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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Digital Money, Real Costs examines how Bitcoin ETFs and Central Bank Digital Currencies are reshaping corporate finance across Asia-Pacific emerging markets. Through analysis of regulation, investment trends, and financial innovation, it explores the opportunities, risks, and strategic challenges facing businesses in the digital economy. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. THE ZERO-CLICK ECONOMYHow Artificial Intelligence Is Rewriting the Rules of Digital MarketingWhat happens when users no longer click?For over two decades, digital marketing has been built on a predictable model: users search, click, visit websites, and convert. But artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing this behavior.We are entering the era of the Zero-Click Economy-where answers are delivered instantly by AI systems, search engines, recommendation engines, and autonomous agents, without requiring users to visit a website.In this new landscape, visibility is no longer defined by rankings or traffic. Instead, it is shaped by how AI systems interpret, summarize, and distribute information.This book explores the profound transformation reshaping digital marketing, business strategy, and consumer behavior.Inside this book, you will learn: How artificial intelligence is eliminating traditional website traffic pathwaysWhy search engines are evolving into answer enginesHow generative AI is changing discovery, decision-making, and purchasing behaviorThe rise of AI agents and their impact on marketing, e-commerce, and brandingNew frameworks for building visibility in a zero-click environmentHow businesses must adapt content strategies for AI-driven ecosystemsThe future of advertising in a world where attention is mediated by algorithmsPractical insights for marketers, entrepreneurs, and business leaders navigating this shiftThe Zero-Click Economy is not a distant future-it is already happening. Every industry that depends on digital attention is being reshaped in real time.Success will no longer depend on who gets the most clicks, but on who gets understood, cited, and surfaced by intelligent systems.This book is a guide to understanding that shift-and learning how to compete in it.The rules of digital marketing are changing. The funnel is collapsing. Attention is becoming automated.Adaptation is no longer optional-it is the strategy. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Kernels of Governance explores how organizations can measure their institutional readiness for artificial intelligence using advanced statistical methods, moving beyond generic AI adoption scores and simplistic maturity models.As AI systems become increasingly autonomous, the critical question is no longer simply whether an organization uses AI, but whether its governance structures are prepared to manage the risks, responsibilities, and institutional transformations that accompany it.This book develops a quantitative framework for assessing institutional readiness for AI, combining statistical analysis, governance indicators, organizational characteristics, and measurable dimensions of institutional capacity. It examines how organizations can translate complex governance concepts into empirical measures that can be compared across institutions, sectors, and environments.Rather than treating AI readiness as a purely technological problem, Kernels of Governance approaches it as a question of institutional design, organizational capability, accountability, and decision-making capacity.The book is particularly relevant for researchers, policymakers, executives, consultants, and professionals working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, corporate governance, digital transformation, organizational strategy, and quantitative research.Readers will discover: A statistical approach to measuring institutional readiness for artificial intelligence.Methods for transforming abstract governance concepts into measurable variables.Quantitative techniques for comparing organizational and institutional capabilities.A framework for identifying gaps between AI ambitions and actual governance capacity.Insights into the relationship between technological transformation and institutional preparedness.A research-oriented perspective that can be adapted to different organizations, industries, and institutional environments.Kernels of Governance is ultimately about a fundamental challenge of the AI era: technology can advance faster than the institutions responsible for governing it. Measuring that gap is the first step toward understanding it-and closing it. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. What if the political fragmentation of a continent is not merely a historical accident, but a recurring economic force?The Fragmentation Principle explores the deep connections between the fall of Gaul, the logic of quantum uncertainty, and the economics of a divided Europe. Through an unconventional interdisciplinary lens, the book examines how fragmentation can simultaneously create instability, preserve diversity, and generate new forms of economic and political organization.Beginning with the fragmented world of ancient Gaul, the book revisits the struggle between competing tribes, Rome, and the forces that eventually transformed the political map of Western Europe. But the story does not end in antiquity. The same underlying dynamics-division, uncertainty, competition, coordination, and reorganization-appear throughout European economic and political history.The book then introduces a provocative analogy with quantum uncertainty. Just as a quantum system can exist in a state of uncertainty until interaction produces an observable outcome, fragmented political and economic systems may contain multiple possible futures until institutions, markets, conflicts, or external shocks force a particular configuration to emerge.From this perspective, fragmentation is not simply the opposite of integration. It can be a mechanism through which systems adapt.The Fragmentation Principle examines: Why divided territories can sometimes outperform centralized systems in innovation, competition, and adaptation.How political fragmentation affects trade, investment, taxation, institutions, and economic development.What the history of Gaul reveals about the relationship between political division and economic power.Why uncertainty can be economically productive rather than merely destructive.How competition between jurisdictions can encourage institutional experimentation.Why European integration has never completely eliminated the economic forces of fragmentation.How the tension between unity and division continues to shape the European continent.By connecting ancient history, economic theory, political organization, and ideas inspired by quantum mechanics, this book offers a different way of thinking about Europe. Rather than treating fragmentation as a historical problem that societies must eventually overcome, it asks whether fragmentation may itself be an enduring feature of complex economic systems.The result is an exploration of Europe as a system in permanent tension between integration and division, coordination and competition, certainty and uncertainty.For readers interested in economic history, political economy, European affairs, complexity, and unconventional approaches to understanding how societies organize themselves, The Fragmentation Principle presents a provocative question: What if the divided continent is not a failure of European integration, but part of the mechanism that makes Europe evolve? This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Ottoman Inheritance: Empire, Faith, and the Making of the Modern WorldThe Ottoman Empire was more than a vast empire that disappeared after the First World War. For centuries, it stood at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa, connecting civilizations, religions, economies, and political traditions. Its influence did not end with its collapse. In many ways, the modern world still lives with its inheritance.The Ottoman Inheritance explores how the Ottoman Empire shaped the political, religious, cultural, and geopolitical landscape that followed it. From the rise of Ottoman power to the dissolution of the empire, this book examines the institutions, ideas, conflicts, and legacies that continue to influence the modern world.The Ottoman experience offers a unique perspective on questions that remain remarkably relevant today: How are borders created? How do empires manage religious and cultural diversity? What happens when imperial structures collapse? How do nationalism and religion reshape political identities? And how much of the modern Middle East and southeastern Europe can be understood through the history of the Ottoman world?The book examines the Ottoman relationship with Islam and other religious communities, the distinctive systems of imperial governance, the empire's connections with European powers, and its role in the Mediterranean, Balkans, and Middle East. It also considers the consequences of the empire's final decades and the emergence of new states from its former territories.Rather than treating the Ottoman Empire as a closed chapter of history, The Ottoman Inheritance presents it as a historical force whose consequences extend into the present.For readers interested in Ottoman history, the Middle East, Islam, geopolitics, European history, empire, nationalism, and the origins of the modern international order, this book offers a broad and accessible exploration of one of history's most consequential empires.The empire ended. Its inheritance did not. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. What do faith, trade routes, and the rise of civilizations have in common?More than you might think.SACRED CARGO explores how Christianity crossed borders, languages, and cultures by following many of the same routes that for centuries carried silk, spices, metals, and other goods between East and West. From the Mediterranean to Persia, Central Asia, and China, the history of Christianity can also be understood as a story of movement, connection, and networks.Long before modern globalization, merchants, travelers, diplomats, and missionaries crossed enormous distances. Trading cities became meeting points where not only commodities circulated, but also ideas, beliefs, languages, and knowledge. In this interconnected world, Christianity discovered new paths for expansion.This book examines the role of ancient commercial networks in the spread of Christianity, with particular attention to Christian communities that emerged far beyond the regions traditionally associated with the history of the Church. The journey takes readers through Persia, Central Asia, and China, following the connections that allowed a religion born in the Near East to reach far beyond its original borders.SACRED CARGO also raises a broader question: to what extent do religions spread because of the power of their ideas, and to what extent do they depend on the human networks that carry those ideas across the world?Through the stories of merchants, missionaries, travelers, and dispersed communities along the great Eurasian trade routes, this book offers a different perspective on the expansion of Christianity. Rather than viewing religious expansion simply as a sequence of conversions, it presents it as a phenomenon deeply connected to commerce, mobility, cultural exchange, and early forms of globalization.Because the ancient trade routes carried more than merchandise.They carried entire worlds. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. THE ONBOARDINGA Psychological ThrillerWhat if the most dangerous system in the world wasn't designed to destroy you-but to understand you?When a promising technology company introduces a revolutionary onboarding program, new employees are promised something extraordinary: a workplace designed around their personality, behavior, ambitions, and potential. Every interaction is analyzed. Every decision is measured. Every weakness becomes data.At first, the system seems almost perfect.It anticipates what employees need before they ask. It identifies conflicts before they happen. It recommends the right people to trust, the right decisions to make, and even the right career path to follow.But as the onboarding process progresses, something begins to feel wrong.Employees discover that the system knows things they never revealed. Private conversations appear in unexpected places. Personal memories seem to influence corporate decisions. And increasingly, the recommendations stop feeling like suggestions.They feel like commands.One employee begins questioning the true purpose of the program and discovers that the onboarding system may be doing far more than evaluating new hires. It may be constructing psychological profiles capable of predicting-and manipulating-human behavior.The deeper the investigation goes, the more disturbing the truth becomes.Because the system isn't simply learning who people are.It is learning who they will become.And once an artificial intelligence can predict your choices, how much freedom do you really have?THE ONBOARDING is a psychological and technological thriller exploring artificial intelligence, digital surveillance, corporate power, behavioral manipulation, privacy, identity, and the unsettling boundary between human autonomy and algorithmic control.Perfect for readers who enjoy intelligent psychological thrillers, near-future dystopian fiction, technology-driven suspense, corporate conspiracies, and stories about the darker possibilities of artificial intelligence. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. THE INSIDER PROTOCOLWhat happens when the greatest threat to a company is already inside?Corporate espionage rarely begins with a dramatic break-in. Sometimes it starts with a trusted employee, a copied file, a stolen password, a suspicious competitor, or a trade secret that quietly disappears.The Insider Protocol takes readers behind the scenes of real-world corporate espionage and explores the hidden battles over information, intellectual property, competitive intelligence, and corporate power.Based on publicly available court filings, government indictments, regulatory disclosures, and contemporaneous reporting, this narrative nonfiction book examines documented cases involving insider threats, trade-secret theft, industrial espionage, corporate deception, and the people caught at the center of these operations.Guiding the narrative is Elias Voss, a fictional composite investigator created to connect the cases and explore the questions behind them: How does an insider become a target? Why do trusted employees cross the line? How can competitors obtain information they were never supposed to see? And why do sophisticated organizations sometimes fail to recognize the threat until it is too late?From confidential business information to valuable intellectual property, the cases reveal a hidden dimension of modern competition-one where information can be worth millions, loyalty can become a vulnerability, and the line between aggressive business strategy and espionage can become dangerously thin.Inside this book, you will discover: - Real-world corporate espionage cases drawn from public records- How insider threats develop inside seemingly secure organizations- The methods used to obtain confidential business information- The role of employees, competitors, intermediaries, and corporate networks- How trade secrets and intellectual property become targets- The warning signs that can emerge before a major breach- The human motivations behind some of the most intriguing corporate espionage casesThe Insider Protocol is not a manual for espionage. It is an investigation into the people, events, and hidden dynamics behind documented cases of corporate intelligence and insider threats.The secrets companies protect can be more valuable than the products they sell.And sometimes, the person holding the key is already inside. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Argentine Case examines one of the most persistent economic and political transformations in modern Latin America: Argentina's century-long struggle with inflation, currency instability, public spending, populism, debt, and repeated attempts at economic reform.From the prosperity of the early twentieth century to the recurring crises that reshaped the country's economic institutions, Argentina offers a remarkable case study of how monetary policy, fiscal decisions, political incentives, and expectations can interact over time.The book follows the evolution of the Argentine peso and the country's monetary system through successive periods of expansion, crisis, stabilization, and renewed instability. It explores the consequences of inflation, exchange-rate controls, currency devaluations, sovereign debt crises, and the erosion of confidence in domestic institutions.Particular attention is given to the relationship between economics and political incentives. Rather than treating economic crises as isolated events, The Argentine Case examines the cumulative effects of policies and institutional choices across generations.The final part turns to the Austrian tradition of economic thought and its relevance to Argentina's experience. Concepts associated with Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, monetary discipline, market coordination, and the role of prices provide a framework for examining the consequences of prolonged monetary distortion and intervention.Argentina is not presented simply as an economic failure or as a political success story. Instead, its history becomes a laboratory for understanding broader questions: Why do high-inflation economies struggle to restore monetary credibility?What happens when governments repeatedly use monetary and fiscal tools to postpone difficult adjustments?How do exchange-rate controls and currency restrictions affect economic decisions?Why do stabilization programs succeed temporarily in some circumstances but lose credibility in others?And what can economic history teach us about the relationship between institutions, incentives, and monetary stability?The Argentine Case connects economic history, monetary economics, political economy, and Austrian economic thought to provide a chronological and analytical account of a country whose experience continues to attract the attention of economists, investors, policymakers, and students of economic history.It is a study of currency, institutions, incentives, and the long-term consequences of economic choices. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. What if the mathematics of quantum mechanics and the intelligence of modern AI share the same hidden language?THE EIGENVALUE MACHINE takes readers on a journey through one of the most powerful ideas in mathematics: linear algebra. From eigenvalues and eigenvectors to Dirac's bra-ket notation, the book reveals how seemingly abstract mathematical structures became the foundation of quantum mechanics-and why they matter again in the age of artificial intelligence.Eigenvalues are more than equations on a page. They describe the fundamental states of physical systems, help explain quantum measurement, and provide the mathematical machinery behind transformations, operators, and observable quantities. Eigenvectors reveal the directions and states that remain structurally meaningful under those transformations.The book gradually connects these concepts to the language of quantum mechanics, introducing Dirac's brackets and the elegant framework of bras, kets, operators, and quantum states. Rather than treating the subject as a collection of disconnected formulas, it explores the underlying logic that allows linear algebra to describe phenomena at the quantum scale.But the story does not end with physics.The same mathematical principles now sit at the heart of modern artificial intelligence. Matrix operations, vector spaces, dimensionality reduction, optimization, embeddings, neural networks, and machine learning all depend on structures that can be traced back to the ideas explored throughout this book.THE EIGENVALUE MACHINE therefore presents linear algebra as a bridge between two seemingly different revolutions: the quantum revolution of the twentieth century and the AI revolution of the twenty-first.Inside, readers will explore: - Eigenvalues and eigenvectors and why they matter- Vector spaces, linear transformations, and matrices- Eigenstates and operators in quantum mechanics- Dirac's bra-ket notation and quantum states- The relationship between mathematical abstraction and physical reality- How linear algebra provides the language of quantum theory- Connections between quantum mathematics and computational systems- The role of vectors, matrices, and transformations in modern AI- Why the mathematics developed for physics has become essential to machine learningWritten for curious readers who want to understand the ideas rather than simply memorize formulas, this book offers a conceptual path from foundational linear algebra to quantum mechanics and ultimately to artificial intelligence.Whether you are a student, researcher, engineer, technology professional, or simply fascinated by the mathematical foundations of modern science, THE EIGENVALUE MACHINE invites you to see familiar mathematical objects in a different way.Behind quantum mechanics.Behind modern AI.Behind the transformation of information.There is linear algebra. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. THE DIGITAL CURTAINHow Competing Technology Ecosystems Are Deepening Global Political FragmentationThe world is entering a new era of technological division.For decades, globalization was built on the assumption that technology would bring economies, businesses, and societies closer together. Digital networks expanded across borders, supply chains became increasingly interconnected, and the internet created unprecedented opportunities for communication and commerce.That era is changing.Today, competing technology ecosystems are emerging around different standards, platforms, infrastructures, data regimes, semiconductor supply chains, artificial intelligence systems, and digital rules. The result is not simply technological competition. It is the gradual formation of a new digital geography in which technology increasingly reflects-and reinforces-political and economic divisions.The Digital Curtain explores how this transformation is reshaping globalization and creating new forms of fragmentation.From artificial intelligence and semiconductors to cloud computing, digital platforms, cybersecurity, telecommunications, and data governance, the book examines the strategic importance of technological ecosystems and the growing competition between different models of digital development.Rather than treating technology as a neutral force, this book examines technology as an increasingly important component of geopolitical power. Decisions about standards, infrastructure, data, platforms, and access to critical technologies can influence trade relationships, industrial policy, national security, corporate strategy, and international cooperation.The emerging landscape is more complex than a simple division between two opposing blocs. Countries and companies often participate in multiple ecosystems simultaneously, balancing economic interests, technological dependencies, regulatory requirements, and strategic concerns. This creates a world characterized not only by rivalry, but also by selective cooperation, technological interdependence, and competing forms of digital sovereignty.The Digital Curtain explores key questions: - How are competing technology ecosystems reshaping globalization?- Why have semiconductors, artificial intelligence, data, and digital infrastructure become strategic assets?- How can technological standards influence economic and political relationships?- What happens when digital ecosystems become increasingly incompatible?- How are governments and companies responding to technological dependencies?- Could technological fragmentation create a new form of geopolitical division?- What does the emerging digital landscape mean for international business and the future of global economic integration?Drawing connections between technology, economics, geopolitics, and international business, this book provides a framework for understanding a world in which technological choices increasingly carry strategic consequences.The central question is not whether globalization will disappear.It is whether globalization can continue to function when the technologies that connect the world are increasingly organized into competing ecosystems.The Digital Curtain offers a timely exploration of the forces transforming the relationship between technology, economic interdependence, and global political fragmentation. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. THE SILICON PENINSULA explores the technological transformation reshaping South Korea and examines how semiconductors, artificial intelligence, robotics, and advanced engineering are converging to create the foundations of the country's next economy.South Korea has evolved from a manufacturing powerhouse into one of the world's most sophisticated technology ecosystems. At the center of this transformation lies a powerful technological nexus: semiconductor manufacturing, artificial intelligence, robotics, automation, advanced materials, and the digital infrastructure that connects them.This book investigates how these technologies interact rather than treating them as isolated industries. Semiconductors provide the computational foundation for artificial intelligence. AI increasingly becomes the intelligence layer behind robotics and autonomous systems. Robotics transforms manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, and services. Together, these technologies are redefining productivity, competitiveness, labor, capital, and economic development.THE SILICON PENINSULA examines the strategic architecture behind South Korea's technological rise, from its semiconductor ecosystem and industrial champions to its research institutions, engineering capabilities, digital infrastructure, and national technology policies. It explores the forces driving the transition from an economy based primarily on manufacturing excellence toward an economy increasingly organized around computation, automation, data, and intelligent machines.The book also considers the challenges accompanying this transformation. Technological leadership requires enormous capital investment, highly specialized talent, resilient supply chains, energy and infrastructure, global market access, and effective institutions. At the same time, artificial intelligence and robotics raise difficult questions about employment, inequality, demographic change, corporate power, technological dependence, and national competitiveness.South Korea's experience offers a particularly revealing case because several structural forces are unfolding simultaneously: rapid demographic aging, industrial concentration, global competition for semiconductor leadership, the acceleration of AI, and the increasing automation of economic activity. These forces could become constraints-or catalysts-for the country's next phase of development.Rather than presenting technology as an inevitable path toward prosperity, THE SILICON PENINSULA asks a broader question: what kind of economy emerges when computation, intelligence, and machines become core productive assets?The answer has implications far beyond South Korea. As countries compete to build semiconductor capacity, AI ecosystems, robotics industries, and technological sovereignty, the Korean experience provides a valuable laboratory for understanding the emerging global technology economy.For readers interested in technology, economics, business strategy, geopolitics, industrial policy, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, robotics, and the future of work, THE SILICON PENINSULA offers a strategic perspective on one of the world's most consequential technological transformations-and on the economic system that may emerge from it. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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