springer jul 2023 (Oltre 3.300 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Die Ergotherapie in der akuten Krankheitsphase einer psychiatrischen Behandlung ist eine Herausforderung für den Patienten, da er sehr stark unter den Symptomen und der medikamentösen Einstellung leidet. Zudem kommt mit durchschnittlich 24,7 Tage im Krankenhaus eine kurze Verweilzeit hinzu. Welches ergotherapeutische Behandlungskonzept macht also Sinn Diesesessentialbietet mit seinem 3-Phasen-Modell ein Grundgerüst, wie man mit welchen Modellen Patientendaten erheben, Interventionen setzen und Evaluationen durchführen kann und zwar nach jeder Therapieeinheit, um festzustellen, welche Fortschritte der Patient macht und ob die Therapie neu angepasst werden muss. 72 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Seit jeher wird die landwirtschaftliche Nutztierhaltung durch grassierende Tierseuchen und damit einhergehend die Nahrungsversorgung des Menschen mit Protein tierischen Ursprungs bedroht. Die Tierseuchenbekämpfung wird national und international per Verordnung und Gesetz geregelt, die u.a. umfangreiche Maßnahmen für die Errichtung von Sperrzonen, Keulung infizierter Tierbestände, Erstellung von Hygienevorschriften, Etablierung diagnostischer Methoden, Optimierung der Tierhaltung, präventive Verwendung von Impfstoffen, usw. gewährleisten. In diesem Buch werden beispielgebend einige der gefürchteten viralen Tierseuchen der Spezies Rind, Schaf, Ziege, Schwein, Pferd und Huhn beschrieben. 72 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Innere Kündigung ist nicht nur ein Problem der Polizei. Aber auch in der Polizei finden sich innerlich Gekündigte. Sie haben Einfluss auf den Erfolg bzw. Nichterfolg polizeilichen Handelns und sie frustrieren die übergroße Mehrheit der hochengagierten Kolleginnen und Kollegen, denen die Gewährleistung einer hohen öffentlichen Ordnung und Sicherheit wichtig ist. Zudem ist es kaum möglich, sich von solchen Mitarbeitenden zu trennen. Ein Mangel an Identifikation und Engagement rechtfertigt bei Beamtinnen und Beamten auf Lebenszeit nur äußerst selten die Entfernung aus dem Dienst.Dasessentialversucht Antworten zu geben, wie sich Führungskräfte verhalten können, um Tendenzen zur inneren Kündigung entgegenzuwirken. 60 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Die meisten Innovationsprojekte in Unternehmen scheitern nicht am Mangel an Ideen, Kreativität oder am Umsetzungswillen, sondern an vielen kleinen Hürden, die die Projekte massiv entschleunigen. So verlieren Initiativen an der Dynamik, die dafür sorgt, dass sich zügig Erfolge einstellen. Ein Bereich, in dem unkonventionell, agil und schnell Ergebnisse erzielt werden,ist das Guerilla Marketing. Was können Innovations-, Forschungs- und Projektleiter aus dem Methodenbaukasten lernen Wie können konkrete Taktiken aus dem Marketing auch Innovationsprojekten zu mehr Viralität und Schwung verhelfen, um die Eigendynamik der Initiativen 'unbremsbar' zu machen Das erfahren Sie in diesemessential. 64 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -ExtremsportlerInnen treffen oft auf unerwartete und risikoreiche Umstände, sogenannte Grenzsituationen, zu deren Bewältigung übliche Maßnahmen nicht ausreichen. Die Autorinnen präsentieren Strategien, derer sich ExtremsportlerInnen bedienen, um ihre Aufmerksamkeit, Gedanken und Gefühle achtsam auszurichten und letztendlich engagiert und wertegeleitet zu handeln. Diese Tipps aus der Sportpsychologie zur Steigerung der Psychologischen Flexibilität können in einer Vielzahl von Berufen genutzt werden, um in riskanten Grenzsituationen souverän Bestleistungen abzurufen. 68 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Dieses praxisnahe Buch führt durch den ökologischen Kontext und erklärt, warum Nachhaltigkeit unverzichtbar ist. In einer Welt, die zunehmend von Klimawandel, Ressourcenknappheit und steigenden gesetzlichen und gesellschaftlichen Anforderungen geprägt ist, wird nachhaltiges Wirtschaften zum Erfolgsfaktor. Aus Basis der Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) werden die drei Nachhaltigkeitsdimensionen (Ökonomie, Ökologie und Soziales) zum neuen Bewertungsmaßstab für nachhaltiges Wirtschaften und sichern damit die 'license to operate' für jedes Unternehmen.Es beleuchtet die Herausforderungen, denen sich Unternehmen stellen müssen und zeigt, wie nachhaltiges Wirtschaften in der Praxis funktioniert, welche Erfolgsfaktoren dabei eine Rolle spielen und wie Sie Impact statt Greenwashing erzielen! 64 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Dieses Buch zeigt, welche Anforderungen an soziale Nachhaltigkeit Arbeitnehmer haben, welchen Einfluss sie auf die Arbeitgeberattraktivität nehmen und wie Unternehmen diese Anforderungen erfüllen sowie für das Employer Branding nutzen können, um sich als attraktiver Arbeitsgeber zu positionieren. Denn Nachhaltigkeit weist eine zunehmend hohe Relevanz innerhalb der Gesellschaft auf, wodurch Arbeitnehmer neue Anforderungen an ihre Arbeitgeber definieren. Ein durch den Fachkräftemangel verknapptes Angebot an Personal veranlasst Unternehmen dazu, die Bedürfnisse der Mitarbeiter noch besser kennenzulernen und auf diese einzugehen.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Wünschen Sie sich als Paar schon länger ein Kind und es 'klappt einfach nicht' Dieser Ratgeber gibt Ihnen als Frau und Mann Mut, den Wunsch nach einer Schwangerschaft erfüllen zu können. Der erfahrene Arzt und Reproduktionsmediziner gibt Ihnen hilfreiche Tipps aus der Praxis und stellt moderne Behandlungsverfahren vor. Verständlich geschrieben und wissenschaftlich fundiert erfahren Sie mehr über Ursachen, Diagnostik bei Kinderlosigkeit und bewährte Therapieverfahren und Methoden, u.a. ERA Trio-Test oder Polkörperdiagnostik. Auch auf weniger bekannte Methoden wird eingegangen. Dabei erfahren Sie auch, welchen Einfluss biologische wie seelische Komponenten auf eine Schwangerschaft haben können.Geschrieben für alle Paare mit dem Wunsch nach einem eigenen Kind, aber auch für interessierte Angehörige sowie alle Gynäkologinnen und Gynäkologen lesenswert. 136 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Lügenpresse, Fake News, postfaktisches Zeitalter - Begriffe, die aktuell relevanter sind denn je. Obgleich Geschichten so alt sind wie die Menschheit selbst, hat besonders der Begriff des Narrativs vor dem Hintergrund der medialen Berichterstattung einen regelrechten Diskurs ausgelöst. Es gibt viele, die sich lautstark gegen die Medien aufbäumen, aber nur wenige, die die Thematik ganzheitlich betrachten. In diesem Buch nimmt der Autor nicht nur auf realistische Art und Weise die Perspektive der Medien ein, sondern ergreift Partei für sie - mit einer umfassenden Bestandsaufnahme, die unterschiedlichste Disziplinen vereint. Aus Sicht eines studierten Philosophen und Kommunikationsexperten beleuchtet diese Verteidigungsschrift das Zusammenspiel von Narrativen und Emotionen in den Medien und schafft eine solide Basis für alle, die sich realitätsnah mit aktuellen Entwicklungen auseinandersetzen wollen.Lügenpresse ist ein böses Wort, Philosophie und Kommunikationstheorien schwere Kost. Mit Beispielen aus der Praxis und mutigen Überlegungen bildet dieses Buch eine Brücke zwischen Theorie und Praxis, die aufschlussreiche Perspektiven und neue Denkanstöße bereithält. Der Autor scheut sich dabei nicht, klar Stellung zu beziehen - manchmal auch mit einem Augenzwinkern. Ein schwieriges Thema, das leicht zu lesen ist. 96 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book will make you a perfume insider.Discover the effects, trends and future of perfume.Perfumery is on the verge of its third revolution, neuroperfumery, due to new methods of brain research and current findings in fragrance psychology.With this exciting and well-written book, you will gain a comprehensive insight into the creation, world and practice of modern perfumery, as well as interesting insider information. Current findings in psychology, aromatherapy, brain research and neuroperfumery on the effects of fragrances make Beautiful SCENT a treasure trove of new insights.As a non-fiction book with an advice component, it is easy to read without prior knowledge and provides many practical tips. Among other things, you will learn that some perfumes can do much more than just smell good, how perfumers and marketers create their perfumes, which scent preferences prevail and how the effect of scent can specifically influence one's own experience and enjoyment of life.Target groupsAll those who love perfumes and fragrances and would like to learn more about the magical effect of perfumes on well-being and perhaps play with the idea of creating their own perfume one day. It is also ideal for those who work in the fragrance, cosmetics and beauty industry and would like to refresh their knowledge of perfumes.About the authorDr. Joachim Mensing is a qualified psychologist, sociologist and trained nose with over 30 years of professional experience in perfumery and fragrance therapy. At one of the largest fragrance manufacturers, he became a trend coach for perfumers and developed methods of perfume development and marketing. Many of the perfumes he worked on received coveted awardssuch as the Fifi Award, the Oscar for perfumes. He himself received the honorary award of the FRAGRANCE FOUNDATION for the development and marketing of the perfumes Cool Water by Davidoff, Joop! and Jil Sander, and he was also recognized for studies in neuroperfumery and neuropsychology.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 368 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This Textbook addresses a gap in the market, as currently there are no contemporary books exploring nursing within a prison setting. The main focus is the provision of healthcare in the Prison Service of England and Wales, although examples will also be drawn from the United States of America and Australia. Healthcare within prison settings has changed remarkably to address the needs of the changing prison populations. Thus, this text is clearly structured to support student nurses to understand the role of the nurse within prison and how the different specialities of nursing are applied in this unique setting. This textbook provides an overview of the context of prison, prisoners, and healthcare, as well as the experiences of nurse specialists who work in this field, including adult, mental health, and learning disability nurses across primary care, mental health services, substance misuse and end-of-life care.This volume is informative for both undergraduate studentnurses and for qualified nurses and dispels many myths regarding working as a nurse in a prison. Each chapter is written by experts within the field, including nurses who have worked or still working within the prison setting. An important objective of this work is to inform student nurses of the possibility and opportunity of a nursing career within a prison setting.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 236 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Written in an accessible style, this unique book aims at describing the Nobel prize winning works in astronomy to readers who only have a background of high school physics. It gives a glimpse of the work done by those prize-winning astronomers at the forefront of research and the state-of-the-art techniques used for that, to an interested reader. There have been 11 years when Nobel prizes in physics have been given to astronomers. These award-winning works cover almost the entire subject of astronomy, starting from stellar structure all the way to cosmology. The prizes have been divided in 7 categories which are described in 7 chapters. For each prize a brief biography of the winner(s) is given first. The subject of the award is put into context and the reader is reminded of all the basic concepts needed for understanding the work before, finally, the prize-winning work is described. This enjoyable book will give the interested reader an excellent overview of the highlights and development of astronomy of the 20th and early 21st century.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 188 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This concise book examines the decline and erosion of UMNO as a dominant political party of Malaysia through the perspective of Ibn Khaldun's theory of asabiyyah and umran. It uses the qualitative method of data collection from Ibn Khaldun's original works. After discussing Ibn Khaldun's theory of asabiyyah and umran, UMNOs umranic contributions and erosion of Malay asabiyyah are discussed in detail. The research outlines how asabiyyah led to UMNOs rise to prominence, gain of political power, bringing of progress and development of Malaysia to an umranic stage before it started to decline and erode in concordance with the five stages of Ibn Khaldun's theory of rise and fall of civilizations. This book highlights that early leaders of UMNO played significant role in fostering group feeling and solidarity of the Malays (asabiyyah). Asabiyyah was the engine that propelled UMNO to transform the Malays and Malaysia to an umranic society. In conclusion, the later leaders of UMNO contributedto weakening of the Malay asabiyyah and the fall of UMNO from power in the 14th General Elections in 2018. The process of UMNOs decline and erosion of political power is primarily caused by the leaders¿ failures and shortcomings. The author, a Malaysian lawyer and long-standing Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Minister of Justice, Minister of Defence, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of Home Affairs in the Barisan Nasional in Malaysia, concludes with the recommendation that for UMNO to be relevant again in the current political landscape, it must initiate new and serious approaches and initiatives to change itself and must focus on good governance and rule of law in a multi-ethnic Malaysian society. Relevant to scholars and practitioners in political science, sociology, and Islamic studies, this book is a landmark commentary on contemporary Malaysian politics, drawing from the author's own experience as a member of parliament in his various ministerial positions over three decades.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -IIn this book the reader can get an overview of different ventilation systems in simple and understandable terms. Complicated details of standards and regulations are not discussed, but the subject of ventilation systems should be made effortlessly accessible to an interested audience. The building owner must ultimately make the decision as to whether and which system should be installed in his building.The experience of the last 20 years shows that the client is usually only informed about one or two systems. The craftsman, architect or property developer often cannot provide more. This book is intended to help the client to make the right 'ventilation decision'. It shows a cross-section of different systems, with their advantages and disadvantages and offers a small insight into the variety of different manufacturers of ventilation systems.Springer Vieweg in Springer Science + Business Media, Abraham-Lincoln-Straße 46, 65189 Wiesbaden 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Der Text widmet sich den Folgen einer sinnlich-sensorischen und spirituellen Verarmung samt Verlust an kommunikativer Kompetenz und Solidarität infolge einer digitalen Überflutung. Dennoch wäre es ebenso kontraproduktiv wie erfolglos, die allgegenwärtige Digitalisierung zu dämonisieren; sinnvoll wären indes präventiv-salutogenetische Maßnahmen sowie Regeln zum Schutz der menschlichen Natur, vor allem im Hinblick auf eine Überschreitung der Gehirn-Maschine-Grenze. 124 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In Ergänzung zu dem Lehrbuch 'Wirtschaftsprivatrecht' kann der Leser anhand der in diesem Buch präsentierten Fälle sein Wissen vertiefen und anwenden. Denn ob in Vorbereitung auf juristische Klausuren oder für die spätere Berufspraxis: Abstrakte Rechtssätze auf tatsächliche Geschehnisse anwenden zu können, ist eine Kunst, die erst erlernt werden muss.Kein Fall gleicht dem anderen, und sachgerechte Lösungen können nur durch das individuelle Prüfen der einzelnen Sachverhalte erzielt werden. Hierzu ist nicht nur umfassendes juristisches Fachwissen notwendig, sondern auch dessenständige Übung und Wiederholung. Hierbei hilft die Lösung von Fällen.Die vorliegende vierte Auflage wurde an die aktuelle Rechtslage angepasst und um vier neue Beispielfälle aus dem Themenbereich 'Besonderes Vertragsrecht' ergänzt. 200 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Cyber security is the greatest risk faced by financial institutions today, a risk they have understood and managed for decades longer than is commonly understood. Ever since the major London banks purchased their first computers in the early 1960s, they have had to balance their dependence on those machines with the need to secure their operations and retain the trust of their customers.Technological change in the second half of the 20th century prompted British banks to reevaluate their function as trusted protectors of wealth. In the City of London, the capital¿s oldest area and historically its business and commerce hub, the colossal clearing banks employed newly commercialised electronic computers¿the processing power of which could transform the highly clerical clearing and settlement process. What unfolded over the following three decades was a relentless modernisation drive. Revolutionising the way that banks and other financial institutions conducted business and interacted with each other and permanently altering the speed and scale at which the United Kingdom¿s financial sector functioned, this rapid modernisation thrust computer security into the consciousness of bank executives and their clients alike.Dependence on computers quickly grew, and the banks immediately realised the need to secure their new software and hardware. Focusing on the period 1960 to 1990, this book uses newly released and previously unexplored archival material to trace the origins of cyber security in the UK financial sector.Topics and features:Describes how institutions managed the evolving challenge of computer security in the second half of the 20th centuryDemonstrates continuity in banks' views of security through the prism of confidentiality, integrity and availability, and the concept of resilience Presents case studies of bank collaboration on computer security through creation of payment systems like SWIFT and CHAPSOutlines the shift from focusing on physical security measures to technical network-protection measures Explores the relationship between banks and the UK Government as bank operations became dependent on computer and network technologyThis work will be of value to students and academic researchers in the history of computing, financial history, and the history of intelligence and security, as well as the general reader interested in contemporary intelligence, cyber security, and finance.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 240 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Other animals are driven to spend essentially their whole lives just trying to get fed, stay alive, and get laid. That¿s about it. The same was true for our proto-human ancestors. And modern humans of course also require a Survival Drive and a Sex Drive in order to leave descendants. But today we spend most of our lives mainly just trying to convince ourselves that our existence is not absurd.In What We Are, Queen¿s University biologist, Lonnie Aarssen, traces how our biocultural evolution has shaped Homo sapiens into the only creature that refuses to be what it is ¿ the only creature preoccupied with a deeply ingrained, and absurd sentiment: I have a distinct ¿mental life¿¿an ¿inner self¿¿that exists separately and apart from ¿material life¿, and so, unlike the latter, need not come to an end. This delusion conceivably gave our distant ancestors some wishful thinking for finding some measure of relief from the terrifying, uniquely human knowledge of the eventual loss of corporeal survival. But this came with an impulsive, nagging doubt ¿ an obsessive underlying uncertainty: ¿self-impermanence anxiety¿. Biocultural evolution, however, was not finished. It also gave us two additional, uniquely human, primal drives, both serving to help quell the burden of this anxiety. Legacy Drive generates delusional cultural domains for ¿extension¿ of self; and Leisure Drive generates pleasurable cultural domains for distraction ¿ ¿escape¿ ¿ from self.Legacy Drive and Leisure Drive, Aarssen argues, represent two of the most profound consequences of human cognitive and cultural evolution. What We Are advances propositions regarding how a visceral susceptibility to self-impermanence anxiety has ¿ paradoxically ¿ played a pivotal role in rewarding the reproductive success of our ancestors, and has thus been a driving force in shaping fundamental motivations and cultural norms of modern humans. More than any other milestone in the evolution of human minds, self-impermanence anxiety, and its mitigating Drives for Legacy and Leisure, account for not just the advance of civilization over the past many thousands of years, but also now, its impending collapse. Effective management of this crisis, Aarssen insists, will require a deeper and more broadly public understanding of its Darwinian evolutionary roots ¿ as laid out in What We Are.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 216 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Models of Time and Space from Astrophysics and World Cultures explores how our conceptions of time, space, and the physical universe have evolved across cultures throughout the centuries. Developed with a humanistic approach, this book blends historical sources, biographical profiles of exceptional scientists, and the latest discoveries in both astrophysics and particle physics. This rich read describes the incredible insights and ultimate limits of our knowledge, the physical universe, and how ideas old and new have converged, across the world, to build our current understanding of reality. From the Large Hadron Collider to the James Webb Space Telescope, we have mapped the universe from the smallest to largest scales; allowing us to gain fundamental knowledge that has transformed our understanding of the universe.The chapters herein will teach you about dark matter and dark energy, gravitational waves and other complex parts of the cosmos. Along the way, you will learn a thing or two about quantum mechanics, parallel universes, and the ultimate boundaries of the observable universe. This book cultivates insight from a variety of cultural traditions, including perspectives from both modern and ancient cultures, in order to show how our modern conceptions of space and time have arisen from the ongoing explorations within ancient world civilizations.It is a valuable, intriguing and insightful volume for those interested in the fields of historical astronomy and cultural astronomy, as well as for anyone interested in learning about the latest finds from the field of physics and astrophysics.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 324 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -An important part of every manager's job is changing people's behavior: improving someone¿s performance, helping them better manage relationships with colleagues, or sometimes even stopping them doing something. Yet, despite the fact that changing people's behavior is such a fundamental skill for managers, there is little in the way of systematic support for them to go about it.This book changes that, revealing simple but powerful techniques for changing behavior that experts from a range of disciplines have been using for years. Drawing upon proven methods from psychology, psychotherapy, and behavioural economics, it presents a comprehensive toolkit that managers can use to improve the performance of staff and address some of the most common challenges they face.With a new foreword and three new chapters, this revised edition expands on the original by showing how organisations and leaders have used the techniques presented in it, how these methods have becomeeven more relevant in the post-pandemic world, and how it has been applied the broader challenge of workplace culture change. Finally, supplementary videos add detail to this new content, with examples and explanations presented by the authors.Videos via app: download the SN More Media app for free, scan a link with play button and access videos directly on your smartphone or tablet.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 292 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The accelerated transformation of businesses poses major challenges to organizations. In its fundamental meaning, leadership is about a systematic way of highlighting the most important goals, combined with continuous execution along the most important principles. This book brings together key themes of Taoism, compiled for international managers who are on their way to becoming trusted leaders. After a brief outline of the guiding concepts, it discusses an application of selected teachings enriched by narratives from appropriate references and relevant verses from the Tao Te Ching (TTC). In this context, each individual yet coherent Taoist principle is applied in terms of its relevance to varying business environments.By providing embedded case studies, this book offers new ideas for managers to incorporate Taoist principles into their leadership strategies.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 168 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This volume, originally published in China and translated into four other languages, presents a fascinating and unique account of the history of mathematics, divided into eight chronologically organized chapters. Tracing the development of mathematics across disparate regions and peoples, with particular emphasis on the relationship between mathematics and civilization, it examines mathematical sources and inspirations leading from Egypt, Babylon and ancient Greece and expanding to include Chinese, Indian and Arabic mathematics, the European Renaissance and the French revolution up through the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Each chapter explores connections among mathematics and cultural elements of the time and place treated, accompanying the reader in a varied and exciting journey through human civilizations. The book contemplates the intersections of mathematics with other disciplines, including the relationship between modern mathematics and modern art, and the resultingapplications, with the aid of images and photographs, often taken by the author, which further enhance the enjoyment for the reader.Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin 364 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The first edition of A Better World, Inc. showed how companies can profit by solving global problems. Increasingly, companies and investors are capitalizing on these opportunities. The three factors necessary for success were revealed to be effective corporate governance, stakeholder engagement, and collaboration. Racial equity and justice, and gender equity, were also themes in the original edition.By drawing on new research and case studies, this updated edition shows that inclusion and sustainability are in fact fundamental prerequisites for prosperity for companies and society. Specifically, racial inequity and injustice, and gender inequity, are systemic problems that impede businesses from achieving their greater potential in the global marketplace; in the meantime, society suffers as well.The second edition of A Better World, Inc. builds on the first by showing that companies have the power and incentives ¿ and their boards of directors have the responsibility and the authority ¿ to drive solutions to social, economic, and environmental challenges. Readers will learn how companies and their boards, together with nonprofits and governments, can drive prosperity by centering equity and sustainability.This edition is organized to address environmental, social, and governance practices, which are priority interests for investors, media, the public, government, and others to assess company practices and profitability.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 232 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This open access book describes the most important legal sources and principles of data privacy and data protection in China, Germany and the United States. The authors collected privacy statements from more than 400 crowdsourcing platforms, which allowed them to empirically evaluate their data privacy and data protection practices. The book compares the practices in the three countries and develops empirically-grounded policy recommendations.A profound analysis on workers¿ privacy in new forms of work in China, Germany, and the United States.Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Däubler, University of BremenThis is a comprehensive and timely book for legal and business scholars as well as practitioners, especially with the increasingly important role of raw data in machine learning and artificial intelligence.Professor Mingfeng Lin, Georgia Institute of TechnologySpringer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 172 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This open access short reader investigates how migration has become an increasingly important issue in international relations since the turn of the 21st century. It investigates specific aspects of this migration diplomacy such as double citizenship or bilateral agreements on border controls which can become important tools for bargain or pressure. This short reader also discusses the intersections between migration and international relations concerning issues of global governance such as conflicts and refugees, development and mobility, or environmental migration. The book thereby shows the extent of bargaining involved in migration and international relations, the so called ¿soft diplomacy of migrations¿ as seen in the EU/Turkish agreement on borders in 2016, or the EU negotiations with Maghreb or Sub-Saharan countries on read missions against development programs and visas. As such this reader provides a must read to students, academics, researchers and policymakers and everyone who wants to learn more about the international relations aspects of migration governance.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This open access book deals with the role of written texts in an increasingly diverse and dynamic society, bringing together a series of studies anchored in the Scandinavian research tradition of sakprosa, which roughly translates as ¿subject-oriented prose¿ or ¿professional communication¿. The authors examine the written text¿s capacity to transcend contextual boundaries, as a crucial factor in the importance of capturing and maintaining content as a manageable entity. The chapters each deal with a text type that manages complex content in a specialized way, including genre shifting in CSR reports, discourse networks in modern digital culture, digital and social media crisis communication, and epistemic positions in non-fiction. This book is relevant to fields such as text research, professional/digital communication, discourse analysis and literacy studies, and may also be of interest to disciplines such as history, rhetoric, organization studies, media studies/journalism, and linguistics.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 180 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This Open Access book carefully examines the legal and historical bases of the territory of Japan as a modern State from the Meiji period to 2002. A new preface summarizes key developments in the situation up through 2022.Japan¿s current territory is stipulated by the Potsdam Declaration (1945) and the Treaty of Peace with Japan (1951); it includes the Northern Territories, the Senkaku Islands, and Takeshima. Japan has demanded the return of the Northern Territories, comprising the islands of Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan and Habomai, which are occupied by Russia. China has claimed sovereignty over the Senkaku Islands, which are validly controlled by Japan; Japan has claimed sovereignty over Takeshima, which is occupied by the Republic of Korea.This book analyzes the current status of these territorial topics, drawing on historical documents and international legal precedent, and it suggests peaceful methods to address them. In discussing territorial land, sea, and air space, this work touches upon postwar concepts defining modern international law and relevant rules on these subjects¿exclusive economic zones (EEZs), continental shelves, and air defense identification zones (ADIZs)¿found in international treaties, such as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and related domestic laws.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 208 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This open access book is the documentary of the Second International Forum on Financial Mathematics and Financial Technology, with focus on selected aspects of the current and upcoming trends in FinTech. In detail, the included scientific papers cover financial mathematics and FinTech, presenting the innovative mathematical models and state-of-the-art technologies such as deep learning, with the aim to improve the financial analysis and decision-making and enhance the quality of financial services and risk control. The variety of the papers delivers added value for both scholars and practitioners where they will find perfect integration of elegant mathematical models and up-to-date data mining technologies in financial market analysis. Due to COVID-19, the conference was held virtually on August 13¿15, 2021, jointly held by the School of Mathematics of Renmin University of China, the Engineering Research Center of Financial Computing and Digital Engineering of Ministry of Education, the Statistics and Big Data Research Institute of Renmin University of China, the Blockchain Research Institute of Renmin University of China, the Zhongguancun Internet Finance Research Institute, and the Renmin University Press.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 248 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This open access book analyses the international data of the European Values Study (EVS 1990 - 2017), with a focus on the impact of religious on political values from empirical as well as theoretical perspectives, i.e. sociology, political and cultural studies, philosophy, ethics, theology and the law. It interprets results from interdisciplinary perspectives, including the viewpoints of social ethics, sociology and cultural studies, law and practical theology. In the political and public as well as media debates of the European Union, the recourse to (above all 'European' and also 'Christian') values has played a central and controversial role in the field of politics and religion for several decades. This collection is a contribution to a qualified discourse on values in Europe by providing empirical, hermeneutical and ethical criteria for a responsible use of the concept of values. In addition to a comparison of political value systems in Western and Eastern Europe and the possible role of religion in this context, the book also deals with topics such as, f.i., solidarity, economics and values, value formation, and law and values. Additionally, specific population groups such as the socio-culturally marginalized strata are examined more closely. Besides current scientific analyses and interpretations of interest to researchers from various disciplines, this book also offers valuable impulses and suggestions for various multipliers in political, civil society and religious organisations, as well as a sound overview for graduate students.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 552 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This open access book offers a holistic and interdisciplinary analysis of the energy sector in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and its ongoing transformation. Taking into account global decarbonization policies, it offers a comprehensive overview of the transition¿s effects in the region highlighting socioeconomic, geopolitical and cultural aspects.The book is divided into four parts, the first of which illustrates the historical, cultural and socioeconomic heterogeneity of the MENA region. The second part assesses the region's energy sector, with a special focus on the energy mix and consumption evolution at the national level. The third part addresses the geopolitics and geoeconomics of the energy sector in MENA countries, including foreign interference, conflicts, investments and partnerships both related to hydrocarbons and energy transition. Lastly, the fourth part provides overall conclusions and key takeaways on all major aspects addressed by the book, highlighting various paths and strategies for decarbonization in the region.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 440 pp. Englisch.