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Rising to the digital challenge : lessons from Mediterranean enterprises
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| Author | Chapelet , Bernard | |
| Call Number | HM1206.R57 2005 | |
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This book is collective effort of a three year cooperation program between academic and vocational training institutions from the Mediterranean Basin.
The object of this book is to provide an understanding of the potential impact of ICTs on business development, by either internally transforming its business processes or externally by transforming its market. The case studies should provide executives and students with a clear understanding of the impact of electronic business on firms in the Mediterranean context. The last chapter gives a look to the future: towards the integrated digital company. It overviews economic theory and discusses the impact of ICT on markets and companies : will future digital markets be more efficient than today and will they call for fully web-based companies and /or for technology-enhanced click -and- mortar companies? The case of AEOLOS, a travel agency from Cyprus and JDECO, a Palestinian utilities company were discussed as examples of companies advancing towards the integration of different ICT applications in preparation of tomorrow’s digital companies. |
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Global issues for global citizens
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Bhargava , Vinay Kumar
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| Call Number | HF1359.G56 2006 | |
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This book is a compilation of articles by 27 experts at the World Bank, who arise 17 global issue. Each chapter addresses a specific global issue, the chapter explore the problem, then the forces that shape that issue and discuss the solutions.
Global issues are interconnected, for example climate change threatens all fisheries around the world, so global problems should have global solutions. The book shows also the historical cooperation that led to remarkable innovations for solving global problems like protection the ozone layer and eradicating smallpox, and the creation of World Bank. The object of the book is to promote an understanding of key global issues and why they matter, and to analyze the forces shaping actions to address these issues, and to highlight the international actions. |
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Biology of the invertebrates
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Pechenik , Jan A.
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| Call Number | QL362.P43 2000 | |
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Too many people think of invertebrate zoology as outdated, a field in which everything is already known, this book alters those perceptions, by presenting invertebrate zoology as a lively and modern area of ongoing and worthwhile biological inquiry.
Invertebrates cause directly or indirectly many diseases for humans, animals and plants, also they are near the base of most food webs in all habitats. Present research on invertebrates is helping to unravel of how immune recognition systems evolved and how they work. Interest is increasing as certain vertebrates are biological agents for controlling various agricultural pests and as sources of unique chemicals of potential biomedical importance. Invertebrates also have become widely used to evaluate and monitor pollutant stress in aquatic environments, also there is a growing concern about the increased spread of invertebrate species from many phyla into non-active habitats. The book expands on invertebrate classification and evolutionary relationships. A new feature was added to this edition entitled “Defining characteristics” as each new animal group is introduced, also most chapters conclude a section entitled “Search the Web” guiding students to particularly good sites associated with group under discussion. This book serves as the foundation for further learning in lecture, laboratory, field and library, the book also presents the basic vocabulary and grammar of invertebrate zoology. |
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