLICATIONS FOR COUNTER-TERRORISM. Some Information on Terrorism, Security Threats, and Protection Measures. Web Data Mining for Counter-Terrorism. Mining the Web Databases for Counter-Terrorism. Information Retrieval and Web Mining for Counter-Terrorism. Information Management and Web Mining for Counter-Terrorism. Semantic Web Mining for Counter-Terrorism. Web Usage and Structure Mining for Counter-Terrorism. National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Web Mining. Revisiting Security Threats with Respect to Web Mining. E-Commerce, Business Intelligence, and Counter-Terrorism. Summary and Directions. Appendices.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface Index of Application PART ONE: VARIATION 1. Introduction 1.1 What Is Statistics? 1.2 Previews 2. Data 2.1 Data Tables 2.2 Categorical and Numerical Data 2.3 Recoding and Aggregation 2.4 Time Series 2.5 Further Attributes of Data Chapter Summary 3. Describing Categorical Data 3.1 Looking at Data 3.2 Charts of Categorical Data 3.3 The Area Principle 3.4 Mode and Median Chapter Summary 4. Describing Numerical Data 4.1 Summaries of Numerical Variables 4.2 Histograms 4.3 Boxplot 4.4 Shape of a Distribution 4.5 Epilog Chapter Summary 5. Association between Categorical Variables 5.1 Contingency Tables 5.2 Lurking Variables and Simpson's Paradox 5.3 Strength of Association Chapter Summary 6. Association between Quantitative Variables 6.1 Scatterplots 6.2 Association in Scatterplots 6.3 Measuring Association 6.4 Summarizing Association with a Line 6.5 Spurious Correlation Chapter Summary Statistics in Action: Financial Time Series Statistics in Action: Executive Compensation PART TWO: PROBABILITY 7. Probability 7.1 From Data to Probability 7.2 Rules for Probability 7.3 Independent Events Chapter Summary 8. Conditional Probability 8.1 From Tables to Probabilities 8.2 Dependent Events 8.3 O rganizing Probabilities 8.4 O rder in Conditional Probabilities Chapter Summary 9. Random Variables 9.1 Random Variables 9.2 Properties of Random Variables 9.3 Properties of Expected Values 9.4 Comparing Random Variables Chapter Summary 10. Association between Random Variables 10.1 Portfolios and Random Variables 10.2 Joint Probability Distribution 10.3 Sums of Random Variables 10.4 Dependence between Random Variables 10.5 IID Random Variables 10.6 Weighted Sums Chapter Summary 11. Probability Models for Counts 11.1 Random Variables for Counts 11.2 Binomial Model 11.3 Properties of Binomial Random Variables 11.4 Poisson Model Chapter Summary 12. The Normal Probability Model 12.1 Normal Random Variable 12.2 The Normal Model 12.3 Percentiles 12.4 Departures from Normality Chapter Summary Statistics in Action: Managing Financial Risk Statistics in Action: Modeling Sampling Variation PART THREE: INFERENCE 13. Samples and Surveys 13.1 Two Surprising Properties of Samples 13.2 Variation 13.3 Alternative Sampling Methods 13.4 Questions to Ask Chapter Summary 14. Sampling Variation and Quality 14.1 Sampling Distribution of the Mean 14.2 Control Limits 14.3 Using a Control Chart 14.4 Control Charts for Variation Chapter Summary 15. Confidence Intervals 15.1 Ranges for Parameters 15.2 Confidence Interval for the Mean 15.3 Interpreting Confidence Intervals 15.4 Manipulating Confidence Intervals 15.5 Margin of Error Chapter Summary 16. Statistical Tests 16.1 Concepts of Statistical Tests 16.2 Testing the Proportion 16.3 Testing the Mean 1

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Book SynopsisDavid Kroenke has many years of teaching experience at Colorado State University, Seattle University, and the University of Washington. He has led dozens of seminars for college professors on the teaching of information systems and technology; in 1991, the International Association of Information Systems named him Computer Educator of the Year. In 2009, David was named Educator of the Year by the Association of Information Technology Professionals-Education Special Interest Group (AITP-EDSIG). David worked for the U.S. Air Force and Boeing Computer Services. He was a principal in the startup of three companies, serving as the vice president of product marketing and development for the Microrim Corporation and as chief of database technologies for Wall Data, Inc. He is the father of the semantic object data model. David's consulting clients have included IBM, Microsoft, and Computer Sciences Corporations, as well as numerous smaller companies. Recently, David Table of Contents I. Why MIS? 1. The Importance of MIS 2. Collaboration Information Systems 3. Strategy and Information Systems II. Information Technology 4. Hardware, Software, and Mobile Systems 5. Database Processing 6. The Cloud III. Using IS for Competitive Advantage 7. Processes, Organizations, and Information Systems 8. Social Media Information Systems 9. Business Intelligence Systems IV. Information Systems Management 10. Information Systems Security 11. Information Systems Management 12. Information Systems Development The International Dimension Application Exercises Glossary

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Book SynopsisDavid Kroenke has many years of teaching experience at Colorado State University, Seattle University, and the University of Washington. He has led dozens of seminars for college professors on the teaching of information systems and technology; in 1991, the International Association of Information Systems named him Computer Educator of the Year. In 2009, David was named Educator of the Year by the Association of Information Technology ProfessionalsEducation Special Interest Group (AITP-EDSIG). David worked for the U.S. Air Force and Boeing Computer Services. He was a principal in the startup of three companies. He was also vice president of product marketing and development for the Microrim Corporation and was chief of technologies for the database division of Wall Data, Inc. He is the father of the semantic object data model. David's consulting clients have included IBM, Microsoft, and Computer Sciences Corporations, as well as numerous smaller companies. Rec

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents 1 The Systems Development Environment 2 The Origins of Software 3 Managing the Information Systems Project 4 Identifying and Selecting Systems Development Projects 5 Initiating and Planning Systems Development Projects 6 Determining System Requirements 7 Structuring System Process Requirements 8 Structuring System Data Requirements 9 Designing Databases 10 Designing Forms and Reports 11 Designing Interfaces and Dialogues 12 Designing Distributed and Internet Systems 13 System Implementation 14 Maintaining Information Systems Download the detailed table of contents

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Book SynopsisKenneth C. Laudon was a professor of information systems at the New York University School of Business. He held a BA in economics from Stanford and a PhD from Columbia University. He authored 12 books dealing with electronic commerce, information systems, organizations, and society. Professor Laudon wrote more than 40 articles concerning the social, organizational, and management impacts of information systems, privacy, ethics, and multimedia technology. Jane Price Laudon is a management consultant in the information systems area and the author of seven books. Her special interests include systems analysis, data management, MIS auditing, software evaluation, and teaching business professionals how to design and use information systems. Jane received her PhD from Columbia University, her MA from Harvard University, and her BA from Barnard College. She has taught at Columbia University and the New York University Graduate School of Busin

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