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Latin America has gone through a major transformation in the past two decades. According to the United Nations, with the discovery of new oil and mineral deposits and increases in energy exports, manufacturing and tourism, Latin America's economic growth and development will only continue, foreign investment will increase, and the region's global influence will become greater and greater. This is an historic opportunity for Latin America. Yet, as Stanford economist and former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo points out in his new book, The Shared Society, social strife threatens to undermine its recent economic and political progress. The specter of unsustainable growth and greed threatens to compromise the environment. Economic growth rates could slow and democracy could deteriorate into familiar forms of authoritarian populism. In The Shared Society, Toledo, whose tenure as president of Peru helped spur its economic renaissance, develops a plan for a future Latin America in which its population is not only much better off economically than today, but in which the vast 40 percent of Latin America's poor and marginalized are incorporated into a rising middle class, democratic institutions work more effectively, and the extraordinary ecosystem of Latin America is preserved. This is Toledo's vision for a just, sustainable, and prosperous shared society. To achieve this, Toledo lays out a set of principles and concrete, implementable ideas with which Latin Americans can reinvent themselves as a leading force for change in a continuously globalizing society beset by inequalities and global problems such as climate change and shortages of clean drinkable water, food security, human rights violations and weak democratic institutions. Toledo argues that only extraordinary efforts of vision, determination, courage and inspired leadership will set Latin America on the path to inclusive development, and this book provides a visionary manifesto and blueprint for creating that ideal shared society

"Digital disruption continues to cause great confusion for companies of all sizes. For every Kodak-like implosion there's an Uber-like winner-takes-all success. The pace, direction, and impact of digital change has become more sudden, severe, and harder to predict. Think of the car industry and the advent of the self-driving vehicle. Or how the digital cigarette has transformed an industry that may no longer call itself tobacco. These types of disruptions change the game for industries from healthcare to sports equipment. There's no cookie-cutter strategy to get companies through the multi-dimensional nature of the digital beast. Even the sharpest leaders can become disoriented as change builds on change, leaving almost nothing certain. To stand still is to fail. Enterprises and leaders must re-master themselves to succeed. Leaders must identify the key macro forces, then lead their organizations at three distinct levels: industry, enterprise, and self. By doing this they cannot only survive but clean up. Digital to the Core makes the case that all leaders, and particularly CEOs at the helm, must understand the impact the digital revolution will continue to play in their industries, companies, and leadership style and practices. Drawing on interviews from 40 top C-level executives in some of the world's most powerful companies and government organizations, including GE, Ford, Tory Burch, Babolat, McDonalds, and the US Department of Energy, this book delivers cutting-edge insights from those on the front lines. The authors incorporate Gartner's annual research from top CIOs and CEOs and also apply the deep knowledge and qualitative insights they have acquired as practitioners, management researchers, and advisors over decades in the business. Above all else, Raskino and Waller want companies and their top leaders to understand the full impact of digital technology and integrate it at the core of their businesses. "--

This book details first the chemistry of hydrogen production from biomass. Solutions to the CO2issue are given in three chapters, which describe CO2 photo catalytic reduction, CO2 sequestration in terrestrial biomass, and plants as renewable fuels. Further chapters review the selenium cycle in ecosystems, advanced processes to treat water and ecological ways to dye textiles. Society growth during the last century has almost entirely relied on the carbon economy, which is the use of fossil fuels for energy and materials. The carbon economy has provided and will still provide many benefits. However, the increasing use of fossil fuels is partly responsible for the increase of atmospheric CO2concentrations and in turn, global warming. There is therefore an urgent need for cleaner fuels such as hydrogen, as well as a need for a carbon neutral economy where each emitted CO2molecule is fast sequestered in plants, algae, soils, sub soils and sediments. Dr. Eric Lichtfouse is Editor of scholarly journals and series in environmental chemistry and agriculture. He teaching scientific writing in Europe and the USA and is heading publication assistance services. He has done research in organic geochemistry, soil carbon dynamics and phytoremediation. He is the author of the book 'Scientific Writing for Impact Factor Journals'.Dr. Jan Schwarzbauer is Editor of the journal 'Environmental Earth Sciences' and Subject Editor of 'Journal of Soils and Sediments'. After studying chemistry at the University of Hamburg, he is working since 1998 at the RWTH Aachen University leading as full professor the group 'Environmental Organic Geochemistry'.Dr. Didier Robert is professor in organic chemistry and green chemistry at the University of Lorraine-Metz (France). He is associate editor of the Journal of Photocatalysis Sciencesand its research activities are devoted to the decontamination of air and water by photochemical processes, especially by photocatalysis.

"Oil prices have seen massive fluctuation over the past 10 years, with price per barrel growing from $9 to $140. More recently, we have seen fluctuation from $140 to $37/barrel, and back up to $120 - all in a matter of months. But why? It is still a popular belief that OPEC can affect the price of oil by regulating the volume of production and using this key raw material for their political aims, but the reality is quite different. In the last decade, despite a constant potential surplus of crude in the markets, we have seen the prices fluctuating dramatically with no apparent logic.Starting from the Chernobyl accident and the Clean Air Act implementation in the US, structural changes within the oil industry have modified the dynamics of oil prices. The existing technological refining system is no longer adequate to transform, with the necessary continuity, the crude oils into the high-quality finished products demanded by the market. Furthermore, from the beginning of the year 2000, the oil futures market detached itself almost completely from its original nature (the barrel of oil), becoming a purely financial market, but still able to heavily affect the real oil prices. More sophisticated models are needed to understand this new scenario.This book thoroughly demystifies the oil market, showing readers what really moves the price of oil today. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the industry fundamentals and the role of financial speculation, illustrating the complexity of the relationship of three different markets that regulate the oil sector: the crude oil market (raw material), the finished products market (gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, fuel oil, chemical feedstocks, lubricants), and the financial market (futures). It will provide an excellent grounding in the topic for anyone involved or interested in the oil markets, including financial analysts, traders, investors and energy market participants"--

"Oil prices have seen massive fluctuation over the past 10 years, with price per barrel growing from $9 to $140. More recently, we have seen fluctuation from $140 to $37/barrel, and back up to $120 - all in a matter of months. But why? It is still a popular belief that OPEC can affect the price of oil by regulating the volume of production and using this key raw material for their political aims, but the reality is quite different. In the last decade, despite a constant potential surplus of crude in the markets, we have seen the prices fluctuating dramatically with no apparent logic. Starting from the Chernobyl accident and the Clean Air Act implementation in the US, structural changes within the oil industry have modified the dynamics of oil prices. The existing technological refining system is no longer adequate to transform, with the necessary continuity, the crude oils into the high-quality finished products demanded by the market. Furthermore, from the beginning of the year 2000, the oil futures market detached itself almost completely from its original nature (the barrel of oil), becoming a purely financial market, but still able to heavily affect the real oil prices. More sophisticated models are needed to understand this new scenario. This book thoroughly demystifies the oil market, showing readers what really moves the price of oil today. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the industry fundamentals and the role of financial speculation, illustrating the complexity of the relationship of three different markets that regulate the oil sector: the crude oil market (raw material), the finished products market (gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, fuel oil, chemical feedstocks, lubricants), and the financial market (futures). It will provide an excellent grounding in the topic for anyone involved or interested in the oil markets, including financial analysts, traders, investors and energy market participants"--Provided by publisher.

"Can a trade agreement help achieve environmental goals? The answer to this question has traditionally been mixed, even skeptical. For example, despite the novelty of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation side agreement approach, many were disappointed with the shallow and rather vague outcome. The World Trade Organization's Doha Round negotiations were ostensibly committed to certain issues at the intersection of trade and environment, but multilateral talks have long been stalled. Despite these underwhelming results in other trade negotiations, the Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA) has the potential to produce a more positive outcome. This paper explores this potential, reviewing key aspects of the trade-environment relationship. Prevailing perceptions tend not to count trade agreements as key contributors to the achievement of environmental goals. The paper then looks at the potential contribution of tariff reduction to environmental objectives, and then examines critical challenges to the completion of EGA negotiations. It concludes that the EGA is an important piece of a complex environmental governance puzzle."--

Introduction : justice in the era of climate change / Tahseen Jafry, Michael Mikulewicz and Karin Helwig -- On the evolution and continuing development of the climate justice movement / Brian Tokar -- On inquiry into climate justice / Idil Boran -- Fact-insensitive thought experiments in climate ethics : exemplified by Parfit's non-identity problem / Jörg Tremmel -- A narrative account of temporality in climate justice / Nejma Tamoudi and Michael Reder -- Global political processes and the Paris agreement : a case of advancement or retreat of climate justice? / Susan P. Murphy -- Statehood in an era of sinking islands / Tom Sparks -- Reimagining development practice : mainstreaming justice into planning frameworks / Ritwika Basu and Amir Bezaz -- Climate justice in the UK : reconciling climate change and equity issues in policy and practice in a developed country context / Katharine Knox -- Equity and justice in climate change law and policy : a role for benefit-sharing / Annalisa Savaresi and Kim Bouwer -- Leading from the bench : the role of judges in advancing climate justice, and lessons from South Asia / Emeline Pluchon -- Climate finance : moral theory and political practice / Alexandre Gajevic Sayegh -- The inter-relationship between climate finance and climate justice in the UNFCCC / Tessa Sheridan and Tahseen Jafry -- Carbon pricing and climate justice : design elements for effective, efficient and equitable greenhouse gas emissions reductions / Edward Cameron -- Sharing the burden of climate change via climate finance and business models / Emilie Prattico -- From the dirty past to the clean future : addressing historic energy injustices with a just transition to a low-carbon future / J. Mijin Cha -- Just energy? Structures of energy (in)justice and the Indonesian coal sector / Anna Fünfgeld -- Climate technology and climate justice : energy transitions in Germany, India and Australia / James Goodman, Devleena Ghosh and Tom Morton -- Big oil's duty of disgorging funds in the context of climate change / Marco Grasso -- Climate justice and REDD+ : a multiscalar examination of the Norwegian-Ethiopian partnership / David Brown -- The climate-just city / Wendy Steele, Jean Hillier, Donna Houston, Jason Byrne and Diana MacCallum -- Configuring climate responsibility in the city : carbon footprints and climate justice in Hong Kong / Sara Fuller -- The shifting geographies of climate change justice : mobile vulnerabilities in and across Indian cities / Eric Chu and Kavya Michael -- Fair for whom? How residents and municipalities evaluate sea-level rise policies in Botany Bay, Australia / Anne Maree Kreller and Sonia Graham -- Thermal inequity : the relationship between urban structure and social disparities in an era of climate change / Bruce C. Mitchell and Jayajit Chakraborty -- Climate justice, gender and intersectionality / Patricia E. Perkins -- "No climate justice without gender justice" : explorations of the intersections between gender and climate injustices in climate adaptation actions in the Philippines / Roa Petra Crease, Meg Parsons and Karen Toni Fisher -- Achieving climate justice through gender mainstreaming climate change adaptation? A multiscale analysis from the Lower Shire Valley, Malawi / Jane Maher -- Inclusive climate governance in Southeast Asia : lessons learned from gender-responsive climate mitigation / So-Young Lee and Eric Zusman -- "Climate change is about us" : the NAACP, fence-line communities, and the grounding of climate justice / Brandon Derman -- Mother Earth and climate justice : indigenous peoples' perspectives of an alternative development paradigm / Alan Jarandilla Nuñez -- Negotiating climate justice at the subnational scale : challenges and collaborations between indigenous peoples and governments / Colleen Scanlan Lyons, Maria DiGiano, Jason Gray, Javier Kinney, Magaly Medeiros, Francisca Oliveira de Lima Costa and Francisca Arará -- Understanding the crises, uncovering the root causes, and envisioning the world(s) we want : conversations with the anti-pipeline movements in Canada / Jen Gobby and Kristian Gareau -- Beyond the academy : reflecting on public engagement about climate justice / Sonja Klinsky -- Climate migration : the emerging need for a human centred approach / Sennan Mattar and Enyinnaya Mbakwem -- Climate justice education : from social movement learning to schooling / Callum McGregor, Eurig Scandrett, Beth Christie and Jim Crowther -- Transformative approaches to address climate change and achieve climate justice / Dunja Krause -- Conclusion / Tahseen Jafry.

Part I: New Frontiers in Human Rights and Environment: Environmental Protection under African Union Law -- Chapter One: Human Rights, Regional Law and the Environment in Africa: Legal and Conceptual Foundations; Michael Addaney, Chantelle Gloria Moyo and Thabang Ramakhula -- Chapter Two: The Right to a Clean, Safe and Healthy Environment under the African Human Rights System; Mulesa Lumina -- Chapter Three: Should a human right to a safe climate be recognized under the AU human rights system?; Ademola Oluborode Jegede -- Chapter Four: Advancing human rights through environmental rule of law in Africa; Funmi Abioye -- Chapter Five: Women's environmental human rights in Africa with reflections on key provisions of the Maputo Protocol; Elsabé Boshoff -- Chapter Six: The Personhood of Natural Entities: African Approaches to the Recognition of Rights of Nature; Oluwabusayo Temitope Wuraola -- Part II: Enforcement of Environmental Rights by Judicial and Qasi-judicial Institutions -- Chapter Seven: Judicial Enforcement of Environmental Human Rights in Africa; Emma Charlene Lubaale -- Chapter Eight: Safeguarding environmental rights in the works of African regional human rights courts and tribunals; Michael Addaney and Chantelle Gloria Moyo -- Chapter Nine: International Environmental Governance: A Case for Sub-Regional Judiciaries in Africa; Eghosa Osa Ekhator -- Chapter Ten: Climate change as a 'constitutional essential': Trend and significance for Africa; Ademola Oluborode Jegede -- Part III: Environmental Protection and Human Rights: Regional and National Case Studies -- Chapter Eleven: Implementing human-rights-related environmental obligations in Ethiopia; Desalegn Amsalu -- Chapter Twelve: Women's Right to Participation in Environmental Decision-making in Uganda; Charlotte Kabaseke -- Chapter Thirteen: Connecting human rights and the environment in Cameroon: Successes, challenges and prospects; Jean-Claude N. Ashukem -- Chapter Fourteen: The Judiciary and Environmental Protection in Zimbabwe; Brewsters Caiphas Soyapi -- Chapter Fifteen: Human Rights-Based Approach to Environmental Protection: Kenyan, South African and Nigerian Constitutional Architecture and Experience; Collins Odote -- Part IV: Business Practices, Human Rights and the Environment -- Chapter Sixteen: Human Rights and Energy in a Neo-Liberal Southern Africa; Lenin Tinashe Chisaira -- Chapter Seventeen: Trade, Human Rights and Environmental Sustainability in Africa with special reference to the Extractive Sector; Omphemetse S. Sibanda Snr.

"An eye-catching, conversation-sparking book that answers all your questions on sexuality, seduction, and sex by the editors of GOOP. A beautifully illustrated, gift-y, sometimes shocking, fact-filled book that explores everything we've always wondered about sex and relationships, but may have been too shy to bring up. Broken into five sections, GOOP editors introduce the experts they rely on for sex tips, and dive into focused Q&A's that explore the ins and outs of sexual health, pleasure, and how to have the kind of sex you really want-while feeling good about doing it. Part 1, Seduction: Goes beyond the clichés to help the reader explore the inner and outer art of seduction-with advice on attracting new partners, reigniting the flame once it's gone out, and navigating online dating, unconventional relationship scenarios, the sex toy aisle, and more. Part 2, Sexuality: What sexuality means, looks, and feels like today, and how we can better tap into our sexual power-including a chapter on strengthening your libido, simple tantric tricks to up sexual energy, and fun ideas for exploring your own kinks. Part 3, Sexual Health: Covers the essentials (like clean lube and condoms, and how to reset your hormones), easy exercises for strengthening the pelvic floor, as well as a path for redefining porn-all with the goal of getting real joy from sex, as opposed to just avoiding the potential calamities. Part 4, Orgasm: Busts enduring sex myths, with expert advice on closing the orgasm gap, doing away with the pressure to perform, and the many benefits of self-pleasure. Part 5: Doing It: The antidote to bedroom boredom, the psychology of oral sex, how to ask for what you want-and play out your greatest fantasies. Throughout the book you'll find endcaps on the reality of everything from plain vanilla to ménage à trois, sidebars of mind-blowing stats culled from goop readers, and personal quotes and anecdotes (i.e. the first time I had sex...) from the GOOP team"--

1. A debate on the relationship between planning and the market (1991) -- 2. "Futures" in China : theory, policy, and systems (February 20, 1994) -- 3. On making China's system of circulation more market-oriented, and on creating institutions to handle the market (1995) -- 4. The role, responsibility, and destiny of economists (1998) -- 5. On capital markets (2000) -- 6. China's reform and opening up, and the establishment of clean government (March 30, 2000) -- 7. Going beyond the labor theory of value (November 15, 2001) -- 8. Various thoughts on rural employment, rural finance, and rural public healthcare (December 18, 2001) -- 9. Financial innovations, financial stability, and financial regulation (April 2003) -- 10. China's energy sector : issues of government regulation, and making the sector more market-oriented (November 17, 2003) -- 11. On income inequality and being industrious (February 2005) -- 12. A look at the stock market from a new perspective (February 2005) -- 13. Concepts that underlie market regulation (May 2005) -- 14. Incentive mechanisms, moral hazard, and the basis for a market (May 2005) -- 15. Xue Muqiao : a great master who experienced the vicissitudes of a century (September 10, 2005) -- 16. What exactly do we want to learn? (November 4, 2005) -- 17. A letter on income distribution (December 23, 2005) -- 18. Why are medical costs so high? (February 2006) -- 19. How to pull medical resources together and distribute them in a reasonable way (February 20, 2006) -- 20. China's evolving industrial policy (May 2006) -- 21. Striking a balance among wages, employment, and efficiency (May 2006) -- 22. A new approach to the old problem of "empty accounts" in pension funds (May 2006) -- 23. NDC : a pension-fund reform model that is worth considering (June 2006) -- 24. Prudent handling of the three main relationships (December 2006) -- 25. On transforming China's mode of economic growth and speeding up economic restructuring (January 4, 2007) -- 26. Economic development and environmental protection (February 15, 2007) -- 27. Resolving fairness issues must rely on "reform" (December 24, 2007) -- 28. Strategies and goals for a water-conserving society : new conceptual approaches for handling water issues (March 2008).

1. A Global Perspective on Sustainable DevelopmentK. S. Wiebe2. Analysing Global Value Chains using the OECD's Inter-Country Input-Output TablesN. Yamano and K. S. Wiebe3. Money Cannot Compensate for Entropy: Ecologically Unequal Exchange and the Decoupling of Economics from RealityA. Hornborg4. Is It the End of World (Trade) As We Know It? Changes in Global Trade Patterns after the Outbreak of COVID-19A. Carrascal-Incera et al.5. Methodology and DataM. Simas6. Europe: A Resource-Dependent Region with Strong Sustainability-Oriented PoliciesM. Simas7. European Union: Protecting the Environment while Securing Jobs and GrowthJ. Rueda-Cantuche8. AustriaB. Plank et al.9. BulgariaD. Ivanova10. France: International resources for a sustainable, inclusive and innovative future?Y. Oswald11. GermanyL. Becker and C. Lutz12. ItalyT. Gregori13. NetherlandsG. Aguilar-Hernandez14. Norway: Rich + Green = Sustainable?C.-J. Sodersten and S. Schmidt15. Sweden: An Environmental Success StoryC.-J. Sodersten and S. Schmidt16. The UK: A Proud Leader or Dishonest User of Statistics?T. Mair and A. Druckman17. PolandM. Baltruszewicz18. Transition of Slovakia towards a Modern Market EconomyM. Lábaj19. SpainP. Rocchi and J. M. Valderas-Jaramillo20. Africa As a Net Exporter of Natural Resources and PollutionM. de Wit21. South Africa: The Sideways Drift of a Jobless Coal-and-Carbon NexusM. de Wit22. GhanaT. Wakiyama23. KenyaS. Jiménez Calvo24. MoroccoP. Lecca and G. Mandras25. MalawiP. Lecca and G. Mandras26. The Americas: On Track towards Sustainable Development?J. Gómez-Paredes27. Ecuador: A Traditional Development PathJ Gómez-Paredes28. BoliviaA. Escobar Espinoza and B. R. Torres29. Nicaragua: Central America's Green Lung--but How Much Longer?C.-J. Sodersten and S. Schmidt30. BrazilA. M. Giacomin and S. A. Pacca31. ColombiaL. I. Brand-Correa32. Mexico: 20 years of North American Free Trade Agreement: Socio-Environmental Trends and Unequal ExchangeG. Vita33. Argentina: Energy Transition to a Cleaner EconomyM. P. Ramos and C. A. Ramero34. ChileL. Bieritz35. United States of AmericaT. R. Miller and C. Benoît Norris36. Asia and Oceania: Mutual Outsourcing PartnersK. Nansai37. The CO2 Emissions of ChinaY. Wang38. JapanT. Wakiyama39. Indonesia: The Economic Transmission of Global COVID-19 Outbreak to Indonesian RegionsF. Faturay40. RussiaK. Muradov41. AustraliaJ. Fry, M. Hall, and B. Foran42. New ZealandJ. Holt43. Middle East: The Dilemma of Oil, Water and DevelopmentM. Yousefzadeh and S. M. H. Ali44. IranM. Yousefzadeh45. IraqS. M. H. Ali

Aaron Oil Company, Inc. -- Actuate Corporation -- Ales Groupe -- Alfa Mutual Insurance Company -- Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. -- Arab Bank Group -- Atanor S.C.A. -- Atlantis Submarines (International Holdings), Inc. -- Baiada Poultry Pty Limited -- Ballard Power Systems Inc. -- Baltimore Ravens Limited Partnership -- Board of Water Supply, City and County of Honolulu -- Briess Malt & Ingredients Company -- Brillstein Entertainment Partners, LLC -- Brown & Brown, Inc. -- BuzzFeed, Inc. -- Capriotti's Sandwich Shop, Inc. -- Cascade Engineering, Inc. -- Caspian Services, Inc. -- Central Bank of Liberia -- Colonial Williamsburg Foundation -- Conzzeta AG -- Cosi, Inc. -- Dialog Direct -- DocuSign, Inc. -- Donatos Pizzeria LLC -- The Dreyfus Corporation -- Duncan Toys Company -- Exceptional, Inc. -- Fanjul Corporation -- Fired Up, Inc. -- Fountain Powerboats Industries, Inc. -- Frank J. Zamboni & Co., Inc. -- FuelCell Energy, Inc. -- Geiger, Inc. -- Glassdoor, Inc. -- Global Baristas US, LLC -- Global Indemnity plc -- Grupo Comunicacao e Participacoes S.A. -- GT Nexus, Inc. -- Guy Degrenne S.A. -- Gyrus AMCI, Inc. -- Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc. -- Heritage Golf Group, Inc. -- Hoops, L.P. (d.b.a. Memphis Grizzlies) -- Hotel Chocolat Limited -- iBiquity Digital Corporation -- Imagine Schools, Inc. -- Inmarsat plc -- Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Company, Limited -- International Road Dynamics Inc. -- International Shipholding Corporation -- Ipiranga S.A. -- Ipreo Holdings LLC -- OAO Scientific Production Corporation Irkut -- Johnson & Wales University -- Jumia Nigeria -- The King of Shaves Company Ltd. -- Kitchen Investment Group, Inc. -- LipoScience, Inc. -- M.A. Patout & Son, Ltd. -- Midwest Industries, Inc. -- Mitsubishi Shokuhin, Co., Ltd. -- Monitor Dynamics, LLC -- Nabholz Construction Services -- Nan, Inc. -- The Nerdery -- OraSure Technologies, Inc. -- Ossur hf -- Otto Bock HealthCare GbmH -- Pepper Hamilton LLP -- Preparis, Inc. -- Professional Bull Riders, Inc. -- Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd. -- Reef Real estate Investment Company L.L.C. -- Retail Opportunity Investments Corporation -- Roberts Hawaii, Inc. -- Rogers Blue Jays Baseball Partnership -- Ryan, LLC -- Shear Enterprises, LLC -- ShopKeep.com Inc. -- Sky Zone Franchise Group, LLC -- Societe Nationale de Commercialisation des Produits Petroliers S.A. -- Societe nigerienne du charbon d'Anou Araren -- Southern Copper Corporation -- Southwest Research Institute -- Stampin' Up! Inc. -- Stussy, Inc. -- SugarCRM Inc. -- Telefonica de Argentina S.A. -- Television Francaise 1, S.A. -- Tembec, Inc. -- Tolaram Corporation PTE Ltd. -- Treasury Wine Estates Limited -- TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. -- Violin Memory, Inc. -- Western Environmental Law Center -- Wonga Group Limited -- Y. Hata & Co., Limited -- Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd.

A -- Abengoa S.A. -- AccuWeather, Inc. -- Acer Incorporated -- Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. -- Aga Foodservice Group PLC -- Agrium Inc. -- The Anschutz Company -- ArthroCare Corporation -- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. -- The Associated Press -- Aviall, Inc. -- B -- BAE Systems Ship Repair -- Ballard Power Systems Inc. -- Bank of Hawaii Corporation -- BE&K, Inc. -- Biosite Incorporated -- The BISYS Group, Inc. -- BoHler-Uddeholm AG -- Boiron S.A. -- Busch Entertainment Corporation -- C -- Calgon Carbon Corporation -- China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited -- City Brewing Company LLC -- Clean Harbors, Inc. -- Compass Bancshares, Inc. -- CoStar Group, Inc. -- D -- Dairyland Healthcare Solutions -- DaVita Inc. -- Dean Foods Company -- Deluxe Corporation -- Diagnostic Products Corporation -- DSW Inc. -- E -- E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company -- Elkay Manufacturing Company -- Encore Acquisition Company -- Enersis S.A. -- Eramet -- F -- FactSet Research Systems Inc. -- Frito-Lay North America -- G -- General Binding Corporation -- Global Imaging Systems, Inc. -- Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. -- Granite Industries of Vermont, Inc. -- H -- Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation -- Hong Kong and China Gas Company Ltd. -- Huttig Building Products, Inc. -- I -- Input/Output, Inc. -- Intuit Inc. -- J -- Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd. -- Jostens, Inc. -- K -- Keppel Corporation Ltd. -- Klabin S.A. -- L -- Lifetime Brands, Inc. -- Lonza Group Ltd. -- M -- Manpower Inc. -- Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. -- MBIA Inc. -- Moldflow Corporation -- N -- NBGS International, Inc. -- Nestle Waters -- Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. -- O -- Odebrecht S.A. -- Old Orchard Brands, LLC -- P -- Pagnossin S.p.A. -- Paradores de Turismo de Espana S.A. -- PFSweb, Inc. -- Philip Services Corp. -- Pinnacle Airlines Corp. -- PRG-Schultz International, Inc. -- Q -- Quaker Foods North America -- R -- Real Madrid C.F. -- RedPeg Marketing -- Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. -- RONA, Inc. -- Royal Group Technologies Limited -- S -- SEGA Corporation -- Seventh Generation, Inc. -- Shedd Aquarium Society -- Siliconware Precision Industries Ltd. -- Sistema JSFC -- Smith & Wesson Corp. -- Societe BIC S.A. -- South Beach Beverage Company, Inc. -- Spear & Jackson, Inc. -- Strattec Security Corporation -- Synnex Corporation -- T -- Techtronic Industries Company Ltd. -- TEPPCO Partners, L.P. -- 3i Group PLC -- Timber Lodge Steakhouse, Inc. -- Tropicana Products, Inc. -- U -- Unibanco Holdings S.A. -- United Press International, Inc. -- V -- Value Line, Inc. -- Variety Wholesalers, Inc. -- Vauxhall Motors Limited -- Verint Systems Inc. -- Vestas Wind Systems A/S -- Viad Corp. -- W -- Weight Watchers International Inc. -- X -- Xcel Energy Inc. -- Xstrata PLC -- Z -- Zappos.com, Inc. -- Ziff Davis Media Inc.

Recent advances in ICT have given rise to new socially disruptive technologies: AmI and the IoT, marking a major technological change which may lead to a drastic transformation of the technological ecosystem in all its complexity, as well as to a major alteration in technology use and thus daily living. Yet no work has systematically explored AmI and the IoT as advances in science and technology (ST) and sociotechnical visions in light of their nature, underpinning, and practices along with their implications for individual and social wellbeing and for environmental health. AmI and the IoT raise new sets of questions: In what way can we conceptualize such technologies? How can we evaluate their benefits and risks? How should science-based technology and society's politics relate? Are science-based technology and society converging in new ways? It is with such questions that this book is concerned. Positioned within the research field of Science and Technology Studies (STS), which encourages analyses whose approaches are drawn from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, this book amalgamates an investigation of AmI and the IoT technologies based on a unique approach to cross-disciplinary integration; their ethical, social, cultural, political, and environmental effects; and a philosophical analysis and evaluation of the implications of such effects.An interdisciplinary approach is indeed necessary to understand the complex issue of scientific and technological innovations that ST are not the only driving forces of the modern, high-tech society, as well as to respond holistically, knowledgeably, reflectively, and critically to the most pressing issues and significant challenges of the modern world.This book is the first systematic study on how AmI and the IoT applications of scientific discovery link up with other developments in the spheres of the European society, including culture, politics, policy, ethics and ecological philosophy. It situates AmI and the IoT developments and innovations as modernist science-based technology enterprises in a volatile and tense relationship with an inherently contingent, heterogeneous, fractured, conflictual, plural, and reflexive postmodern social world.The issue's topicality results in a book of interest to a wide readership in science, industry, politics, and policymaking, as well as of recommendation to anyone interested in learning the sociology, philosophy, and history of AmI and the IoT technologies, or to those who would like to better understand some of the ethical, environmental, social, cultural, and political dilemmas to what has been labeled the technologies of the 21st century. Simon E. Bibri is a PhD Candidate at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. He has a true passion for academic and lifelong learning and a natural thirst for knowledge. Having above all been intrigued by the relationship between scientific knowledge, technological systems, and society, he has wittingly and voluntarily chosen to pursue an unusual academic journey by embarking on studying a diverse range of subject areas - at the interaction of Science, Technology, and Society. His intellectual pursuits and endeavors have resulted, hitherto, in an educational background encompassing knowledge from, and meta-knowledge about, different academic disciplines. He holds a Bachelor of Science in computer engineering with a major in ICT strategy, a research-based Master of Science in computer science with a focus on Ambient Intelligence and ICT for sustainability, a Master of Science in computer science with a major in informatics, a Master of Science in entrepreneurship and innovation with a focus on new venture creation, a Master of Science in strategic leadership towards sustainability, a Master of Science in sustainable urban planning and development, a Master of Social Science with a major in business administration (MBA), a Master of Arts in communication and media for social change and a postgraduate degree in management and economics. In addition, he has a number of certificates, including innovation science, economics of innovation, teaching for sustainability, corporate entrepreneurship, project management, and policy in the European Union. He has received his Master's degrees and certificates from different universities in Sweden, namely Lund University, West University, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Malmö University, and Halmstad University.Before starting his Master studies' endeavor, Bibri worked as an ICT strategist. In 2004, he founded a small business and consulting firm where he served as a sustainability and green ICT strategist and consultant. Over the last few years, he has been involved in a number of research and consulting projects pertaining to the IoT, green ICT strategy, strategic sustainability innovations, circular business model innovation, clean and energy efficiency technology, sustainable urban planning, and sustainable urban models (eco-city, smart city, and compact city). Since his graduation in June 2014, he has been working as a freelance consultant in his areas of expertise and a research associate, giving lectures on specialized topics, and writing his second book.Bibri has a genuine interest in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research. In light of his varied academic background, his research interests include AmI, the IoT, social shaping of science-based technology, philosophy and sociology of scientific knowledge, sustainability transitions and innovations, urban sustainability, eco-city and smart city, governance of sociotechnical changes in technological innovation systems, green and knowledge-intensive innovation, clean and energy efficiency technology, green and circular economy, and ST and innovation policy.