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Open Mapping towards Sustainable Development Goals
This collection amplifies the experiences of some of the world’s young people who are working to address SDGs using geospatial technologies and multi-national collaboration. Authors from every region of the world who have emerged as leaders in the YouthMappers movement share their perspectives and knowledge in an accessible and peer-friendly format. YouthMappers are university students who cr…
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- 978-3-031-05182-1
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- Sustainable Development Goals Series
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- XXIII, 382
Sustainable Qatar
This open access book provides a topical overview of the key sustainability issues in Qatar, focusing on environmental sustainability from a socio-political perspective. The transition to a sustainable Qatar requires engagement with diverse areas of social-political, human, and environmental development. On the environmental aspects, the contributors address climate change, food security, water…
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- 978-981-19-7398-7
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- Gulf Studies
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- XIII, 380
Statistical Foundations of Actuarial Learning and its Applications
This open access book discusses the statistical modeling of insurance problems, a process which comprises data collection, data analysis and statistical model building to forecast insured events that may happen in the future. It presents the mathematical foundations behind these fundamental statistical concepts and how they can be applied in daily actuarial practice. Statistical modeling has…
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- 978-3-031-12409-9
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- Springer Actuarial
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- XII, 605
Wertschöpfung hybrid gestalten
In diesem Open-Access-Buch ist die Digitalisierung von Geschäftsmodellen anhand von Praxisbeispielen beschrieben. Dies umfasst einerseits die Entwicklung digitaler bzw. hybrider Geschäftsmodelle und andererseits die Gestaltung des Umsetzungsprozesses im Unternehmen. Dazu zählen Veränderungen an Strukturen der Aufbau- und Ablauforganisation ebenso wie an Zusammenarbeit, Führung und Kompeten…
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- 978-3-662-65130-8
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- ifaa-Edition
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- XV, 232
Firm Competitive Advantage Through Relationship Management: A Theory for Succ…
Relationship management (RM) is an essential part of business, but its success as a business model can be hard to measure, with some firms embracing a model that is truly relationship-orientated, while others claim to be relationship-orientated but in fact prefer transactional short-term gain. This open access book aims to develop a mid-range theory of relationship management, examining truly…
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- 978-3-030-67338-3
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50 Years World Heritage Convention: Shared Responsibility – Conflict & Reco…
This open access book identifies various forms of heritage destruction and analyses their causes. It proposes strategies for avoiding and solving conflicts, based on integrating heritage into the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It reflects on the identity-building role of heritage, on multidimensional conflicts and the destruction of heritage, and considers conflict-solving strategies …
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- 978-3-031-05660-4
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- Heritage Studies
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- XL, 504
The Impact of Individual Expertise and Public Information on Group Decision-M…
In this open-access-book the author concludes that expertise could be the key factor for global and interconnected problems. Experimental results have shown that expertise was a stronger predictor than public information regarding change in behavior and strategy adaption. Identifying non-routine problem-solving experts by efficient online assessments could lead to less volatile system performan…
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- 978-3-658-33139-9
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Exploring Animal Behavior Through Sound: Volume 1
This open-access book empowers its readers to explore the acoustic world of animals. By listening to the sounds of nature, we can study animal behavior, distribution, and demographics; their habitat characteristics and needs; and the effects of noise. Sound recording is an efficient and affordable tool, independent of daylight and weather; and recorders may be left in place for many months at a…
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- 978-3-030-97540-1
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- XVII, 517
Accelerating Digitalization: Chancen der Digitalisierung erkennen und nutzen
Nicht erst die Coronakrise zeigt, dass die Chancen der Digitalisierung von deutschen Unternehmen noch zu wenig genutzt und Kompetenzen dafür zu wenig aktiviert werden - auch wegen der hohen Unsicherheit im Übergang zu einer neuen stabilen Branchen-architektur. Dieses Buch zeigt die Chancen der Digitalisierung, analysiert branchen-übergreifend den Status Quo deutscher Unternehmen und bietet A…
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Koordination und Kompromiss in föderalen Bildungssystemen
In vielen Ländern bereitet traditionell das Gymnasium auf die Lehramtsausbildung vor. Diese multimethodische Open Access Studie befasst sich mit der umkämpften Institutionalisierung eines zweiten, alternativen Zugangswegs (Fachmittelschule) in die Lehrpersonenbildung in der Schweiz. Mit der Analyse von Kritik, Konflikt und Kompromiss werden Prozesse der Harmonisierung von Bildung bei gleichze…
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- 978-3-658-36193-8
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