Abstract This chapter examines the performance of the Indian pharmaceutical industry and pharmaceutical industries of leading countries namely the United States, China, Germany, Japan, Ireland, Switzerland, France, Italy, Belgium, United Kingdom, Spain, Brazil, Canada, South Korea and the...

The increased adoption of digital technology is reshaping the tourist industry’s regular tasks and operational strategies which are always changing. The research emphasizes the basic technology skills required for trained individuals to succeed in the rapidly expanding sector of smart tourism....

Liberalized electricity markets require unbundling transmission from generation. For least system cost, generation needs to locate to minimize generation and transmission investment and operation cost. Britain offers a good example of the challenges of and responses to setting transmission...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has revolutionised the service landscape, from virtual assistants and chatbots to algorithm-based recommendations and autonomous systems. While businesses are drawn to AI for its benefits of hyper-personalisation, enhanced efficiency, and cost reduction, these...

The Rialto Center for the Arts is a self-contained performing arts center within the organizational context of Georgia State University, a major public university located in Atlanta, Georgia. In the 2020-21 COVID-19 pandemic, it was forced to close its doors, resulting in major loss of earned...

Abstract In his classic World Risk Society (1999) Ulrich Beck emphasised modernisation entails a relentless wave of human-made disasters—toxic spills, industrial accidents, transportation stoppages, and power outages, for example. Simultaneously these modern ‘risk societies’ must also...

Savings groups in Kenya work on the principle of collectives and joint liability. These groups have played an important role in the financial inclusion of the poor. In case of the savings groups in Kenya, the financial intermediation by the local non-government organizations (NGO) has played an...