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Software Cost Estimation, Benchmarking, and Risk Assessment
The Software Decision-Makers' Guide to Predictable Software Development
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013
Software effort estimation is a key element of software project planning and management. Yet, in industrial practice, the important role of effort estimation is often underestimated and/or misunderstood.
In this book, Adam Trendowicz presents the CoBRA method (an abbreviation for Cost Estimation,...
Urban China in the New Era
Market Reforms, Current State, and the Road Forward
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
This book aims to provide a scholarly account of recent understandings and reflections on some of the prevalent and emerging issues in urban and regional China, such as urbanization, inequality, hukou (household registration) reforms, labor relations, not-in-my-backyard protests and environmental...
Collaborative Promotions
Optimizing Retail Supply Chains with Upstream Information Sharing
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
Promotions are at the same time beloved and feared by both food retailers and branded goods manufacturers in today’s retail environment. Beloved because they attract smart customers and generate an immediate effect on a brand’s sale. Feared because there is uncertainty about the competitors’...
The Integrated Architecture Framework Explained
Why, What, How
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2010
This book captures and communicates the wealth of architecture experience Capgemini has gathered as a member of The Open Group – a vendor- and technology-neutral consortium formed by major industry players – in developing, deploying, and using its “Integrated Architecture Framework” (IAF)...
International Business Ethics
Focus on China
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2015
This book addresses an essential need felt by many who seek to promote best business practices in China and East Asia – namely the need for culturally appropriate instructional materials (basic information, case studies and ethical perspectives) that will allow managers and entrepreneurs to understand...
Corporate Social Responsibility
Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies for 21st Century Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
In today's global business environment it is no longer acceptable that a corporation does well simply by doing good. It is expected. With increasing pressures from stakeholders to improve the bottom line as well as to be good corporate citizens, business leaders face tough decisions. What social issues...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2014
Food security has always been a major global concern and is getting more attention in recent years. In fact, the global economy and stability has been severely challenged by the precarious state of food security, which was exacerbated by a combination of sharp price volatility and disastrous weather...
Johan Galtung
Pioneer of Peace Research
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
This is the first ever anthology of key articles by Johan Galtung, widely regarded as the founder of the academic discipline of peace studies. It covers such concepts as direct, structural and cultural violence; theories of conflict, development, civilization and peace; peaceful conflict transformation;...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2014
Since the Industrial Revolution, the efficiency with which energy resources are extracted and converted into work has played a prominent role in the accumulation of material wealth. The prominent role of energy resources, in conjunction with their scarcity and their uneven geographic distribution,...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
The book aims to present “traditional features” of regional science (as geographical concepts and institutions), as well as relatively new topics such as innovation and agglomeration economies. In particular it demonstrates that, contrary to what has been argued by recent economics literature,...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2009
Economic development has cyclical dynamics and long-term dynamics – the latter are typically related to demographical changes, innovation and long-term insti- tional changes in open economies. Financial markets – that means mainly capital markets – and labor markets are affected in OECD countries...
by Angang Hu
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014
This book is particularly concerned with China’s path to green development and how it can be understood, exploring questions such as how the goal of Chinese-led green development can be achieved. The book provides systematic explanations of the theory of green development, exploring its background,...
Leading Pharmaceutical Innovation
Trends and Drivers for Growth in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
Pharmaceutical giants have been doubling their investments in drug development, only to see new drug approvals to remain constant for the past decade. This book investigates and highlights a set of proactive strategies. The authors focus on three sources of pharmaceutical innovation: new management...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
The competitiveness of firms, regions and countries greatly depends on the generation, dissemination and application of new knowledge. Modern innovation research is challenged by the need to incorporate knowledge generation and dissemination processes into the analysis so as to disentangle the complexity...