Health policy and high-tech industrial development

Many countries and regions are actively promoting high technology industries as a means of stimulating the economy. The authors point out that these efforts are not only encouraging economic development, but they also reduce an economy#s vulnerability to the negative consequences of world trade ...

Social learning in technological innovation

experimenting with information and communication technologies

This book explores the innovation processes involved in the application and use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) at work and in everyday life. These are analysed through an unparalleled set of 23 European case studies, which, uniquely, address both the design/development and the ...

The mobile multimedia business

requirements and solutions

As the wireless world opens up, this book explores the evolving role of multimedia and UMTS technology in the mobile communications sector. The author draws on his extensive experience in the field to provide an approach that will appeal to academia and industry alike, covering ...

Technology, knowledge and the firm

implications for strategy and industrial change

There is a long-standing tradition of research that highlights the importance of differences in the organizational and technological capabilities of firms and their effect on economic performance. This book expands on this theme by exploring the role of knowledge and innovation in firm strategy and ...

Information systems

archieving success by avoiding failure

Despite people's best efforts information systems are particulary prone to failure. Some systems never materialize, others appears late and/or over budget and those that are implemented often fail to deliver the promided levels of performance. The consequences of these failures effect people throughout ...

Governance in the extended enterprise

bridging business and IT strategies

Discover how to implement an effective IT governance structure for the long-term success of an extended enterprise IT is no longer an enabler of corporate strategy, it is now the key element of corporate strategy. Governance of the Extended Enterprise explores how some of the ...

Balanced scorecard diagnostics

maintaining maximum performance

The complete guide to analyzing and maximizing a company's balanced scorecard Presenting the next step for balanced scorecard implementation, Balanced Scorecard Diagnostics provides a step-by-step methodology for analyzing the effectiveness of a company's balanced scorecard and the tools to reevaluate balanced scorecard measures ...

Gestión del desarrollo de sistemas de telecomunicación e informáticos

Tiene como objetivo fundamental formar al alumno en la gestión del gestor que optimiza el desarrollo de los sistemas de telecomunicaciones e informáticos, y más concretamente en aquellos sistemas en los que desarrollará su competencia, como es en la coordinación y supervisión de la ejecución ...

Gestión económico-administrativa en agencias de viajes

A través de este libro se pretende conseguir que el lector conozca unos conceptos básicos así como el sistema económico de una agencia de viajes. Con su estudio conseguirá llevar a cabo la gestión administrativa interna y la externa derivada de las relaciones económicas con ...

The design of things to come

how ordinary people create extraordinary products

Today's best companies are building products and services that look great, feel great, and touch customers more deeply than ever before. The Design of Things to Come reveals who's doing it#and how they're doing it. You'll learn how companies are ...

Making innovation work

how to manage it, measure it, and profit from it

To compete effectively, you must innovate: Not just once, but consistently, in all your products, services, and business functions. But, profitable innovation doesn't just "happen." It must be managed, measured, executed on#and few companies do that well. Making Innovation Work offers the first ...

Dirigir las TI como un negocio

guía práctica para direcctivos

Establece las líneas fundamentales para llevar a cabo una mejor gestión en el departamento de TI, que redundará en beneficio de todas y cada una de las compañías que lo implementen. Así como lo parámetros fundamentales en los que basarse para minimizar el riesgo en ...

La organización focalizada en la estrategia

cómo implementar el Balanced Scorecard

"Tener una excelente estrategia es muy importante para las organizaciones en el mundo competitivo de los negocios de hoy. Pero en la nueva economía se hace más importante que nunca la habilidad de las organizaciones para ejecutar esa estrategia y lograr así los resultados buscados ...

Las Tecnologías de la Información en las empresas española

situación 2004

INDICE: Prólogo. Introducción. Estado de la Sociedad de la información. El rol de la Administración. Empleo y formación en TIC: situación actual y tendencias. TIC en las empresas españolas: estudio de la situación actual. Epílogo. Anexos. Bibliografía.

Los sistemas de información en la empresa actual

aspectos estratégicos y alternativas tácticas

La toma de decisiones sobre Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicaciones (TIC), con conocimiento de causa y con el convencimiento de lo que se está realizando, es todavía una de las asignaturas pendientes para muchos de los gestores actuales. En numerosas empresas, las decisiones sobre ...

Key management ratios

master the management metricd that drive and control your business

Business ratios are the figures that provide management with targets and standards for their organisation. They direct businesses towards the most beneficial long-term strategies, as well as towards effective decision making. This book enables managers of different functions to work together towards achieving business goals ...

Financial management and control in higher education

Within the higher education sector, financial issues are seen as of increasing importance to the extent that virtually everyone in the sector requires some financial knowledge. At the same time the issues can be very varied and complex, ranging from the strategic allocation of resources ...

Planificación, inversión y control financiero

Este libro ofrece a los directores financieros y directores de empresa un trabajo de referencia que les ayude a formular, programar y ejecutar las decisiones financieras y de inversiones. Comprende una serie de teorías modernas, ejemplos práticos e informaciones sobre los distintos factores económicos e ...

Análisis de empresas

El análisis de la empresa aporta información muy útil para poder conocer mejor sus fortalezas y debilidades. De esta forma, se puede formular un diagnóstico que ayuda a los direcctivos a tomar decisiones que contribuyan a que la empresa alcance sus objetivos. Al mismo tiempo ...

The securitization markets handbook

structures and dynamics of mortgage- and asset-backed securities

Securitization is a corporate funding technique that is widely adopted by financial and industrial companies throughout the world, used to finance both working capital and capital budgets. It is also used as a risk management tool and a source of liquidity. Securitization has been adapted ...