A Internet no Brasil

A Internet no Brasil
Author: Peter T. Knight
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2014-05-19
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1496904079

Como nasceu a Internet no Brasil? Quem foram seus pioneiros? Como interagiram com os pais da Internet nos Estados Unidos e na Europa? Que estratégias guiaram o desenvolvimento da Internet no Brasil? Como ela se desenvolveu em termos de cobertura, uso, velocidade, preço e qualidade do serviço? O que precisa ser feito para melhor realizar o seu potencial de aceleradora do desenvolvimento econômico, social e político? Qual é o modelo brasileiro de governança da Internet e como está evoluindo? Estas são as principais questões abordadas neste livro. O autor tem sido um observador e participante no desenvolvimento e uso da Internet na África, Ásia, Rússia e Estados Unidos, mas, sobretudo, no Brasil. Ele interagiu com muitos pioneiros da Internet em todo o mundo, que o inspiraram e o educaram sobre ela. Este livro, completado logo depois da reunião do Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance (NETmundial), realizada em São Paulo, visa proporcionar um pano de fundo que possa ser útil para os participantes deste importante encontro e para os entusiastas da Internet no Brasil e ao redor do mundo.

Libraries in the early 21st century, volume 2

Libraries in the early 21st century, volume 2
Author: Ravindra N. Sharma
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 564
Release: 2012-07-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110292858

Following the pattern of the first volume, the second volume of Libraries in the early 21st century: An international perspective extends the range of countries covered. Each chapter covers a different country and describes the modern history, development of libraries and library technology. The careful selection of countries achieves good representation of professional library work on all continents. This two-volume work represents an excellent contribution to international librarianship and allows comparative studies both at graduate and professional level.

A Digital Janus: Looking Forward, Looking Back

A Digital Janus: Looking Forward, Looking Back
Author: Dennis Moser
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2019-01-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1848883056

Cyberspace and cyberculture are becoming the norms of our reality; this volume explores questions of memory, law, politics, death and remembrance, travel, social change, and cross-cultural understandings of what it means to be human in this new digital age.

Relações de Consumo no Brasil

Relações de Consumo no Brasil
Author: Amanda Celli Cascaes
Publisher: Editora Singular
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2021-12-07
Genre: Law
ISBN: 658635255X

Trata-se de edição bilíngue que reúne 15 artigos de renomados advogados da área de defesa do consumidor que tratam de temas sensíveis como o regime de responsabilidades das plataformas de marketplace, a lei do Superendividamento e as relações de consumo no mercado digital. O trabalho foi elaborado pelo Comitê de Consumo do IBRAC que identificou a necessidade de tratar de decisões e temas contemporâneos de relações de consumo. Possivelmente agravada pela pandemia, identificou-se a situação em que operadores do Direito, por meio da iniciativa privada, órgãos de defesa do consumidor ou mesmo Poder Judiciário, precisaram se reinventar para trazer à sociedade respostas disruptivas, não mais encontradas exclusivamente em nosso Código de Defesa do Consumidor. Novas tecnologias trouxeram inovação às relações de consumo. Modelos disruptivos de negócios consumeristas foram surgindo e se tornaram realidade entre nós. Plataformas de intermediação, economia de compartilhamento, proteção de dados, aprimoramento do e-commerce, foram alguns dos temas que precisaram ser aprofundados e enfrentados pelos operadores do Direito, de modo a apresentar à sociedade de consumo diretrizes para o seu efetivo funcionamento. Do ponto de vista processual, novos temas também começaram a ocupar espaço no dia a dia. A sobrecarga do Poder Judiciário justificou o estudo aprofundado de on line dispute resolutions, como forma alternativa de soluções de conflitos. Os danos coletivos, em casos de violação a direitos individuais homogêneos, também passaram por reflexões perante o Superior Tribunal de Justiça. Assim, com o objetivo principal de agregar tecnicamente aos principais e atuais temas que circundam as relações de consumo em nosso país, nosso grupo entrega mais esse trabalho coletivo que, acima de qualquer coisa, é motivo de orgulho e satisfação.

Development Economics

Development Economics
Author: Natalia Bracarense
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2022-02-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000546357

Since the inception of development economics in the post-World War II period, most of its proponents have prescribed the adoption of western institutions as the path for prosperity – the unequivocal solution for poverty, illiteracy, hunger, inequality, and violence in the world. Seventy years of attempts, or at least the pretense thereof, to reproduce the western model in completely different historical and cultural contexts have proven to be no more than a mirage for most. Faced with this scenario, why do economists insist on the ideas of development, convergence, and emulation of the lifestyle of western countries? Is it possible to disassociate development from multidimensional instability, dependency, subordination, and exploitation? Is the current social, political, ecological, and economic organized destabilization observed in the western countries a model to follow, a desirable end of history? These questions raised earlier by some fellow economists, have become ever more pressing in the present context of generalized instability. The book questions how ethical and professionally responsible it is for economists to continue to undiscerningly prescribe miraculous one-size-fits-all market-oriented models to solve socio-economic problems everywhere. The contributors of this edited volume invite the readers to consider these questions and further similar inquiries in the future. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal Review of Political Economy.

Handbook of Research on Business Social Networking: Organizational, Managerial, and Technological Dimensions

Handbook of Research on Business Social Networking: Organizational, Managerial, and Technological Dimensions
Author: Cruz-Cunha, Maria Manuela
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 1060
Release: 2011-10-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1613501692

Given the widespread, frequent use of social networks as a means for people to communicate and share their interests, it comes as no surprise that they have become an important tool for businesses and business networking. The Handbook of Research on Business Social Networking: Organizational, Managerial, and Technological Dimensions investigates the beginning of social networks and provides perspectives on how they can enhance business. This two-volume reference discusses the main issues, challenges, opportunities, and trends related to the range of new developments and applications in business social networking. Social networks and their integration in businesses are be addressed using technological, organizational, managerial, and social perspectives with the aim of disseminating current developments, case studies, new integrated approaches, and practical solutions and applications.

E-Business Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for SMEs: Driving Competitiveness

E-Business Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for SMEs: Driving Competitiveness
Author: Cruz-Cunha, Maria Manuela
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 489
Release: 2010-09-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1616928824

Electronic business plays a central role in the economy, facilitating the exchange of information, goods, services, and payments. It propels productivity and competitiveness and is accessible to all enterprises, and as such, represents an opportunity also for SME competitiveness. E-Business Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for SMEs: Driving Competitiveness discusses the main issues, challenges, opportunities, and solutions related to electronic business adoption, with a special focus on SMEs. Addressing technological, organizational, and legal perspectives in a very comprehensive way, this text aims to disseminate current developments, case studies, new integrated approaches, and practical solutions and applications for SMEs.

Routledge Handbook of International Criminology

Routledge Handbook of International Criminology
Author: Cindy J. Smith
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 717
Release: 2011-05-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1135193843

The Routledge Handbook of International Criminology brings together the latest thinking and findings from a diverse group of both senior and promising young scholars from around the globe. This collaborative project articulates a new way of thinking about criminology that extends existing perspectives in understanding crime and social control across borders, jurisdictions, and cultures, and facilitates the development of an overarching framework that is truly international. The book is divided into three parts, in which three distinct yet overlapping types of crime are analyzed: international crime, transnational crime, and national crime. Each of these perspectives is then articulated through a number of chapters which cover theory and methods, international and transnational crime analyses, and case studies of criminology and criminal justice in relevant nations. In addition, questions placed at the end of each chapter encourage greater reflection on the issues raised, and will encourage young scholars to move the field of inquiry forward. This handbook is an excellent reference tool for undergraduate and graduate students with particular interests in research methods, international criminology, and making comparisons across countries.

Brazil

Brazil
Author: Laura Robinson
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2017-06-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1786357852

This book explores five key themes: the new face of news and journalism, social movements and protest, television, cinema, publicity and marketing, and media theory. Chapters reflect the Brazilian case as a laboratory for exploring the evolving media environment of one of the world’s most fascinating societies.