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Record Nr.

UNINA9910413446003321

Titolo

Culture and Computing : 8th International Conference, C&C 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings / / edited by Matthias Rauterberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-50267-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XX, 462 p. 203 illus., 164 illus. in color.)

Collana

Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI, , 2946-1642 ; ; 12215

Disciplina

302.2

306.0285

Soggetti

User interfaces (Computer systems)

Human-computer interaction

Computer engineering

Computer networks

Application software

Image processing - Digital techniques

Computer vision

User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction

Computer Engineering and Networks

Computer and Information Systems Applications

Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

HCI and Ethics in Cultural Contexts -- Mood Boards as a Tool for Studying Emotions as Building Blocks of the Collective Unconscious -- Research on Consumers' Decision-making Factors of Cultural and Creative Products of the Palace Museum under the Background of New Media -- Computer Science Intersects Humanities: Visualization Projects for Liberal Arts Undergraduate Students through an Interdisciplinary Approach Using Software Development Skills and Japanese Cultural Knowledge -- Research on the Design and Method of



Innovation System of Cultural and Creative Industries Based on Social Development -- How AI Systems Challenge the Conditions of Moral Agency? -- Deep Fake and Cultural Truth - Custodians of Cultural Heritage in the Age of a Digital Reproduction -- Experiencing the Conditions of Trust: A Practice-Based Exploration of Trust Formation through an Artificial Society Environment -- Cognitive Mimetics for AI Ethics: Tacit Knowledge, Action Ontologies and Problem Restructuring -- Good Life Ecosystems – Ethics and Responsibility in the Silver Market -- Hume’s Guillotine Resolved -- Influences on Livestreaming Usage in China: Contents, Motivations, and Engagements -- Interactive and Immersive Cultural Heritage -- Archiving the Memory of the Holocaust -- Open City Museum: Unveiling the Cultural Heritage of Athens through an -Augmented Reality Based- Time Leap -- Research on Cultural Tourism Experience Design Based on Augmented Reality -- User Experience of Interaction Design in Local Cultural Heritage Museum based on Digital Information Services and Navigation Support -- Mixed Reality and Volumetric Video in Cultural Heritage: Expert Opinions on Augmented and Virtual Reality -- The Effects of Interactive Digital Exhibits (IDEs) on Children’s Experience in Science Museums -- Redefining Visual Storytelling for Adaptation of Classic Literature in Immersive Environments: Hölderlin's Echo VR -- Increasing the Museum Visitor's Engagement through Compelling Storytelling basedon Interactive Explorations -- Semantics-driven Conversational Interfaces for Museum Chatbots -- 3D Virtual Reconstruction and Sound Simulation of an Ancient Roman Brass Musical Instrument -- ‘Talking’ Triples to Museum Chatbots -- Acoustic Experiences for Cultural Heritage Sites: A Pilot Experiment on Spontaneous Visitors' Interest -- A Robot in the Library -- Preservation of Local Cultures -- Preservation and Promotion of Opera Cultural Heritage: The Experience of La Scala Theatre -- How to Utilize the HuValue Tool for Daily Life Product Design -- A Study on Symbolic Aesthetics of China's Splashed Ink Freehand Landscape Painting -- Study on the Development of Ruichang Bamboo Weaving Patterns based on Computer Graphics and Machine Learning -- Prakempa: The Colour Music of the Balinese Calendar -- Virtual Cinematic Heritage for the Lost Singaporean Film Pontianak (1957) -- Interactive Rakuchu Rakugai-zu (Views in and around Kyoto) -- Research on the Regenerated Design of Blue Calico based onComputer Image Processing -- Wechat Redesign for Foreigners Living in China from Culturally Adaptive Design Perspective -- A Methodological Reflection: Deconstructing Cultural Elements for Enhancing Cross-cultural Appreciation of Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage. .

Sommario/riassunto

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Culture and Computing, C&C 2020, held as part of the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2020, in July 2020. The conference was planned to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, but had to change to a virtual conference mode due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From a total of 6326 submissions, a total of 1439 papers and 238 posters has been accepted for publication in the HCII 2020 proceedings. The 34 papers presented in this volume were organized in topical sections as follows: HCI and ethics in cultural contexts; interactive and immersive cultural heritage; and preservation of local cultures.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910150227603321

Autore

Griffin Ricky W

Titolo

International Business

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : Pearson Education Limited, 2012

ISBN

0-273-76588-4

Edizione

[7th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (599 pages)

Soggetti

Management

Business & Economics

Management Styles & Communication

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- PART 1 The World's Marketplaces -- Chapter 1 An Overview of International Business -- The Business of the Olympics -- What Is International Business? -- Why Study International Business? -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: A Rose by Any Other Name ... -- International Business Activities -- Exporting and Importing -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: The Early Era of International Business -- International Investments -- Other Forms of International Business Activity -- The Era of Globalization -- The Contemporary Causes of Globalization -- Strategic Imperatives -- The Environmental Causes of Globalization -- VENTURING ABROAD: Abu Dhabi and British Football -- Globalization and Emerging Markets -- An Overview of the Contents of This Book -- Chapter Review -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Building Global Skills -- CLOSING CASE: Demography Is Destiny -- Endnotes -- Chapter 2 Global Marketplaces and Business Centers -- Trade Is Blosssoming -- The Marketplaces of North America -- The United States -- Canada -- EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES: Classifying Countries by Income Levels -- Mexico -- Central America and the Caribbean -- The Marketplaces of Western Europe -- The Marketplaces of Eastern Europe and Central Asia -- The Marketplaces of Asia -- Japan -- Australia and New Zealand -- The Four Tigers -- China -- India -- Southeast Asian Countries -- The Marketplaces of



Africa and the Middle East -- Africa -- Middle East -- The Marketplaces of South America -- VENTURING ABROAD: The New Player in Global Capital Markets: Sovereign Wealth Funds -- VENTURING ABROAD: Connecting Global Marketplaces: DHL Express -- Chapter Review -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Building Global Skills -- CLOSING CASE: China's Quest for Natural Resources -- Endnotes.

Chapter 3 Legal, Technological, Accounting, and Political Environments -- Harry Potter Goes to China -- The Legal Environment -- Differences in Legal Systems -- E-WORLD: Law and the Internet -- Domestically Oriented Laws -- Laws Directly Affecting International Business Transactions -- Laws Directed Against Foreign Firms -- The Impacts of MNCs on Host Countries -- Dispute Resolution in International Business -- The Technological Environment -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: The Real Problem with Counterfeiting -- The Accounting Environment -- The Roots of National Differences -- Differences in Accounting Practices -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act -- Impact on Capital Markets -- The Political Environment -- Political Risk -- EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES: Piracy on the High Seas -- Chapter Review -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Building Global Skills -- CLOSING CASE: Risky Business in Venezuela -- Endnotes -- Chapter 4 The Role of Culture -- Bollywood Abroad -- Characteristics of Culture -- E-WORLD: The Internet, National Competitiveness, and Culture -- Elements of Culture -- Social Structure -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: The Impact of Japanese Culture on Business -- Language -- Communication -- Religion -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: Islamic Finance -- Values and Attitudes -- Seeing the Forest, Not the Trees -- Hall's Low-Context-High-Context Approach -- The Cultural Cluster Approach -- Hofstede's Five Dimensions -- Social Orientation -- Power Orientation -- Uncertainty Orientation -- Goal Orientation -- Time Orientation -- International Management and Cultural Differences -- Understanding New Cultures -- Chapter Review -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Building Global Skills -- CLOSING CASE: Quacking Up a Storm of Business -- Endnotes -- Chapter 5 Ethics and Social Responsibility in International Business.

BP: Safety First or Profits First? -- The Nature of Ethics and Social Responsibility in International Business -- Ethics in Cross-Cultural and International Contexts -- How an Organization Treats Its Employees -- How Employees Treat the Organization -- How Employees and the Organization Treat Other Economic Agents -- Managing Ethical Behavior Across Borders -- Guidelines and Codes of Ethics -- Ethics Training -- Organizational Practices and the Corporate Culture -- Social Responsibility in Cross-Cultural and International Contexts -- VENTURING ABROAD: Siemen Pays-and Pays and Pays -- Areas of Social Responsibility -- Organizational Stakeholders -- The Natural Environment -- General Social Welfare -- Managing Social Responsibility Across Borders -- Approaches to Social Responsibility -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: Should Firms Practice Corporate Social Responsibility? -- Managing Compliance -- Informal Dimensions of Social Responsibility -- Evaluating Social Responsibility -- Difficulties of Managing CSR Across Borders -- The Anglo-Saxon Approach -- The Asian Approach -- The Continental European Approach -- Regulating International Ethics and Social Responsibility -- EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES: Conflict Diamonds -- Chapter Review -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Building Global Skills -- CLOSING CASE: A Pipeline of Good Intentions -- PART 1: CLOSING CASES: KFC in China -- Endnotes -- PART 2 The International Environment -- Chapter 6 International Trade and Investment -- The



Mittelstand Lead the Way -- International Trade and the World Economy -- Classical Country-Based Trade Theories -- Mercantilism -- Absolute Advantage -- Comparative Advantage -- Comparative Advantage with Money -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: The Lincoln Fallacy -- Relative Factor Endowments -- Modern Firm-Based Trade Theories -- Product Life Cycle Theory.

Country Similarity Theory -- New Trade Theory -- Porter's Theory of National Competitive Advantage -- EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES: Multimedia and Oil Clusters -- An Overview of International Investment -- Types of International Investments -- The Growth of Foreign Direct Investment -- Foreign Direct Investment and the United States -- International Investment Theories -- Ownership Advantages -- Internalization Theory -- Dunning's Eclectic Theory -- Factors Influencing Foreign Direct Investment -- Supply Factors -- Demand Factors -- Political Factors -- VENTURING ABROAD: How Important Is the Rule of Law? -- Chapter Review -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Building Global Skills -- CLOSING CASE: Twenty-First Century Pirates -- Endnotes -- Chapter 7 The International Monetary System and the Balance of Payments -- Will the Stars Shine on Astra Again? -- History of the International Monetary System -- The Gold Standard -- The Collapse of the Gold Standard -- The Bretton Woods Era -- The End of the Bretton Woods System -- Performance of the International Monetary System Since 1971 -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: Fixed versus Flexible Exchange Rates -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: Should Bretton Woods be Restored? -- The Balance of Payments Accounting System -- The Major Components of the Balance of Payments Accounting System -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: Ben Franklin,World Traveler -- The U.S. Balance of Payments in 2010 -- Defining Balance of Payments Surpluses and Deficits -- Chapter Review -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Building Global Skills -- CLOSING CASE: Recent U.S. BOP Performance: Is the Sky Falling? -- Endnotes -- Chapter 8 Foreign Exchange and International Financial Markets -- The Loonie Takes Flight -- The Economics of Foreign Exchange -- The Structure of the Foreign-Exchange Market.

BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: A Brief Hint -- The Role Of Banks -- E-WORLD: The Biggest Online Market -- Spot and Forward Markets -- Arbitrage and the Currency Market -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: The Big Mac Index -- The International Capital Market -- VENTURING ABROAD: The Carry Trade -- Major International Banks -- The Eurocurrency Market -- The International Bond Market -- Global Equity Markets -- Offshore Financial Centers -- Chapter Review -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Building Global Skills -- CLOSING CASE: Subprime Meltdown, Global Recession -- Endnotes -- Chapter 9 Formulation of National Trade Policies -- Jumbo Battle over Jumbo Jets -- Rationales for Trade Intervention -- Industry-Level Arguments -- National Trade Policies -- Barriers to International Trade -- Tariffs -- VENTURING ABROAD: Emirates Airline Expansion Endeavor: The Case of the Canadian Market -- Nontariff Barriers -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: The Fight over Rare Earths -- Promotion of International Trade -- Subsidies -- Foreign Trade Zones -- EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES: Cotton Subsidies and World Poverty -- Export Financing Programs -- Controlling Unfair Trade Practices -- Countervailing Duties -- Antidumping Regulations -- Should Countries Enforce Their Unfair Trade Practice Laws? -- Safeguards -- Chapter Review -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Building Global Skills -- CLOSING CASE: Green Energy and Free Trade -- Endnotes -- Chapter 10 International Cooperation Among Nations -- Trade and



Prosperity: The Case of Mexico -- The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the World Trade Organization -- The Role of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: Most Nations Are Favored -- The World Trade Organization -- Regional Economic Integration -- Forms of Economic Integration.

The Impact of Economic Integration on Firms.

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