The first quarter of the 21st century introduced the world to rapid uncertainty, be it the social-political and financial crises, or pandemics, or the shaking up of well-established democracies with an increasing rise in populism. At the same time, the technological promise has taken off with automation, artificial intelligence, and nanotechnologies increasingly becoming an economic reality. Th…
This open access book helps actors who are committed to change unlock true innovative potential for the common good in their organizations. Innovation and change processes are not linear. Hence, this book presents a novel way to manage complexity. The author introduces readers to a comprehensive change management framework, the Eoh-for-Good blueprint methodology. It presents the method and disc…
Personel militer yang termotivasi, cakap, dan terlatih dengan baik sangat penting bagi keberhasilan militer mana pun, dan kebijakan personel sangat penting untuk mendapatkan dan mempertahankan prajurit pria dan wanita yang berkualifikasi. Transformasi kebijakan personel merupakan elemen penting dari transformasi yang lebih luas yang terjadi di militer Barat. Di seluruh Eropa dan Amerika Utara, …
This work provides an analysis of the operation and consequences of exchange rate regimes in an era of increasing international interdependence.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
The convergence of military strategy and mathematics in war games, from medieval to modern times.For centuries, both mathematical and military thinkers have used game-like scenarios to test their visions of mastering a complex world through symbolic operations. By the end of World War I, mathematical and military discourse in Germany simultaneously discovered the game as a productive concept. M…
Joyce Fletcher's research shows that emotional intelligence and relational behavior are often viewed as inappropriate because they collide with powerful, gender-linked images.This study of female design engineers has profound implications for attempts to change organizational culture. Joyce Fletcher's research shows that emotional intelligence and relational behavior are often viewed as inappro…
A vast theoretical and empirical literature in corporate finance considers the interrelationships of corporate governance, takeovers, management turnover, corporate performance, corporate capital structure, and corporate ownership structure. Most of the studies look at two variables at a time. In this book, Sanjai Bhagat and Richard Jefferis argue that from an econometric viewpoint, the proper …
"With many new forms of digital media--including such popular social media as Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr -- the people formerly known as the audience no longer only consume but also produce and even design media. Jonas L?owgren and Bo Reimer term this phenomenon collaborative media, and in this book they investigate the qualities and characteristics of these forms of media in terms of what t…
"Using data from before and after the 1956 Act, this book compares the two groups of industries to determine the effect of price competition on concentration, firm and plant numbers, profitability, advertising intensity, and innovation. The book avoids two problems common to empirical studies of competition: how to measure the intensity of competition and how to unravel the links between compet…
Selected papers from seminars hosted by CESifo, an international network of economists supported jointly by the Center for Economic Studies at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit?at, Munich, and the Ifo Institute for Economic Research.Discussions of the different theoretical and empirical paradigms for setting and predicting exchange rates.Recent theoretical developments in exchange rate economics hav…