“…2018 International Conference on Machine Learning Technologies (ICMLT 2018) will be held in Jinan, China, during May 26-28, 2018. It provides a forum for accessing to the most up-to-date and authoritative knowledge from both industrial and academic worlds, sharing best practice in this exciting field…”

“…The volume contains papers presented at International Conference on Intelligent Computing and its Emerging Applications (ICEA2021) which were held from December 28 to 29, 2021, in Jinan, Shandong Province, China. This conference is hosted by Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Shandong Normal University, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of NSDP, Shandong Institute of Bigdata, China InfoCom Media Group, Chinese Journal of Network and Information Security, China, and BK21 Convergence Engineering for Intelligent Drone, Sejong University, Republic of Korea…”

“…After a successful organization of the international conference series of machine learning technologies in Jinan, China last year, this year the 4th international conference ICMLT in the series will be held in Nanchang, China, from 21 to 23 June. …”

“…This book sheds new light on this debate, collecting papers given at the 22nd International Congress of Historical Sciences (CISH/ICHS) in Jinan, China. They recall key moments of the discovery of the world of Late Antiquity, and show how it is possible to reach a definition of an age, analysing different sectors of history, using disparate sources, and with the guidance of very varied interpretative models…”

“…Pure and True draws on interviews with ordinary urban Hui-cooks, entrepreneurs, imams, students, and retirees-to explore the conduct of ethnic politics within Hui communities in the cities of Jinan, Beijing, Xining, and Yinchuan and between Hui and the Chinese party-state. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Captive versus partner -- Build-operate-transfer -- Dual-shore delivery -- Going captive and avoiding the expat trap -- Ten lessons learned -- What works elsewhere does not necessarily work in China -- Develop a vision of the future beyond the next shareholder meeting -- Establish the right partnerships from the beginning -- Do your homework -- Commit for the long haul -- Prepare yourself for an unprecedented speed of change -- Choose an outsourcing city based on-- -- People, people, people -- Never give up -- It is all about face -- Winning the talent war -- English makes the world go round -- Recruiting staff -- Salaries on the rise -- Chinese work ethics -- Retaining staff: employee retention and loyalty programs -- China's outsourcing cities -- Beijing -- Shanghai -- Dalian -- Chengdu -- Xi'an -- Jinan -- Hangzhou -- Guangzhou -- Nanjing -- Shenzhen -- IT outsourcing, business process outsourcing, and knowledge process outsourcing in China -- Scope of outsourcing -- Global outsourcing options for customers -- Advantages of outsourcing to China -- Disadvantages to outsourcing to China -- Selection of vendor partners -- Due diligence of the capabilities of vendors -- Importance of business process standards -- Importance of standards in BPO -- Application of standards to different process types -- Process selection for outsourcing -- China's legal framework -- Market entry and establishing a business in China -- Intellectual property rights protection -- Employment issues -- Government policy -- Currency and taxation -- Dispute resolution and litigation -- China 2020 -- Pillar of the economy: focus on the high-tech sector -- Growth of the services sector -- Satisfying a fast-growing global IT and business processes services demand -- Overseas promotions leap forward -- Stable China market economic prospects -- Rise of globalization: in the front row -- China 2020: wild cards -- Appendix A: Exclusive survey of selected cities in cooperation with MOFCOM-- Appendix B: Case studies -- Appendix C: Contact information for major government offices, outsourcing centers, and online resources -- Index…”