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Product Lifecycle Management for Digital Transformation of Industries
13th IFIP WG 5.1 International Conference, PLM 2016, Columbia, SC, USA, July 11-13, 2016, Revised Selected Papers
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th IFIP WG 5.1 International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management, PLM 2016, held in Columbia, SC, USA, in July 2016.
The 57 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 77 submissions. The papers are...
Climate Change Mitigation
A Balanced Approach to Climate Change
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
Climate change is mainly caused by emissions of CO2 from burning fossil fuels, which provides over 85% of the world’s energy. Strategies for mitigating climate change are connected with handling economic and social activities through their effects on the use of energy. Climate Change Mitigation...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
The People's Republic of China (PRC) is taking concerted efforts and making large investments to peak out its carbon dioxide emissions around 2030. While current efforts are prioritizing accelerated energy efficiency and rapid expansion of renewables and nuclear in the energy mix, the fossil fuel...
Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality
Empowering Human, Place and Business
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
This volume provides the latest outcomes of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) research conducted in various industries. It reveals how AR and VR are currently changing the business landscape, and how new innovations provide opportunities for businesses to offer their customers unique...
by Kankar Bhattacharya, Jaap E. Daalder, Math H.J. Bollen
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Deregulation is a fairly new paradigm in the electric power industry. And just as in the case of other industries where it has been introduced, the goal of deregulation is to enhance competition and bring consumers new choices and economic benefits. The process has, obviously, necessitated reformulation...
Media Management
Leveraging Content for Profitable Growth
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
As the media converges with the telecommunication industry leveraging content becomes key for both formerly separate industries. As new channels are offered and used to distribute various contents - from music to games, from text to videos - companies have to think about innovative ways to even more...
The Political Economy of the Chinese Coal Industry
Black Gold and Blood-Stained Coal
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Coal mining is one of China’s largest industries, and provides an excellent case study through which to consider the broader issues of China’s transition from socialism to capitalism, focussing on the shift to a market economy, the rise of rural industry and the situation of China’s working...
Sustainable Customer Experience Design
Co-creating Experiences in Events, Tourism and Hospitality
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
Experiences are an important part of our lives and increasingly represent a crucial topic to address for businesses and professionals. This book focuses on designing, staging and managing experiences within the context of the events, tourism and hospitality industries. It also illustrates current...
Methods and Models for Assessing Energy Resources
First IIASA Conference on Energy Resources, May 20-21, 1975
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Methods and Models for Assessing Energy Resources covers the proceedings of the First IIASA Conference on Energy Resources, held on May 20-21, 1975. This book mainly focuses on energy resources, such as coal, oil and natural gas, and uranium resources, and the assessment of these resources.
This text...
Soar
How the Best Airline Brands Delight Customers and Inspire Employees
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
An airline has over 50 different brand touchpoints at which it can choose to operate exactly as it has in the past or to exceed expectations at each step and become truly exceptional. This book aims to highlight 10 exceptional airline brands which are thinking differently about branding, and executing...
Appetite for Innovation
Creativity and Change at elBulli
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
The name elBulli is synonymous with creativity and innovation. Located in Catalonia, Spain, the three-star Michelin restaurant led the world to "molecular" or "techno-emotional" cooking and made creations, such as pine-nut marshmallows, rose-scented mozzarella, liquid olives, and...
Fabricated
The New World of 3D Printing
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
Fabricated tells the story of 3D printers, humble manufacturing machines that are bursting out of the factory and into schools, kitchens, hospitals, even onto the fashion catwalk. Fabricated describes our emerging world of printable products, where people design and 3D print their own creations as...
Financial and Economic Tools Used in the World Hospitality Industry
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Management and Technology in Knowledge, Service, Tourism & Hospitality 2017 (SERVE 2017), 21-22 October 2017 & 30 November 2017, Bali, Indonesia & Moscow, Russia
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2018
The 2017 Fifth International Conference on Management and Technology in Knowledge, Service, Tourism & Hospitality (SERVE 2017) was held on 21-22 October 2017 and on 30 November 2017, in Bali, Indonesia and at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia....
Arsenal of Democracy
The American Automobile Industry in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2013
Throughout World War II, Detroit's automobile manufacturers accounted for one-fifth of the dollar value of the nation's total war production, and this amazing output from "the arsenal of democracy" directly contributed to the allied victory. In fact, automobile makers achieved such production miracles...