“…Using examples from leading companies worldwide, they explain why every decision a company makes either creates value or detracts from it, and why, if they hope to survive and thrive in today's increasingly competitive global marketplace, company leaders must make value-creation the centrepiece of every business decision. …”
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“…Leer a Fanon, medio siglo después es una invitación a conocer la obra de Frantz Fanon, un pensador del Caribe y de África, de los pueblos del Sur global, que vivió con toda intensidad el proceso de descolonización del Tercer Mundo y creó herramientas que permiten descubrirla realidad velada por siglos de colonización y dominación moderna occidental, en particular por la existencia dada a conocer como "negritud", que es el ser otro de la "civilización moderna" o su anverso, sumergido y silenciado. …”

“…Roberta Gilchrist critically evaluates the concept of sacred heritage. Drawing on global perspectives from heritage studies, archaeology, museology, anthropology and architectural history, she examines the multiple values of medieval Christian heritage. …”

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“…This book discusses the conditions that influence how SDGs are implemented and prioritised, and provides a systematic, multidisciplinary global assessment of interlinkages among the SDGs and their targets, increasing understanding of potential synergies and unavoidable trade-offs between goals. …”

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“…With urbanization as a global phenomenon, there is a need for data and information about these terrains. …”

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“…Human trafficking has become a global concern over the last twenty years, but its violence has terrorized and traumatized its victims and survivors for millennia. …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Executive summary -- OECD-Lithuania collaboration on the OECD Skills Strategy project -- Key findings and opportunities for improving Lithuania's skills performance -- Priority 1: Equipping young people in Lithuania with skills for work and life (Chapter 2) -- Priority 2: Raising adults' and enterprises' participation in learning in Lithuania (Chapter 3) -- Priority 3: Using people's skills more effectively in Lithuania's workplaces (Chapter 4) Priority 4: Strengthening the governance of skills policies in Lithuania (Chapter 5) -- 1 Key insights and recommendations for Lithuania -- Skills matter for Lithuania -- Skills are essential for Lithuania's response to global megatrends -- The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted progress and may exacerbate systemic challenges -- Skills should be at the core of Lithuania's policy response -- The OECD Skills Strategy project in Lithuania -- The performance of Lithuania's skills system -- Developing relevant skills Participation rates are high at all levels of formal education, yet inequalities remain -- Young people lack high levels of skills -- Adults lack strong foundational skills, and few participate in education and training -- Using skills effectively -- A relatively high share of adults is active in the labour market -- Skills imbalances in the labour market are relatively high -- People's skills are not used to their potential in work or society -- Strengthening the governance of skills systems -- The policy context in Lithuania -- A range of Lithuanian policies recognise the importance of skills Lithuania has a unique opportunity to implement a strategic approach to skills -- Priority areas and recommendations -- Priority 1: Equipping young people in Lithuania with skills for work and life (Chapter 2) -- Opportunity 1: Successfully implementing and complementing modern curricula -- Opportunity 2: Strengthening Lithuania's teaching workforce -- Opportunity 3: Making vocational and higher education more responsive to labour market needs -- Priority 1: Summary of policy recommendations -- Priority 2: Raising adults' and enterprises' participation in learning in Lithuania (Chapter 3) Opportunity 1: Raising awareness about adult learning benefits and opportunities -- Opportunity 2: Removing barriers to participation in adult learning -- Opportunity 3: Strengthening the recognition and quality of non-formal adult education and training -- Priority 2: Summary of policy recommendations -- Priority 3: Using people's skills more effectively in Lithuania's workplaces (Chapter 4) -- Opportunity 1: Enhancing the use of skills by supporting businesses to adopt HPWP -- Opportunity 2: Strengthening management and leadership skills to drive the transformation of workplaces…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Executive summary -- OECD-Lithuania collaboration on the OECD Skills Strategy project -- Key findings and opportunities for improving Lithuania's skills performance -- Priority 1: Equipping young people in Lithuania with skills for work and life (Chapter 2) -- Priority 2: Raising adults' and enterprises' participation in learning in Lithuania (Chapter 3) -- Priority 3: Using people's skills more effectively in Lithuania's workplaces (Chapter 4) Priority 4: Strengthening the governance of skills policies in Lithuania (Chapter 5) -- 1 Key insights and recommendations for Lithuania -- Skills matter for Lithuania -- Skills are essential for Lithuania's response to global megatrends -- The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted progress and may exacerbate systemic challenges -- Skills should be at the core of Lithuania's policy response -- The OECD Skills Strategy project in Lithuania -- The performance of Lithuania's skills system -- Developing relevant skills Participation rates are high at all levels of formal education, yet inequalities remain -- Young people lack high levels of skills -- Adults lack strong foundational skills, and few participate in education and training -- Using skills effectively -- A relatively high share of adults is active in the labour market -- Skills imbalances in the labour market are relatively high -- People's skills are not used to their potential in work or society -- Strengthening the governance of skills systems -- The policy context in Lithuania -- A range of Lithuanian policies recognise the importance of skills Lithuania has a unique opportunity to implement a strategic approach to skills -- Priority areas and recommendations -- Priority 1: Equipping young people in Lithuania with skills for work and life (Chapter 2) -- Opportunity 1: Successfully implementing and complementing modern curricula -- Opportunity 2: Strengthening Lithuania's teaching workforce -- Opportunity 3: Making vocational and higher education more responsive to labour market needs -- Priority 1: Summary of policy recommendations -- Priority 2: Raising adults' and enterprises' participation in learning in Lithuania (Chapter 3) Opportunity 1: Raising awareness about adult learning benefits and opportunities -- Opportunity 2: Removing barriers to participation in adult learning -- Opportunity 3: Strengthening the recognition and quality of non-formal adult education and training -- Priority 2: Summary of policy recommendations -- Priority 3: Using people's skills more effectively in Lithuania's workplaces (Chapter 4) -- Opportunity 1: Enhancing the use of skills by supporting businesses to adopt HPWP -- Opportunity 2: Strengthening management and leadership skills to drive the transformation of workplaces --…”

“…This book provides an overview of the Internet of Things (IoT) - covering new ideas, concepts, research and innovation to enable the development of IoT technologies in a global context. The work is intended as a standalone book in a series covering the activities of the Internet of Things European Research Cluster (IERC) - including research, technological innovation, validation, and deployment.The book chapters build on the developments and innovative ideas put forward by the IERC, the IoT European Large-Scale Pilots Programme and the IoT European Security and Privacy Projects - presenting new concepts, ideas and future IoT trends and ways of integrating open data frameworks and IoT marketplaces into larger deployment ecosystems.The IoT and Industrial Internet of Things technologies are moving towards hyperautomated solutions - combining hyperconnectivity, artificial intelligence (AI), distributed ledger technologies and virtual/augmented extended reality, with edge computing and deep edge processing becoming an assertive factor across industries for implementing intelligent distributed computing resources and data to keep the efficient data exchange and processing local to reduce latency, exploit the sensing/actuating capabilities and enable greater autonomy.Expanding the adoption of consumer, business, industrial and tactile IoT requires further development of hyperautomated IoT concepts for collaborative solutions involving machines and humans to expand augmented creativity at the application level using AI to optimise the industrial processes and progress towards a symbiotic economy based on distributed federated cloud/edge infrastructure allowing resource sharing in the form of computing, memory and analytics capabilities.The advances of autonomous IoT applications delivering services in real-time encompasses development in servitisation, robotisation, automation and hyperconnectivity, which are essential for the rapid evolution of industrial enterprises in the new digital era. …”

“…Businesses and industries in different countries became increasingly more linked and interdependent in networks with respect to materials, business operations and particularly product development to match the wants and needs of the global market environment to high speed product development. …”

“…A second set of charts shows how countries' financial account structure evolved in the decade prior to the global financial crisis, highlighting substantial increases in financial vulnerability in countries that were subsequently strongly affected by the crisis. …”

“…These include contributing to the global mitigation effort and adaptation needed to prevent dangerous climate change, while providing enough food for a population of 9 billion by 2050 as well as shelter and livelihoods for rural populations and various ecosystem services. …”