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Manifesto of the New Economy : Institutions and Business Models of the Digita…
The book describes the main directions for the development of the digital society. The author angles its book to those who are interested to know what would replace search engines, and how social networks would evolve; what profit can be made of different forms of informational collaboration (crowdsourcing, collaborative filtering). And, the main thing, how it will influence the structure of th…
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- 978-3-642-21277-2
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- VI, 145
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Transaction Cost Management : Strategies and Practices for a Global Open Economy
All organizations, institutions, business processes, markets and strategies have one aim in common: the reduction of transaction costs. This aim is pursued relentlessly in practice, and has been perceived to bring about drastic changes, especially in the recent global market and the cyber economy. This book analyzes and describes “transactions” as a model, on the basis of which organization…
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- 978-3-319-06889-3
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- XVII, 273
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- Management for Professionals (MANAGPROF)
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Informational Privacy for Service Design : An Ethical Framework for Designing…
This open access book equips designers with a deeper understanding of informational privacy, emphasizing why and how designers should design services that respect and enhance people’s privacy. The solution to these issues is more important and challenging in our globalized service and design landscape. In their quest to understand the rationale for privacy in service design, authors embarked …
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- 1
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- 9783031769269
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- X, 127 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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- 52
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Multidisciplinary Aspects of Design : Objects, Processes, Experiences and Nar…
This open access book gathers the contributions from the Design! OPEN International Conference, held in Parma, Italy in May 2022. The conference explored the multidisciplinary aspects of design starting from its dimensions: objects (design as focused on the object, on its functional and symbolic dimension, and at the same time on the object as a tool for representing cultures), processes (the d…
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- 1
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- 9783031498114
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- XVI, 796 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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- 37
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Co-creation for Responsible Research and Innovation : Experimenting with Desi…
This open access book summarizes research being pursued within the SISCODE (Society in Innovation and Science through CO-DEsign) project, funded by the EU under the H2020 programme, the goal of which is to set up an analytical, reflective and learning framework to explore the transformations in initiatives and policies emerging from the interaction between citizens and stakeholders. The book pr…
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- 1
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- 9783030787332
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- VIII, 168 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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Model-Based Demography : Essays On integrating Data, Technique and Theory
Late in a career of more than sixty years, Thomas Burch, an internationally known social demographer, undertook a wide-ranging methodological critique of demography. This open access volume contains a selection of resulting papers, some previously unpublished, some published but not readily accessible. Rejecting the idea that demography is simply a branch of applied statistics, his work views i…
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- 9783319654324
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- XVIII, 200
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- 650
Methodological investigations in Agent-Based Modelling : With Applications Fo…
Agent-Based Modelling; ABM; Artificial Intelligence; AI; Computational social science; Social simulation; Population sciences
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- 9783658172756
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- XXIII, 235
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- 650
Corporate Finance for Long-Term Value
This open access textbook offers a guide to corporate finance for modern companies that want to create long-term value. Drawing on recent literature on sustainable companies, it starts by analysing the Sustainable Development Goals as a strategy for the transition to a sustainable economy. Next, it translates the general concept of sustainability into core corporate finance methods, such as net…
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- 978-3-031-35009-2
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- XXXIX, 630
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- Springer Texts in Business and Economics (STBE)
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- 650 WES m
Experimenting with the New European Bauhaus Values and Principles in Urban Tr…
This open access book offers valuable insights into experimenting with New European Bauhaus values and principles in urban transformation, drawing on contributions from key players such as local activists, action researchers, municipalities, developers and artists. It highlights lessons learned from the lighthouse project “Desire - Designing the Irresistible Circular Society", weaving a narra…
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- 978-3-031-76059-4
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- VIII, 116
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- SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)
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- 650 EXP
Design Thinking as a Strategic Approach to E-Participation : From Current Bar…
This open access book examines how the adoption of Design Thinking (DT) can support public organisations in overcoming some of the current barriers in e-participation. Scholars have discussed the adoption of technology to strengthen public engagement through e-participation, streamline and enhance the relationship between government and society, and improve accessibility and effectiveness. Howe…
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- 978-3-031-72160-1
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- X, 121
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- SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)
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- 650 MAR c
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