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Mobbing: Praxisleitfaden für Betriebe und Organisationen (Edition Rosenberger)

Mobbing – was tun? Das geht nicht nur die Opfer an, die sich wehren wollen. Gefordert sind vor allem die Unternehmen, in denen Mobbing passiert oder passieren kann. Denn ein vergiftetes Betriebsklima geht richtig ins Geld: Fehlzeiten sind da nur ein Kostenfaktor unter vielen. Katja Merk legt einen umfassenden Leitfaden vor, der Führungskräften und Personalabteilungen dabei hilft, das Thema aktiv anzugehen.

Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks: Second International Conference, MSN 2006, Hong Kong, China, December 13-15, 2006, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #4325)

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks, MSN 2006, held in Hong Kong, China in December 2006. The 73 revised full papers address all current issues in mobile ad hoc and sensor networks and are organized in topical sections on routing, network protocols, security, energy efficiency, data processing, and deployment.

Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks: First International Conference, MSN 2005, Wuhan, China, December 13-15, 2005, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #3794)

Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks: Third International Conference, MSN 2007 Beijing, China, December 12-14, 2007 Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #4864)

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks, MSN 2007, held in Beijing, China, in December 2007. The papers address all current issues in mobile ad hoc and sensor networks and are organized in topical sections on routing, network protocols, energy efficiency, data processing, self-organization and synchronization, deployment and application, as well as security.

Mobile Agents: 6th International Conference, MA 2002, Barcelona, Spain, October 22-25, 2002, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #2535)

Welcome to the proceedings of the 6th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Agents. MA 2002 took place in Barcelona, Spain and was co-located with the 4th International Workshop on Mobile Agents for Telecommunications Applications. Both events were held at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, October 22–25, 2002. Mobile agents may be de?ned as programs that, with varying degree of - tonomy, can move between hosts across a network. Mobile agents combine the notions of mobile code, mobile computation, and mobile state. Capabilities of mobile agents include: – Supporting unrealiable networks and disconnected operation – Counteracting low-bandwidth, high-latency communication links – Deploying newbehaviour (through mobile code) and recon?guring systems on-the-?y – Distributing processing load across systems – Improving survivability in the face of network and system failure. Given the above capabilities, mobile agents (while they may not be referred to as such) are nowbecoming accepted as a fundamental architectural construct for the design and development of complex adaptive systems that need to operate in highly dynamic environments. Mobile agents also support applications in several domains such as ubiquitous computing, grid computing, remote sensing, data mining, system management, and agile computing.

Mobile Agents and Security (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #1419)

New paradigms can popularize old technologies. A new \standalone" paradigm, the electronic desktop, popularized the personal computer. A new \connected" paradigm, the web browser, popularized the Internet. Another new paradigm, the mobile agent, may further popularize the Internet by giving people greater access to it with less eort. MobileAgentParadigm The mobile agent paradigm integrates a network of computers in a novel way designed to simplify the development of network applications. To an application developer the computers appear to form an electronic world of places occupied by agents. Each agent or place in the electronic world has the authority of an individual or an organization in the physical world. The authority can be established, for example, cryptographically. A mobile agent can travel from one place to another subject to the des- nation place’s approval. The source and destination places can be in the same computer or in di erent computers. In either case,the agentinitiates the trip by executing a \go" instruction which takes as an argument the name or address of the destination place. The next instruction in the agent’s program is executed in the destination place, rather than in the source place. Thus, in a sense, the mobile agent paradigm reduces networking to a program instruction. A mobile agent can interact programmatically with the places it visits and, if the other agents approve, with the other agents it encounters in those places.

Mobile Agents for Telecommunication Applications: Second International Workshop, MATA 2000, Paris, France, September 18-20, 2000 Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #1931)

Mobile agents refer to self-contained and identi?able computer programs that can move within the network and can act on behalf of the user or another entity. Most of the current research work on the mobile agent paradigm has two general goals: reduction of network traf?c and asynchronous interaction. These two goals stem directly from the desire to reduce information overload and to ef?ciently use network resources. There are certainly many motivations for the use of a mobile agent paradigm; h- ever, intelligent information retrieval, network and mobility management, and network services are currently the three most cited application targets for a mobile agent system. The aim of the workshop is to provide a unique opportunity for researchers, software and application developers, and computer network technologists to discuss new dev- opments in the mobile agent technology and applications. After last year’s very successful workshop in Ottawa, Canada (110 attendees), this year’s workshop will focus on mobile agent issues across the areas of network m- agement, mobile applications, nomadic computing, e-commerce, ad-hoc networks and applications, feature interactions, Internet applications, QoS management, policybased management, interactive multimedia, and computer–telephony integration.

Mobile Agents for Telecommunication Applications: Third International Workshop, MATA 2001, Montreal, Canada, August 14-16, 2001. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #2164)

Mobile and Personal Satellite Communications 2: Proceedings of the Second European Workshop on Mobile/Personal Satcoms (EMPS ’96)

This book of proceedings contains papers for the Second European Workshop on Mobile/Personal Satcoms (EMPS '96), held in Rome, Italy, and hosted by the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. The EMPS '96 workshop follows the edition of two years ago, and is intended as an occasion for exchange of information and opinions among experts in the fast-growing field of mobile satellite communications. With respect to the first successful edition we only made one main modification. We issued a formal call for papers, instead oflimiting the selection process to invited papers as was in the past: 60 papers were received from 18 countries. Each paper has been reviewed by at least two referees, and then 41 papers were selected by the Workshop Steering Committee (WSC). An invited introductory lecture opens the workshop and is given by Dr. Andrew J. Viterbi, who is also honorary chairman of EMPS '96. Satellite Personal Communications Networks (SPCNs) are now expected to grow very fast, even beyond the most optimistic forecast: their unique feature to establish ex abrupto a world-wide communication fabric is certainly the winning card. Market analyses now indicate that LEO networks already planned to be operational around 1998 even risk being overwhelmed by users request, so that their extensions are already being considered. And, additionally, multimedia SPCNs are also being introduced at higher frequencies to provide broadband services.

Mobile Anwendungen in Unternehmen: Konzepte und betriebliche Einsatzszenarien (Angewandte Wirtschaftsinformatik)

Das Buch vermittelt umfassende Kenntnisse über den Einsatz von mobilen Anwendungen in Unternehmen. Die Autoren stellen sowohl Grundlagen als auch Konzepte dar, um betriebliche Einsatzszenarien zu entwickeln, zu nutzen und zu bewerten. Schwerpunkte sind Software Engineering mobiler Anwendungen, ihre Sicherheit und der Einsatz in Form von konkreten Anwendungsbeispielen. Dieser Herausgeberband basiert auf Fragestellungen aus der unternehmerischen Praxis. Er wendet sich sowohl an Berater und Projektverantwortliche als auch an Studierende und Lehrende.

Mobile Applikationen 1: Interdisziplinäre Entwicklung am Beispiel des Mobile Learning

​Die Mobilisierung unserer Gesellschaft trifft auf zahlreiche Entwicklungsprojekte mobiler Applikationen, die zunächst enthusiastisch begonnen wurden, letztlich aber gescheitert sind. Am Beispiel des Mobile Learning stellt Philipp Maske in diesem zweibändigen Werk heraus, dass Entwicklungsprozesse mobiler Applikationen von einem bisher unerforschten interdisziplinären Wirknetzwerk der Dimensionen Ökonomie, Technologie und Didaktik beeinflusst werden. Basierend auf diesem Wirknetzwerk wird ein Vorgehensmodell als Instrument der gestaltungsorientierten Wirtschaft konstruiert, dessen Nützlichkeit anhand einer Fallstudienimplementierung bewertet wird.

Mobile Applikationen 2: Interdisziplinäre Entwicklung am Beispiel des Mobile Learning

​Die Mobilisierung unserer Gesellschaft trifft auf zahlreiche Entwicklungsprojekte mobiler Applikationen, die zunächst enthusiastisch begonnen wurden, letztlich aber gescheitert sind. Am Beispiel des Mobile Learning stellt Philipp Maske in diesem zweibändigen Werk heraus, dass Entwicklungsprozesse mobiler Applikationen von einem bisher unerforschten interdisziplinären Wirknetzwerk der Dimensionen Ökonomie, Technologie und Didaktik beeinflusst werden. Basierend auf diesem Wirknetzwerk wird ein Vorgehensmodell als Instrument der gestaltungsorientierten Wirtschaft konstruiert, dessen Nützlichkeit anhand einer Fallstudienimplementierung bewertet wird.

Mobile Augmented Reality for Human Scale Interaction with Geospatial Models: The Benefit for Industrial Applications (Mobile Computing)

Gerhard Schall overviews research activities related to mobile augmented reality in indoor as well as outdoor environments. These activities have emerged over several years, especially around the topics of positioning, sensor fusion, spatial modelling as well as in the fields of ubiquitous computing. The innovative and contemporary character of these topics has led to a great variety of interdisciplinary contributions. The author gives insights into the evolution of mobile augmented reality prototypes for industrial applications, such as X-Ray visualisation of 3D models of the underground infrastructures which is registered correctly in the users view.

Mobile Banking: Evolution or Revolution? (Palgrave Studies in Financial Services Technology)

Mobile is impacting heavily on our society today. In this book, Nicoletti analyzes the application of mobile to the world of financial institutions. He considers future developments and the possible use of mobile to help the transformation in products, processes, organizations and business models of financial institutions globally.

Mobile Banking and Access to Public Services in Bangladesh: Influencing Issues and Factors (Elements in the Economics of Emerging Markets)

This Element examines the role of mobile banking in accessing public services in Bangladesh. It also identifies the key influencing factors and challenges in accessing public services through mobile banking and suggests policy measures to overcome these challenges. Based on a survey of 300 people, the study finds that mobile banking facilitates access to public services, which is beneficial and effective for both rural and urban users, as technology can increase the quality of work. Despite the benefits, some individuals are reluctant to use the service due to high transaction costs and a lack of digital literacy.

Mobile Brokerage: Kundennutzen und Vertriebsimplikationen mobiler Vertriebstechnologien im Wertpapiergeschäft (Schriften zum europäischen Management)

Andreas Luber präsentiert eine detaillierte Darstellung und Bewertung der derzeitigen Mobile Brokerage-Formen per SMS, WAP und i-mode und erörtert den technischen Fortschritt bei relevanten Mobilfunktechnologien. Am Beispiel des Wertpapiergeschäfts für Kleinanleger und unter Einbeziehung der neuen UMTS-Technologie untersucht er die Nutzenbeiträge verschiedener Absatzkanäle aus Kundensicht sowie die Vertriebsimplikationen auf der Bankseite.

Mobile Business: Märkte, Techniken, Geschäftsmodelle

Dieses Buch stellt erstmals eine komplette Übersicht über Märkte, Techniken und Geschäftsmodelle von heute und morgen vor. Zahlreiche Praxisbeispiele zeigen, was mit der mobilen Technik möglich ist. Besonders nützlich: ein umfangreiches Glossar.

Mobile Business: Vom Geschäftsmodell zum Geschäftserfolg — Mit Fallbeispielen zu Mobile Marketing, mobilen Portalen und Content-Anbietern

Das Buch beschreibt die Entwicklungen in der Telekommunikations- und Contentbranche. Es stellt relevante Aspekte um die Themen Konzeption, Gestaltung sowie Implementierung von mobilen Services vor und gliedert sich in Strategie/Geschäftsmodelle, Design, Content/Technologien und Marketing. Zahlreiche Fallstudien bieten dabei zusätzlichen Nutzen. Zu den Autoren gehören u. a. Senior Manager von MTV, Nokia, Swisscom, sunrise und E-Plus.

A Mobile Century?: Changes in Everyday Mobility in Britain in the Twentieth Century (Transport and Mobility)

For most people in the developed world, the ability to travel freely on a daily basis is almost taken for granted. Although there is a large volume of literature on contemporary mobility and associated transport problems, there are no comprehensive studies of the ways in which these trends have changed over time. This book provides a detailed empirical analysis of mobility change in Britain over the twentieth century. Beginning with an explanatory theoretical overview, setting the UK case studies within an international context, the book then analyses changes in the journey to school, the journey to work, and travelling for pleasure. It also looks at the ways in which changes in mobility have interacted with changes in the family life cycle and assesses the impact of new transport technologies on everyday mobility. It concludes by examining the implications of past mobility change for contemporary transport policy.

A Mobile Century?: Changes in Everyday Mobility in Britain in the Twentieth Century (Transport and Mobility)

For most people in the developed world, the ability to travel freely on a daily basis is almost taken for granted. Although there is a large volume of literature on contemporary mobility and associated transport problems, there are no comprehensive studies of the ways in which these trends have changed over time. This book provides a detailed empirical analysis of mobility change in Britain over the twentieth century. Beginning with an explanatory theoretical overview, setting the UK case studies within an international context, the book then analyses changes in the journey to school, the journey to work, and travelling for pleasure. It also looks at the ways in which changes in mobility have interacted with changes in the family life cycle and assesses the impact of new transport technologies on everyday mobility. It concludes by examining the implications of past mobility change for contemporary transport policy.

Mobile Chinese Entrepreneurs (International Series on Consumer Science)

Mobile Chinese Entrepreneurs draws extensively on the narratives of sixteen small-to-medium business owners, born on the mainland, who have immigrated to Hong Kong and returned to their ancestral hometowns in China to establish their enterprises. For these executives, business and social life alike are marked by constant interplay of identities, such as individual identity/group membership and ancestral/immigrant identity. Yet as often as this juggling of multiple “selves” can be beneficial in the economic sphere, it can also lead to feelings of rootlessness and alienation. Writing with rare sensitivity, the two authors synthesize insights from economic sociology, psychology, ethnic relations, emotions, and social networks, creating an exploration of social capital and social identity comparable to similar groups of businessmen and –women in other parts of the world.

Mobile Commerce: Gewinnpotenziale einer stillen Revolution

Mobile Commerce: Grundlangen, Geschäftsmodelle, Erfolgsfaktoren

Namhafte Experten stellen in diesem Buch aktuelle Anwendungen und zukünftige Perspektiven des M-Commerce dar und beschreiben Grundlagen sowie Strategien für das One-to-One-Marketing und das Customer Relationship Management. Eine aufschlussreiche Lektüre mit vielen Praxisbeispielen.

Mobile Commerce: Strategien, Geschäftsmodelle, Fallstudien

Mobile Commerce ist die Nutzung mobiler Technologie, um bestehende Geschäftsprozesse zu verbessern und zu erweitern, oder um neue Geschäftsfelder zu erschließen. Unternehmen, die in der "Wireless Economy" erfolgreich bestehen wollen, müssen sich umfassend mit den wettbewerbsstrategischen Rahmenbedingungen des Mobile Commerce auseinandersetzen. Die vorliegende Publikation beschreibt den dynamischen Markt des Mobile Commerce und zeigt wichtige Erfolgsfaktoren im derzeitigen Wettbewerb auf. Das Hauptaugenmerk richtet sich auf die strategische Bedeutung der eingesetzten Technologien und Produktportfolios. Eine Vielzahl von Fallbeispielen macht das Buch für den Praktiker zu einem wertvollen Kompendium. Es richtet sich vor allem an Entscheidungsträger der Telekommunikationsbranche und anderer Unternehmen mit hohem Kommunikationsaufkommen.

Mobile Commerce: Grundlagen und Techniken

M-Commerce (MC) als neue Ausprägung des E-Commerce entsteht durch die Konvergenz von Internet- und Mobilfunk-Technologie. Das Buch vermittelt Studenten und Praktikern, insbesondere Entscheidungsträgern, auf strukturierte und praxisorientierte Weise ein MC-Basiswissen aus der Sicht des Wirtschaftsinformatikers. Dabei werden sowohl Wissen und Methoden vermittelt als auch praktische Anleitungen gegeben. Technische und betriebswirtschaftliche Grundlagen sind hierbei etwa gleich gewichtet. Das Spektrum reicht von den technischen Grundlagen über Sicherheitsaspekte und Besonderheiten des Anwendungsentwurfs bis hin zur Betrachtung von Marktteilnehmern, Bewertung von Geschäftsmodellen und Optimierung von Geschäftsprozessen unter Nutzung mobiler Technologien. Einfache Beispiele und Übungsaufgaben veranschaulichen die vermittelte Thematik.