This book discusses the main issues, challenges, opportunities, and trends involving the interactions between academia, industry, government and society. Specifically, it aims to explore how these interactions enhance the ways in which companies deliver products and services in order to achieve sustainable competitiveness in the marketplace.
Sustainable competitiveness has been widely discussed by academics and practitioners, considering the importance of protecting the environment while sustaining the economic goals of organizations. The Quintuple Helix innovation model is a...
This book discusses the main issues, challenges, opportunities, and trends involving the interactions between academia, industry, government and so...
This volume provides the most current research on smart cities. Specifically, it focuses on the economic development and sustainability of smart cities and examines how to transform older industrial cities into sustainable smart cities. It aims to identify the role of the following elements in the creation and management of smart cities: Citizen participation and empowerment Value creation mechanisms Public administration Quality of life and sustainability Democracy ICT Private initiatives and entrepreneurship Regardless of their size, all cities are ultimately agglomerations of people and...
This volume provides the most current research on smart cities. Specifically, it focuses on the economic development and sustainability of smart citie...
Featuring case studies from the industrial and tourism sectors, this book provides an interdisciplinary perspective on the effect of total quality management on business and innovation strategies. The principles of Total Quality Management (TQM) have been widely researched and analyzed as an essential tool for businesses to compete in a globalized economy. This book presents the latest research on the applications of TQM across different functions such as customer service, human resources management and cost control. It demonstrates how the utilization of TQM tools, such as the SERVQUAL...
Featuring case studies from the industrial and tourism sectors, this book provides an interdisciplinary perspective on the effect of total quality ...
The book aims to collect the most recent research and best practices in the cooperative and networking small business field identifying new theoretical models and describing the relationship between cooperation and networks in the small business strategy context. It examines different concepts and analytical techniques better understand the links between cooperative strategies and networks in small business. It also studies the existing economic conditions of network and strategic implications to small business from the point of view of their internal and external consistency. Cooperation...
The book aims to collect the most recent research and best practices in the cooperative and networking small business field identifying new theoretica...
Under a framework in which technology and organizational innovation are markedly separated, this book advances knowledge on the topic by exploring the antecedents of a firm's adoption of organizational innovation and its performance consequences.
The concept of organizational innovation encompasses the introduction of new administrative organizational and managerial activities, although currently it is accepted that these terms overlap. There are two different kinds of organizational innovation, usually inter-related: structural innovations(organizational arrangement and the...
Under a framework in which technology and organizational innovation are markedly separated, this book advances knowledge on the topic by exploring ...
This book focus on organizational changes that are taking place in higher education. The integration of universities in this new EHEA is bringing conceptual and methodological changes not just to the structure of university education, but also to the teaching-learning processes and the conditions under which they take place.
This book focus on organizational changes that are taking place in higher education. The integration of universities in this new EHEA is bringing conc...
In an era of globalization, technological innovation, and social transformations, universities face the challenge of training students with the competencies needed to meet the demands of the market and to successfully integrate into today's workforce. This book looks at the university as a dynamic source of essential competencies and explores various skill management models, methodologies and innovations applied by educational institutions around the world.
The demands of today's society represent a major challenge for universities and their teaching staffs. Professors need to...
In an era of globalization, technological innovation, and social transformations, universities face the challenge of training students with the com...
This book aims to contribute to the literature and aid in developing a theoretical and practical framework in the area of health and wellness tourism. With contributions and research from different countries using a practical approach, this book is an essential source for students, researchers and managers in the health and wellness tourism industry.
Recently, there has been an increased interest in health and wellness due to greater life expectancy, aging populations, increasing levels of stress among others. In this context, the concepts of health, wellness, beauty, relaxation,...
This book aims to contribute to the literature and aid in developing a theoretical and practical framework in the area of health and wellness touri...
This book shows how to align strategy, organization design, human resource management and e-business practice in developing successful social networking programs, taking into account the global financial crisis and challenges to traditional business models.
This book shows how to align strategy, organization design, human resource management and e-business practice in developing successful social networki...
Since the 2008 economic crisis, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have faced serious financial problems and have been looking to financial institutions and governments for solutions and new proposals to address these issues. This book examines the new challenge in which firms receive sustainable funding that is in alignment with the company's spending capacity. The purpose of this book is to examine the main theoretical issues and practices regarding entrepreneurship and finance and their impact on performance, innovation and economic growth. It analyzes the fundamental aspects of...
Since the 2008 economic crisis, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have faced serious financial problems and have been looking to financial ins...
