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Human and organisational factors : practices and strategies for a changing world
This open access book addresses several questions regarding the implementation of human and organisational factors (HOF) so that recent improvements in industrial safety can be built upon. It addresses sources of frustration in senior management with high expectations of operational recommendations and disquiet on the part of HOF specialists struggling to have an impact on high-level decision m…
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- 9783030256395
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- viii, 138p. : ill.
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- 620.86 HUM h
Open Source Systems : Towards Robust Practices
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2017, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in May 2017. The 16 revised full papers and 3 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 32 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics related to free, libre, and open source software (FLOSS), incl…
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- 9783319577357
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- XIV, 220 p.
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- 005.3 OPE o
Enabling things to talk : designing IoT solutions with the IoT architectural …
The Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging network superstructure that will connect physical resources and actual users. It will support an ecosystem of smart applications and services bringing hyper-connectivity to our society by using augmented and rich interfaces. Whereas in the beginning IoT referred to the advent of barcodes and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), which helped to auto…
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- 9783642404030
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- x, 349p. : ill.
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- 004.678 ENA e
Advances in energy system optimization : proceedings of the first Internation…
The papers presented in this open access book address diverse challenges in decarbonizing energy systems, ranging from operational to investment planning problems, from market economics to technical and environmental considerations, from distribution grids to transmission grids, and from theoretical considerations to data provision concerns and applied case studies. While most papers have a cle…
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- 9783030321574
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- viii, 178p. : ill.
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- 621.319 ADV a
Managing socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes for sustainable…
This open access book presents up-to-date analyses of community-based approaches to sustainable resource management of SEPLS (socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes) in areas where a harmonious relationship between the natural environment and the people who inhabit it is essential to ensure community and environmental well-being as well as to build resilience in the ecosystems tha…
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- 9789811511332
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- x, 179p. : ill.
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- 333.7 MAN m
Techlash : the future of the socially responsible tech organization
Technology has made human lives incomparably better. Civilization as we know it would utterly collapse without it. However, if not properly managed, technology can and will be systematically abused and misuse and thereby become one of the biggest threats to humankind. This open access book applies proactive crisis management to the management of technology organizations to make them more sustai…
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- 9783030432799
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- xix, 55p. : ill.
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- 658.4038 MIT t
Transnational entrepreneurship in South East Asia : Japanese self-initiated e…
This open access book brings together narratives of inbound and outbound expatriate entrepreneurship in Japan to provide a comprehensive overview of international entrepreneurship in the region. Through in-depth interviews with expatriate entrepreneurs, policymakers, and additional stakeholders it provides the reader with a solid understanding of the current landscape of international entrepren…
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- 9789813292529
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- xxi, 220p. : ill.
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- 338.04 YOK t
Understanding values work : institutional perspectives in organizations and l…
At the core of institutional theories, ‘values’ is a central term and figures in most definitions; however it remains understudied and under-explored. The editors of this open access book identify a resurgence of interest in the values-construct which underpins discussions of identity, ‘ethos’ and the purpose/nature of public and civic welfare provision. Considering the importance of va…
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- 9783030377489
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- xvii, 296p. : ill.
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- 658.314 UND u
Intel trusted execution technology for server platforms : a guide to more sec…
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (Intel TXT) is a new security technology that started appearing on Intel server platforms in 2010. This book explains Intel Trusted Execution Technology for Servers, its purpose, application, advantages, and limitations. This book guides the server administrator / datacenter manager in enabling the technology as well as establishing a launch control policy t…
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- 9781430261490
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- xvii, 156p. : ill.
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- 005.8 FUT i
The InfoSec handbook : an introduction to information security
The InfoSec Handbook offers the reader an organized layout of information that is easily read and understood. Allowing beginners to enter the field and understand the key concepts and ideas, while still keeping the experienced readers updated on topics and concepts. It is intended mainly for beginners to the field of information security, written in a way that makes it easy for them to under…
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- 9781430263838
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- xxiv, 392p. : ill.
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- 005.82 NAY i
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