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Neighbourhood effects on firm success and strategy
Neighbourhood Effects on Firm Success and Strategy As a result of economic transitions and several societal developments over the past 50 years, residential neighbourhoods have developed from being places where people predominantly live into places where people also work. A growing number of small- and medium-sized firms are located in residential neighbourhoods, many of which are home-based. Triggered by relatively high levels of turbulence in residential neighbourhoods and inter-locality variation in firm survival, firm growth and firm relocation, this study concerned whether and how neighbourhood characteristics influence the success of local firms and the strategic options of their entrepreneurs. The research demonstrates that some ‘neighbourhood effects’ on firm success and strategy do exist, especially for the growing group of solo entrepreneurs and firms in locally-oriented sectors. In particular the social context in which entrepreneurs are embedded matters, as cohesive neighbourhoods trigger both firm growth and entrepreneurial investments. Furthermore, the accumulation of liveability-related problems in disadvantaged neighbourhoods seems to contribute to an unfavourable business climate.
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Sociable Robots and the Future of Social Relations
The robotics industry is growing rapidly, and to a large extent the development of this market sector is due to the area of social robotics - the production of robots that are designed to enter the space of human social interaction, both physically and semantically.
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Ambient Intelligence Perspectives
Ambient Intelligence Perspectives contains selected papers from the first international ambient Intelligence Forum - AmIF 2008 in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. The forum is intended as the beginning of a series of rather broadly oriented discussion opportunities for discussing interdisciplinary, if not transdisciplinary aspects of rapidly evolving areas of Ambient Intelligence. Its aims were to review and discuss recent advances and promising research trends in AmI technology, intelligent environments, methods, middleware development, as well as applications in areas such as healthcare, product lifecycle and transport services. The intention to provide an opportunity of a very broad interaction among a wide rank of authors coming from different surroundings means a great enrichment to all participants and gives ground to the success of the conference. Finally it led towards an interesting choice of three invited and twenty-five contributed papers, which are published in this book. All papers were carefully reviewed by the international program committee. Participants from twelve countries contributed to the scientific program and established a fruitful discussion atmosphere.
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Workshops Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Intelligent Environments
The 5th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE'09), held at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain, provides a multidisciplinary forum for researchers and engineers from across the world to present their latest research and to discuss future directions in the area of Intelligent Environments. This volume forms the combined proceedings of five workshops held at the IE'09. Included are the proceedings of the: Workshop on Digital Object Memories (DOMe'09); Workshop on RFID Technology: Concepts, Practices and Solutions (RFID'09); Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Ambient Intelligence (AITAmI09); Workshop on Ethical Design of Ambient Intelligence (EDAmI'09); Workshop on Smart Offices and Other Workplaces (SOOW'09).
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More Than Screen Deep
The national information infrastructure (NII) holds the promise of connecting people of all ages and descriptions-bringing them opportunities to interact with businesses, government agencies, entertainment sources, and social networks. Whether the NII fulfills this promise for everyone depends largely on interfaces-technologies by which people communicate with the computing systems of the NII.
More Than Screen Deep addresses how to ensure NII access for every citizen, regardless of age, physical ability, race/ethnicity, education, ability, cognitive style, or economic level. This thoughtful document explores current issues and prioritizes research directions in creating interface technologies that accommodate every citizen's needs.
The committee provides an overview of NII users, tasks, and environments and identifies the desired characteristics in every-citizen interfaces, from power and efficiency to an element of fun. The book explores:
Technological advances that allow a person to communicate with a computer system.
Methods for designing, evaluating, and improving interfaces to increase their ultimate utility to all people.
Theories of communication and collaboration as they affect person-computer interactions and person-person interactions through the NII.
Development of agents: intelligent computer systems that \"understand\" the user's needs and find the solutions.
Offering data, examples, and expert commentary, More Than Screen Deep charts a path toward enabling the broadest-possible spectrum of citizens to interact easily and effectively with the NII. This volume will be important to policymakers, information system designers and engineers, human factors professionals, and advocates for special populations.
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Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation 4.0 Cookbook for Developing SOA Applications
The \"Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation 4.0 Cookbook for Developing SOA Applications\" is an essential guide for developers looking to master WCF 4.0. The book provides practical recipes for developing robust and secure services using WCF, with a focus on solving real-world challenges in service creation and operation.What this Book will help me doUnderstand and efficiently use WCF contracts for service interactions.Develop secure and reliable WCF-based applications.Implement advanced features like custom bindings and RESTful services.Apply interoperability techniques for distributed systems development.Utilize practical diagnostic methods for troubleshooting WCF services.Author(s)Juntao Cheng, the author of this book, is an experienced developer and writer with a deep understanding of the .NET platform and WCF technologies. He has worked extensively on service development and associated topics, bringing his knowledge and real-world experience into this book to make WCF approachable and practical for developers at all levels.Who is it for?This book is ideal for developers and IT professionals who are familiar with the basics of .NET Framework and C# programming, and who seek to deepen their expertise in using WCF for service-oriented architecture implementations. Whether you're looking to solve specific issues or learn WCF thoroughly, this guide provides structured and practical insights tailored to your needs.
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