Economic cybercrime is one of the unwelcomed consequences of unprecedented intrusion of the Internet in our daily lives. Academic interest in understanding the causes and adverse impacts of cybercrime is growing. Opportunity perspective, which perceives individuals’ daily routines and lifestyles as the primary facilitator of victimization, has been widely applied as a theoretical and conceptual framework in cybercrime victimization research. However, this approach put the responsibility of the victimization on victims explicitly, which hampers the application of crime prevention and reduction efforts. This book presents the Contextual Vulnerabilities approach based on the significant findings of a doctoral study conducted at Durham University in the United Kingdom. Contextual vulnerabilities approach posits that cybercrime victimization is the outcome of the confluence of contextual factors that are mostly beyond victims’ control. This approach presumes that controlling individual (micro-level), macro-level and socio-cultural vulnerabilities may prevent cybercrime victimization. Though the preliminary goal of this book is to provide a new theoretical perspective to scholars researching victimization in cyberspace, I hope the wider audience would find it informative.

Zunehmenden Qualitätsanforderungen an Automobilindustrie erfordern die reibungslose Entwicklungs- und Produktionsprozesse. Um die Entwicklungs- und Produktionsprozesse perfekt zu gestalten, die Fehler vorzubeugen und somit die Qualität sicherzustellen, müssen Automobilzulieferer Methoden und Werkzeug des Qualitätsmanagement anwenden. In diesem Kontext bafasst sich dieses Buch mit den Qualitätsmanagementsystemen und den Techniken von Qualitätsmanagement. Auf Basis der einschlägigen Literatur wurden die Bedeutung der Qualität, Qualitätsmanagement,  Qualitätsmanagementsysteme und deren Entstehung und geschichtliche Entwicklung dargestellt. Des weiteren wurden die bereits existierenden Managementmodelle und Konzepte beschrieben und erörtert. Weiteres wurden die QM-Techniken herausgearbeitet.

During the 19th century, British diplomacy towards the Ottoman Empire was based on rejuvenating and revitalising the administration system with a series of social and political reforms. Although British attitudes began to transform during the Near Eastern Crisis of 1876-8 and the Anglo-Ottoman alliance was interrupted, the policy changed dramatically on the eve of the First World War.Nonetheless, major events such as the Chanak Crisis in the British Cabinet, the occupation of Constantinople and Smyrna and finally the Turkish Nationalist Movementunder the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk effected the dynamics of Anglo-Ottoman relations. This book examines the ground of these policies and analyses how thisstorm was over in British foreign policies towards Turkey between 1918 and 1923.