A Bradford book."The book is organized around parallel analyses of emotion and addiction in order to bring out similarities as well as differences. Elster's study sheds fresh light on the generation of human behavior, ultimately revealing how cognition, choice, and rationality are undermined by the physical processes that underlie strong emotions and cravings. This book will be of particular in…
This collection explores how technologies become forms of power, how people embed their authority in technological systems, and how the machines and the knowledge that make up technical systems strengthen or reshape social, political, and cultural power. The authors suggest ways in which a more nuanced investigation of technology's complex history can enrich our understanding of the changing me…
An accessible explanation of the hidden patterns found within the seemingly chaotic World Wide Web.Despite its haphazard growth, the Web hides powerful underlying regularities--from the organization of its links to the patterns found in its use by millions of users. Many of these regularities have been predicted on the basis of theoretical models based on a field of physics--statistical mechani…
Buku ini membahas transisi dari perekonomian manufaktur ke perekonomian berbasis jasa, khususnya dengan fokus pada konteks Hong Kong. Hal ini menyoroti semakin pentingnya kepemimpinan pelayanan dalam perekonomian modern dan kebutuhan untuk membina pemimpin yang memiliki kompetensi tugas dan kekuatan karakter. Model Kepemimpinan dan Manajemen Pelayanan (SLAM), yang dikembangkan oleh Hong Kong In…
This book provides an introduction to the field of knowledge management. Taking a learning-centric rather than information-centric approach, it emphasizes the continuous acquisition and application of knowledge. The book is organized into three sections, each opening with a classic work from a leader in the field. The first section, Strategy, discusses the motivation for knowledge management an…
Edisi bahasa Jerman dari buku ini mendapat persetujuan besar dari komunitas manajer proyek di Swiss, Jerman, dan Austria. Kami sangat senang bahwa kini edisi bahasa Inggris diterbitkan untuk pasar internasional guna memberikan manfaat praktis maksimal bagi banyak manajer proyek dalam pekerjaan sehari-hari mereka. Dalam edisi pertama dalam bahasa Inggris ini, setelah tiga edisi dalam bahasa Jerm…
Pengantar Nano-Optik Nonlinier; Struktur nano menunjukkan sifat optik linier dan nonlinier yang luar biasa. Nanopartikel logam, misalnya, dapat membatasi cahaya tampak pada skala hanya beberapa nanometer melalui eksitasi plasmon permukaan. Pengurungan ini sangat penting untuk berbagai aplikasi mendasar, seperti terapi kanker, pemisahan air, fotokatalisis, dan penginderaan molekul tunggal (bio-)…
Pengantar Layanan Berbasis Lokasi (LBS); Beberapa tahun terakhir telah menyaksikan kemajuan signifikan dalam Layanan Berbasis Lokasi (LBS), didorong oleh evolusi berkelanjutan perangkat seluler dan teknologi komunikasi. Layanan ini telah mendapatkan popularitas tidak hanya di lingkungan luar kota tetapi juga di lingkungan dalam ruangan seperti pusat perbelanjaan dan museum. Aplikasi LBS mencaku…
Five chapters in the book's first part, "Some Elementary Neuroscience," sketch the history of the science of nervous systems and provide a general introduction to neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, and neuropsychology. In the second part, "Recent Developments in the Philosophy of Science," chapters place the mind-body problem within the wider context of the philosophy of science. Drawing on recent …
In today's competitive globalised market, firms are increasingly reaching beyond conventional internal methods of research and development to use ideas developed through processes of open innovation (OI). This book describes the ways that OI expands the space for innovation, describing a range of OI practices, participants, and trends. The contributors report on a variety of OI initiatives, off…