Finance is more than just numbers—it’s the lens through which businesses assess risks, seize opportunities, and drive sustainable growth. Beyond Numbers is a compelling guide for finance and business leaders who want to enhance their impact, moving beyond spreadsheets to shape strategy, decisionmaking, and influence value creation.Packed with rich, untold stories of realworld challenges, this book brings to life the essence of true business partnering. While many books talk about i...

This book comprises chapters on key problems in machine learning and signal processing arenas. The contents of the book are a result of a 2014 Workshop on Machine Intelligence and Signal Processing held at the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology. Traditionally, signal processing and machine learning were considered to be separate areas of research. However in recent times the two communities are getting closer. In a very abstract fashion, signal processing is the study of oper...

Circularity in Action: Solid Waste Management for Resource-Efficient Systems promotes innovation and shares best practices based on the principles of circular economy and resource conservation on different aspects of sustainable solid waste management. It also explains sources, impacts and recycling potential of emerging wastes. This book presents management strategies including emerging green infrastructure and digitalization for recycling and gainful application of waste. In addition, it...

The book throws light on the ongoing trends in international business, integration of information technology with global businesses, its role in value co-creation, resource integration, and service for service exchange. While discussing the issues of these areas, chapters of this book also delve into prevalent problematic areas which are closely related like employment, ethical aspects, power creation, and so on. Recognizing the role digitization and new technologies play in enabling globa...

In the ever-evolving digital landscape, the intersection of technology and gender empowerment presents a compelling opportunity for driving change, especially in developing countries. Tech Startups Driving Innovation: Empowering Women in Bangladesh presents a scholarly examination of Bangladesh’s thriving tech startup scene, highlighting the pivotal role of women in leading this transformative movement. This book, supported by empirical research and literature, explores the comple...

This book aims to bring together valuable and novel scientific contributions that address the critical issues of sustainable building, transformative tech models, and other sustainability science and technology topics that have an impact on Society 5.0. This book raises awareness and shares essential policy tools on innovation and technology for sustainable development.Sustainable Technology for Society 5.0: Case Studies, Examples, and Advanced Research Findings details th...

This book “Zero Carbon Emission with Nanomaterials for Environment Matrices” carefully investigates the design, characteristics, and uses of nanomaterials for carbon capture, detection, storage, sequestration, and conversion into useful fuels and chemicals via electrochemical and photocatalytic routes. It also investigates the use of nanomaterials in air pollution management, water purification, sustainable agriculture, and environmental rehabilitation. The emphasis is on innovative materi...

This book describes the path of women entrepreneurs who manage sustainable enterprises and delves into the issues that women entrepreneurs encounter along with the steps they are taking to overcome these obstacles. It also addresses the scaffolding provided by liminal digital spaces to the sustainable business models run by women entrepreneurs, as well as how organizations can profit from utilizing digital spaces to improve their operations.Women Entrepreneurs: Building Sustainable...

Despite recent advancements, gender disparities in STEM disciplines remain a major concern worldwide, particularly in Africa. This book focuses on empowering women in STEM and highlighting how they have overcome the barriers they face in accessing and excelling in these areas, as well as proposing concrete solutions to bridge this gap. Africa possesses a vast pool of untapped STEM talent, especially among women: this book aims to support women who are thriving in STEM careers and who have ...

This book reviews Metaverse, the possibilities and difficulties of sustainable development, and policy suggestions, especially within the context of the 2030 Agenda.Green Metaverse for Greener Economies examines how the metaverse holds the potential to significantly reduce carbon emissions, whether through the replacement of physical goods with digital ones, the substitution of in-person interactions with virtual ones, or the creation of digital twins that will aid in the ...

This collection presents critical and action-oriented approaches to addressing food systems inequities across places, spaces, and scales. With case studies from around the globe, Radical Food Geographies explores interconnections between power structures and the social and ecological dynamics that bring food from the land and water to our plates. Through themes of scale, spatial imaginaries, and human and more-than-human relationships, the authors explore ongoing efforts to co-construct mo...

The internet of things (IoT) has already proven its worth in fields such as health, education, and urban transportation. Given the rapid advancement of IoT along with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in recent years, it is believed that new age technology will dramatically alter the way we live and work. One of the areas where this paradigm may stand out in the future is the domain of corporate diversity and inclusion. By modelling intelligent behavior, IoT may detect poss...