Nowadays, the Internet of things (IoT) is becoming a promising technology which revolutionizes and simplifies our daily life style. It allows interaction and cooperation between a large variety of pervasive objects over wireless and wired connections, in order to achieve specific goals....

SOCIONICS is an interdisciplinary research framework which has been recently established for six years by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Up to 16 projects cooperating in a tandem-structure with at least one partner from Computer Science and one from Sociology will form a virtual research...

Purpose In difficult geographical zones (mountain, intra-cities areas, etc.), many shippers, from small and medium enterprises to individuals, may demand delivery of different food products (fresh, refrigerated, frozen, etc.) in small quantities. On the other side, carrier companies wish to use...

Chapter 1: Introduction: Housing and Community Building -- Chapter 2: Social Theory and Housing Frameworks -- Chapter 3: The Repositioning of Professional Housing Management: Community Wellbeing and Social Sustainability -- Chapter 4: Protecting Community Health: The New Management Initiatives...

Purpose – Thorstein Veblen, though recognized as a “classic” author, has been since his death in 1929 virtually ignored by the public (academic and otherwise). In light of the fact that he may possibly have been the most important social scientist of the modern era, such neglect is a shame...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the creativity of retarding speed, asking how far could retarding speed be creative and where should we begin to retard speed – with the individual or with society? Design/methodology/approach – The paper first presents the basic...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to argue that Joseph Schumpeter's views are influenced by the French social philosopher Gabriel Tarde who delivered a theory of social evolution based on technological change as its driving force. Design/methodology/approach – The paper investigates the...

Purpose – The aim is to gain an increased understanding of the factors motivating managers toward internationalizing their firms. Design/methodology/approach – Attribution theory is employed in this study. Building upon the internationalization literature, an attribution model of...

Purpose – This paper introduces the symposium on public management reform and its impact on public servant's identity. It provides both a descriptive and theoretical context within which the other contributions to the symposium can be located. Design/methodology/approach – It is based on a...