In the fields of engineering, science and information technology, there remains an underrepresentation of female leadership in entry level, intermediate, upper level, and senior level management positions, creating an insufficient number of role models to encourage other women to join these...

"This book explores essential questions related to the cost, benefit, individual and social impact, and security risks associated with the rapid consumption of mobile technology, covering the current state of mobile technologies and their use in various domains including education, healthcare,...

"This book identifies learners' online behavior based on the theories in human psychology, defines online education phenomena as explained by the social and cognitive learning theories and principles, and interprets the complexity of cyber learning"--Provided by publisher.

Introduction: why the gender divide in computer games is an important and timely issue -- The computer game industry, market, and culture -- Games and society: can games make a better world? -- Play preferences and the gendering of gaming -- Representation, image, and identity -- Game workers...

Gender economics: an introduction to contemporary gender economics / Susanne Moore -- A note on the history of gender economics and feminist economics: not the same story / Giandomenica Becchio -- Impact of microfinance on female empowerment: a review of the empirical literature / Sefa Kwami...

This book addresses the computer recognition of music notation, its interpretation and use within various application contexts. It includes research in the field of image processing and pen-based computing, representation languages and web-based applications, and consolidates the successes,...

This book takes and interdisciplinary approach toward systems design in the online environment by providing an understanding of how consumers behave while shopping online and how certain system design elements may impact consumers' perceptions, attitude, intentions, and actual behavior. This...

"This book bridges the gap between professional and academic perceptions of advertising in new media environments, defining the evolution of consumerism within the context of media change and establishing the practical issues related to consumer power shifts from supplier to user"--Provided by...

"This book raises awareness of the strategies supporting self-driven learner efficacy on a number of site types, educating readers about self-discovery learning and what learners need in terms of scaffolding to help them make the right decisions, assess their own level of learning, vet...

1. Effective implementation of sales-based CRM systems: theoretical and practical issues / George J. Avlonitis and Nikolaos G. Panagopoulos -- 2. The goals of customer relationship management / Ronald E. Goldsmith -- 3. Global account management (GAM): creating companywide and worldwide...