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The Blockchain Journey

A Guide to Practical Business Applications “The SDA Bocconi DEVO Lab has done a fantastic and comprehensive book, a holistic and powerful framework of analysis.” Rafael Cayuela, The Dow Chemical Company. “What Blockchain is and how you can exploit it, are the main and most important questions you will find answered in this precious book.“ Fabio Malosio, IBM Italia. “DEVO Lab has produced ...

Start-up Entrepreneurship

The SMART way Most entrepreneurs do not succeed in their attempt to create a sustainable business from their venture idea. There are several reasons for the very high failure rates in start-up and social entrepreneurship, but most can be traced back to a lack of understanding of how a start-up should be managed in its different phases, from the identification of the opportunity to the management ...

CEO Branding in the Global Reputation Economy

The predominant ethical focus of business as perceived by citizens and consumers, along with the leadership demands placed on companies and brands by Generation Z and Light Millennials, serve as the foundation for the book. Companies that are able to combine influence, credibility, and charisma into a global and local “human touch” will win the challenge.For this reason, CEOs must know how to ...

Qatar the Land of Sports and Events

Human Capital Strategy for Socio-Economic Impacts

Over the last two decades, Qatar has decided to invest in three key assets for its sustainable socio-economic development: sports, events and education. Through Josoor Institute, the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ has activated a number of initiatives for people development. As well as organizing a number of major international events, Qatar was entrusted ...

Delivering the Dream

Cultural Relevance, Product Desirability, Customer Engagement: Strategies and Execution for Fashion and Luxury

The book examines how fashion and luxury brands build cultural relevance, product desirability, and lasting customer engagement in a fast-changing global landscape. Through a strategic and practice-driven lens, the book unpacks the pillars of brand value, the planning behind effective communication, and the tools that shape the modern media ecosystem. It explores storytelling across channels, the ...

Essentials of Strategy

Essentials of Strategy provides basic guidelines and concepts that students should handle in order to develop a sound background in business and corporate strategy. The book draws on industrial organization, management, and sociology research, taking an approach that accounts for the most recent trends in Strategy studies. Pages: 78 Trade Paper: ISBN 9788885486058; $19.95 Pdf: ...

In Data Time and Tide

A Surprising Philosophical Guide to Our Programmable Future A fresh philosophical journey through our programmable world. A visionary map exploring risky and wild territories: the hidden life of software and coding, the emergence of a new data sensorium, the algorithmic power of alien intelligences, the tech shift from archives to prediction machines, the planetary platforms becoming stacks and chains. ...

The Evolution of Fintech

Analysis of Valuation Metrics and Market Dynamics

The Fintech sector is one of the most dynamic and innovative areas within the global financial industry. In recent years, the integration of advanced technologies, unconventional business models, and emerging competitive dynamics has profoundly reshaped the financial landscape, creating unprecedented opportunities and challenges.This book is positioned within a constantly evolving context, aiming ...

The New Social Game

Sharing Economy and Digital Revolution: Into the Change of Consumers Habits The aim of this book is to understand whether the new social game creates wealth for its participants. For this reason, the authors look at the theoretical implications of the increasing overlap between dialogue and sale, market and society, or, more simply, money and gift. By focusing on the convergence taking place between ...

Probability

A Brief Introduction Today probability turns out to be one of the most pervasive mathematical topics. It actually affects a number of quite different fields, proving particularly relevant to courses ranging from Statistics to Economics, from Finance to Management Science. Recently it has even found significant applications in some sectors of Law. This book contains a short presentation of the most ...