In today's society, innovation research which focuses on the social economy is especially important. The sustainability of social innovations is paramount in order to develop an environment where the society as a whole profits and social enterprises can excel and meet a range of community needs. This book brings together a collection of papers on social entrepreneurship that have been presented at the European Conference for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ECIE) and International Conference for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ICIE). The papers in this ...

The handling of numbers in arithmetic and the progression into the more abstract field of mathematics and statistics is generally approached poorly in our education system. The inadequacy is not necessarily in the teaching techniques or the books and other text used but rather in the attitude towards these subjects. These subjects are seen as something which has to be taught because it is part of a preordained curriculum rather than a set of tools which are available to help people live a fuller, more productive and more interesting life. It is so enlightening ...

This book represents the accumulation of many years of experience and also a decade of academic research. Aligning Strategy and Technology is the object of many organisations, but few have ever managed to achieve this with any noteworthy degree of success. Paul Griffiths has been involved in such organisations and has made a major contribution to both strategic thinking and the planning and implementation of these technological achievements. Paul has combined his experience and knowledge into a hybrid book which both discusses the theory of strategic ...

Examples of creative and innovative approaches to the development of young entrepreneurs are described in the case histories presented in this book. These case histories have been shortlisted as the finalists in the Innovative Youth Incubator Awards 2017 conducted by Academic Conferences and Publishing International. The authors of these examples have been invited to present their case histories at the 5th International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ICIE) held at the Multimedia Univeristy, Cyberjaya ...

ICT evaluation is a perennial issue and it is likely to remain so. There are a number of different reasons for this and one of the most important is that it is no trivial matter to establish the real costs and the benefits of effectively employing ICT in an organisation. Another reason why ICT evaluation is regarded with such importance is the ever growing size of the investment required to set up and deliver innovative information systems. It has long since been the case that the sum invested in ICT has outstripped the rest of the capital investment budget ...

Eight examples of the application of knowledge management and intellectual capital principles are described in the case histories presented in this book. These case histories have been chosen by a panel of international experts from 70 case histories submitted to a competition for the Knowledge Management and Intellectual Capital Excellence Awards conducted by Academic Conferences and Publishing International. The authors of these eight examples have been short listed and invited to present their case history at the 16th annual European Conference on Knowledge ...

Driven by good intentions and with a little help from an obscure Order of Monks in Italy, Professor Finn Kelly, Ireland’s leading mediaevalist finds a way of making easy money for his favourite charity in Dublin. This involves him “discovering” a long lost manuscript which is reputed to be an early Oscar Wilde play. Finn is surgical in his execution of this caper, but he needs his friend’s help who is not so meticulous. As Finn should have known, easy money always has consequences, and before long O’Connell College is shocked ...

These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 15th European Conference on Management Leadership and Governance (ECMLG 2019), hosted by Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto Accounting and Business School, Portugal on 14-15 November 2019. The Conference Chair is Prof. Anabela Mesquita and the Programme Chair is Prof. Paulino Silva, all from Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal. ECMLG is a well-established event on the academic research calendar and now, in its 15th year, the key aim remains the opportunity for participants to share ideas ...

These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the European Conference on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (ECIAIR 2019), hosted by EM-Normandie Business School on 31 October–1 November 2019. The Conference Chair is Paul Griffiths from EM-Normandie Business School and the Programme Chair is Mitt Nowshade Kabir, from Trouvus, Canada. The motivation to launch the European Conference on the Impact of AI and Robotics (ECIAIR) has come about as a result of the maturing of artificial intelligence and robotics, particularly of ...

The Innovation in the Teaching of Research Methods Excellence Awards is an established annual event. We continue to be encouraged by the interest which has been shown in these Excellence Awards, as we believe that the case histories recorded here are a valuable asset to those who are trying to improve their teaching of research methodology in the social sciences. Initially 18 submissions were received, and 12 contenders were invited to submit a full case history describing their initiative. These case histories were double-blind peer review and this publication ...