Can academia save the pharmaceutical industry?The pharmaceutical industry is at a crossroads. The urgent need for novel therapies cannot stem the skyrocketing costs and plummeting productivity plaguin
In The Zero MarginalCost Society, New York Times bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin argues that the capitalist era is passing—notquickly, but inevitably. The emerging Internet of Things is giving rise t
A New York Times bestselling author argues that the Internet of Things, which is making goods and services essentially free due to a nearly zero marginal cost, is causing corporate profits to dry up,
This book outlines a clear map for dealing with the complex and often ambiguous situations encountered by those working in supportive services. Drawing from numerous interviews with frontline helpers
Describes ways for sales professionals to connect and collaborate with modern buyers using new technologies, including Solution Selling, building and leveraging knowledge, becoming a micro-marketer, m
McNelis critiques and evaluates social science research into housing and housing policy in Australia, including his own research, and proposes a scientific approach to housing research. His framework
Dreams of steady employment in the mining sector led thousands of Ukrainian immigrants to northern Ontario in the early 1900s. As achild, historian Stacey Zembrzycki listened to her Baba's stories abo
This book examines the concepts of open innovation, crowdsourcing and co-creation from a holistic point of view and analyzes them considering their suitability to the tourism industry. Methods, theori
"This book cultivates knowledge on topics pertaining to the improvement of communication and collaboration in online learning communities, advancing the current scope of research in this field"--
Through the use of ethnography, this book investigates the practices of 'soft' policing through the perspective of different control agencies in the front-line of duties including the police, social w
Mogao flourished over the following millennium, as monks, local rulers, and travelers commissioned hundreds of cave temples cut into a mile-long rock cliff and adorned them with vibrant murals. More t
Jesus never said that following him would be easy.We've read the words countless times: 'Love your enemies,' 'You cannot serve both God and money,' 'Take up your cross and follow me.' Theoretically we
The book provides a snapshot of a hot topic – the systemic nature of innovation and its relevance to design – with a trifold perspective: the academic level – the literature on innovation studies and
In education we are working on behalf of a truly noble cause: the lives of our students. We need a system for working together that is worthy of the work and one that harnesses the idealistic visions
In education we are working on behalf of a truly noble cause: the lives of our students. We need a system for working together that is worthy of the work and one that harnesses the idealistic visions
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2013, held in Dresden, Germany, in September/October 2013. The 75 revised paper
A group of leading scholars from around the world use archival material alongside Hayek's published work to bring a new perspective on the life and times of one the 20th Century's most influential eco
Librarians can use this book to become leaders in their schools, collaborating with teachers to keep them abreast of resources that will facilitate the inclusion of STEM in the curriculum.
Focusing on team translation and the production of multilingual editions, and on the difficulties these techniques created for Renaissance translation theory, this book offers a study of textual pract
This book presents the intrusion detection network (IDN) concept and examines the problems underlying the design of IDNs. It supplies an overview of existing ION designs and elaborates on the underlyi
Society is at a crossroads. We can either continue on the path of consumption at any cost, or we can make new choices that will lead to a happier, more rewarding life, while helping to preserve the pl
This book provides an overview designed to help educators collaborate more effectively in the areas of content area literacy for the sake of their K-6 ELL students. The book weaves the practical and t
This book provides an overview designed to help educators collaborate more effectively in the areas of content area literacy for the sake of their K-6 ELL students. The book weaves the practical and t
Writer and beekeeper, Jack Mingo, who set up his first backyard hive in 2004, offers his humorous and unique observations of the world of the mystical, matriarchal, gentle, sweet bee in Bees Make the
This book provides an overview designed to help educators collaborate more effectively in the areas of content area literacy for the sake of their K-6 ELL students. The book weaves the practical and t
This book provides an overview designed to help educators collaborate more effectively in the areas of content area literacy for the sake of their K-6 ELL students. The book weaves the practical and t
Since the discovery of oil, the countries of the Persian Gulf have been caught in a vicious circle. With increasing oil revenues, rulers have made self-enrichment their motivation while foreign powers
Offering an innovative approach to coaching psychology, this book proposes a form where the coach and the coaches are less concerned with solutions and more concerned with creating space for (self-) r
"This book focuses on the role of technology in organizational decision-making processes and activities, providing academics and management teams with current research in the field of virtual teams in
