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Over the past decade, increasing competition has created immense opportunities for businesses globally. As such, it important to research new methods and systems for creating optimal business cultures. Cases on Quality Initiatives for Organizational Longevity is a scholarly publication that examines cases on practices in organizations and how they have facilitated transformation over the years. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as customer loyalty, benchmarking, and employee training, this book is geared toward business owners, managers, entrepreneurs, professionals, researchers, and students seeking current and relevant research on contemporary cases in the field of business quality management.
This book defines the relationship between gender and international security, analyzing and critiquing international security theory and practice from a gendered perspective. Gender issues have an important place in the international security landscape, but have been neglected both in the theory and practice of international security. The passage and implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (on Security Council operations), the integration of gender concerns into peacekeeping, the management of refugees, post-conflict disarmament and reintegration and protection for non-combatants in times of war shows the increasing importance of gender sensitivity for actors on all fronts in g...
For any organization to be successful, it must operate in such a manner that knowledge and information, human resources, and technology are continually taken into consideration and managed effectively. Business concepts are always present regardless of the field or industry – in education, government, healthcare, not-for-profit, engineering, hospitality/tourism, among others. Maintaining organizational awareness and a strategic frame of mind is critical to meeting goals, gaining competitive advantage, and ultimately ensuring sustainability. The Encyclopedia of Organizational Knowledge, Administration, and Technology is an inaugural five-volume publication that offers 193 completely new and...
This groundbreaking book addresses the longstanding lack of consensus surrounding the approach to marginalization in tourism. The chapters identify critical components and question the legitimacy of who qualifies as marginalized. Crucially, the book formulates effective solutions to address marginalization within the tourism context. While previous studies in tourism and social sciences have presented diverse conceptualizations and explanations of marginalization, the chapters in this book meticulously scrutinize their contextualization in constructing structural marginalization within the tourism industry. By doing so the book offers a comprehensive understanding of how marginalisation manifests in the complex dynamics within the tourism sector. The chapters unravel the multifaceted dimensions of marginalization, providing a nuanced and informed perspective that contributes significantly to the ongoing discourse on inclusivity and equity within tourism knowledge. This book will be useful to tourism practitioners, academics, students, researchers and policymakers. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Tourism Recreation Research.
This volume is the second part of a four-volume set (CCIS 190, CCIS 191, CCIS 192, CCIS 193), which constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Computing and Communications, ACC 2011, held in Kochi, India, in July 2011. The 72 revised full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a large number of submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on database and information systems; distributed software development; human computer interaction and interface; ICT; internet and Web computing; mobile computing; multi agent systems; multimedia and video systems; parallel and distributed algorithms; security, trust and privacy.
In recent decades, the rapid expansion of trade and investment among developing countries has resulted in a scenario wherein firms from developing countries account for an increasing share of capital, goods, and wealth in the global economy. Industry leaders from developing countries have observed that firms in developing countries need to identify and develop key supply chain capabilities in order to succeed in emerging markets. It is argued that customers in emerging markets are likely to have different needs and supply chain expectations as compared to customers in developed economies. Reaching into these emerging markets, understanding the customer diversity, and translating it into effe...
Artificial intelligence (AI) has driven businesses to adopt new business practices rapidly, enhance product development and services, has helped to power AI-based market intelligence and customer insights, and improve customer relationship management. This timely book addresses the use of AI in marketing. This book also explores the dark side of AI in marketing management and discusses ethics and transparency of automated decision-making in AI applications, data privacy, cyber security issues, and biases in various facets of marketing. Emerging applications of AI such as DeepFakes which use deep learning technology could increase risks of manipulation and deception. Hence, apart from leveraging AI capabilities and advantages, the book cautions the need for prevention strategies to deal with potential issues that could arise from the adoption of AI in marketing management. This book will provide practical insights into the role of AI in marketing management. It will be a useful reference for those researching marketing and marketing professionals.
Exploring the Latest Trends in Management Literature presents cutting edge literature reviews on the emerging concepts, theories, and research trends across management disciplines.
There is a serious issue affecting the tourism sector right now. Traditional service models and approaches are no longer sufficient to meet the evolving needs and expectations of travelers in a world characterized by unpredictability and rapid change. The demand for immersive and unique experiences has pushed this industry to explore innovative solutions. The challenge serves as the backdrop for the book, Service Innovations in Tourism: Metaverse, Immersive Technologies, and Digital Twin. In response to the industry's changing demands, this book offers a visionary solution. It presents a thorough exploration of service innovations in tourism, focusing on the transformative potential of the metaverse, digital twins, and immersive technologies. These cutting-edge innovations are reshaping the tourism landscape, offering travelers exciting new ways to choose accommodations, plan trips, and engage in events. This book goes beyond theoretical exploration into practical guidance that gives academic scholars, practitioners, students, and industry professionals the skills and insights they need to navigate and thrive in this quickly evolving field.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the IFIP WG 8.6 International Working Conference on Transfer and Diffusion of IT, TDIT 2023, which took place in Nagpur, India, in December 2023. The 87 full papers and 23 short papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 209 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Volume I: Digital technologies (artificial intelligence) adoption; digital platforms and applications; digital technologies in e-governance; metaverse and marketing. Volume II: Emerging technologies adoption; general IT adoption; healthcare IT adoption. Volume III: Industry 4.0; transfer, diffusion and adoption of next-generation digital technologies; diffusion and adoption of information technology.