Books published by IGI Global

Presents innovative research on the methods and applications of standardization and guideline creation in business innovation. While highlighting topics including business analysis, market research, and intellectual property, this book is ideally designed for market researchers, business professionals, academics, and students.

Explores how multinational mining corporations influence the life of women in international mining communities. While highlighting topics such as corporate social responsibilities, socioeconomics, and management systems, this publication is designed for industry professionals, engineers, managers, policymakers, academics, and researchers.

Provides vital research on the application of data in online education for improving a system's capabilities and optimizing it for teaching and learning. This publication explores data handling, cleaning, analysis, management, and representation, as well as the methods of effectively and ethically applying data research.

Explores the theoretical and practical aspects of Six Sigma DMAIC methods and tools to improve the financial risk management process and applications within finance, research, and software engineering. This book features coverage on a range of topics such as controlling VAR, financial institution evaluations, and global limit systems.

Provides research on the application of textual strategies associated with initiating or eliciting texts and strategies for keeping responders on task. While highlighting topics such as microgenre, interview protocol, and cultural context, this book explores interview techniques and the methods of using these strategies to keep interviews relevant.

Discusses how to observe isolated services running by different observation sources, how to fuse different observations to deal with observation conflict and incompleteness, and how to deal with adversaries and physical system features for real-time property enforcement over the fused knowledge.

Presents research on the use of Bayesian networks and methods as a probabilistic formalism for the management of the learner model in adaptive hypermedia. The book specifically discusses comparative studies, transformation rules, and case diagrams that support all phases of the learner model and the use of Bayesian networks.

Discusses possible solutions for millions of users working with a variety of data applications, who expect fast turnaround responses, but encounter issues with processing data at the rate it comes in. The book features research on topics such as market basket analytics, scheduler load simulator, and writing YARN applications.

Presents comprehensive research focusing on cognitive shortcuts in the decision-making process. Highlighting topics including jumping to conclusion bias, personality traits, and theoretical models, this book is designed for mental health professionals, psychologists, sociologists, managers, academics, researchers, and upper-level students.

Presents the latest research on the intentions, performance, and application models of independent firms. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as green IT, entrepreneurial ventures, and social capital, this publication is designed for researchers, academics, and practitioners seeking current research on the different opportunities and challenges in relation to this business sector.

Provides research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of optimizing power system operation through advanced electronic power devices. This book features coverage on a broad range of topics such as hybridization algorithm, power system modeling, and transmission systems.

Discusses the potential of rural schools to impact the STEM workforce pipeline, as well as Project Engage, an educational program for preparing rural undergraduate students from the Alabama Black Belt region. The book features research on topics such as the three-pillar approach for preparing tomorrow's STEM professionals.

Provides perspectives on the theoretical and practical aspects of developing a new business sector within the bio-marine industry. Featuring coverage on a range of topics such as competitive advantage, food industry, and production systems, this publication is designed for environmental researchers, business students, engineers, and academics.

Explores the use of information communication technologies in management models and the development of network organisations operating in various sectors of the economy. Highlighting coverage on a wide range of topics such as cloud computing, organisational development, and business management, this book is for business professionals, organizational researchers, and academics.

Presents a collection of innovative research on the methods and applications of verifying the news-gathering and publishing process. While highlighting topics including human authentication, information evaluation, and tampered content, this book is designed for researchers, students, publishers, and academics seeking current research on media authenticity and misinformation.

Presents a collection of innovative research that identifies the critical technological and management factors in ensuring the agility of business systems, and investigates process improvement and optimization through software development. This publication features coverage on a broad range of topics such as business architecture, cloud computing, and agility patterns.

Discusses the concept of technological pedagogical and content knowledge (TPACK) and its related concepts to the knowledge base of teaching English as a foreign language. The book features research on topics such as computer-assisted language learning, the role of teachers, and teacher knowledge base.

Explores some of the common characteristics of the recent technology transformations and the characteristics of the industrial revolutions. The book analyses recent changes in the global economy, providing evidence of expanding social issues that can undermine further sustainable development.

Presents the latest research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of establishing renewable energy source systems on islands. The book features coverage on a broad range of topics such as the vision of future energy networks and its role in creating the idea of energy hubs.

Provides research on the application of student support systems as a promising intervention for post-secondary retention and student success. The book highlights topics such as student assessment, online programs, and professional identity, and explores support strategies that boost retention.

Provides innovative insights into burstiness's role in decision-making in business and its function as a predictor of performance. The content within this publication covers topics such as burstiness in business and e-business applications, as well as consumer behaviour and sustainable development.

Presents the latest academic material on the application of mobile computing for secure payment transactions. Highlighting a range of relevant topics such as information security, electronic money, and online banking, this book is designed for professionals, researchers, practitioners, students, and professionals interested in novel perspectives on mobile technologies and data management.

Presents business-technology alignment processes, interaction processes, and decision processes, helping the reader study information technology from a dynamic, rather than a static, perspective.

Presents the research and trends in using knowledge management to aid police activities. This book presents the principles and practices that help law enforcement professionals find ways to bring vast amounts of knowledge to bear in law enforcement, and to prepare the next generation of police officers for a more knowledge-intensive field.

'Digital Economy' explores the socio-economic aspects of the digital economy, offering 18 essays that consider how business transactions, technology, culture and education have all been affected by the rapid development of digital based economics.

Focuses on issues related to relationships among members of global supply chains. It addresses three important aspects of global supply chain relationships: supply chain integration and collaboration; outsourcing and offshoring of production; and recent growth in supplier networks.

Presents various practical applications of Soft Computing techniques in real-world situations and problems, to demonstrate the enormous potential of such techniques in solving all kinds of problems. This provides the latest advances in these techniques in an extensive state-of-the-art and a vast theoretical study.

Includes examples of online discussions in a variety of contexts and for a variety of purposes, allowing readers to understand what is likely to facilitate discussion online, what is likely to encourage collaborative meaning-making, what is likely to encourage productive, supportive, engaged discussion, and what is likely to foster critical thinking.

Investigates whether games can motivate students to learn and improve their knowledge and skills. This collection of research articles aims to inform classroom and pre-service teachers of the potential of games for improving teaching and learning.