A human-inspired, linguistically sophisticated model of language understanding for intelligent agent systems. One of the original goals of artificial intelligence research was to endow intelligent agents with human-level natural language capabilities. Recent AI research, however, has focused on applying statistical and machine learning approaches to big data rather than attempting to model w…
Von Awareness Marketing über Customer Lifetime Value und Leapfrogging bis zur Wasserfallstrategie: Die Marketingsprache zeichnet sich durch unzählige Fachtermini und Anglizismen aus. Einen ersten schnellen Überblick verschafft das vorliegende Nachschlagewerk. Anhand von 222 übersichtlichen Schlüsselbegriffen werden die Grundkonzepte und -theorien des Marketings erläutert. Die Erklärungen…
EU fundamental rights; constitutional law; international
From the central concept of the field—which depicts the world as a mutually interactive whole, with each part connected to every other part by an underlying field— have come models as diverse as quantum mathematics and Saussure’s theory of language. In The Cosmic Web, N. Katherine Hayles seeks to establish the scope of the field concept and to assess its importance for contemporary though…
This edited volume uses an interdisciplinary approach to art and design that not only reframes but also repositions agendas and actions to address fragmented global systems. Contributors explore the pluriverse of art and design through epistemological and methodological considerations. What kinds of sustainable ways are there for knowledge transfer, supporting plural agendas, finding novel ways…
What interpretation(s) do today’s historians make of electrification? Electrification is a process which began almost a hundred and fifty years ago but which more than one billion men and women still do not have access to. This book displays the social diversity of the electric worlds and of the approaches to their history. It updates the historical knowledge and shows the renewal of the hist…
Das Lehrbuch bietet einen umfassenden Einblick in die unternehmerische Gestaltung des Management in etablierten Unternehmen. Gekennzeichnet durch die Dimensionen Innovativität, Proaktivität und Risikobereitschaft ist Corporate Entrepreneurship heute belegbar ein wichtiger Faktor für nachhaltigen Unternehmenserfolg. Die Autoren beleuchten das Konzept wissenschaftlich und präsentieren die Erk…
Die Finanzierung mit Venture Capital oder Private Equity gewinnt in Deutschland zunehmend an Bedeutung. Ein Spezifikum einer solchen Finanzierung ist es, dass für den begrenzten Beteiligungszeitraum nicht nur Kapital bereitgestellt wird, sondern der Kapitalgeber auch eine mehr oder minder intensive Zusammenarbeit mit dem Management des finanzierten Unternehmens anstrebt. Frank Pankotsch unt…
This book provides readers an understanding of the implementation of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) for international construction operations. In an extended case study, it primarily focuses on Chinese construction firms (CCFs) based in Singapore. In this regard, the book explains the differences and similarities between Risk Management (RM), Project Risk Management (PRM) and ERM in the const…
"In Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History, Michel-Rolph Trouillot writes that by examining the process of history we can “discover the differential exercise of power that makes some narratives possible and silences others.” Alternative Historiographies of the Digital Humanities examines the process of history in the narrative of the digital humanities and deconstructs its …