Information technology industries Books
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Digital Entrepreneurship
Book SynopsisRecognizing how the lines between digital and traditional forms of entrepreneurship are blurring, this forward-thinking book combines digital technology and entrepreneurship perspectives to advance knowledge on this paradigm-shifting typology of entrepreneurship.Trade Review‘Digital technologies have fundamentally reshaped entrepreneurship. Uniquely and deeply informed by both scholarship and business practice, this book offers an up-to-date account of entrepreneurship in the digital age while addressing sub-topics of great contemporary interest, such as disruption, external enablement, design thinking, and the process nature of venture creation.’ -- Per Davidsson, QUT Business School, Australia and Jönköping International Business School, Sweden‘Nzembayie and Buckley have provided a digital entrepreneurial process model to guide digital entrepreneurs in this volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world of the 21st century. That their model is grounded in an action research design provides an invitation for other digital entrepreneurs to exploit their experience in like rigorous, reflective and relevant action design research processes to advance the growth of digital ventures.’ -- David Coghlan, University of Dublin Trinity College, IrelandTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Digital entrepreneurship: context and conceptualization 2. Theories of the entrepreneurial process 3. Conceptualizing the digital entrepreneurial process 4. External enablers and barriers to digital entrepreneurship 5. Pragmatic model of digital new venture creation 6. Synopsis: digital new venture creation and disruption Glossary of terms Bibliography Index
£28.95
Edward Elgar Publishing Research Handbook on Information Systems and
Book SynopsisThis incisive Research Handbook on Information Systems and Society (ISS) explores the role of Information Systems in contemporary and future societies, outlining the key sectors in which they are used and also examining their potential negative impacts, such as privacy violations, fake news and hate speech.
£215.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Cases on Digital Entrepreneurship
Book SynopsisTrade Review‘This book highlights the diversity and dynamism of digital entrepreneurship. Through case studies drawn from multiple industries and different countries, including the Global South, readers are introduced to the challenges and opportunities associated with digital technologies. These are varied, as are the tools that the book provides to help readers understand how the cases developed. Through combining the cases and tools, what emerges is a rich set of insights into digital entrepreneurship, enabling readers to develop their analytical skills and further their understanding of this area.’ -- Jason Whalley, University of Northumbria, UK‘Digital entrepreneurship has such a broad scope that it is sometimes difficult to discern what is being talked about when we hear this term. The present collection brings together a series of concrete case studies that delve into the details of what digital entrepreneurship means in practice and in specific contexts. This collection provides a valuable resource to entrepreneurship educators that want to provide their students with tangible and well-researched accounts from the real-world trenches of digital entrepreneurship.’ -- Mohammad Keyhani, University of Calgary, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to Cases on Digital Entrepreneurship: digital entrepreneurship as digital transformation xvii Luca Iandoli and Carmine Gibaldi 1 What do my customers really want? Pivoting digital technology and business models in emergency response management 1 Cesar Bandera and Katia Passerini 2 The dark side of a student online startup 11 Michael Dominik 3 E-Bro APS: opportunities and challenges for digital social entrepreneurs 24 Ada Scupola 4 The role of digital technologies in the development of the Shape Stretch body stretching bar: a case study in product innovation and management resources 35 John DiMarco 5 Agroads case: technological solutions for the agricultural sector 45 Rubén A. Ascúa, Andrea Minetti and José A. Borello 6 Leveraging collaboration between academic research and SMEs to support digital transformation in the agri-food Italian industry: the case of Santomiele 58 Roberto Parente, Rosangela Feola and Ricky Celenta 7 Bringing the traditional farm into the digital era: entrepreneurship with digitalization and diversification 75 Anna Sörensson and Maria Bogren 8 Escaping the “tortoise shell paradox”: digitalization and servitization in the green building construction industry – the case of Marlegno 90 Davide Gamba, Tommaso Minola and Matteo Kalchschmidt 9 The case of Dodo Pizza: how a Russian pizza making startup transformed itself into a thriving digital company 102 Dmitry Katalevsky 10 Digital entrepreneurship for influencer marketing: the case of Buzzoole 116 Gianluca Elia, Alessandro Margherita, Pasquale Del Vecchio, Giustina Secundo and Marco Valerio Izzo 11 Between agility and growth: (re-)designing the IT landscape of a digital gazelle in the online marketing industry 130 Nils J. Tschoppe, Jan K. Tänzler and Paul Drews 12 Lenali, the first audio social media: the Malian app empowering small-business owners 145 Katia Richomme-Huet and Odile De Saint Julien Chapter 1: teaching notes 160 Cesar Bandera and Katia Passerini Chapter 2: teaching notes 165 Michael Dominik Chapter 3: teaching notes 173 Ada Scupola Chapter 4: teaching notes 180 John DiMarco Chapter 5: teaching notes 184 Rubén A. Ascúa, Andrea Minetti and José A. Borello Chapter 6: teaching notes 190 Roberto Parente, Rosangela Feola and Ricky Celenta Chapter 7: teaching notes 201 Anna Sörensson and Maria Bogren Chapter 8: teaching notes 205 Anna Sörensson and Maria Bogren Chapter 9: teaching notes 214 Dmitry Katalevsky Chapter 10: teaching notes 225 Gianluca Elia, Alessandro Margherita, Pasquale Del Vecchio, Giustina Secundo and Marco Valerio Izzo Chapter 11: teaching notes 230 Nils J. Tschoppe, Jan K. Tänzler and Paul Drews Chapter 12: teaching notes 238 Katia Richomme-Huet and Odile De Saint Julien index
£21.95
O'Reilly Media Blockchain Tethered AI
Book SynopsisWith this practical book, system architects, software engineers, and systems solution specialists will learn how enterprise blockchain provides permanent provenance of AI, removes the mystery, and allows you to validate AI before it's ever used.
£47.99
John Wiley & Sons Inc Publishing EBooks For Dummies
Book SynopsisPublish, market, and sell your own e-book Although creating an e-book seems fairly straightforward, it is not. You need to select and create a variety of formats that will be read on a variety of e-reader devices--and market and sell your book in a variety of ways. Before you take the plunge, get this practical guide. With clear instruction and sensible advice, it will help you navigate the often confusing, time-consuming, and costly world of self-publishing an e-book. The book gives you solid marketing tips for selling your e-book, including using blogging and social media and how to build an online platform. It also discusses key technologies you''ll encounter, including Smashwords, iBooks Author, Amazon, Microsoft Word, Open Office, Calibre, WordPress, E-junkie, and others. Helps readers navigate the confusing, time-consuming, and often costly world of self-publishing an e-book Provides both technical how-tos as well solid marketing advice on how to sell yoTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part I: Getting to Know E-Books 7 Chapter 1: Introducing E-Book Basics 9 Chapter 2: Joining the E-Book Revolution 17 Chapter 3: The Minimum You Must Do to Write an E-Book 29 Part II: Creating Your E-Book 41 Chapter 4: Formatting Your E-Book Manuscript in Word 43 Chapter 5: Designing a Professional E-Book Cover (Without Spending a Fortune) 63 Chapter 6: Creating an Instant E-Book Using a PDF File 81 Chapter 7: Creating an Interactive E-Book with iBooks Author 89 Chapter 8: Creating MOBI or EPUB Files with Calibre 97 Part III: Creating Your Website 109 Chapter 9: Using WordPress to Set Up a Website or Blog 111 Chapter 10: Crafting an Effective Sales Page for Your E-Book 129 Part IV: Selling Your E-Book 145 Chapter 11: Pricing Your E-Book Effectively 147 Chapter 12: Using E-junkie to Sell and Deliver Your E-Book 161 Chapter 13: Listing Your E-Book on Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing 173 Chapter 14: Using Smashwords to Distribute Your E-Book to Other Retailers 191 Part V: Marketing Your E-Book 205 Chapter 15: Marketing Your E-Book via Amazon and Other Online Stores 207 Chapter 16: Promoting Your E-Book on Facebook and Twitter 217 Chapter 17: Promoting Your E-Book on Goodreads 231 Chapter 18: Using Blogs and E-Mail Lists to Promote Your E-Book 241 Part VI: The Part of Tens 255 Chapter 19: Ten Common E-Book Problems — and How to Fix Them 257 Chapter 20: Ten Tips for Editing and Proofreading Your E-Book 267 Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Enhance Your E-Book Sales — or Your Career 275
£16.19
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Data Skills for Media Professionals
Book SynopsisTeaches the basic, yet all-important, data skills required by today's media professionals The authors of Data Skills for Media Professionals have assembled a book that teaches key aspects of data analysis, interactive data visualization and online map-making through an introduction to Google Drive, Google Sheets, and Google My Maps, all free, highly intuitive, platform-agnostic tools available to any reader with a computer and a web connection. Delegating the math and design work to these apps leaves readers free to do the kinds of thinking that media professionals do most often: considering what questions to ask, how to ask them, and how to evaluate and communicate the answers. Although focused on Google apps, the book draws upon complementary aspects of the free QGIS geographic information system, the free XLMiner Analysis ToolPak Add-on for Google Sheets, and the ubiquitous Microsoft Excel spreadsheet application. Worked examples rely on frequently updTable of ContentsPreface ix 1 Basic Data Analysis 1 Some Example Data 1 An Introductory Tool: Google Sheets 3 Getting the Data into a Google Sheet 4 Getting a Fixed Copy of the Data 9 Formatting the Data 11 Cleaning the Data 12 Planning your Analysis 13 Filtering 14 Calculating 17 Labeling and Tidying Up 21 Sorting 22 Where’s the “Save” Button? 24 Writing About the Analysis Results 24 Recap 26 References 26 2 Data Visualization 27 Preparing Your Data 28 Making a Column Chart 29 Publishing the Chart to the Web 33 Choosing the Right Type of Chart 35 Recap 41 References 41 3 Making Online Maps 43 Downloading a Shapefile 44 Importing the Shapefile into QGIS 45 Examining the Shapefile and Joining it with the Unemployment Data 47 Customizing and Publishing the Map File with Google My Maps 54 Mapping Specific Points with Latitude and Longitude Coordinates 64 Mapping Specific Points with Addresses 73 Making a Map When You Have no Geolocation Data to Import 77 Recap 83 References 84 4 Microsoft Excel and PivotTables 85 Introducing PivotTables 85 Getting Started: Aggregating Contributions by City 89 Using the PivotTable Tool’s “Filters” Box 92 Using the PivotTable Tool’s “Columns” Box 94 Investigating Relatedness 96 Spotting the Absence of a Relationship 105 Downloading Campaign Finance Data from the Federal Election Commission 107 Excel vs. Google Sheets 111 Recap 112 References 113 5 Matching Records with Excel’s VLOOKUP 115 Overview 118 Aggregating each Candidate’s Donations by Source 119 Using VLOOKUP 122 Using Filters to Create a Classification Column 127 VLOOKUP Pitfalls 129 Recap 131 References 131 6 Google Sheets and Inferential Statistics 133 Sampling and Assumptions of Inferential Statistics 134 Getting the Data and Installing the XLMiner Google Sheets Add‐on 136 Computing and Understanding Basic Inferential Statistics 138 Descriptive Statistics and Confidence Intervals 140 The One‐sample T‐test 143 The One‐sample Chi‐square Test 148 Knowing which Test to Use 152 Computing and Understanding Basic Bivariate Statistics 154 Two‐sample T‐tests 154 Chi‐square Analysis of a PivotTable 158 Correlation Between Two Continuous Variables: Regression 164 Recap 169 References 170 7 Other Functions, Tools and Techniques 171 DATE, NOW, and DATEDIF 171 AVERAGE, STDEV, MEDIAN, MIN, MAX 173 RAND 175 LEFT, MID, and RIGHT 175 The “Text to Columns” Wizard 177 CONCATENATE 179 IF and IFS 180 IFERROR 182 COMBIN and PERMUT 183 Google Forms 184 Comparing Numbers Over Time 187 Adjusting for Inflation 187 Adjusting for Population Changes 188 Recap 190 References 190 Index 191
£27.50
John Wiley & Sons Inc Digital Transformation Payday
Book SynopsisThe Data-Driven Guide for your Digital Transformation Payday In Digital Transformation Payday: Navigate the Hype, Lower the Risks, Increase Return on Investments, Tim Bottke, Senior Strategy Partner at Deloitte and Associate Professor for Strategy and Digital Transformation at SDA Bocconi, a Financial Times/Forbes/Bloomberg Businessweek Top-Five European business school, delivers a provocative, new perspective on digital business transformationusing research to get beyond the hype and uncover its real financial payback. Have you ever asked yourself: Should I really embark on a digital transformation journey that is likely full of pain, failure, and high cash-outs? One that puts a lot of pressure on our stock price and my nerves? Who will thank me for that? Will there ever be a measurable return on invest for all these technologies that supports positive market value impact? If so, this book is for you. You'll find unique insights and guidance for managers, executives, board members, and investors as you navigate an immense array of strategic and operational choices, opportunities, and pitfalls. You'll also learn to demystify digital strategy and technology buzzwords, better define the initial focal point and process of your firm's digital transformation, and establish new ways of thinking in terms of value impactsand how to measure themright from the start. The book also includes: A proven framework for defining your next digital transformation effort end to end, and configuring your initiatives for maximum return on investmentEmpirical data to help you understand your company's odds of navigating your chosen digital transformation initiatives with financial payback An indispensable resource for business leaders,Digital Transformation Payday will also earn a place in the libraries of entrepreneurs, founders, leaders of established companies, and digital enthusiasts.Table of ContentsPractitioner Foreword xiii Academic Foreword xv Preface xvii Acknowledgments xxiii Part I Will Your Digital Transformation (Ever) Pay You Back? 1 1 The Bad and Good Reasons for Your Digital Transformation 3 2 Why Digital Transformation Advice Can Get You Off the Payback Track 9 3 Digital Transformation Payday: A New Framework for Accelerated Payback 19 Part II Five Key Elements Drive Digital Transformation Payback 31 4 Supply-Side Catalysts: Digital Technologies Alone Do Not Do the Trick 33 5 Demand-Side and Overarching Catalysts: Customers and Workforces Have Changed; From You They Expect Nothing Less 61 6 Reactants/Scope: Make Sure Your Investments End Up Transforming Your Core 69 7 Reaction Mechanisms/Process: Agile Done Wrong Can Be a Very Effective Tool of Value Destruction 77 8 Outcomes: Digital Transformation KPIs Are Worth the Pain and Resistance 85 9 Design/Strategy: The Vacuum in the Majority of Digital Transformations 93 10 End-to-End: Our Framework in Action 99 11 “Smaller” Firm Excursus: David versus Goliath? 107 Part III Three Predictors in Your Business That Influence Your Digital Transformation Payday 111 12 Some Groundwork for Prediction: Does Digital Transformation Cause Paydays? Well, It Depends 113 13 Predictor Markets: Different Industries Require Different Labors for Payback 127 14 Predictor Financials: Your P&L and Balance Sheet Context Indicate Your Ability to Achieve Your Payday 133 15 Predictor Communications: It Is About What You Sing and How You Sing to Influence Your Payday 143 Conclusion: How to Keep Your Digital Transformation Paydays Coming 149 Part IV The Science Behind the Book 153 Appendix A: A Lazy Reader’s Guide to Key Digital Transformation Definitions From Practice and Science 155 Appendix B: How to Measure Digital Transformation Efforts In Annual Reports with Dictionary-based Automated Textual Analysis 163 Appendix C: How to Compile a Unique Financial Database of More Than 20,000 Annual Reports 167 Appendix D: How to Start Understanding What the Annual Reports Say About Digital with the Help of Natural Language Processing (nlp) 173 Appendix E: How to Link Digital Transformation and Value with the Residual Income Valuation Model 177 Appendix F: Supplementary Analytics for the Fearless 185 References 197 About the Author 207 Index 209
£21.24
John Wiley & Sons Inc The Tiger and the Rabbit Harnessing the Power of
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword xi Preface xv Introduction xvii Part I The Fable 1 Chapter 1 Getting Started 3 Chapter 2 The Team 15 Chapter 3 Learn and Be Curious— The Tech 29 Chapter 4 The Use Cases— Business Outcomes 71 Chapter 5 The Rabbit Team Plays 121 Chapter 6 Bold Vision and Planning Tools 145 Part II The Application 157 Chapter 7 The Five EmPOWERments Model 159 Appendix A Glossary 207 Appendix B Additional Thoughts on DAOs 213 About the Author 217 Afterword 219 Index 223
£14.39
New York University Press Geek Girls
Book SynopsisChoice Outstanding Academic Title for 2023An inside account of gender and racial discrimination in the high-tech industryWhy is being a computer geek still perceived to be a masculine occupation? Why do men continue to greatly outnumber women in the high-technology industry? Since 2014, a growing number of employment discrimination lawsuits has called attention to a persistent pattern of gender discrimination in the tech world. Much has been written about the industry's failure to adequately address gender and racial inequalities, yet rarely have we gotten an intimate look inside these companies. In Geek Girls, France Winddance Twine provides the first book by a sociologist that lifts the Silicon veil to provide firsthand accounts of inequality and opportunity in the tech ecosystem. This work draws on close to a hundred interviews with male and female technology workers of diverse racial, ethnic, and educational backgrounds who are curreTrade Review"France Winddance Twine casts a harsh light on the supposed meritocracy of the tech industry, where Black and Latina 'geek girls' confront painful barriers while their white and Asian coworkers leap over them, thanks to elite connections. It’s not what you know but whom you know and who you are that largely determines success in Silicon Valley—a massive injustice that stifles innovation and calls for new forms of recognition and solidarity." -- Sharon Zukin, author of The Innovation Complex: Cities, Tech, and the New Economy"The first step in dismantling unjust systems is knowing exactly how they operate. In Geek Girls, France Winddance Twine peels back the screen to illuminate the mechanisms that produce and sustain inequality in Silicon Valley. Through innovative research, this book offers conceptual tools that illuminate the way racism, sexism, classism, and casteism stifle opportunity behind the veil of meritocracy. This book should be read by everyone who is committed to broadening opportunity in our deeply stratified world." -- Ruha Benjamin, author of Race After Technology: Abolitionist Strategies for the New Jim Code"Geek Girls explores intersectionality in women's experiences in technology careers, thinking beyond the careers of white, middle class, Indian, or heterosexual women. Twine highlights the real divide between the experiences of white and Asian women in the industry compared to Black women, including the racial advantages they receive through their relationships with white friends and partners. Geek Girls complicates our understanding of race, gender, and sexuality in Silicon Valley" * Maryann Erigha, author of The Hollywood Jim Crow: The Racial Politics of the Movie Industry *"With Professor Twine's sharp eye for detail and compelling testimonials from industry insiders,Geek Girls fully captures what it is like to work as a technically skilled woman in Silicon Valley…is an exceptionally well presented expose of workplace discrimination in the computer and technology industry." * Midwest Book Review *"Geek Girls is a critical, significant sociological work on structural inequality in technology occupations…this book is a must-read for anyone interested in systemic inequality in work and occupations." * Choice *"Twine’s book is an important contribution to this canon of work, but it is also original in that it is a thoroughly sociological study … The book’s rigorous scholarship is presented in a highly accessible style, such that we become drawn into the lives and experiences of many of the ‘Geek Girls’ featured as they attempt to negotiate the ‘dominant White world’ in which they work." * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"Geek Girls should be on everyone’s book list because the injustices described are not going anywhere unless individuals understand where they come from and how they work. Twine tells the story of the nontraditional geek in a comprehensive and thoughtful way that we all would benefit from reading." * Sociology of Race and Ethnicity *
£33.25
New York University Press The Future of Tech Is Female
Book SynopsisAn accessible and timely guide to increasing female presence and leadership in tech companies Tech giants like Apple and Google are among the fastest growing companies in the world, leading innovations in design and development. The industry continues to see rapid growth, employing millions of people: in the US it is at the epicenter of the American economy. So why is it that only 5% of senior executives in the tech industry are female? Underrepresentation of women on boards of directors, in the C-suite, and as senior managers remains pervasive in this industry. As tech companies are plagued with high-profile claims of harassment and discrimination, and salary discrepancies for comparable work, one asks what prevents women from reaching management roles, and, more importantly, what can be done to fix it? The Future of Tech is Female considers the paradoxes involved in women's ascent to leadership roles, suggesting industry-wide solutions to combat gender inequality. Drawing upon 15 yeaTrade Review"Branson’s expertise as a teacher as well as a legal scholar makes this thorough analysis accessible and meaningful to professionals at all levels—he combines meticulous research and thorough documentation in a very readable, thought-provoking narrative." -- CHOICE"Of any major industry, technology has the worst record of promoting and retaining female executives… Branson’s book wanders through this paradox and attempts to provide solutions for tech companies." -- Harvard Law Review"Doug Branson has written another terrific book! He has the enviable talent of being an outstanding scholar combined with the journalistic flair of being able to write a great story. The story in question is the lack of women in leadership in the technology industry, but all the analysis equally applies to other sectors. The focus is not on what women need to do differently, but rather on what companies need to do to nurture women in the executive pipeline and ultimately to CEO position. This is a fresh perspective in which Branson draws on theories of leadership, corporate governance and feminism and weaves through his writing many engaging accounts of the women who inhabit the technology industry. It deserves to be read widely by both academics and practitioners." -- Susan Vinnicombe,Professor of Women and Leadership, Cranfield School of Management"This is a crucial book on a crucial subject. Douglas Branson brings a wealth of expertise and research to a field sorely in need of both. The barriers to women in the tech industry are persistent and pervasive, and Branson does masterful work in identifying the greatest challenges and most promising responses. It is neither just nor cost effective for tech companies to fail to take advantage of a talent pool that is increasingly female." -- Deborah Rhode,E.W. McFarland Professor of Law, Stanford University"Professor Doug Branson has been pioneer in research on gender diversity in corporations. In his new book, he turns his attention to the IT industry an industry notable for its many achievements but also for its lack of gender diversity. Professor Branson examines the history of women in IT, evaluates the solutions that have been advanced previously to promote gender diversity in the IT industry (including mandatory quota laws, mentoring, and a greater emphasis on STEM education) and identifies the solutions that he believes have the best prospects of succeeding. Some think the solution lies with women doing more to advance their cause. Professor Branson puts the case that it is the industry that needs to increase opportunities for women. This important book is a call to action by the IT industry." -- Ian Ramsay,Harold Ford Professor of Commercial Law, Melbourne Law School"Branson brilliantly tackles the pervasive and age-old problem of gender inequality in the previously unexplored sector of tech. He does more than just identify whats wrong. He also offers a comprehensive critique of old and new solutions and strategies, identifying those likely to positively impact the trajectory of this sector to make it one in which women thrive." -- Hannah Brenner,California Western School of Law
£23.74
New York University Press The Future of Tech Is Female
Book SynopsisAn accessible and timely guide to increasing female presence and leadership in tech companies Tech giants like Apple and Google are among the fastest growing companies in the world, leading innovations in design and development. The industry continues to see rapid growth, employing millions of people: in the US it is at the epicenter of the American economy. So why is it that only 5% of senior executives in the tech industry are female? Underrepresentation of women on boards of directors, in the C-suite, and as senior managers remains pervasive in this industry. As tech companies are plagued with high-profile claims of harassment and discrimination, and salary discrepancies for comparable work, one asks what prevents women from reaching management roles, and, more importantly, what can be done to fix it? The Future of Tech is Female considers the paradoxes involved in women's ascent to leadership roles, suggesting industry-wide solutions to combat gender inequality. Drawing upon 15 yeaTrade Review"Branson’s expertise as a teacher as well as a legal scholar makes this thorough analysis accessible and meaningful to professionals at all levels—he combines meticulous research and thorough documentation in a very readable, thought-provoking narrative." -- CHOICE"Of any major industry, technology has the worst record of promoting and retaining female executives… Branson’s book wanders through this paradox and attempts to provide solutions for tech companies." -- Harvard Law Review"Doug Branson has written another terrific book! He has the enviable talent of being an outstanding scholar combined with the journalistic flair of being able to write a great story. The story in question is the lack of women in leadership in the technology industry, but all the analysis equally applies to other sectors. The focus is not on what women need to do differently, but rather on what companies need to do to nurture women in the executive pipeline and ultimately to CEO position. This is a fresh perspective in which Branson draws on theories of leadership, corporate governance and feminism and weaves through his writing many engaging accounts of the women who inhabit the technology industry. It deserves to be read widely by both academics and practitioners." -- Susan Vinnicombe,Professor of Women and Leadership, Cranfield School of Management"This is a crucial book on a crucial subject. Douglas Branson brings a wealth of expertise and research to a field sorely in need of both. The barriers to women in the tech industry are persistent and pervasive, and Branson does masterful work in identifying the greatest challenges and most promising responses. It is neither just nor cost effective for tech companies to fail to take advantage of a talent pool that is increasingly female." -- Deborah Rhode,E.W. McFarland Professor of Law, Stanford University"Professor Doug Branson has been pioneer in research on gender diversity in corporations. In his new book, he turns his attention to the IT industry an industry notable for its many achievements but also for its lack of gender diversity. Professor Branson examines the history of women in IT, evaluates the solutions that have been advanced previously to promote gender diversity in the IT industry (including mandatory quota laws, mentoring, and a greater emphasis on STEM education) and identifies the solutions that he believes have the best prospects of succeeding. Some think the solution lies with women doing more to advance their cause. Professor Branson puts the case that it is the industry that needs to increase opportunities for women. This important book is a call to action by the IT industry." -- Ian Ramsay,Harold Ford Professor of Commercial Law, Melbourne Law School"Branson brilliantly tackles the pervasive and age-old problem of gender inequality in the previously unexplored sector of tech. He does more than just identify whats wrong. He also offers a comprehensive critique of old and new solutions and strategies, identifying those likely to positively impact the trajectory of this sector to make it one in which women thrive." -- Hannah Brenner,California Western School of Law
£66.60
APress Becoming a Software Company
Book SynopsisThere is a call to action reverberating in company boardrooms, earnings calls, technology conferences, and IT departments: every company should be a software company. The call makes intuitive sense. Software, when done right, creates infinite business leverage. It is not a coincidence that 7 out of 10 largest companies in the world are software companies. But how does a company become a software company? This book will? help enterprises transform into a software company.The software-driven future that Marc Andreessen predicted in his now-famous 2011 essay is here but unevenly distributed. While enterprises, and teams within, grasp the software technologies, they lack the context to leverage them - much less understand the fundamental principles that drive the business value from software: What is the real essence of the software-based transformation? If every enterprise is implementing the same technologies, what is the sourceTable of ContentsIntroduction The book is a series of essays exploring 1 or 2 fundamental principles of good software. The first set of essays will cover understanding software technology as a means of producing value. The second set of essays will describe the state-of-the-art process of building software. The third and final set of essays will focus on how people are critical to building great software. Part I: Means Software is a soft technology with leverage similar to money and written language . But enterprises are still figuring out how to harness the potential of this new soft technology. Understanding and mastering software as a means of production is critical to succeeding in the age of software. Chapter 1: Transformation Digital Transformation doesn't come from large and expensive programs to implement newer and better technologies. Instead, the transformation comes from continuously improving at the art of envisioning, building, and shipping software. Chapter 2: Essence The prevailing hypothesis is that enterprises' inability to build good software is due to a lack of capital. It couldn't be further from the truth. The reason enterprises struggle is because they mismanage the complexity of the software development process. Chapter 3: Value "Meeting Stakeholder Requirements", a typical approach for enterprise software programs, is a value-destroying mistake. Good software evolves from adaptive designs which resolve ever-changing user problems. Because users don't want more features, users want their "jobs to be done" . Part II: Process Enterprise software industry is obsessed with implementing best practice processes to build good software. But these processes become an end unto themselves. Understanding the core principles behind these processes can help enterprises to right-size these processes to what they need. Chapter 4: Iteration The currency for creating new value is "working software". But it is easier said than done in an enterprise environment. Building and delivering on progressively shorter planning horizons can get them on a path of iterative learning with “working software”. Chapter 5: Flow A lot of effort in enterprise software goes into managing plans - in estimating effort and deadlines and keeping projects on track. But when value comes from differentiation, the teams must focus on managing the demonstrable flow of value to the users. Chapter 6: Supply Chain Enterprise processes to procure software are extremely slow. By the time the process completes and technology sees action, it is already obsolete. Instead of one-off procurements, a different approach is a consistent supply chain to rent, buy or reuse undifferentiated software components. Chapter 7: Agility Enterprises misunderstand Agility. It isn't about building software fast. Instead, it is about leveraging software's fundamental agility and building solutions that can help an enterprise respond to the accelerating pace of change. Part III: People Following best practices on technologies and processes can result in good software. But the transition from good to great happens when teams are assigned problems and are empowered to create the best solutions within an organizational culture that rewards creativity. Chapter 8: Team Teams build good software, not a collection of resources. Teams develop through long-term shared motivation; from experiencing failures and successes together. When raw material is ideas, like with software, the quality of the team determines the quality of the output. Chapter 9: Culture Culture eats strategy. Therefore, teams need a medium of good culture to thrive. Because innovation always happens within a creative culture, never within a compliance culture. Rigid processes create compliance but dampen creativity. Chapter 10: Management Creative culture requires Creative management. You have to equip and empower teams to solve user and customer problems. And an enterprise must model every important solution attribute within the organization structure first. Epilogue
£26.99
O'Reilly Media Hello Startup
Book SynopsisThis book is the Hello, World tutorial for building products, technologies, and teams in a startup environment. It's based on the experiences of the author, Yevgeniy (Jim) Brikman, as well as interviews with programmers from some of the most successful startups of the last decade.
£25.59
Cornell University Press Reprogramming Japan
Book SynopsisHow have state policies influenced the development of Japan''s telecommunications, computer hardware, computer software, and semiconductor industries and their stagnation since the 1990s? Marie Anchordoguy''s book examines how the performance of these industries and the economy as a whole are affected by the socially embedded nature of Japan''s capitalist system, which she calls communitarian capitalism.Reprogramming Japan shows how the institutions and policies that emerged during and after World War II to maintain communitarian norms, such as the lifetime employment system, seniority-based wages, enterprise unions, a centralized credit-based financial system, industrial groups, the main bank corporate governance system, and industrial policies, helped promote high tech industries. When conditions shifted in the 1980s and 1990s, these institutions and policies did not suit the new environment, in which technological change was rapid and unpredictable and foreign produTrade ReviewReprogramming Japan is rich in both detail and insight in analyzing the institutional context within which Japanese high-technology firms operate.... Anchordoguy paints a vivid image of Japan's capitalism and analyzes why Japanese firms have responded so sluggishly to fast-paced technological change.... The general reader will find great satisfaction in Anchordoguy's highly thought-provoking overview of what has gone wring in Japan's variant of capitalism. The specialist will find a wealth of detail, including extensive quotes from key actors in the four sectors semiconductors, computer hardware, software, and telecommunications. * Asian Business and Management *Reprogramming Japan is an engrossing study of why Japan has performed poorly in almost all the information technology industries. In explaining Japan's adherence to communitarian capitalism, Anchordoguy disagrees with analysts who blame a political system that favors entrenched interests. Instead, she argues that the root problem is strong social norms that dictate against market disruption. Her best evidence is a rich body of material from her own interviews with an impressive array of Japanese business and government officials. The real jewels of the book are the quotes from these interviews that reveal Japan’s continued moral ambivalence about competitive markets. * Pacific Affairs *
£26.59
Cornell University Press A Vulnerable System
Book SynopsisAs threats to the security of information pervade the fabric of everyday life, A Vulnerable System describes how, even as the demand for information security increases, the needs of society are not being met. The result is that the confidentiality of our personal data, the integrity of our elections, and the stability of foreign relations between countries are increasingly at risk.Andrew J. Stewart convincingly shows that emergency software patches and new security products cannot provide the solution to threats such as computer hacking, viruses, software vulnerabilities, and electronic spying. Profound underlying structural problems must first be understood, confronted, and then addressed.A Vulnerable System delivers a long view of the history of information security, beginning with the creation of the first digital computers during the Cold War. From the key institutions of the so-called military industrial complex in the 1950s to STrade ReviewStewart has written an easy-to-read history of computer security. He continues his marvelous story telling, covering human weaknesses, perhaps the most reliable way of gaining access to networks, then to massive data breaches. Altogether, I consider this book very much worth reading. * Login *The author writes in an easily accessible style, allowing the reader to gain a good overview of computer security at various stages of development, from the mid-20th-century events to the late 2010s, and to delve deeper by following the notes at the back of the book (there are over 70 pages of them!). Most topics are covered this way and this lends a curious reader to complement their scientific knowledge with amusing or eye-opening anecdotes. * Cipher Newsletter *A Vulnerable System provides an accessible and engaging overview of many major developments in the history of computer security. It should be useful for teaching courses on the history of computer security, as well as for providing historical perspective to information security practitioners and general readers. * Technology and Culture *Andrew J. Stewart's A Vulnerable System: The History of Information Security in the Computer Age is a comprehensive review of the evolution of information security within the overall context of the remarkable level of information technological advancement in the twentieth century. Using carefully researched sources combined with an insightful analysis, Stewart takes readers on a journey through the history of safeguarding digital systems. * California History *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Three Stigmata 1. A "New Dimension" for the Security of Information 2. The Promise, Success, and Failure of the Early Researchers 3. The Creation of the Internet and the Web, and a Dark Portent 4. The Dot-Com Boom and the Genesis of a Lucrative Feedback Loop 5. Software Security and the "Hamster Wheel of Pain" 6. Usable Security, Economics, and Psychology 7. Vulnerability Disclosure, Bounties, and Markets 8. Data Breaches, Nation-State Hacking, and Epistemic Closure 9. The Wicked Nature of Information Security Epilogue: The Past, Present, and a Possible Future
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Stanford University Press Leading Matters: Lessons from My Journey
Book SynopsisIn Leading Matters, current Chairman of Alphabet (Google's parent company), former President of Stanford University, and "Godfather of Silicon Valley," John L. Hennessy shares the core elements of leadership that helped him become a successful tech entrepreneur, esteemed academic, and venerated administrator. Hennessy's approach to leadership is laser-focused on the journey rather than the destination. Each chapter in Leading Matters looks at valuable elements that have shaped Hennessy's career in practice and philosophy. He discusses the pivotal role that humility, authenticity and trust, service, empathy, courage, collaboration, innovation, intellectual curiosity, storytelling, and legacy have all played in his prolific, interdisciplinary career. Hennessy takes these elements and applies them to instructive stories, such as his encounters with other Silicon Valley leaders including Jim Clark, founder of Netscape; Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State and Stanford provost; John Arrillaga, one of the most successful Silicon Valley commercial real estate developers; and Phil Knight, founder of Nike and philanthropist with whom Hennessy cofounded Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University. Across government, education, commerce, and non-profits, the need for effective leadership could not be more pressing. This book is essential reading for those tasked with leading any complex enterprise in the academic, not-for-profit, or for-profit sector.Trade Review"John Hennessy is Silicon Valley's gold standard. In both business and academia, he is the true measure of enlightened leadership and rock-solid integrity, paving the way for and acting as inspiration to the new generation of entrepreneurs. It is a cause for celebration that he has finally put his wisdom and experiences into print."—John Chambers, former CEO of Cisco"Leading Matters is a gorgeous, inspirational, and essential handbook for the leaders we all hope to be. John Hennessy shares more than 90 life lessons in leadership -- lessons learned as an entrepreneur, professor, and president of one of the world's great universities. Ranging from artificial intelligence to the arts to the value of empathy, John's stories are a rare gift for the courageous, humble servant leader inside each of us. Now, more than ever, we need this book."—John Doerr, author of Measure What Matters"In this book, John Hennessy shares deep insights gained from a phenomenal career as an engineer, an entrepreneur, and the president of a world-class university. It's an indispensable guide for leaders at every level."—Bill Gates, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation"For me, John Hennessy is one of the great university presidents. Leading Matters is a must read. As an alumnus, I take great pride that my alma mater had such a leader at its helm. With this great book, he leads us still."—Vartan Gregorian, President, Carnegie Corporation of New York"This book is just like its author: humble, empathetic, courageous and very smart. It tells leaders a hard truth: successful leadership isn't just about confidence or expertise. It also requires the harder-won qualities of humility and empathy. John came by these lessons honestly and is now generously sharing them with a new generation of leaders."—Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google"John Hennessy was a transformational president for Stanford University. In this insightful book, he provides a "how to" guide that will benefit leaders from all walks of life. And it's a good read too -- with wonderful examples of how to marry vision and execution in the face of both challenges and opportunities on the road to change."—Condoleezza Rice, Professor and Former Provost of Stanford University"In Leading Matters, John Hennessy challenges each of us to consider how we can develop our own leadership style. His powerful insights—informed by his long and distinguished tenure as president of Stanford University—are about grounding leadership in empathy, courage, and service. This book is a guide for leading in good and tough times alike—and for helping raise the next generation of leaders."—Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and Founder of LeanIn.Org and OptionB.Org
£21.59
Bristol University Press The Political Economy of Digital Monopolies:
Book SynopsisProvides a new theoretical approach to explore an important issue in platform capitalism.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Context of Digital Monopolies 2. Production, Circulation, and the Science of Forms: Theoretical Foundations 3. Marxian Perspectives on Monopolies 4. Platforms, Advertising, and Users 5. Financialization and Regulation 6. Controlling, Processing, and Commercializing Data 7. Conclusion: Contradictions and Alternatives to Data Commodification
£76.00
Boydell & Brewer Ltd Collecting in the Twenty-First Century: From
Book SynopsisAn interdisciplinary volume of essays identifying the impact of technology on the age-old cultural practice of collecting as well as the opportunities and pitfalls of collecting in the digital era. Seminal to the rise of human cultures, the practice of collecting is an expression of individual and societal self-understanding. Through collections, cultures learn and grow. The introduction of digital technology has accelerated this process and at the same time changed how, what, and why we collect. Ever-expanding storage capacities and the accumulation of unprecedented amounts of data are part of a highly complex information economy in which collecting has become even more important for the formation of the past, present, and future. Museums, libraries, and archives have adapted to the requirements of a digital environment, as has anyone who browses the internet and stores information on hard drives or cloud servers. In turn, companies follow the digital footprint we leave behind. Today, collecting includes not only physical objects but also the binary code that allows for their virtual representation on screen. Collecting in the Twenty-First Century identifies the impact of technology, both new and old, on the cultural practice of collecting as well as the challenges and opportunities of collecting in the digital era. Scholars from German Studies, Media Studies, Museum Studies, Sound Studies, Information Technology, and Art History as well as librarians and preservationists offer insights into the most recent developments in collecting practices.Trade Review[T]he theoretical underpinnings, issues raised, and points made throughout the volume are useful beyond their immediate applications. They pose questions of access, data collection, ethics, and economics that will interest scholars of the history of collections, museum studies, digital humanities, library and information sciences, and related fields of literary theory and criticism and media studies. -- J. Decker * CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Collecting in the Digital Age - Christoph Zeller 1: Collecting: Defining the Subject - Johannes Endres PART I. Spaces of Collecting 2: Collector as Curator: Collecting in the Post-Internet Age - Boris Groys 3: Should Libraries Still Be Charged with Collecting in a Digital Environment? - Michael Knoche 4: Museums and Collecting as/and Media in the Digital Age - Peter M. McIsaac PART II. Recollection 5: Quality Storage: Collecting as a Technique of Reading - Nikolaus Wegmann 6: Phenomenology of Memory in an Age of Big Data - Clifford B. Anderson 7: Collecting the Cultural Memory of Palmyra - Erin L. Thompson 8: Conservation in the Digital Age - Jessica Walthew PART III. Virtuality 9: Music and the Limits of Collectibility - Rolf J. Goebel 10: Cat Art and Climate Change: Collecting in the Data Anthropocene - Edward Dawson PART IV. Economics 11: Doomed to Collect: Dataveillance as Inner Logic of the Internet - Roberto Simanowski 12: Data Collection in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism - Douglas C. Schmidt Notes on the Contributors Index
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Business Expert Press Branding & AI: Leveraging Technology to Generate Brand Revenue
Book SynopsisOpen the doors to the world of branding and artificial intelligence, the future of building efficient revenue! Unlike anything else out there, the book is an authentic and lucid representation of what branding is and the role it plays with artificial intelligence in the success of businesses. The book would be singularly profound to entrepreneurs, marketing professionals, brand strategists, students, and anyone aspiring to take a hungry bite out of the knowledge repository built from first-hand experiences of creating a brand from scratch and running it successfully in the digital age. Highlights: Explains in-depth theories, tools, and models explaining the core ingredients of creating a successful brand; Discusses how branding on an organizational and personal level is directly proportional to profit and return on investment along with measuring tools; Includes case studies that dissect successful and unsuccessful marketing strategies of huge brands; Covers the role of AI in branding, with its potential in facilitating companies in achieving their goals through targeted marketing.
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Business Expert Press Multiply Your Business Value Through Brand & AI
Book SynopsisThis book presents the case for building brands effectively and optimally using AI, thereby enhancing the overall value of the organization.Brand building is believed to be a long-term activity and has lost prominence in this current age of venture capital valuations. In reality, brand building is a competitive advantage that organizations can leverage to multiply their value. Artificial intelligence (AI) on the other hand, is a recent phenomenon and enables organizations reduce errors, build efficiencies and increase profitability, thereby freeing their human capital to perform more intellectual tasks. This book presents the case for building brands effectively and optimally using AI, thereby enhancing the overall value of the organization.This book is ideal for entrepreneurs, investors, CEO's, brand and marketing heads of organizations as it provides them with pathways of using AI to build strong brands and thereby create value. It could also be used as a textbook in courses on Brand Management and as a supplemental text in Marketing Management courses. It is especially relevant in the current environment, where many enterprises are being created and funded by professionals who lack a marketing background.Trade ReviewA great guide for professionals and students on building brands through AI.
£21.80
Business Expert Press The MBA Distilled for Project & Program
Book SynopsisCertifications in project management are like birthdays: everybody has one. You need something more to distinguish yourself in this profession.This book is a practical guide for project and program managers who want to increase their skills by incorporating relevant theory, formulas, and tools from Master of Business Administration (MBA) curriculum. The book provides an overview of core classes taught in most MBA programs, but in a way that makes the material practical for project practitioners. Readers will learn new tools to improve critical decision making, formulas and techniques for making recommendations to leadership, and an assortment of theories and techniques for up leveling their project management skills. The book concludes with a fresh and honest look at whether the reader would benefit from pursuing and MBA themselves.
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Business Expert Press Business and Emerging Technologies
Book SynopsisThe pace of innovation in modern times is staggering, and with the time demands of many careers, it is easy to lose touch with current trends. If business professionals do not actively stay up to date with new developments, they can quickly become outmoded in the workplace or unattractive in the job market.Business and Emerging Technologies is an extensive but straight-to-the-point guide designed to get business students and professionals up to speed with an electrifying range of emergent technologies and concepts in the shortest possible time. Readers will benefit from fluid, well-researched reviews of technologies like artificial intelligence, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, quantum computing, augmented reality, 3D printing, and nanotechnology, and will acquire the factual contexts needed to make insightful decisions as these technologies slowly, but surely, pop up in their occupational nexuses.
£21.80
Business Expert Press RFID for the Supply Chain and Operations
Book SynopsisIndustry 4.0 systems use various sensor technologies many that include the integration of RFID.The intent of this book is to provide a sufficient discussion of RFID to enable readers with no prior knowledge to develop a basic understanding of the technology.RFID for the Supply Chain and Operations Professional discusses current applications and specific examples of RFID usage taken from a variety of industries. The appropriate coupling of RFID with other technologies such as global positioning systems (GPS), enterprise resource planning (ERP), IIoT technologies and robotics is discussed as well as an overview of the RFID implementation process.This book will help readers develop an understanding of the capability of the technology to increase an organization's customer responsiveness. In the third edition, the discussion and examples have been updated to reflect the rapid advancement in RFID technology. A new case study and new examples have been added along with updated discussions and projections about RFID technology.
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Business Expert Press Strategic Data Management for Successful Healthcare Outcomes
Book SynopsisStrategy is paramount for successful modern healthcare data management.The healthcare landscape continues to evolve in an effort to accommodate our ever-connected world. A digital healthcare system poses new challenges and exposes existing issues as professionals—like you—strive to solve concerns. This book recognizes the unique tasks of dedicated professionals while attempting to decrease confusion on this key topic.It's time to discuss why strategy is important for modern healthcare data management, how strategy can create new business or upscale a business in healthcare data management, and how these tactics assist your business in gaining a competitive advantage.Cut through the frustration generated by the staggering amount of healthcare data currently being created, collected, and distributed—this book will teach you how.This book will help you to understand: Critical types of data How to strategically manage data How to build better patient care Tips for improving performance New ways for your business to thrive And so much more…
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Business Expert Press Teaching Higher Education to Lead: Strategies for the Digital Age
Book SynopsisCompetition to provide education is tense, attributed to the ease to access and process information. Technological development has also landed a terrible blow to the employment situation, which forces higher education institutions to review what and how their students learn. Yet, the desire to retain and grow the number of students and gain commercially can sometimes cloud judgment of educational leaders. They need to know that poorly made decisions hurt the businesses and students.In this book, Sam Choon-Yin explores how technological development has the potential to transform higher education. However, the same technology also has the potential to disrupt the education sector. The author provides a critical outlook on the prevailing practices of the higher education institutions. By drawing our attention to the various challenges, the author shows how teaching and learning can be effectively carried out in the digital age to serve the needs of students and hiring companies, and ultimately the institutions of higher learning.Understanding the issues and challenges means better design of and delivery of the curriculum. At a deeper level, the book raises a complex question of "what makes an education institution different" as they aim to define themselves by fulfilling students' desire. Understanding these issues forms the basis of power for higher education institutions to remain competitive and relevant in the age of digitization.
£21.80
Business Expert Press Can. Trust. Will.: Hiring for the Human Element in the New Age of Cybersecurity
Book SynopsisBuilding a successful cybersecurity team is no longer optional.Cyberthreats evolve at a staggering pace, and effective cybersecurity operations depend on successful teams. Unfortunately, statistics continue to illustrate that employers are not finding the people they need.The Can. Trust. Will. system guides the C-Suite, HR professionals and talent acquisition to build unbeatable cybersecurity teams through advanced hiring processes and focused on-boarding programs. Additionally, this book details how successful cybersecurity ecosystems are best built and sustained, with expert analysis from high-level government officials, Fortune 500 CSOs and CISOs, risk managers, and even a few techies.Those already in the field (and newbies) will glean invaluable knowledge about how to find their most effective position within a cybersecurity ecosystem. In a tech-driven environment, cybersecurity is fundamentally a human problem: and the first step is to hire for the human element.
£21.80
Business Expert Press The Language of Value: Solutions for Business
Book SynopsisCryptocurrency EconomicsNew Critical Thinking about Monetary Change and the Development of Information CurrenciesAuthor and Economist Virginia B. Robertson shows how cryptocurrencies and Web3 are disrupting industries and transforming business practices globally, much like the advent of the Internet at the turn of the 21st century. Book is a primer for business owners and forward-thinking executives to learn details of this hard reality of fast-moving change. Readers will learn how to adapt their businesses to survive, and how to implement innovative new strategies that will enable their long-term success.Packed full of original ideas, tips, tactics, and inspiration for business owners this book provides a roadmap for business leaders to navigate the ongoing paradigm shift of decentralized finance and a revolution in new technologies whereby dollars will become a thing of the past.
£21.80
Business Expert Press Doing Digital: The Guide to Digital for
Book SynopsisUnderstanding Digital is the Most Critical Skill of the DecadeEvery business is a digital business and understanding digital is probably the most critical skill of the decade, as the pandemic has accelerated the journey to digital work and lifestyles.Digital includes design, data, and numerous technologies, from APIs to Blockchain and from Cloud to Artificial Intelligence, and it can be daunting for non-technology people to work through the concepts as well as all the jargon. We can't all be experts on these areas but for most of us, whatever our profession, doing digital is no longer optional.This book will give you both a conceptual framework to understand digital, as well as an execution model (Connect-Quantify-Optimize) to actually do digital, in a simple and engaging way.
£29.66
Business Expert Press Let's Meet Blockchain: Technology Changing for
Book SynopsisA quiet revolution is taking place within the computer ecosystem; one that will change the way we do business on the internet.It's called blockchain, and it promises to disrupt the way people interact with one another online, whether its messaging, banking, keeping up with medical records, land records, booking a vacation, socializing, or voting. Programs are also being developed to use blockchain to serve as one's identity "papers."Blockchain technology is based on the idea that all online transactions should be between two people without the need for public or private third-party oversight. Blockchain technology developers believe thoughts and ideas should be shared, not quashed. It's a world where web platforms are governed by their members, not a board of directors; privacy comes first, and one's personal information is kept private, not for third parties to take and sell as they, please.Blockchain technology offers everyone opportunities to take part. Anyone can participate in the fast-growing world using non-fungible tokens (NFTs), where works of art, music, literature, and poetry can be tokenized and sold or traded on a blockchain.These components comprise the next generation of the world wide web, which is referred to as Web 3.0. Billions of dollars are being spent to create infrastructure to create a viable framework to mainstream blockchain.This book offers a peek into this new world with examples of how this technology is being used today as well as the hurdles, including legal challenges, it must overcome to be viable.So, if you're ready, let's meet blockchain.
£32.36
Plunkett Research Plunketts Computers Hardware Software Industry
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Delve Publishing Information Security: Principles and Practices
Book SynopsisInformation is an asset to all individuals and businesses. The value of an organization lies within its information - its security is critical for business operations, as well as retaining credibility and earning the trust of clients. Information security refers to the processes and methodologies which are designed and implemented to protect print, electronic, or any other form of confidential, private and sensitive information or data from unauthorized access, use, misuse, disclosure, destruction, modification, or disruption. Information security responsibilities include establishing a set of business processes that will protect information assets regardless of how the information is formatted or whether it is in transit, is being processed or is at rest in storage. Information security has become very important in most organizations. The main reason for this is that access to information and the associated resources has become easier because of the developments in distributed processing, for example the Internet and electronic commerce. The result is that organizations need to ensure that their information is properly protected and that they maintain a high level of information security. In many cases, organizations demand some proof of adequate information security from business partners before electronic commerce can commence. Organizations employ a dedicated security group to implement and maintain the organization’s information security program. The security group is generally responsible for conducting risk management, a process through which vulnerabilities and threats to information assets are continuously assessed, and the appropriate protective controls are decided on and applied. When information is not adequately protected, it may be compromised and this is known as an information or security breach. The consequences of an information breach are severe. For businesses, a breach usually entails huge financial penalties, expensive law suits, loss of reputation and business. For individuals, a breach can lead to identity theft and damage to financial history or credit rating. Recovering from information breaches can take years and the costs are huge. Threats to sensitive and private information come in many different forms, such as malware and phishing attacks, identity theft and ransomware. To prevent attackers and mitigate vulnerabilities at various points, multiple security controls are implemented and coordinated as part of a layered defense in depth strategy. This should minimize the impact of an attack. To be prepared for a security breach, security groups should have an incident response plan (IRP) in place. This should allow them to contain and limit the damage, remove the cause and apply updated defense controls.
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Industrial Organisation of High-Technology
Book SynopsisWhat do Goggle, Facebook, mobile phones and creative commons have in common? The answer is: economics! Stefano Comino and Fabio Manenti have written a crisp and thorough treatment of the economics of information and communications technologies. This valuable book fills a real gap in the market.'- Professor Tommaso Valletti, Imperial College Business School'I enjoyed reading this book immensely. So will students, as they will be able to see lucidly the economics behind their inseparable electronic companions. Researchers keeping a copy at hand will have a rich reference source of the ways in which good economic theory has captured the behaviour of sophisticated firms and their customer.'- Gianni De Fraja, The University of Nottingham, UKThis text rigorously blends theory with real-world applications to study the industrial organization of the ICT sector. Each of the self-contained chapters, which can be studied in isolation, contains theoretical models that are presented in a clear and accessible way. Throughout, a series of useful boxes complements and elucidates the theories with additional empirical/anecdotal evidence. This text will be of great interest to advanced undergraduate students with a background in microeconomics and game theory, particularly those taking courses in industrial organization, innovation economics and the economics of networks.The authors address the most important issues and are able to explore and explain complex theories and concepts in a clear, logical and coherent manner.Some of the topics covered include:- the economics of innovation- digital markets- network externalities- two-sided networks- imitation, open source and file sharing- antitrust in high-tech sectors.Contents: 1. Industrial Organisation of High-Tech Markets 2. Digital Markets 3. Network Externalities 4. Two-Sided Networks 5. Access and Interconnection in Telecommunications 6. Cumulative Innovation in Dynamic Industries 7. Imitation, Open Source and File Sharing 8. Antitrust in High-Tech Sectors References IndexTrade Review‘What do Google, Facebook, mobile phones and creative commons have in common? The answer is: economics! Stefano Comino and Fabio Manenti have written a crisp and thorough treatment of the economics of information and communications technologies. This valuable book fills a real gap in the market.’ -- Tommaso Valletti, Imperial College Business School, UK‘I enjoyed reading this book immensely. So will students, as they will be able to see lucidly the economics behind their inseparable electronic companions. Researchers keeping a copy at hand will have a rich reference source of the ways in which good economic theory has captured the behaviour of sophisticated firms and their customer.’ -- Gianni De Fraja, The University of Nottingham, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Industrial Organisation of High-Tech Markets 2. Digital Markets 3. Network Externalities 4. Two-Sided Networks 5. Access and Interconnection in Telecommunications 6. Cumulative Innovation in Dynamic Industries 7. Imitation, Open Source and File Sharing 8. Antitrust in High-Tech Sectors References Index
£102.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd ICT for Transport: Opportunities and Threats
Book SynopsisThis wide-ranging volume offers a balanced look at the benefits as well as the caveats associated with various ICT applications in transport. Addressing transport demand and supply as well as policies affecting both, and combining specific case studies with general conceptualizations, the book makes an important contribution to our understanding - and best deployment - of this complex constellation of relationships between ICT and travel. It will be of great value to researchers and practitioners alike.'- Patricia Mokhtarian, Georgia Institute of Technology, US'Transport is the testbed for many innovations in ICT and this book captures the essence of this fast moving and topical debate. It covers the behavioural implications, the potential impacts on sustainable transport, and the broader public policy issues. The approach is authoritative, matching the technological optimism with more pragmatic realism, and the contributors are smart in stressing both the opportunities and the need to limit the risks, as sustainable transport depends on all systems both societal and technological working together in harmony.'- David Banister, University of Oxford, UK'Again a nice collection of papers from the highly productive NECTAR network! ICT increasingly influences the transport system. This timely book focuses on the relevance of ICT for sustainable transport. Most papers present empirical evidence of impacts of several ICTs based on surveys. The book also discusses the impact of ICT on travel behaviour and user requirements more generally, as well as planning and policy implications, including risks, implementation barriers and ethical issues. A must for researchers, policy makers and planners dealing with the potential contribution of ICT to make society more sustainable!'- Bert van Wee, Delft University of Technology, the NetherlandsAs the importance and value of information increases, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is rapidly evolving and taking centre stage in everyday life in the 21st century. This is particularly evident in the transport sector, where ICT is greatly influencing our mobility and travel choices as well as travel experience. In this context, ICT for Transport examines the opportunities, threats, underlying principles and practical issues faced when deploying ICT for transport applications, especially in the quest to achieve sustainable transport.Focusing on infrastructure, people and processes, the contributors to this book use diverse case studies from around the world to illustrate the challenges faced by academics, practitioners and policy makers alike. The contents and bibliography provide up-to-date knowledge and expertise drawn from state of the art research in Europe, America, Asia and Africa.ICT for Transport is a valuable source of information for those aiming to be at the forefront of the evolving field of ICT for transport. This analysis of the various threats and opportunities will assist them in making more informed decisions about the future use of ICT for transport and for the benefit of society.Contributors include: M. Angelidou, E. Avineri, E. Ben-Elia, K. Butts, A. Cadena, C. Camusso, M. Chatziathanasiou, E. Dodds, P. Envall, M. Givoni, B. Gyergyay, L.D. Han, H. Herzogenrath-Amelung, N. Komninos, A. Kortsari, X. Leal, W. Lu, D. Palencia, I. Passas, C. Pronello, P. Rietveld, M.S. Schoina, E. Sefertzi, N. Thomopoulos, P. Troullinou, Y. Tyrinopoulos, Q. Xu, C.P. Zegras,Trade Review'This wide-ranging volume offers a balanced look at the benefits as well as the caveats associated with various ICT applications in transport. Addressing transport demand and supply as well as policies affecting both, and combining specific case studies with general conceptualizations, the book makes an important contribution to our understanding – and best deployment – of this complex constellation of relationships between ICT and travel. It will be of great value to researchers and practitioners alike.' -- Patricia Mokhtarian, Georgia Institute of Technology, US‘Transport is the testbed for many innovations in ICT and this book captures the essence of this fast moving and topical debate. It covers the behavioural implications, the potential impacts on sustainable transport, and the broader public policy issues. The approach is authoritative, matching the technological optimism with more pragmatic realism, and the contributors are smart in stressing both the opportunities and the need to limit the risks, as sustainable transport depends on all systems both societal and technological working together in harmony.’ -- David Banister, University of Oxford, UK‘Again a nice collection of papers from the highly productive NECTAR network! ICT increasingly influences the transport system. This timely book focuses on the relevance of ICT for sustainable transport. Most papers present empirical evidence of impacts of several ICTs based on surveys. The book also discusses the impact of ICT on travel behaviour and user requirements more generally, as well as planning and policy implications, including risks, implementation barriers and ethical issues. A must for researchers, policy makers and planners dealing with the potential contribution of ICT to make society more sustainable!’ -- Bert van Wee, Delft University of Technology, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Transport and ICT Nikolas Thomopoulos, Moshe Givoni and Piet Rietveld PART I CHANGING TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR THROUGH ICT FOR TRANSPORT 2. The Opportunities and Threats of Travel Information: A Behavioural Perspective Eran Ben-Elia and Erel Avineri 3. User Requirements for the Design of Efficient Mobile Devices to Navigate Through the Public Transport Network Cristina Pronello and Cristian Camusso 4. The Use of ICT to Provide Incentives to Change Habitual Travel Patterns Bernard Gyergyay PART II ICT APPLICATIONS AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT: THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES 5. Spatiotemporal Dynamics in Public Transport Personal Security Perceptions: Digital Evidence from Mexico City’s Periphery P. Christopher Zegras, Kuan Butts, Arturo Cadena and Daniel Palencia 6. Enhancing Transport through Open Geospatial Data and Crowdsourcing Qiyang Xu and Elizabeth Dodds 7. Impacts of Vehicular Communication Network on Traffic Dynamics and Fuel Efficiency Wei Lu, Lee D. Han 8. ICT and Planning for Increased Cycling in Europe - Now and Tomorrow Pelle Envall PART III POLICIES PROMOTING ICT FOR TRANSPORT: CONTEMPORARY AND FUTURE CHALLENGES 9. Reversing the Order: Towards a Philosophically Informed Debate on ICT for Transport Heidi Herzogenrath-Amelung, Pinelopi Troullinou and Nikolas Thomopoulos 10. Intelligent Transport Systems: Glocal Communities of Interest for Technology Commercialisation and Innovation Margarita Angelidou, Nicos Komninos, Xavier Leal, Isidoros A. Passas, Maria S. Schoina and Elena Sefertzi 11. A Critical Overview of ICT Deployment in Transportation in Europe Yannis Tyrinopoulos, Annie Kortsari and Maria Chatziathanasiou PART IV PROVIDING THE FRAMEWORK OF ICT FOR TRANSPORT 12. Amalgamating ICT with Sustainable Transport – Building on Synergies and Avoiding Contradictions Nikolas Thomopoulos, Moshe Givoni and Piet Rietveld Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Economics of E-Commerce
Book SynopsisThis research review, written by two pioneers of e-commerce, discusses thirty of the most important papers written in the fields of economics, marketing and strategy. Topics covered include evaluation of the benefit to consumers of competition and product variety online, examination of auctions and reputational feedback mechanisms designed to mitigate informational asymmetries in online markets, and the debate on digital property rights including privacy, piracy and the open source movement. The review provides a thoughtful and accessible consideration of the subject of e-commerce, invaluable to scholars and practitioners alike.Table of ContentsContents Introduction Michael R. Baye and John Morgan PART I PLATFORMS AS STRATEGIC ACTORS 1. Michael R. Baye and John Morgan (2001), ‘Information Gatekeepers on the Internet and the Competitiveness of Homogeneous Product Markets’, American Economic Review, 91 (3), June, 454–74 2. Jean-Charles Rochet and Jean Tirole (2003), ‘Platform Competition in Two-Sided Markets’, Journal of the European Economic Association, 1 (4), June, 990–1029 3. Bernard Caillaud and Bruno Jullien (2003), ‘Chicken and Egg: Competition among Intermediation Service Providers’, RAND Journal of Economics, 34 (2), Summer, 309–28 4. Mark Armstrong (2006), ‘Competition in Two-Sided Markets’, RAND Journal of Economics, 37 (3), Autumn, 668–91 5. Andrei Hagiu (2009), ‘Two-Sided Platforms: Product Variety and Pricing Structures’, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 18 (4), Winter, 1011–43 6. Gerard J. Tellis, Eden Yin and Rakesh Niraj (2009), ‘Does Quality Win? Network Effects Versus Quality in High-Tech Markets’, Journal of Marketing Research, XLVI (2), April, 135–49 PART II IS E-COMMERCE FRICTIONLESS? PRICE DISPERSION AND OBFUSCATION ONLINE 7. Erik Brynjolfsson and Michael D. Smith (2000), ‘Frictionless Commerce? A Comparison of Internet and Conventional Retailers’, Management Science, 46 (4), April, 563–85 8. Michael R. Baye, John Morgan and Patrick Scholten (2004), ‘Price Dispersion in the Small and in the Large: Evidence from an Internet Price Comparison Site’, Journal of Industrial Economics, LII (4), December, 463–96 9. Michael R. Baye, J. Rupert J. Gatti, Paul Kattuman and John Morgan (2009), ‘Clicks, Discontinuities, and Firm Demand Online’, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 18 (4), Winter, 935–75 10. Glenn Ellison and Sara Fisher Ellison (2009), ‘Search, Obfuscation, and Price Elasticities on the Internet’, Econometrica, 77 (2), March, 427–52 11. Xavier Gabaix and David Laibson (2006), ‘Shrouded Attributes, Consumer Myopia, and Information Suppression in Competitive Markets’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 121 (2), May, 505–40 12. Jennifer Brown, Tanjim Hossain and John Morgan (2010), ‘Shrouded Attributes and Information Suppression: Evidence from the Field’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 125 (2), May, 859–76 PART III DOES E-COMMERCE BENEFIT CONSUMERS? INFORMATION, PRODUCT VARIETY, AND COMPETITION 13. Fiona Scott Morton, Florian Zettelmeyer and Jorge Silva-Risso (2001), ‘Internet Car Retailing’, Journal of Industrial Economics, XLIX (4), December, 501–19 14. Jeffrey R. Brown and Austan Goolsbee (2002), ‘Does the Internet Make Markets More Competitive? Evidence from the Life Insurance Industry’, Journal of Political Economy, 110 (3), June, 481–507 15. Erik Brynjolfsson, Yu (Jeffrey) Hu and Michael D. Smith (2003), ‘Consumer Surplus in the Digital Economy: Estimating the Value of Increased Product Variety at Online Booksellers’, Management Science, 49 (11), November, 1580–96 16. Chris Forman, Anindya Ghose and Avi Goldfarb (2009), ‘Competition Between Local and Electronic Markets: How the Benefit of Buying Online Depends on Where You Live’, Management Science, 55 (1), January, 47–57 PART IV ONLINE AUCTIONS FOR PRODUCTS AND ADVERTISING 17. Hal R. Varian (2007), ‘Position Auctions’, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 25 (6), December, 1163–78 18. Benjamin Edelman and Michael Schwarz (2010), ‘Optimal Auction Design and Equilibrium Selection in Sponsored Search Auctions’, American Economic Review, 100 (2), May, 597–602 19. Patrick Bajari and Ali Hortaçsu (2003), ‘The Winner’s Curse, Reserve Prices, and Endogenous Entry: Empirical Insights from eBay Auctions’, RAND Journal of Economics, 34 (2), Summer, 329–55 PART V MITIGATING INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES: REPUTATION, RECOMMENDATION, AND FEEDBACK MECHANISMS 20. Paul Resnick, Richard Zeckhauser, John Swanson and Kate Lockwood (2006), ‘The Value of Reputation on eBay: A Controlled Experiment’, Experimental Economics, 9 (2), June, 79–101 21. Daniel Houser and John Wooders (2006), ‘Reputation in Auctions: Theory, and Evidence from eBay’, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 15 (2), Summer, 353–69 22. Gary E. Bolton, Elena Katok and Axel Ockenfels (2004), ‘How Effective Are Electronic Reputation Mechanisms? An Experimental Investigation’, Management Science, 50 (11), November, 1587–1602 23. Chrysanthos Dellarocas (2003), ‘The Digitization of Word of Mouth: Promise and Challenges of Online Feedback Mechanisms’, Management Science, 49 (10), October, 1407–24 24. Yan Chen, F. Maxwell Harper, Joseph Konstan and Sherry Xin Li (2010), ‘Social Comparisons and Contributions to Online Communities: A Field Experiment on MovieLens’, American Economic Review, 100 (4), September, 1358–98 25. Judith A. Chevalier and Dina Mayzlin (2006), ‘The Effect of Word of Mouth on Sales: Online Book Reviews’ Journal of Marketing Research, XLIII (3), August, 345–54 PART VI BATTLES FOR DIGITAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: PRIVACY, PIRACY, AND THE OPEN SOURCE MOVEMENT 26. Rafael Rob and Joel Waldfogel (2006), ‘Piracy on the High C’s: Music Downloading, Sales Displacement, and Social Welfare in a Sample of College Students’, Journal of Law and Economics, XLIX (1), April, 29–62 27. Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman Strumpf (2007), ‘The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales: An Empirical Analysis’, Journal of Political Economy, 115 (1), February, 1–42 28. Benjamin E. Hermalin and Michael L. Katz (2006), ‘Privacy, Property Rights and Efficiency: The Economics of Privacy as Secrecy’, Quantitative Marketing and Economics, 4 (3), September, 209–39 29. Avi Goldfarb and Catherine E. Tucker (2011), ‘Privacy Regulation and Online Advertising’, Management Science, 57 (1), January, 57–71 30. Josh Lerner and Jean Tirole (2002), ‘Some Simple Economics of Open Source’, Journal of Industrial Economics, L (2), June, 197–234 Index
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CABI Publishing Digital Technologies for Agricultural and Rural
Book SynopsisThis book shares research and practice on current trends in digital technology for agricultural and rural development in the Global South. Growth of research in this field has been slower than the pace of change for practitioners, particularly in bringing socio-technical views of information technology and agricultural development perspectives together. The contents are therefore structured around three main themes: sharing information and knowledge for agricultural development, information and knowledge intermediaries, and facilitating change in agricultural systems and settings. The book includes: -Views from diverse academic disciplines as well as practitioners with experience of implementing mobile applications and agriculture information systems in differing country contexts. -Case studies from a range of developing countries and information from across the public and private sector. -A set of practitioner guidelines for successful implementation of digital technologies. With contributions reaching beyond just a technological perspective, the book also provides a consideration of social and cultural factors and new forms of organization and institutional change in agricultural and rural settings. An invaluable read for researchers in international development, socio-economics and agriculture, it forms a useful resource for practitioners working in the area.Table of ContentsSection 1: Creating and Sharing Knowledge 1: Mobile Phone Applications for Weather and Climate Information for Smallholder Farmer Decision Making 2: Smartphones Supporting Monitoring Functions: Experiences from Sweet Potato Vine Distribution in sub-Saharan Africa 3: Customized Information Delivery for Dryland Farmers 4: mNutrition: Experiences and Lessons Learned in Content Development Section 2: Information and Knowledge Intermediaries 5: Introducting a Technology Stewardship Model to Encourage ICT Adoption in Agricultural Communities of Practice: Reflections on a Canada/Sri Lanka Partnership Project 6: Reducing Transaction Costs in Contract Farming Arrangements: the Case of Farmforce 7: Adoption of ICT Products and Services among Rice Farmers in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone 8: The Effect of ICTs on Agricultural Distribution Channels in Mexico Section 3: Facilitating Change in Agricultural Systems 9: Towards Alternate Theories of Change for M4ARD 10: Mobile for Agriculture (m4Agric) Services: Evidence from East Africa 11: Understanding the Impacts of Mobile Technology on Smallholder Agriculture 12: Farmerline: a For-profit Agtech Company with a Social Mission 13: Best Practice Lessons and Sources of Further Information
£93.87
CABI Publishing Digital Technologies for Agricultural and Rural
Book SynopsisThis book shares research and practice on current trends in digital technology for agricultural and rural development in the Global South. Growth of research in this field has been slower than the pace of change for practitioners, particularly in bringing socio-technical views of information technology and agricultural development perspectives together. The contents are therefore structured around three main themes: sharing information and knowledge for agricultural development, information and knowledge intermediaries, and facilitating change in agricultural systems and settings. The book includes: -Views from diverse academic disciplines as well as practitioners with experience of implementing mobile applications and agriculture information systems in differing country contexts. -Case studies from a range of developing countries and information from across the public and private sector. -A set of practitioner guidelines for successful implementation of digital technologies. With contributions reaching beyond just a technological perspective, the book also provides a consideration of social and cultural factors and new forms of organization and institutional change in agricultural and rural settings. An invaluable read for researchers in international development, socio-economics and agriculture, it forms a useful resource for practitioners working in the area.Table of ContentsSection 1: Creating and Sharing Knowledge 1: Mobile Phone Applications for Weather and Climate Information for Smallholder Farmer Decision Making 2: Smartphones Supporting Monitoring Functions: Experiences from Sweet Potato Vine Distribution in sub-Saharan Africa 3: Customized Information Delivery for Dryland Farmers 4: mNutrition: Experiences and Lessons Learned in Content Development Section 2: Information and Knowledge Intermediaries 5: Introducting a Technology Stewardship Model to Encourage ICT Adoption in Agricultural Communities of Practice: Reflections on a Canada/Sri Lanka Partnership Project 6: Reducing Transaction Costs in Contract Farming Arrangements: the Case of Farmforce 7: Adoption of ICT Products and Services among Rice Farmers in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone 8: The Effect of ICTs on Agricultural Distribution Channels in Mexico Section 3: Facilitating Change in Agricultural Systems 9: Towards Alternate Theories of Change for M4ARD 10: Mobile for Agriculture (m4Agric) Services: Evidence from East Africa 11: Understanding the Impacts of Mobile Technology on Smallholder Agriculture 12: Farmerline: a For-profit Agtech Company with a Social Mission 13: Best Practice Lessons and Sources of Further Information
£39.14
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Smart Technologies and the End(s) of Law: Novel
Book SynopsisDo conceptions of the Rule of Law reflect timeless truths, or are they in fact contingent on a particular information and communications infrastructure - one that we are fast leaving behind? Hildebrandt has engineered a provocative encounter between law and networked digital technologies that cuts to the heart of the dilemma confronting legal institutions in a networked world.'- Julie E. Cohen, Georgetown University, US'Many contemporary authors are wrestling with two technological developments which will change our society beyond recognition: big data analytics and smart technologies. Few though understand, or can explain, these developments in the way Mireille Hildebrandt does. In ambitiously bringing together legal theory, psychology, social ethnology and of course smart agency and ambient intelligence, Hildebrandt gives the most complete study of these vitally important developments. Books are often described as 'must read' though few actually are; this one genuinely is.'- Andrew Murray, London School of Economics, UKThis timely book tells the story of the smart technologies that reconstruct our world, by provoking their most salient functionality: the prediction and preemption of our day-to-day activities, preferences, health and credit risks, criminal intent and spending capacity.Mireille Hildebrandt claims that we are in transit between an information society and a data-driven society, which has far reaching consequences for the world we depend on. She highlights how the pervasive employment of machine-learning technologies that inform so-called 'data-driven agency' threaten privacy, identity, autonomy, non-discrimination, due process and the presumption of innocence. The author argues how smart technologies undermine, reconfigure and overrule the ends of the law in a constitutional democracy, jeopardizing law as an instrument of justice, legal certainty and the public good. Nevertheless, the book calls on lawyers, computer scientists and civil society not to reject smart technologies, explaining how further engaging these technologies may help to reinvent the effective protection of the Rule of Law.Academics and researchers interested in the philosophy of law and technology will find this book both discerning and relevant. Practitioners and policy makers in the areas of law, computer science and engineering will benefit from the insight into smart technologies and their impact today.Trade Review‘Hildebrandt’s book is thought-provoking and a needed contribution to discussions of the impacts of smart technologies.’ -- Beth-Anne Schuelke-Leech, Science and Public Policy‘In this challenging book, Mireille Hildebrandt again shows just how far she thinks ahead of the curve. Exploring the implications of the technological changes that are impelling humans towards an “onlife” world – a world of data-driven agency, the Internet of Things, and a radically different information and communication infrastructure –Hildebrandt asks how law can maintain its mission for justice, certainty and purposiveness. Having joined Hildebrandt in this new world, readers will find it difficult to put the book down.’ -- Roger Brownsword, Kings College London, UK‘In sum, the depth and precision with which Hildebrandt provides her insights is uncommon and striking, making this book (as law professor Andrew Murray remarks in his rear-cover endorsement) one of the few “must reads” within the field. Its content is provocative and challenging, having an appeal that is sure to reach far beyond the field of legal scholarship to accompanying disciplines of computing, science and philosophy from which the book draws. Likewise, it is clear that Hildebrandt benefits from working between the disciplines of law and computer science, with her experience in computer science departments evident in the way in which she sensitively translates between, and explores, the separate logics of law and technology.’ -- SCRIPT-ed‘Do conceptions of the Rule of Law reflect timeless truths, or are they in fact contingent on a particular information and communications infrastructure – one that we are fast leaving behind? Hildebrandt has engineered a provocative encounter between law and networked digital technologies that cuts to the heart of the dilemma confronting legal institutions in a networked world.’ -- Julie E. Cohen, Georgetown University, US‘Many contemporary authors are wrestling with two technological developments which will change our society beyond recognition: big data analytics and smart technologies. Few though understand, or can explain, these developments in the way Mireille Hildebrandt does. In ambitiously bringing together legal theory, psychology, social ethnology and of course smart agency and ambient intelligence, Hildebrandt gives the most complete study of these vitally important developments. Books are often described as “must read” though few actually are; this one genuinely is.’ -- Andrew Murray, London School of Economics, UK‘Mireille Hildebrandt’s deep perception of how law is embedded in a print culture, now combined with her conviction that transformations are called for in relation to the emerging digital-electronic culture underlies this innovative book. Both a philosopher and lawyer, she is a forefront thinker concerned with smart and robotic technologies. Her addition of how Japanese language and culture shows such an interesting variant on these technologies is a strong plus. Excellent reading.’ -- Don Ihde, Stony Brook University, US‘Hildebrandt’s book is thought-provoking and a needed contribution to discussions of the impacts of smart technologies. It would certainly be useful for a university course in law or courses specifically focused on smart and autonomous systems.’ -- Science and Public PolicyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Diana’s onlife world 2. Smartness and Agency 3. The Onlife World 4. The Digital Unconscious: Back to Diana 5. Threats to Fundamental Rights in the Onlife World 6. The Other Side of Privacy: Agency and Privacy in Japan 7. The Ends of Law: Address and Redress 8. Intricate Entanglements of Law and Technology 9. The Fundamental Right of Data Protection 10. The End of Law or Legal Protection by Design References Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on the Economics of the Internet
Book Synopsis'Internet development dynamics are tackled in this Handbook by leading scholars representing mainstream, institutional, evolutionary economics and political economy perspectives. They show how complex markets for digital technologies and services are evolving. Crucially, they demonstrate why conventional analytical tool kits need to be extended by bridging disciplinary boundaries. This volume offers significant advances in the analysis of technological and institutional change and demonstrates how important it is to acknowledge conflict resolution and tradeoffs as essential aspects of the internet's history and its future.'-Robin Mansell, London School of Economics and Political Science, UKThe Internet is connecting an increasing number of individuals, organizations, and devices into global networks of information flows. It is accelerating the dynamics of innovation in the digital economy, affecting the nature and intensity of competition, and enabling private companies, government, and the non-profit sector to develop new business models. In this new ecosystem many of the theoretical assumptions and historical observations upon which economics rests are altered and need critical reassessment.This Handbook brings together twenty-six original chapters that discuss theoretical and applied frameworks for the study of the economics of the Internet, encompassing: its unique economics as a global information and communications infrastructure the effects of the Internet on economic transactions, including social production, advertising, innovation, and intellectual property rights the economics and management of Internet-based industries, such as search, news, entertainment, culture, and virtual worlds the effects of the Internet on the economy at large Interdisciplinary in its approach, the Handbook synthesizes the state of knowledge and offers new perspectives for researchers, practitioners, and students.Contributors: S. Aggarwal, C. Antonelli, H. Asghari, J.M. Bauer, S. Bauer, Y. Benkler, S.M. Besen, I. Brown, E. Castronova, D.D. Clark, C. Corrado, C. Feijóo, D.L. Garcia, J.-L. Gómez-Barroso, C. Handke, J. Haucap, K. Hollnbuchner, N. Just, G. Knieps, I. Knowles, J.J. Kranz, L. Küng, M. Latzer, W.H. Lehr, Y.-L. Liu, W. Ma, P. Mazepa, V. Mosco, N. Newman, E.M. Noam, P.P. Patrucco, R.G. Picard, A. Picot, G. Sadowsky, F. Saurwein, V. Schneider, S.J. Schultze, R. Sherman, P. Stepan, T. Stühmeier, R. Towse, B. Van Ark, M. Van Eeten, B. Van Schewick, H.R. Varian, D. Waterman, R.S. Whitt, S.S. Wildman, S. Wunsch-VincentTrade Review'The Internet has transformed many fundamental economic facts of life and business, but it is challenging to catalogue them all. This topic deserves a comprehensive handbook, and the editors delivered. The chapters are engaging and lucid, and cover a wide range of topics. The editors were not shy about spanning boundaries between technical detail, economic analysis, and policy relevance. This is a great resource for any modern scholar of the Internet.' --Shane Greenstein, Harvard Business School'The Handbook provides an outstanding insight on understanding all kinds of businesses carrying over the information super-highway called the Internet.' --Science and Public Policy'This handbook has the laudable aim of providing an original map of research in the Internet Economics field. It succeeds in this thanks to the editors' inclusion of theoretical perspectives ranging from the mainstream to institutional and evolutionary economic theory, complex adaptive systems theory, and critical political economy. . . Readers will gain insight into the limitations of the questions that are asked within different economic traditions, but importantly, also into what can be revealed by these theories and empirical methods. Media and communication scholars, not just those with an interest in media economics, will come away from engagement with this handbook with a good understanding of the assumptions underpinning the contributions economists are making to contemporary debate about the consequences of the continuous evolution of digitally mediated markets.' --European Journal of CommunicationTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The Economics of the Internet: An Overview Johannes M. Bauer and Michael Latzer PART II THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS 2. The Industrial Organization of the Internet Günter Knieps and Johannes M. Bauer 3. The Internet as a Complex Layered System Stephen J. Schultze and Richard S. Whitt 4. A Network Science Approach to the Internet Volker Schneider and Johannes M. Bauer 5. Peer Production and Cooperation Yochai Benkler 6. The Internet and Productivity Carol Corrado and Bart Van Ark 7. Cultural Economics and the Internet Christian Handke, Paul Stepan and Ruth Towse 8. A Political Economy Approach to the Internet Patricia Mazepa and Vincent Mosco PART II INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND INTERNET ARCHITECTURE 9. Competition and Antitrust in Internet Markets Justus Haucap and Torben Stühmeier 10. The Economics of Internet Standards Stanley M. Besen and George Sadowsky 11. The Economics of Copyright and the Internet Sacha Wunsch-Vincent 12. The Economics of Privacy, Data Protection and Surveillance Ian Brown 13. Economics of Cybersecurity Hadi Asghari, Michel Van Eeten and Johannes M. Bauer 14. Internet Architecture and Innovation in Applications Barbara Van Schewick 15. Organizational Innovations, ICTs and Knowledge Governance: The Case of Platforms Cristiano Antonelli and Pier Paolo Patrucco 16. Interconnection in the Internet: Peering, Interoperability and Content Delivery David D. Clark, William H. Lehr and Steven Bauer PART III ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT OF APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES 17. Internet Business Strategies Johann J. Kranz and Arnold Picot 18. The Economics of Internet Search Hal R. Varian 19. The Economics of Algorithmic Selection on the Internet Michael Latzer, Katharina Hollnbuchner, Natascha Just and Florian Saurwein 20. Online Advertising Economics Wenjuan Ma and Steven S. Wildman 21. Online News Lucy Küng, Nic Newman and Robert G. Picard 22. The Economics of Online Video Entertainment Ryland Sherman and David Waterman 23. Business Strategies and Revenue Models for Converged Video Services Yu-Li Liu 24. The Economics of Virtual Worlds Isaac Knowles and Edward Castronova 25. Economics of Big Data Claudio Feijóo, José-Luis Gómez-Barroso and Shivom Aggarwal PART IV PAST AND FUTURE TRAJECTORIES 26. The Evolution of the Internet: A Socioeconomic Account D. Linda Garcia 27. From the Internet of Science to the Internet of Entertainment Eli M. Noam Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Advanced Introduction to Platform Economics
Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. This cutting edge book introduces the origins and consequences of digital platforms, examining how artificial intelligence-enabled digital platforms collect and process data from and about users by providing social media and e-commerce services. Robin Mansell and W. Edward Steinmueller compare and contrast neoclassical, institutional and critical political economy approaches. They show how uneven power relationships between platform operators and their users are analysed in different economic traditions. Key features include: analysis of economic and public values provides a foundation for platform regulation examines the impacts of platforms on the media industry challenges claims of the inevitability of platform dominance discusses key challenges, including: artificial intelligence, data sharing and competition in the digital economy. This concise book will be indispensable for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of media and communication studies, innovation studies and economics, particularly those focusing on platform economics.Trade Review'This Advanced Introduction provides a much-needed analysis of digital platforms and their major influence on society. What makes Mansell and Steinmueller's book stand out is that it looks at platforms not only through the lens of neo-classical economics, but also of institutional economics and critical political economy, comprehensively demonstrating how these theories differ in their assessment of both consequences of platforms and the need for regulation and non-commercial alternatives.' --Manuel Puppis, University of Fribourg, Switzerland'This is a timely and useful overview of the multifaceted roles of digital platforms by two leading experts in the field. The book presents an insightful discussion of three different economic perspectives on the benefits and dangers of digital platforms. It also addresses the most critical issues concerning users, policy makers, platform operators and society as a whole, identifying reforms that may be necessary. Highly recommended for an understanding of the challenges ahead.' --Franco Malerba, Bocconi University, Italy'Digital platforms are the dominant new business model of the digital economy. With Advanced Introduction to Platform Economics, Mansell and Steinmueller have written a wonderfully accessible and insightful treatise which will be extremely valuable to all students who want to understand digital platforms' economic mechanisms and their social consequences.' --Annabelle Gawer, University of Surrey, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Digital platform origins and novelty 3. Economic analysis of platforms 4. Technologies and datafication practices 5. Self-regulation and alternative business models 6. Policy, regulation and alternative platform provision 7. Global perspectives 8. Conclusion References Index
£98.67
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Advanced Introduction to Platform Economics
Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. This cutting edge book introduces the origins and consequences of digital platforms, examining how artificial intelligence-enabled digital platforms collect and process data from and about users by providing social media and e-commerce services. Robin Mansell and W. Edward Steinmueller compare and contrast neoclassical, institutional and critical political economy approaches. They show how uneven power relationships between platform operators and their users are analysed in different economic traditions. Key features include: analysis of economic and public values provides a foundation for platform regulation examines the impacts of platforms on the media industry challenges claims of the inevitability of platform dominance discusses key challenges, including: artificial intelligence, data sharing and competition in the digital economy. This concise book will be indispensable for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of media and communication studies, innovation studies and economics, particularly those focusing on platform economics.Trade Review'This Advanced Introduction provides a much-needed analysis of digital platforms and their major influence on society. What makes Mansell and Steinmueller's book stand out is that it looks at platforms not only through the lens of neo-classical economics, but also of institutional economics and critical political economy, comprehensively demonstrating how these theories differ in their assessment of both consequences of platforms and the need for regulation and non-commercial alternatives.' --Manuel Puppis, University of Fribourg, Switzerland'This is a timely and useful overview of the multifaceted roles of digital platforms by two leading experts in the field. The book presents an insightful discussion of three different economic perspectives on the benefits and dangers of digital platforms. It also addresses the most critical issues concerning users, policy makers, platform operators and society as a whole, identifying reforms that may be necessary. Highly recommended for an understanding of the challenges ahead.' --Franco Malerba, Bocconi University, Italy'Digital platforms are the dominant new business model of the digital economy. With Advanced Introduction to Platform Economics, Mansell and Steinmueller have written a wonderfully accessible and insightful treatise which will be extremely valuable to all students who want to understand digital platforms' economic mechanisms and their social consequences.' --Annabelle Gawer, University of Surrey, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Digital platform origins and novelty 3. Economic analysis of platforms 4. Technologies and datafication practices 5. Self-regulation and alternative business models 6. Policy, regulation and alternative platform provision 7. Global perspectives 8. Conclusion References Index
£19.95
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Digital Entrepreneurship
Book SynopsisThis authoritative Handbook compiles a diverse set of contributions on digital entrepreneurship, providing an in-depth study of how digital entrepreneurship research has evolved over the years, and where it stands today.Offering a snapshot of the major themes in digital entrepreneurship research, the Handbook highlights a wide range of both practice-engaged and practice-relevant works and explores the fundamental concepts and common themes in the field. Chapters examine key topics including the digital platform economy, the digitalization of work, the blockchain economy, and the rural–urban digital divide. The Handbook further analyzes the history and theory of digital entrepreneurship, while also sparking ideas for future research through a consideration of emerging phenomena and new ways to approach research in this broad area of study.Discussing a diverse set of questions, contexts, theories, and methods, this Handbook will be a key resource for researchers and advanced students with a particular interest in entrepreneurship, innovation, technology management, and digital business models. Managers and entrepreneurs will also find the discussion of digital entrepreneurship in relation to financing, social issues, and technology beneficial.Table of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION 1 An introduction to digital entrepreneurship: concepts and themes 2 Mohammad Keyhani, Andishe Ashjari, Alina Sorgner, Tobias Kollmann, Clyde Eiríkur Hull and Zahra Jamshidi PART II DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND DEFINITIONS 2 What is digital entrepreneurship? Fundamentals of company founding in the digital economy 27 Tobias Kollmann and Philipp Benedikt Jung 3 Eras of digital entrepreneurship: connecting the past, present, and future 49 Tobias Kollmann, Lucas Kleine-Stegemann, Katharina de Cruppe and Christina Strauss 4 Exploring the field of digital entrepreneurship: a bibliometric analysis 74 Eusebio Scornavacca, Tobias Kollmann, Stefano Za, Lucas Kleine-Stegemann and Christina Strauss PART III DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP ECOSYSTEMS 5 Measuring the digital platform economy 91 Zoltan J. Acs, László Szerb, Abraham K. Song, Esteban Lafuente and Éva Komlósi 6 The regional impacts of digitalization of work on entrepreneurship in the United States 121 Frank M. Fossen, Trevor McLemore and Alina Sorgner PART IV DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP TECHNOLOGIES 7 Startup stacks: understanding the new landscape of digital entrepreneurship technology 140 Mohammad Keyhani 8 Digital product-assisted learning: transforming entrepreneurial learning with product usage analytics 161 Varun Nagaraj PART V DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP ADOPTION AND OUTCOMES 9 Punching above their weight class: assessing how digital technologies enhance new and small firm survival and competitiveness 181 Franz T. Lohrke, Alexander B. Hamrick and Qiongrui (Missy) Yao 10 Digital adoption in micro and small enterprise clusters: a dependency theory study in Kenya 199 Ben Mkalama, Giacomo Ciambotti and Bitange Ndemo PART VI DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND FINANCING 11 Crowdfunding: a competency framework for creators 222 Andishe Ashjari 12 Backers: consumers or investors? Crowdfunding vs. traditional financing as an optimal security design problem 236 Anton Miglo 13 Blockchain economy: the challenges and opportunities of initial coin offerings 256 Bennet Schierstedt, Vincent Göttel and Lisa Klever PART VII DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SOCIAL ISSUES 14 Agentifying the body algorithmic: digital entrepreneurial agency and accountability gaps 272 Angela Martinez Dy 15 Digital entrepreneurship in a rural context: the implications of the rural–urban digital divide 291 Paolo Gerli and Jason Whalley 16 Data are the fuel for digital entrepreneurship — but what about data privacy? 306 Wolfgang Koehler, Christian Schultz and Christoph Rasche Index
£187.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Advanced Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Providing a comprehensive overview of the current and future uses of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare, this Advanced Introduction discusses the issues surrounding the implementation, governance, impacts and risks of utilising AI in health organizationsKey Features: Advises healthcare executives on how to effectively leverage AI to advance their strategies and plans and support digital transformation Discusses AI governance, change management, workforce management and the organization of AI experimentation and implementation Analyzes AI technologies in healthcare and their impacts on patient care, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, population health, and healthcare operations Provides risk mitigation approaches to address potential AI algorithm problems, liability and regulation Essential reading for policymakers, clinical executives and consultants in healthcare, this Advanced Introduction explores how to successfully integrate AI into healthcare organizations and will also prove invaluable to students and scholars interested in technological innovations in healthcare. Trade Review‘Leaders in assessing the impact of analytics and directing the adoption of novel information technologies address the near term challenges of AI applied to clinical care at scale.’ -- Isaac Kohane, Harvard University, US
£98.67
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Advanced Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Providing a comprehensive overview of the current and future uses of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare, this Advanced Introduction discusses the issues surrounding the implementation, governance, impacts and risks of utilising AI in health organizationsKey Features: Advises healthcare executives on how to effectively leverage AI to advance their strategies and plans and support digital transformation Discusses AI governance, change management, workforce management and the organization of AI experimentation and implementation Analyzes AI technologies in healthcare and their impacts on patient care, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, population health, and healthcare operations Provides risk mitigation approaches to address potential AI algorithm problems, liability and regulation Essential reading for policymakers, clinical executives and consultants in healthcare, this Advanced Introduction explores how to successfully integrate AI into healthcare organizations and will also prove invaluable to students and scholars interested in technological innovations in healthcare. Trade Review‘Leaders in assessing the impact of analytics and directing the adoption of novel information technologies address the near term challenges of AI applied to clinical care at scale.’ -- Isaac Kohane, Harvard University, US
£21.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Digital Entrepreneurship: Disruption and New
Book SynopsisRecognizing how the lines between digital and traditional forms of entrepreneurship are blurring, this forward-thinking book combines digital technology and entrepreneurship perspectives to advance knowledge on this paradigm-shifting typology of entrepreneurship. Kisito Futonge Nzembayie and Anthony Paul Buckley explore how in the digital age, the micro-level activities of digital entrepreneurs in new venture creation continue to digitally transform and disrupt economic systems at macro-levels. As digital entrepreneurship and other typologies of entrepreneurship in the digital age become increasingly conceptually fuzzy, the book sets out to define the digital entrepreneurship domain; what it is and why it is distinctive and disruptive. It concludes by offering a pragmatic framework for digital entrepreneurship implementation and demonstrates how the authors have put this into practice in their own work. Placing digital entrepreneurship in its conceptual and historical context, the book provides a clear understanding of the mechanisms driving the digital entrepreneurial process and practical tools to help nurture and develop new digital ventures. It will be valuable reading for business scholars and students interested in the role of technology in their field. Business managers and practitioners will also benefit from the book’s guidelines and analytical tools.Trade Review‘Digital technologies have fundamentally reshaped entrepreneurship. Uniquely and deeply informed by both scholarship and business practice, this book offers an up-to-date account of entrepreneurship in the digital age while addressing sub-topics of great contemporary interest, such as disruption, external enablement, design thinking, and the process nature of venture creation.’ -- Per Davidsson, QUT Business School, Australia and Jönköping International Business School, Sweden‘Nzembayie and Buckley have provided a digital entrepreneurial process model to guide digital entrepreneurs in this volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world of the 21st century. That their model is grounded in an action research design provides an invitation for other digital entrepreneurs to exploit their experience in like rigorous, reflective and relevant action design research processes to advance the growth of digital ventures.’ -- David Coghlan, University of Dublin Trinity College, IrelandTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Digital entrepreneurship: context and conceptualization 2. Theories of the entrepreneurial process 3. Conceptualizing the digital entrepreneurial process 4. External enablers and barriers to digital entrepreneurship 5. Pragmatic model of digital new venture creation 6. Synopsis: digital new venture creation and disruption Glossary of terms Bibliography Index
£101.63
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Information Systems and the
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Research Handbook provides international perspectives on the role of information systems in environmental sustainability, drawing on groundbreaking research from leading scholars to predict future trends.This Research Handbook presents in-depth studies on green information systems which utilise a diverse range of approaches and methods, including reviews of previous literature, experimental studies, surveys, and interviews. Chapters focus on the development and promotion of energy informatics, the use of digital technologies in the implementation of a circular economy, and the role of information systems in supporting the integration of renewable energy. This Research Handbook further analyses the ways in which digital nudging, demand response, and the impact of psychological ownership can influence consumer behaviour and encourage sustainable consumption. Tackling the issues facing information systems and the environment on an individual, organisational, and societal scale, this Research Handbook will be crucial reading for students and scholars in business ethics, environmental management, information systems, and management and sustainability. It will also be beneficial for practitioners in business management and corporate social responsibility who are interested in environmental sustainability.Table of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Information Systems and the Environment 1 Vanessa A. Cooper, Johann Kranz, Saji K. Mathew, and Richard T. Watson 2 Energy informatics: origins, emergence, and future 9 Marie-Claude Boudreau, Richard T. Watson, and Natalie Jeszke 3 SDU Center for Energy Informatics: background, and current and future research directions 27 Bo Nørregaard Jørgensen 4 Data collection and exploitation strategies for Green Information Systems 53 Vijaya Lakshmi, Jacqueline Corbett, and Jane Webster 5 How to unlock the potential of information systems for a circular economy 74 Anne Ixmeier, Johann Kranz, Jan Recker, and Roman Zeiss 6 From environmental towards sustainability management information systems 100 Tyge-F. Kummer and Kenan Degirmenci 7 Designing information systems that support environmental sustainability: a framework-based review 114 Jan Recker 8 Digital technology affordances for sustainable business practices 149 Stefan Seidel, Jan Recker, and Jan vom Brocke 9 Green IS: an imperative and an opportunity for IT services 165 Saji K. Mathew and Thillai Rajan 10 The persuasive potential of digital nudging for eco-sustainable behaviour 182 Anne Ixmeier, Anna Seidler, Christopher Henkel, Marina Fiedler, Johann Kranz, and Kim Strunk 11 Comfort vs money: influencing the energy user for sustainable consumption 207 Silpa Sangeeth L.R., Saji K. Mathew, and Richard T. Watson 12 Understanding the collaborative consumption of sustainable products and services: the impact of psychological ownership 231 Laurens Rook, Joshua Paundra,Jan van Dalen, and Wolfgang Ketter 13 Information systems and behavioural change: feedback interventions to curb the consumption of natural resources 253 Thorsten Staake, Verena Tiefenbeck, and Thomas Stiefmeier 14 The role of smart home technology in the sustainable transformation 275 Philipp Wunderlich and Daniel Veit 15 Smart grids and energy markets: towards a real-time energy system 295 Jason Dedrick, Gilbert Fridgen, Marc-Fabian Körner, and Jens Strüker 16 Blockchain-enabled markets: a literature review with a focus on decentralised energy markets 315 Anselma Wörner, Verena Tiefenbeck, and Wolfgang Ketter 17 Engineering markets and information systems for Citizen Energy Communities 341 Christof Weinhardt and Philipp Staudt Index 366
£190.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Cases on Digital Entrepreneurship: How Digital
Book SynopsisHow are digital technologies changing the creation of new ventures? What are the critical skills for entrepreneurs in the digital age? How does digitalization change product design and communication with customers? How can small businesses in non-digital industries overcome the digital divide? This book helps answer these questions through real-world case studies and lessons learnt from the perspectives of real entrepreneurs in various industries, countries and types of business. Each case has abundant materials to support learning and reflection, including: discussion questions and assignments to stretch students decision-making simulations rich and detailed teaching notes to help enliven your teaching. Highlighting how entrepreneurship is changing in the digital age, this book will be an excellent resource for teachers and students of entrepreneurship, innovation management, new venture creation, marketing and strategy. Trade Review‘This book highlights the diversity and dynamism of digital entrepreneurship. Through case studies drawn from multiple industries and different countries, including the Global South, readers are introduced to the challenges and opportunities associated with digital technologies. These are varied, as are the tools that the book provides to help readers understand how the cases developed. Through combining the cases and tools, what emerges is a rich set of insights into digital entrepreneurship, enabling readers to develop their analytical skills and further their understanding of this area.’ -- Jason Whalley, University of Northumbria, UK‘Digital entrepreneurship has such a broad scope that it is sometimes difficult to discern what is being talked about when we hear this term. The present collection brings together a series of concrete case studies that delve into the details of what digital entrepreneurship means in practice and in specific contexts. This collection provides a valuable resource to entrepreneurship educators that want to provide their students with tangible and well-researched accounts from the real-world trenches of digital entrepreneurship.’ -- Mohammad Keyhani, University of Calgary, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to Cases on Digital Entrepreneurship: digital entrepreneurship as digital transformation xvii Luca Iandoli and Carmine Gibaldi 1 What do my customers really want? Pivoting digital technology and business models in emergency response management 1 Cesar Bandera and Katia Passerini 2 The dark side of a student online startup 11 Michael Dominik 3 E-Bro APS: opportunities and challenges for digital social entrepreneurs 24 Ada Scupola 4 The role of digital technologies in the development of the Shape Stretch body stretching bar: a case study in product innovation and management resources 35 John DiMarco 5 Agroads case: technological solutions for the agricultural sector 45 Rubén A. Ascúa, Andrea Minetti and José A. Borello 6 Leveraging collaboration between academic research and SMEs to support digital transformation in the agri-food Italian industry: the case of Santomiele 58 Roberto Parente, Rosangela Feola and Ricky Celenta 7 Bringing the traditional farm into the digital era: entrepreneurship with digitalization and diversification 75 Anna Sörensson and Maria Bogren 8 Escaping the “tortoise shell paradox”: digitalization and servitization in the green building construction industry – the case of Marlegno 90 Davide Gamba, Tommaso Minola and Matteo Kalchschmidt 9 The case of Dodo Pizza: how a Russian pizza making startup transformed itself into a thriving digital company 102 Dmitry Katalevsky 10 Digital entrepreneurship for influencer marketing: the case of Buzzoole 116 Gianluca Elia, Alessandro Margherita, Pasquale Del Vecchio, Giustina Secundo and Marco Valerio Izzo 11 Between agility and growth: (re-)designing the IT landscape of a digital gazelle in the online marketing industry 130 Nils J. Tschoppe, Jan K. Tänzler and Paul Drews 12 Lenali, the first audio social media: the Malian app empowering small-business owners 145 Katia Richomme-Huet and Odile De Saint Julien Chapter 1: teaching notes 160 Cesar Bandera and Katia Passerini Chapter 2: teaching notes 165 Michael Dominik Chapter 3: teaching notes 173 Ada Scupola Chapter 4: teaching notes 180 John DiMarco Chapter 5: teaching notes 184 Rubén A. Ascúa, Andrea Minetti and José A. Borello Chapter 6: teaching notes 190 Roberto Parente, Rosangela Feola and Ricky Celenta Chapter 7: teaching notes 201 Anna Sörensson and Maria Bogren Chapter 8: teaching notes 205 Anna Sörensson and Maria Bogren Chapter 9: teaching notes 214 Dmitry Katalevsky Chapter 10: teaching notes 225 Gianluca Elia, Alessandro Margherita, Pasquale Del Vecchio, Giustina Secundo and Marco Valerio Izzo Chapter 11: teaching notes 230 Nils J. Tschoppe, Jan K. Tänzler and Paul Drews Chapter 12: teaching notes 238 Katia Richomme-Huet and Odile De Saint Julien index
£105.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Teaching Information Systems
Book SynopsisIssues related to teaching and learning information systems (IS) concepts have received keen interest from IS academics since the discipline’s inception over 60 years ago. Bringing together cutting-edge research from over 30 international experts, Teaching Information Systems presents a timely assessment of critical issues associated with the IS curriculum, the learner, and the learning environment.Chapters take a contemporary look at the key issues related to the teaching of IS across the globe, addressing the challenges of virtual learning environments, the drawbacks of relying solely on textbooks, and current thinking on how to align the curriculum with industry needs. Drawing lessons from faculty reflection and empirical evidence, the book provides valuable insight to IS professors and administrators invested in delivering high-quality IS education, demonstrating how instructors can design and implement a relevant and practical curriculum to meet the needs of modern-day students.Exploring non-technical skills and non-traditional instructional materials, this erudite teaching guide will prove an essential resource for instructors in information systems, computer science, information science, and related disciplines. Its practical insights will also benefit researchers and consultants interested in applying IS research findings to practice.Trade Review‘This book is a great reference for information systems educators and administrators, providing strategies on how to teach IS for the fast-changing field. With wide coverage and international perspectives, it spans many different aspects of IS teaching, from curriculum design and ideas to understanding different characteristics of IS learners and learning environments.’ -- Dr. Hongjiang Xu, Butler University, USTable of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Teaching information systems: history and current issues 2 Mark I. Hwang PART II CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS 2 Addressing students’ writing challenges with the case development genre through explicit instruction: lessons learned from a design-based research project 19 Maria Pia Gomez Laich, Divakaran Liginlal, Thomas Mitchell and Silvia Pessoa 3 Go beyond the technology: emphasizing soft skills in IT/ IS capstone classes 44 Jack Zheng, Zhigang Li and Lei Li 4 Cross-disciplinary curricula in Bachelor of Information Systems education: a case study in Indonesia 68 Tjibeng Jap and Sri Tiatri 5 Directing the eye: enhancing cybersecurity education through media 87 Jacob Young, Sahar Farshadkhah and Tyler Smith 6 The tyranny of the textbook: an 8-step program on how to stop using the textbook 115 David R. Firth, Theresa Floyd and Emily Plant PART III THE LEARNER CHARACTERISTICS 7 Exploring educational settings and projects for a balanced gender representation in undergraduate information technology education 136 Dorian Stoilescu and Andreea Molnar 8 Developing career-focused curriculum to improve high school perceptions of information systems careers 159 Rohan Genrich, Mark Toleman and Dave Roberts 9 Academic integrity in digital learning 193 Khanyisa Malufu, Siduduziwe Malufu and Christinah Dlamini PART IV THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT 10 Virtual Learning Environments: early identification of students at risk 220 Kem Z.K. Zhang, Michael Dohan, ShiKui Wu and Wesley Floriano Willick 11 The synergy of the Information Systems curriculum between academic and industry perspectives: the case in Indonesia 243 Yohannes Kurniawan and Erwin Halim 12 Transitions in Information Systems education: confronting technological and societal change in the face of global realities and disparities 264 Abdisalam M. Issa-Salwe, Nasrullah K. Khilji and Stephen A. Roberts Index 299
£115.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Innovation in Multinational Corporations in the
Book SynopsisInnovation in Multinational Corporations in the Information Age investigates the production of information communication technology (ICT) through multinational corporations worldwide, and particularly in Europe. Questions relating to the management of corporate technological portfolio and the management of corporate research activity are addressed, and sectoral specialisation along with the geographical location of corporate technological development are analysed. The book imparts enlightening viewpoints on the changing boundaries of the international firm and the evolution of corporate learning in a more complex technological system. The increasing significance of regions as units of spatial competition is highlighted, and the analysis of ICT provides an insight into business strategy and policy making agendas.Providing useful insights into the dynamics of innovation at company level in an international context, this book will be of great interest to international, political, industrial and business economists and scholars.Trade Review'. . . Grazia D. Santangelo has added enormously to our understanding of the nature of international R&D. Hence, I strongly recommend the book to researchers and interested practitioners who work in the field of ICT innovation and international R&D.' -- Oliver Gassmann, R&D Management'Innovation in Multinational Corporations in the Information Age is highly recommended for any professional interested in the role of information technology in multinational corporations. Although most of the analysis in this book is focused on Europe, the findings can be easily extrapolated to other regions of the world. The highly structured analysis of empirical data sets this book apart from others in this topic.' -- Roberto Vinaja, Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM)'This book deals with issues that will be of particular interest to those who wish to learn about the location of corporate R&D. In line with earlier studies on international business, this book concludes that although ICTs encourage the geographical dispersion of R&D activities, the location of these is not in fact random. On the contrary, the book shows that the location patterns of multinational corporations reflect regional technological advantages and are affected by agglomeration economies. The collection of data presented in this work bears several implications for the management of multinational corporations and public policy.' -- Salvatore Torrisi, Universita di Camerino and St Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Part I: Location, Innovative Activity and MNCs 2. The Geography of Innovation and Local Embeddedness: Tacit versus Codified Knowledge 3. The Management of Corporate Technological Portfolios: Rationalisation versus Diversification 4. Globalisation and Innovation Management Part II: The Experience of the European ICT Industry 5. The Evolution of European Corporate Competencies in ICT 6. The Dynamics of Corporate Competencies and STPs 7. Locational Aspects of ICT Corporate Technological Development: Some Evidence from German, Italian and UK Regions Part III: Concluding Remarks and Implications 8. Conclusions: Context-Dependency, Industrial Models of Innovation and Corporate Learning 9. Management Issues and Policy Implications Bibliography Index
£95.00
