In this demonstration, we present our Semantic W eb of Things (SWoT) prototyping toolkit called SWoTSuite. It is a set of tools supporting an easy and fast prototyping of end-to-end SWoT applications. SWoTSuite facilitates (i) automation of application development life-cycle, (ii) reducing the amount of time and effort required for developing WoT applications and (iii) an easy integration of se...

This chapter introduces the learner to the meaning of competitive advantage and posits that a firm’s strategy is defined as the managers’ theory about how to gain and sustain competitive advantage. The manner in which a firm creates its competitive advantage by creating more economic value than its rivals, and explains that profitability depends upon value, price, and costs is demonstrated. The...

Visual pollution, observed in urban areas, makes human beings suffer indirectly from mental distress and illnesses in long term. We are daily confronted with a variety of advertisement pictures in city squares and review them in our minds. But we may not be aware of the fact that such a visual scramble leads to mind distraction, decreasing mental concentration. The present study applies the tec...

Between the 70es and the 80es, the firm strategy meant as the whole of choices to make in order to achieve long-term targets, or, as defined by SWOT Analysis, which one referred to during the economic boom years gives way to the strategic planning and the strategic management. In such a reference picture, the present situation of IKEA store in Bari (Puglia, Italy) is included. This study target...

Keberagaman dan daya tarik yang dimiliki tempat wisata Kabupaten Malang mampu menjadi tujuan populer bagi wisatawan domestik maupun mancanegara. Objek Wisata Tlogo Land adalah salah satu di banyak diminati oleh karena pesona keindahan alamnya. Namun selama masa pandemi Covid-19 menghadapi berbagai hambatan tantangan dengan pemberlakuan pembatasan sosial menyebabkan menurunnya jumlah pengunjung ...