1. Innovation through virtual technologies / N. Raghavendra Rao -- 2. Soft-touch Haptics modeling of dynamic surfaces / Hanqiu Sun, Hui Chen -- 3. Collision detection / Gabriel Zachmann -- 4. Virtual environment visualisation of executable business process models / Ross Brown, Rune Rasmussen --...

1. Introduction to the field of technology innovation management -- 2. R&D process models -- 3. Technology development and innovative practice -- 4. Social influence and human interaction with technology -- 5. Diffusion and innovation : an organizational perspective -- 6. Knowledge and change in...

Evolving verifiable causal mechanisms through governometrics to study critical policy issues / Sangeeta Sharma -- Application of factor analysis in policy decision / J. P. Verma -- Providing rational and normative policy evaluation with hedonic estimation in developing and emerging market...

1. Developments in modern operations management and cellular manufacturing / Vladimír Modrák and Pavol Semanco -- 2. Decision support framework for the selection of a layout type / Jannes Slomp and Jos A.C. Bokhorst -- 3. Comparison of connected vs. disconnected cellular systems: a case study...

1. Intelligent manufacturing and manufacturing intelligence -- 2. Knowledge-based system -- 3. Intelligent agents and multi-agent systems -- 4. Data mining and knowledge discovery -- 5. Computational intelligence -- 6. Business process modeling and information systems modeling -- 7. Sensor...

"This book covers both theoretical perspectives and practical approaches to smart manufacturing research and development triggered by ubiquitous interconnection and intelligence, discussing the transformation of manufacturing, the latest developments in smart manufacturing innovation, current...

1. Information systems success and failure--two sides of one coin, or different in nature? : an exploratory study / Jeremy Fowler, Pat Horan -- 2. Achieving sustainable tailorable software systems by collaboration between end-users and developers / Jeanette Eriksson, Yvonne Dittrich -- 3....

This book offers a distinctive understanding of new infrastructures for knowledge production based in science and technology studies. This field offers a unique potential to assess systematically the prospects for new modes of science enabled by information and communication technologies. The...

This book examines human processes and practices connected to technology embedded within social, political, and moral spheres of life. This innovative publication engages readers in critical debates connected to the ethical dimensions of a technological society through insightful examinations,...

Knowledge has become a critical factor for contemporary firms. Its increasing relevance has given rise to a new theory of the firm and which closely ties knowledge creation and application to competitive advantage, enhancing support for this knowledge-based view of innovation. This book provides...