Business mathematics and systems

Recognizing the increasing importance of environmental issues, energy prices, material availability and efficiency and the difficulty of adequately managing these issues in traditional accounting systems, several companies all over the world have started implementing "e;Environmental and Material Flow Cost Accounting"e; (EMA and MFCA).

Building the E-Service Society is a state-of-the-art book which deals with innovative trends in communication systems, information processing, and security and trust in electronic commerce, electronic business, and electronic government.

This volume gathers the papers presented at three workshops that are embedded in the IFIP/Sec Conference in 2004, to enlighten specific topics that are currently particularly active in Security.

As Information Technology becomes a vital part of our everyday activities, ranging from personal use to government and defense applications, the need to develop high-assurance systems increases.

Palmprint Authentication is the first book to provide a comprehensive introduction to palmprint technologies.

Economics of Information Security applies economics not to generate breakthroughs in theoretical economics, but rather breakthroughs in understanding the problems of security.

Information Systems Research: Relevant Theory and Informed Practice comprises the edited proceedings of the WG8.

In the early 1990s, the establishment of the Internet brought forth a revolutionary viewpoint of information storage, distribution, and processing: the World Wide Web is becoming an enormous and expanding distributed digital library.

IT Innovation for Adaptability and Competitiveness addresses the topic of IT innovations that can further an organization's ability to adapt and be competitive.

E-government and Public Sector Process Rebuilding: Dilettantes, Wheelbarrows, and Diamonds provides an input to rebuild and improve the processes in which the public sector perform activities and interact with the citizens, companies, and the formal elected decision-makers.

Cryptography in Chinese consists of two characters meaning "e;secret coded"e;.

Something for Everyone If this book is to succeed and help readers, its cardinal virtue must be to provide a simple reference text.

Digital Communities in a Networked Society: e-Commerce, e-Business and e-Government deals with the accelerating evolution in the computerization of society.

The development and integration of integrity and internal control mechanisms into information system infrastructures is a challenge for researchers, IT personnel and auditors.

Faster, better and cheaper are challenges that IT-companies face every day.

Software systems that used to be relatively autonomous entities such as e.

A research agenda for collaborative networks Purpose.

For most of our history the wealth of a nation was limited by the size and stamina of the work force.

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is a relatively new "e;data-oriented"e; approach for evaluating the performances of a set of entities called Decision- Making Units (DMUs) which convert multiple inputs into multiple outputs.

Corporate information is skyrocketing in business values; for enterprise, what is best practice for developing and maintaining goals and standards to enhance information management and business operations?

Organizational semiotics offers a framework for understanding the processes that this project work entails, in particular the interaction between individuals and groups and between human and technology.

The decision to write this book was motivated by a number of factors.

Is your enterprise architecture making a difference?

Technologies for Business Information Systems The material collected in this book covers a broad range of applications of c- puter science methods and algorithms in business practice.

This book encapsulates some work done in the DIRC project concerned with trust and responsibility in socio-technical systems.

Three issues are explored and used as organizers for The International Handbook of Virtual Learning Environments.

This reference divides its coverage into five closely examined sections: 1) IT management tasks, and the importance of transparent IT architecture to meeting functional and performance demands; 2) Traditional IT management, discussed in light of current methods and standards; 3) Controlling IT, both from internal and customer care perspectives; 4) financial, personnel, legal and security aspects in IT, including service agreements and standardization.

Collaborative decision making processes are a form of communication inside organizations.

The Computer Science and Communications Dictionary is the most comprehensive dictionary available covering both computer science and communications technology.

In recent years, the profound impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on fostering new forms of entrepreneurship has become increasingly evident.

Basic Business Statistics makes statistics understandable by exploring concepts in the context of specific business problems and situations.

This textbook offers students a systematic guide to how information systems underpin organisational activity in today's global information society, covering everything from ICT infrastructure and the digital environment to electronic marketing, mobile commerce and design thinking.

This clearly written and engaging textbook equips readers with the essential numerical skills needed to succeed both in the study of business and in the real world of work.

Innovation contributes to corporate competitiveness, economic performance and environmental sustainability.

Innovation contributes to corporate competitiveness, economic performance and environmental sustainability.

The current dynamics of world economy show remarkable changes in the socio-economics of credit provision and entrepreneurship.

The current dynamics of world economy show remarkable changes in the socio-economics of credit provision and entrepreneurship.

Social Mobility for the 21st Century addresses experiences of social mobility, and the detailed processes through which entrenched, intergenerationally transmitted privilege is reproduced.

Social Mobility for the 21st Century addresses experiences of social mobility, and the detailed processes through which entrenched, intergenerationally transmitted privilege is reproduced.

The emerging present is a fast-changing context for incumbent organizations, especially in market segments where online behavior is replacing physical proximity, and users engage with digital platforms for the acquisition of products and services.

The emerging present is a fast-changing context for incumbent organizations, especially in market segments where online behavior is replacing physical proximity, and users engage with digital platforms for the acquisition of products and services.

Today's leader needs to be equipped with the tools and skills to find an effective way to collaborate with others.

Today's leader needs to be equipped with the tools and skills to find an effective way to collaborate with others.

SMEs create employment, wealth and a potential for future growth.

SMEs create employment, wealth and a potential for future growth.

Entrepreneurship is a key element in the development of market based economies and one of the potential drivers of change in countries that are in the process of transformation to market based systems.

Entrepreneurship is a key element in the development of market based economies and one of the potential drivers of change in countries that are in the process of transformation to market based systems.

Contemporary law and government are increasingly characterized by a focus on risk.

Contemporary law and government are increasingly characterized by a focus on risk.

This book presents an in-depth analysis of the functional dynamics of Indian industrial clusters which have grown and stayed as hubs of business activity in India, thanks to a large calibrated domestic market for goods.