History of Innovative Entrepreneurs in Japan

This is the first Open Access book introducing more than 20 of Japan’s leading innovative entrepreneurs from the 17th century to the present. The author outlines the innovative business models created by entrepreneurs including SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son, Fast Retailing (Uniqlo)’s Yanai Tadashi, Honda’s Soichiro Honda, Sony’s Akio Morita, Panasonic’s Konosuke Matsushita, and Toyota’…

Political Reform Reconsidered

This Open Access book provides a comprehensive analysis of political reforms in Japan since the 1990s, emphasizing the role of ideas in shaping their goals and outcomes. For more than fifteen years following the collapse of Japan’s economic bubble, politicians, business people and academics tackled a range of institutional reforms. The sweeping changes they enacted—covering almost…

Vaccines for Neglected Pathogens: Strategies, Achievements and Challenges

This book reviews successes and (remaining) challenges in vaccine development for the selected Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) of Leprosy, Leishmaniasis, Meliodoisis and Tuberculosis, which are a continuous burden for millions of people in affected areas worldwide. Written by frontline researchers, the volume deep-dives into different vaccine strategies, provides biotechnological background i…

Augmented Humanity

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Agricultural Implications of Fukushima Nuclear Accident (IV)

This open access book presents the findings from on-site research into radioactive cesium contamination in various agricultural systems affected by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in March 2011. This fourth volume in the series reports on studies undertaken at contaminated sites such as farmland and forests, focusing on soil, water, mountain, agricultural products, and animal…

Infektionen und Gesellschaft

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Co-governed Sovereignty Network

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9789811626708

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Klimawandel in Deutschland

Dieses Open-Access-Buch beschreibt die Auswirkungen von Klimaveränderungen auf Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft in Deutschland. Es liefert eine fundierte, fachübergreifende Grundlage für Entscheidungen im Zusammenhang mit dem Klimawandel. Wie lassen sich die Folgen des Klimawandels abmildern und wie können wir uns vorbereiten? Die hier vorliegende nationale Untersuchung stellt den aktuellen F…

China's Long-Term Low-Carbon Development Strategies and Pathways

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Multivariate Statistical Analysis in the Real and Complex Domains

Multivariate statistical analysis often proves to be a challenging subject for students. The difficulty arises in part from the reliance on several types of symbols such as subscripts, superscripts, bars, tildes, bold-face characters, lower- and uppercase Roman and Greek letters, and so on. However, resorting to such notations is necessary in order to refer to the various quantities involve…