Books published by IGI Global

Explores new developments in technological advancements and the progression of terror organisations while also examining non-government activist organisations and their new role in protecting internet freedom and combating cyberterrorism.

Examines the association between organisational culture type and business excellence and the moderating effect of ICT use. Highlighting topics such as data analysis, culture types, and productivity, this book is ideal for business professionals, managers, private organisations, government agencies, researchers, and academics.

Examines revolutionary changes taking place in the field of cultural tourism that are a result of the applications of web-based and other information technologies including Web 2.0 innovations, locational technologies, and digital imaging.

Provides research exploring data encryption techniques and applications within computer science. The book provides introductory knowledge on steganography, analysis of how RS and PDH are performed, discussion on pixel value differencing principles, and hybrid approaches using substitution, PVD, and EMD principles.

Discusses issues related to public service delivery in the digital era and the degree to which governments may take advantage of the transformational potential of ICT to move towards seamless government, particularly for improving service delivery, democratic responsiveness, and public outreach.

Explores various research techniques to profile the electronic hive mind around social topics as expressed on various modalities of social media, from human, bot, and cyborg social media accounts, and proposes new research methods for harnessing public data from social media platforms.

Explores the conventions of autoethnography or heuristic research within the specific context of doctoral-level research. This book presents various systematic methods and procedures used within current research for data collection, analysis, interpretation and representations of data, and study contributions.

Highlights key issues, explains concepts and consequences, and shares common experience and examples to help guide an organisation through the transformation process of organising and managing their information assets strategically.

Examines the tools and techniques of knowledge management and integrates them with risk management techniques for better analysis of risks that can occur in different stages of IT projects. Coverage includes benchmark monitoring, integration management, and knowledge banks.

Discusses different industrial, agricultural, and natural wastes that are either currently in use in the concrete industry or demonstrate potential for future use, and how they can be used as additives or replacements for cement and other construction materials. Coverage includes engineering properties, material durability, and raw materials.

Examines human consciousness and how it can translate into artificial intelligence. Covering important topics such as cloud computing, human behaviour, and intelligent systems, this book is ideal for engineers, researchers, academics, and students in computer science, artificial intelligence, operations research, and intelligent systems.

Examines changing technical, data analysis, and decision-making skills required of operations or maintenance personnel, as well as expectations for future changes. The book contrasts these needs against a typical oilfield worker's education level and skillset in order to target potential solutions for the challenges that face today's workforce.

Focuses on the development of network relations while furthering the studies on governance of the public sector under crisis conditions. While stressing topics that include labour studies, political economy, and public administration, this book is for policy practitioners, administrators, development agencies, academics, researchers, and students.

Provides concepts of global logistics and its risk factors and provides an integrated framework for effective decision making. Highlighting such topics as enterprise resource planning, forecasting models, and logistics systems, this publication is designed for managers, business professionals, researchers, academics, and students.

Explains traditional 2L concepts and terms and provides new practical tools and mechanisms for developing student communicative competencies. Featuring research on topics such as syllabus design, language interpretation, and speech types, this book is designed for educators, administrators, researchers, and academics.

Offers insights about the ambient in 21st century smart cities, learning cities, responsive cities, and future cities, and highlights the importance of people as critical to the urban fabric of smart cities that are increasingly embedded with pervasive and often invisible technologies.

Discusses the maker movement in the United States, artisanal perspectives, and the learning-through-doing perspective. Featuring research on topics such as educational spaces, management, creativity labs, makerspaces, and operating procedures, this book is designed for entrepreneurs, artisans, academics, researchers, professionals, and students.

Presents research on the methods and applications of value creation and problem solving within European learning communities. The book highlights topics including alternative learning methods, biomimetics, connected learning theory, and gentrification.

Provides insights into educational strategies for the continued preparation of entrepreneurs. This book examines economic theory, lifelong learning, opportunistic and positive thinking, business creativity, and operations management. It is designed for entrepreneurs, students, business educators, academics, managers, and researchers.

Presents research that analyses sexual crimes and their implications for the needs of victims in post-conflict justice processes and how these needs can be effectively addressed in order to support the affected community.

Presents a collection of resources dedicated to identifying sexual orientation as a protected legal class using innovative research methods and the federalist responses to the LGBT movement. This book highlights topics including judicial review, LGBT politics, and social change framework.

Presents innovative research on evaluating how cultural dimensions, reflected in CSR content embedded on corporate websites, vary between the Asian context and the other countries in the world and considers how these factors affect societies and business ethics.

Discusses access to transportation and examines vehicle-pedestrian crashes, specifically in relation to socioeconomic factors that influence them, main predictors, factors that contribute to crash severity, and the enhancement of pedestrian safety measures.

Provides research on the application of enhanced productivity, flexibility, competitiveness, and sustainability within an individual farming enterprise to promote food security. The book highlights topics such as biogas production, food distribution networks, and aquaculture diversification.

Presents emerging frameworks and models that implement an efficient strategic IT governance in organisations and discusses the effects these policies have on the business as a whole. Featuring six international case studies from large organisations, this title covers topics such as IT management, security policy, and organisational governance.

Provides emerging research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects and applications of heat and nanofluid transfer. With practical examples and proposed methodology, the book features coverage on topic such as nanoparticles, electric fields, and hydrothermal behaviour.

Provides an analysis on global political systems and provides insight on how to optimize government capabilities, citizen engagement, and educational systems. Using statistical concepts, this book proposes algorithmic solutions to detect problems and provide improvement on democratic and non-democratic societies.

Provides innovative insights into diversity creation through potential solutions, including the attraction of more women to study technology and to enter technology careers, the navigation of suitable promotional pathways, and the retention of women in these industries.

Provides innovative insights into the biochemistry of plant lipases and phospholipases as well as their structures and catalytic mechanisms. The book explores the conserved domains and motifs of plant lipolytic enzymes by identifying the main residues involved in the catalysis in the enzymes and the phylogeny of important plant lipolytic enzymes.

Provides innovative insights into how technology transfer has operated in university-company projects undertaken in small- to medium-sized enterprises. This publication analyses contract packers, the manufacturing industry, and research organisations.