"Detailing the functions, issues and trends of service composition, this book offers the most relevant research and models pertaining to the design and maturity of semantic use"--Provided by publisher.

"This book provides researchers and practitioners with valuable information on advances and developments in emerging e-business models and technologies; it covers a variety of topics, such as e-business models, e-business strategies, online consumer behavior, e-business process modeling and...

1. Globalization / Russ Martinelli, Tim Rahschulte, Jim Waddell -- 2. The evolution of collaborative work / Tim Rahschulte -- 3. Culture / Mark Rennaker, Dan Novak -- 4. Sustaining organizational culture in the globally distributed environment / Kathy Milhauser -- 5. The effect of cultural...

"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 is a collection of recent essays offering fresh perspectives on the scope and future of intellectual property rights. The tripartite division of the book is designed to make this inter-disciplinary topic more accessible and intelligible to readers of diverse backgrounds. Part I...

This book work on the intimate connection between the industry life cycle and supply chain management, utilizes the case of the industrial life cycle of the VCR to provide insight into the supply chain as the basic business unit for competition, and the requisite alteration of the management of...

"This book address the evolution of the current industrial revolutions, a practical and working definition of the concept Industry 4.0, strategic implications of i4.0 implementation, importance of the process improvement in the quest of industry 4.0, consequences of i4.0 adoption for supply...

"This book explores the development of intelligent techniques for the information security in the area of biomedical image and signal processing. It emphasizes on data security and content protection in modern health care system"--

With the increasing popularity of the Internet, electronic commerce, and enterprise applications, this book has been developed to focus on Unified Modeling Language (UML), Unified Process (UP) and other information modeling methods and methodologies, and involves conceptual, theoretical,...

1. IT service quality management / Dieter Spath, Wilhelm Bauer, Claus-Peter Praeg -- 2. e-Service quality / Jose Barrutia, Ainhize Gilsanz -- 3. Methods for service quality assurance / Manfred Bruhn -- 4. Quality management for IT services / Astrid Köhler, Ulrike Vauth -- 5. Comparison and...