“…The way individuals, organizations, and governments conduct transactions-from purchasing a book online to acquiring major corporations to delivering billions in financial aid-will look vastly different in the near future. …”

“…Addiction and its consequences cost billions of dollars each year in direct medical costs, lost productivity, accidents, crime, and corruption. …”

“…Globalisation and rapid technological change have radically transformed labour markets, affecting the lives and prospects of billions of workers. Those in the informal economy, the vast bulk of the workforce in the Global South, have been bearing the brunt. …”

“…Costs to industry for catalyst replacement and process shutdown total tens of billions of dollars per year. While catalyst deactivation is inevitable for most processes, some of its immediate, drastic consequences may be avoided, postponed, or even reversed. …”

“…Are you suffering from Data Presentation Zombification? Billions of dollars and thousands of hours are lost every year during ineffective business meetings worldwide. …”

“…Economic growth has freed billions from the struggle for subsistence. Yet prosperity has come at a price: environmental destruction, desolation of local cultures, the rise of vast inequalities, and destabilizing technologies. …”

“…Healthcare providers spend billions of dollars annually on data management, yet provider directories often contain inaccuracies that dramatically increase the cost of care while reducing its quality. …”

“…From the back cover: The Nicene Constantinopolitan Creed, professed by billions of Christians throughout the world, makes radical claims about the nature of reality and the identity of Jesus Christ. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…People everywhere are struggling to get the medicines they need -- The United States has a drug problem -- Millions of people are dying needlessly -- Cancer patients face particularly deadly barriers to medicines -- The current medicine system neglects many major diseases -- Corporate research and development investments are exaggerated -- The current system wastes billions on drug marketing -- The current system compromises physician integrity and leads to unethical corporate behavior -- Medicines are priced at whatever the market will bear -- Pharmaceutical corporations reap history-making profits -- The for-profit medicine arguments are patently false -- Medicine patents are extended too far and too wide -- Patent protectionism stunts the development of new medicines -- Governments, not private corporations, drive medicine innovation -- Taxpayers and patients pay twice for patented medicines -- Medicines are a public good -- Medicine patents are artificial, recent, and government-created -- The United States and big pharma play the bully in extending patents -- Pharma-pushed trade agreements steal the power of democratically elected governments -- Current law provides opportunities for affordable generic medicines -- There is a better way to develop medicines -- Human rights law demands access to essential medicines…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- 26 Be a Bold Brand Builder -- 27 Tell Stories -- 28 Beware of Your To-Do List -- 29 80 Percent is a Lot -- 30 A 700 Billion Cost Cut -- 31 Look to the Numbers -- 32 Live and Lead by the Girl Scout Law -- 33 Exude Delight -- Epilogue: Fun -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “….”) -- Chapter 19: The Rise and Fall of Virtual Reality -- Part 5: Society -- Chapter 20: Chinese Women in Tech -- Chapter 21: Mental Health Algorithms -- Chapter 22: I Made It; It’s Mine -- Chapter 23: What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Billion New Users -- Chapter 24: Wisdom of the Crowd -- Chapter 25: Dataism and Transhumanism -- Glossary…”

“…Most of the world doesn’t know where they come from, they just love to have them. Billions of dollars a year depend on creative people and thousands of companies hire them. …”

“…Yet, each year, Americans make billions of dollars in tax overpayments. In J.K. Lasser's 1001 Deductions and Tax Breaks 2023: Your Complete Guide to Everything Deductible, expert attorney and small business advocate Barbara Weltman delivers a thorough and carefully researched explanation of the constantly changing tax laws as they apply to ordinary, taxpaying Americans. …”

“…These massive projects are developed to reduce poverty, improve quality of life and the environment, and solve human problems for billions of people around the world. Preparing for the megaprojects of the future is a huge undertaking for all governments, private sector organizations, multilaterals, and non-profits. …”

“…The problems are multiple and complex: billions of people are still without access to safe water and adequate sanitation; competition for water is increasing among the different uses and users; and major investment is required to maintain and improve water infrastructure in OECD and non-OECD countries. …”

“…Geospatial data, or data with location information, is generated in huge volumes every day by billions of mobile phones, IoT sensors, drones, nanosatellites, and many other sources in an unending stream. …”

“…How do you connect and manage billions of distributed devices—in home appliances, manufacturing devices, or vehicles—and then transfer, store, and process all of the data these devices produce? …”

“…This report examines the multifaceted role of FinTech in emerging economies, where billions of people live at the lower tier of the economic pyramid—especially in Africa. …”

“…Mark Zuckerberg, who has overseen Meta's investment of billions into VR, pitches it as the next dominant computing paradigm. …”

“…* SAP is investing billions to redesign its flagship R/3 product line based on its ESA, and that ESA will become the standard framework for developing all new SAP ERP applications with NetWeaver * This book provides an overview of the core building blocks of SAP's new ESA, and shows how ESA works with the NetWeaver platform as well as mySAP ERP * A step-by-step action plan proposes ideas for designing ESA-based SAP applications * The companion Web site contains in-depth case examples that show how to build various SAP services and applications using the NetWeaver development tools, plus third-party tools * Some of the SAP tools covered include NetWeaver Developer Studio, WebDynPro and NetWeaver Portal, NetWeaver BI, and the SAP Composite Application Framework…”