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Integrated Reporting (IR) for Sustainability
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 440

Integrated Reporting (IR) for Sustainability

The book presents a rich collection of research studies on the theory and practice of corporate integrated reporting (IR) in South Asia. South Asia is emerging to compete in the world marketplace and one of fast economically growing regions to contribute to the global economy. As the region’s economic development accelerates, balancing economic and environmental development appears as a key sustainability challenge for governments, investors, consumers, and local communities. Companies in South Asia region are therefore increasingly challenged to reduce their environmental impacts and to contribute to sustainable development. This book includes valuable contributions of advanced research, concepts, applications, developments and case studies on corporate IR and sustainability accounting in South Asia and the roles of different professional accounting bodies to strength corporate sustainability and build capacity in the South Asian Region.

Engagement with Sustainable Development in Higher Education
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 247

Engagement with Sustainable Development in Higher Education

This edited volume analyzes cases of higher education programs engaging with sustainable development. Offering cases from across the globe that focus on the role of universities in promoting societal transformations and building sustainable futures, the volume specifically discusses how higher education institutions can educate for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As critical spaces for research, development, and innovation, higher education institutions are fundamental change agents for societal transformations. Their role in disseminating sustainability through different paths is undeniable, and it is worth discussing the dimensions that surround the concept of sustainability within universities. Considering the role of policy, curriculum, practice, teaching, research, and development paths in universities, this book looks at the contributions of higher education sector to our vision of sustainable development. This publication offers readers a chance to look at different higher education institutions’ engagement with sustainable development through political, managerial, curricular and practical steps.

HPI Future SOC Lab
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 246

HPI Future SOC Lab

Das Future SOC Lab am HPI ist eine Kooperation des Hasso-Plattner-Instituts mit verschiedenen Industriepartnern. Seine Aufgabe ist die Ermöglichung und Förderung des Austausches zwischen Forschungsgemeinschaft und Industrie. Am Lab wird interessierten Wissenschaftlern eine Infrastruktur von neuester Hard- und Software kostenfrei für Forschungszwecke zur Verfügung gestellt. Dazu zählen teilweise noch nicht am Markt verfügbare Technologien, die im normalen Hochschulbereich in der Regel nicht zu finanzieren wären, bspw. Server mit bis zu 64 Cores und 2 TB Hauptspeicher. Diese Angebote richten sich insbesondere an Wissenschaftler in den Gebieten Informatik und Wirtschaftsinformatik. Einig...

Maintaining Sustainable Accounting Systems in Small Business
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 387

Maintaining Sustainable Accounting Systems in Small Business

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-06-15
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

Accounting systems and sustainability management are vital for company management and performance. This is particularly difficult for small businesses. As such, it is necessary to understand the features and issues of sustainable accounting systems, with a particular focus on small business. Maintaining Sustainable Accounting Systems in Small Business is a critical scholarly resource that explores sustainability accounting systems with small businesses and how the economic, social, and environmental aspects are related to each other in the company’s management and performance. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as management control system, integrated reporting, and small and medium enterprises, this book is geared towards entrepreneurs, business managers, academicians, business professionals, and graduate-level students seeking practical information about the different sustainable accounting systems from strategic, organizational, and accounting perspectives.

Research Anthology on Business Continuity and Navigating Times of Crisis
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1907

Research Anthology on Business Continuity and Navigating Times of Crisis

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2022-01-07
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

When the COVID-19 pandemic caused a halt in global society, many business leaders found themselves unprepared for the unprecedented change that swept across industry. Whether the need to shift to remote work or the inability to safely conduct business during a global pandemic, many businesses struggled in the transition to the “new normal.” In the wake of the pandemic, these struggles have created opportunities to study how businesses navigate these times of crisis. The Research Anthology on Business Continuity and Navigating Times of Crisis discusses the strategies, cases, and research surrounding business continuity throughout crises such as pandemics. This book analyzes business operations and the state of the economy during times of crisis and the leadership involved in recovery. Covering topics such as crisis management, entrepreneurship, and business sustainability, this four-volume comprehensive major reference work is a valuable resource for managers, CEOs, business leaders, entrepreneurs, professors and students of higher education, researchers, and academicians.

Natural Language Processing and Chinese Computing
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 501

Natural Language Processing and Chinese Computing

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-08-13
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  • Publisher: Springer

This two volume set of LNAI 11108 and LNAI 11109 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th CCF Conference on Natural Language Processing and Chinese Computing, NLPCC 2018, held in Hohhot, China, in August 2018. The 55 full papers and 31 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 308 submissions. The papers of the first volume are organized in the following topics: conversational Bot/QA/IR; knowledge graph/IE; machine learning for NLP; machine translation; and NLP applications. The papers of the second volume are organized as follows: NLP for social network; NLP fundamentals; text mining; and short papers.

Natural Language Processing and Chinese Computing
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 966

Natural Language Processing and Chinese Computing

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-01-03
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  • Publisher: Springer

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th CCF International Conference on Natural Language Processing, NLPCC 2017, held in Dalian, China, in November 2017. The 47 full papers and 39 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 252 submissions. The papers are organized around the following topics: IR/search/bot; knowledge graph/IE/QA; machine learning; machine translation; NLP applications; NLP fundamentals; social networks; and text mining.

Lost Voyagers
  • Language: en

Lost Voyagers

A wedding and a disaster that first appeared to separate the two sisters, Rain and Bliss bring them together to embark on a journey of many miles with their beloved protector and friend, Pandora the ‘Sky Monarch’. During the journey they meet many friends and ‘foes’, fall in and out of love, learn to communicate with the many species of their world and grow in strength and character along with their friends and foes. Will they reach their destination before their foes reach theirs and ruin the girls’ own plans? Will they survive the perilous journey in a drought affected land where Sand Ghouls and White leopards roam forever hungry for prey?

Maintaining Sustainable Accounting Systems in Small Business
  • Language: en

Maintaining Sustainable Accounting Systems in Small Business

"This book provides relevant insights for academics, deepening the topic of sustainability accounting systems within small business. It also provides contributions about the features of sustainability accounting systems and, in particular, how the economic, social and environmental aspects are related to each other in the company's management and performance"--