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Direct coal liquefaction, a synthetic liquid fuel process, is one of the major developmental alternatives for meeting the anticipated fuel demands for the twenty-first century. This work provides a retrospective assessment of past attempts in this...

A nation's culture and structure influence the type and degree of innovation achievable within its society. Routes exist for any nation, regardless of its structural or cultural elements, to achieve innovative success and economic development. Clear,...

Softwars: The Legal Battles for Control of the Global Software Industry explains why the future of the computer industry depends on the nature and extent of intellectual property protection for the software that controls computer hardware. The softwars...

The book begins with an introductory chapter that sets the parameters of the technology assessment process. Subsequent chapters explore the relationship between technology and science and examine the changes wrought by technological advances. The central...

Computer Power and Legal Language explores the central issues involved in the use of computers to conduct legal business. The contributors, all experts in their field, take as their starting point fundamental questions about the potential utility of...

Roger E. Walters has written a timely and helpful analysis of the recent boom in application software development, and he addresses the needs and concerns of executives responsible for obtaining and updating these systems. This nontechnical treatment...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956155641Author Gotts IanFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Smart Questions LimitedPublisher Smart Questions LimitedWeight(grams) 221gDimensions(mm)...

Competitive intelligence uses public sources to obtain valuable information on competition and competitors. By using competitive intelligence aggressively and intelligently, corporations can obtain information on potential acquisition targets, markets,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780975305201Author Jim StewartFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Equity PressPublisher Equity PressWeight(grams) 389gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 17mm

A common complaint heard in today's business office is, There is paper everywhere but I cannot find the document that I'm looking for! It is estimated that 90 percent of all data and information currently being processed and distributed within offices...

Today's MIS manager must understand and apply the latest thinking on the crucial management functions: planning, organizing, directing, and controlling. Moreover, not only must managers understand the research-based foundations underlying this thinking,...

Garment making has traditionally been a conservative industry in terms of technical innovation. Micro-Electronics and Clothing examines this old industry in relation to a very new family of technologies--micro-electronics. Hoffman and Rush explore the...

A unique how-to guide for managers with asset-protection responsibilities, this book offers the reader both a clear picture of security program needs and some practical suggestions for meeting these needs. In addition to providing detailed information on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780975305270Author Shaz KhanFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Equity PressPublisher Equity PressWeight(grams) 192gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 8mm

Effective use of microcomputers can greatly aid professional city planners and managers in the exacting duties they perform. Microcomputers are a low-cost, high-powered means of mechanizing both routine and sophisticated analytical operations. This text...

Here is a comprehensive guide to the incorporation of computer simulation in all levels of the planning function of an organization. Writing for managers of planning, planners, and programmers, the author enables readers to gain an overall understanding...

Electronic mail and message handling is a rapidly expanding field which incorporates both telecommunications and computer technologies. It combines the old technologies of telex, telegram, and analog facsimile with the new systems of Teletex, digital...

This guide will prove an indispensible tool for conceptualizing, developing and monitoring training methods in today's automated office. It provides a detailed discussion of the evolution of automated office systems and examines the various training...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780975305294Author Jim StewartFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Equity PressPublisher Equity PressWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 7mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988518018Author Paula L. SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint MindStir MediaPublisher MindStir MediaWeight(grams) 278gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313205217Author Charles H. DavisFormat HardbackPage Count 168Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780975305218Author Jim StewartFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Equity PressPublisher Equity PressWeight(grams) 167gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 7mm

Provides guidance for sales and marketing managers involved in market planning, and uses case studies to explain effective forecasting techniques. Also offers suggestions on how to select the proper equipment, and contains a glossary of statistical terms...

This work highlights the coming age of management information systems for all types of executives by focusing on executive information systems, or EIS. Serving as a data-intensive system, an EIS offers a snapshot of a company's past and present...

Local Area Networks (LANs) have a high potential for alleviating many of the problems associated with stand-alone microcomputers. Networking microcomputers to share information, software and hardware, as well as facilite electronic mail is not only...

This volume explains how advances in computer technology will augment communication in person-to-person, organizational, and educational settings. It describes the convergence of virtual reality and group decision support, and how these will serve...

This book explores the usefulness of looking at very small aspects of human behavior in order to understand computer-human interaction difficulties with hypertext. The focus is on both mechanical actions and talk as social action. While this approach has...

As the 21st century nears, networked computing is becoming the essence of computing itself. Alternative phrases abound--collaborative work, computer supported cooperative work, simultaneous/concurrent engineering, multimedia real-time interactive...

This book examines the management of high technology from the dual perspectives of the commercial markets and military national-interest missions. The author's thesis is that the successful management of technology has as much to do with the survival of...

Virtual reality-one of the most advanced and exciting technologies to emerge in recent decades-offers businesspeople a new way to grasp information and use it quickly and effectively. By literally experiencing information in an artificially created...

Since the breakup of AT&T in the early 1980s, many scholars and others have argued that telecommunications regulatory policy, especially at the state level, must change dramatically to fit new market conditions. To others, particularly state regulators,...

Information technology has provided numerous options to individuals, governments, and corporations around the world. These options demand that choices be made, and such choices often involve ethical decisions. Users must decide, for example, whether...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780893918286Author C. P. RavikumarFormat HardbackPage Count 202Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

The encouragement of the birth and growth of high technology small firms is a major goal of both national and regional government planning agencies. However, while there is broad agreement on the increasing value of this type of small firm to future...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780893918842Author Bruce M McMillinFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

This book provides a broad-based approach to decision support systems (DSS) and their applications to finance and accounting. Heymann and Bloom go beyond mere description of DSS applications for particular system configurations to provide a...

Wood and Zurcher suggest that the social self--its experience and organization--reflects the great transformation of society from industrial to postindustrial. . . . Wood and Zurcher have contributed to our social psychological understanding of...

Expert systems--problem-solving computer programs that contain the encoded knowledge of experts in a specific application area such as financial planning--represent a crucial turning point in how the typical organization utilizes its computer environment...

In the information highway age Just-In-Time Systems--JITS--are becoming increasingly visible: customers want to purchase rather than develop customized computing systems and they want these systems now. JITS will allow for developing systems at the right...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780646836539Author Rachel DunnFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Girl DirectorPublisher Girl DirectorWeight(grams) 127g