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If you're looking at this book, it's likely that you sense the seismic shifts happening in our society. Service industries are madly rushing to digitalise for efficiency, compromising what once set them apart: the act of service by a human. As we move swiftly into an era of artificial intelligence, robotics and automation, it's easy to succumb to the narrative that machines will replace humans in almost every field, including service.But what if, far from making humans obsolete, the digital era will bring opportunities for a more dynamic, authentic form of service than we've ever seen before? You can make it a reality by integrating 5 dimensions - physical, cognitive, emotional, social and spiritual - into a human-service approach. This is the future of service.For any organisation leader, the new dilemma is how to reclaim the human aspect of service. This book offers a mindful pause to reconsider the path we're heading down. The Future of Service is 5D aspires to redefine our understanding of what service means in an increasingly digital and interconnected world. The journey from frustration to fulfilment starts here.

"Microeconomics Today" by Dr. Sarah Littleworth is a dynamic journey through the fundamental principles of microeconomics. From scarcity to market structures, elasticity to international trade, this concise guide navigates complex concepts with clarity. With real-world applications and a focus on emerging topics, it's an essential read for students, professionals, and anyone seeking a profound understanding of economic dynamics.

In light of the resurgence of inflation in developed industrialised countries following a period of inordinately low inflation, this book analyses the causes and devastating effects of inflation by drawing lessons from the past. Focusing on the German hyperinflation of the 1920s and the inflationary waves of the 1970s, it examines the resulting economic crises and their influence on the subsequent periods of social and political turmoil, namely the fascism of the 1930s and the neoliberal revolution of the 1980s. Featuring five detailed case studies on inflationary waves in various countries in the 1970s, the book identifies economic policy errors of the past, seeking to prevent their recurrence. Offering empirical and theoretical insights alike, the authors present strategies for effectively combating inflation and deflation. In turn, the book assesses the complex ties between wage increases, income distribution, and price changes, ultimately providing valuable recommendations on how wage policy can be used to stabilise price level increases at a low level in a world characterised by diverse and extreme economic shocks.¿The Resurgence of Inflation¿ fosters a vital discourse on wage and price dynamics, economic development and the role of trade unions, making it an essential read for policymakers, economists, and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of today¿s economic challenges.

Das Thema Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement gewinnt auch im Gesundheitssektor stark an Bedeutung. Nicht zuletzt, da auf Bundes- und europäischer Ebene neue rechtliche Anforderungen gestellt werden, die auch für viele Organisationen des Gesundheitswesens aktives Handeln in Richtung Nachhaltigkeit und Wahrnehmung der gesellschaftlichen Verantwortung erfordern.Dieses essential bietet Ihnen eine praxisnahe Einführung, durch die Sie sich eine Orientierung im Thema - eben mit spezifischem Fokus auf den Gesundheitsbereich - erarbeiten können. Es möchte bestehende Werke in diesem rasant wachsenden Feld nicht ersetzen, sondern um eine schnelle Orientierungshilfe ergänzen. Sie werden sowohl grundlegende Begrifflichkeiten und theoretische Hintergründe rund um das Thema Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement kennenlernen als auch Hilfestellungen zur Formulierung einer Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie oder zur Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung erhalten. Innerhalb kurzer Zeit können Sie sich so zunächst einen grundlegenden Überblick verschaffen und im Anschluss zum Aufbau eines Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements in Ihrer Organisation des Gesundheitswesens beitragen.

The story mainly concentrates on China's attitude towards Human Rights and that country's lack of respect for life generally.The book covers what happened in the Hong Kong riots and the manipulation by authorities to ensure they could crush any resistance without the implication of using heavy-handed tactics or that they lacked concern for Human Rights. It covers the mental scars that many were left with after being forced to flee Hong Kong to ensure they were not locked up in jail for life on false or illegitimate charges, and the ramifications their actions had on their families, left behind in mainland China.It describes the lengths the authorities would go to eliminate religion in China and God's infliction of curses on China's people as a punishment for their lack of faith in Him. It raises human rights issues in China, and the attempts made to replace the worship of God with the worship of those in authority, who believe they are Gods.Many who protested in Hong Kong had to flee that country, to prevent being persecuted by the authorities. Their actions, unfortunately, had dramatic repercussions for their families left behind in China. Many ended up with depression and the book tries to address this topic from both medical and religious points of view.The religious doctrines covered in the book are depression and the act of killing or taking a life, especially during wars.The book covers China's buildup of its military strength its invasion of countries in the Pacific and Taiwan and its control of the Pacific Region.It concludes with China being taken to the International Human Rights Commission and God finally resolving the conflict between himself and those that would be God, making it clear who has the power and who is really in control.

Decoding Global Growth is your comprehensive guidebook, offering a roadmap to navigate the intricate landscape of global expansion.

A THOUGHT-PROVOKING EXPLORATION OF OUR WORLD'S ECONOMIC PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTUREIn a journey over centuries only recently marked by prosperity, Lead, Follow, or Fail captures the socio-economic forces that have shaped our world.Dividing economic history into three eras--Pre-Industrial, Industrial, and Post-Industrial--Peter Brews chronicles the evolution of productivity and how nations, organizations, and individuals fall into the roles of Failures, Followers, or Leaders. Failures in the Pre-Industrial Era are plagued by scarcity, Followers are on their way to abundance through industrialization, and Leaders maintain Post-Industrial competitiveness through unrelenting innovation at the leading edge of global commerce.Understanding the transition across these eras and how Leading, Following, and Failing differ also offers insights into what our economic future will hold. After considering the implications of a world more economically diverse than ever before, three future scenarios--Balanced Global Growth, Unbalanced Global Growth, and Global Meltdown--conclude the book.Armed with the knowledge of what it takes to build and sustain competitiveness whether Leader, Follower, or Failure, readers also learn what we all must do so Balanced Global Growth prevails, and the 21st century is a triumph for us all.

This book brings together research related to sustainability, green, and eco-entrepreneurship to explore what the author describes as cleaner entrepreneurship, which also links to social issues and public policy. Particularly in emerging markets, public policies have encouraged the co-creation of sustainable entrepreneurial activities.It begins by discussing sustainable entrepreneurship in the context of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and presents global perspectives of entrepreneurship and social consciousness. It then presents a framework describing how sustainable entrepreneurship can address issues such as poverty, access to healthcare, and gender inequality. The book closes by laying out future standpoints of green entrepreneurship and how global-local partnerships will encourage reverse innovation and collective business development projects.

This book shows that basic income is a powerful tool for realizing economic justice in our modern society. Through an interdisciplinary investigation of basic income in Korea, involving theological and social scientific perspectives, the book covers the topic of basic income on an academic basis, an economic basis, and in terms of its institutionalization potential.Although modern society is a global one, centered on the economic ideology of neo-liberalism, the negative effects of social polarization caused by this are quite severe. It is also urgent to come up with alternative solutions to the problems of labor reduction and wage labor. Moreover, the expansion of productivity through collaboration between humans and artificial intelligence also presents a challenge. An interdisciplinary study on the meaning and restructuring of labor is therefore needed.This book traces themes supporting the concept of basic income appearing in the Old and New Testaments, as well as precedents relating to basic income in the context of capitalism in the thought of the Reformers. Within the framework of Christian ethics, the book looks at the ideological basis for basic income and its applicability to the current situation in order to pursue economic justice. Additionally, the book examines the practical feasibility and rationale for basic income by discussing the economics of basic income financing and the political economy implications for how it can be applied to real politics.

"Borders draw one map of the world; money draws another. A journalist's riveting account exposes a parallel universe exempt from the laws of the land, and how the wealthy and powerful benefit from it. The map of the globe depicts the world we think we know: neatly delineated sovereign nations that bestow and restrict the rights of the citizens and entities within their borders. For wealthy individuals and corporations, however, borders are porous, and the globe is pockmarked with thousands of special zones that exist beyond any nation's control, for their benefit. And for those at the opposite end of privilege, the map fails to prevent exploitation by foreign powers, or willfully creates cracks where refugees fleeing war and hardship can be captured and kept in stateless limbo indefinitely. In this fast-paced and fascinating narrative, Atossa Abrahamian explores this parallel universe. Starting in thirteenth-century Switzerland, where a confederation of poor cantons marketed the commodity they had - bodies, in the form of mercenaries - she stalks the legacy of statelessness around world, from an Emirati-owned port in Somalia to the new charter cities, semi-autonomous city-states in poor countries like Honduras that are controlled by foreign governments or multinational corporations, to Luxembourg, which wants to use its tiny perch to send capitalism into outer space via asteroid mining. Along the way, we meet the shadowy CEOs, visionary statesmen, eccentric theorists, prize-winning economists, and alarming ideologues who are the masterminds of this parallel order. By mapping the hidden geography that increasingly determines who wins and who loses in the new global order - and how it might be otherwise - The Hidden Globe fascinates, enrages, and inspires"--

Zinc oxide is an inorganic compound with the formula ZnO. It usually appears as a white powder, nearly insoluble in water. The powder is widely used as an additive into numerous materials and products including plastics, ceramics, glass, cement, rubber (e.g., car tires), lubricants, paints, ointments, adhesives, sealants, pigments, foods (source of Zn nutrient), batteries, ferrites, fire retardants, first aid tapes, etc. ZnO is present in the Earth's crust as the mineral zincite; however, most ZnO used commercially is produced synthetically.In materials science, ZnO is often called a II-VI semiconductor because zinc and oxygen belong to the 2nd and 6th groups of the periodic table, respectively. This semiconductor has several favorable properties: good transparency, high electron mobility, wide band gap, strong room-temperature luminescence, etc. Those properties are already used in emerging applications for transparent electrodes in liquid crystal displays and in energy-saving or heat-protecting windows, and electronic applications of ZnO as thin-film transistors and light-emitting diodes.

Toute la vie d'un montagnard qui aurait rêvé de ne jamais quitter son domaine, sa montagne, ses forêts, et qui a dû malgré tout partir et laisser tout cela pour essayer de vivre une vie qu'il pensait normale, en ville.Ayant tout lâché pour revenir dans sa véritable existence, la seule qu'il aime et connaisse, mais vieillissant et malade, il revoit toute sa vie, ses amis, sa famille avec toutes les insertions correspondantes d'histoires, anecdotes et aventures vécues ou entendues depuis sa prime enfance...Peu à peu, au fur et à mesure de toutes ses réminiscences, il parvient doucement à se mouvoir et à se préparer pour sa dernière marche en montagne, dans la fameuse grotte découverte dans son enfance, la grotte secrète, qui est depuis toujours pour lui la Barme de l'ours.Accompagné de ses souvenirs, fatigué de vivre, il s'en va...

Parfois ou très souvent, les situations de la vie nous mettent sous le poids de la terre. Et toute belle histoire n'est jamais assez bonne tant qu'il n'y a pas au détriment d'un quelconque drame à un instant T, un bout d'incident pour pimenter notre vie ou même notre vécu.De "La traversée nocturne" à "Les tresses d'une vie" jusqu'à "Le Journal Noir", chacune de ces nouvelles nous étalent à différents degrés, les conséquences que peuvent avoir nos actes ; les coups de la vie qui nous rappelle que la vie d'un être peut basculer du jour au lendemain ; mais aussi le caractère animalier qui peut être caché en l'espèce humaine puisqu'étant inné en chacun. Et dans "Le Journal Noir" la mort trouve toute sa raison d'être, son essence essentiel parfois à la vie. Entre amour et jalousie, haine et colère, sincérité et culpabilité, abstraction ou réalité ; chaque personnage de ce bouquin s'y sent bien concerner. C'est un recueil de nouvelles qui narre un vécu d'une psychologue qui était partagée entre la vie et la mort sur un lit d'hôpital à travers "Les tresses d'une vie" mais aussi qui mélange fiction et existentialité à travers "La traversée nocturne" et "Le Journal Noir".

Depuis le début de l'exploration des mondes sous-marins, les découvertes vont de surprises en surprises : Les archéologues ont découvert au fond de la mer de Galilée en Israël une pyramide géante de forme conique construite à partir de blocs de basalte et de roches. La pyramide pèse quelque 60 000 tonnes et a 10 m de haut. Selon certaines hypothèses, de telles constructions ont été utilisées comme tombeaux. La pyramide mystérieuse a été détecté pour la première fois en été 2003 pendant l¿échosondage du fond de la mer. Ensuite elle a été étudiée par des plongeurs. Vous connaissez naturellement les pyramides d¿Égypte, la plupart des pyramides.

Chinäs economic achievements laid solid foundations for RMB's international standing. By the end of 2022, China accounted for 18.6% of the global economy and 14.4% of world exports.However, there is a huge gap between the yuan¿s growing prominence and its global use. RMB remains underutilized compared to the U.S. dollar. This book attempts to fill this gap from the view of the systemic importance of the RMB exchange rate, an angle that could be easily overlooked. We argue that pricing is too important to be relegated to an afterthought. The change of RMB exchange rate could have a systemic impact on the global financial system. Furthermore, we present substantial evidence that RMB is gaining importance globally and regionally as an anchor currency and safe-haven currency, indicating that RMB is becoming systemically important despite its relatively limited international use.It is important to understand in depth that the force that has helped fuel Chinäs rapid economic growth over the past few decades has been globalization and that market reform and opening up are the pillars of RMB internationalization. Currently, the new trends of anti-globalization and de-financialization have emerged. The global monetary and financial system must be reframed according to the financial needs of socially sustainable activities to prevent systemic instability and system-wide economic/social catastrophes. Against this backdrop, further internationalization of RMB should serve the real sectors in high-quality economic development.

This book explores the political, economic, defence, and cultural relations of Poland with South AsiäAfghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lankäsince the late 1940s to the present. It examines how Polish preoccupation with gaining admission to NATO and the European Union led South Asia to fade into the margins of Polish foreign policy. It discusses key narratives and perceptions of South Asia in the Polish media and thinktanks, features of the South Asian diaspora in Poland, and assesses future prospects of Warsaw¿s deepening political and economic engagement with the region. The pioneering book will be essential reading for students and scholars of Central/East European studies, International Relations, Indian foreign policy, Polish-Asian politics and foreign policy.

This book focuses solely on the issues of agricultural productivity analysis with advanced modeling approaches bringing solutions to food-insecure regions of the world, especially in south and southeast Asia and in Africa. Advanced modeling tools and their use in regional planning provide an outstanding opportunity to help face the challenges of climate change. The sudden effect of flash floods, drought, salinity, and sea water rises causing saltwater intrusions and its impact on agricultural production are some of the disastrous results of climate change.In this edited volume, information on climate-induced impacts for flooding, flash floods, and drought impact on agricultural crops is provided to address possible solutions for food security in south Asia, southeast Asia, and some regions of Africa. Leading-edge research methodology is presented as it relates to remote sensing applications for regional science and allied fields. In regional policy planning, agriculture andforestry play key roles in food security along with environmental conservation and depend on geo-spatial variability. Satellite remote sensing and geographical information systems have an immense potential to encompass all these factors and to catalogue the regional variability of climate change and climate economics. In the satellite remote sensing domain, advanced modeling tools, deep learning applications, and cloud-based earth engines significantly increase the flexibility of decision making and its application for regional perspectives. The result can increase agricultural and forest productivity and ensure its resilience and sustainability.The book¿s chapters introduce modeling techniques such as machine learning and fuzzy expert system using satellite remote sensing datasets based on cloud application. These methods assist regional planners to increase crop production, land use, and detection of changes in land cover in order to better understand their vulnerability toclimate-related disaster. Furthermore, remote sensing and in-depth GIS analysis are integrated with machine learning to address natural uncertainties such as flash floods, droughts, and cyclones so that emergency responses for agricultural production management can be adopted more effectively.

I hele Europa får det radikale højre stadig flere stemmer, mens uligheden stiger og venstrefløjen synes at have kollapset. I Den politiske konflikts historie spørger to af verdens førende økonomer, om vi er på vej ind i en ny politisk tidsalder? Og om venstrefløjen overhovedet kan komme til magten igen?Svaret hviler på et enormt datamateriale, som beskriver franske vælgeres adfærd fra Den Franske Revolution i 1789 og frem til i dag. Cagé og Piketty giver ikke alene et unikt historisk indblik i, hvordan demokrati fungerer, deres analyser danner også baggrund for nye perspektiver på fremtidens politiske konflikter.Her vil venstrefløjen, ifølge Cagé og Piketty, potentielt have et stærkt vælgergrundlag, hvis den kan opløse den nuværende territoriale konflikt mellem land og by og i stedet genetablere den sociale konflikt som sin egentlige opgave – både i Frankrig og hele den vestlige verdens demokratier.JULIA CAGÉ, professor ved Sciences Po Paris og forfatter til flere internationalt anerkendte udgivelser om økonomi, demokrati og medier, bl.a. Sauver les médias.THOMAS PIKETTY, professor ved École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales og Paris School of Economics, forfatter til flere internationale bestsellere om økonomi og ulighed, bl.a. hovedværkerne Kapitalen i det 21. århundrede og Kapital og Ideologi.

En las instituciones educativas se requiere de directivos que dinamicen la práctica docente a fin de poder instrumentar e integrar el esfuerzo de todos los actores y lograr una eficiente labor fundamentada en un proceso continuo de perfeccionamiento y capacitación en la búsqueda de mejores medios para el cumplimiento de la función directiva. Este espacio contextual, fue el escenario de donde surgió el presente estudio desde la contemporaneidad venezolana. Investigación de tipo descriptivo, diseño de campo, en el cual se consideró como técnica de recolección de datos la encuesta y como instrumento el cuestionario diseñado según escala tipo Likert, cuya aplicación a la población constituida por setenta y seis directivos, permitió concluir la necesidad de potenciar en los directivos las competencias propias de un liderazgo transformacional y con ello sus competencias laborales con el propósito de desarrollar una gestión de calidad, con una visión amplia y participativa.

¿Cómo ahorrar energía en nuestro hogar? Es un ameno manual para repasar Ciencia y Tecnología aplicadas explorando los distintos electrodomésticos del hogar. Está dirigido a todos, ya que se organiza en cuatro niveles: para alumnos de escuela primaria, secundaria, terciaria y adultos.Mediante el aprendizaje de casos prácticos del hogar, busca despertar en el lector el espíritu crítico que caracteriza al científico curioso que todos llevamos dentro.

The book offers a comprehensive overview of the challenges and opportunities associated with the transition to sustainable energy, circular economy, and sustainable financing for ESG practices. The publication is needed at this time because the world is facing urgent environmental and social challenges, such as climate change, resource depletion, and social inequality, which require a fundamental transformation of our economic and social systems. The transition to sustainable energy, circular economy, and sustainable financing for ESG practices offers a promising pathway to address these challenges and achieve sustainable development goals.The purpose of the publication is to provide a holistic and practical guide for policymakers, business leaders, investors, and other stakeholders who are interested in advancing sustainable energy, circular economy, and ESG practices. The book covers a range of topics, including the drivers of the transition, policy frameworks and regulations, technology and innovation, business models and financial instruments, and the role of stakeholders in facilitating the transition. It also emphasizes the importance of integrated approaches that balance economic, social, and environmental objectives, and provides practical examples and case studies of successful sustainable energy, circular economy, and ESG practices from around the world.The new contribution of this publication is its interdisciplinary and practical approach to sustainable energy, circular economy, and ESG practices. The book draws on the latest research from various fields, including economics, engineering, environmental science, and social science, and provides a synthesis of best practices and lessons learned from a diverse range of stakeholders, such as governments, businesses, and civil society organizations. The publication also provides a roadmap for how stakeholders can work together overcome the challenges of the transition and create a more sustainable and equitable future.The book is a timely and essential guide for anyone who is interested in advancing sustainable development goals. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges and opportunities associated with the transition to sustainable energy, circular economy, and sustainable financing for ESG practices and offers practical solutions and case studies from around the world. Its interdisciplinary and practical approach makes it a valuable resource for policymakers, business leaders, investors, and other stakeholders who are committed to creating a more sustainable and equitable future.

"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our era of risk-and the players raising the stakes In the bestselling The Signal and the Noise, Nate Silver showed how forecasting would define the age of Big Data. Now, in this timely and riveting new book, Silver investigates "The River," or those whose mastery of risk allows them to shape-and dominate-so much of modern life. These professional risk takers-poker players and hedge fund managers, crypto true-believers and blue-chip art collectors-can teach us much about navigating the uncertainty of the 21st century. By embedding within the worlds of Doyle Brunson, Peter Thiel, Sam Bankman-Fried, Sam Altman, and many others, Silver offers insight into a range of issues that affect us all, from the frontiers of finance to the future of AI. The River has increasing amounts of wealth and power in our society, and understanding their mindset-including the flaws in their thinking-is key to understanding what drives technology and the global economy today. There are certain commonalities in this otherwise diverse group: high tolerance for risk; appreciation of uncertainty; affinity for numbers; skill at de-coupling; self-reliance and a distrust of the conventional wisdom. For the River, complexity is baked in, and the work is how to navigate it, without going beyond the pale. Taking us behind-the-scenes from casinos to venture capital firms to the FTX inner sanctum to meetings of the effective altruism movement, On the Edge is a deeply-reported, all-access journey into a hidden world of powerbrokers and risk takers"--