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Technology Management for Sustainable Production and Logistics
Innovative technologies provide opportunities for making manufacturing and logistics operations cleaner and more resource-efficient. New technologies focus on lifecycle engineering and lifecycle management. This book will be valuable to both academics and practitioners who wish to deepen their knowledge of technology management. The book will cover technical, organizational, financial and socia…
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- 978-3-642-33935-6
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- X, 219
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- EcoProduction
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Technological and Institutional Innovations for Marginalized Smallholders in …
The aim of the book is to present contributions in theory, policy and practice to the science and policy of sustainable intensification by means of technological and institutional innovations in agriculture. The research insights re from Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The purpose of this book is to be a reference for students, scholars and practitioners inthe field of science and policy for…
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- XV, 435
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Advanced Game Design with HTML5 and JavaScript
How do you make a video game? Advanced Game Design with HTML5 and JavaScript is a down to earth education in how to make video games from scratch, using the powerful HTML5 and JavaScript technologies. This book is a point-by-point round up of all the essential techniques that every game designer needs to know. You'll discover how to create and render game graphics, add interactivity, sound, an…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-1-4302-5801-8
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- XXIV, 552
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- 005.1 SPU a
Leading When You're Not the Boss: How to Get Things Done in Complex Corporate…
Answer the questions that arise when managers and workers need to adjust to unfamiliar leadership roles and rules in flattened organizational forms. Leading When You’re Not the Boss provides a conceptual framework that you can apply when assessing your own organizations and work. The book discusses the underlying ideas necessary for a shift from a culture of hierarchies to one of relationship…
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- 978-1-4842-1748-1
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Advanced Dynamics of Mechanical Systems
This book introduces a general approach for schematization of mechanical systems with rigid and deformable bodies. It proposes a systems approach to reproduce the interaction of the mechanical system with different force fields such as those due to the action of fluids or contact forces between bodies, i.e., with forces dependent on the system states, introducing the concepts of the stability o…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-18200-1
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- XXII, 818
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- 621
Advanced Customization in Architectural Design and Construction
This book presents the state of the art in advanced customization within the sector of architectural design and construction, explaining important new technologies that are boosting design, product and process innovation and identifying the challenges to be confronted as we move toward a mass customization construction industry. Advanced machinery and software integration are discussed, as well…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-04423-1
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- IX, 170
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- SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
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- 693.068 NAB a
Educational Measurement for Applied Researchers
This book is a valuable read for a diverse group of researchers and practitioners who analyze assessment data and construct test instruments. It focuses on the use of classical test theory (CTT) and item response theory (IRT), which are often required in the fields of psychology (e.g. for measuring psychological traits), health (e.g. for measuring the severity of disorders), and education (e.g.…
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- 978-981-10-3300-1
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- 40 b/w illustrations, 74 illustrations in colour
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- XIV, 306
Educational Development in Western China
In 2000, the “Western Development” plan of the Chinese Mainland attracted attention of educators and policy makers. Around that period, the Chinese government also launched large scale and systemic curriculum reforms in basic education and secondary education in achieving quality education across the vast country. Despite significant progress that has been made in educational investments an…
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- 978-94-6300-232-5
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Leadership of Networks and Performance: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
In contrast to hierarchical leadership within intra-organizational contexts, leaders of inter-organizational networks have to lead across organizational boundaries without hierarchical fiat or directive authority. The central research question of Susanne Ruckdäschel is how leadership behavior of network managers can influence network performance. Hereby, relational leadership in the form of em…
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- 978-3-658-07033-5
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Leadership in Surgery
How does one become a successful leader? This book teaches the theories and concepts behind leadership and explains the skills and traits needed to become a good leader. Teaching surgical faculty and trainees (i.e., residents and fellows) how to successfully lead will create more effective surgeon leaders. The skills and theories reviewed in this Volume are highly useful for numerous leadersh…
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- 978-3-319-11107-0
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