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This book explores and analyzes emerging innovations within today’s most cutting-edge science and technology (S&T) areas, which are cited as carrying the potential to revolutionize governmental structures, economies, and international security. Some have argued that such technologies will yield doomsday scenarios and that military applications of such technologies have even greater potential than nuclear weapons…

Hoy, comprar por Internet es algo cotidiano. Sin embargo, esto no era así hasta hace pocos años. La historia dice que Internet y la inteligencia artificial (IA) se crearon hace cincuenta años, y el comercio electrónico, hace algo menos. Sin embargo, el e-commerce comenzó a tener una forma parecida a la que conocemos hoy en…

Russland vor dem Bürgerkrieg? Europa vor dem Krieg? »Die erste überzeugende Beschreibung dessen, was in den letzten 20 Jahren in Russland geschehen ist. Ein wichtiges Buch und eine Gelegenheit, Informationen aus erster Hand zu bekommen.« Swetlana Alexijewitsch (Literaturnobelpreis 2015) Wie konnte Wladimir Putin zum Paria der Weltgemeinschaft werden? Warum destabilisiert der russische Präsident die Ukraine,…

Was ist eigentlich los im deutschen Management? Kaum ein Tag vergeht, ohne dass die Medien kritisch über die Zunft der Führungskräfte berichten. Sind die deutschen Manager denn seit dem Beginn der Bundesrepublik immer schlechter geworden? War früher etwa alles besser, als es noch richtige Unternehmerpersönlichkeiten gab? Wer ernsthaft Antworten auf diese Fragen sucht, wird diese…

Facing especially wicked problems, social sector organizations are searching for powerful new methods to understand and address them. Design Thinking for the Greater Good goes in depth on both the how of using new tools and the why. As a way to reframe problems, ideate solutions, and iterate toward better answers, design thinking is already…

Wall Street Journal bestseller Watch your most innovative ideas take flight by overcoming the forces that resist change The Human Element is for anyone who wants to introduce a new idea or innovation into the world. Most marketers, innovators, executives, activists, or anyone else in the business of creating change, operate on a deep assumption.…

Learn how to disrupt. Learn how to innovate. Compiled by Springwise, the global innovation discovery engine, Disrupt! explains and highlights the best, most disruptive and most useful innovation ideas of the 21st century. The book shares which themes underpin their success and which ideas can best be used to drive creativity in your workplace, office…

Today's organizations must become far more effective in crafting strategy that reflects the relentless external technological, economic, political, and business pressures they face. In this guide, leading technology strategy educator Alfred A. Marcus offers powerful tools for anticipating change and managing the threats and opportunities it poses. Using incisive case studies, Marcus shows how to…

How to succeed in an era of ecosystem-based disruption: strategies and tools for offense, defense, timing, and leadership in a changing competitive landscape. The basis of competition is changing. Are you prepared? Rivalry is shifting from well-defined industries to broader ecosystems: automobiles to mobility platforms; banking to fintech; television broadcasting to video streaming. Your competitors…

Finding the UP in the Downturn How To Turn The Economic Meltdown Into Your Greatest Opportunity Fannie...Freddie...Citi...AIG...Bear Stearns...General Motors...Wall Street... Gas...Health care... There's no hiding the ugly truth about the way things are these days. 'Things' are terrible. Look at all those indicators: Inflation. Unemployment. Housing. Automobiles. Stocks. Income... And yet... There is a Chinese…