This book illustrates the challenges posed by the highly complex ESG regulation to corporate communication—and how they can be overcome. Starting from the year 2024, the requirements for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting will be significantly increased. The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD or CS3D) of the EU mandates that more companies of all sizes provide detailed explanations about the compatibility of their business models with ESG standards.

Group inverses for singular M-matrices are useful tools not only in matrix analysis, but also in the analysis of stochastic processes, graph theory, electrical networks, and demographic models. Group Inverses of M-Matrices and Their Applications highlights the importance and utility of the group inverses of M-matrices in several application areas.

This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Agile Software Development, XP 2026, which took place in São Paulo, Brazil, during April 8-11, 2026.XP is the premier agile software development conference combining research and practice. It is a unique forum where agile researchers, practitioners, thought leaders, coaches, and trainers get together to present and discuss their most recent innovations, research results, experiences, concerns,...

Are you ready to take your German to the next level? Dive into 33 German Intermediate Conversations, designed for learners at A2 to B1 level, offering you an engaging and practical way to improve your language skills while exploring real-world topics.In this book, you'll find a wide range of contemporary discussions—from cybercrime and climate change to renewable energy and universal healthcare. Each conversation presents two opposing viewpoints, giving you the chance to reflect an...

Your INTEGRAL tool for mastering ADVANCED CALCULUS Interested in going further in calculus but don't where to begin? No problem! With Advanced Calculus Demystified, there's no limit to how much you will learn. Beginning with an overview of functions of multiple variables and their graphs, this book covers the fundamentals, without spending too much time on rigorous proofs. Then you will move through more complex topics including partial derivatives, ...

Also in the 4th revised and improved edition, published by a government-funded publisher involved in EU programs and a partner of the Federal Ministry of Education, you receive the concentrated expertise of renowned experts (overview in the book preview), embedded in an integrated knowledge system with premium content and 75% advantage. At the same time, you are doing good and supporting sustainable projects.Because the effective delegation of tasks & responsibilities is crucial fo...

With over 4,000 entries, this informative A to Z provides clear, jargon-free definitions on a wide variety of mathematical terms. Its entries cover both pure and applied mathematics, and include key theories, concepts, methods, programmes, people, and terminology. For this sixth edition, around 800 new terms have been defined, expanding on the dictionary's coverage of topics such as algebra, differential geometry, algebraic geometry, representation theory, and statistics. Among this new ma...

The Expert Career is an attempt to better understand the nature of career paths for highly specialized experts who chose a non-managerial career. It analyzes past dual ladder career theories as well other existing career alternatives for experts and assesses their effectiveness to organizations and employees. It further includes an empirical study with unprecedented data of 140 companies that tests existing expert careers. Based on the findings of this study, this book pre...

A basic problem in computer vision is to understand the structure of a real world scene given several images of it. Techniques for solving this problem are taken from projective geometry and photogrammetry. Here, the authors cover the geometric principles and their algebraic representation in terms of camera projection matrices, the fundamental matrix and the trifocal tensor. The theory and methods of computation of these entities are discussed with real examples, as is their use in the re...

Also in the 8th revised and improved edition, published by a government-funded publisher involved in EU programs and a partner of the Federal Ministry of Education, you receive the concentrated expertise of renowned experts (overview in the book preview), embedded in an integrated knowledge system with premium content and 75% advantage. At the same time, you do good and support sustainable projects.Because "If only I were more self-confident" is what some people wish for in embarra...

When using numerical simulation to make a decision, how can its reliability be determined? What are the common pitfalls and mistakes when assessing the trustworthiness of computed information, and how can they be avoided?Whenever numerical simulation is employed in connection with engineering decision-making, there is an implied expectation of reliability: one cannot base decisions on computed information without believing that information is reliable enough to sup...

Management is no matter of ideology, nor is it a question of fashion. Management is a craft - the universal and most important discipline of the 21st century. Fredmund Malik, the leading expert in the field of general management, provides you with the knowledge it takes to be a successful executive and manager, in any position, within any organisation. In this part, Fredmund Malik explains the basic model of General Management. Every organization and every institution depends on the same c...