Books published by IGI Global

Analyses current trends in energy production and use and identifies energy investment strategies in order to support affordable and available energy for all. Chapters cover technological developments that contribute to the reduction of price in energy production as well as renewable energy sources that provide continuity in energy production.

Presents the latest research and studies investigating information on university governance and adapting previous, existing, and proposed models for the current pandemic. Contributors discuss and analyse all aspects of university governance in relation to their impact on strategies in finance, sustainability, academic issues, research, and more.

Presents the latest research and studies investigating information on university governance and adapting previous, existing, and proposed models for the current pandemic. Contributors discuss and analyse all aspects of university governance in relation to their impact on strategies in finance, sustainability, academic issues, research, and more.

Provides a comprehensive framework for HEIs to address quality assurance and quality accreditation requirements and serves as a practical tool to develop and deploy well-defined quality management systems in higher education.

Provides a comprehensive framework for HEIs to address quality assurance and quality accreditation requirements and serves as a practical tool to develop and deploy well-defined quality management systems in higher education.

Explores the importance of decision sciences and the ways in which they apply to the transportation sector. The book covers technologies and tools including machine learning, mathematical modeling, and simulation and their applications in such tasks as reducing fuel costs, improving passenger flow, and ensuring vehicle safety.

Presents an overview of sleep disorders based on machine intelligence methods in order to learn and explore the latest developments, methods, systems, futuristic approaches, and algorithms towards sleep disorders and to address their challenges. This book also discusses advances in feature extraction techniques and machine learning methods.

Explores the issue of disease from a variety of philosophical, legal, historical, and social perspectives to offer both comprehension and consolation to the human psyche. Contributors provide a comprehensive view of the humanities as it relates to the pandemic within the frame of human reaction to pain and calamity.

Presents an updated view of the newest trends, novel practices, and latest tendencies concerning sustainable and responsible entrepreneurship in a world dominated by insecurity and dramatic economic, political, and managerial changes.

Presents an updated view of the newest trends, novel practices, and latest tendencies concerning sustainable and responsible entrepreneurship in a world dominated by insecurity and dramatic economic, political, and managerial changes.

Focuses on the impacts of climate change on various sectors of the world economy. The book covers how businesses can improve their sustainability, the impact of climate change on the financial sector, and specifically, the impacts on financial services, supply chains, and the socio-economic status of the world.

Offers an innovative look at assessment and design conditions that promote student learning. The book proposes new models for education, conditions for student learning, and student learning assessment using design thinking and experiential learning.

Offers an innovative look at assessment and design conditions that promote student learning. The book proposes new models for education, conditions for student learning, and student learning assessment using design thinking and experiential learning.

Showcases contemporary issues and demonstrates the value of information and records management in the fourth industrial revolution. The book provides a summary of the key activities undertaken by information and records managers as they seek to make records and information management more visible in the modern knowledge-driven society.

Provides a guide to the applications of new advances in computational statistics. The book focuses on core computational statistics that apply to all domains, and cover topics including artificial intelligence, deep learning, and trend analysis.

Provides a guide to the applications of new advances in computational statistics. The book focuses on core computational statistics that apply to all domains, and cover topics including artificial intelligence, deep learning, and trend analysis.

An essential reference book that supports a student shift from passive pedagogical learning to active andragogical exploration and specifically shift from seeking mastery of basic skills to recognising and reassessing the structure of personal assumptions, expectations, feelings, and actions.

An essential reference book that supports a student shift from passive pedagogical learning to active andragogical exploration and specifically shift from seeking mastery of basic skills to recognising and reassessing the structure of personal assumptions, expectations, feelings, and actions.

Examines the issues and difficulties of online teaching and learning, as well as potential solutions and best practices. The book includes an examination of the value of teaching fully via the internet as well as the challenges inherent in the training of teachers to teach in online environments.

Examines the issues and difficulties of online teaching and learning, as well as potential solutions and best practices. The book includes an examination of the value of teaching fully via the internet as well as the challenges inherent in the training of teachers to teach in online environments.

Explores the reality of the Black experience from various perspectives involving higher education institutions. The book provides an overview and analysis of a virtual experience that goes beyond the day-to-day technological implications and exposes innovative ideas and ways of navigating students and faculty through a remote world.

Explores the reality of the Black experience from various perspectives involving higher education institutions. The book provides an overview and analysis of a virtual experience that goes beyond the day-to-day technological implications and exposes innovative ideas and ways of navigating students and faculty through a remote world.

Explains the effects of trauma and the ways in which it manifests in children, explores resources and community options to support children who have experienced trauma, presents strategies to help students who have experienced trauma to learn in the classroom, and teaches the management of behaviours to cultivate a community of learners.

Explains the effects of trauma and the ways in which it manifests in children, explores resources and community options to support children who have experienced trauma, presents strategies to help students who have experienced trauma to learn in the classroom, and teaches the management of behaviours to cultivate a community of learners.

Defines the relationship between organisational culture and knowledge management and how they impact one another. The handbook also identifies critical business practices to assist organisations in transitioning to work from home while maintaining a strong corporate culture that includes beneficial knowledge-sharing behaviours.

Provides a comprehensive understanding of the role of biological sciences, specifically in transforming technology into commercial product. The book compiles the theoretical and practical aspects of bioentrepreneurship and discusses the various factors, including creating business plans, acquiring funding, and successful business models.

Provides a comprehensive understanding of the role of biological sciences, specifically in transforming technology into commercial product. The book compiles the theoretical and practical aspects of bioentrepreneurship and discusses the various factors, including creating business plans, acquiring funding, and successful business models.

Takes a multifaceted look at issues of equality and inequality in education as related to policy, practice, resource access, and distribution. As such, this book explores the potential practices in education that serve to mitigate and transform unproductive practices which have left societies scarred by social and educational inequalities.

Takes a multifaceted look at issues of equality and inequality in education as related to policy, practice, resource access, and distribution. As such, this book explores the potential practices in education that serve to mitigate and transform unproductive practices which have left societies scarred by social and educational inequalities.

Provides knowledge on the trends for tourism in inland territories, territorial innovation, good governance practices, new projects in inland tourism, and other important aspects in the field. The topics covered include sustainability of local culture, social responsibility, local governance, and innovation and tourism in inland territories.