Introduction: The Evolving Data–Driven Smart Sustainable Approach to Urbanism for Tackling the Challenges of Sustainability and Urbanization -- Smart Sustainable Urbanism and Big Data Computing: A Topical Literature Review -- Conceptual, Theoretical, and Disciplinary Foundations: An Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Perspective -- The Data-Driven Smart Sustainable Paradigm of Urbanism: …
Chapter 1-Introduction to Ethics and Technology -- Chapter 2-Technological Competence -- Chapter 3-Outsourcing -- Chapter 4-Receipt of Privileged Information -- Chapter 5– What Is Technology? -- Chapter 6-How Did We Get Here? -- Chapter 12–Technology Assisted Review -- Chapter 14-Effective Communication -- Chapter 17–Effective Supervision -- Chapter 18–Using Technology for Improved Bill…
Keynote Addresses -- Competitive Product Engineering: 10 Powerful Principles for Winning Product Leadership, Through Advanced Systems Engineering, Compared to10 Failure Paths Still Popular in Current Culture -- From Products and Solutions to End-User Experiences -- Systems and Software Process Improvement -- What Formal Models Cannot Show Us: People Issues During the Prototyping Process -- Proc…
Making Metrics a Success — The Business Perspective -- Planning the Measurement Process -- Performing the Measurement Process -- Introducing a Measurement Program -- Measurement Infrastructures -- Size and Effort Estimation -- Project Control -- Defect Detection and Quality Improvement -- Software Process Improvement -- Software Performance Engineering -- Service Level Management -- Case Stud…
Introduction -- New Products and Services -- Process Efficiency through Customer Integration -- Data Format Standards -- PDF/X-3 -- JDF -- XML -- Process Efficiency through Self Service: Self-Directed Customers -- Online Calculation -- Placing Orders Online -- Remote Preflight -- Web Printing -- Order Tracking -- Archiving Orders and Offerings -- Stock Reporting Systems -- Online Ordering Syste…
What is changing?- Does progress matter? -- Being successful in disruptive environments -- What is it that the successful really do? -- Can you learn disruptive Innovation? -- Go with the flow - the courage to take the plunge -- Practical aspects of creating an Innovation Cell -- Can I manage change and stability side by side? -- Why one room? -- Why autonomy? -- What do I gain? - Path of Innov…
Theoretical Approaches -- Towards an Integrated Model of the Lead Market for Environmental Innovations -- Case Studies of Lead Markets from Literature Studies -- The International Adoption of Photovoltaic Energy Conversion -- Fuel Cells in Stationary Applications -- Fuel Cells for Mobile Applications -- Technologies to Reduce Harmful Emissions in Diesel Vehicles -- Lead Markets for VOC-Reduced …
Knowledge Management: Conceptual Foundations -- Knowledge Management: Conceptual Foundations, Emerging Directions -- Knowledge Management: Why Learning from the Past Is Not Enough! -- A Sensemaking Theory of Knowledge in Organizations and Its Application -- Knowledge Management: Empirical Perspectives -- Knowledge Creation in Organizations: A Multiple Study Overview -- Knowledge Acquisition and…
The New Era of Intangible Assets -- Case Studies on the Appropriation of Intellectual Assets -- Intangible Assets: Characteristics, Generation & Protection -- Strategic Management of Intangible Assets -- Econometric Analysis -- General Summary and Conclusion.The book investigates the interplay of brand equity and technological assets at the corporate level. In a grounded theory approach it deve…
The Innovation Process Model — Definitions and Lemmas -- The Macroscopic View on Real World Innovation Pipelines -- The Mesoscopic View - Control of Real World Innovation Pipelines -- The Microscopic View - Control & Management of Inno-Projects -- The Integration of Finance and Innovation Management -- Summary and Benchmarks.RandD is the single most important investment for any company or any…