1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996465411103316

Titolo

Advances in Computer Entertainment [[electronic resource] ] : 10th International Conference, ACE 2013, Boekelo, The Netherlands, November 12-15, 2013. Proceedings / / edited by Dennis Reidsma, Katayose Haruhiro, Anton Nijholt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

3-319-03161-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXVI, 668 p. 284 illus.)

Collana

Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI ; ; 8253

Disciplina

005.7

Soggetti

Application software

User interfaces (Computer systems)

Optical data processing

Algorithms

Computer communication systems

Artificial intelligence

Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet)

User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction

Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics

Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity

Computer Communication Networks

Artificial Intelligence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

New devices -- Evaluation and user studies -- Games as interface to serious applications -- Creating immersion -- Interfaces -- New experiences -- Procedural approaches and AI -- Theory.

Sommario/riassunto

This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment, ACE 2013, held in Boekelo, The Netherlands, in November 2013. The 19 full paper and 16 short papers presented together 42 extended abstracts



were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 133 submissions in all categories. The papers cover topics across a wide spectrum of disciplines including new devices; evaluation and user studies; games as interface to serious applications; creating immersion; interfaces; new experiences; procedural approaches and AI; and theory. Focusing on all areas related to interactive entertainment they aim at stimulating discussion in the development of new and compelling entertainment computing and interactive art concepts and applications.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910438065703321

Autore

Kammerlander Nadine

Titolo

Organizational adaptation to discontinuous technological change : the effects of family influence and organizational identity / / Nadine Kammerlander, foreword by Bjorn Ivens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer, 2013

ISBN

3-658-01315-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 p.)

Collana

Familienunternehmen und KMU

Disciplina

658.4062

658.5/14

658.514

Soggetti

Family-owned business enterprises

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Discontinuous technological change -- Family Businesses and family influence -- Conceptual framework of family influence and adoption of discontinuous technological change -- Empirical evidence.

Sommario/riassunto

Adaptation to discontinuous technological change constitutes a major, yet vincible challenge for established companies. Nadine Kammerlander reveals crucial differences between the challenges that family-owned and managed firms face as compared to non-family firms. Series of case studies in the German retailing and book publishing industries illustrate those differences. Empirical evidence further shows how organizational identity affects whether and in what way firms adapt to radical shifts in their environment.    Der Inhalt ·         Discontinuous



Technological Change ·         Familiy Businesses and Familiy Influence ·         Empirical Evidence on how Family Influence and on how Organizational Identity Affects Organization Adaptation to Discontinuous Technological Change    Die Zielgruppen ·        Researchers and students in the fields of management, entrepreneurship, strategy and family businesses ·         Owners and managers of family businesses as well as consultants of family firms     Die AutorIn Dr. Nadine Kammerlander wrote der dissertation under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Björn Ivens at the Chair of Marketing at the University of Bamberg. She works as a post-doc researcher at the Center for Family Business, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.    About the Editors The series Familienunternehmen und KMU is edited by Prof. Dr. Andreas Hack, Prof. Dr. Andrea Calabrò, Prof. Dr. Hermann Frank, Prof. Dr. Franz W. Kellermanns Ph.D. and Prof. Dr. Thomas Zellweger.