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Regional economic imbalances: business and foreign direct investment in India / Jitender Bhandari, Manmohan Rahul, Shalini Rahul Tiwari -- Role of knowledge workers in business process and innovation / Appasaheb Naikal, Mayank Bapna -- Technological innovations in management education / Shalini...

In many international settings, regional economies are declining resulting in lowered opportunities for these communities. This result attacks the very fabric of cohesion and purpose for these regional societies, and increases social, health, economic and sustainability problems. Community...

This publication provides a synopsis of the state-of-the-art technologies in perceptual-based multimedia design. It highlights how perceptual requirements can be incorporated in the design, development and transmission of multimedia, providing readers with a rich body of research and work done...

This book discusses the new aspects of digital watermarking in a worldwide context. Approached not only from the technical side, but the business and legal sides as well, it discusses digital watermarking as it relates to many areas of digital media. Broad in its approach, the book provides a...

The dramatic growth of the wireless communication industry has resulted in searches for new technologies to provide broader bandwidth per user channel, better quality, and new value-added services. Employing smart antennas presents an elegant and relatively economical way to improve the...