Technology Diffusion and Adoption: Global Complexity, Global Innovation

Technology Diffusion and Adoption: Global Complexity, Global Innovation
Author: Zolait, Ali Hussein Saleh
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2013-01-31
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1466627921

Technology Diffusion and Adoption: Global Complexity, Global Innovation discusses the emerging topics of information technology and the IT based solutions in global and multi-cultural environments. This comprehensive collection addresses the aspects of innovation diffusion in the field of business computing technologies and is essential for researchers, practitioners, academicians and educators all over the world.

Agriculture and Climate Beyond 2015

Agriculture and Climate Beyond 2015
Author: Floor Brouwer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2006-07-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1402043686

Interactions between agriculture, climate and patterns of land use are complex. Major changes in agriculture, and land use patterns are foreseen in the next couple of decades in response to shifts in climate, greenhouse gas management initiatives, population growth and other forces. The book explores key interactions between changes in agriculture, patterns of land use and efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions from agriculture. The volume is based on inter-disciplinary science and policy interactions, exploring the way land use may aid in addressing or be affected by the onset of climate change and alterations in food demand. Future forces shaping land use decisions are examined, and its sensitivity to climate change is highlighted. Patterns of land use and the agricultural role in climate change mitigation are explored. Also, policy and social responses to the new perspectives on future land use patterns are identified. The perspective of the book is beyond the year 2015.

Information Systems and Outsourcing

Information Systems and Outsourcing
Author: M. Lacity
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2008-11-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230594832

A new look at nearly 20 years of theoretical and practical research on IT outsourcing. The book explores how good IT outsourcing theories shape practice and how effective IT outsourcing practices inform theory. It highlights the importance of examining theories borrowed from economics, strategy, and sociology to study IT outsourcing.