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| business intelligence sustainability awards: Fintech for ESG and the Circular Economy Ernesto D. R. Santibanez Gonzalez, Vinay Kandpal, Peterson K. Ozili, Prasenjit Chatterjee, 2024-10-22 This book showcases research, theoretical, and validated work associated with digital finance to enhance the quality of a more sustainable environment. The primary objective of Fintech for ESG and the Circular Economy is to evaluate how fintech advancements and sustainable practices effectively drive transformative and sustainable change. It aims to motivate individuals with ideas and discussions to promote financial technology and foster creativity for a more sustainable and equitable future. The book delves into the intersection of technology and sustainability, offering insights into how big data, machine learning, and blockchain technology are transforming ESG practices and the circular economy. It highlights the potential of FinTech to drive sustainable finance, explores the current role of cyber ecosystems and digital currencies in sustainable finance, and examines the intricate legal landscape surrounding green finance in India. The book also discusses the influence of ESG factors on financial decision-making and the integration of sustainability metrics into financial analysis, supported by examples of how companies and investors are adopting these practices. Additionally, the book explores the role of financial institutions in enabling crowdfunding platforms, particularly in African markets, and provides case studies that demonstrate their impact on financial inclusion and entrepreneurship. It also analyzes the legal implications of blockchain and smart contracts within FinTech, the convergence of digital business models with ESG principles, and the role of digital currencies in promoting financial inclusion and sustainable economic growth, particularly in India. The book concludes with an exploration of tokenomics and its potential to incentivize sustainable behaviors, and examines how digital finance innovations in Tanzania are improving financial inclusion by overcoming barriers to financial services for the unbanked population. Audience This book will be of interest to scholars, researchers, academicians, and students of commerce, banking, finance, sustainability, and financial technology. This book is helpful for business professionals, researchers, and technical industry workers in finance and artificial intelligence. |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Sustainable Transformation Strategy Paolo Taticchi, Melissa Demartini, Melina Corvaglia-Charrey, 2023-04-29 This casebook demonstrates how companies can design and execute corporate sustainability strategies into their overall business strategy to achieve sustainable transformation. It offers a set of case studies from different industrial sectors such as aerospace and defence, beauty, energy, engineering and construction, fashion retail, financial services, food and hospitality, life sciences, motorsports, pharmaceutical, software, toy production. Each story presents practical and concrete actions taken by companies to develop their sustainability strategies, as well as challenges and issues faced during the process. Concluding with best practices emerging from the cross-case analysis, this book is beneficial for sustainability and management professionals, students and scholars. |
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| business intelligence sustainability awards: Leading the Sustainable Organization Tim Galpin, J. Lee Whittington, Greg Bell, 2012-03-15 This book is the first to combine the much talked about topics of leadership and sustainability, and provides readers with a comprehensive overview and pragmatic approach to leading sustainable organizations. Chapters include discussions, case examples, steps, and useful tools centred on the components of the Leading the Sustainable Organization model. This model provides managers with a pragmatic, end-to-end framework for creating (in the case of new entities) or shifting (in the case of existing firms) their organizations’ workforces to a sustainability focus. Leading the Sustainable Organization is the perfect tool for executives and managers in small, medium, and large companies, and in all industries, to assist with the difficult and confusing topic of leading sustainability efforts. This book will be of great interest to students and academics who want to learn more about corporate sustainability. |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Advanced Materials for Multidisciplinary Applications Marinda Wu, Wei Gao, Lei Li, Yingchun Lu, Jingbo Louise Liu, 2023-11-20 This book provides an overview of recent research in the area of advanced materials for improving human healthcare, protecting the environment and alternative energy resources. The authors analyze and deliver viable technical solutions, demonstrating how chemistry and engineering can collectively solve technical and societal challenges. The book explores innovative technology for the synthesis of complex carbohydrates & glycoproteins, new drug development & delivery, theragnostics of infectious disease and cancer. It also provides insights into the nature of energy extraction, management and usage related to fossil fuels and sustainable energy. The book brings together a group of dynamic and productive scientists, engineers, and other professionals in celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Chinese American Chemical Society. It is a valuable resource for all readers interested in the study of materials to address society's increasing need for electrical and chemical energy. |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Introduction to Sustainability Analytics Raghavan (Ram) Ramanan, 2018-07-04 The roles of corporate and public stewards and the nature of their social contract with society have been changing over the past two centuries, and those changes have accelerated in recent decades. Moreover, with increasing focus on sustainability factors from the marketplace (regulators, investors, financiers, and consumers), corporate sustainability disclosure is shifting from voluntary to vital. Corporate and public stewards are now responsible for their performance and services from cradle-to-grave: they must properly manage corporate social responsibility and integrate it into their global strategies, rather than consider it as merely a moral obligation or a risk/reputation management exercise. Sustainability analytics, the critical link between sustainability and business strategy, helps professionals track, trend, and transform sustainability information into actionable insights across the value chain and life cycle, to enhance their sustainability performance and its disclosure. This book, Introduction to Sustainability Analytics, provides corporate and public stewards with a comprehensive understanding of how to determine which sustainability metrics are material to them and relevant to their business, and how to incorporate them into corporate strategy, resource allocation, and prioritization. Focusing on practical decision-making needs, it explains how to value and prioritize initiatives, and how to best allocate necessary resources through several real case studies and practical examples. Features: Examines pressing issues such as climate change, water scarcity, and environmental justice Explains how to develop a business case and global strategy for social responsibility Includes both corporate and public policy perspectives on sustainability economics Covers emerging regulations on sustainability disclosure and responsible investing |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: New Paradigms of Sustainability in the Contemporary Era Dr Roopali Sharma, Dr Ritu Pareek, 2024-03-15 As our world grapples with the profound challenges of the 21st century, the concept of sustainability has emerged as a guiding light, illuminating the path towards a more equitable, resilient, and harmonious future. This edited volume, “New Paradigms of Sustainability in the Contemporary Era,” presents a collection of diverse voices and groundbreaking perspectives that collectively redefine how we perceive and approach sustainability in our rapidly evolving world. In this volume, we explore the multifaceted dimensions of sustainability, encompassing not only environmental stewardship but also social inclusivity, economic resilience, and cultural preservation. We delve into innovative paradigms that acknowledge the intricate interplay of these elements, offering fresh perspectives and trans-formative solutions. One of the central themes in this volume is the redefinition of sustainability as a holistic concept. Contributors to this volume challenge conventional silos, encouraging us to view sustainability through a more comprehensive and integrative lens. As we navigate the challenges and opportunities of the contemporary era, let this edited volume serve as a source of inspiration and a catalyst for action. Together, we can embrace new paradigms of sustainability, redefining our relationship with the planet, each other, and the future generations who will inherit the world we shape today. |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Beyond the Triple Bottom Line Francisco Szekely, Zahir Dossa, 2024-08-06 A pragmatic new business model for sustainability that outlines eight steps that range from exploring a mission to promoting innovation; with case studies. Many recent books make the case for businesses to become more sustainable, but few explain the specifics. In this book, Francisco Szekely and Zahir Dossa offer a pragmatic new business model for sustainability that extends beyond the traditional framework of the triple bottom line, describing eight steps that range from exploring a vision and establishing a strategy to implementing the strategy and promoting innovation. Szekely and Dossa argue that businesses and organizations need to move away from the business case for sustainability toward a sustainable business model. That is, businesses should go beyond the usual short-term focus on minimizing harm while maximizing profits. Instead, businesses on the path to sustainability should, from the start, focus on addressing a societal need and view profitability not as an end but as a means to support the sustainable organization. Szekely and Dossa explore key problems organizations face when pursuing a sustainability agenda. Each chapter presents one of the eight steps, describes a business dilemma for sustainability, provides a theoretically grounded strategic framework, offers case studies that illustrate the dilemma, and summarizes key findings; the case studies draw on the experiences of such companies as Tesla Motors, Patagonia, TOMs, and Panera. The book emphasizes leadership, arguing that leaders who question the status quo, inspire others, and take risks are essential for achieving sustainable business practices. |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Business Intelligence for Enterprise Internet of Things Anandakumar Haldorai, Arulmurugan Ramu, Syed Abdul Rehman Khan, 2020-06-09 This book discusses Internet of Things (IoT) as it relates to enterprise applications, systems, and infrastructures. The authors discuss IoT and how it’s disrupting industries such as enterprise manufacturing, enterprise transportation, enterprise smart market, enterprise utilities, and enterprise healthcare. They cover how IoT in the enterprise will have a major impact on the lives of consumers and professionals around the world and how it will change the way we think about professional and consumer networks. The book's topics include IoT enterprise system architecture, IoT enabling enterprise technologies, and IoT enterprise services and applications. Examples include enterprise on demand, market impacts, and implications on smart technologies, big data enterprise management, and future enterprise Internet design for various IoT use cases, such as share markets, healthcare, smart cities, smart environments, smart communications and smart homes. |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Intelligence, Sustainability, and Strategic Issues in Management M. Afzalur Rahim, 2017-07-05 Social intelligence is defined as the ability to be aware of relevant social situational contexts; to deal with the contexts or challenges effectively; to understand others' concerns, feelings, and emotional states; and to interact appropriately in social situations and build and maintain positive relationships with others. Intelligence, Sustainability, and Strategic Issues in Management analytically discusses this concept within administrative and entrepreneurial managerial business environments.The volume opens with a study of academic department chairs' social intelligence and faculty members' satisfaction with annual evaluation of teaching and research at a US university. The seven other articles cover a range of topics, including a neurocognitive model of entrepreneurial opportunity, ownership dilution, sustainability in inventory management, the role of status in imitative behaviour, the negative impacts of embeddedness, product quality failures in international sourcing, and employers' use of social media in employment decisions.In addition to the articles, the volume also features a case study, From Social Entrepreneur to Social Enterprise, a research note, Reducing Job Burnout through Effective Conflict Management Strategy, five book reviews, and a list of books received. |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Building Sustainable Competitive Advantage Dhirendra Kumar, 2016-03-03 In Building Sustainable Competitive Advantage Dhirendra Kumar shows how the Enterprise Excellence (EE) philosophy is a holistic approach for leading an enterprise to total excellence. It does this by focussing on achieving sustainable significant growth in revenue and profitability, reducing the business cycle time, strategically managing the enterprise risk and focusing on the needs of the customer. There may be various organizations within an enterprise but they must all focus on meeting or exceeding customer needs. Therefore, EE is an integrated approach affecting every employee, every functional area and strategy within the organization. Enterprise risk must be identified, assessed and prioritized; developing a growth strategy proposal which leadership has to execute in order to achieve goals. As business leaders spearhead the efforts, they must minimize, monitor and control the probability and/or impact of unfortunate events and maximize the realization of opportunities. The achievements in Enterprise Excellence can range from greater cost efficiencies, improved market perceptions, fundamental changes to markets, to new product and service offerings. There may also be significant upgrades in skills, technology, and business strategies. The scope of Enterprise Excellence can also range from operations activities, to business functions, to overall organization and to the enterprise as a whole. Building Sustainable Competitive Advantage is a comprehensive reference book for practising professionals, teaching faculty, and students alike. |
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| business intelligence sustainability awards: Shaping the Future of the Fourth Industrial Revolution Klaus Schwab, Nicholas Davis, 2018-11-06 World Economic Forum Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab offers a practical companion and field guide to his previous book, The Fourth Industrial Revolution. Today, technology is changing everything--how we relate to one another, the way we work, how our economies and goverments function, and even what it means to be human. One need not look hard to see how the incredible advances in artificial intelligence, cryptocurrencies, biotechnologies, and the internet of things are transforming society in unprecedented ways. But the Fourth Industrial Revolution is just beginning, says Schwab. And at a time of such tremendous uncertainty and such rapid change, he argues it's our actions as individuals and leaders that will determine the trajectory our future will take. We all have a responsibility - as citizens, businesses, and institutions - to work with the current of progress, not against it, to build a future that is ethical, inclusive, sustainable and prosperous. Drawing on contributions from 200 top experts in fields ranging from machine learning to geoengineering to nanotechnology, to data ethics, Schwab equips readers with the practical tools to leverage the technologies of the future to leave the world better, safer, and more resilient than we found it. |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Sustainability for SMEs Elaine Cohen, Alexandra McKay, Philip Wolfe, 2017-09-29 Sustainability for SMEs offers a comprehensive introduction to the key business cases and techniques for putting sustainability at the heart of your business strategy.Small businesses make a significant collective impact on the environment and society – but only a tiny percentage of SMEs complete a sustainability report. Sustainability Reporting for SMEs will enable any SME to get up to speed on sustainability reporting and plot a course of action for their business. Elaine Cohen distils the latest and best thinking on sustainability reporting for SMEs, and offers a process for reporting that will deliver significant business advantage, both in terms of more effective internal processes and in terms of reputation, customer loyalty and business-building.In many SMEs sustainability is one person’s passion and responsibility. A large part of their job becomes selling sustainability to other people in the business. Strategic Sustainability offers arguments, information and tactics that will help that person get the buy-in they need to move sustainability forward in their business. Sustainability is of strategic importance to a business. This book makes an airtight case for why action is essential and how sustainability can help a business not only survive but thrive in competitive marketplaces.The major environmental impact of most businesses derives from energy usage. There are many ways to make your organisation's energy usage more sustainable. In Sustainable Energy Options for Business, Philip Wolfe outlines the best available options for (1) reducing energy use and (2) improving the sustainability of energy supply. After an introduction to regulatory drivers and management issues, Wolfe looks at energy opportunities in five key areas. |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: The Road Foward Carla Bailo, Terry Barclay, 2021-04-22 Carla Bailo, CEO of the Center for Automotive Research, and Terry Barclay, CEO of Inforum, bring together over 70 of the most influential women in the automotive industry to share their insight and advice. As with their first book, The Road to the Top, Bailo and Barclay interview women in positions of leadership throughout the industry from suppliers, to OEMs and academia. The Road Forward provides insight and advice to all professionals on the impact of the COVID pandemic by sharing their thoughts of the road ahead and what changes they have experienced professionally, personally, and socially. In addition, the leaders discuss resilience, professional network maintenance and growth, personal growth, diversity and inclusion, and sustainability. |
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| business intelligence sustainability awards: Sustainability Reporting for SMEs Elaine Cohen, 2017-09-08 Sustainability reporting can help companies make more money. Sustainability Reporting for SMEs shows you how. Reporting, done well, requires a company to make public a set of promises that bind the company to its sustainability commitments. By adopting a transparent approach to both business practice and reporting, SMES can gain significant business advantage, both in terms of more effective internal processes and in terms of reputation and business-building.Elaine Cohen provides guidance and tools for actual actions that will improve the sustainability impacts of your company, and a process for reporting that adds value which is much greater than the printed or online report itself. This book will help SMEs develop the transparency habit so that they both make more money and contribute more proactively to the sustainability of our society and planet.It is vital reading for SME owners and managers, entrepreneurs, business and sustainability students and teachers, and consultants. Sustainability managers in larger organisations will find this book helpful in assisting their organisations manage their supply chains which undoubtedly include several SMEs. |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Business Intelligence and Modelling Damianos P. Sakas, Dimitrios K. Nasiopoulos, Yulia Taratuhina, 2021-01-31 This book highlights interdisciplinary insights, latest research results, and technological trends in Business Intelligence and Modelling in fields such as: Business Intelligence, Business Transformation, Knowledge Dissemination & Implementation, Modeling for Logistics, Business Informatics, Business Model Innovation, Simulation Modelling, E-Business, Enterprise & Conceptual Modelling, etc. The book is divided into eight sections, grouping emerging marketing technologies together in a close examination of practices, problems and trends. The chapters have been written by researchers and practitioners that demonstrate a special orientation in Strategic Marketing and Business Intelligence. This volume shares their recent contributions to the field and showcases their exchange of insights. |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Handbook of Research on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Decision Making for Sustainable Supply Chains Awasthi, Anjali, Grzybowska, Katarzyna, 2019-09-27 Businesses must create initiatives and adopt eco-friendly practices in order to adhere to the sustainability goals of a globalized world. Recycling, product service systems, and green manufacturing are just a few methods businesses use within a sustainable supply chain. However, these tools and techniques must also ensure business growth in order to remain relevant in an environmentally-conscious world. The Handbook of Research on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Decision Making for Sustainable Supply Chains provides interdisciplinary approaches to sustainable supply chain management through the optimization of system performance and development of new policies, design networks, and effective reverse logistics practices. Featuring research on topics such as industrial symbiosis, green collaboration, and clean transportation, this book is ideally designed for policymakers, business executives, warehouse managers, operations managers, suppliers, industry professionals, sustainability developers, decision makers, students, academicians, practitioners, and researchers seeking current research on reducing the environmental impacts of businesses via sustainable supply chain planning. |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: The Responsible Business Carol Sanford, 2011-03-29 When most people think of corporate responsibility, they are focusing on a business's effect on and relationship to stakeholders. A Responsible Business sees stakeholders as full partners and meaningful instruments for the evolution of healthier communities and more successful businesses. —from the Introduction The Responsible Business offers a new and strategic approach to doing business that holistically integrates responsibility into all aspects of an organization, allowing for returns at every level, business and social. This book goes beyond the often well intentioned but limited attempts at sustainability to present a framework that allows organizations to bring responsibility into everything they do and re-imagine success. From innovation, product development, and production processes to business management, strategic planning, and shareholder development, the author shows how being a Responsible Business is a practical skill that can be applied day-to-day at every level of the business. No longer just the role of a department or the job of CSR professionals, successful responsibility and business efforts start at the business level, are then taken to the corporate level, and are finally applied throughout the organization. The Responsible Business outlines a framework for building a responsibility and consciousness infrastructure that applies a living systems view to the business and inspires all of its stakeholders, including shareholders. Throughout the book, illustrated by examples from technology to manufacturing, large and small, public and private, Sanford demonstrates how to make responsibility integral to all aspects of a business as an engine for innovation, profitability, and purpose. Praise for The Responsible Business This is a very significant book. It makes it clear that businesses have a single boss with five interrelated aspects. The stories are among the crispest, most evocative case histories I have seen. The book is for any corporate leader trying to do the impossible: create a business that recreates the world. —Art Kleiner, editor-in-chief, strategy + business, and author, The Age of Heretics Carol Sanford offers us a proven, practical, and systems-based approach that integrates five stakeholder groups into a business system working as an integral whole. Essential reading for leaders wanting a system framework for sustainability and business success! —Otto Scharmer, MIT Sloan senior lecturer; author, Theory U: Leading from the Future as it Emerges; and coauthor, Presence The Responsible Business challenges many assumptions corporate leaders, investment advisors, and sustainability experts have long taken for granted. It provides a road map that can help innovative businesses think about how to be truly transformational. —Sam Ford, Fast Company expert blogger and director, Peppercom The powerful concepts in The Responsible Business have changed the process of sustainable development and how communities truly thrive. Indeed, these proven approaches will be the roadmap to truly achieve the deepest level of living communities. —Bill Reed, founding member of LEED System and coauthor, The Integrative Design Guide to Green Building Critical for re-imagining the future of business. Rarely a day goes by that I do not call on this way of thinking and looking at the world. It is useful for taking on the big business decisions that so many of us face every day. —Chad Holliday, chairman, Bank of America |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Qlik Sense for Business Intelligence Satyam Garg, 2024-09-12 DESCRIPTION Qlik Sense is a powerful business intelligence tool that helps organizations make data-driven decisions. It is widely used by businesses of all sizes to visualize and analyze data to gain insights into their operations. This book is a detailed guide to Qlik Sense, a top business intelligence tool. It covers BI basics, data modeling, visualization, and advanced analysis techniques. Learn to create dashboards, explore data associations, and share insights through stories and annotations. The book also offers guidance on managing and securing your Qlik Sense environment, with tips on troubleshooting and backups, ensuring effective use for data-driven decisions. By the end of the book, readers will have a deep understanding of Qlik Sense and the ability to use it to solve complex business problems. Readers will learn how to use data visualization and analytics to make informed business decisions, as well as how to build effective data models and create data stories that communicate insights effectively. KEY FEATURES ● Learn to use Qlik Sense for business intelligence and data visualization. ● Understand the importance of data-driven decision-making in today's competitive business landscape. ● Follow a hands-on, practical approach with step-by-step instructions and real-world examples. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ● Master Qlik Sense architecture, environment setup, and application creation. ● Create advanced data visualizations with interactive charts and dashboards. ● Implement efficient data modeling, optimization, and performance tuning. ● Build NPrinting reports and mashups for enhanced data reporting. ● Manage user access, security, and governance for Qlik Sense environments. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR This book is designed for business professionals, data analysts, IT professionals, and students who want to learn how to use Qlik Sense for data analysis and visualization. The book is suitable for readers with any level of experience using Qlik Sense, from beginners to advanced users. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Understanding Business Intelligence 2. Introduction to Qlik Sense 3. Creating Data Visualizations 4. Data Modeling and Integration 5. Advanced Data Modeling Techniques 6. Advanced Visualization Techniques 7. Creating Interactive Dashboards 8. Building NPrinting Reports and Mashups with Qlik Sense 9. Data Analysis with Qlik Sense 10. Implementing Collaboration and Sharing in Qlik Sense 11. Administering Qlik Sense Environment 12. Managing Qlik Sense User Access, Security, and Governance 13. Monitoring and Troubleshooting a Qlik Sense Environment 14. Backup and Recovery of a Qlik Sense Environment 15. Common Interview Questions and Answers |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Sustainability in Higher Education J. Paulo Davim, 2015-08-24 Support in higher education is an emerging area of great interest to professors, researchers and students in academic institutions. Sustainability in Higher Education provides discussions on the exchange of information between different aspects of sustainability in higher education. This book includes chapter contributions from authors who have provided case studies on various areas of education for sustainability. - Focus on sustainability - Present studies in aspects related with higher education - Explores a variety of educational aspects from an sustainable perspective |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Employability via Higher Education: Sustainability as Scholarship Alice Diver, 2019-09-23 This book discusses the topic of graduate employability from the premise that in this era of ‘massification,’ economic austerity, and political uncertainties, higher education (HE) no longer guarantees a clear ‘work place advantage.’ Divided into three sections, the book offers theoretical and philosophical discourses on the ‘HE quandary,’ whilst taking into account – and critiquing - political, temporal, and national contexts. It culminates in an investigation into specific discipline areas. It offers insights into the way that institutions, decision-makers, academics, and professional support staff can work together towards ensuring that our graduates are able to cope with the varied demands and challenges of modern job markets. It harnesses arguments and reflections on the breadth and depth of the functions of HE, such as social transformation, promoting principles of social justice, and providing opportunities. It grounds these in a triadic model for enhancing student engagement and holistic learning, namely, the emotional, cognitive, and behavioural aspects. As an anthology, it is forward-gazing in terms of the sustainability debate, whilst still offering evidence-based, research-grounded, practical suggestions to readers looking for tips and tools of the trade. |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Sustainable Marketing and Customer Value Subrata Chattopadhyay, Sundeep Singh Sondhi, Arunava Dalal, 2022-12-28 Anticipating that marketing will experience a strategic change in the new normal post COVID-19, this book sets out to capture interesting insights from researchers and practitioners through in-depth research on the myriad aspects of industrial transformation. It discusses the facets in which markets can be reached sustainably delivering value to people, planet and create prosperity. Sustainable Marketing and Customer Value establishes an overview and framework for major ideas that connect marketing, consumption and sustainability. It addresses dominant areas of research of sustainability from the marketing perspective, the origin of interest in sustainability, as well as the practice of deprioritising sustainability ideas in pursuit of short-term business goals. Research scholars and business students will find this book of primary relevance, but it is also written for marketing academics and professionals, especially those in large corporations. |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: The Advanced Smart Grid: Edge Power Driving Sustainability, Second Edition Andres Carvallo, John Cooper, 2015-03-01 Placing emphasis on practical “how-to” guidance, this cutting-edge resource provides a first-hand, insider’s perspective on the advent and evolution of smart grids in the 21st century. This book presents engineers, researchers, and students with the building blocks that comprise basic smart grids, including power plant, transmission substation, distribution, and meter automation. Moreover, this forward-looking volume explores the next step of this technology’s evolution. It provides a detailed explanation of how an advanced smart grid incorporates demand response with smart appliances and management mechanisms for distributed generation, energy storage, and electric vehicles. This updated second edition focuses on the disruptive impact of DER. This new edition also includes a glossary with well over 100 acronyms and terms, acknowledging the tremendous challenge for a student of smart energy and smart grid to grasp this complex industry. |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Handbook of Research on Emerging Business Models and the New World Economic Order Saiz-Alvarez, Jose Manuel, 2021-10-15 The COVID-19 pandemic is causing a radical change in both the economic and business paradigms that have ruled countries for decades. Emerging models are leading to a new world economic order predictably led by China and the United States. New forms of organization, new ways of working remotely, the strengthening of some industries to the detriment of others, and the supremacy of technology to be able to work are going to change the economies as we know them today. The Handbook of Research on Emerging Business Models and the New World Economic Order offers strategies, economic policies, social, economic, and political trends that will affect organizations to increase their efficiency and labor productivity and change the world’s business and financial structures. This book forecasts future business changes and prospective models, structural or not, for guiding the survival of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), multinationals, family firms, entrepreneurs, and NGOs in the post-COVID-19 era. Covering topics such as business model creation, global sustainable logistics 4.0, and social and solidarity economy, this text is essential for economists, entrepreneurs, managers, executives, family firms, SMEs, business professionals, policymakers, students, researchers, practitioners, and academicians. |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: The Darker Side of Social Media Angeline Close Scheinbaum, 2024-06-07 The Darker Side of Social Media: Consumer Psychology and Mental Health takes a research-based, scientific approach to examining problematic issues and outcomes that are related to social media use by consumers. Now in its second edition, it relies on psychological theories to help explain or predict problematic online behavior within the social media landscape through the lens of mental health. With an aim to provide solutions, the authors spotlight the key issues affecting consumer well-being and mental health due to the omnipresence and overuse of social media. The book dissects the unintended consequences of too much social media use, specifying key problems like disconnection anxiety, eating disorders, online fraud, cyberbullying, the dark web, addiction, depression, self-discrepancies, and serious privacy concerns (especially impacting children or young people). The book provides grapples with mental health disorders such as anxiety, depression, self-harm, and eating disorders that can be intensified by, or correlated with, too much social media use. The authors meticulously review the various facets of the darker side of online presence and propose actionable solutions for each of the problems stated, providing scholars with a conceptual model with propositions for continued research. This international exploration of social media is a must-read for students of marketing, advertising, and public relations, as well as scholars/managers of business, marketing, psychology, communication, management, and sociology. It will also be of interest to social media users, those navigating new media platforms parents, policymakers, and practitioners. |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Artificial Intelligence in Marketing K. Sudhir, Olivier Toubia, 2023-03-13 Review of Marketing Research pushes the boundaries of marketing—broadening the marketing concept to make the world a better place. Here, leading scholars explore how marketing is currently shaping, and being shaped by, the evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI). |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Global Challenges in Responsible Business N. Craig Smith, 2010-07-29 This book highlights critical challenges for business in a world where corporate responsibility has gone global. |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Machine Learning in Signal Processing Sudeep Tanwar, Anand Nayyar, Rudra Rameshwar, 2021-12-09 Machine Learning in Signal Processing: Applications, Challenges, and the Road Ahead offers a comprehensive approach toward research orientation for familiarizing signal processing (SP) concepts to machine learning (ML). ML, as the driving force of the wave of artificial intelligence (AI), provides powerful solutions to many real-world technical and scientific challenges. This book will present the most recent and exciting advances in signal processing for ML. The focus is on understanding the contributions of signal processing and ML, and its aim to solve some of the biggest challenges in AI and ML. FEATURES Focuses on addressing the missing connection between signal processing and ML Provides a one-stop guide reference for readers Oriented toward material and flow with regards to general introduction and technical aspects Comprehensively elaborates on the material with examples and diagrams This book is a complete resource designed exclusively for advanced undergraduate students, post-graduate students, research scholars, faculties, and academicians of computer science and engineering, computer science and applications, and electronics and telecommunication engineering. |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Transparency in ESG and the Circular Economy Cristina Dolan, Diana Barrero Zalles, 2021-11-30 A holistic view of ESG goes beyond environmental issues, which are closely linked to social issues. Both come from the governance of an organization: the integrity with which decisions are made and implemented, ultimately defining corporate culture. ESG affects the daily lives of everyone in today’s connected world where organizations, companies, and individuals depend on each other at various levels. Lack of sustainability for any entity threatens its future existence, disrupting the entire ecosystem. The use of data to measure ESG outcomes is a young science that is increasingly critical to upholding our very lifestyle. Data clearly presents impact across the entire ESG spectrum, providing the necessary specificity for informed decision making, and ensuring the transparency and accountability, which uphold sustainability. |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Reinventing Business Practices, Start-Ups, & Sustainability Prof.Dr.V.Sasirekha, Prof.Praseeda C, Dr N Meena Rani, Dr Catherine S, Dr.Kalaivani M, Dr.Suganya V, Dr.Kiruthiga V, |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Enterprise Risk Management John R. S. Fraser, Betty Simkins, 2010-01-07 Essential insights on the various aspects of enterprise risk management If you want to understand enterprise risk management from some of the leading academics and practitioners of this exciting new methodology, Enterprise Risk Management is the book for you. Through in-depth insights into what practitioners of this evolving business practice are actually doing as well as anticipating what needs to be taught on the topic, John Fraser and Betty Simkins have sought out the leading experts in this field to clearly explain what enterprise risk management is and how you can teach, learn, and implement these leading practices within the context of your business activities. In this book, the authors take a broad view of ERM, or what is called a holistic approach to ERM. Enterprise Risk Management introduces you to the wide range of concepts and techniques for managing risk in a holistic way that correctly identifies risks and prioritizes the appropriate responses. This invaluable guide offers a broad overview of the different types of techniques: the role of the board, risk tolerances, risk profiles, risk workshops, and allocation of resources, while focusing on the principles that determine business success. This comprehensive resource also provides a thorough introduction to enterprise risk management as it relates to credit, market, and operational risk, as well as the evolving requirements of the rating agencies and their importance to the overall risk management in a corporate setting. Filled with helpful tables and charts, Enterprise Risk Management offers a wealth of knowledge on the drivers, the techniques, the benefits, as well as the pitfalls to avoid, in successfully implementing enterprise risk management. Discusses the history of risk management and more recently developed enterprise risk management practices and how you can prudently implement these techniques within the context of your underlying business activities Provides coverage of topics such as the role of the chief risk officer, the use of anonymous voting technology, and risk indicators and their role in risk management Explores the culture and practices of enterprise risk management without getting bogged down by the mathematics surrounding the more conventional approaches to financial risk management This informative guide will help you unlock the incredible potential of enterprise risk management, which has been described as a proxy for good management. |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Handbook of Sustainable Apparel Production Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, 2015-04-28 A hot-button societal issue, sustainability has become a frequently heard term in every industrial segment. Sustainability in apparel production is a vast topic and it has many facets. Handbook of Sustainable Apparel Production covers all aspects of sustainable apparel production including the raw materials employed, sustainable manufacturing proce |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Business Events Rob Davidson, 2018-12-07 The dynamic and fast-expanding business events sector plays a vital role in the professional lives of hundreds of millions of people worldwide by providing settings in which they can meet for the purposes of negotiation, deliberation, motivation, the dissemination of knowledge, and the celebration of their greatest career-related achievements. This book provides a sound practical and theoretical context for the study of this subject by covering, in depth, all categories of business-related events including corporate meetings, association conferences, political events, incentive travel, exhibitions, corporate hospitality, awards ceremonies and SMERF (social, military, educational, religious and fraternal) gatherings. This new edition has been extensively revised and updated to reflect recent developments in business events, including: Five new chapters on business events destination marketing, knowledge, sustainability, ethics and technology New ‘It’s my job’ voice boxes offering practical insights from people employed in the business events industry A wide range of new case studies illustrating business events throughout the world, including emerging business events destinations such as Russia and the Middle East Written in an accessible yet analytical manner, Business Events is essential reading for all students of events, tourism and hospitality management. |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Sustainagility Patrick Dixon, Johan Gorecki, 2010-05-03 Sustainagility is about the ability to solve some of the world's most complex sustainability challenges with rapidly evolving business innovations, applications, methods, products and processes, adapted to changing situations. The book looks at how innovation and agility can save the world from the environmental disasters that face it. In addition, it sets forth positive ways in which businesses and individuals can deal with the issues and positively benefit from them. Sustainagility includes text boxes containing shocking statistics about the destruction of our planet, short inspiring examples of how innovation has created new profitable business and helped the world, and personal messages from global leaders about sustainable innovation. Case studies of numerous well-known, high-profile companies are featured - demonstrating companies that have successfully used innovative and agile ideas and processes to improve their businesses and fight some of the greatest threats to the world's ecosystems. Subjects covered include: Power; future cities; transport; manufacturing; water and wood; health and food; venture capital; carbon offsetting and banks; business agility and open innovation; 10 steps to profitable sustainability. |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Green Digital Finance and Sustainable Development Goals Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Suk Hyun, 2022-07-01 This book aims to fill the literature gap on digital instruments and FinTech in enhancing green finance. Technological innovation can increase transparency, accountability, and speed, decentralize the financial system, improve risk management, increase competition, lower costs, improve efficiency, increase cross-sectoral collaboration and integration, and scale up green finance. Artificial intelligence (AI), distributed ledger technologies (DLT) or blockchain, peer-to-peer lending platforms, big data, Internet-based and mobile-based payment platforms, Internet of Things (IoT), matchmaking platforms including crowdlending, tokenizing green assets are potential means to scale up the green finance for achieving the SDGs. The COVID-19 pandemic, the economic downturns, and the uncertainties shrank the new investments in renewable energy projects globally. Low investment in renewable energy projects could threaten the expansion of green energy needed to provide energy security and meet SDG7 and SDG13. Investments in renewable energy projects are scarce because of several risks and a low rate of return. Although several new green financing solutions such as green bonds, green banks, green credit guarantee, carbon taxation, carbon trade, village funds, and community trust funds have been established in different countries, these are insufficient, and alternative ways to finance projects are required. The book provides several high-quality studies on utilizing digitalization, FinTech, financial innovations, and other new technologies to fill the finance gap of green projects to meet the SDG goals. The chapters are written by scholars in diverse countries and regions and include practical policy recommendations. |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Business Ethics and Corporate Governance Fernando A.C., 2010-09 |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Beyond Great Arindam Bhattacharya, Nikolaus Lang, Jim Hemerling, 2020-10-06 Great is no longer good enough. Beyond Great delivers a powerful new playbook of 9 core strategies to thrive in a post-COVID world where all the rules of the game are being re-written. Beyond Great answers to two fundamental questions which face business leaders today in a world shaped by daunting and disruptive technological, economic, and social change. First, what is outstanding performance in this new volatile era? Second, how do we build competitive advantage in a world with new and often uncertain rules? Supported by years of research and hands-on consulting practice, this book presents a comprehensive framework for building a high performing, resilient, adaptive, and socially responsible global company. The book begins by taking an incisive look at these disruptive forces transforming globalization, including economic nationalism; the boom in data flows and digital commerce; the rise of China; heightened public concerns about capitalism and the environment; and the emergence of borderless communities of digitally connected consumers. Distilled from the study of hundreds of companies and interviews with dozens of business leaders, the authors have distilled nine core strategies – the new winning playbook of the 21st century. Beyond Great argues that business leaders today must lead with a new kind of openness, flexibility and light-footedness, constantly layering in new strategies and operational norms atop existing ones to allow for always-on transformation. Leaders must master a whole new set of rules about what it takes to be global, becoming shapeshifters adept at handling contradiction, multiplicity, and nuance. This book will show them how. |
| business intelligence sustainability awards: Business Ethics Andrew Crane, Dirk Matten, Sarah Glozer, Laura J. Spence, 2019 Award-winning, best-selling, and authoritative: the business ethics book of choice. |
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BUSINESS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
BUSINESS definition: 1. the activity of buying and selling goods and services: 2. a particular company that buys and….
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VENTURE definition: 1. a new activity, usually in business, that involves risk or uncertainty: 2. to risk going….
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