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Building a Cashless Society : The Swedish Route to the Future of Cash Payments
This open access book tells the story of how Sweden is becoming a virtually cashless society. Its goal is to improve readers’ understanding of what is driving this transition, and of the factors that are fostering and hampering it. In doing so, the book covers the role of central banks, political factors, needs for innovation, and the stakeholders involved in developing a cashless ecosystem. …
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- 978-3-030-10689-8
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- X, 96
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- SpringerBriefs in Economics (BRIEFSECONOMICS)
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- 332 ARV b
Socioeconomics of Agriculture
This open access book applies for the first time emerging concepts of socioeconomics to analyse an economic sector, namely agriculture. It considers the rational choices of all actors in the system (just as agricultural economists do) and their cultural preferences and constraints (just as rural sociologists do). Socioeconomic concepts are subsequently used to structure agricultural issues with…
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- 978-3-319-74141-3
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- VII, 106
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- SpringerBriefs in Economics (BRIEFSECONOMICS)
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- 338 MAN s
Institutional Reform for Innovation and Entrepreneurship : An Agenda for Europe
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. The authors of this book advise the economies of the European Union to become more entrepreneurial in promoting innovation and economic growth. The authors propose a reform strategy with respect to several aspects to achieve this goal. Starting with the rule of law and the protection of property rights; the tax system; the authors deal …
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- 978-3-319-55092-3
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- X, 102
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- SpringerBriefs in Economics (BRIEFSECONOMICS)
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- 338 ELE i
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence and the Law
This open access book presents an interdisciplinary, multi-authored, edited collection of chapters on Artificial Intelligence (‘AI’) and the Law. AI technology has come to play a central role in the modern data economy. Through a combination of increased computing power, the growing availability of data and the advancement of algorithms, AI has now become an umbrella term for some of the mo…
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- 978-3-031-41264-6
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- XV, 456
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- Law, Governance and Technology Series (LGTS, volume 58)
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- 340 MUL
GDPR and Biobanking: Individual Rights, Public Interest and Research Regulati…
This open access book focuses on the discrepancies in biobank research regulations that are among the most significant hurdles to effective research collaboration. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has established stringent requirements for the processing of health and genetic data, while simultaneously allowing considerable multi-level exceptions for the purposes of scientific rese…
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- 978-3-030-49388-2
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- VII, 434
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- Law, Governance and Technology Series (LGTS, volume 43)
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- 340 GDP
Hope across cultures : Lessons from the International Hope Barometer
This open access book presents an integrative and transdisciplinary conceptualization of hope and brings together cross-cultural studies based on quantitative data from around the globe. It incorporates state-of-the-art theories of hope from psychology, philosophy and theology and presents a novel approach to the study of hope in different life situations. The volume analyses empirical data fro…
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- 978-3-031-24412-4
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- XII, 416
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- Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology (CAPP, volume 14)
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- 150 HOP
Wetlands and Water Framework Directive : Protection, Management and Climate C…
This book compares the lessons learned from a wetland-perspective approach to the changing climate and the requirements of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) with regard to environmental conservation. Examples from Germany and Poland are discussed due to the efficiency of their respective implementations of water conservation policies. Although the general scientific interest in specific issue…
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- 978-3-319-13764-3
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- XI, 103
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- GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences (GEPS)
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- 624 WET
Challenges in Research Policy : Evidence-Based Policy Briefs with Recommendat…
This open access volume addresses major challenges in research policy and provides advice on how to approach them. With chapters designed as accessible policy briefs, the book serves as an essential resource for new actors in research policy. It offers evidence-based recommendations on approaching research governance, funding, and evaluation challenges by covering these topics: Identifying a…
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- 978-3-031-69580-3
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- VIII, 113
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- SpringerBriefs in Political Science (BRIEFSPOLITICAL)
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- 350 CHA
Homonegativity and Religiously Motivated Political Extremism : A Study Based …
This open access book describes the world’s increasingly multicultural societies face the problem that more and more diverse lifestyles (LGBTQIA+ communities) are not universally accepted, and that today, in addition to xenophobia, racism and anti-Semitism, there is substantial homonegativity. This book explores this issue, reviews the empirical literature on the subject and provides new empi…
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- 978-3-031-66202-7
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- XXIII, 114
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- SpringerBriefs in Political Science (BRIEFSPOLITICAL)
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- 320 TAU h
Twin-Control: A Digital Twin Approach to Improve Machine Tools Lifecycle
This open access book summarizes the results of the European research project “Twin-model based virtual manufacturing for machine tool-process simulation and control” (Twin-Control). The first part reviews the applications of ICTs in machine tools and manufacturing, from a scientific and industrial point of view, and introduces the Twin-Control approach, while Part 2 discusses the developme…
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- 1
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- 9783030022037
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- XVI, 296 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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