Durch eine Kombination beider Methoden, der IT-Strategiemethode und dem IT-Reifegradmodell, entsteht ein Erfolgsmodell für die IT-Strategieumsetzung, das so mit keiner uns bekannten Methode vergleichbar ist. Dadurch dass erst die Erwartungen und …

Der Aufbau der folgenden Kapitel richtet sich nach dem Vorgehensmodell, dass von den beiden Autoren entwickelt wurde. Es ist angelehnt an den effektiven Strategieprozess nach Kaplan/Norton [2], adaptiert auf die Erfahrung der Autoren im …

Environmental pollution caused by heavy metals is currently a serious global problem. These deleterious heavy metal pollutants quickly build up in the environment causing a critical concern for agricultural production and food safety. An efficient …

Since the 1990s, the Italian migration and border management strategy has revolved around two main poles: (a) the attempt to prevent, deter and contain migration in collaboration with neighboring countries; (b) the routinized management (and …

The Wheat blast (WB) causing fungus Magnaporthe oryzae pathotype Triticum (MoT) is still a major challenge to researchers, despite its discovery in the 1980s in Brazil. The disease single-handedly compromised the food security of Latin American …

The new virus, COVID-19, spread quickly throughout Wuhan, China, other regions of China, and adjacent countries after the first case of unknown origin surfaced at Jinyintan Hospital in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. We developed epidemiological …

Noise is Better for Human Brain Than Ordered Signal: The fascinating connection between human consciousness and noise highlights the essential role of noise in shaping our thoughts, perceptions, and emotions. Here, we explore the downside of not …

Over the past three decades, the city of Medellin has sustained dramatic transformations, transitioning from being one of the most violent cities in the 1990s to emerging as one of Colombia's most resilient, innovative, and greenest urban centers.

Companies, as well as individuals, believe that they should be in competition with others around them and rarely consider cooperation. We constantly feel that we have to outdo the other player and that the credit is ours. When a company develops …

In Italy, the beekeeping sector is extremely diversified and heterogeneous due to the production conditions, the seasonal production yield influenced by the weather, and the small economic dimension of the operators. The aim of the study is to …

Throughout the past decades, water resource allocation literature has increasingly addressed equity and justice. Despite this, there is a divergence between what different actors in all arenas mean by 'justice and equity'. Meanwhile, the extent to …

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has mentioned that coastal areas would be the worst sufferers of climate change-induced variabilities and extremes, severely affecting the farming community, particularly in developing …

Rational multiparty computation (rational MPC) provides a framework for analyzing MPC protocols through the lens of game theory. One way to judge whether an MPC protocol is rational is through weak domination: Rational players would not adhere to …

This chapter presents a system description of building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) and its application, design, and policy and strategies. The purpose of this study is to review the deployment of photovoltaic systems in sustainable buildings.

Industrial effluent is related to liquid waste generated by industries that may be emitted into the municipal drainage or sewer system. The effluents composition is extremely variable and heavily influenced by the various industries from which …

The potential toxicity of environmental mercury in various environmental spheres is well documented. The environment faces the problem of bioaccumulated mercury as a result of anthropogenic activity. Numerous removal/remediation methods, including …

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This explorative, qualitative study aims at investigating natural snow reliability and assessing the profitability of climate adaptive technological practices across Italian Appennines’ operating ski resorts in different potential climatic …

This study explores Life Cycle Costing (LCC) in the building industry, addressing its limited adoption and ways to enhance implementation. A critical literature review outlines LCC concepts, calculation methods, and barriers. Interviews and case …