Understanding Context: Environment

Editors: Fenwick, Mark, Wrbka, Stefan (Eds.)
Presents a theoretically informed discussion of the tension between the demand for legal certainty and flexibility in the legal regulation of complex, late modern societies
Explores the shifting meaning of legal certainty in the context of both criminal and civil law, as well as national and transnational law
Examines the fate of a key rule of value in the context of contemporary social change

In a fast-paced and constantly changing world, it is more important than ever to have a sound appreciation of the context in which business organisations exist and operate. Now in its 7th edition, this best-selling textbook offers a comprehensive, yet accessible, introduction to the wide range of external influences that affect business operations and decisions in today’s increasingly globalised world.

This book sets the stage for understanding how the exponential escalation of digital ubiquity in the contemporary environment is being absorbed, modulated, processed and actively used for enhancing the performance of our built environment. S.M.A.R.T., in this context, is thus used as an acronym for Systems & Materials in Architectural Research and Technology, with a specific focus on interrogating the intricate relationship between information systems and associative material, cultural and socioeconomic formations within the built environment.