Virtual Worlds

Marketing experts John Quelch and Katherine Jocz offer a new way to think about place in every strategic decision - from how to leverage consumer associations with locations to where to position products on the shelf. They explore case studies such as Nike and The Apple Store, which use place in creative ways. Drawing on a blend of hard data and engaging anecdotes, this audiobook will help any business - from global mega-brands to boutique, small town stores - influence customers more effectively.

¡Bienvenidos al futuro de los negocios! El Metaverso para empresas: oportunidades de negocio en el mundo virtual es un fascinante viaje hacia un nuevo universo de oportunidades empresariales. Adéntrate conmigo en el metaverso, un mundo virtual en constante expansión, donde las posibilidades son infinitas y las fronteras comerciales se desdibujan.

When big tech announced their metaverse projects, it seemed like just another market aimed at consumer satisfaction. The metaverse then appeared to be another business venture reserved for the big shots. However, this is nowhere near what the metaverse is. The metaverse can be very confusing to understand, especially because it is a concept that keeps expanding on a daily basis. The jargon does not make it easier, either, which might be why many people are lost when it comes to what the metaverse is and how to benefit from it.

Are you new to a global team and need information on how to work for them? Do you work in a global team and have problems interacting with people from other countries and latitudes? This audiobook reviews the communication challenges that global virtual teams face in their lifetime. Although global virtual teams help organizations be flexible by providing experts from around the world who cross barriers of time, space, and culture at low cost using technology like email, collaboration sites, and video conferences; these types of teams come up with new challenges.

Cassie West licenses crimes for V.I.C.E, spending long hours convincing grieving families to allow her to sell their tragedies to the highest bidder. Life is hard and the cost of living high, but she and her husband Harris have never been happier. After years of trying, Cassie is finally pregnant. But leaving work late one evening, Cassie starts to worry. Harris isn't responding to texts or calls. Even worse, dozens of emergency drones seem to be heading in the same direction as she is: straight to their home.

A host of technologies—including digital cameras, drones, facial recognition devices, night-vision binoculars, automated license plate readers, GPS, geofencing, DNA matching, datamining, and artificial intelligence—have enabled police to carry out much of their work without leaving the office or squad car, in ways that do not easily fit the traditional physical search and seizure model envisioned by the framers of the Constitution. Virtual Searches develops a useful typology for sorting through this bewildering array of old, new, and soon-to-arrive policing techniques.

Imagine how great it would be to cut costs and grow your business beyond your wildest expectations by “remoting it” with outstanding global freelance talent. Discover how you can eliminate the expense of maintaining an office and many other costs with this approach. Get ready to ditch the office and experience the freedom of working from anywhere while leading a booming business.

Este libro revisa los desafíos de comunicación que los equipos globales virtuales afrontan durante su existencia. Aunque los equipos globales virtuales ayudan a las organizaciones a ser flexibles al proporcionar expertos de todo el mundo que cruzan las barreras del tiempo, el espacio y la cultura a bajo costo utilizando tecnología como el correo electrónico, los sitios de colaboración y las videoconferencias.