2020 has been a challenging year worldwide for many businesses and we have not come out of that phase entirely in 2021. At the same time, we witnessed the acceleration of Cloud led Digital Transformation, changing the ways we work, communicate, collaborate, and share our workspace and creating a globally accepted new normal....

When CEOs think about the supply chain, it's usually to cut costs. But the smartest leaders see supply chain and sourcing for what they can be: hidden tools for outperforming the competition. Steve Jobs, upon returning to Apple in 1997, focused on transforming the supply chain....

Data as a Service shows how organizations can leverage “data as a service” by providing real-life case studies on the various and innovative architectures and related patterns Comprehensive approach to introducing data as a service in any organization A reusable and flexible SOA based architecture framework Roadmap to introduce ‘big data as a serv...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible....

Paid domestic workers perform a vital role in smooth functioning of several households in today’s world. Yet this form of work is grossly undervalued. Due to its undervalued and unregulated nature majority of these workers have indecent work life, which lack healthy working conditions and social protections....

Poverty is one of the most fundamental issues, and urgently needs to be addressed. Moving people out of poverty forms a basis of much international development policy. Getting rid of poverty is a tremendous challenge for the global community. Although everyone agrees on the goal of poverty lessening, policies often remain contentious or futile....

Several studies on poverty show that passive development of labour poverty, low economic growth and less investment on social development by the Sates are some of the critical reasons for this chronic problem....

Deforestation is the permanent destruction of forests in order to make the land available for other uses. It is considered to be one of the contributing factors to global climate change. Trees absorb greenhouse gases and carbon emissions. They produce oxygen and perpetuate the water cycle by releasing water vapor in the atmosphere....

Trafficking is a multifaceted problem which calls for comprehensive approaches. Trafficking in human beings is a sensitive and complex issue. No country is immune from it. It is a form of modern-day slavery....

One of the chief and remarkable characteristics of human behavior is the degree to which humans live in a world of symbols and conventional understandings that anthropologists term culture. The present empirical treatise on Rhythm of Tribal Culture is primarily depicting the various expression of culture of Bastar tribes through some symbols....

Corporations have usually been considered as profit-maximizing and self-centered entities establishing the central doctrines of capitalism and free market philosophies. It differs from place to place, industry to industry and over time....

Rubber plantation is a important commercial plantation in Tripura. Rubber plantation is expanding very rapidly. Rubber plantations are found in hilly areas. There are also various government organizations are working which provides assistance to the rubber growers and tappers. In this book socioeconomic conditions of rubber tappers are discussed....

An orphan is a child permanently bereaved of or abandoned by his or her parents. In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents is called an orphan. Orphan children tend to manifest more depression, personality disorder, and anxiety/insomnia tendencies than do non-orphans....

Anxiety and depression have been reported to be quite common after a myocardial infarction. These symptoms have been associated with increased mortality and overall poorer outcomes. Studies worldwide have attempted to estimate the prevalence of depression and anxiety in patients with myocardial infarction....

For a concrete structure to be serviceable, cracking must be controlled and deflections must not be excessive. It must also not vibrate excessively. Concrete shrinkage plays a major role in each of these aspects of the service load behaviour of concrete structures....