This book argues for the increasing importance of the arts as a major resource in fuelling growth through the experiential dimension of today’s economy. As we move from the knowledge economy to a new stage called the joyful economy, consumers shift their spending from physical objects and technical know-how to experiences of joy and disappointment.This book investigates how artistic ideas are translated into successful commercial production, and how economic growth impacts artistic...

"Once, the Kranzedan wanted to take the underground. There, at the end of the escalator, which took him deep, deep down into the earth, and easily missed between faded billboards, was a small iron door. Behind it the Kranzedan heard a tiny voice calling to him: »Come in, come in, come in …« He opened the door, and squeezed through, and he has not been seen since …" 33 bizarre stories in which the author makes his main character disappear again and again as if by a magic trick, only for him...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 9th Workshop on RFID Security and Privacy, RFIDsec 2013, held in Graz, Austria, in July 2013. The 11 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 23 submissions. RFIDsec deals with topics of importance to improving the security and privacy of RFID, NFC, contactless technologies, and the Internet of Things. RFIDsec bridges the gap between cryptographic researchers and RFID developers.

This volume is devoted to innovation with a special focus on its two sides, namely creation and destruction, and on its role in the evolution of capitalist economies. The first part of the book looks at innovation and its effects on economic performance, addressing issues of motives, behavioral rules under uncertainty, actor properties, and technology characteristics. The second part concentrates on potential consequences of innovative activities, in particular structural change, the “inno...