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Food Politics, Activism and Alternative Consumer Cooperatives
Par Zeynep Özsoy, Beyza Oba. 2023
Following the global financial crisis of 2008, there has been significant interest among scholars and activists in alternative forms of…
organization that operate according to noncapitalist logic, including Alternative Consumer Cooperatives (ACCs). Using the example of Turkey, where neoliberal economics combined with authoritarian politics formed conditions that have profound social and economic consequences, this book investigates ACCs as spaces for prefigurative food politics. Offering a novel perspective on alternative forms of organizing, this book challenges the easy assumptions of what it means to be a scholar working on activism in the global north and shows how, through the foundational values of solidarity, reciprocity and responsibility, it is possible to create new and imaginative forms of politics and activism.Perspectives in Business Informatics Research: 22nd International Conference on Business Informatics Research, BIR 2023, Ascoli Piceno, Italy, September 13–15, 2023, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #493)
Par Andrea Polini, Knut Hinkelmann, Francisco J. López-Pellicer. 2023
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research, BIR 2023, which took…
place in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, in September 2023. The 20 full and 4 short papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 submissions. They cover different aspects of the discipline and are organized in sections on applied business informatics, ICT governance and management, AI applications and use cases in business, business and IS development, and new trends in data governance.The Quality of Society, Volume III: Essays on the Unified Theory of Capitalism
Par Adolfo Figueroa. 2023
This book contains another set of essays dealing with the fundamental economic problems of our time: inequality, environment degradation, and social…
disorder, which are analyzed in light of the unified theory of capitalism. This theory is a scientific endeavor that seeks to explain the capitalist system taken by parts and then taken as a whole, as a unified theory. By parts, the theory analyzes the First World and the Third World and also the short run, long run, and very long run economic processes, showing why and how economic growth has led to a new epoch, with ecological equilibrium disruption, known as the Anthropocene Age. The empirical predictions of the theory are proven to be consistent with the available facts. Therefore, the theory can be accepted as a good representation of the real-world capitalism; moreover, its derived causality relations become inputs for the debate on the needed science-based policies for the new age. Indeed, this book proposes structural policies to change the way capitalism operates, through changes in its basic institutions, mainly the electoral democracy, which would certainly imply a re-foundation of the capitalist system.Manipulating the Message: How Powerful Forces Shape the News
Par Cecil Rosner. 2023
Journalists hate the term fake news, but there’s a troubling reality: spin doctors routinely try to dupe them into reporting…
misleading and distorted stories.Check the news on any given day and here’s what you’ll find: Governments routinely lie. Companies inflate claims about their products and practices. Institutions release studies with misleading data meant to deceive. Police departments, infected by systemic racism, downplay crimes against Indigenous and racialized people.The public depends on the media to help them understand the world, but are journalists catching all the daily lies, omissions, and distortions? Shrinking newsrooms and an army of spin doctors mean journalists can get duped. Despite valiant efforts by a handful of investigative journalists, the truth is routinely left behind.Award-winning journalist Cecil Rosner insists there is something we can do about this. We can pressure news organizations to stop blindly regurgitating the firehose of press releases and focus instead on determining what is actually true. Rosner empowers readers by sharing his techniques for detecting misinformation and disinformation.Feeling 'Blah'?: Why Anhedonia Has Left You Joyless and How to Recapture Life's Highs
Par Tanith Carey. 2023
'Fascinating' Psychologies 'A brilliant read' Happiful 'A really, really, really, really good book' Liz Jones, You magazine podcastHow much do you…
enjoy your life?Does life feel dull? A bit grey?Do you feel as if your emotions have flatlined?This is anhedonia – a word only a few of us have heard of but one that explains why so many of us feel we are sleepwalking through life.Anhedonia is from the Greek word for 'without pleasure' and describes a loss of interest in activities you once enjoyed. It explains why many of us spend our lives in a fog, feeling neither happy nor sad, just not very much at all.In the first book to tackle this missing piece in mental health, writer Tanith Carey joins the dots on how convenience culture, stressful lifestyles, modern diets and both female and male hormonal changes can dial down our ability to feel excitement and joy.With the help of world-leading experts and by digging into the latest research, Tanith shows you how your brain's dopamine reward system works and provides strategies to help you bring colour back into your life.Groundbreaking, accessible and often surprising, this is the book that will teach you how to kickstart your feel-good chemicals and start loving life again.How to Feel Better: 4 Steps to Self-Coach Your Way to a Happier More Authentic You
Par Ruth Kudzi. 2023
When we feel broken we look to be fixed, we consume books, have therapy, diet, whatever it takes! BUT true…
self development is not about being 'fixed' it's about accepting the parts of yourself and then enhancing who we already are.Focusing on evidence-based approaches, Ruth will teach you how to not just read about, but truly integrate personal development work. She'll take you through 4 key questions that encourage both self-reflection and include action-oriented tasks that will help you create sustainable results.1. What do you want? 2. Where are you now? 3. How do you get to where you want to be? 4. How do you stay there?Ruth started our her personal development journey when studying Psychology as she wanted to know what the f**k was wrong with her: she felt that she was different and wanted to see if there was a scientific reason.Using tools she has developed to help train thousands of coaches, Ruth will help you to create a strong self-coaching mindset, helping you to rewire your brain, so that you can adopt new ways of thinking, feeling and behaving. She draws from a variety of disciplines including neuroscience, positive psychology, somatic and energy work to provide a truly unique self-coaching programme that is totally results focused.Many organisations face the challenge of making their project management more agile. However, the circumstances are often not suitable for…
this: The desired agility either does not fit the existing projects, or there is a lack of sufficient systematics. Lean Project Management shows how the advantages of different Lean Project Management methods – adaptive, targeted and flexible – can be combined. In addition to the established methods of classic and agile project management, proven methods and tools from Lean Management are used and further developed with a view to the requirements of project management (such as Gemba, 5S and more). The book shows how an organisation can systematically professionalise its project management, and make it more flexible in a targeted manner, in order to achieve more value with less effort. Aimed at students on postgraduate courses in business and project management as well as professional project managers working in organisations both large and small, Lean Project Management is a clear and comprehensive guide to combining the best methods to achieve optimal results.Essentials of Sustainability for Business: A Practical Approach
Par Peter McManners. 2024
Essentials of Sustainability for Business teaches the core principles of sustainability in a concise format for those new to issues…
at the intersection of sustainability and business. The book plots a path through the contradictions and confusions in the debates about sustainability, to get to the heart of why it matters, how to respond, and where it leads. The book is structured around three parts in order to assess the context, the goals, and the applications of sustainable business. The first part provides the foundation for understanding the core issues in sustainable business including, the history of sustainability, the sustainable development goals, corporate social responsibility, responding to climate change and delivering resilient sustainability. The second part offers a framework for sustainability analysis, which cuts through the complexity of multiple overlapping issues providing application to real life practice of policy makers and businesses. The final part offers more sophisticated examination of businesses and sustainable resilience. This is an ideal resource to educate students, inform policy makers, challenge business executives, and above all arm all those with power and influence with the tools to deliver sustainability.For breathwork fans who want to go deeper—20+ science-backed breathing practices to boost your energy, unlock your mind-body connection, and…
heal from chronic stressBreathwork expert Jesse Coomer reveals how to breathe our way to better health, increased vitality, and mental clarity by unlocking The Language of Breath. Using powerful, proven breathwork exercises, Coomer delivers a new paradigm to the world of breathwork: one that reconnects us to our innate mind-body wisdom and bridges the evolutionary disconnect between our bodies, brains, and the stressors of modern-day life.By engaging with our breath as a language that we can listen to and learn, we can:Combat the dysregulation, disconnection, and stressors of our always-on, hamster-wheel cultureLearn why contorting our natural sleep, wake, and eating cycles to fit modern-day schedules is making us sickUse breathwork to reset and reclaim our natural agency and innate wisdomGuard against the physical effects of overwork and chronic stressWith practical exercises and simple techniques, this book provides a step-by-step approach to using breath as a tool for self-discovery and transformation. From overcoming stress and anxiety to managing chronic illness, The Language of Breath is a must-read for anyone seeking to harness the power of their own breath to live a healthier, happier life.Analytical Corporate Finance (Springer Texts in Business and Economics)
Par Angelo Corelli. 2023
This book draws readers’ attention to the financial aspects of daily life at a corporation by combining a robust mathematical…
setting and the explanation and derivation of the most popular models of the firm. Intended for third-year undergraduate students of business finance, quantitative finance, and financial mathematics, as well as first-year postgraduate students, it is based on the twin pillars of theory and analytics, which merge in a way that makes it easy for students to understand the exact meaning of the concepts and their representation and applicability in real-world contexts. Examples are given throughout the chapters in order to clarify the most intricate aspects; where needed, there are appendices at the end of chapters, offering additional mathematical insights into specific topics. Due to the recent growth in knowledge demand in the private sector, practitioners can also profit from the book as a bridge-builder between university and industry. Lastly, the book provides useful information for managers who want to deepen their understanding of risk management and come to recognize what may have been lacking in their own systems.Der neue Online-Handel: Geschäftsmodelle, Geschäftssysteme und Benchmarks im E-Commerce
Par Gerrit Heinemann. 2023
Dieses Buch präsentiert Entwicklungen und Zukunftstrends im E-Commerce, der durch die neuen digitalen Kommunikations- und Konsummuster der Kunden geprägt ist.…
Gerrit Heinemann beleuchtet E-Commerce-Geschäftsmodelle, Kanalexzellenz sowie Erfolgsfaktoren wie digitale Zeitvorteile und Kundenzentrierung. Er analysiert die digitalen Herausforderungen und zeigt die Konsequenzen und die mit dem Online-Handel verbundenen Chancen auf. Anerkannte Best Practices veranschaulichen, wie erfolgreicher Digital Commerce funktioniert und was die „Lessons Learned“ der letzten Jahre sind.Die 14. Auflage geht der Frage nach: Ist der Online-Boom endgültig Geschichte oder wird er wieder durchstarten nach der Krisenzeit? Wie geht es langfristig weiter? Darüber hinaus werden neue Trends (z.B. ChatGPT, neue Webdesigntrends), Änderungen im Internetrecht sowie das Thema „Insolvenzfall Online-Handel“ aufgegriffen. Zudem wurden alle Kapitel überarbeitet und neue Best-Practice-Beispiele integriert.Der Inhalt• Meta-Targeting und Geschäftsideen im Online-Handel• Geschäftsmodell des Online-Handels• Formen des Online-Handels• Geschäftssysteme und Benchmarks im E-Commerce• Best Practices und Risiken im Online-HandelDigital Consumer Management: Understanding and Managing Consumer Engagement in the Digital Environment
Par Emmanuel Mogaji. 2024
Integrating consumer behaviour, digital marketing, digital platform management, web analytics, and marketing insights, Digital Consumer Management provides a holistic understanding—from…
a brand perspective—of the management of consumers and consumption in the digital ecosystem. Chapters explore the key stakeholders in platform management, the multiple types of platforms used by brands, the various consumer-brand touchpoints, how the platforms are developed and with what goals in mind, managing consumer engagement and activities on these platforms, how the platforms are regulated, and the dark side of digital consumption. Theory is brought to life by practical examples and case studies from across sectors, and reflective questions and activities allow students to critically reflect on their learning. Providing a comprehensive picture of digital consumption activities, digital consumer behaviour across platforms, and how brands can manage and engage with the digital consumer, this text works as core and recommended reading for students studying digital consumer behaviour, digital marketing, and marketing management. Accompanying online resources include PowerPoint slides and an instructor’s manual.Bring peace and joy into your workspace as you learn how to declutter your office and create a stress-free work…
environment.Clutter and mess can distract you, stress you out, and get in the way of efficiently getting work done. That's why Beautifully Organized at Work was created to give you practical tips and tools for how to mindfully transform your workspace and get organized so you can feel better about your work and be better set up for success.YouTube star and professional organizer Nikki Boyd, author of the bestselling book Beautifully Organized, brings her expert skills to this book.Beautifully Organized at Work includes:Everything you need to know about decluttering your desk and organizing files--both in your physical and digital spaceValuable advice on how to plan your work days so you can have a well-balanced and productive week How to select the desk, chair, and lighting that are ideal for your needsInformation tailored for cubicle, co-working spaces, working from home, and moreTips on how to get your coworkers involved in creating a beautifully organized breakroom, conference room, and lobbyThe ultimate goal of environmental policy is reducing pollution. Attention to environmental problems in the social sciences has brought some…
bold generalizations about causes of good results, but almost no systematic cross-national studies that flesh out major theoretical arguments and test those claims with data. This study makes a seminal contribution to that effort in two ways. First, by taking environmental outcomes over the last thirty years as the central dependent variable, it provides a basis for evaluating national performance in reducing environmental problems. Second, by developing a data set including performance in a number of countries and elaborating on major explanations of environmental performance found in the literature, this study provides the most rigorous available analysis of the determinants of environmental performance. In so doing, it challenges what is probably the conventional wisdom in the social sciences.Das LkSG kodifiziert erstmalig Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichten für deutsche Unternehmen und begründet somit einen Paradigmenwechsel von bislang freiwilliger verantwortungsvoller Unternehmensführung hin zu…
Verbindlichkeit hinsichtlich Umwelt- und Menschenrechtssorgfalt. Die Neuartigkeit des Regelungskontextes sowie erhebliche Negativfolgen bei Non-Compliance resultieren in großen Herausforderungen bei der Umsetzung der Vorgaben. Medienwirksame Menschenrechtskatastrophen haben in diesem Zusammenhang die gesellschaftliche Sensibilisierung für menschenrechtliche Auswirkungen in den international verflochtenen und hochrisikobehafteten textilen Lieferketten deutlich erhöht. Vor diesem Hintergrund erfolgt eine ausführliche Darstellung der Rechtsgrundlagen, komplexen Regelungsinhalte und ökonomischen Implikationen des Gesetzes. Außerdem bietet das Buch eine praktische Orientierungshilfe zur Umsetzung des LkSG. So erfolgt eine exemplarische Risikoanalyse, welche die im Gesetz definierten geschützten Rechtsgüter und Anforderungen praxisnah illustriert. Anhand der Herleitung eines konkreten Risikobewertungsframeworks sowie spezifischer Umsetzungsinstrumente zur Maßnahmenwirksamkeitsmessung werden weitere konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen abgeleitet. Das Buch empfiehlt schließlich die integrierte Steuerung der Sorgfaltspflichten anhand etablierter Managementinstrumente des Compliance- und Risikomanagements zur handlungssicheren und effizienten Umsetzung der Gesetzesanforderungen.The Path of Emancipation
Par Thich Nhat Hanh. 2000
The Path of Emancipation transcribes Thich Nhat Hanh's first twenty-one day retreat in North America in 1998, when more than…
four hundred practitioners from around the world joined him to experience mindfulness. This book deliberately preserves the tone and style of a retreat, including soundings of the bell, meditation breaks, and the question-and-answer sessions. This not only provides a genuine feeling of a retreat for those who have not had the chance to participate in one, but it also preserves this wonderful practice time for those who have attended. In The Path of Emancipation, Thich Nhat Hanh translates the Buddhist tradition into everyday life and makes it relevant and transforming for us all. Studying in-depth the Discourse on the Full Awareness of Breathing, he teaches how mindfulness can help us reduce stress, and live simply, confidently, and happily while dwelling in the present moment.Economics for Healthcare Managers
Par Robert H. Lee. 2019
Leadership Development in Practice: A Complexity Approach
Par Kevin Flinn. 2024
In an unpredictable world, how do we go about supporting leaders to develop more democratic and inclusive ways of working…
and living? The second edition of Leadership Development in Practice: A Complexity Approach draws on autoethnographic accounts of experience from practitioners across three continents to explore the leadership development approaches that best support managers to work with uncertainty by taking their experience seriously. It offers an alternative perspective on leadership and organisation for business schools, consultancies, and corporate training functions to adopt in their development of leaders. Additions to this second edition include as follows: • A new chapter on creating large group dialogue • A more explicit emphasis on what it means to take gender, diversity, and social justice seriously • A review of the burgeoning interest in complexity perspectives on leadership and leadership development since publication of the first edition. This book is essential reading for leadership and organisational development professionals, researchers, and students. It will also be of interest to managers looking for an approach to leadership development that works with how things are rather than with idealisations of how things ought to be.Control, Influence, Accept (For Now): Coping with a Future No One Can Predict
Par Dan Moore. 2023
Prepare for the future from the inside out.How keen is your self-knowledge? Who influences your understanding of others? When was…
the last time you really concentrated on your purpose, your resilience, your perspective? And what in the world is polvo? In Control, Influence, Accept(FN), author Dan Moore guides you on an antic journey of self-reflection with a very serious goal: to help you cultivate your inner-self who will be ready for whatever the universe throws at you—the obvious and the odious. From his days selling books door-to-door in the Arizona desert to trying Portuguese delicacies under the watchful eyes of his would-be in-laws, Moore has lived a life just on the edge of the ordinary . . . and he has extracted extraordinary insights from every colorful experience. In hilarious, everyman language, Moore describes his own inflection points and shows you how personal growth will help you get through when getting out simply isn&’t an option. In a world where the only constant is change, Dan Moore thinks you owe it to yourself to set positive patterns for the one and only asset you can actually control—you. No one knows what the future holds. Your best preparation is in the self you bring along.Advances in Information Technology in Civil and Building Engineering: Proceedings of ICCCBE 2022 - Volume 1 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering #357)
Par Hans Beushausen, Sebastian Skatulla. 2024
This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of information technology in civil and building engineering,…
presented at the 19th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE), held in Cape Town, South Africa on October 26-28, 2022. It covers highly diverse topics such as BIM, construction information modeling, knowledge management, GIS, GPS, laser scanning, sensors, monitoring, VR/AR, computer-aided construction, product and process modeling, big data and IoT, cooperative design, mobile computing, simulation, structural health monitoring, computer-aided structural control and analysis, ICT in geotechnical engineering, computational mechanics, asset management, maintenance, urban planning, facility management, and smart cities. Written by leading researchers and engineers, and selected by means of a rigorous international peer-review process, the contributions highlight numerous exciting ideas that will spur novel research directions and foster multidisciplinary collaborations.