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Converting Ideas to Innovation With Lean Canvas for Invention
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 178

Converting Ideas to Innovation With Lean Canvas for Invention

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2023-10-06
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

In the world of academia, the divide between groundbreaking research and real-world impact has been a persistent challenge. Scholars, researchers, and academic inventors often find themselves grappling with the intricate process of turning their innovative ideas into tangible solutions that can benefit society, and also secure funding. This disconnect not only leads to the underutilization of valuable intellectual resources but also results in missed opportunities to address pressing societal issues. Moreover, technology transfer offices often struggle with knowledge disparities between inventors and managers, hindering the efficient commercialization of groundbreaking inventions. Converting...

Corporate Social Responsibility: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1689

Corporate Social Responsibility: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-07-06
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

The decisions a corporation makes affect more than just its stakeholders and can have wide social, environmental, and economic consequences. This facilitates a business environment built around the practical regulations and transparency necessary to ensure ethical and responsible business practice. Corporate Social Responsibility: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a vital reference source on the ways in which corporate entities can implement responsible strategies and create synergistic value for both businesses and society. Highlighting a range of topics such as company culture, organizational diversity, and human resource management, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for business executives, managers, business professionals, human resources managers, academicians, and researchers interested in the latest advances in organizational development.

Sustainable Practices: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1798

Sustainable Practices: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-12-31
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

"This reference explores some of the most recent developments in sustainability, delving into topics beyond environmental science to cover issues of sustainable economic, political, and social development"--Provided by publisher.

Proceedings of the II International Triple Helix Summit
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 385

Proceedings of the II International Triple Helix Summit

This volume gathers the latest advances and innovations in the triple helix of university-industry-government relations, as presented by leading international researchers at the II International Triple Helix Summit 2018, held in Dubai, UAE on November 10-13, 2018, which brought together experts, practitioners and academics across disciplines that address the dynamics of government, industry and academia. It covers analysis, theory, measurements and empirical enquiry in all aspects of university-industry-government interactions, as well as the international bases and dimensions of triple helix relations, their impacts, and social, economic, political, cultural, health and environmental implications. It also examines the role of government/academia/industry in building innovation-based cities and nations, and in transforming nations into knowledge-based sustainable economies. The contributions, which were selected by means of a rigorous international peer-review process, highlight numerous exciting ideas that will spur novel research directions and foster multidisciplinary collaboration among different specialists.

Developing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Academia
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 312

Developing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Academia

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2021-11-01
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

Economic challenges are becoming very difficult to manage throughout the world, and entrepreneurship can play a key role in handling these new realities. Due to this, academic institutions must update their study programs and knowledge, modernize their curricula, and integrate research activities in their degree programs that encompass topics about and related to entrepreneurship. Developing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Academia provides implications, best practices, and approaches for countries to improve their economic systems using entrepreneurship and increasing entrepreneurial education. As the world population is expanding and resources are shrinking, it creates a challenging environment for people in low-income and transition economies, as well as developed countries. This book discusses entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial education as a potential solution and critical concept. Covering a range of topics such as financial education and entrepreneurial management, it is ideal for instructors, academicians, researchers, practitioners, business professionals, policymakers, and students.

Wireless Sensor Networks for Developing Countries
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 132

Wireless Sensor Networks for Developing Countries

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-08-30
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  • Publisher: Springer

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks for Developing Countries, WSN4DC 2013, held in Jamshoro, Pakistan, in April 2013. The 10 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on WSN applications/services for developing countries; mobile WSN; underwater WSN; VANETS; body area networks; energy harvesting in WSN; WSN and cloud integration; WSN and IoT; QoS and Qot; WSN MAC, network and transport protocols; cross layer approaches; security aspects in WSN; WSN applications in smart grid and energy management; WSN in structural health monitoring.

Communication Technologies, Information Security and Sustainable Development
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 316

Communication Technologies, Information Security and Sustainable Development

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014-09-10
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  • Publisher: Springer

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the Third International Multi-topic Conference on Communications, Technologies, Information Security and Sustainable Development, IMTIC 2013, held in Jamshoro, Pakistan, in December 2013. The 27 revised papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 140 submissions. The topics presented had a reasonable balance between theory and practice in multi-disciplined topics including wireless sensor networks, cloud computing, wireless communication, antenna design, signal processing, software engineering, image processing, bioinformatics and telemedicine, neural networks, automation and control, and green renewable energy.

Global Sustainable Development and Renewable Energy Systems
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 354

Global Sustainable Development and Renewable Energy Systems

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-05-31
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

Over the past decade, the use of Renewable Energy Technology (RET) has significantly increased around the globe. Technologies that once were considered experimental are now being deployed on commercial scales at phenomenal rates, delivering cost-effective substitutions for conventional, fossil fuel-based systems that cause problems including greenhouse gas emissions, expensive operating costs, and global pollution. But these new systems come at a costly rate, and because of this, officials must review their overall efficiency and effectiveness. Global Sustainable Development and Renewable Energy Systems pushes through the boundaries of current research to introduce the concept of an energy m...

Contemporary Challenges in Education: Digitalization, Methodology, and Management
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 384

Contemporary Challenges in Education: Digitalization, Methodology, and Management

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2023-10-26
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

In an era where digitalization is the driving force behind education, an examination of how technology is reshaping pedagogy is mandatory for ensured success. Shifting educational standards amidst the digital revolution must be evaluated with interdisciplinary approaches in computer science and engineering education. Contemporary Challenges in Education: Digitalization, Methodology, and Management delves deep into the heart of contemporary education, offering insights drawn from applied research and case studies, all of which collectively redefine the very essence of education today. It explores integrating socio-economic modeling methods to optimize catering concepts in educational organiza...

Reconceptualizing Language Norms in Multilingual Contexts
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 401

Reconceptualizing Language Norms in Multilingual Contexts

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2023-12-21
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

With cultural and linguistic diversity, migration, and constant change as defining features of contemporary societies, it is increasingly necessary to enhance our capabilities within multilingual environments. Reconceptualizing Language Norms in Multilingual Contexts offers a groundbreaking exploration of language practices and norms in the diverse and dynamic world we inhabit today. It challenges the traditional understanding of language norms as stable and stationary. Instead, it embraces multiculturalism and multilingualism as the norm rather than the exception. Drawing upon a wide range of methodological approaches, this book brings together a collection of position papers, critical refl...