Digital Disruption
This book goes beyond the hype, delving into real world technologies and applications that are driving our future and examines the possible impact these changes will have on industries, economies and society at large. It details the actions governments and regulators must take in order to ensure these changes bring about positive benefits to the public without stifling innovation that may well be the future source of value creation. It examines how organisations in a world of digital ecosystems, where industry boundaries are blurring, must undertake radical digital transformation to survive and thrive in this new digital world. The reader is taken through a framework that critically examines (i) Digital Connectivity including 5G and IoT; (ii) Data Capture and Distribution which includes smart connected verticals; (iii) Data Integrity, Control and Tokenisation that includes cyber security, digital signatures, blockchain, smart contracts, digital assets and cryptocurrencies; (iv) Data Processing and Artificial Intelligence; and (v) Disruptive Applications which include platforms, virtual and augmented reality, drones, autonomous vehicles, digital twins and digital assistants.
O Rinoceronte Cinza
Um "rinoceronte cinza" 矇 uma amea癟a altamente prov獺vel, de alto impacto, mas negligenciada: apresentando parentesco tanto com o elefante na sala quanto com o improv獺vel e imprevis穩vel cisne negro. Os rinocerontes cinzentos n瓊o s瓊o surpresas aleat籀rias, mas ocorrem ap籀s uma s矇rie de avisos e evid礙ncias vis穩veis. O estouro da bolha imobili獺ria em 2008, as consequ礙ncias devastadoras do furac瓊o Katrina e outros desastres naturais, as novas tecnologias digitais que transformaram o mundo da m穩dia, a queda da Uni瓊o Sovi矇tica... tudo era evidente com bastante anteced礙ncia. Por que os l穩deres e tomadores de decis瓊o continuam deixando de abordar os perigos 籀bvios antes que eles saiam do controle? Com base em sua extensa experi礙ncia em forma癟瓊o de pol穩ticas e gest瓊o de crises, bem como entrevistas aprofundadas com l穩deres de todo o mundo, Michele Wucker mostra em O rinoceronte cinza como reconhecer e combater estrategicamente amea癟as de alto impacto iminentes. Repleto de hist籀rias persuasivas, exemplos do mundo real e conselhos pr獺ticos, esta obra 矇 uma leitura essencial para gerentes, investidores, planejadores, formuladores de pol穩ticas e qualquer pessoa que queira entender como lucrar evitando ser pisoteado.
Exploring the Trust and Innovation Mechanisms in M&A of China’s State Owned Enterprises with Mixed Ownership
Introduction.- Literature Review on Chinese SOEs' Mix Ownership-oriented M&A.- Theoretical Basis of Trust and Innovation Mechanism in M&A of China's SOEs.- The Theoretical Framework of Trust and Innovation Mechanism in M&A of China' SOEs.- Research on the Evaluation Index System of Trust and Innovation Studies Based on Mixed Ownership Reforms of SOEs.- Game analysis of China's enterprise M&A pricing based on expected market excess reward.- Trust, innovation and M&A value: An empirical study in China.- Trust Mechanism and M&A Performance: Trust Mechanism in Chinese SOEs' Mixed Ownership-oriented M&A.- A Case Study of Mixed Ownership-oriented M&A and Innovation-driven Development of Chinese SOEs.- Research Conclusions and Policy Recommendations for Mixed Ownership-oriented M&A of Chinese SOEs.
A Brief Overview of IMS
About the book: It is commonly said that "quality and safety is everybody's responsibility", but how much of this is true, practically? Unfortunately, this is not properly understood in the industry even today and the efforts required get isolated to the quality and safety departments. This can only improve if the top management, operational management and team leaders start owning the processes under their control and ensure that quality/safety are built in to the processes proactively. The principles of IMS outlined in this book could help improve processes within the scope of the company operations.It is hoped that A Brief Overview of IMS provides basic reference material for managers, engineers and executives at different levels in the industry, which could also help in training personnel at junior levels, including technicians and workers. The book also serves as a reference for management students and academic personnel.About the authors: Sudheendra SonnySudheendra Sonny is a retired Quality Management professional with over 45 years of experience as a Quality Manager, trainer, auditor and consultant. He has worked in several sectors in India and the Middle East countries both in government and private sector establishments. Joachim FurthadoJoachim Furtado has 25 years of extensive professional practice in the field of HSE, with 20+ years in the Middle East. He is a certified Health and Safety professional and an IMS auditor. He is an IMS consultant.
Leadership Assets
In Leadership Assets, internationally recognised thought leader, bestselling author and leadership coach Dr Monique Beedles shares the smarts you need to succeed in your asset management career.Career paths in the emerging and multi-disciplinary profession of asset management are not always clear or obvious. It can be hard to know what your next step should be.A successful career in asset management requires going beyond your technical skill base to develop business acumen and street savvy that will take you to the next level.Leadership Assets provides you with a framework to create a whole-of-life plan for your asset management career. Monique describes nine essential leadership assets for you to develop as you journey from the workshop to the boardroom.Drawing on more than twenty years of experience as a board director and advisor to senior leaders, Monique has written Leadership Assets especially for asset managers who want to realise their leadership potential, and for leaders who want to empower their teams.With a PhD in Strategy, a Master of Finance and almost two decades running a successful advisory practice, Monique has defined her own success. In Leadership Assets, she invites you to do the same.
300 Keywords Soziale Robotik
Das vorliegende Nachschlagewerk sammelt und erl瓣utert Begriffe rund um Soziale Robotik und Automatisierung. Es ist f羹r alle geeignet, die einen schnellen Einstieg in das Gebiet suchen und sich besonders f羹r Fragen des Zusammenspiels von Mensch und Maschine sowie Fragen der Ethik in diesem Bereich interessieren. In 羹ber 300 羹bersichtlichen Beitr瓣gen werden die Grundlagen und Entwicklungen leicht verst瓣ndlich erl瓣utert.
Verhandeln Mit System
Dieses Buch stellt Kriterien und Handlungsempfehlungen f羹r erfolgreiche Verhandlungen vor. Das hierf羹r auf wissenschaftlicher Basis entwickelte System of Negotiations verdeutlicht anschaulich die wichtigsten Schritte, Tools und Anwendungen. Durch den Einsatz von Spieltheorie und Verhaltens繹konomie l瓣sst sich der Verhandlungserfolg im Einkauf systematisch maximieren. Gleichzeitig bieten Transparenz und Fairness eine hohe Akzeptanz bei den Verhandlungspartnern. Dazu wird mit zahlreichen Praxisbeispielen gezeigt, wie die Auftragsvergabe bei Wettbewerb zwischen Zulieferern erfolgen kann sowie durch verschiedene Auktionsformate und eine differenzierte Kommunikation optimale Einsparpotentiale erm繹glicht werden. Auch f羹r Situationen, in denen der Anbieter ein Monopolist ist, werden Wege beschrieben, um der Preissetzungsmacht nicht ausgeliefert zu sein.
Verbraucher- und Gesch瓣ftsverhalten im Kontext von NLP
Ziel des Buches ist es, ausgew瓣hlte Merkmale des Neurolinguistischen Programmierens (NLP), des Gesch瓣fts- und des Konsumentenverhaltens zu definieren und in ihren Wechselbeziehungen zu untersuchen. Die Forschung basiert auf einem aktuellen Verst瓣ndnis des Themas mit Schwerpunkt auf der Anwendung in der Managementpraxis. Die Publikation ist in f羹nf Kapitel unterteilt. Das erste Kapitel beschreibt das Konzept des neurolinguistischen Programmierens, seine Techniken und die M繹glichkeiten seiner Anwendung. Das zweite Kapitel befasst sich mit dem Verbraucherverhalten, der Pers繹nlichkeit der Verbraucher, ihren Entscheidungen und Subkulturen. Das dritte Kapitel befasst sich mit dem Gesch瓣ftsverhalten. Es charakterisiert Gesch瓣ftsleute, ihre Pers繹nlichkeiten im Sinne des Big-Five-Modells und betrachtet das Gesch瓣ftsverhalten im Hinblick auf die Ethik. Im vierten Kapitel wird NLP mit Gesch瓣ftsverhalten kombiniert und die M繹glichkeiten des Einsatzes von NLP in diesem Bereich beschrieben. Das f羹nfte Kapitel ist den durchgef羹hrten Untersuchungen gewidmet, bei denen die NLP-Methodik zur Untersuchung der Verbraucherpers繹nlichkeit eingesetzt wurde, und vergleicht die Ergebnisse mit fr羹heren Untersuchungen. Das Buch wird das Wissen 羹ber Gesch瓣fts- und Verbraucherverhalten unter Verwendung der NLP-Methode bereichern und Anregungen f羹r neue Forschungen liefern.
Comportement des consommateurs et des entreprises dans le contexte de la PNL
L'objectif de ce livre est de d矇finir certains attributs de la programmation neurolinguistique (PNL), du comportement des entreprises et des consommateurs, et de les examiner dans leurs interrelations. La recherche est bas矇e sur une compr矇hension actuelle de la question avec un accent sur l'application dans la pratique manag矇riale. La publication est divis矇e en cinq chapitres. Le premier chapitre d矇crit le concept de la programmation neurolinguistique, ses techniques et les possibilit矇s de son utilisation. Le deuxi癡me chapitre porte sur le comportement des consommateurs, leur personnalit矇, leurs d矇cisions et leurs sous-cultures. Le troisi癡me chapitre aborde la question du comportement des entreprises. Il caract矇rise les hommes d'affaires, leurs personnalit矇s en fonction du mod癡le des Big five et examine le comportement des entreprises en termes d'矇thique. Dans le quatri癡me chapitre, la PNL est combin矇e au comportement des entreprises, d矇crivant les possibilit矇s d'utilisation de la PNL dans ce domaine. Le cinqui癡me chapitre est consacr矇 ? la recherche men矇e, utilisant la m矇thodologie de la PNL pour examiner la personnalit矇 du consommateur et comparer les r矇sultats aux recherches pr矇c矇dentes. Ce livre enrichira les connaissances sur le comportement des entreprises et des consommateurs en utilisant la m矇thodologie de la PNL et cr矇era une inspiration pour de nouvelles recherches.
Quantitative Logistik-Fallstudien
Anhand von Fallstudien wird mit diesem Buch das eigenst瓣ndige Erarbeiten und Anwenden von Wissen in den Bereichen Beschaffung, Produktion und Distribution und damit eine Erh繹hung des individuellen Lernerfolgs erm繹glicht. Neben einer Einf羹hrung in die Fallstudienmethodik bilden 17 Fallstudien aus dem Bereich der quantitativen Logistik mit Aufgaben und L繹sungen den Schwerpunkt. In der 5. Auflage wurden zwei zus瓣tzliche Fallstudien aufgenommen.Zum Download werden umfangreiche Datens瓣tze sowie die Planungssoftware "Logistik-Toolbox" bereitgestellt, die zahlreiche in den Fallstudien verwendete Planungsverfahren beinhaltet.
Iot-Software-Plattformen
Mit der zunehmenden Verbreitung und Bedeutung des Internet der Dinge (engl.: Internet of Things, IoT) nimmt auch die Bedeutung von IoT-Software-Plattformen als zentraler Bestandteil von IoT-Systemen zu. Derzeit konkurrieren in einem wachsenden Markt 羹ber 450 Anbieter derartiger Plattformen miteinander. Da IoT-Software-Plattformen komplexe L繹sungen darstellen, welche sich sowohl in funktionaler als auch in nicht-funktionaler Hinsicht deutlich voneinander unterscheiden, f羹hrt diese Vielfalt zu einem intransparenten Markt. Trotz dieser Vielfalt existiert keine IoT-Software-Plattform, die f羹r beliebige IoT-Anwendungsszenarien gleicherma?en geeignet ist.Vor diesem Hintergrund wird in diesem Buch eine Methode vorgestellt, welche Unternehmen bei der schwierigen Aufgabe unterst羹tzt, die f羹r den eigenen unternehmensspezifischen IoT-Anwendungsfall am besten geeignete IoT-Software-Plattform aus einer Vielzahl von Kandidaten auszuw瓣hlen. Dabei flie?en in die Bewertung neben der Funktionalit瓣t und der Standardunterst羹tzung einer IoT-Software-Plattform auch weitere, nicht-funktionale Eigenschaften (Kosten, Gesch瓣ftsmodell, Software-Lizenz, verf羹gbare Support-Dienstleistungen, Anbieter etc.) ein.
Co-Creation for Responsible Research and Innovation
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 provides a critical analysis of the co-design processes activated in 10 co-creation labs addressing societal challenges across Europe. Each lab as a case study of real-life experimentation is described through its journey, starting from the purpose on the ground of the experimentation and the challenge addressed. Specific attention is then drawn on the role of policies and policy maker engagement. Finally, the experimentation is enquired in terms of its output, transformations triggered within the organization and the overall ecosystem, and its outcomes, opening the reasoning towards the lessons learnt and reflections that the entire co-creation journey brought.
Digital Transformation Management
This book addresses key topics related to organization design and knowledge management in the digital economy with organizational context, particularly in Asia.
Co-Creation for Responsible Research and Innovation
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 provides a critical analysis of the co-design processes activated in 10 co-creation labs addressing societal challenges across Europe. Each lab as a case study of real-life experimentation is described through its journey, starting from the purpose on the ground of the experimentation and the challenge addressed. Specific attention is then drawn on the role of policies and policy maker engagement. Finally, the experimentation is enquired in terms of its output, transformations triggered within the organization and the overall ecosystem, and its outcomes, opening the reasoning towards the lessons learnt and reflections that the entire co-creation journey brought.
The DAP Strategy
Are you staking your organization's reputation and success on technologies and systems that actually weaken its ability to thrive?As teams struggle to out-perform, new software offers opportunities to improve business growth. Yet millions of dollars and hours of productivity are wasted each year as companies fail to manage change in a cloud technology-led world.The problem isn't the people or software-it's a lack of confidence and knowledge. Enable new ways of working to de-risk and accelerate the potential value from your digital transformation initiatives with Digital Adoption Platforms.In The DAP Strategy, Raj Sundarason, chief evangelist for the world's premier DAP provider, shares practical insights to empower leadership teams and employees to create and master digital tools. Strategic yet nontechnical, this is your guide to accelerating capability and unlocking the potential of digital transformation programs for your organization.You'll discover: The power of DAPs to help everyone, including "baby users," confidently navigate new digital tools, completing processes faster and more accurately.How to unlock cashable benefits by leveraging existing system data to fix process friction points that impact your P&L.Positive benefits of DAPs on employee workflow, work culture, and customer relationship management.A framework to assess the value and economic impact of DAP content on critical business objectives and decision making.What your organization must do to ensure successful digital transformations for the competitive advantage you need-because DAPs aren't enough.Transform your organization from the inside out! Get The DAP Strategy now to leverage the Power of How and start your company on the path to a successful, DAP-driven future.
Valuing Digital Business Designs and Platforms
Chapter 1. Digital Business Designs and Platforms.- Chapter 2. Developing a Covid-19 vaccine to save the world.- Chapter 3. Ride-hailing - Is sharing the new owning?.- Chapter 4. The streaming revolution in global media & the down of an epic battle.- Chapter 5. Airbnb: From double-sided accommodation to multi-sided experience platform?.
Xr Case Studies
There's more to Murphy; Virtual Reality in the construction sector.- Orthopaedic Surgical Training with Virtual Reality: OySTeR-VR.- Innovation flows through VR for water utility.- Making training more effective with Shared VR: Lanes Group plc improves employee retention and reduces the costs of recruitment and training.- Heroes to meet in virtual reality; New media content remediation.- Use of Augmented and Virtual Reality for Enhancement of Aerospace Cabin and Cockpit Experience.- AR and VR to enrich Cultural Heritage and Retail experiences: ETT Case Studies and guiding principles Viarama: Virtual Reality for Good.- Use of Virtual Reality for Hazard Safety Training to Reduce High Risk and Significant Safety Incidents and Increase Training Engagement.- Stations AR Simulated Digital Twin.- US Air Force Weather Training Platform - use of Virtual Reality to Reduce Training and Equipment Maintenance Costs whilst Improving Operational Efficiency and Retention of US Air Force Personnel.- A Preeminent Digital Production Studio Collaborates with one of America's Most Innovative Universities to Explore the Use of Virtual Reality for Learning.- Virtual reality's role in improving student knowledge and engagement in the materials testing laboratory.- Bank of Ireland tests meetings in virtual reality.- How INVISTA's Transforming Manufacturing Training with Virtual Reality.- Use of virtual reality to support rapid upskilling of healthcare professionals during COVID19 pandemic.- Cost-effective and eco-friendly fire investigation training using photorealistic interactive room scale virtual reality.
Uncharted
"Excellent (and very timely)." --Financial Times * "Smartly assembled case studies and insights." --Publishers Weekly * A Financial Times Best Book of the Year Former CEO and popular TED speaker Margaret Heffernan offers powerful and practical tools so you can face the future with confidence and courage. Most of us are addicted to prediction, desperate for certainty about the future. But the complexity of modern life won't provide that; experts in forecasting are reluctant to look more than 400 days out. History doesn't repeat itself and even genetics won't tell you everything you want to know. Tomorrow remains uncharted territory, but Margaret Heffernan demonstrates how we can push aside uncertainty and forge ahead with agility. Drawing on a wide array of people and places, Uncharted traces long-term projects that shrewdly evolved over generations to meet the unpredictable challenges of every new age. Heffernan also looks at radical exercises and experiments that redefined standard practices by embracing different perspectives and testing fresh approaches. Preparing to confront a variable future provides the antidote to passivity and prediction. Ranging freely through history and from business to science, government to friendships, this refreshing book challenges us to mine our own creativity and humanity for the capacity to create the futures we want and can believe in.
Developer Relations
Increasingly, business leaders are either looking to start a new developer program at their company or looking to increase the impact of their existing DevRel program. In this context, software developers are finally recognized as legitimate decision makers in the technology buying process, regardless of the size of their organization. New companies are appearing with the sole purpose of making tools for developers, and even companies whose primary focus was elsewhere are waking up to the developer opportunity. Even as the need and demand for DevRel has grown, there are still re-occurring challenges for DevRel leaders. It is these challenges that this book addresses, covering all aspects of a DevRel program. It is an essential reference to professionalize the practice of developer relations by providing you with strategic, repeatable, and adoptable frameworks, processes, and tools, including developer segmentation and personas, and developer experience frameworks. InDeveloper Relations, you'll find the answers to the following questions: How do we convince stakeholders to support a program?How do we go about creating a program?How do we make developers aware of our offer?How do we stand out from the crowd?How do we get developers to use our products?How do we ensure developers are successful using our products?How do we measure success?How do we maintain the support of our stakeholders? After reading this book you'll have a clear definition of what developer relations is, the type of companies that engage in DevRel, and the scope and business models involved. What You Will Learn Discover what developer relations is and how it contributes to a company's successLaunch a DevRel program Operate a successful program Measure the success of your programManage stakeholders Who This Book Is For Those interested in starting a new developer program or looking to increase the impact of their existing one. From executives to investors, from marketing professionals to engineers, all will find this book useful to realize the impact of developer relations.
The Multi-Criteria Approach for Decision Support
Chapter 1: The Multicriteria approach decision.- Chapter 2: The Multi-objective Optimization Problem with Fuzzy Goal Programming.- Chapter 3: Fuzzy Modes and Effects Analysis by using Fuzzy AHP.- Chapter 4: Multicriteria approach to classification systems of control aircraft flight: application Promethee method.- Chapter 5: The multicriteria approach assessment human risks: application the Analytical Hierarchy Process and PROMETHEE methods.
Lean Leadership on a Napkin
This very concise and straightforward book is aimed at top executives in virtually any industry who are either new to the concept of Lean and its benefits to them or who have stalled in their transformations and are trying to resurrect their momentum.The book is written in a style that mirrors a typical interaction with an executive across a table with a knowledgeable, experienced Lean coach/consultant. Its style and substance reflect what a candid and casual conversation would sound and feel like. The book includes simple hand-drawn images (thus the title Lean Leadership on a Napkin) to facilitate and simplify basic concepts as if a real dialogue was occurring in an informal setting.It assumes that the executives have a little or no previous knowledge of Lean methodologies or Lean Leadership but have awakened to the possibility of their promise to grow themselves and their enterprises dramatically. Most executives have little time for extensive reading or patience with "sales" presentations. Those same leaders will therefore appreciate the simple, uncluttered, and, above all, objective summary this book provides.The book breaks down the process of transforming the organization around Lean principles into three component transformational phases or steps, namely, Introduction, Integration, and Internalization (i.e., the I-3 strategy). Each phase includes critical factors to understand, do, and share as well as deep reflection questions to help leaders decide on an appropriate path forward for themselves as leaders and for their organizations. While the Integration and Internalization steps are introduced here, the primary focus of this work is on those critical issues arising in the early, Introduction, step. A unique advantage of this book is that it braids together four critical elements of success--Lean concepts/methodology, culture change, leadership, and business performance.Essentially, the reader will obtain a broad, basic, and solid understanding and leadership foundation about Lean, the leader's unique role in transformation, and confidence to make appropriate decisions about the how and if to proceed. In addition, it will offer a path forward by providing the reader with abundant resources and consulting support for those seeking to launch a Lean transformation.
Business Innovation with New ICT in the Asia-Pacific
This book clarifies the direction of business innovation using new ICT such as the Internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), smartphones, and cloud computing through a series of case studies on successful trials and advanced businesses in the Asia-Pacific where many industry sectors have been growing successfully in the 21st century. ICT has been playing an important role in value creation for customers and in profit generation for providers, contributing to various service innovation and business innovation. Now, digitalization using IoT and AI provides solutions to address various issues in the human society, which is transforming services and businesses in the 21st century. "What is the direction of the business innovation using new ICT?" is a highly concerned question for business researchers and practitioners. Aiming to answer the question, this book conducts a number of cases studies in the Asia-Pacific region, including the Mainland China, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, as well as Australia. Among the studies, there are 4 cases from ICT providers, 4 cases from traditional and services, and 6 cases from new ICT applications and businesses. Each case analyzes social needs and human desires, new value created, roles of new technologies, processes and difficulties in developing new businesses, the relationship among customers, providers, and stakeholders, value chain co-creation and optimization, factors of success, and business models. Finally, the direction of business innovation with new ICT in the Asia-Pacific is suggested by summarizing the findings from the case studies through the lens of the theoretical analysis in service science.
Data Governance and Data Management
This book delves into the concept of data as a critical enterprise asset needed for informed decision making, compliance, regulatory reporting and insights into trends, behaviors, performance and patterns. With good data being key to staying ahead in a competitive market, enterprises capture and store exponential volumes of data. Considering the business impact of data, there needs to be adequate management around it to derive the best value. Data governance is one of the core data management related functions. However, it is often overlooked, misunderstood or confused with other terminologies and data management functions. Given the pervasiveness of data and the importance of data, this book provides comprehensive understanding of the business drivers for data governance and benefits of data governance, the interactions of data governance function with other data management functions and various components and aspects of data governance that can be facilitated by technology and tools, the distinction between data management tools and data governance tools, the readiness checks to perform before exploring the market to purchase a data governance tool, the different aspects that must be considered when comparing and selecting the appropriate data governance technologies and tools from large number of options available in the marketplace and the different market players that provide tools for supporting data governance. This book combines the data and data governance knowledge that the author has gained over years of working in different industrial and research programs and projects associated with data, processes and technologies with unique perspectives gained through interviews with thought leaders and data experts. This book is highly beneficial for IT students, academicians, information management and business professionals and researchers to enhance their knowledge and get guidance on implementing data governance in their own data initiatives.
Business economics
Business Economics is sometimes called by some economists "business economics and organization" which consists of applying the concept of economics to business. It is a branch of general economics that studies the foundations and mechanisms of economic acts of the firm. The birth of business economics is recent in an article that was published by R. Coase in the 1930s, entitled "The nature of the firm. The nature of the firm". In reality there is no universal definition of the firm. It depends on the approach one chooses. Everyone gives a definition that will facilitate his explanations. The aim of this work is to present the conventional bases. It is a production unit that transforms inputs into output. It has dimensions (economic, human, societal and legal). Its purpose is the very essence of its existence. Its functions are the creation of wealth. The types of organization, structures, the importance of different strategies, competitive analysis, performance evaluation and finally the modes of growth are explained.
A Virtual Care Blueprint
The Covid-19 pandemic prompted healthcare systems around the globe to quickly explore and subsequently adopt digital health technologies and virtual care models that had been slowly growing in mainstream acceptance throughout the decade prior. In particular, telemedicine use skyrocketed as healthcare organizations and governments needed to provide access to infection risk-free health services. Telemedicine has been around in its current form for nearly two decades but grew significantly in utilization after the rapid acceleration of internet and smartphone adoption in the 2010s, and again in 2020 due to Covid-19. Beyond traditional audio-visual telemedicine modalities, newer, more advanced models of tech-enabled clinical services have begun to gain popularity. Fueled by ubiquitous modern telecommunication technologies (e.g., the Smartphone), a growing dissatisfaction with healthcare services among patients, and increasing chronic disease epidemics in developed countries, models like remote patient monitoring (RPM) and other hybrid virtual care models have entered the clinical toolbox. RPM-based care models can fill the gaps of transactional telemedicine in order to deliver longitudinal care appropriate for patients with chronic conditions. Despite the apparent recent acceleration of interest in and adoption of RPM-based virtual care models, substantial research exists on RPM covering patient reported outcomes, clinical effectiveness, and economic factors. In A Virtual Care Blueprint: How Digital Health Technologies Can Improve Health Outcomes, Patient Experience, and Cost-Effectiveness, Robert L. Longyear III explores the science, frontline clinical perspectives, and potential impact of RPM-based virtual care programs. Seeking to provide evidence-based information on RPM and virtual care in a market flooded with marketing materials, Longyear provides healthcare leaders, clinicians, and policymakers a clear outline of these increasingly important care models for a modern healthcare delivery system.
The Cadbury Code and Recurrent Crisis
This book raises questions about a hallmark mechanism of corporate governance - the use of codes of practice. It undertakes a critical examination of the origins and development of the UK code of corporate governance, which influenced codes devised around the world and practices of organisations well beyond the world of corporations listed on stock exchanges. Much lauded as a model of good governance, its core principles have persisted for almost 30 years. Yet during that time repeated crises in corporate governance have arisen, suggesting that it has not fully addressed the problem it was meant to solve. This book will be valuable reading for scholars working on business ethics, corporate governance, and business history.
Rule of the Robots
The New York Times-bestselling author of Rise of the Robots shows what happens as AI takes over our lives If you have a smartphone, you have AI in your pocket. AI is impossible to avoid online. And it has already changed everything from how doctors diagnose disease to how you interact with friends or read the news. But in Rule of the Robots, Martin Ford argues that the true revolution is yet to come. In this sequel to his prescient New York Times bestseller Rise of the Robots, Ford presents us with a striking vision of the very near future. He argues that AI is a uniquely powerful technology that is altering every dimension of human life, often for the better. For example, advanced science is being done by machines, solving devilish problems in molecular biology that humans could not, and AI can help us fight climate change or the next pandemic. It also has a capacity for profound harm. Deep fakes--AI-generated audio or video of events that never happened--are poised to cause havoc throughout society. AI empowers authoritarian regimes like China with unprecedented mechanisms for social control. And AI can be deeply biased, learning bigoted attitudes from us and perpetuating them. In short, this is not a technology to simply embrace, or let others worry about. The machines are coming, and they won't stop, and each of us needs to know what that means if we are to thrive in the twenty-first century. And Rule of the Robots is the essential guide to all of it: both AI and the future of our economy, our politics, our lives.
Los Modelos y la Estructura Funcional de las Incubadoras de Neg籀cios
Este trabajo de investigaci籀n, planteo si es factible replicar los modelos de negocio y la estructura funcional de las incubadoras chilenas para Mozambique. Se analiz籀 el actual ecosistema empresarial de Chile y Mozambique, las pol穩ticas gubernamentales de apoyo a las incubadoras de empresas y los principales actores del ecosistema empresarial. Esto dio como resultado la existencia e identificaci籀n de un programa de apoyo a las incubadoras chilenas y a su ecosistema, con intervinientes similares, pero con diferentes formas de actuar. La replicaci籀n de estas incubadoras en Mozambique es efectivamente factible, proponiendo la implementaci籀n de un programa espec穩fico de apoyo a las incubadoras de empresas, que pueda aportar recursos desde su creaci籀n hasta la puesta en marcha de una start-up. Adem獺s, se propone que la financiaci籀n necesaria que actualmente se encuentra dispersa en varios ministerios, municipalidades y gobiernos locales, que son los encargados de apoyar a las pymes, se institucionalice en las agencias gubernamentales del Instituto de Promoci籀n de la Peque簽a y Mediana Empresa y en el Centro de Promoci籀n de Inversiones, de manera que se gestionen de forma aut籀noma.
Lean Leadership on a Napkin
This very concise and straightforward book is aimed at top executives in virtually any industry who are either new to the concept of Lean and its benefits to them or who have stalled in their transformations and are trying to resurrect their momentum.The book is written in a style that mirrors a typical interaction with an executive across a table with a knowledgeable, experienced Lean coach/consultant. Its style and substance reflect what a candid and casual conversation would sound and feel like. The book includes simple hand-drawn images (thus the title Lean Leadership on a Napkin) to facilitate and simplify basic concepts as if a real dialogue was occurring in an informal setting.It assumes that the executives have a little or no previous knowledge of Lean methodologies or Lean Leadership but have awakened to the possibility of their promise to grow themselves and their enterprises dramatically. Most executives have little time for extensive reading or patience with "sales" presentations. Those same leaders will therefore appreciate the simple, uncluttered, and, above all, objective summary this book provides.The book breaks down the process of transforming the organization around Lean principles into three component transformational phases or steps, namely, Introduction, Integration, and Internalization (i.e., the I-3 strategy). Each phase includes critical factors to understand, do, and share as well as deep reflection questions to help leaders decide on an appropriate path forward for themselves as leaders and for their organizations. While the Integration and Internalization steps are introduced here, the primary focus of this work is on those critical issues arising in the early, Introduction, step. A unique advantage of this book is that it braids together four critical elements of success--Lean concepts/methodology, culture change, leadership, and business performance.Essentially, the reader will obtain a broad, basic, and solid understanding and leadership foundation about Lean, the leader's unique role in transformation, and confidence to make appropriate decisions about the how and if to proceed. In addition, it will offer a path forward by providing the reader with abundant resources and consulting support for those seeking to launch a Lean transformation.
Virtual Reality in Manual Order Picking
The introduction of consumer-level head-mounted devices (HMDs) has led to a major drop in the application costs of virtual reality (VR), making the technology available for a wide range of users. To understand if VR HMDs can be used for planning and training in the context of manual order picking, this thesis provides the results of a large-scale randomized controlled study in which order picking has been compared between a virtual and a real environment. The results imply that VR HMDs can indeed be used by manufacturers and warehouse operators in a rack planning process if the reduction of searching times or the perceived workload is in focus. Additionally, the findings enable the use of VR HMDs for scientific research on human-centred rack design. Finally, the thesis highlights the usability of VR HMDs for training manual order picking activities.
Gamed
Targets and incentives can drive breathtakingly positive results: the moon landings, the eradication of smallpox, or the repair of the ozone layer, for example. They can also have a dark side that can put executives in prison, bring global businesses to their knees, and even cause wholesale loss of life. Using practical examples and case studies, this book walks you through the essential steps of designing robust, effective, and credible targets and incentives for your organisation. The approach is also perfect for selecting meaningful Key Results for OKRs.This book is for people who: Are tasked with creating new, effective, performance targets, OKRs or incentivesNeed help fixing existing performance targets, OKRs or incentivesWant a structured and practical design frameworkThis book will help you: Create targets, key results and incentives that align with your strategyBuild engagement with your target ownersTest your targets, key results and incentives rigorously for unexpected outcomes and dangerous loopholesGAMED includes free access to valuable notes, tools, and templates.
Integrated Business Information Systems
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Business Intelligence (BI) and Big Data analytics (BDA) are business related tasks and processes, which are supported by standardized software solutions. The book explains that this requires business-oriented thinking and acting from IT specialists and data scientists. It is a good idea to let students experience this directly from the business perspective, for example as executives of a virtual company in a role-playing game. The second edition of the book has been completely revised, restructured and supplemented with actual topics such as blockchains in supply chains and the correlation between Big Data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning. The structure of the book is based on the gradual implementation and integration of the respective information systems from the business and management perspectives. Part I contains chapters with detailed descriptions of the topics supplemented by online tests and exercises. Part II introduces role play and the online gaming and simulation environment. Supplementary teaching material, presentations, templates, and video clips are available online in the gaming area. The gaming and business simulation Kdibisglobal.com, newly created for this book, now includes a beer division, a bottled water division, a soft drink division and a manufacturing division for barcode cash register scanner with their specific business processes and supply chains.
Advanced Optimization and Operations Research
1. Mathematical Preliminaries.- 2. Introduction of OR.- 3. Revised Simplex Method.- 4. Dual Simplex Method.- 5. Bounded Variable Technique.- 6. Post-Optimality Analysis in Linear Programming Problem.- 7. Integer Programming.- 8. Convex Function.- 9. Basics of Unconstrained Optimization. 10. Constrained Optimization with Equality Constraints.- 11. Constrained Optimization with Inequality Constraints.- 12. Quadratic Programming.- 13. Inventory Control Theory.- 14. Project Management.- 15. Queueing Theory.- 16. Flow in Networks.- 17. Theory of Game.
Genderneutrale Sprache Im Unternehmen
​Gender - kaum ein aktuelles Thema emotionalisiert die Gesellschaft derzeit mehr. Durch die breite Thematisierung der Gender Studies und deren gesellschaftlicher Polarisierung war es nur eine Frage der Zeit, bis die Diskussion auch in die unternehmerische Wirklichkeit vordringen w羹rde. Und in der Tat findet sich das Thema, insbesondere bei Gro?unternehmen, die in der ?ffentlichkeit stehen, auf der Agenda wieder. Obwohl Gendersprache von einer gro?en Mehrheit der Gesellschaft abgelehnt wird, plant mehr als die H瓣lfte der im DAX vertretenen Unternehmen die Einf羹hrung einer solchen Sprachregelung. Wo genderneutrale Sprache bislang eingef羹hrt worden ist, ist dies auf freiwilliger Basis erfolgt. Die Erfahrung zeigt jedoch, dass es nur eine Frage der Zeit sein wird, bis die ersten Unternehmen von einer verpflichtenden Sprachregelung Gebrauch machen werden. Dies wirft zahlreiche rechtliche Frage- und Problemstellungen auf, denen sich das vorliegende Werk annimmt.
Learning Organizations
The 21st century economy is fuelled by knowledge. Today, knowledge is more than an idea - it is an economic commodity. An organization's knowledge capital is a competitive and comparative advantage. Every organization must now invest in the knowledge assets of all its employees. Learning is the engine that creates and renews knowledge capital. Learning Organizations delves into why learning is an essential business operation; how modern learning is different from industrial-era training; how to discover learning sources and opportunities; how to design a learning environment and learning strategies that optimize the potential of every employee. This is essential reading for business managers, human resource professionals, and academic researchers studying knowledge economies, knowledge, and intellectual capital.
Advances in Business and Management Forecasting
Advances in Business and Management Forecasting presents state-of-the-art studies in the application of forecasting methodologies in such areas as financial forecasting, market demand analysis, executive compensation forecasting, data analysis, forecasting improvement with interpolation and cluster analysis.
Quantum Safety
Quantum Safety is the most comprehensive review of Health & Safety in half a century. Most organizational approaches to Health & Safety are based on the methodology developed during the 1970s, and despite the workplace changing beyond recognition since that time, these approaches have remained untouched
Highly Competitive Warehouse Management
Why do some distribution centers have excellent performance while others struggle? Highly Competitive Warehouse Management unravels the secrets of those best-in-class operations and shows how they create a competitive advantage for their companies. With the accompanying Warehouse Maturity Scan, distribution center and supply chain management will have a tool to analyze the current state of their operations. Based on these results, the author provides a systematic yet flexible action plan for improvement, which involves human behavior, process redesign, warehouse management systems and supply chain alignment. These materials, along with case studies, detailed examples and thought provoking questions will move your facility to best-in-class performance.
Design Science Research Methodology
This book addresses the science of artificial and design theory in the context of the scientific research development environment. The author discusses the concepts, activities and techniques associated with the emerging methodology Design Science Research (DSR). Further, he examines the main challenges for its implementation, based on an analysis of the DSR literature, variations of DSR (i.e. Action Design Research, and Grounded Design), and the applicability of DSR in various disciplines related to innovation, both within and outside of the professional school. As a result, this book goes beyond conceptual issues of DSR, presenting and discussing more pragmatic issues and challenges faced by researchers. Design Science Research Methodology offers researchers in a variety of disciplines an examination of the various phases of scientific research development and communication.
Innovation Und Kreativit瓣t in Chinas Wirtschaft
Dieses Buch vermittelt deutschen Unternehmen grundlegende Einblicke in Chinas Wirtschaft mit einem speziellen Fokus auf Innovations- und Kreativit瓣tsmanagement. China gilt als eine der Superm瓣chte in der digitalen Transformation und in Schl羹sseltechnologien, und auf dem Weg in die digitale Zukunft ist auch deutsches Know-how gefragt. Sowohl in China als auch in Deutschland sind Innovation und Kreativit瓣t wichtige Triebkr瓣fte f羹r eine nachhaltige und konkurrenzf瓣hige Wirtschaft. Wissenschaftler und Praktiker diskutieren in diesem Buch aus ihrer jeweiligen Perspektive die aktuelle deutsch-chinesische Zusammenarbeit, chinesische F羹hrungs- und Wertekultur, nachhaltige und soziale Innovationen, Social-Media-Ans瓣tze sowie technologische Innovationen, insbesondere im Handel. Die Experten beleuchten interessante chinesische Projekte, Ph瓣nomene und Herangehensweisen und bieten Einsichten in hocheffiziente und erfolgreiche chinesische Denk- und Vorgehensweisen. Ein Buch f羹r alle Verantwortlichen in Unternehmen, die Aktivit瓣ten im chinesischen Markt oder die Zusammenarbeit mit chinesischen Organisationen planen, oder sich von chinesischen Herangehensweisen inspirieren lassen wollen.Weitere Mitwirkende sind unter anderen: Dr. Nikola Bachfischer, innovaMe LAB, M羹nchenDr. Birgit Breninger, Universit瓣t SalzburgProf. Dr. Thomas Herdin, Universit瓣t SalzburgProf. Dr. Thomas K繹nigbauer, Hochschule f羹r angewandtes Management, IsmaningDaniel M羹ller, Ostasiatischer Verein, German-Asia-Pacific Business Association, HamburgTim Naumann, Ventum Consulting China, Shanghai Prof. Dr. Doreen Pick, Hochschule MerseburgProf. Pierre Rafih, Hochschule f羹r angewandtes Management, IsmaningDr. Barbara Scharrer, GSK Rechtsanw瓣lte, M羹nchenProf. Dr. Joel T. Schmidt, Hochschule f羹r angewandtes Management, Ismaning
Indicating Value in Early-Stage Technology Venture Valuation
Fundraising for venture capital investments have continued to increase in recent years. One crucial step in the investment process is the valuation of the target company. Investors are faced with the great challenge of valuing a young venture without a corporate or financial history, a firm customer relationship or even a business model, while still taking into account the tremendous growth potential. Especially the valuation of technology companies is a difficult and often subjective process. Motivated by these considerations, this dissertation details a design science research project, which aims to develop an artifact that improves the indication of value in early-stage technology venture valuation while enabling operationalizable and fair valuation. This approach ensures a more meaningful valuation and better applicability to early-stage technology ventures compared to traditional methods while supporting the deliberate reduction of information asymmetries between entrepreneurs andinvestors. Firm-specific characteristics and practical applicability are taken into account.
O comportamento dos consumidores e das empresas no contexto da PNL
O objetivo do livro 矇 definir atributos selecionados de programa癟瓊o neurolingu穩stica (PNL), comportamento empresarial e de consumo, e examin獺-los em suas inter-rela癟繭es. A pesquisa 矇 baseada em um entendimento atual da quest瓊o, com 礙nfase na aplica癟瓊o na pr獺tica gerencial. A publica癟瓊o est獺 dividida em cinco cap穩tulos. O primeiro cap穩tulo descreve o conceito de programa癟瓊o neurolingu穩stica, suas t矇cnicas e as possibilidades de seu uso. O segundo cap穩tulo focaliza o comportamento do consumidor, a personalidade do consumidor, suas decis繭es e subculturas. O terceiro cap穩tulo discute a quest瓊o do comportamento empresarial. Caracteriza os empres獺rios, suas personalidades em termos do modelo dos Cinco Grandes e analisa o comportamento empresarial em termos de 矇tica. No quarto cap穩tulo, a PNL 矇 combinada com o comportamento empresarial, descrevendo as possibilidades de utiliza癟瓊o da PNL neste campo. O quinto cap穩tulo 矇 dedicado ? pesquisa realizada, usando a metodologia da PNL para examinar a personalidade do consumidor e comparar os resultados com pesquisas anteriores. O livro ir獺 enriquecer o conhecimento do neg籀cio e do comportamento do consumidor usando a metodologia da PNL e criar inspira癟瓊o para novas pesquisas.
Direktorenwahlen - Ein Vertrauensvotum
Ein Gesicht vermittelt in nur 34 ms konsistent und relativ reliabel nicht nur objektive, sondern auch subjektive Personenmerkmale. Valide oder nicht - dieser unbewusst generierte Code repr瓣sentierter personeller Eigenschaften ist 瓣u?erst l繹schungsresistent. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird untersucht, ob und in welchem Ausma? attraktive, kompetente, vertrauensw羹rdige oder sympathische Gesichtsausdr羹cke US-amerikanischer Board-Direktoren f羹r deren Wahl relevant sind. Die Sch瓣tzungen der linearen Paneldaten basieren auf gro?en Stichproben und liefern repr瓣sentative Ergebnisse. Die breite Auswahl potenzieller Einflussfaktoren auf das Wahlverhalten der Aktion瓣re schlie?t wesentliche verzerrende Einfl羹sse aus. Erstmals im Kontext der Untersuchung von Aktion瓣rswahlverhalten wird zur Kontrolle von Stimmenzur羹ckhaltungen/ Gegenstimmen ein in der Forschung zur Gesichtswahrnehmung etabliertes objektives Ma? verwendet - das Facial Width-to-Height-Ratio.
Speaking Their Language
Your organization's livelihood is dependent on IT, which can be a scary thought! Managing the complexities of networks and system issues can be tough, and it is not your forte. Conquering the growing threat from cyber-attacks and data breaches can be tougher still. Falling victim to them can put you out of business. Relying on hope and good fortune is totally inadequate. And now, handling remote working securely is probably a new issue to deal with. And with all this, you need to ensure that your IT spend is at the correct level. All the IT & cybersecurity advice and support you need is in this book! Speaking Their Language gives you, the business owner, manager or non-profit director, all the essential information you need to get the best from your IT department or IT provider by being able to... speak their language. It's a non-techie guide to IT and cybersecurity, written in an accessible and easy-to-read style, to help you set up your organization for success... securely and within budget. Armed with all this knowledge you will be able to, in a fast-changing world, effectively manage your IT team or IT service provider.
Urban Sustainability
This textbook provides an innovative pedagogy to students who will be the policy makers of tomorrow. It provides thoughts on sustainability and the complexity among its different dimensions. It guides students through experience, processes of complex decision making, and sharpen their clarity of thought, to enhance their communication abilities and help them develop critical thinking. It provides key competencies to address the complexities of sustainable development.By combining game-based learning with an analytical style of education, supplemental materials are provided to make the definitions of various sustainability aspects more concrete and allows students to experiment in a consequence-free environment, with scenario examples. Board Game and a hypothetical management course, dealing with various topics like transportation sustainability, societal metabolism, etc. as well as with decision making under those contexts, will formalize the mathematics neededto make robust decisions.
The Rules of Contagion
One of the Best Books of 2020 -- Financial Times One of the "Most 2020 Books of 2020" -- Washington Post One of the Best Science Books of 2020 -- The Times of London One of the Best Science Books of 2020 -- The Guardian From fake news to COVID-19, a "smart and engaging" (New York Times) look at why the science of outbreaks is the science of modern life It's undeniable that we live in a world shaped by outbreaks. Whether it's pandemic disease, misinformation, or violence, grasping why exactly some things spread is essential for understanding the world around us. In The Rules of Contagion, Adam Kucharski uncovers the crucial factors driving outbreaks, exploring what it actually means for something to "go viral." He offers compelling insights into human behavior, ultimately showing us how we can all get better at predicting outbreaks--and how they can be stopped. Revised in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, this is a comprehensive and essential guide to our times.
Digitale Transformation Des Marketings Und Vertriebs in B2b-Unternehmen
Die digitale Revolution ver瓣ndert Marketing und Vertrieb in B2B-Unternehmen grundlegend. Dieses Buch behandelt die wesentlichen Trends und Technologien, von digitalem B2B-Marketing zum virtuellen, datengest羹tzten Vertrieb. Es enth瓣lt konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen f羹r die digitale Transformation von Marketing- und Vertriebseinheiten. Dabei zielt der Autor immer darauf ab, digitale Ans瓣tze mit den Vorteilen des pers繹nlichen Vertriebs zu verbinden. Durch seine Kompaktheit erm繹glicht das Buch Marketing- und Vertriebsexperten, sich sehr schnell mit den wesentlichen Elementen der digitalen Zukunft vertraut zu machen und diese mit ihrem t瓣glichen Handeln zu verbinden.
Lean Management and Kaizen
​Chapter 1 Basics in Lean Management .- Chapter 2 The cultural Change towards Lean Management.- Chapter 3 Kaizen: Continuous Improvements in small Steps.- Chapter 4 Waste and Value-added.- Chapter 5 Lean Management as part of the corporate Strategy.- Chapter 6 Leadership and Empowerment.- Chapter 7 Lean Management in Operations.- Chapter 8 Lean Management in the Product Development.- Chapter 9 Principles of a Lean Production System.- Chapter 10 Lean Management on the Upstream (Supply side).- Chapter 11 Lean Management on the Downstream (Demand side).- Chapter 12 Lean Management KPI and OKR.- Chapter 13 The Human Side of Lean Management.- Chapter 14 Lean Management and Artificial Intelligence (AI).- Chapter 15 Sustainability and of Lean Management.- Chapter 16 Lean Management in the Service Industry.- Chapter 17 Lean Management in Health Care Sector.- Chapter 18 Lean Management in the Education Sector.- Chapter 19 Lean Audits and Quality Management Systems (QMS).- Chapter 20 Outlook of Lean Management.- Glossary of Lean Management Terms.- Index.
