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The Executive's How-To Guide to Automation : Mastering AI and Algorithm-Driven Business

Danner, George E. - 2019

automation in business means human labor will no longer be needed, the author argues that organizations will re-purpose humans … into different roles under the banner of automation, not simply get rid of them. He also identifies parts of business that … are best targeted for automation. This book will arm business people with the tools needed to automate companies, making …

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Great Divergence and Great Convergence : A Global Perspective

Grinin, Leonid - 2015

Introduction. And yet the Twain Meet: Great Convergence brings the East closer to the West -- Great Divergence and the Rise of the West -- Great Convergence and the Rise of the Rest -- The Great Convergence and Globalization: How the Former Colo-nies Became the World Economic Locomotives --...

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Global Business in Local Culture : The Impact of Embedded Multinational Enterprises

Aerni, Philipp - 2018

This book examines the impact of multinational enterprises (MNEs) on local economies, and presents selected case studies of MNEs operating in low income countries. By balancing external social and environmental costs against its corresponding benefits, the book demonstrates that MNEs can have a...

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The Impact of Mobile Phones on Poverty and Inequality in Developing Countries

James, Jeffrey - 2016

This book investigates at both the micro- and macroeconomic levels the impact of mobile phones on poverty and inequality in developing countries. To gauge the effects of mobile phones on these aspects, the author refers to the standard concept of technology adoption and also analyses the actual...

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Labor Intermediation Services in Developing Economies : Adapting Employment Services for a Global Age

Mazza, Jacqueline - 2017

This book demonstrates how rethinking and adapting basic employment services into labor intermediation services can help address the many labor market disconnections of developing country economies. It addresses how scarce resources required to escape poverty - good jobs, schools, and training -...

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A Theory of Sustainable Sociocultural and Economic Development

Rabie, Mohamed - 2016

This book argues that development is a comprehensive societal process with two key elements: economic restructuring and sociocultural transformation. While either of these elements alone can initiate change, a strong development plan needs to address both in order to succeed

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Complexity in Information Systems Development : Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Information Systems Development

Linger, Henry (ed.); Barry, Chris (ed.); Lang, Michael (ed.) - 2017

Testing Context-Aware Indoor Positioning Algorithms -- Automation of the Incremental Integration of Microservices …

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The Diversity of Emerging Capitalisms in Developing Countries : Globalization, Institutional Convergence and Experimentation

Rougier, Eric (ed.); Combarnous, François (ed.) - 2017

This book presents the results of a collective and original empirical investigation of the institutional systems underlying the capitalisms that are coming to the fore in developing nations. While varieties of industrialized countries’ capitalisms are extensively scrutinized, those of...

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Food Price Volatility and Its Implications for Food Security and Policy

Kalkuhl, Matthias (ed.); Braun, Joachim von (ed.); … - 2016

This book provides fresh insights into concepts, methods and new research findings on the causes of excessive food price volatility. It also discusses the implications for food security and policy responses to mitigate excessive volatility. The approaches applied by the contributors range from...

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Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement – A Global Assessment for Sustainable Development

Nkonya, Ephraim (ed.); Mirzabaev, Alisher (ed.); … - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016

This volume deals with land degradation, which is occurring in almost all terrestrial biomes and agro-ecologies, in both low and high income countries and is stretching to about 30% of the total global land area. About three billion people reside in these degraded lands. However, the impact of...

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