"This book is a reference guide to the theory and research supporting the field of Technology and Innovation Management"--Provided by publisher.

Uncovers the growing and expanding phenomenon of human behavior, social constructs, and communication in online environments.

Entrepreneurship - New Insights provides a comprehensive overview of recent developments in entrepreneurship. Chapters address such topics as technopreneurship, immigrant entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, women entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship in emerging markets, and start-up ventures, among others.

As technology continues to evolve in organizations, it is vital to understand the impact that these advances will have on different aspects of the business environment as well as the opportunity for further improvement. Effects of IT on Enterprise Architecture, Governance, and Growth explores the influence of emerging technology on different viewpoints associated with contemporary enterprise. Emphasizing an interdisciplinary approach to the comprehension of organizational structure and dynamics, this book is an inclusive reference source for enterprise analysts, business managers, and IT managers, as well as upper-level students interested in a new framework for understanding business enterprise in the new digital era.

Black & white print. Principles of Management is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the introductory course on management. This is a traditional approach to management using the leading, planning, organizing, and controlling approach. Management is a broad business discipline, and the Principles of Management course covers many management areas such as human resource management and strategic management, as well as behavioral areas such as motivation. No one individual can be an expert in all areas of management, so an additional benefit of this text is that specialists in a variety of areas have authored individual chapters.

Prior research provides strong theories for managers. This book tries to cover the managerial areas, most neglected at work. This is an effort to examine important attributes in making successful outcomes at work. Covering the right form needs training and up-skilling, so understanding the individual work style all plays critical roles in organisational success. This book is built on the fundamentals of various industry experts, authors and mentors, who have guided on how top managers can seed a strong relationship between management to get desired outcomes. This knowledge will give you a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive approach, many companies have turned towards it. By understanding how these elements jointly influence managers’ behaviour, guidance on optimal leadership shall be achieved. Factual experiments show ways in which different policies and decisions are made.

"This book aims to provide readers with a variety of contemporary solutions to identified educational problems of practice related to the assessment of student learning in e-learning environments"--Provided by publisher.

A how-to-guide to get others in your organization to accept new technologies, processes, regulations, management, etc.

This book is published under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license. The editors present essential methods and tools to support a holistic approach to the challenge of system upgrades and innovation in the context of high-value products and services. The approach presented here is based on three main pillars: an adaptation mechanism based on a broad understanding of system dependencies; efficient use of system knowledge through involvement of actors throughout the process; and technological solutions to enable efficient actor communication and information handling. The book provides readers with a better understanding of the factors that influence decisions, and put forward solutions to facilitate the rapid adaptation to changes in the business environment and customer needs through intelligent upgrade interventions. Further, it examines a number of sample cases from various contexts including car manufacturing, utilities, shipping and the furniture industry. The book offers a valuable resource for both academics and practitioners interested in the upgrading of capital-intensive products and services. “The work performed in the project “Use-It-Wisely (UiW)” significantly contributes towards a collaborative way of working. Moreover, it offers comprehensive system modelling to identify business opportunities and develop technical solutions within industrial value networks. The developed UiW-framework fills a void and offers a great opportunity. The naval construction sector of small passenger vessels, for instance, is one industry that can benefit.” Nikitas Nikitakos, Professor at University of the Aegean, Department of Shipping, Trade, and Transport, Greece. “Long-life assets are crucial for both the future competiveness and sustainability of society. Make wrong choices now and you are locked into a wrong system for a long time. Make the right choices now and society can prosper. This book gives important information about how manufacturers can make right choices.” Arnold Tukker, Scientific director, Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, and senior scientist, TNO.