This timely book presents a remarkable collection of chapters that provides readers with a coherent framework for understanding the factors driving industry competitiveness in contemporary conditions of economic digitalization and the ongoing transition to industry 4.0. Presenting contributions...

"This book provides a comprehensive discussion of the economics of International Trade. Key questions related to why countries trade, how they gain from trade, and how international trade can produce winners and losers are answered. The last of these questions is related to the connection of...

Introduction -- A basic model of bond markets -- No arbitrage condition and the term structure, its estimation and smoothing -- Duration and immunization -- Portfolio choice under uncertainty : the mean-variance framework -- The feasible set : a general formulation -- The capital asset pricing...

Organizational and Environmental Framework of Smart Cities, Universities and Buildings -- Smart Cities: a response to wicked problems -- Big Data: an introduction to data-driven decision making -- Best practices and strategies in sustainability and smart mobility: student engagement in Italian...

Digital transformation and human behavior: an introduction -- Part 1: Digital skills and new forms of learning -- The evolution of (digital) learning models and methods: What will organizations and their employees adopt in 2025? -- Bedazzled by technology -- Socio-technical Interplay in a...

Exploring Innovation in a Digital World: an Introduction -- Digital Trends -- AI-powered curricula selection: a neural network approach suited for small and medium companies -- Adoption of Smart Speakers for Voice Shopping -- To err is (only) human. Reflections on how to move from accuracy to...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the current quality waqf reporting practices by waqf institutions in Malaysia. Five factors that influence quality waqf reporting practices namely relevance, faithful representation, understandability, comparability and timeliness were studied. Twenty...