Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- 2.2.2 Estructura de datos del producto -- 2.2.4 Clasificación general de los productos -- 2.1.1 Variables de las 4P -- 2.1.2 Especial referencia a la marca internacional -- 2.1.3 Marca global o nacional -- 2.1.4 Marcas nacionales o por país -- 2.1.5 Marca blanca internacional -- 3.7 Clasificación general de los servicios -- 3.7.1 Naturaleza de la organización prestadora de servicios -- 3.7.2 Naturaleza del servicio -- 3.7.3 Relaciones con los clientes -- 3.7.4 Paquete de servicio -- 3.7.5 Naturaleza de la demanda -- 3.7.6 Método de distribución -- 3.6 Promoción de los servicios en el mercado internacional -- 3.5 Ofrecimiento de servicios internacionales -- 3.4 Características especiales del comercio internacional de servicios -- 3.3 Diferencias entre bienes y servicios -- 3.2 Estructura del servicio -- Logística de exportación -- 4.1 Canales de distribución internacional -- 4.1.1 Distribución directa -- 4.1.2 Distribución indirecta -- 4.1.3 Internet como canal de exportación -- 4.2 Importancia de la Logística en los procesos de exportación -- 4.3 Plan logístico en la empresa -- Distribución física internacional -- Transporte internacional -- 5.1 Descripción del mercado -- 5.2 Descripción del producto -- 5.3 Descripción de la competencia -- 5.4 Descripción de la distribución -- 5.7 Estrategias de marketing -- 5.6 Objetivos -- 5.6.1 Objetivos financieros -- 5.6.2 Objetivos de marketing -- 5.5 dofa…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Using IDisposable -- When to implement the IDisposable interface -- Finalizer and Dispose -- Summary -- Securing and Implementing Resilience in .NET Core Applications -- Introduction to resilient applications -- Resilient policies -- Reactive policies -- Implementing the retry pattern -- Implementing circuit breaker -- Wrapping the circuit breaker with retry -- Fallback policy with circuit breaker and retry -- Proactive policies -- Implementing timeout -- Implementing caching -- Implementing health checks -- Storing sensitive information using Application Secrets -- Protecting ASP.NET Core APIs -- SSL (Secure Socket Layer) -- Enabling SSL in an ASP.NET Core application -- Preventing CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) attacks -- Reinforcing security headers -- Adding the HTTP strict transport security header -- Adding the X-Content-Type-Options header -- Adding the X-Frame-Options header -- Adding the X-Xss-Protection header -- Adding the Content-Security-Policy header -- Adding the referrer-policy header -- Enabling CORS in the ASP.NET Core application -- Authentication and authorization -- Using ASP.NET Core Identity for authentication and authorization…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…2.9 Continuity Equation -- 2.10 Reynolds' Transport Theorem -- 2.11 Examples of Deformation -- Planar Displacement -- Extension and Stretch -- Shear Deformation -- 2.12 Geometry Concepts -- Problems -- Chapter 3 Forces and Stresses -- 3.1 Equilibrium of Forces -- 3.2 Transformation of Stresses -- 3.3 Equations of Equilibrium -- 3.4 Symmetry of the cauchy Stress Tensor -- Principal Stresses -- 3.5 Virtual Work of the Forces -- Tensor Double Product (Contraction) -- Volume Change -- Virtual Work -- Other Stress Measures -- First and Second Piola-Kirchhoff Stress Tensors -- Notation and Procedure -- Surface Forces -- Total and Updated Lagrangian Formulations -- Physical Interpretation -- 3.6 Deviatoric Stresses -- 3.7 Stress Objectivity -- Stress Rate -- Truesdell Stress Rate o -- Oldroyd and Convective Stress Rates o and o -- Green-Naghdi Stress Rate -- Jaumann Stress Rate -- 3.8 Energy Balance -- Problems -- Chapter 4 Constitutive Equations -- 4.1 Generalized Hooke's Law -- 4.2 Anisotropic Linearly Elastic Materials -- 4.3 Material Symmetry -- Reflection -- Rotations -- 4.4 Homogeneous Isotropic Material -- Poisson Effect and Locking -- Stress and Strain Invariants -- Plane-Stress and Plane-Strain Problems -- Finite Dimensional Model -- Generalized Elastic Forces -- Homogeneous Displacement -- 4.5 Principal Strain Invariants -- 4.6 Special Material Models for Large Deformations -- Compressible Neo-Hookean Material Models -- Incompressible Mooney-Rivlin Materials -- Objectivity -- 4.7 Linear Viscoelasticity -- One-Dimensional Model -- Other Viscoelastic Models -- Generalization -- Elastic Energy and Dissipation -- Another Form of the Viscoelastic Equations -- Three-Dimensional Linear Viscoelasticity -- 4.8 Nonlinear Viscoelasticity -- Another Model -- 4.9 A Simple Viscoelastic Model for Isotropic Materials -- 4.10 Fluid Constitutive Equations…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4 Spending autonomy and public sector performance across levels of government -- Introduction -- Expenditure shares, spending power and fiscal autonomy -- Measuring subnational autonomy through expenditure shares -- Developing spending autonomy indicators -- Defining the indicators -- Levels of government -- Spending power of subnational decision makers -- Questionnaire scope and methodology -- Country questionnaire responses -- Computing spending autonomy indicators -- Spending power in health -- Overall results -- Policy decisions in health care -- Budgeting decisions in health care -- Labour and input decisions in health care -- Output and monitoring decisions in health care -- Comparing responsibilities between different aspects of health spending autonomy -- Spending power in other sectors -- Housing -- Education -- Long-term care -- Transport services -- Extending the indicators: Computing composite indicators with uncertainty -- The effects of decentralisation on service provision -- The non-linear impact of decentralisation in health care -- The impact of decentralisation in other sectors -- Benchmarking and monitoring of public sector performance -- Indicators to measure performance -- Measuring costs -- Composite indicators of performance -- Consumer experience and satisfaction surveys -- Systems to measure and assess performance -- Collegiate systems -- Competitive systems -- The role of "tailored" institutions for evaluation and oversight -- The relevant institutions -- References -- Note -- 5 Digitalisation challenges and opportunities for subnational governments -- Introduction -- Opportunities -- On the revenue side -- Taxation of consumption -- Subnational taxation of incomes -- Property taxes -- User fees -- Promoting voluntary compliance -- On the spending side -- Use of sensors in the delivery of public services…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Regulation and Competition -- Commentary -- Table 6.1 Regulatory and ownership structures in electricity -- Table 6.2 Status of facilities competition in telecommunications, 1994 -- Table 6.3 Status of major telecommunications operators, 1994 -- Table 6.4 Regulatory and ownership structures in transport -- 7. Public Finance and Expenditure -- Commentary -- Table 7.1 and Figure 7.1 General government financial liabilities -- Table 7.2 General government financial balances -- Table 7.3 and Figure 7.2 Total tax revenue -- Table 7.4 Structure of taxation -- Table 7.5 and Figure 7.3 Personal marginal tax rates, January 1993 -- Table 7.6 Take-home pay plus cash transfers -- Table 7.7 Social security contributions -- Table 7.8 Total general government current disbursements -- Table 7.9 and Figure 7.4 Structure of government expenditure, 1993 -- Table 7.10 and Figure 7.5 Share of government in total employment -- Table 7.11 Compensation costs or pay bill -- 8. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…7.4 Incorporating Mobile Services into Cross-Domain Orchestration with SP-SDN 7.5 Summary and Conclusions 8 The Controller Placement Problem in Software-Defined Mobile Networks (SDMN) Hakan Selvi, Selcan Guner, Gurkan Gur, Fatih Alagoz 8.1 Introduction 8.2 SDN and Mobile Networks 8.3 Performance Objectives for SDMN Controller Placement 8.4 Controller Placement Problem (CPP) 8.5 Conclusion 9 Technology Evolution in Mobile Networks - Case of Open IaaS-cloud Platforms Antti Tolonen, Sakari Luukkainen 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Generic Technology Evolution 9.3 Study Framework 9.4 Overview on Cloud Computing 9.5 Example Platform: OpenStack 9.6 Case Analysis 9.7 Discussion 9.8 Chapter Summary Part III : Traffic Transport and Network Management 10 Mobile Network Function and Service Delivery Virtualization and Orchestration Peter Bosch, Alessandro Duminuco, Jeff Napper, Louis (Sam) Samuel, Paul Polakos 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Network Function Virtualization (NFV) 10.3 Software Defined Networking (SDN) 10.4 The Mobility use case 10.5 Virtual networking in data centers 10.6 Summary 11 Survey of Traffic Management in Software-Defined Mobile Networks Zoltan Faigl, Laszlo Bokor 11.1 Chapter Overview 11.2 Traffic management in mobile networks 11.3 QoS enforcement and policy control in 3G/4G networks 11.4 Traffic management in software-defined mobile networks 11.5 Application-layer traffic optimization in software-defined mobile networks 11.6 Conclusions 12 Software Defined Networks for mobile application services Ram Gopal Lakshmi Narayanan 12.1 Chapter Overview 12.2 Overview of 3GPP Network Architecture 12.3 Wireless network architecture evolution towards NFV and SDN 12.4 NFV/SDN Service Chaining 12.5 Open research and further study 13 Load Balancing in Software Defined Mobile Networks Ijaz Ahmad, Suneth Namal, Mika Ylianttila, Andrei Gurtov 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Load Balancing in SDMN 13.3 Future Directions and Challenges for Load-Balancing Technologies Part IV : Resource and Mobility Management 14 QoE Management Framework for Internet Services in SDN enabled mobile networks Dipl.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Monitoring the ways in which schools and municipalities respond to the structure of the financing system -- Funding formulas: a complex instrument -- Financing private education: impacts on equity -- Targeted distribution of resources: targeted programmes and resources to support students -- Additional resources for specific student groups or priorities -- An overview of financial transfers for targeted funding for equity and inclusion -- Funding for special education needs: a long-standing commitment -- Targeted resourcing: how it translates into practice -- Financial transfers -- Cash transfers, subsidies and scholarships -- In-kind service provision -- School meals -- Transportation -- Physical resources: investing in infrastructure and providing learning materials -- Infrastructural investments -- Educational materials and digital devices -- Matching human resources to schools: reflecting schools' needs in staff allocation policies -- Inequalities in teacher allocation can hamper equity in education -- Strategies to address inequalities in teacher allocation -- Allocation of teaching staff to support diverse students -- Pointers for policy development -- Leverage both main allocation mechanisms and targeted funding to foster equity and inclusion -- Employ different types of resources and parameters to allocate them, to provide resources for diverse student groups, and to support policy priorities related to equity and inclusion -- Strengthen the capacity of different administrative levels to support education and inclusion goals -- References -- Annex 3.A. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Looking into the different options available for data migration -- Summary -- Further reading -- Part 3: The Way Forward: The Art of Possible -- Chapter 9: The Pilot: High Stakes -- Accelerating your transition -- S/4HANA public cloud/new implementations (greenfield) -- System conversions (brownfield) -- The Readiness Check tool -- The Custom Code Migration app -- Selective Data Transition -- Iterative data loads -- Mitigating the risks by starting earlier -- An Agile approach to data conversion and integration testing -- SAP Activate -- SAP's EML -- The UX strategy -- Importance of a UX strategy -- Change management -- Getting ready for the pilot -- Scenarios for the use of TMS + CTS for on-prem deployments -- Transport management with SAP CALM -- Bringing it all together and the pilot rollout -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Going All In: A Leap of Faith -- S/4HANA deployment patterns -- Focusing on defining the Global Template -- Defining the instance strategy -- Methodology -- The rollout approach -- Deployment -- Release management -- Cutover management -- Solution readiness -- People readiness -- Business operational readiness -- The readiness of AMS for deployment and transition -- Monitoring progress to go-live -- Go-live -- Hypercare -- Stabilization and Hypercare - post-go-live support and incident management -- Rollout post go-live -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Innovation Unleashed: The Hunger Games -- The cultural shift to innovation -- Sponsored innovation hackathons -- Innovation awards -- Rewiring the enterprise for agility and scale -- Citizen developers -- Multi-layered APIs -- Security-as-a-Service -- LCNC in SAP (SAP Build) -- SAP Graph and SAP One Domain Model (ODM) -- Web 3.0 -- The future of work -- The spectrum of automation and digitalization -- Digital employees -- Brand ambassadors -- Futuristic retail experiences…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Le sillon rhodanien, une derion dense mais tardive -- Le XIIe siècle, temps de consolidation de l'institution -- La propagation aux marges des routes commerciales -- L'hégémonie du pilori sur les autres peines infamantes -- Du poteau de marché au signe de haute justice -- Incarner la hiérarchie des juridictions -- L'invention de l'échelle -- Un seul pilori par ville : les tâtonnements du droit -- Le carcan, équipement carcéral mis au service du pilori -- Le mouvement de monumentalisation -- Le contrôle du pilori, un enjeu des conflits de juridiction -- Planter son pilori : un acte d'appropriation du territoire -- De la voie de paix à la voie de fait -- S'entendre : les piloris négociés ou partagés -- Un lieu de la vie quotidienne -- Autour du pilori, un quartier ordinaire -- L'appropriation du monument par ses usagers -- La scène du pilori : les ressorts d'un rituel d'humiliation -- La mise en œuvre du rituel d'exposition -- Un rituel en mouvement -- De la prison au pilori -- La charrette : un mode de transport signifiant -- Rassembler et infirmer le peuple" -- Mettre en scène le corps du condamné -- Les colliers et coiffes évocateurs -- Dénuder -- Dégrader -- Une plasticité hiérarchisée -- Les acteurs du rituel -- Les officiers de justice à l'interface entre justiciers et public -- Bruits, paroles et gestes symboliques -- Jets d'ordures licites et illicites -- Les émotions attendues des acteurs -- La honte punitive du condamné -- Une refondation de la communauté par l'émotion -- Un rituel adaptable aux besoins du justicier -- La variabilité pénale de l'exposition -- Un cadre spatio-temporel à la flexibilité limitée -- Une temporalité souple au service de la gradation pénale -- Une sensibilité à l'individualisation pénale contrastée selon les juridictions -- Un lieu central de justice en construction -- Pilori et rituels de sanction des fraudes -- Le monument de la décapitation ? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1 Increasing the Order of Convergence of Three-step-Modified Potra-Pták-Chebyshev Methods for Systems and Equations -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Development of the Method -- 1.3 Multi-step Version Method -- 1.4 Local Convergence Analysis -- 1.5 Numerical Examples -- References -- 2 Mathematical Model to Distinguish the Symptomatic Patient of COVID-19 -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Preliminaries -- 2.2.1 Basic Definition -- 2.2.2 Arithmetic Operations -- 2.2.3 Max-min Principle -- 2.3 Approach -- 2.4 Model Representation -- 2.5 Case Study -- 2.6 Results and Discussion -- 2.7 Conclusion and Future Scope -- References -- 3 Maximum Cost cell Method for IBFS of Transportation Problems -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Mathematical Representation -- 3.3 Proposed Algorithm (PA) -- 3.4 Illustrative Example -- 3.5 Comparative Study -- 3.6 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Optimization Techniques and Applications to Solve Real-world Industrial Optimization Problems -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1 Background -- 4.2 Recent Works -- 4.2.1 Optimizing Maintenance Schedule -- 4.2.2 Search-based Software Testing (SBST) -- 4.2.3 Cost Optimization of Turning Process -- 4.3 Problem Statement -- 4.3.1 Research Questions -- 4.3.2 Research Objectives -- 4.4 Using Industrial data for Optimization Practices -- 4.4.1 Centralization and Collection of Data -- 4.4.2 Automation of Monitoring -- 4.4.3 Real-time Data Visualization -- 4.4.4 Predictive Analysis -- 4.5 Optimization Techniques and Applications to Solve Real-world Problems -- 4.5.1 Optimization Models -- 4.5.2 Optimization Methods -- 4.5.3 The Complex Nature of Production Optimization -- 4.5.4 Solving Optimization Problem with Machine Learning -- 4.5.5 Components of ML-based Production Optimization…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…5.2.6 Company Activity -- 5.2.7 Future Projections -- References -- Further reading -- 6 Nanotechnology for Health, Food, and Hygiene -- 6.1 In Vivo Nanoparticles -- 6.2 In Vivo Devices -- 6.3 In Vivo Nanostructured Materials -- 6.4 In Vitro Nanostructured Materials -- 6.5 Labs-on-Chips -- 6.6 Information Technology -- 6.7 Paramedicine -- 6.8 Food -- 6.8.1 Packaging -- 6.8.2 Sensors -- 6.8.3 Nano-Additives -- 6.8.4 Consumer Choice -- 6.9 Hygiene -- 6.10 Expected Market Size -- References -- Further Reading -- 7 Nanotechnology for Energy -- 7.1 Energy Harvesting -- 7.2 Production and Storage -- 7.2.1 Energy Production -- 7.2.2 Energy Storage -- Electrical Storage Devices -- Hydrogen Storage -- 7.3 Energy Ef ciency -- 7.3.1 Lighting -- 7.3.2 Computation -- 7.3.3 Electrical Cabling -- 7.4 Localized Manufacture -- References -- Further Reading -- 8 Information Technologies -- 8.1 Silicon Microelectronics -- 8.2 Flexible Electronics -- 8.3 Heat Management -- 8.4 Data Storage Technologies -- 8.5 Display Technologies -- 8.6 Molecule or Particle Sensing Technologies -- 8.7 The Internet of Things -- References -- Further Reading -- 9 Miscellaneous Applications -- 9.1 Aerospace and Automotive Industries -- 9.2 Agriculture -- 9.3 Architecture and Construction -- 9.4 Catalysis -- 9.5 Environment and Air Quality -- 9.6 Lubricants -- 9.7 Minerals and Metal Extraction -- 9.8 Paper -- 9.9 Security and Military -- 9.10 Textiles -- 9.11 Transport -- References -- Further Reading -- 10 The Design of Nanotechnology Products -- 10.1 The Challenge of Vasti cation -- 10.2 Enhancing Traditional Design Routes -- 10.3 Crowdsourcing -- 10.4 Materials Selection -- 10.5 Formulation -- 10.6 Quality Control -- 10.7 Biomimicry -- 10.8 Nanodevices Moving in Viscous Media -- References -- Further Reading -- Part 3 Organizing Nanotechnology Business…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…SHIM6 (Level 3 Multihoming Shim Protocol for IPv6) 150 -- 10.6.3. mCoA (Multiple Care-of-Addresses) in Mobile IPv6 151 -- 10.7. Transport-level multihoming 153 -- 10.7.1. SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) 153 -- 10.7.2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY -- OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT -- RECENT DIRECTIONS -- RESEARCH PLANNING -- LABORATORIES AND RESEARCH CENTERS -- RESEARCH GRANTS AND CENTERS -- OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES -- NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION -- NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE -- NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION -- DIRECTORATE FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES -- DIRECTORATE FOR GEOSCIENCES -- DIRECTORATE FOR SOCIAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES -- DIRECTORATE FOR ENGINEERING -- SOME IMPORTANT FEATURES OF NSF -- ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AT OTHER AGENCIES -- AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT -- SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION -- TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY -- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION -- COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY -- INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL TRENDS -- NATIONAL ACID PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT PROGRAM -- OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY -- ORGANIZATION OF FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL DATA AND INFORMATIONSYSTEMS -- GLOBAL-CHANGE DATA MANAGEMENT -- Department of Agriculture -- Department of Commerce -- Department of Defense -- Department of Energy -- Department of the Interior -- Environmental Protection Agency -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- National Science Foundation -- FEDERAL GEOGRAPHIC DATA COMMITTEE -- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY DATA ACTIVITIES -- Environmental Protection Agency -- U.S. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…UCCnet -- 1.1 The challenge -- 1.2 What is UCCnet -- 1.3 Some important terms -- 1.3.1 GLOBALregistry and Item Registry -- 1.3.2 Global Location Number (GLN) -- 1.3.3 Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) -- 1.3.4 Target Market (TM) -- 1.3.5 UCCnet Key -- 1.4 Current item exchange -- 1.5 UCCnet proposed scenario -- 1.6 UCCnet messages -- 1.6.1 RCIR: Register Catalogue Item Registry -- 1.6.2 CI: Catalogue Item Document -- 1.6.3 CIP: Catalogue Item Publication -- 1.6.4 CIN: Catalogue Item Notification -- 1.6.5 CIC: Catalogue Item Confirmation -- 1.6.6 Query messages -- 1.7 UCCnet message structure -- 1.7.1 Envelope: transport layer -- 1.7.2 Transaction: Command layer -- 1.8 End-to-End flow -- 1.9 Advantage of Item Synchronization -- Chapter 2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Staatliche Handlungspflichten -- a) Nachbesserung des Rechtsrahmens zum Schutz der natürlichen Lebensgrundlagen -- b) Nachbesserung des Rechtsrahmens zum Schutz der Tiere -- aa) Qualzuchtverbot und Änderung der Zuchtziele -- bb) Veränderung der Tierhaltung, des Transports und der Schlachtung -- c) Flankierende Maßnahmen -- d) Vereinbarkeit der Gesetzesänderung mit den Grundrechten der Tierhalter -- aa) Vereinbarkeit der Gesetzesänderung mit Art. 14 Abs. 1 GG -- bb) Vereinbarkeit der Gesetzesänderung mit Art. 12 Abs. 1 GG…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 8 - Innovations in Service Industry8.1 Introduction8.2 Service Trend 8.3 Healthcare8.4 Retail8.5 Hospitality8.6 Education8.7 Wellness8.8 Banking 8.9 Transportation8.10 Concluding Remarks8.11 References9. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…</P><P>Political factors </P><P>Economic factors </P><P>Social factors </P><P>Technological factors </P><P>Environmental factors </P><P>Legal factors </P><P>Diffusion of innovation (DoI) theory </P><P>Information Technology Diffusion Theory (ITDT) </P><P>Theoretical Application to the study </P><P>Conclusions and recommendations </P><P>References </P><P>CHAPTER SIX </P><P>Marketing Strategies and Performance of Second-hand Spare parts Dealerships: The role of Environmental Dynamism</P><P>Abstract</P><P>Introduction</P><P>Literature Review</P><P>Marketing Strategies</P><P>Influence of Marketing Strategies on Business Performance</P><P>Environmental dynamics as a moderator between marketing strategies and performance</P><P>Methodology</P><P>Research Design</P><P>Data collection</P><P>Measures</P><P>Analytical Techniques</P><P>Results</P><P>Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Respondents</P><P>Descriptive analysis</P><P>Correlation Analysis</P><P>Moderating Analysis</P><P>Regression Analysis</P><P>Conclusions and Implications</P><P>Future Research Directions</P><P>References</P><P>References</P><P>Appendix 1: Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Respondents </P><P>CHAPTER SEVEN </P><P>Female entrepreneurship in the tourism industry: A Ghanaian outlook</P><P>Abstract</P><P>Introduction</P><P>The Tourism Industry at a Glance: An African Perspective</P><P>Understanding the Composition of the Tourism Industry</P><P>The Tourism Industry in Ghana Explained</P><P>Women Entrepreneurship: A Holistic Perspective</P><P>Women Entrepreneurship in the Tourism Sector of Africa: An overview</P><P>The Role of Female Entrepreneurs in the Tourism Industry in Ghana</P><P>Methodology</P><P>Assessing Female Entrepreneurs in Transportation and Communication Sector</P><P>Female Entrepreneurs in Service and Facilities</P><P>Female Entrepreneurs in Attractions sub-Sector</P><P>Female Entrepreneurs in Information, Promotion, and Direction</P><P>Conclusions </P><P>Policy Implications</P><P>References </P><P>CHAPTER EIGHT</P><P>Gender perspectives of African SMEs: The role of formal and informal institutional contexts</P><P>Introduction </P><P>Women-owned SMEs and Africa's institutional context </P><P>Formal institutional context</P><P>Informal institutional context </P><P>The interconnectedness between women's SMEs, formal and informal institutional contexts in SSA</P><P>Summary and conclusions</P><P>References </P><P><B>CHAPTER NINE </B></P><P>Women's Access to Financial Capital and High-Growth Enterprises</P><P>Abstract </P><P>Introduction </P><P>Institution and Resource-based theories </P><P>Ease of Doing Business in Africa</P><P>Determinants of Productivity and Firm Growth</P><P>Growth and Level of Entrepreneurial Activity</P><P>Institution and Ease of Doing Business</P><P>Social Cultural barriers </P><P>Infrastructural Challenges </P><P>Access to Financial Capital and Women Entrepreneurship</P><P>Discussion, Conclusion and Implications</P><P>References </P><P><B>Chapter Ten </B></P><P>Policy and Managerial Implications for entrepreneurial Practice in Africa</P><P>Introduction </P><P>Conclusions on the role of Marketing on Entrepreneurial success of SMEs</P><P>Conclusions on internationalization of SMEs</P><P>A Discussion of gendered (women) perspectives in promoting entrepreneurship</P><P>References</P><P></P><P></P>…”