"This book helps readers to better understand the importance of Latin America in today's global economy, discussing the developments of investments involving Latin American Multinational Corporations ("Multilatinas") within the region"--Provided by publisher.

"This book examines the nature of the process of technological change in different sectors of various countries, analyzing the impact of innovation as well as research and development activities on different outcomes in different fields and assessing the design and impact of policies aimed at...

"This book addresses existing solutions for data mining, with particular emphasis on potential real-world applications. It captures defining research on topics such as fuzzy set theory, clustering algorithms, semi-supervised clustering, modeling and managing data mining patterns, and sequence...

Africa -- The perspectives of African history -- Africa in the global economy -- The rising and compelling imperatives to do business in Africa -- The African regional integration and trading blocs -- Doing business in Africa and African business opportunities -- A strategic model for entering...

"This book seeks to empirically explore the relationship between a number of variables, including consumer confidence, private-sector performance, and governmental regulation by categorizing and analyzing developing economies in a post-crisis global financial landscape in order to help shape...

"This book explores the emergence of new ideas and opportunities in various markets and provides organizational leaders with the tools they need to take full advantage of those opportunities, focusing on economic growth in a fast-paced environment"--Provided by publisher.

"This book provides a comparative and comprehensive analysis of technologically enabled educational environments and various issues concerning education and collaborations across the world besides focusing on best practices and experiences from a varied range of countries"--Provided by publisher.

"The case studies in this volume enforce technology is a principle catalysts for transnational collaborative interventions in providing learning and professional development opportunities to the people of both developed and developing countries"--Provided by publisher.

Whether by synergy or by synthesis, development and technology are becoming synonymous in every domain. This book reports on national and international initiatives undertaken to adapt advancements in information and communication technology and successfully face the challenges posed by various...

"This book provides fresh ideas on how IT and modern management can contribute to societal and economic objectives and the significant role of IT for global challenges and international collaboration"--Provided by publisher.