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Explores poverty alleviation in developing economies through the creation of livelihood options developed by private sector activities. Examining relevant topics such as corporate social responsibility (CSR) frameworks, multinational enterprises, and responsible tourism, this publication is an ideal resource for private sector firms, researchers, academics, professionals, and students.

Presents the latest information on national and international political propaganda and opinions spread by technological forums. This publication features expansive coverage on a number of relevant topics and perspectives, such as environmental justice, alternative ideology, and information and communication technologies.

Presents the latest scholarly material on organisational procedures and methods that ensure environmental sustainability, while maintaining effective production processes. This publication highlights the most innovative topics and perspectives, such as life cycle costing, waste management, and business leadership.

Discusses the current trends, technologies, and ethics associated with knowledge management. This publication features comprehensive coverage on a spectrum of topics, such as leadership roles in knowledge sharing, knowledge governance, electronic resources for public sector reform, and record keeping for information in public and private sector organisations.

Presents the latest scholarly research on social networking participation expectations and values to examine individual performance in digital communication activities. This publication features coverage across a range of topics, such as crisis communication, social networking engagement, and return on investment.

Presents the latest scholarly research on the cultural, sociological, economic, and philosophical effects of religion on modern society and human behaviour. This publication features extensive coverage across a range of relevant perspectives and topics, such as social reforms, national identity, and existential spirituality.

Provides a comprehensive examination of the latest strategies and methods for creating technological systems with end users as the focal point of the design process. This publication highlights innovative practices and applications across a variety of areas, such as cloud-based computing services, e-government adoption, and logistics evaluation.

Identifies methods for extraction and analysis of useful information from web documents. Featuring extensive coverage across a range of relevant perspectives and topics, such as semantic web, machine learning, and expert systems, this book is designed for web developers, internet users, online application developers, researchers, and faculty.

Presents emerging scholarly perspectives on the use of new media technology to engage people in socially- and politically-oriented conversations, and examines communication trends in these virtual environments. This book highlights relevant coverage across topics such as online free expression, political campaigning, and online blogging.

Offers in-depth discussions on emerging advances in thermal imaging techniques and provides interdisciplinary perspectives on its diverse applications. Highlighting relevant topics such as microvascular imaging, vascular optics, body cryotherapy, and myofascial trigger points, this publication is ideal for all academics, graduate students, practitioners, and researchers.

Presents the latest scholarly research on current updates regarding adoption, integration, and application of communication devices and applications across the various aspects of human progression. This volume highlights a number of topics and perspectives such as inclusive education, e-governance, and e-democracy.

Presents the latest research on various manufacturing methodologies and highlights the best optimization approaches to achieve boosted process performance. This volume features extensive coverage on relevant areas such as genetic algorithms, fuzzy set theory, and soft computing techniques.

Provides a thorough examination of the impact of NFC payment technology on the convenience, flexibility, and usability of transactions. Including a range of topics such as network threats, operating modes, and data security, this publication is an ideal reference source for researchers, students, academics, professionals, and practitioners interested in mobile technology in financial systems.

Presents scholarly information on model-centric approaches and implementations for control and other similar dynamic systems. Highlighting innovative topics such as configuration management, controllability analysis, and modelling requirements, this book is designed for engineers, researchers, academics, project managers, and professionals interested in the design of embedded control systems.

Presents the latest scholarly research on applications of nature-inspired computing and soft computational systems. Featuring comprehensive coverage on a range of topics and perspectives such as swarm intelligence, speech recognition, and electromagnetic problem solving, this publication is designed for students, researchers, scholars, professionals, and practitioners.

Presents the latest perspectives on biologically-inspired computation techniques for robot design and control. Highlighting a range of pivotal topics such as software engineering, simulation tools, and robotic security, this book is designed for researchers, academics, students, and practitioners interested in the role of membrane computing in mobile robots.

Presents the latest methods, practices, and analyses for effective and safe temporary structures. Including perspectives on numerous relevant topics, such as safety considerations, quality management, and structural analysis, this book is designed for engineers, professionals, academics, researchers, and practitioners actively involved in the construction industry.

Presents the latest advances in multidisciplinary research methods and applications and examines effective techniques for managing and utilizing information resources. This publication features extensive coverage across a range of relevant perspectives and topics, such as visual analytics, spatial databases, retrieval systems, and ontology models.

Identifies new approaches for face-to-face communication, opportunities to create social bonding and social capital, and taking advantage of the full communication cycle. This publication features extensive coverage across a range of relevant perspectives and topics, such as social networking theory, conflict resolution, and interpersonal communications.

Presents the latest scholarly material on the use of data analytics to study wireless networks and examines how these techniques can increase reliability and profitability, as well as network performance and connectivity. This publication features extensive coverage on relevant topics, such as accessibility, traffic data, and customer satisfaction.

Presents the latest scholarly research on the various types of unauthorized access or damage to electronic data. This publication features extensive coverage across a range of relevant perspectives and topics, such as robotics, cloud computing, and electronic data diffusion, and is designed for academics, researchers, computer engineers, graduate students, and practitioners.

Presents the latest scholarly research on the importance of information asymmetries and uncertainties and their effects on the overall regulation of financial industries. This publication features extensive coverage on a wide range of perspectives, such as financial reporting standards, investor confidence, and capital flows.

Presents the latest research on the role of digital media and its impact on identity development, behavioural formations, and the inter-personal relationships of young adults. Featuring extensive coverage across a range of relevant perspectives and topics, such as self-comparison, virtual communities, and online dating, this book is designed for academics, researchers and professionals.

Provides a comprehensive examination of emerging strategies for optimizing instructional environments in modern school systems and emphasises the role that intercultural education plays in this endeavour. This volume highlights research perspectives across numerous topics, such as curriculum design, student-teacher interaction, and critical pedagogies.

Presents the latest developments on emerging data communication applications. Featuring extensive coverage across a range of relevant perspectives and topics, such as satellite communication, cognitive radio networks, and wireless sensor networks, this book is designed for engineers, professionals, practitioners, upper-level students, and academics.

Presents the latest research on the impact of digital computing and emerging technological innovations in the realm of business success. Featuring extensive coverage across a range of relevant perspectives and topics, such as IT outsourcing, sustainable development and online advertising, this publication is designed for researchers, professionals and students.

Presents the latest research on the implementation of autonomous agents in computer simulation paradigms. Featuring extensive coverage on relevant applications, such as biodiversity conservation, pollution reduction, and environmental risk assessment, this publication is an ideal source for researchers, academics, engineers, practitioners, and professionals.

Presents the latest research on the scenarios faced by in-service educators, uncovering models, recent trends, and perceptions of in-service teacher training. Featuring extensive coverage across a range of relevant perspectives, such as teacher identity, collaborative teacher development, and exploratory practice, this book is designed for researchers, practitioners, and professionals.

Presents scholarly research on the depletion of natural resources due to overpopulation and presents insights on how these environmental threats can be addressed. Highlighting technological, economic, and social perspectives, this book is designed for policymakers, researchers, academics, students, and practitioners interested in better understanding the current state of the global environment.

Provides a comprehensive examination of the latest strategies and methods for attracting, selecting, training, developing and promoting employees within an organisation. This volume highlights innovative practices and applications across a variety of areas such as expatriate staffing, talent identification, and multinational company practices.