Technological innovation is fundamental to firm performance and economic prosperity. The aim of this book is to contribute to an in-depth understanding of collective innovation processes by analyzing
Why do some issues and threats—diseases, weapons, human rights abuses, vulnerable populations&8212get more global policy attention than others? How do global activist networks decide the
Why do some issues and threats—diseases, weapons, human rights abuses, vulnerable populations&8212get more global policy attention than others? How do global activist networks decide the
This book provides a detailed examination of the complex negotiation processes surrounding intergovernmental conferences in the European Union. Since the Treaty of Amsterdam (1997) and its ‘appendix’,
This work combines concepts and methods from media studies and colonial studies to investigate fictional literary portrayals of the British Empire’s use of electric media, such as telegrams and telegr
Computational Approaches to Studying the Co-evolution of Networks and Behaviour in Social Dilemmas shows students, researchers, and professionals how to use computation methods, rather than mathematic
Just as the steam engine was the driving force behind the Industrial Revolution, broadband Internet is today seen as critical to the transition to knowledge-intensive economies across the world. As a
Deploying IPv6 in 3GPP Networks – Evolving Mobile Broadband from 2G to LTE and Beyond A practical guide enabling mobile operators to deploy IPv6 with confidenceThe most widely used cellular mobile br
This book assesses the role of EU agencies and networks of regulators from a legal perspective, thus linking the role of law to the debates on network governance. Two case studies form the core of the
During the 1980s the Marshallian concept of industrial district (ID) became widely popular due to the resurgence of interest in the reasons that make the agglomeration of specialised industries a terr
Medievalists explore communities of learning outside the institutions of formal instruction such as monasteries, cathedral schools, and universities. Their topics include religious diversity and the p
Christy Constantakopoulou examines the history of the Aegean islands and changing concepts of insularity, with particular emphasis on the fifth century BC. Islands are a prominent feature of the Aege
Some blame the violence and unrest in the Muslim world on Islam itself, arguing that the religion and its history is inherently bloody. Others blame the United States, arguing that American attempts
What do public administrators and policy analysts have in common? Their work is undertaken within networks formed when different organizations align to accomplish some kind of policy function. To be
This collection introduces higher order neural network (HONN) group models and adaptive HONNs for simulating nonlinear data. The computer science chapters describe adaptive tolerance trees for transla
Your colleague's husband's sister can make you fat, even if you don't know her. A happy neighbor has more impact on your happiness than a happy spouse. These startling revelations of how much we trul
Drawing on first-hand materials collected from the Chinese and Japanese literature as well as interviews with more than twenty filmmakers and scholars Kinnia Shuk-ting Yau provides a solid historical
During the 1980s the Marshallian concept of industrial district (ID) became widely popular due to the resurgence of interest in the reasons that make the agglomeration of specialised industries a terr
This book provides a detailed examination of the complex negotiation processes surrounding intergovernmental conferences in the European Union. Since the Treaty of Amsterdam (1997) and its ‘appendix’,
During the second half of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century chemical societies were established all over Europe. The book focuses on this process and further developmen
Republican Shanghai was a patchwork of municipal governments with the interests of various states and empires at heart. It had no central government or religious authority, yet it functioned as a city
Understand IPv6, the protocol essential to future Internet growth. Exhaustion of address space and global routing table growth necessitate important revisions to the current version of the Internet P
During 1999 and 2000, Doern and Levesque (both public policy and administration, Carleton U.) interviewed over 40 current and former members of the Council staff, and people in government, business, a
This guide offers an overview of new IP technologies, focusing on practical implementations. It explains existing data access paradigms and recent innovations of IP-based SANs. Discussing basic arch
This book documents a little-known aspect of the Jewish experience in America. It is a fascinating account of how a group of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany came to dominate cattle dealing in south
A study of how German Jewish refugee cattle dealers came to dominate cattle dealing in south-central New York and how they maintained their Jewish identity in a rural Christian environment. The study
Offers insight into the principles of network design as well as coverage of all essential networking topics: protocol layering, multiple access, switching, scheduling, naming, addressing, routing, err
