Introduction -- Conceptual and contextual framework -- Identifying ICT diffusion and substitution patterns -- Elucidating "network effects" and ICT diffusion determinants in Asia -- Drawing lessons from this book

Introduction -- The production process cycle for seasonal good -- Introduction -- A process-based approach to the production cycle of seasonal products -- The role of time and of exogenous and endogenous factors in the production of seasonal products -- Time : a key parameter in the production...

Introduction / Claire A. Simmers, Murugan Anandarajan -- Iopts workplace : people -- Moving from the IoT to the iop : applying mary parker follett's circular response, integration, and law of the situation to the role and responsibilities of the user in the Iopts workplace / Lisa T. Nelson --...

The book analyzes the role of technology in the redefinition of the competitiveness of insurance markets. With a focus on the competitive challenges of InsurTech startup to the incumbent insurers, the book will discuss the strategic role of technology both in the development and in the...

This book provides an interdisciplinary account of how technological advances - mainly in the domains of energy and transportation - contribute to the transformation towards a more sustainable economic system. Drawing on methods from engineering, the management sciences and economics, which it...

"Examines the rise and decline of heavy industry in postwar Sweden, the emergence and disruption of the Finnish ICT industry, and Iceland's impressive but short-lived reign as a financial powerhouse as well as ten similar and contrasting cases across Europe and North America. This book looks at...