The purpose of this book is to analyse the effectiveness of digital technologies as well as the fundamental factors that contribute to technological progress in the long run. It also examines structural and qualitative shifts in economies and societies.

The book offers a comprehensive overview of theory and research in consumer psychology, exploring how advertising impacts the thoughts, emotions and actions of consumers. It links psychological theories and empirical research findings to real-life industry examples, showing how scientific research can inform marketing practice.

The Astrophotography Manual's Third Edition is the most up to date and authoritative guide for photographers who want to create beautiful images of nebulas, galaxies, clusters, and the stars with the latest professional tools and techniques.

The book presents a multi-dimensional analysis of shareholders’ impact on company value creation. The authors chose the IT sector as the area of study as it is one in which modern technologies are essential.

Contemporary Selling is the only book that combines full coverage of up-to-date personal selling processes with a straightforward look at sales management practices, delivered in a way that students want to learn and instructors want to teach.

This book exposes two inspiring research categories: digitization and trust. This volume will be of interest to researchers, academics, practitioners, and advanced students in the fields of management of technology and innovation, organizational studies, and leadership.

Imagining Urban Complexity introduces passionate and critical perspectives on the link between the humanities and urban studies. It emphasizes tropes, media, and genres as cultural techniques that shape complexity in urban environments by distributing affordances, modes of sensing, and modes of sense-making. Focusing on urban political and cultural dynamics in 24 global cities, the book shows that urban environments are thematized in literature and art, but are also entities that are shaped, ...

Now in its fifth edition, The Historian’s Toolbox is designed to help students become skilled in the intellectual process and craft of history, offering an overview of the field and techniques for reading and writing about history.

Global Healthcare Management looks at international perspectives in healthcare management and the way regional priorities, national income and social factors are crucial to effective healthcare service. Readers are provided skills to address issues and solve problems by understanding the complex interrelationships of global health provision.

The second edition of this Shingo Prize winning book builds and expands on the first edition. The core of the book remains the same, however, the results have been updated and made more current given access to better data and enhanced use of the electronic health record.