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Book Synopsis.- Discussion of Current Issues in Cost Estimation Decisions for Aircraft Manufacturing..- A Computer Vision Approach to Build Manufacturing Simulation Models in the Digital Twin Context..- Anomaly Detection in Supply Chain Business Processes: A Deep Learning Approach..- Digital Engineering Ecosystem for the Enhancement of Traceability: Industrial Study..- A survey investigating skills, job profiles, and education in Circular Economy: a practice perspective..- Development of an Augmented Reality Book to Promote the Local Wisdom of Tai Lue Foods in Gastronomy Tourism..- Rail Infrastructure Management Optimization through Digital Twins: Focus on Data Reliability and Quality..- Survey on Knowledge-Based Engineering Approaches for Complex Product Design: A Focus on Crowd Intelligence..- Advancing Industrial Digital Twins: Towards An Open Platform Aligned with Standards..- Overview of Digital Thread from a Traceability perspective: From Engineering, Manufacturing to Operations..- Potential of the Industrial Metaverse – A Taxonomic Approach..- On the Integration of the SAPPhIRE Model in the Digital Twin Development Process: a Train Braking System Use Case..- Models for Manufacturing (MfM) Methodology Applied to the Automated Characterization of Aerospace Sheet Metal Parts Manufacturing Process..- The implementation of a PDM/PLM system: Case Study in an Industrial Process Cooling Company..- Wasp Detection System Using AI Technology to Support Honey Bee Farming..- Comparing different ChatGPT4.0 generated oriented word suggestions as design fixation interferences for the ideation phase in Design Thinking..- Lifecycle Approaches based BIM: Challenges and Opportunities..- Effect of internal & external financing on labor productivity – (2009-2014) panel data study of Ecuadorian companies..- Digital Transformation for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention and Control in Thailand by Using a Mixed Methods Approach..- From Strategy to Action: A Methodological Framework for Digital Transformation in Manufacturing SMEs..- PLM Traceability Approaches along the V-model – A Systematic Literature Review..- Data-Driven Digital Twin Model Construction and Stress State Monitoring of Grasping Robot..- MESLedger: Investigating Manufacturing Execution Improvements through the Integration of AI and Blockchain Technologies..- Navigating the Future: Integrating Safety Passports for Enhanced Product Implementation on Machinery - conceptualization and use case..- Towards a multi-criteria decision-making approach for R&D project prioritisation driven by innovation incentives and enterprise strategies..- Personalized Exercise Plans for the Elderly Using KNN based on FITT Principle..- Developing a Mixed Reality (MR) Technology System for Training Intelligent Logistics Personnel, a Learning Course on Vehicle Condition Inspection..- Designing of beef cattle recognition and detection sys-tem to improve Walk-over-Weighing system (WoW) for beef cattle in the Lancang-Mekong Region.

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Book Synopsis1 Introduction.- 1.1 Process Mining.- 1.2 Mining Organizational Models from Event Logs.- 1.3 Outlook.- 2 Framework for Organizational Model Mining.- 2.1 Preliminaries.- 2.2 Execution Context.- 2.3 Organizational Model.- 2.4 Discovering Organizational Models.- 2.5 Evaluating Organizational Models.- 2.5.1 Fitness.- 2.5.2 Precision.- 2.6 Analyzing Organizational Models.- 2.7 Discussion.- 3 Learning Execution Contexts.- 3.1 Preliminaries.- 3.2 Problem Modeling.- 3.2.1 Categorization Rules.- 3.2.2 Quality Measures for Execution Contexts.- 3.2.3 Problem Statement.- 3.3 Problem Solution.- 3.3.1 Deriving Attribute Specification.- 3.3.2 Inducing Rules via Simulated Annealing.- 3.4 Evaluation.- 3.4.1 Event Log Datasets.- 3.4.2 Experiment Setup.- 3.4.3 Evaluation against the Baselines.- 3.4.4 Evaluation between tree-based and SA-based.- 3.4.5 Summary.- 3.5 Discussion.- 4 Discovering Organizational Models.- 4.1 A Three-Phased Discovery Approach.- 4.1.1 Determining Execution Contexts.- 4.1.2 Discovering Resource Grouping.- 4.1.3 Profiling Resource Groups.- 4.2 Implementation.- 4.3 Evaluation.- 4.3.1 Experiment Setup.- 4.3.2 Model Evaluation and Comparison.- 4.3.3 Model Diagnosis.- 4.3.4 Summary.- 4.4 Discussion.- 5 Applying Organizational Models to Workforce Analytics.- 5.1 Preliminaries.- 5.2 Resource Group Work Profiles.- 5.2.1 Work Profile Indicators.- 5.2.2 Extracting and Analyzing Work Profiles.- 5.3 Case Study: One Process, Five Municipalities.- 5.3.1 Group-level Analysis.- 5.3.2 Within-Group Analysis.- 5.3.3 Summary.- 5.4 Discussion.- 6 Epilogue.- 6.1 Conclusions.- 6.2 Future Work.- References.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introducing Enterprise Governance of IT, Alignment and Value.- Chapter 2. Enterprise Governance of IT.- Chapter 3. Business/IT Alignment.- Chapter 4. IT Business Value.- Chapter 5. Standards and Frameworks for Enterprise Governance of IT.- Chapter 6. EGIT Case Study Insights.

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Book SynopsisTypology of IS Artefacts - Providing an Organizing Foundation for Design Science Research Outcomes.- The Architecture of Project Design Knowledge in Design Science Research.- Abstraction and Abstraction Levels in Design Science Research.- Collaborative Evolution of the IS Artefact - Negotiating Research/Practice Tensions.- Function-Construction Patterns for Designing IS Artefacts.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1: Digital Business to Autonomic Business.- Part I: Understanding the Autonomic Business.- Chapter 2: Maturity Levels and Evolution Path.- Chapter 3: Technology Foundations of Autonomic Business.- Chapter 4: Developing Multi Agent Systems for Autonomic Business.- Chapter 5: Autonomic Business in the Real World.- Part II:  Autonomic Business Transformation.- Chapter 6: Evolving the Team.- Chapter 7: New Capabilities and Challenges.- Chapter 8: Developing an Autonomic Strategy and Business Architecture.- Chapter 9: Instituting Control and Oversight.- Part III: The Future of Autonomic Business.- Chapter 10: Agentic Ecosystems.- Chapter 11: Robotics Revolution.- Chapter 12: Epilogue.

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Book SynopsisAre you attracted by the promises of agile methods but put off by the fanaticism of many agile texts? Would you like to know which agile techniques work, which ones do not matter much, and which ones will harm your projects? Then you need Agile!: the first exhaustive, objective review of agile principles, techniques and tools.Agile methods are one of the most important developments in software over the past decades, but also a surprising mix of the best and the worst. Until now every project and developer had to sort out the good ideas from the bad by themselves. This book spares you the pain. It offers both a thorough descriptive presentation of agile techniques and a perceptive analysis of their benefits and limitations.Agile! serves first as a primer on agile development: one chapter each introduces agile principles, roles, managerial practices, technical practices and artifacts. A separate chapter analyzes the four major agile methods: Extreme Programming, Lean Software, Scrum and Crystal.The accompanying critical analysis explains what you should retain and discard from agile ideas. It is based on Meyer’s thorough understanding of software engineering, and his extensive personal experience of programming and project management. He highlights the limitations of agile methods as well as their truly brilliant contributions — even those to which their own authors do not do full justice.Three important chapters precede the core discussion of agile ideas: an overview, serving as a concentrate of the entire book; a dissection of the intellectual devices used by agile authors; and a review of classical software engineering techniques, such as requirements analysis and lifecycle models, which agile methods criticize.The final chapters describe the precautions that a company should take during a transition to agile development and present an overall assessment of agile ideas.This is the first book to discuss agile methods, beyond the brouhaha, in the general context of modern software engineering. It is a key resource for projects that want to combine the best of established results and agile innovations. Trade Review“This is probably the first serious book ever written about Agile … . Bertrand Meyer is not a signatory of the Agile Manifesto, resulting in a book free of hype or marketing propaganda. … It consists of a short … enumeration of ‘pros and cons’ of various methodologies, with discussions about their applicability and suitability for certain projects.” (Adrian Kosmaczewski, De Programmatica Ipsum, deprogrammaticaipsum.com, January 6, 2021)“This book was written to be an independent, impartial and objective study of the various agile methods (scrum, xp, lean, crystal) viewed against the knowledge-base of software engineering methods and principles. … This book, in my view, should be essential reading for any software manager, looking to understand agile methods before diving head-first into a vanilla, textbook-implementations.” (Outlet!, khanmjk-outlet.blogspot.de, November, 2015)“The purpose of this excellent book is to ‘enable readers to benefit from the good ideas in agile methods and stay away from the bad ones.’ … The overall presentation is elegant, clear, and understandable … . It can be used both by novices and by experts … .” (H. I. Kilov, Computing Reviews, September, 2014) Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisWettbewerbsvorteile werden in Zukunft nur noch die Unternehmen erlangen, denen es gelingt, Informationen in Wissen zu verwandeln. Die zwei Welten Business Intelligence und Knowledge Management wachsen vor diesem Hintergrund zusammen. Der Herausgeber, Leiter des Instituts für Managementinformationssysteme und des Instituts für Knowledge Management, zeigt in diesem Buch die zunehmende Integration der beiden Bereiche. Das Buch bringt damit Transparenz in einen der größten IT-Wachstumsmärkte. Mehrere Studien, etwa des Fraunhofer Instituts, beleuchten den relevanten Markt und geben wichtige Orientierungshilfen. Anhand einer Vielzahl von Beispielen wird gezeigt, welchen Nutzen der Einsatz hochentwickelter Analysewerkzeuge und die Entwicklung von Lösungen für das Wissensmanagement heute bereits erbringen. Ebenfalls sehr hilfreich für Praktiker ist die umfangreiche Anbieterliste. Einen raschen Überblick über die wichtigsten KM- und BI-Begriffe bietet ferner das integrierte Glossar.Table of ContentsKM und BI - Zwei Welten wachsen zusammen.- Knowledge Management: Status Quo im Knowledge Management; Wissensgewinnung; Wissensspeicherung; Wissensnutzung.- Business Intelligence: Status Quo im Business Intelligence; Einsatz von BI zur Unternehmenssteuerung; Einsatz von BI im Marketing.- Literatuvrverzeichnis.- Index.- Glossar.- Anbieterverzeichnis.

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Book SynopsisIn dem Band werden 50 Enterprise Architecture Frameworks (EAF) ausführlich behandelt und 45 weitere hinsichtlich ihrer Intention kurz und prägnant dargestellt. Die detaillierten Beschreibungen erlauben durch ein einheitliches Raster den Vergleich unterschiedlicher EAF. Sie enthalten Informationen zum Entwickler, zu Versionen, zur Marktrelevanz, zu Abhängigkeiten, Verfügbarkeit, unterstützenden Tools sowie Anschaffungskosten. Die Unterstützungsvielfalt, die Frameworks bieten, demonstriert der Autor anhand eines Anwendungsszenarios.Trade ReviewAus den Rezensionen: “... Das Buch empfiehlt sich allen Verantwortlichen, welche vor der architekturgeleiteten Umsetzung eines IT-Projekts stehen oder eine aktuelle IT-Strategie zu entwickeln haben, da es die Entscheidungsfindung dank seiner strukturierten Herangehensweise effektiv unterstutzt. ... Da dieses Buch von einer aktuellen Website begleitet wird, sind nicht nur weiterführende Informationen, sondern auch ein interaktives Navigationssystem nach der Registrierung einfach zuganglich. Lehrende finden dort detaillierte Framework-Beschreibungen, Übungs- und Vortragsmaterialien sowie eine Orientierungshilfe als Druckvorlage ...“ (WI Wirtschaftsinformatik www.wirtschaftsinformatik.de, June/2012)Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Einführung eines grundlegenden Begriffsverständnisses.- Recherche und Ordnung der Enterprise Architecture Frameworks.- Grundlagen für die Beschreibung ausgewählter Rahmenwerke im Interesse des Informationsmanagers.- Detaillierte Beschreibung ausgewählter Rahmenwerke.- Exemplarische Umsetzung einzelner Rahmenwerke innerhalb eines fiktiven Anwendungsszenarios.- Anhang A: Konspekt zum Grundlagenkapital Rahmenwerke.- Anhang B: Framework Selection Guide.- Literaturverzeichnis.- Index.

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Book Synopsis“Everybody loves an innovation, an idea that sells.“ But how do we arrive at such ideas that sell? And is it possible to learn how to become an innovator? Over the years Design Thinking – a program originally developed in the engineering department of Stanford University and offered by the two D-schools at the Hasso Plattner Institutes in Stanford and in Potsdam – has proved to be really successful in educating innovators. It blends an end-user focus with multidisciplinary collaboration and iterative improvement to produce innovative products, systems, and services. Design Thinking creates a vibrant interactive environment that promotes learning through rapid conceptual prototyping. In 2008, the HPI-Stanford Design Thinking Research Program was initiated, a venture that encourages multidisciplinary teams to investigate various phenomena of innovation in its technical, business, and human aspects. The researchers are guided by two general questions: 1. What are people really thinking and doing when they are engaged in creative design innovation? How can new frameworks, tools, systems, and methods augment, capture, and reuse successful practices? 2. What is the impact on technology, business, and human performance when design thinking is practiced? How do the tools, systems, and methods really work to get the innovation you want when you want it? How do they fail? In this book, the researchers take a system’s view that begins with a demand for deep, evidence-based understanding of design thinking phenomena. They continue with an exploration of tools which can help improve the adaptive expertise needed for design thinking. The final part of the book concerns design thinking in information technology and its relevance for business process modeling and agile software development, i.e. real world creation and deployment of products, services, and enterprise systems.Table of ContentsIntroductory Chapter: Thinking Research. - Part 1: Design Thinking in Various Contexts. - Design Thinking – A Fruitful Concept for IT Development?. - A Unified Innovation Process Model for Engineering Designers and Managers. - Product Differentiation by Aesthetic and Creative Design - A Psychological and Neural Framework of Design Thinking . - Part 2: Understanding Design Thinking. - Re-Representation: Affordances of Shared Models in Team-Based Design. - The Co-evolution of Theory and Practice in Design Thinking – or: “Mind the oddness trap!” . - Innovation and Culture: Exploring the Work of Designers across the Globe. - The Efficacy of Prototyping Under Time Constraints . - Part 3: Tools for Design Thinking. - An Instrument for Real-Time Design Interaction Capture and Analysis. - Tele-Board: Enabling Efficient Collaboration In Digital Design Spaces across Time and Distance . - Physicality in Distributed Design Collaboration . - Part 4: Design Thinking in Information Technology. - Bringing Design Thinking to Business Process Modeling. - Agile Software Development in Virtual Collaboration Environments. - Towards Next Generation Design Thinking: Scenario-Based Prototyping for Designing Complex Software Systems with Multiple Users . - List of Contributors

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Book SynopsisIn dem Lehrbuch zur makroökonomischen Theorie werden die Einkommens-, Zins- und Beschäftigungstheorie, die Analyse von Inflation und Unterbeschäftigung sowie die Wachstumstheorie durchgängig aus keynesianscher Sicht betrachtet. Diese Ergebnisse stellen die Autoren insbesondere den Resultaten des Monetarismus sowie der Neo- und Neuklassik und dem derzeit dominanten Ansatz der New-Keynesians gegenüber. Damit bietet der Band eine wichtige Ergänzung zu den Lehrbüchern, die Inflations- und Wachstumsprozesse primär aus neoklassischer Sicht analysieren.Trade Review"Wer auf dem volkswirtschaftlichen Grundlagenwissen der ersten Semester aufbauen will, ist mit diesem Lehrbuch bestens beraten." STUDIUM - Buchmagazin für Studierende, 90-2012Table of ContentsEinleitendes.- Grundlagen der Makroökonomik: Präkeynesianische Makroökonomik. Darstellung und Kritik.- Keynesianische Beschäftigungstheorie: Die kurze Sicht.- Konventionelle Analysen von Inflation und Wachstumsprozessen.- Makroökonomik für Fortgeschrittene: Keynesianische Inflationstheorie: Die mittlere Sicht.- Keynesianische Wachstumstheorie: Die lange Sicht.- Ausblick: Gereifter Keynesianismus.- Übungsmaterialien: Übungsaufgaben.- Multiple-Choice Klausuraufgaben.

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Book SynopsisThis book is designed to introduce doctoral and other higher-degree research students to the process of scientific research in the fields of Information Systems as well as fields of Information Technology, Business Process Management and other related disciplines within the social sciences. It guides research students in their process of learning the life of a researcher. In doing so, it provides an understanding of the essential elements, concepts and challenges of the journey into research studies. It also provides a gateway for the student to inquire deeper about each element covered​. Comprehensive and broad but also succinct and compact, the book is focusing on the key principles and challenges for a novice doctoral student.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“It focuses on the entire research process from start to finish and provides a guide not only for the methods, but for the ‘process of learning the life of a researcher.’ This well-written and easy-to-read book consists of eight chapters, divided into three parts. Each chapter ends with a list of references for further reading on each subject, totaling 200 in all. … The book is intended primarily for doctoral students and young scholars in the field of information systems.” (Alexei Botchkarev, ACM Computing Reviews, December, 2012)Aus den Rezensionen: “…Gerade junge Doktorandinnen und Doktoranden werden sehr von diesem Buch profitieren ... allen Doktoranden in der Wirtschaftsinformatik, besonders am Anfang ihres wissenschaftlichen Projektes, sowie ihren Betreuern zur Verwendung in Kursen des Doktorandenstudiums. ” (in: Business & Information Systems Engineering, 16/March/2013)Table of Contents​​Part I: Basic Principles of Research.- Part II: Conducting Research.- Part III: Publishing Research.

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Book SynopsisIn this book the author aims to describe the path from Information Technology to Information Management and Information Governance. This path allows organizations to identify IT Business Value and take advantage of it. The book synthesizes the main approaches that have emerged in recent years, compares these approaches along multiple variables, and finally proposes an advanced and new approach to Information Governance, based on the concept of Organizational Absorptive Capacity. Furthermore, the book presents a new approach to Information Management: the SIGMA (Strategic Information Governance Modelling and Assessment) approach. The new approach is centered on information as a key factor allowing integration between IT applications, organizational capabilities and business strategy. In particular, the Absorptive Capacity concept is presented and discussed: this concept represents the ability of an organization to maintain and absorb the potential of information and IT investments. After having presented and discussed the model, we also provide the reader with a brief presentation of how the SIGMA approach should be applied in companies. The book adopts a scientific approach to ensure methodological rigour; however, it is also concrete and describes problems from the viewpoints of managers, adopting a clear and easy-to-understand language in order to capture the interest of top managers and graduate students.Table of ContentsThe IT Business Value.- An Information Management Approach Emphasizing on the ‘I’ in IT.- The Information Operation Approach.- The Information Orientation Approach.- The Information Evolution Approach.- The Foundation for an Information Approach.- A Comparison of the Four Approaches.- Organizational Absorptive Capacity and the Use of Information.- Strategic Information Governance Modeling and Assessment.- The Sigma Model.

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Book SynopsisWhile previously available methodologies for software – like those published in the early days of object technology – claimed to be appropriate for every conceivable project, situational method engineering (SME) acknowledges that most projects typically have individual characteristics and situations. Thus, finding the most effective methodology for a particular project needs specific tailoring to that situation. Such a tailored software development methodology needs to take into account all the bits and pieces needed for an organization to develop software, including the software process, the input and output work products, the people involved, the languages used to describe requirements, design, code, and eventually also measures of success or failure.The authors have structured the book into three parts. Part I deals with all the basic concepts, terminology and overall ideas underpinning situational method engineering. As a summary of this part, they present a formal meta-model that enables readers to create their own quality methods and supporting tools. In Part II, they explain how to implement SME in practice, i.e., how to find method components and put them together and how to evaluate the resulting method. For illustration, they also include several industry case studies of customized or constructed processes, highlighting the impact that high-quality engineered methods can have on the success of an industrial software development. Finally, Part III summarizes some of the more recent and forward-looking ideas.This book presents the first summary of the state of the art for SME. For academics, it provides a comprehensive conceptual framework and discusses new research areas. For lecturers, thanks to its step-by-step explanations from basics to the customization and quality assessment of constructed methods, it serves as a solid basis for comprehensive courses on the topic. For industry methodologists, it offers a reference guide on features and technologies to consider when developing in-house software development methods or customising and adopting off-the-shelf ones.Trade Review"This book offers a comprehensive body of knowledge related to the Method Engineering discipline. It provides a summary and synthesis of all past efforts in this domain and clarifies the domain terminology. I suggest it to every researcher interested in the art of method design, not only in software engineering but also in other fields." Marko Bajec, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia"I am confident this text will prove an invaluable resource for those interested in improving the standard of software development and the resulting software applications." from the foreword by Mary O'Kane, NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer, Sydney, Australia"This book deftly balances the advantages of situational method engineering in terms of its practical application, underpinned by the solid theory from worldwide research. I heartily recommend it for both researchers and practitioners." from the foreword by Julian Edwards, Chief Operating Officer, Object Consulting, Sydney, AustraliaTable of ContentsPart I SME Basics.- Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Method chunks, method fragments and method components.- Chapter 3 Method Engineering as a Social Practice.- Chapter 4 Formal descriptions.- Part II Applying SME in Practice.- Chapter 5 Identification and construction of individual method chunks/fragments.- Chapter 6 Processes for creating a methodology from method parts.- Chapter 7 Tailoring a constructed method.- Chapter 8 Assessing quality.- Chapter 9 Examples of constructed processes.- Part III The Future of SME.- Chapter 10 Recent advances in SME.- Chapter 11 Final summary and future work.

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Book SynopsisIf you have tried to implement Agile in your organization, you have probably learned a lot about development practices, teamwork, processes and tools, but too little about how to manage such an organization. Yet managerial support is often the biggest impediment to successfully adopting Agile, and limiting your Agile efforts to those of the development teams while doing the same old-style management will dramatically limit the ability of your organization to reach the next Agile level.Ángel Medinilla will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of what Agile means to an organization and the manager’s role in such an environment, i.e., how to manage, lead and motivate self-organizing teams and how to create an Agile corporate culture. Based on his background as a “veteran” Agile consultant for companies of all sizes, he delivers insights and experiences, points out possible pitfalls, presents practical approaches and possible scenarios, also including detailed suggestions for further reading.If you are a manager, team leader, evangelist, change agent (or whatever nice title) and if you want to push Agile further in your organization, then this is your book. You will read how to change the paradigm of what management is about: it is not about arbitrary decisions, constant supervision and progress control, and the negotiation of changing requirements. It is about motivation, self-organization, responsibility, and the exploitation of all project stakeholders’ knowledge. We live in a different world than the one that most management experts of the 20th century describe, and companies that strive for success and excellence will need a new kind of manager – Agile managers.Trade Review"Get this book if you need an introduction to agile development." M. M. Tanik, ACM Computing Reviews, January 2013Table of ContentsA Brief History of Management.- Lean and Agile in a Nutshell.- The Agile Manager’s Role.- Motivating the Agile Workforce.- Self Organization.- Agile Structures: Scaling Agility.- Managing Capacity and Workload.- Agile Culture and Driving Change.- Final Thoughts.

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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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