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Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2015
This volume examines how generative mechanisms emerge in the social order and their consequences. It does so in the light of finding answers to the general question posed in this book series: Will Late Modernity be replaced by a social formation that could be called Morphogenic Society? This volume...
Late Modernity
Trajectories towards Morphogenic Society
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014
This volume examines the reasons for intensified social change after 1980; a peaceful process of a magnitude that is historically unprecedented. It examines the kinds of novelty that have come about through morphogenesis and the elements of stability that remain because of morphostasis. It is argued...
The Dynamics of Corporate Social Responsibility
A Critical Approach to Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016
This book explores recent developments in the theory, strategic perspective and international practice of corporate social responsibility. In particular it discusses the consequences of the economic slowdown apparent in many economies and the impact of changes in the regulatory environment.
It...
The Merits of Regional Cooperation
The Case of South Asia
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
This book highlights various cutting-edge topics and approaches to cooperation and regional integration in South Asia. Contributions from both South Asian and EU scholars carry the distinctive flavour of differing perspectives, in order to identify possible driving factors for regional cooperation.
The...
Product-Focused Software Process Improvement
17th International Conference, PROFES 2016, Trondheim, Norway, November 22-24, 2016, Proceedings
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, PROFES 2016, held in Trondheim, Norway, in November 2016.
The 24 revised full papers presented together with 21 short papers, 1 keynote, 3 invited papers, 5 workshop papers....
Product-Focused Software Process Improvement
18th International Conference, PROFES 2017, Innsbruck, Austria, November 29–December 1, 2017, Proceedings
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, PROFES 2017, held in Innsbruck, Austria, in November/December 2017.
The 17 revised full papers presented together with 10 short papers, 21 workshop papers. 3...
Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality
22nd International Working Conference, REFSQ 2016, Gothenburg, Sweden, March 14-17, 2016, Proceedings
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 22nd International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering – Foundation for Software Quality, REFSQ 2016, held in Gothenburg, Sweden, in March 2016.
The 16 full papers and 5 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected...
Tackling Society's Grand Challenges with Design Science
11th International Conference, DESRIST 2016, St. John’s, NL, Canada, May 23-25, 2016, Proceedings
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, DESRIST 2016, held in St. John, Newfoundland, Canada, in May 2016.
The 11 full papers, 2 short papers and 9 short papers describing...
Perspectives in Business Informatics Research
16th International Conference, BIR 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 28–30, 2017, Proceedings
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research, BIR 2017, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in August 2017.
This year the BIR conference attracted 59 submissions from 23 countries. They were reviewed by 45 members of the...
The Rise of a New Superpower
Turkey's Key Role in the World Economy and Energy Market
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
The book explains the reasons for the recent economic success of Turkey by examining the transformation of the private sector and the development policies implemented by the Turkish government. Further concrete insights are provided by professionals working for institutional and business players...
Advances in Production Management Systems: Innovative Production Management Towards Sustainable Growth
IFIP WG 5.7 International Conference, APMS 2015, Tokyo, Japan, September 7-9, 2015, Proceedings, Part I
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2015
The two volumes IFIP AICT 459 and 460 constitute the refereed proceedings of the International IFIP WG 5.7 Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems, APMS 2015, held in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2015. The 163 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 185 submissions....
Advances in Affective and Pleasurable Design
Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Affective and Pleasurable Design, July 27-31, 2016, Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
This book discusses the latest advances in affective and pleasurable design. It reports on important theoretical and practical issues, covering a wealth of topics, including aesthetics in product and system design, design-driven innovation, affective computing, evaluation tools for emotion, Kansei...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
This book is organized in 2 volumes and 6 parts. Part I is Big Data Analytics, which is about new advances of analysis, statistics, coordination and data mining of big data; Part II is Information Systems Management, which is about the development of big data information system or cloud platform....
Computational Collective Intelligence
9th International Conference, ICCCI 2017, Nicosia, Cyprus, September 27-29, 2017, Proceedings, Part I
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
This two-volume set (LNAI 10448 and LNAI 10449) constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Collective Intelligence, ICCCI 2017, held in Nicosia, Cyprus, in September 2017.
The 117 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 248 submissions. The...