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BenBella Books Your Invisible Network: How to Create, Maintain,
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BenBella Books Dancing with Monsters: A Tale About Leadership,
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BenBella Books How to Be Better at Almost Everything: Learn
Book SynopsisThink about those people who somehow manage to be amazing at everything they do — the multimillionaire CEO with the bodybuilder physique or the rock star with legions of adoring fans. How do they manage to be so great at life? By acquiring and applying multiple skills to make themselves more valuable to others, they've become generalists, able to 'stack' their varied skills for a unique competitive edge. In How to Be Better at Almost Everything, bestselling author, fitness expert, entrepreneur, and professional business coach Pat Flynn shares the secrets to learning (almost) every skill, from marketing and music to relationships and martial arts, teaching how to combine interests to achieve greatness in any field. Discover how to: • Learn any skill with only an hour of practice a day through repetition and resistance • Package all your passions into a single tool kit for success with skill stacking • Turn those passions into paychecks by transforming yourself into a person of interest To really get ahead in today's fast-paced, constantly evolving world, you need a diverse portfolio of hidden talents you can pull from your back pocket at a moment's notice. The good news? You don't need to be a genius or a prodigy to get there — you just have to be willing to learn. How to Be Better at Almost Everything will teach you how to make your personal and professional goals a reality, starting today.Trade Review"What Pat presents in this book represents a paradigm shift in the way we all should be approaching our businesses and lives. It's not about killing yourself trying to be the best. It's about putting the puzzle pieces together, getting better at what you need to get better at, and offering something valuable and unique to the marketplace. This book is the ultimate handbook on how to do just that." —Som Sikdar, CEO of Dragon Gym Martial Arts and Fitness "This book is an easy read and a must-read. So much of this book is easily adopted into one's life." —Dan John, author of Never Let Go
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Information Age Publishing Strategic Alliances for SME Development
Book SynopsisStrategic Alliances for SME Development is a volume in the book series Research in Strategic Alliances that focuses on providing a robust and comprehensive forum for new scholarship in the field of strategic alliances. In particular, the books in the series cover new views of interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks and models, significant practical problems of alliance organization and management, and emerging areas of inquiry. The series also includes comprehensive empirical studies of selected segments of business, economic, industrial, government, and non-profit activities with wide prevalence of strategic alliances. Through the ongoing release of focused topical titles, this book series seeks to disseminate theoretical insights and practical management information that should enable interested professionals to gain a rigorous and comprehensive understanding of the field of strategic alliances.Strategic Alliances for SME Development contains contributions by leading scholars in the field of strategic alliance research. The 12 chapters in this volume deal with the increasingly significant role of strategic alliances in the development of SMEs, covering such diverse topics as management capability and internationalization of alliance portfolios, building alliances, development drivers, founder ties, competitive edge, strategic alignment, technology and innovative firms, and temporary project alliances. The chapters contain empirical as well as conceptual treatments of the selected topics, and collectively present a wide-ranging review of the noteworthy research perspectives on the role of strategic alliances for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.
£47.45
Information Age Publishing Strategic Alliances for SME Development
Book SynopsisStrategic Alliances for SME Development is a volume in the book series Research in Strategic Alliances that focuses on providing a robust and comprehensive forum for new scholarship in the field of strategic alliances. In particular, the books in the series cover new views of interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks and models, significant practical problems of alliance organization and management, and emerging areas of inquiry. The series also includes comprehensive empirical studies of selected segments of business, economic, industrial, government, and non-profit activities with wide prevalence of strategic alliances. Through the ongoing release of focused topical titles, this book series seeks to disseminate theoretical insights and practical management information that should enable interested professionals to gain a rigorous and comprehensive understanding of the field of strategic alliances.Strategic Alliances for SME Development contains contributions by leading scholars in the field of strategic alliance research. The 12 chapters in this volume deal with the increasingly significant role of strategic alliances in the development of SMEs, covering such diverse topics as management capability and internationalization of alliance portfolios, building alliances, development drivers, founder ties, competitive edge, strategic alignment, technology and innovative firms, and temporary project alliances. The chapters contain empirical as well as conceptual treatments of the selected topics, and collectively present a wide-ranging review of the noteworthy research perspectives on the role of strategic alliances for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.
£82.80
HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) Black Gold: The story of how the All Blacks
Book SynopsisPower, Money and the Team that Reshaped Rugby How did one of the smallest nations in the world produce the jewel in world rugby's crown? In the professional age, the All Blacks have evolved to become rugby's most marketable asset and a blueprint for building high-performing teams. But as the All Blacks became commercialised, the tug-of-war between performance and making money has intensified.From the battle between Nike and Adidas for ownership of the black jersey to the newly minted deal with Silicon Valley private equity group Silver Lake, Black Gold reveals how the lure of monetising the brand has impacted the performance of the players and coaches. What sacrifices are being made to increase profit? And is the golden goose at risk of being overcooked? Black Gold is a gripping, revealing book about the inner workings of the All Blacks, the balance of power and what lies ahead for the world's best-known rugby team.
£15.29
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Monopoly Power and Competition: The Italian
Book SynopsisThis defining and original book explores the history of monopoly power and of its relation to competition, focusing on the innovative contributions of the Italian Marginalists ? Pareto, Pantaleoni, De Viti de Marco and Barone. Manuela Mosca analyses their articulate vision of competition, and the structural and strategic entry barriers considered in their works to enrich existing literature on the history of the sources of market power. The book is not limited to the reconstruction of the elaboration of pure theory, it also highlights its policy implications and how this group applied their theories as cutting-edge experiments in analysing the labour market, socialism, the Great War and gender issues, against the background of the political situation of the period.Monopoly Power and Competition is a vital resource for historians of economic thought, as it explores a relatively untouched area of microeconomics in historical perspective, and reveals the theories surrounding monopoly power and competition. Microeconomists and industrial organisation scholars would similarly benefit from the knowledge of the origins of many microeconomic tools and notions.Trade Review'Manuela Mosca has worked on the role of monopoly power in the history of economic analysis for the last twenty years. This book contains the upshot of her meticulous and insightful studies of how the problem was dealt with, the focus of attention being on four major Italian authors, Pareto, Pantaleoni, De Viti de Marco and Barone, co-founders of the Marginalist school of economics. However, the investigation is not limited to the development of pure theory, it treats also its policy implications and the way these were effectuated against the background of the contemporary political situation. The book contains solid analytical reconstructions, an illuminating politico-historical discourse and is a pleasure to read.' --Heinz D. Kurz, University of Graz, Austria'This book is an invaluable vaccine against the tendency, all too common in some economic circles, to identify ''competition'' with the classroom model of perfectly competitive markets. Mosca highlights the classical economists' vision of competition as an ongoing process, not an equilibrium state, explains the both the importance of potential competition in the classical framework and the way the concept of barriers to entry shapes modern views on the competition process. Her discussion makes clear the central place of vibrant Italian economic scholarship in developing these ideas.' --Stephen Martin, Purdue University, US'Manuela Mosca offers a fascinating portrait of the generation of economic ideas through interaction among four gifted theorists and friends: Pareto, Pantaleoni, de Viti de Marco, and Barone. These four theorists set forth a unique approach to competition and monopoly, and that approach maps nicely onto the growing interest in social complexity.' --Richard E. Wagner, George Mason University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. The sources of monopoly power in the history of economic thought 2. The universal force of competition 3. Monopoly power: competition is never perfect 4. Monopoly power, competition and reality 5. The concept of the state and economic policy Conclusions References Name Index
£94.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy
Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy presents a comprehensive state-of-the-art picture of current strategic management issues and demarcates the major investigation strands that are likely to shape the field into the future. The Handbook is the outcome of a far-reaching endeavor including new contributions from highly-reputed experts around the world, outlining the conceptual and empirical advancements and assessing the promises and practical relevance of the competitive strategy field. Looking at key areas such as alliances and innovation, ownership and networks, coopetition and entrepreneurship, multinational and trust management, and firm's financial structures and business models, the book sets a research agenda for the future of competitive strategy research. Gathering various solid branches of investigation that revolve around specific theories and applications (such as the socio-cognitive perspective, the strategy-as-practice view, and the most recent developments in competitive dynamics and the resource-based perspective of the firm), this inspiring and thought-provoking Handbook will provide executives, entrepreneurs, students and scholars in management with many insights into the nature and process of competitive strategy emergence, configuration and development. Contributors: A. Arikan, A. Arino, J.B. Barney, J.A.C. Baum, A. Capasso, R. Casadesus-Masanell, B. Cassiman, S. Castaldo, A. Chintakananda, M.C. Cinici, G.M. D'Allura, G.B. Dagnino, E. Dalpiaz, V. Della Corte, M.C. Di Guardo, R.L.M. Dunbar, R. Faraci, S. Ferriani, I. Filatotchev, N.J. Foss, E. Garcia-Canal, F. Garraffo, A. Giuliani, H.R. Greve, J.R. Harrison, M.A. Hitt, E.T. La Rocca, M. La Rocca, G. Lee, C. Markides, O. Meglio, A. Minichilli, G. Padula, V. Pisano, K. Premazzi, R. Ragozzino, R.K. Reger, P. Regner, J.J. Reuer, J.E. Ricart, V.P. Rindova, G.D. Santangelo, M. Sciarelli, W. Shen, M. Sorrentino, C. Stadler, G. WalkerTrade Review‘T?he Handbook stimulates reflection and helps one to select which avenues to explore, while at the same time preserving a strong link with established ideas.’ -- M@n@gement JournalTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Why a Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy? Giovanni Battista Dagnino PART I: COMPETITIVE STRATEGY RESEARCH: ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENTS 2. What is Competitive Strategy? Origins and Developments of a Relevant Research Area in Strategic Management Vincenzo Pisano and Michael A. Hitt 3. The Genesis of Competitive Strategy: A Historian’s View Christian Stadler 4. Theory of Science Perspectives on Strategic Management Research: Debates and a Novel View Nicolai J. Foss 5. Young and Growing Research Directions in Competitive Strategy Joel A.C. Baum and Henrich R. Greve PART II: THEORETICAL APPROACHES INFORMING COMPETITIVE STRATEGY RESEARCH 6. The Role of Resource-based Theory in Strategic Management Studies: Managerial Implications and Hints for Research Jay B. Barney, Valentina Della Corte, Mauro Sciarelli and Asli Arikan 7. The Mind of the Strategist and the Eye of the Beholder: The Socio-cognitive Perspective in Strategy Research Violina P. Rindova, Rhonda K. Reger and Elena Dalpiaz 8. The Management of Growth Strategies in Firm Networks: A Stylized Model of Opportunity Discovery via Network Ties Simone Ferriani and Antonio Giuliani 9. Strategy-as-Practice: Untangling the Emergence of Competitive Positions Patrick Regnér 10. Competitive Dynamics Stimulated by Pioneers’ Technological Innovation: A Theoretical Framework Francesco Garraffo and Gwendolyn Lee PART III: ADVANCED TOPICS IN COMPETITIVE STRATEGY RESEARCH 11. The Evolving Role of Mergers and Acquisitions in Competitive Strategy Research Olimpia Meglio and Arturo Capasso 12. Strategic Implications of Alliance Formation and Dynamics: A Comprehensive Review Africa Ariño and Esteban García-Canal 13. Innovation and Technology Management in Competitive Strategy Research Bruno Cassiman and Maria Chiara Di Guardo 14. Corporate Governance Issues in Competitive Strategy Research Igor Filatotchev 15. Entrepreneurial Issues in Competitive Strategy Research Mario Sorrentino 16. Family Business and Competitive Strategy Research Giorgia M. D’Allura and Alessandro Minichilli 17. Multinational Firms and Competitive Strategy Research Grazia D. Santangelo PART IV: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN COMPETITIVE STRATEGY RESEARCH 18. The Use of Quantitative Methodologies in Competitive Strategy Research Roberto Ragozzino, Asda Chintakananda and Jeffrey J. Reuer 19. Semiotic Methods and the Meaning of Strategy in Firm Annual Reports Maria Cristina Cinici and Roger L.M. Dunbar 20. The Role and Impact of Computer Simulation Modeling in Competitive Strategy Research J. Richard Harrison and Gordon Walker PART V: COMPETITIVE STRATEGY AT THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN RESEARCH AND PRACTICE: A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE 21. The Management of Trust in Competitive Strategy Research: Why it is Important and What is New Sandro Castaldo and Katia Premazzi 22. Competing through Business Models Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan E. Ricart 23. Coopetition: Nature, Challenges, and Implications for Firms’ Strategic Behavior and Managerial Mindset Giovanni Battista Dagnino, Maria Chiara Di Guardo and Giovanna Padula 24. Crossing Boundaries between Contemporary Research in Strategy and Finance: Connecting the Firm’s Financial Structure and Competitive Strategy Maurizio La Rocca and Elvira Tiziana La Rocca 25. Does Firm Ownership Matter? Investors, Corporate Governance and Strategic Competitiveness in Privately-held Firms Rosario Faraci and Wei Shen 26. Competitive Strategy Research’s Impact on Practice Costantinos Markides Index
£50.30
Anthem Press Competitiveness and Development: Myth and
Book SynopsisIn ‘Competitiveness and Development’, the author explains the confusion surrounding the concept of competitiveness in the context of developing countries; proposes policies for achieving competitiveness at a high level of development; examines its possibilities and constraints; and suggests policy changes necessary at the national and international levels. Shafaeddin illustrates how developed countries impose restrictive policies on developing countries through international financial institutions and the WTO, as well as regional and bilateral agreements, which limit their policy space for promoting dynamic comparative advantage in order to achieve competitiveness at a high level of development. Ultimately, such policies lock developing countries that are at early stages of development in specialization based on static comparative advantage and competitiveness at a low level of development.Table of ContentsList of Tables, Figures and Boxes; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Framework of Analysis; 2. Context and Conditions of International Competition; 3. Alternative Theories of Competitiveness; 4. Firm Strategy and New Industrial Organization; 5. External Economies: Organization of Interfirm Relations; 6. Reputation and Trust: A Firm’s Relations with Stakeholders and Others; 7. Innovation and Upgrading; 8. Government Policies; 9. The Experiences of China and Mexico; 10. Summary and Concluding Remarks; Appendices; Bibliography; Index
£23.75
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Competition and Regulation in Electricity Markets
Book SynopsisThis timely research review explores the main issues surrounding competition and regulation in electricity markets. The industry is experiencing irresistible forces for change driven by energy policy objectives; a reassessment of market regulation in the face of high energy prices and the response to consumer pressure to agree on what constitutes a fair price for energy. This research review identifies the key articles that underpin the debate across the industries supply chain (generation, supply and networks) and from a regulatory perspective (including market power and incentive regulation) followed by a consideration of the overall impact of liberalisation and future developments. Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Sebastian Eyre and Michael G. Pollitt PART I CLASSICS A Economics 1. F.P. Ramsey (1927), ‘A Contribution to the Theory of Taxation’, Economic Journal, 37 (145), March, 47–61 2. Harold Hotelling (1938), ‘The General Welfare in Relation to Problems of Taxation and of Railway and Utility Rates’, Econometrica, 6 (3), July, 242–69 3. R.H. Montgomery (1939), ‘Government Ownership and Operation of the Electric Industry’, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 201, January, 43–9 4. James C. Bonbright (1941), ‘Major Controversies as to the Criteria of Reasonable Public Utility Rates’, American Economic Review, 30 (5), February, 379–89 5. Nancy Ruggles (1949–1950), ‘Recent Developments in the Theory of Marginal Costs Pricing’, Review of Economic Studies, 17 (2), 107–26 6. M. Boiteux (1960), ‘Peak-Load Pricing’, Journal of Business, 33 (2), April, 157–79 B Regulation 7. Harvey Averch and Leland L. Johnson (1962), ‘Behavior of the Firm Under Regulatory Constraint’, American Economic Review, 52 (5), December, 1052–69 8. George G. Stigler and Claire Friedland (1962), ‘What Can Regulators Regulate? The Case of Electricity’, Journal of Law and Economics, 5, October, 1–16 9. George J. Stigler (1971), ‘The Theory of Economic Regulation’, Bell Journal of Economics and Management Science, 2 (1), Spring, 3–21 10. Sam Peltzman (1976), ‘Toward a More General Theory of Regulation’, Journal of Law and Economics, 19 (2), August, 211–40 11. Harold Demsetz (1968), ‘Why Regulate Utilities?’, Journal of Law and Economics, 11 (1), April, 55–65 12. Leonard W. Weiss (1975), ‘Antitrust in the Electric Power Industry’, in Almarin Phillips (ed.), Promoting Competition in Regulated Markets, Chapter 5, Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 135–73 13. Andrei Shleifer (1985), ‘A Theory of Yardstick Competition’, RAND Journal of Economics, 16 (3), Autumn, 319–27 14. Richard A. Posner (1971), ‘Taxation by Regulation’, Bell Journal of Economics and Management Science, 2 (1), Spring, 22–50 15. William Stanley Jevons (1885), ‘The Coal Question in England’, Science, 5 (108), February, 175–6 PART II INCENTIVE REGULATION 16. William J. Baumol (1982), ‘Productivity Incentive Clauses and Rate Adjustment for Inflation’, Public Utilities Fortnightly, 110, July, 11–18 17. Richard Schmalensee (1989), ‘Good Regulatory Regimes’, RAND Journal of Economics, 20 (3), Autumn, 417–36 18. David E.M. Sappington and Dennis L. Weisman (1994), ‘Designing Superior Incentive Regulation: Modifying Plans to Preclude Recontracting and Promote Performance’, Public Utilities Fortnightly, 132 (5), March, 27–32 19. Paul L. Joskow (2013), ‘Incentive Regulation in Theory and Practice: Electricity Distribution and Transmission Networks’, in Nancy L. Rose (ed.), Economic Regulation and Its Reform: What Have We Learned?, Chapter 5, Chicago, IL and London, UK: University of Chicago Press, 291–344 PART III COMPETITION IN GENERATION 20. Paul L. Joskow (1997), ‘Restructuring, Competition and Regulatory Reform in the U.S. Electricity Sector’, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 11 (3), Summer, 119–38 21. Peter Cramton and Steven Stoft (2005), ‘A Capacity Market that Makes Sense’, Electricity Journal, 18 (7), August/September, 43–54 22. Eric S. Schubert, David Hurlbut, Parviz Adib and Shmuel Oren (2006), ‘The Texas Energy-Only Resource Adequacy Mechanism’, Electricity Journal, 19 (10), December, 39–49 23. Richard Green and Nicholas Vasilakos (2010), ‘Market Behaviour with Large Amounts of Intermittent Generation’, Energy Policy, 38 (7), July, 3211–20 PART IV MARKET POWER 24. David M. Newbery (1995), ‘Power Markets and Market Power’, Energy Journal, 16 (3), 39–66 25. Severin Borenstein, James B. Bushnell and Frank A. Wolak (2002), ‘Measuring Market Inefficiencies in California’s Restructured Wholesale Electricity Market’, American Economic Review, 92 (5), December, 1376–405 26. Richard Green (1999), ‘The Electricity Contract Market in England and Wales’, Journal of Industrial Economics, XLVII (1), March, 107–24 27. Paul L. Joskow and Edward Kahn (2002), ‘A Quantitative Analysis of Pricing Behavior in California’s Wholesale Electricity Market During Summer 2000’, Energy Journal, 23 (4), 1–35 28. Severin Borenstein (2002), ‘The Trouble with Electricity Markets: Understanding California’s Restructuring Disaster’, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 16 (1), Winter, 191–211 29. Andrew Sweeting (2007), ‘Market Power in the England and Wales Wholesale Electricity Market 1995–2000’, Economic Journal, 117 (520), April, 654–85 30. Richard Gilbert and David Newbery (2010), ‘Electricity Merger Policy in the US and EU Electricity Generation’, in François Lévêque and Howard Shelanski, Antitrust and Regulation in the EU and US: Legal and Economic Perspectives, Chapter 6, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 160–81 PART V TRANSMISSION AND SYSTEM OPERATION 31. Roger E. Bohn, Michael C. Caramanis and Fred C. Schweppe (1984), ‘Optimal Pricing in Electrical Networks over Space and Time’, RAND Journal of Economics, 15 (3), Autumn, 360–76 32. William W. Hogan (1992), ‘Contract Networks for Electric Power Transmission’, Journal of Regulatory Economics, 4 (3), September, 211–42 33. Hung-Po Chao and Stephen Peck (1995), ‘A Market Mechanism for Electric Power Transmission’, Journal of Regulatory Economics, 10 (1), July, 25–59 34. Paul Joskow and Jean Tirole (2005), ‘Merchant Transmission Investment’, Journal of Industrial Economics, LIII (2), June, 233–64 35. Stephen C. Littlechild and Carlos J. Skerk (2008), ‘Transmission Expansion in Argentina 4: A Review of Performance’, Energy Economics, 30 (4), July, 1462–90 PART VI RETAIL COMPETITION 36. Chris M. Wilson and Catherine Waddams Price (2010), ‘Do Consumers Switch to the Best Supplier?’, Oxford Economic Papers, 62 (4), October, 647–68 37. Stephen Littlechild (2008), ‘Municipal Aggregation and Retail Competition in the Ohio Energy Sector’, Journal of Regulatory Economics, 34 (2), October, 164–94 PART VII LIBERALISATION IMPACTS 38. Paul L. Joskow (2008), ‘Lessons Learned from Electricity Market Liberalization’, Energy Journal, 29 (2), 9–42 PART VIII FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS 39. Christopher Hood (2010), ‘Can We? Administrative Limits Revisited’, Public Administration Review, 70 (4), July/August, 527–34 40. Michael G. Pollitt (2012), ‘Lessons from the History of Independent System Operators in the Energy Sector’, Energy Policy, 47, August, 32–48 41. L. Lynne Kiesling (2009), ‘Organization Form and the Wires’, in Deregulation, Innovation and Market Liberalization: Electricity Regulation in a Continually Evolving Environment, Chapter 5, London, UK and New York, NY: Routledge, 88–103, notes, references 42. Ahmad Faruqui and Sanem Sergici (2010), ‘Household Response to Dynamic Pricing of Electricity: A Survey of 15 Experiments’, Journal of Regulatory Economics, 38 (2), October, 193–225 Index
£409.45
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Competition, Coordination and Diversity: From the
Book SynopsisCompetition, or the freedom to enter into a market, contributes greatly to the differentiation of human activities and therefore to economic progress. This fascinating book highlights the similarities between human systems at both the micro and macro level, and demonstrates how competition can positively affect the economic workings of firms and countries.Pascal Salin explores a number of issues associated with competition and human diversity, with a particular focus on the European Union. Topics addressed include globalization and regulation, tax harmonization, monetary integration and currency issues, economic and monetary policies, and financial crises. The book concludes with a thorough discussion of the underlying economic theory and the vital differences between the Austrian approach and mainstream thought.This book will appeal to scholars and students of Austrian and public choice economics.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Firms, Markets and Competition 2. Globalization and International Economic Problems 3. Monetary Iintegration 4. Money, Finance and Economic Policies 5. Foundations of Economic Theory Index
£111.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Monopolies and Underdevelopment: From Colonial
Book SynopsisThis extraordinary book proposes a new theory of colonization and of its economic effects in leading to continued underdevelopment of formerly colonized countries. It brilliantly attributes those effects to a simple source: colonial monopolization that systematically affected consumers, labor, and related industries, creating a structure of domination that continues today. The book is comparable to Thomas Piketty's best-selling Capital in the 21st Century, but substantially goes beyond and is deeper than Piketty because it explains the economic and structural forces leading to increasing inequality. The book also shows that these same forces are affecting modern economies which will inhibit development into the future. It should be read by all interested in the economic and social effects of colonialism as well as by all interested in the economic future of the world.'- George L. Priest, Yale Law School, US'This bold, original and learned book proposes what might be termed a global, interdisciplinary theory of poverty. It identifies the cause of under-development of impoverished economies in the structural concentration of economic power inherited from their colonial past, then goes on to show how various fields of knowledge (economics, but also law, philosophy and the social sciences) still work today to support the same monopolistic socio-economic structures. Drawing lessons from this analytical framework, it offers a series of ideas for transformative action. In this respect, it provides highly instructive - if sobering - reading while also offering a remarkable methodological model for future research on issues which might be described as global justice.'- Horatia Muir Watt, Sciences Po, Paris, FranceThis ambitious analysis is centered on the evolution of economic structures in colonized economies, showing the effects of these structures on today's global reality for all economies, whether they are considered 'developed or 'underdeveloped.'With a comprehensive scope encompassing economic structures and their influence on the growth of nations from past to present, Calixto Salomão Filho delves into issues of development, economic structures, social problems, monopolies, globalization, and poverty. This book features a unique combination of economic and legal analysis of development, including the examination of underdevelopment trends based on monopoly growth and the triple drain effects of monopolies on national economies. The result is an illuminating study of historical restriction and exploitation and its impact on present day markets around the world.Monopolies and Underdevelopment will capture the interest of scholars and readers of the economic theory of development, economic history of underdeveloped countries, and law and development; as well as those involved in Latin American and South Asian studies, international comparative law, and legal history.Trade Review‘This extraordinary book proposes a new theory of colonization and of its economic effects in leading to continued underdevelopment of formerly colonized countries. It brilliantly attributes those effects to a simple source: colonial monopolization that systematically affected consumers, labor, and related industries, creating a structure of domination that continues today. The book is comparable to Thomas Piketty’s best-selling Capital in the 21st Century, but substantially goes beyond and is deeper than Piketty because it explains the economic and structural forces leading to increasing inequality. The book also shows that these same forces are affecting modern economies which will inhibit development into the future. It should be read by all interested in the economic and social effects of colonialism as well as by all interested in the economic future of the world.’ -- George L. Priest, Yale Law School, US‘This bold, original and learned book proposes what might be termed a global, interdisciplinary theory of poverty. It identifies the cause of under-development of impoverished economies in the structural concentration of economic power inherited from their colonial past, then goes on to show how various fields of knowledge (economics, but also law, philosophy and the social sciences) still work today to support the same monopolistic socio-economic structures. Drawing lessons from this analytical framework, it offers a series of ideas for transformative action. In this respect, it provides highly instructive – if sobering – reading while also offering a remarkable methodological model for future research on issues which might be described as global justice.’ -- Horatia Muir Watt, Sciences Po Law School, FranceTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: From Colonial Past to Global Reality Part I The “March of Acceptance”: Economic Power in the History of Ideas 1. The Philosophical View 2. The Economic View 3. The Legal View Part II Monopolies and the History of Capitalism 1. Colonial Monopoly and Underdevelopment 2. Industrialization and Continuity of Monopolistic Structures 3. Internationalization of Economic Relations and the Internationalization of Monopolies Part III - Conclusion: The End or Beginning of History? Index
£84.00
Ebury Publishing Compassion Inc.: Unleashing the Power of Empathy
Book SynopsisBe inspired to transform your business to change the world.Do you ever wonder how successful businesses can be used as a force for good? Do you sometimes feel conflicted by the principles of capitalism? Do you wish to change the world around you whilst doing what you love?In this book, Gaurav Sinha, world-class businessman and entrepreneur, founder of Insignia in 2003, outlines the economics of empathy for life and for business. He offers actionable solutions to maintaining a successful trade in a changing global landscape where conscience, ethics, and authenticity are high on the agenda.The world is changing, perceptions are shifting, consumers are evolving, and this book will ensure your business keeps up.Trade ReviewGaurav Sinha’s manifesto to rethink business motivated by compassion has the potential to create a more peaceful, just, sustainable and joyful world -- Deepak ChopraThis book is the product of a sharp business brain and a warm, welcoming heart - a powerful combination that will inspire the reader to live a better life at work and play -- Richard Kilgarriff Founder & Editorial Director BookomiReading this book will make you feel a bit better about the world and your business, even before putting Sinha's ideas into practice. * Financial Times *Part memoir, part meditation and musings, Compassion Inc outlines how you can be an “altruistic aesthete”, someone who likes the good stuff but also likes to give back. * Vogue India *
£13.50
Emerald Publishing Limited Feminists and Queer Theorists Debate the Future
Book Synopsis'What is CMS for and what might its future be- both inside the domain of academia and outside it? It's a question that has beguiled and frustrated academics within and outside its community. At the hear of CMS is an enduring skepticism concerning the social and ecological sustainability of prevailing ideas and forms of management and organization. Using ideas from feminist and queer theory, authors of this volume aim to generate some thinking and possibly a nascent agenda. It focuses on the future of CMS but also intertwines it with ideas as to how scholarly communities can engage in working lives differently.Trade Review"Written as constructive critique from within the Critical Management Studies project, this volume demonstrates the urgency of multiple contemporary strands of feminism and queer theory for keeping CMS relevant and alert to the challenges of our times. The authors succeed in going beyond arm chair critiques and propose actual practical changes, providing novel ideas for alternative practices of researching, teaching and writing, for embodied politics, and activist organizing. Some do not shy away from hard conversations and confrontational politics, showing the joy in acting as 'kill joys'. Others venture into radically different, fascinating new forms of scholarship and learning. I highly recommend this collection of dialogues to anyone longing to make a critical difference." -- Yvonne Bishop"This collection is a call to action for a more active, politically engaged CMS. It invites us to envision what more CMS can be with the addition of more feminist, more anti-racist, and more queer voices. With an assemblage of chapters that are bound to provoke and unsettle, the book aims to incite reflexivity among CMS scholars and to prompt collective efforts for confronting the normative in knowledge, in management, in the university and in the academy more generally." -- Linda Smircich and Marta Calas,"When asked what feminism and queer theory can offer to the scope and direction of critical work, the masters of CMS who guard the 'manual' of critique often simply shrug their shoulders. In this insightful and lively volume, the feminist and the queer are at last tactically connected to retort with plenty of heartfelt and provocative alternatives. Embodied, anti-normative and explosive critique - ranging from practical politics to pragmatic change, from creative resistance to radical activism and from feminist solidarity to queer friendship - is explained well and illustrated consistently in a thought-provoking and surprising text that aims to confront and root out many of the injustices and injuries in a world, desiring to become more equal, diverse and different." -- Chris SteyaertTable of Contents1. Collecting feminist and queer dialogues in and around CMS - The editors 2. Redeeming difference in CMS through anti-racist feminism - Helena Liu 3. Beyond subject-less abstractions: a feminist praxis contribution - Ngaire Bissett 4. Feminist critical management studies in the lecture hall: a space for activism and hope? - Katherine J C Sang, Steven Glasgow 5. Feminism in the third space: critical discourse analysis of Mipsterz women and grassroots activism - Golnaz Golnaraghi and Sumayya Daghar 6. The Neoliberal Crisis: Alternative Organizing and Spaces of/for Feminist Solidarity - Maria Daskalaki and Marianna Fotaki 7. Manifesto for Feminist Critical Race Killjoys in CMS - Elaine Swan 8. Feminist CMS writing as difficult joy: Via bitches and birds - Janet Sayers 9. Writing with Eve: Queering Paper - Ann Rippin 10. Queer Matters: Reflections on the Critical Potential of Affective Organizing - Sine Nørholm Just, Sara Louise Muhr, Thomas Burø 11. Critical management studies, queer theory and the prospect of a queer friendship - Nick Rumens 12. What’s wrong with queer? Between queer dialogue and separatist safe spaces - Louise Wallenberg and Torkild Thanem 13. Concluding chapter - Sarah Gilmore and Nancy Harding
£96.99
Emerald Publishing Limited Global Opportunities for Entrepreneurial Growth:
Book SynopsisContemporary markets are increasingly complex and dynamic. Diverse business contexts have become closer, and are increasingly influenced by socio-economic and technological factors. Firms nowadays build alliances even with competing players to ensure entrepreneurial survival and growth. This publication aims to investigate, compare, and contrast the theoretical and practical elements of business concepts and models that are acclimated to the dynamic changes of our modern era. Furthermore, it describes and analyzes the current cooperative interactions among firms, and evaluates the contribution of knowledge dynamics in coopetition. Organizational performance is one of the major elements required in contemporary markets, and the necessity to promote initiatives for innovation in new technological investments creates the foundations for growth, enabling businesses to explore opportunities in the global context. This book aims to explore and utilize the existing academic knowledge, and to contribute to the topic of coopetition within and across firms for entrepreneurial growth. It is a culmination of recent global circumstances and credible academic theories, focusing on analyzing, evaluating and interpreting the modern status-quo in the international business environment.Trade ReviewThrough 24 chapters, researchers working in various business fields around the world consider theoretical and practical elements of business concepts and models involved in international business and the cooperative interactions among businesses in conjunction with competition. They explore the value of “coopetition” in entrepreneurial internationalization and business development, the process of knowledge flows, and organizational sustainability for coopetitive entrepreneurship. They address innovation and entrepreneurship, knowledge management and learning, organizational sustainability and growth, politics and regulation, and economic, technological, and social development. They examine whether innovation is different across sectors and disciplines, to discover emerging patterns, factors, triggers, catalysts, and accelerators to innovation and their impact on research, practice, and policy. They discuss the concept of coopetition, the coexistence of both collaborative and competitive forces in interorganizational settings, and a new way of thinking for accelerating the innovation process and generating greater value; the temporal dimension of multinational enterprises; entrepreneurial initiatives and the basic traits of knowledge management in business development; the role of transformational leadership, technicality and entrepreneurship, and innovativeness in going international; knowledge-based entrepreneurship formation; the internationalization process of Internet of Things firms; and coopetitive aspects of international brand licensing. Further chapters cover knowledge flows and dynamics for organizational performance and coopetitive entrepreneurship through innovative and technological strategies, including intangible assets, specific knowledge and knowledge-related assets, interface features, establishing a startup, mobile phone innovation, and digital food hubs as disruptive business models, and a framework involving the World Trade Organization, sustainability, and green growth. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction - Stavros Sindakis and Panagiotis Theodorou Section A: Coopetition, Entrepreneurial Internationalization, and Business Development Chapter 2: Effectuated Innovation Process in Entrepreneurial Firms: A Conceptual Model - Jacky F. L. Hong and Xi Zhao Chapter 3: A Time Use Perspective on Entrepreneurial Initiatives in the Multinational Enterprise - Christopher Williams and Wendelien van Eerde Chapter 4: Business Model Used in Companies Representing Creative Industries - Mieczysław Morawski Chapter 5: Entrepreneurial SMEs Surviving in the Era of Globalisation: Critical Success Factors - Hee Song Ng and Daisy Mui Hung Kee Chapter 6: Hidden Champions from Small Catching up Country: Leveraging Entrepreneurial Orientation, Organizational Capabilities and Global Networks - Monika Petraite and Vytaute Dlugoborskyte Chapter 7: Internet of Things” Firms and New Patterns of Internationalization - Valerio Veglio Chapter 8: Coopetition through International Luxury Brand Licensing: Burberry in Japan - Kenichi Ohkita Section B: Knowledge Flows and Coopetitive Entrepreneurship for Organizational Sustainability Knowledge Dynamics and Flows for Organisational Performance Chapter 9: Coopetition and Knowledge Dynamics: Knowledge Creation and Management for Growth - Stavros Sindakis, Sakshi Aggarwal and Panagiotis Theodorou Chapter 10: Managing Coopetition in Knowledge-based Industries - Frédéric Le Roy, Anne-Sophie Fernandez and Paul Chiambaretto Chapter 11: Knowledge Dynamics and Resource Efficiency in International Business Relations - Francesco Rizzi, Chiara Pellegrini and Niccolò Todaro Chapter 12: Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Leakage in Dyadic Coopetitive Alliances involving SMEs - Tatbeeq Raza-Ullah and Jessica Eriksson Chapter 13: External Knowledge Sources and Knowledge Integration Mechanisms for Organizational Performance: Evidence from Italian SMEs - Daria Sarti Coopetitive Entrepreneurship through Innovative and Technological Strategies Chapter 14: Predicting Strategic Actions Across Industry Sectors: The Role of Intangible Dynamics - G. Scott Erickson and Helen N. Rothberg Chapter 15: University-Industry Interface: Open and Dynamic Business Models to Reduce Spin-offs Risk of Failure - Angelo Corallo, Fabrizio Errico, Laura Fortunato, Maria Elena Latino and Marta Menegoli Chapter 16: From Apps to Start-ups: Success Factors for New Entries in Open Data Ecosystem - Fotis Kitsios and Maria Kamariotou Chapter 17: Accelerating Innovation in the UAE: The 3i Framework - Alexandros Papaspyridis and Tatiana Zalan Chapter 18: Mobile Phone Innovation and Technology-driven Exports in Sub-Saharan Africa - Simplice A. Asongu Chapter 19: Digital Food Hubs as Disruptive Business Models Based on Coopetition and “Shared Value” for the Sustainability in the Agri-food Sector - Giaime Berti, Catherine Mulligan and Han Yap Section C: Politics, Ecology, and Social Scopes on Coopetition and Growth Chapter 20: World Trade Organisation and Stimulating Innovation: An Outline Approach Towards Growth in the Chinese Market - Panagiotis Theodorou Chapter 21: Sustainability and Knowledge Dynamics in Entrepreneurial Growth: Evidence from Internationalizing Finnish SMEs - Lasse Torkkeli, Maria Uzhegova, Hanna Salojärvi and Sami Saarenketo Chapter 22: Building Green Growth and Entrepreneurship in the Pacific through Knowledge and Innovation - Evanthie Μichalena Chapter 23: Discussing Practical and Educational Challenges in Teaching Circular Economy - Helen Kopnina Chapter 24: Conclusion - Stavros Sindakis and Panagiotis Theodorou
£82.64
Practical Inspiration Publishing Market of One
Book SynopsisThe agency market isn't oversupplied, it's just under-differentiated. A five-part manifesto for lasting change, Market of One describes how to create a future-proofed, high margin agency business. By breaking the unwritten rules of positioning, culture and sales, you can inspire your people, attract your ideal clients and be the envy of your competitors. Consultant, executive coach and speaker, Marketing Week columnist and CEO of Co:definery, Robin Bonn combines his customary wisdom and humour to inspire agency leaders to transform from embattled and exhausted, to empowered and fulfilled. This step-by-step guide is essential reading for the leaders of agencies of all sizes, disciplines and geographies. It's your opportunity to take responsibility for the future of your business, its performance and your people.
£23.99
Practical Inspiration Publishing Market of One
Book SynopsisThe agency market isn't oversupplied, it's just under-differentiated. A five-part manifesto for lasting change, Market of One describes how to create a future-proofed, high margin agency business. By breaking the unwritten rules of positioning, culture and sales, you can inspire your people, attract your ideal clients and be the envy of your competitors. Consultant, executive coach and speaker, Marketing Week columnist and CEO of Co:definery, Robin Bonn combines his customary wisdom and humour to inspire agency leaders to transform from embattled and exhausted, to empowered and fulfilled. This step-by-step guide is essential reading for the leaders of agencies of all sizes, disciplines and geographies. It's your opportunity to take responsibility for the future of your business, its performance and your people.
£17.99
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Ethics of Competition: How a Competitive
Book SynopsisCountering the claims that competition contradicts and undermines ethical thought processes and actions, Christoph Lütge successfully argues that competition and ethics do not necessarily have to oppose one another. He highlights how intensified competition can in fact work in favour of ethical goals, and that many criticisms of competition stem from an out-dated understanding of how modern societies and economies function. Illustrating this view with examples from ecology, healthcare and education, the author calls for a more entrepreneurial spirit in analysing the relationship between competition and ethics. This book delivers important arguments for the ethics of innovation, using a combination of theoretical and practical evidence to support it.Researchers and scholars of economics, business, philosophy and politics will greatly benefit from the fresh interdisciplinary perspectives and thorough exploration of the complex relationship between modern competition and ethics.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Competition: Terminology and Concepts 2. The Ethical Role of Competition 3. Is Life a See-Saw? Zero-Sum Thinking and Moderation 4. Competition and Ecology 5. Competition and Education 6. Competition in Health and Nursing Care 7. Competition, Politics, and Media 8. Competition in our Daily Lives 9. Conclusion Bibliography Index
£90.00
Kogan Page Ltd Agile HR: Deliver Value in a Changing World of
Book SynopsisIn the new world of work, agility is a business imperative. Agile HR is a practical guide written specifically for people professionals on how the HR function can develop agile processes and practices that save time, boost performance and support overall business goals. From small tech start-ups or large traditional companies, organizations need to be fast, flexible and digitally empowered to succeed. However, too many companies are stuck with siloed, compliance-driven HR processes that work in opposition to the business rather than supporting it. This results in the view that HR is slow and out of touch. However, Agile HR shows that this doesn't need to be the case. Covering every aspect of the HR function from people processes, ways of working and HR services to organization design, operating models and HR teams, Agile HR is an essential guide for all HR practitioners wanting to make their HR practices agile and drive business performance but don't know where to start. As well as guidance on how to deal with resistance, manage a backlog and deal with constraints, there is also invaluable guidance on how HR can prioritize effectively and assess which activities to pursue, which to develop, which to rework and which to abandon in order to achieve continuous business improvement. Supported by case studies from organizations who have seen the benefits of an agile approach to HR including Sky Betting & Gaming and MUJI, this is critical reading for all HR professionals in organizations of any size needing to adopt fast, flexible and evolving agile approaches to effectively compete in the new world of work.Trade Review"Powerful and complete. Hellström and Dank are speakers for our times. HR in Silicon Valley, or SpaceX, is nothing like company policies from any textbook, or any book, until now. Finally, Hellström and Dank guide us through nurturing an ever-evolving, lightning quick business that can keep up with tech giants, global shifts, and the chain of firsts required to get us to Mars and beyond, address climate change, be the next Google, and establish equitable psychological safety in an exhilarating, uplifting, profitable place to work." * Joe Justice, Agile Business Innovator *"Introducing scientific thinking when evolving our next-gen organizations, is a gain not only to HR, but to everyone touched by them. This is more than a book, this is a mindset leap." * Mattias Skarin, Enterprise Agile Coach, Crisp *"Dank and Hellström have distilled years of Agile HR knowledge and experience into one practical book. This is the toolkit every HR professional of the 21st century needs. I wish I had this book years ago." * Tracey Waters, Director of People Experience *"A great book by the pioneers of agile HR, Dank and Hellström! They were able to capture their passion in this book, and I am sure many readers will be eager to follow their guidance." * Tom Haak, Director, HR Trend Institute *"Agile HR takes you from the sticky status quo to the future of work. It's a full toolkit, that's pleasantly practical, relatable and relevant. This is a must-read for anyone who is passionate about HR." * Arne-Christian van der Tang, Chief Human Resources Officer, TomTom *"To see this book in print brings me more joy than I can fully express. The Agile HR movement has been growing organically for some years now and the more HR professionals and organizations can get onboard and inspired by this way of working, the more successful businesses will become. This is the book anyone curious about the Agile philosophy needs to read. It's also for anyone that's already taken a leap of faith to leave behind old hierarchical and traditional business approaches for something more effective, by providing inspiration on how to create a culture where the Agile mindset is lived and breathed by all. Once you start on an Agile journey you never go back." * Nebel Crowhurst, People & Culture Director and early Agile HR Adopter *"This book may become the foundational text for Agile in HR. It provides solid advice all the way through, accurate on Agile and HR, and easy to approach without prior experience in Agile. And while becoming an expert takes time and practice, this book will ease the process a lot, by connecting the dots to a coherent whole." * Petri Heiramo, Certified Scrum Trainer, Agile Enterprise Coach *"Never has the HR profession had such an opportunity to transform our workplaces and this is an essential read for anyone who has been looking for a better, more human way than traditional, legacy approaches. Natal and Riina provide inspiration along with practical tools and techniques to give everyone the confidence to take the next step on their Agile HR adventure!" * Charlotte Goulding, Director of People at Infinity Works *"This book should be mandatory reading for all HR professionals. Written by true experts in Agile who know exactly how to explain key concepts and facts in a way that makes them easy to apply in a commercial environment, this book will elevate your HR practice and will turn you into a raving fan of Agile HR. This book is a true game changer!" * Karen Beaven, Director - PXI, The Creative HR Agency *"This book brings the best of Scrum into People Operations." * Jeff Sutherland,Founder and Chairman, Scrum, Inc *Table of Contents Chapter - 01: Introduction; Section - ONE: An introduction to the Agile Mindset; Section - 02: Why Agile?; Chapter - 03: The Agile Mindset; Chapter - 04: Design thinking for Agile Teams; Chapter - 05: Agile ways of working; Chapter - 06: Scrum & Kanban; Section - TWO: Agile for HR Toolkit; Chapter - 07: Introduction; Chapter - 08: Agile for HR Toolkit: Value and Prioritisation; Chapter - 09: Agile for HR Toolkit: Co-creation; Chapter - 10: Agile for HR Toolkit: Agile Teams & Operational Models in HR; Chapter - 11: Agile for HR Toolkit: Thinking Like a Scientist; Chapter - 12: Agile for HR Toolkit: Continuous Improvement; Section - THREE: HR for Agile; Chapter - 13: Introduction; Chapter - 14: Co-creating the Agile Vision; Chapter - 15: Agile Organisational Design; Chapter - 16: HR’s role in Agile Transformation; Chapter - 17: Agile HR Products and Services; Section - FOUR: Conclusion; Chapter - 18: Conclusion
£31.34
Kogan Page Ltd Agile HR: Deliver Value in a Changing World of
Book SynopsisIn the new world of work, agility is a business imperative. Agile HR is a practical guide written specifically for people professionals on how the HR function can develop agile processes and practices that save time, boost performance and support overall business goals. From small tech start-ups or large traditional companies, organizations need to be fast, flexible and digitally empowered to succeed. However, too many companies are stuck with siloed, compliance-driven HR processes that work in opposition to the business rather than supporting it. This results in the view that HR is slow and out of touch. However, Agile HR shows that this doesn't need to be the case. Covering every aspect of the HR function from people processes, ways of working and HR services to organization design, operating models and HR teams, Agile HR is an essential guide for all HR practitioners wanting to make their HR practices agile and drive business performance but don't know where to start. As well as guidance on how to deal with resistance, manage a backlog and deal with constraints, there is also invaluable guidance on how HR can prioritize effectively and assess which activities to pursue, which to develop, which to rework and which to abandon in order to achieve continuous business improvement. Supported by case studies from organizations who have seen the benefits of an agile approach to HR including Sky Betting & Gaming and MUJI, this is critical reading for all HR professionals in organizations of any size needing to adopt fast, flexible and evolving agile approaches to effectively compete in the new world of work.Trade Review"Powerful and complete. Hellström and Dank are speakers for our times. HR in Silicon Valley, or SpaceX, is nothing like company policies from any textbook, or any book, until now. Finally, Hellström and Dank guide us through nurturing an ever-evolving, lightning quick business that can keep up with tech giants, global shifts, and the chain of firsts required to get us to Mars and beyond, address climate change, be the next Google, and establish equitable psychological safety in an exhilarating, uplifting, profitable place to work." * Joe Justice, Agile Business Innovator *"Introducing scientific thinking when evolving our next-gen organizations, is a gain not only to HR, but to everyone touched by them. This is more than a book, this is a mindset leap." * Mattias Skarin, Enterprise Agile Coach, Crisp *"Dank and Hellström have distilled years of Agile HR knowledge and experience into one practical book. This is the toolkit every HR professional of the 21st century needs. I wish I had this book years ago." * Tracey Waters, Director of People Experience *"A great book by the pioneers of agile HR, Dank and Hellström! They were able to capture their passion in this book, and I am sure many readers will be eager to follow their guidance." * Tom Haak, Director, HR Trend Institute *"Agile HR takes you from the sticky status quo to the future of work. It's a full toolkit, that's pleasantly practical, relatable and relevant. This is a must-read for anyone who is passionate about HR." * Arne-Christian van der Tang, Chief Human Resources Officer, TomTom *"To see this book in print brings me more joy than I can fully express. The Agile HR movement has been growing organically for some years now and the more HR professionals and organizations can get onboard and inspired by this way of working, the more successful businesses will become. This is the book anyone curious about the Agile philosophy needs to read. It's also for anyone that's already taken a leap of faith to leave behind old hierarchical and traditional business approaches for something more effective, by providing inspiration on how to create a culture where the Agile mindset is lived and breathed by all. Once you start on an Agile journey you never go back." * Nebel Crowhurst, People & Culture Director and early Agile HR Adopter *"This book may become the foundational text for Agile in HR. It provides solid advice all the way through, accurate on Agile and HR, and easy to approach without prior experience in Agile. And while becoming an expert takes time and practice, this book will ease the process a lot, by connecting the dots to a coherent whole." * Petri Heiramo, Certified Scrum Trainer, Agile Enterprise Coach *"Never has the HR profession had such an opportunity to transform our workplaces and this is an essential read for anyone who has been looking for a better, more human way than traditional, legacy approaches. Natal and Riina provide inspiration along with practical tools and techniques to give everyone the confidence to take the next step on their Agile HR adventure!" * Charlotte Goulding, Director of People at Infinity Works *"This book should be mandatory reading for all HR professionals. Written by true experts in Agile who know exactly how to explain key concepts and facts in a way that makes them easy to apply in a commercial environment, this book will elevate your HR practice and will turn you into a raving fan of Agile HR. This book is a true game changer!" * Karen Beaven, Director - PXI, The Creative HR Agency *"This book brings the best of Scrum into People Operations." * Jeff Sutherland,Founder and Chairman, Scrum, Inc *Table of Contents Chapter - 01: Introduction; Section - ONE: An introduction to the Agile Mindset; Section - 02: Why Agile?; Chapter - 03: The Agile Mindset; Chapter - 04: Design thinking for Agile Teams; Chapter - 05: Agile ways of working; Chapter - 06: Scrum & Kanban; Section - TWO: Agile for HR Toolkit; Chapter - 07: Introduction; Chapter - 08: Agile for HR Toolkit: Value and Prioritisation; Chapter - 09: Agile for HR Toolkit: Co-creation; Chapter - 10: Agile for HR Toolkit: Agile Teams & Operational Models in HR; Chapter - 11: Agile for HR Toolkit: Thinking Like a Scientist; Chapter - 12: Agile for HR Toolkit: Continuous Improvement; Section - THREE: HR for Agile; Chapter - 13: Introduction; Chapter - 14: Co-creating the Agile Vision; Chapter - 15: Agile Organisational Design; Chapter - 16: HR’s role in Agile Transformation; Chapter - 17: Agile HR Products and Services; Section - FOUR: Conclusion; Chapter - 18: Conclusion
£90.25
Kogan Page Ltd Building the Agile Business through Digital
Book SynopsisHow can businesses transform to achieve competitive advantage in a digital-enabled world? How can managers and leaders create a culture that supports lasting change through these transformations? Building the Agile Business through Digital Transformation is an in-depth guide for all those needing to better understand, implement and lead digital transformation in the workplace. It sets aside traditional thinking and outdated strategies to explain what steps need to be taken for an organization to become truly agile, embed innovation and develop talent to succeed. This majorly revised second edition of Building the Agile Business through Digital Transformation contains new material on the culture and mindset challenges of shifting at scale from linear to agile working, and using data effectively in organizational decision-making. Full of practical advice, examples and real-life insights from organizations at the leading edge of digital transformation including AirBnb, Amazon and Google, this book is an essential guide to driving success by becoming an agile and digital native business.Trade Review"Today, Digital Transformation and Business Agility is everyone's business. And here's your guide - clear, practical insights, practice and advice based on a wealth of experience and applied knowledge. Should be everyone's go-to." * Jo Hagger, Global Marketing Capabilities Director, Unilever *"Whatever your business, the prospect of staying ahead of digital transformation is daunting. Neil and Peter have created an outstandingly researched guide that anyone can implement to lead their own transformation." * Bruce Daisley, VP EMEA, Twitter (about a previous edition) *"A fantastic guide to conquering the challenges of continuous and accelerating change in today's digital world. Neil and Peter are masters of agile business transformation, and they've bottled their experience and wisdom into a highly actionable book. A must-read for modern leadership" * Scott Brinker, author Hacking Marketing, VP Platform Ecosystem at HubSpot; Editor at chiefmartec.com (about a previous edition) *"Reads like a field guide for digital transformation. Full of actionable insights, frameworks and practical advice for any organisation preparing for a digital-empowered world." * Ben Malbon, Senior Director, Google (about a previous edition) *"Packed full of insights, actionable ideas and other people's experiences, a toolkit to build on no matter where you sit in an organization or the stage of change you're at." * Sean Cornwell, Chief Digital Officer, Travelex (about a previous edition) *"This is the handbook that I wish I had written. A must-read for organizations going through digital transformation... It cuts through the hype and buzzwords into simple, practical insights that all of us can learn from and apply." * Marco Ryan, Chief Digital Officer, Wärtsilä Corporation (about a previous edition) *"Neil Perkin and Peter Abraham are one of the best choices to help anyone respond to the challenges of digital transformation - and their book is a veritable gold mine as they share dozens of bottom lines and powerful stories with the reader. Read this book to not just innovate but to transform your business!" * Gerd Leonhard, Futurist and Author, CEO The Futures Agency (about a previous edition) *"Building the Agile Business through Digital Transformation is the definitive guide for every executive and intrapreneur looking to navigate the exponential changes that every company must deal with or succumb to.?.?. A practical how-to you will refer to again and again, it is expansive but not exhausting. With meticulously researched ideas and insights that provide frameworks for understanding why change is both necessary and hard, it's the handbook you need to help you create the company you always wished you worked at." * Faris Yakob, Founder, Genius Steals, and Author, Paid Attention (about a previous edition) *"This is an important book. A lot has been written about various aspects of agile, but nowhere else have I seen the thinking and practice brought to light so intelligently and comprehensively as here." * Ashley Friedlein, Founder, Econsultancy (about a previous edition) *"In times of rapid change, evolving with the new rules of consumer engagement and leveraging digital channels is now a must for every business in every sector. This book clearly distils key insights, strategies, examples and advice - providing the tools for anyone wanting to grow, advance and transform their business." * Jeremy Willmott, Director, Group Consumer Engagement (about a previous edition) *Table of Contents Section - ONE: The agile business; Section - 01: The key forces for change; Section - 02: How digital disrupts; Section - 03: What’s stopping you?; Section - 04: Defining digital transformation and how an agile business is the foundation for it; Section - TWO: Fast; Section - 05: Operating in the ‘ambiguity zone’; Section - 06: Agile and adaptive methodology; Section - 07: The agile innovation process; Section - THREE: Focused; Section - 08: The role of vision and purpose; Section - 09: Agile strategy and planning; Section - 10: Linking strategy to execution; Section - FOUR: Flexibility; Section - 11: Agile structures and resourcing; Section - 12: Scaling agility; Section - 13: Building the culture to move fast; Section - 14: A blueprint for flexibility - autonomy, mastery and purpose; Section - 15: Digital-native talent; Section - FIVE: Start small, scale fast and the transformation journey – putting it all together; Section - 16: Index
£79.39
Kogan Page Ltd Organization Development: A Practitioner's Guide
Book SynopsisOrganization Development (OD) is key to ensuring that organizations and their people can adapt to and engage in ongoing change in today's fast-paced and competitive world. How can those responsible for managing change determine the most appropriate course of action for their organization's needs and maximize capability? Written by two of the leading experts in the field, Organization Development is an essential guide to the theories, practices, tools and techniques for achieving success. It explores the role of HR in relation to OD, and connected areas such as organization design, building organizational agility and resilience, and culture change. Alongside international case studies from organizations including Ernst & Young, Nationwide, Lockheed Martin and the University of Sheffield, UK, this revised third edition of Organization Development contains new chapters on building an adaptive culture of learning and innovation and organization health and 'use of self'. With fresh material on digitization, OD in SMEs, and competence profiles, this is an indispensable handbook to understanding, communicating and implementing organization development approaches for both experienced practitioners and students.Trade Review"This book deserves a place in every practitioner's reference library." * Robert J. Marshak, Ph.D. Author of Dialogic Process Consulting and Co-Editor of Dialogic Organization Development: The Theory and Practice of Transformational Change. *"International in scope, interdisciplinary in coverage, and linking, practice with scholarship, this third edition of a classic in organization development stands out as one of a kind." * W. Warner Burke, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University *"Practitioners everywhere are lucky to have this rich resource, full of gifts, as guide." * Glenda Eoyang, Executive Director, Human Systems Dynamics Institute *"A pleasure to read, the third edition of this renowned and respected landmark text by two gifted giants in the field offers a bright and meaningful roadmap to effectiveness. Clear, accurate, contemporary and updated with the latest advances, the book impeccably distils the tried and tested essential wisdom of seventy-five years of Organization Development in its purest form. A breath of fresh air full of actionable advice for the practitioner, a rigorous and definitive reference guide for the researcher and the academic and a delight for the curious mind, this book should be mandatory reading for anyone who cares deeply about the success of their people and their organization." * Pietro Catania, MBA, MSM, Founder at Alef Consulting and Ayros publishing House, Milan, Italy *"I feel so excited to read the third edition of Mee Yan and Linda's book for OD and HR practitioners. It offers even more detailed guidance and examples of OD cycle of work and has new added content relating to organization health, culture change, and Use of Self. As an OD practitioner in China, I can't wait to introduce it to our OD communities." * Maria Wang, Founder & CEO of Innovative OD Center, Shanghai, China *"The previous editions have been significant in upping the capability of the Singapore Government's OD community. This edition, with all its additions will continue to be a must-read reference for us in the government sector - as well as leaders and practitioners from other sectors. Its practical brilliance is backed by research that is both evidence-based and relevant to current organisation challenges. Beyond the treasure trove of updated and practical content, each chapter encapsulates the lived experiences and cumulative wisdom of two legends of our time." * Clarence Chia, Institute Director – Institute of Leadership and Organisation Development, Singapore Civil Service College, Singapore Government *"This could be the best text for OD's future, first it brings OD and HR together, which is seriously needed in this era of complex change. Second, it emphasizes the importance of developing both effectiveness and health in organizations, which was part of how the founders of the field created it. Third, the intervention discussion in Chapter 5 is so clear, grounded and practical and the best version of this concept. Fourth, it brings comparisons into focus from traditional OD to the less linear and less 'planned' complex, rapid change world. It is also well-researched and loaded with practice implications for the OD and HR fields." * David W. Jamieson, Ph.D, Editor-in Chief, Organisation Development Review *"This is my only go to book to guide me through all phases of large complex change programmes. It is as valuable as it wise and immediately applicable to real work. I have seen first-hand the tangible benefits by applying what is in this book." * Laurence Fitt Vice President, GSK *"As the unprecedented situations of recent years become the new normal, practitioners in the transformation business are looking for vital tools to help them with the task. With its coherent approach towards OD, this book will be an ideal aid. It will inspire students and practitioners who want to become transformative leaders. Its caring and supportive messages will help them and their clients navigate through the many challenges they may encounter as they bring about change. As a Vice President of IODA (International Organization Development Association and the OD Association in Japan), I know this book will inspire our members and other readers a real love for OD and courage to make the journey of change itself." * Ken Nishikawa, Konan University Center for Education in General Studies *"Organization development is needed now more than ever, and professionals in the HR function need to understand how OD works. In this practitioner-friendly book, Mee-Yan and Linda make the most of their broad experience to build out the necessary competencies and promote sustainable organization change." * Chris Worley, Research Professor of Management, Pepperdine Graziadio School of Business *Table of Contents Section - ONE: A practitioner’s guide for Organization Development; Section - Section 1: OD history and theory overview; Section - 01: What is OD? Its brief history; Section - 02: Theories and practices of OD: a theory overview; Section - Section 2: OD cycle of work; Section - 03: Theories and practices of OD - the OD cycle and the entry and contracting phase; Section - 04: Theories and practices of OD - the diagnostic phase; Section - 05: Theories and practices of OD - the intervention phase; Section - 06: Theories and practices of OD - the evaluation phase; Section - Section 3: OD and change; Section - 07: Living at the edge of chaos and change; Section - 08: Back-room and front-room change matters; Section - 09: Can behavioural change be made easy?; Section - Section 4: The Organization Development practitioner; Section - 10: The Organization Development practitioner; Section - 11: Power and politics in Organization Development; Section - Section 5: Additional thoughts; Section - 12: What is an organization? What is organization health?; Section - 13: How to build up your presence and impact on organization life; Section - TWO: HR in relation to OD: theory and practice; Section - 14: HR in relation to OD; Section - 15: Organization Design; Section - 16: Transformation and culture change; Section - 17: Building organizational agility and resilience; Section - 18: A culture conducive to innovation and learning; Section - 19: Building the context for employee engagement; Section - 20: Developing effective leadership; Section - 21: Postscript – towards a better tomorrow; Section - 22: References and further reading; Section - 23: Index
£109.25
Kogan Page Ltd Strategic Tendering for Professional Services:
Book SynopsisWINNER: Business Book Awards 2018 - 'Selling The Dream' category (1st edition) In an increasingly competitive professional services sector, it is vital that firms have an effective tendering strategy. The advantages gained from winning and retaining clients can be transformative, and the cost of losing key tenders can be catastrophic. Strategic Tendering for Professional Services provides end-to-end best practice guidance, from the crucial decision of which request-for-proposals to respond to, right through to the all important face-to-face presentation and post-pitch follow-up. Now in its second edition, this practical book captures insights from both sides of the market through interviews with both proposal professionals and decision makers from the client side. Focusing on key considerations, including the need for diversity and inclusion, providing evidence of global citizenship and how public sector pitching differs from the private sector, this book is packed with features and tools to help professionals turn guidance into practice. Strategic Tendering for Professional Services is the essential guide to improving your pitches, honing your tendering skills and boosting your win rate.Trade Review"In essence, this book is for partners, directors, associates, BD professionals, those working in-house and anyone working in professional services firms who want to win more pitches or manage the process more time and cost effectively. The first edition was a hit and won an award at the 2018 Business Book Awards. And this second edition brings it bang up to date." * David Morley, Former Senior Partner, Allen & Overy, (2008-16); Head of Europe, CDPQ (2021-) *"For too long it has been a case of General Counsel on the one side and private practice lawyers pitching or responding to tenders on the other with a whole load of assumptions and miscommunication in between. This book delves deep to answer the questions that don't get asked early enough in the process if at all, and that, if the parties fully understood and aligned on, would make for enduring and fruitful partnerships." * Alexis Alexander, General Counsel, Liberis *"Pitching is a skill. It is an essential skill for a lawyer. This book will improve pitching skills. Frankly, you would be foolish not to read, assimilate and practice the advice it contains." * Nigel Boardman, Consultant and former partner Slaughter and May *"Strategic tendering or pitching has never been more important - in fact, it has to be the number one focus for firms and BD professionals who really want to make a difference. A wonderfully insightful book written by authors who really do get it." * David McClune, Global Chief Marketing Officer, Hogan Lovells LLP. *"This book is a recommended read for all those involved in competitive pitching in professional services and other markets. Its secret is to provide simple and practical guidance on the essential issues, backed and supported with concrete examples from real people in the real world." * Oliver Brettle Partner, Global Executive Committee Member, White & Case LLP *"This is a very well researched and thoughtful guide for all those involved in the purchasing and provision of legal services. The holistic approach taken is market leading in every respect." * Andrew S Garard, Group General Counsel and Director of Corporate Affairs, Meggitt PLC *"I can't count now many times lawyers and others have asked me for clear, relevant, practical guidance on their tendering efforts - and here it is. Essential reading for those focused on their businesses, their clients and their own careers. Goes without saying - highly recommended." * Patrick McCann, Director Learning, Linklaters LLP *"This new edition neatly summarises best practice behaviours, is informative and easy to read, packed with useful tools and tips. I think this it is an invaluable read for anyone wanting to win more work in professional services in 2022 and beyond." * Paul Cripps, Associate Partner, Markets and Business Development, EY *Table of Contents Chapter - 01: Introduction; Chapter - 02: To pitch or not to pitch?; Chapter - 03: What does the client want?; Chapter - 04: Diversity; Chapter - 05: Planning to win; Chapter - 06: The procurement predicament; Chapter - 07: Smart pricing; Chapter - 08: Global citizenship; Chapter - 09: Writing success; Chapter - 10: Public sector pitching; Chapter - 11: Presenting to win; Chapter - 12: Following up and post pitch feedback; Chapter - 13: Technology and tools; Chapter - 14: There has to be a better way
£33.24
Kogan Page Ltd Strategic Tendering for Professional Services:
Book SynopsisWINNER: Business Book Awards 2018 - 'Selling The Dream' category (1st edition) In an increasingly competitive professional services sector, it is vital that firms have an effective tendering strategy. The advantages gained from winning and retaining clients can be transformative, and the cost of losing key tenders can be catastrophic. Strategic Tendering for Professional Services provides end-to-end best practice guidance, from the crucial decision of which request-for-proposals to respond to, right through to the all important face-to-face presentation and post-pitch follow-up. Now in its second edition, this practical book captures insights from both sides of the market through interviews with both proposal professionals and decision makers from the client side. Focusing on key considerations, including the need for diversity and inclusion, providing evidence of global citizenship and how public sector pitching differs from the private sector, this book is packed with features and tools to help professionals turn guidance into practice. Strategic Tendering for Professional Services is the essential guide to improving your pitches, honing your tendering skills and boosting your win rate.Trade Review"In essence, this book is for partners, directors, associates, BD professionals, those working in-house and anyone working in professional services firms who want to win more pitches or manage the process more time and cost effectively. The first edition was a hit and won an award at the 2018 Business Book Awards. And this second edition brings it bang up to date." * David Morley, Former Senior Partner, Allen & Overy, (2008-16); Head of Europe, CDPQ (2021-) *"For too long it has been a case of General Counsel on the one side and private practice lawyers pitching or responding to tenders on the other with a whole load of assumptions and miscommunication in between. This book delves deep to answer the questions that don't get asked early enough in the process if at all, and that, if the parties fully understood and aligned on, would make for enduring and fruitful partnerships." * Alexis Alexander, General Counsel, Liberis *"Pitching is a skill. It is an essential skill for a lawyer. This book will improve pitching skills. Frankly, you would be foolish not to read, assimilate and practice the advice it contains." * Nigel Boardman, Consultant and former partner Slaughter and May *"Strategic tendering or pitching has never been more important - in fact, it has to be the number one focus for firms and BD professionals who really want to make a difference. A wonderfully insightful book written by authors who really do get it." * David McClune, Global Chief Marketing Officer, Hogan Lovells LLP. *"This book is a recommended read for all those involved in competitive pitching in professional services and other markets. Its secret is to provide simple and practical guidance on the essential issues, backed and supported with concrete examples from real people in the real world." * Oliver Brettle Partner, Global Executive Committee Member, White & Case LLP *"This is a very well researched and thoughtful guide for all those involved in the purchasing and provision of legal services. The holistic approach taken is market leading in every respect." * Andrew S Garard, Group General Counsel and Director of Corporate Affairs, Meggitt PLC *"I can't count now many times lawyers and others have asked me for clear, relevant, practical guidance on their tendering efforts - and here it is. Essential reading for those focused on their businesses, their clients and their own careers. Goes without saying - highly recommended." * Patrick McCann, Director Learning, Linklaters LLP *"This new edition neatly summarises best practice behaviours, is informative and easy to read, packed with useful tools and tips. I think this it is an invaluable read for anyone wanting to win more work in professional services in 2022 and beyond." * Paul Cripps, Associate Partner, Markets and Business Development, EY *Table of Contents Chapter - 01: Introduction; Chapter - 02: To pitch or not to pitch?; Chapter - 03: What does the client want?; Chapter - 04: Diversity; Chapter - 05: Planning to win; Chapter - 06: The procurement predicament; Chapter - 07: Smart pricing; Chapter - 08: Global citizenship; Chapter - 09: Writing success; Chapter - 10: Public sector pitching; Chapter - 11: Presenting to win; Chapter - 12: Following up and post pitch feedback; Chapter - 13: Technology and tools; Chapter - 14: There has to be a better way
£95.00
Emerald Publishing Limited Regional Integration in Latin America: Dynamics
Book SynopsisThe Pacific Alliance treaty has created one of the most competitive and fastest growing economies in the world. In this multi-disciplinary study, authors Monica Blanco-Jiménez and Jesús Cruz Alvarez investigate top industries and the cultural, political and entrepreneurship practices that impact the economic and competitive development of its members. Divided into six parts, the contributors to this volume show the global strategies and synergies that are part of one of the world’s most competitive trade zones. Part I explores how this regional integration was build, while Part II presents comparative studies about competitiveness in the automotive industry and Part III offers two studies on Mexico’s exports. Part IV, V and VI focus on Peru, Colombia and Chile respectively, looking across social entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility and social development. Containing the most recent research in international business and relations, this book will help researchers, students and entrepreneurs get to the roots of competitiveness and sustainable growth.Trade ReviewLatin American contributors in business administration, management, political science, and entrepreneurship examine the Pacific Alliance, a free trade agreement between Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Contributors show that the Pacific Alliance contributes to regional integration on economic, political, and cultural levels. After chronicling the origins and development of the Pacific Alliance, contributors consider political and diplomatic implications, economic and trade impacts, and cultural and educational effects. They address issues such as competitiveness, financial and economic alignment in Pacific Alliance countries, business ecosystems and social innovation, and social responsibility. Case studies explore the automotive industry and organizational culture. The book’s readership includes researchers, students, and entrepreneurs. -- Annotation ©2019 * (protoview.com) *Table of Contents1. Pacific Alliance: Political, Economic, and Commercial Implications; Mónica Blanco-Jimenez, Georgina Parra Irineo, Nayra E. González González, and Arturo Tavison Salazar2. Improving the Competitiveness of the Pacific Alliance Countries; Luis Enrique Ibarra-Morales, Mónica Blanco-Jiménez, and Juan Patricio Galindo Mora 3. Automative Industry: Competitive Strategy and Challenges in the Pacific Alliance (México, Chile, Colombia and Peru); Jesús Cruz Alvarez, Mónica Blanco-Jiménez and Sergio Guerra-Moya 4. Financial and Economic Convergence in Pacific Alliance Countries; Rodríguez García Martha del Pilar, Cortez Alejandro Klender Aimer and Méndez Sáenz Alma Berenice 5. Mexico’s Challenges in Commercial Integration with Pacific Alliance Countries; Oscar Elí Velarde Moreno, Moisés Alejandro Alarcón Osuna, Mónica Blanco-Jímenez 6. Leadership in Latin America: Mexican Companies; Adriana Segovia Romo, Joel Mendoza Gómez, Juan Rositas Martínez 7. Andean Organizational Culture and Citizenship Behavior in Peru; María Mayela Terán Cázares, Abel Partida Puente, María Eugenia García de la Peña, Maria Guadalupe Espinosa Dominguez 8. SME Internationalization in Latin America: Evidence from Mexico and Peru; Pedro Ariza-Ricaldi, Alfonso López-Lira, and Wilfredo Giraldo-Mejía 9. The Role of Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation in Colombia and its Implications in the Pacific Alliance; John Macías-Prada, Mario Vargas-Sáenz, Manuel Vázquez-Zacarías, and Alfonso López-Lira 10. Business Ecosystems and Social Innovation: Evidence from Colombia and Mexico; Manuel Vázquez-Zacarías, Alfonso López-Lira, Mario Vargas-Sáenz, and John Macías-Prada 11. Competitiveness in Chile’s SME through CSR and Sustainability Practices; Mario Vázquez Maguirre and Consuelo García de la Torre 12. Entrepreneurship as a Boost of Economic Growth in Mexico and Chile; Mario César Dávila Aguirre, Elías Alvarado Lagunas, Silvia Valeria Mejía Rodríguez, and Aldahir Caballero Campbell
£64.59
Emerald Publishing Limited Regional Integration in Latin America: Dynamics
Book SynopsisThe Pacific Alliance treaty has created one of the most competitive and fastest growing economies in the world. In this multi-disciplinary study, authors Monica Blanco-Jiménez and Jesús Cruz Alvarez investigate top industries and the cultural, political and entrepreneurship practices that impact the economic and competitive development of its members. Divided into six parts, the contributors to this volume show the global strategies and synergies that are part of one of the world’s most competitive trade zones. Part I explores how this regional integration was build, while Part II presents comparative studies about competitiveness in the automotive industry and Part III offers two studies on Mexico’s exports. Part IV, V and VI focus on Peru, Colombia and Chile respectively, looking across social entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility and social development. Containing the most recent research in international business and relations, this book will help researchers, students and entrepreneurs get to the roots of competitiveness and sustainable growth.Trade ReviewLatin American contributors in business administration, management, political science, and entrepreneurship examine the Pacific Alliance, a free trade agreement between Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Contributors show that the Pacific Alliance contributes to regional integration on economic, political, and cultural levels. After chronicling the origins and development of the Pacific Alliance, contributors consider political and diplomatic implications, economic and trade impacts, and cultural and educational effects. They address issues such as competitiveness, financial and economic alignment in Pacific Alliance countries, business ecosystems and social innovation, and social responsibility. Case studies explore the automotive industry and organizational culture. The book’s readership includes researchers, students, and entrepreneurs. -- Annotation ©2019 * (protoview.com) *Table of Contents1. Pacific Alliance: Political, Economic, and Commercial Implications; Mónica Blanco-Jimenez, Georgina Parra Irineo, Nayra E. González González, and Arturo Tavison Salazar2. Improving the Competitiveness of the Pacific Alliance Countries; Luis Enrique Ibarra-Morales, Mónica Blanco-Jiménez, and Juan Patricio Galindo Mora 3. Automative Industry: Competitive Strategy and Challenges in the Pacific Alliance (México, Chile, Colombia and Peru); Jesús Cruz Alvarez, Mónica Blanco-Jiménez and Sergio Guerra-Moya 4. Financial and Economic Convergence in Pacific Alliance Countries; Rodríguez García Martha del Pilar, Cortez Alejandro Klender Aimer and Méndez Sáenz Alma Berenice 5. Mexico’s Challenges in Commercial Integration with Pacific Alliance Countries; Oscar Elí Velarde Moreno, Moisés Alejandro Alarcón Osuna, Mónica Blanco-Jímenez 6. Leadership in Latin America: Mexican Companies; Adriana Segovia Romo, Joel Mendoza Gómez, Juan Rositas Martínez 7. Andean Organizational Culture and Citizenship Behavior in Peru; María Mayela Terán Cázares, Abel Partida Puente, María Eugenia García de la Peña, Maria Guadalupe Espinosa Dominguez 8. SME Internationalization in Latin America: Evidence from Mexico and Peru; Pedro Ariza-Ricaldi, Alfonso López-Lira, and Wilfredo Giraldo-Mejía 9. The Role of Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation in Colombia and its Implications in the Pacific Alliance; John Macías-Prada, Mario Vargas-Sáenz, Manuel Vázquez-Zacarías, and Alfonso López-Lira 10. Business Ecosystems and Social Innovation: Evidence from Colombia and Mexico; Manuel Vázquez-Zacarías, Alfonso López-Lira, Mario Vargas-Sáenz, and John Macías-Prada 11. Competitiveness in Chile’s SME through CSR and Sustainability Practices; Mario Vázquez Maguirre and Consuelo García de la Torre 12. Entrepreneurship as a Boost of Economic Growth in Mexico and Chile; Mario César Dávila Aguirre, Elías Alvarado Lagunas, Silvia Valeria Mejía Rodríguez, and Aldahir Caballero Campbell
£19.94
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy
Book SynopsisIf you are looking for the intersection of past practices, current thinking, and future insights into the ever-expanding world of entrepreneurship education, then you will want to read and explore the fourth edition of the Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy. Prepared under the auspices of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), this edited volume covers a broad range of scholarly, practical, and thoughtful perspectives on a compelling range of entrepreneurship education issues.The fourth edition spans topics ranging from innovative practices in facilitating entrepreneurship teaching and learning inside and outside the classroom, learning innovation, model programs, to the latest research from top programs and thought leaders in entrepreneurship. Moreover, the fourth edition builds on previous editions as it continues to investigate critical issues in designing, implementing and assessing experiential learning techniques in the field of entrepreneurship. This contemporary volume provides insights and challenges in the development of entrepreneurship education for students, educators, mentors, community leaders, and more. Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy - 2021 is a must-have book for any entrepreneurship professor, scholar or program director dedicated to advancing entrepreneurship education in the U.S. and around the world.Trade Review’A must-have for teachers of entrepreneurship. How insightful to see topics ranging from entrepreneurship in rural regions to entrepreneurship in MBA programs and special topics on ideation, service learning, and the arts as well as women entrepreneurs as “superwomen”. Finally, many will be delighted at the number of “best practices” articles connecting entrepreneurship education to film, social enterprise and various experiential platforms while concluding with the impact of COVID-19 on the field.’ -- Timothy S. Mescon, AACSB, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface: Entrepreneurship education: What is it we need to know? Charles H. Matthews, Eric W. Liguori, and Susana C. Santos PART I: LEADING EDGE RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES 1. What I have learned about teaching entrepreneurship: perspectives of five master educators Dan Cohen, Paul Jones, Jerry Katz, Jeff Pollack, and Rebecca White 2. Doctoral programs in entrepreneurship James Fiet 3. Spaces for entrepreneurship education: a new campus arms race? Luke Pittaway 4. Ideation techniques and applications to entrepreneurship Lee Zane and Andrew Zimbroff 5. Effectively introducing effectuation into the MBA curriculum Birton Cowden, Mark Hiatt, James Swaim, and Gregory Quinet 6. “Aha, so that’s how you see it!”: experiences of using a visual exercise when exploring students’ contemporary meaning of entrepreneurship Katarina Ellborg 7. A model to increase the impact of student consulting projects in rural communities Dennis Barber III, Michael Harris, and Sharon Paynter 8. Experience, knowledge and performance in entrepreneurship education: proposing a dynamic learning model Sílvia F. Costa and Arjan Frederiks 9. Entrepreneurial ecosystem builders: philanthropy, entrepreneurs, universities, and communities working together 10. Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Builders: Philanthropy, Entrepreneurs, Universities, and Communities Working Collaboratively Deborah Hoover 11. Impact of entrepreneurship education: a review of the past, overview of the present, and a glimpse of future trends Michela Loi and Alain Fayolle 12. Cross-campus entrepreneurship through a general education strategy Anthony Mendes, Jeffrey Hornsby, and Andrew Heise 13. Entrepreneurship education in Australia Alex Maritz, Colin Jones, Dennis Foley, Saskia De Klerk, Bronwyn Eager, Quan Nguyen 14. Donning their capes: women entrepreneurship students emerge as superwomen Sara Cochran 15. A service-learning approach to entrepreneurship education, student job creation, and new venture incubation Jeremy Woods and Peter M.W. Burley 16. Difference makers for college-readiness William Resisel and Robert Fanuzzi 17. The art of teaching arts entrepreneurship Caroline Vanevenhoven and Jeff Vanevenhoven PART II: MODEL UNIVERSITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMS 18. Florida State University Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship Susan Fiorito and Wendy Plant 19. The Georgetown University Entrepreneurship Initiative Jeff Reid 20. Iona College Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Christoph Winkler, Lendynette Pacheco-Jorge, and Jarlyne Batista Monzon 21. Millikin University Center for Entrepreneurship Julienne Shields 22. University of Missouri Kansas City Regnier Institute Jeff Hornsby, Anthony Mendes, and Andrew Heise PART III: BEST PRACTICE INNOVATIONS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM 23. Are you the one? a game for encouraging classroom diversity Shelby Solomon and Otis Solomon Jr. 24. Assume less, observe more: the toothbrush design challenge Doan Winkel, Justin Wilcox, and Federico Mammano 25. The small enterprise education & development (SEED) program Daniel Holland and Michael Glauser 26. What does entrepreneurship mean to you? using “implicit entrepreneurship theory” in the classroom William Gartner, Katarina Ellborg, and Tina Kiefer 27. Scale-up, scale-back: an experiential exercise in scaling James Hart 28. Entrepreneurship finance over coffee Pedro Tonhozi de Oliveira and Whitney Peake 29. Using interactive video vignettes to teach customer discovery Michael Dominik and Daniel Cliver 30. The technology commercialization academy: fueling student startups Bruce Teague and Yanxin Liu 31. Film as an experiential medium: entrepreneurship education through Door to Door Jeff Vanevenhoven, Josh Bendickson, Eric Liguori, and Andrew Bunoza 32. Developing a strategic (entrepreneurship) mindset in engineering graduates Robert Fleming 33. Entrepreneurship education and the arts: designing a commercial music production major and entrepreneurship minor Thomas Haines and Charles H. Matthews 34. Weaver’s Social Enterprise Directory: a tool for teaching social enterprise and entrepreneurship Rasheda Weaver, Maimouna Mbacke, and Katie Gallagher 35. Implementing data analytics into the entrepreneurship curriculum: a course overview Xaver Neumeyer 36. Rapidly responding to the COVID-19 pandemic impact on small businesses: the GetVirtual local business assistance course at UC Santa Cruz Nada Miljković and Robert D’Intino Index
£132.00
Emerald Publishing Limited Platforms Everywhere: Transforming Organizations
Book SynopsisIn the 21st century, business innovation faces multifaceted and interdependent challenges that require new concepts, models and tools to drive social and economic transformation. Platforms Everywhere: Transforming Organizations by Integrating Ecosystems in Business Design presents a new comprehensive paradigm for platform businesses and a practical methodology for platforming organizations across sectors and industries. This methodology includes Guiding Principles for Platforming, Platforming Design Steps (with practical tools and methods), and Platforming Navigator. The book explores the Meta platform business model, with four core elements that apply to all platforms regardless of their purpose and focus, and the variety of emerging types of platforms, including hybrid platforms. Featuring strategic guidance for leveraging platform policy, platform governance, and systemic design as key drivers of innovation success, Platforms Everywhere is an essential guide for anyone seeking to understand the challenges and opportunities of cutting-edge business design and organizational transformation. It is particularly beneficial for individuals and organizations interested in business innovation that taps into sources of value in ecosystems to empower stakeholders for learning and collective impact.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Enter Platforms Chapter 2. Platforms Everywhere Chapter 3. Platforms: the Foundations Chapter 4. Platform as a Business Model Chapter 5. The Platforming Methodology Chapter 6. Application of the Platforming methodology Chapter 7. Where next?
£65.54
Edward Elgar Publishing Elgar Encyclopedia on the Economics of
Book SynopsisProviding an extensive overview of the literature, the Elgar Encyclopedia on the Economics of Competition, Regulation and Antitrust examines perspectives on the many interrelated issues in competition economics.
£223.25
Emerald Publishing Limited Strategic Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Business
Book SynopsisEntrepreneurial ecosystems require business model innovation as part of their evolution. This means when discussing any form of entrepreneurship that involves change, we should consider the role of business models. Strategic Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Business Model Innovation is the first collection to focus both on entrepreneurial ecosystems and business model innovation, thereby taking a novel and new approach to entrepreneurship and strategic management. Whilst the research on entrepreneurial ecosystems is new the practice has been around for a long time. This means it is important to consider historical developments of entrepreneurial ecosystems with new trends in the form of digitalization. Recognising the need to stress the way business models have altered because of the increase in the knowledge economy, business model innovation is a useful way to consider how entrepreneurial ecosystems develop based on knowledge exchanged in the global business environment. Each chapter of this edited collection focuses on a different area of interest regarding entrepreneurial ecosystems and business model innovation, fusing the literature of both streams of thought in terms of how entrepreneurship evolves based on contextual change.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Towards a theory of strategic entrepreneurial ecosystems and business model innovation; Vanessa Ratten Chapter 2. Unveiling the role of entrepreneurial education in preparing the next generation of entrepreneurs in Malaysia; Feranita Feranita, Roy Mouawad, Muslim Amin, Lin Woon Leong, and Thanuja Rathakrishnan Chapter 3. Business innovation amidst the COVID-19 Crisis in Brunei Darussalam: A viewpoint; Khairul Hidayatullah Basir Chapter 4. How women entrepreneurs are adapting in dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystem of Pakistan; Sumayya Rashid and Vanessa Ratten Chapter 5. Culture, economic, and entrepreneurial environment in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries; Sami Alanzi, Vanessa Ratten, Clare D’Souza, and Marthin Nanere Chapter 6. Entrepreneurship in Spain and Portugal; Mercedes Barrachina Fernández, María del Carmen García Centeno, and Carmen Calderón Patier Chapter 7. Evolution of entrepreneurial teams during business incubation stages; Linda Elizabeth Ruiz and Elda Barron Chapter 8. The Role of Pleasure (joy) in enhancing pre-graduate students` creativity; Alejandra Zuccoli, Hugues Seraphin, and Maximiliano Korstanje Chapter 9. The effect of information communication technologies on firm’s innovation performance in Sub-Saharan African countries; Soubaneh Omar Bouh and Hülya Unlu Chapter 10. The MSMEs digital readiness in Indonesia: A test of moderating effect of intrinsic motivation and ICT knowledge; Rakian Abdi, Lieli Suharti, Petrus Usmanij, and Vanessa Ratten
£65.54
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy
Book SynopsisIf you are looking for the intersection of past practices, current thinking, and future insights into the ever-expanding world of entrepreneurship education, then you will want to read and explore the fifth edition of the Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy. Prepared under the auspices of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), this edited volume covers a broad range of scholarly, practical, and thoughtful perspectives on a compelling range of entrepreneurship education issues.The fifth edition spans topics ranging from innovative practices in facilitating entrepreneurship teaching and learning inside and outside the classroom, learning innovation, and model programs, to the latest research from top programs and thought leaders in entrepreneurship. Moreover, the fifth edition builds on previous editions as it continues to investigate critical issues in designing, implementing, and assessing experiential learning techniques in the field of entrepreneurship.This contemporary volume provides insights and challenges in the development of entrepreneurship education for students, educators, mentors, community leaders, and more. Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy – 2023 is a must-have book for any entrepreneurship professor, scholar, or program director dedicated to advancing entrepreneurship education in the US and around the world. Trade Review‘If you are interested in entrepreneurship education, this book is for you. It provides a deep dive into the latest challenges and possibilities of advancing entrepreneurship education, including creativity, innovation, diversity and inclusion. Read this book, and learn from some of the best entrepreneurship educators in the world.’ -- Sophie Bacq, Indiana University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface: entrepreneurship education: challenges and possibilities? xvii Charles H. Matthews and Susana C. Santos PART I LEADING EDGE RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES 1 What I’ve learned about teaching entrepreneurship: perspectives of five master educators 2 Marc Gruber, Aileen Huang-Saad, Eric W. Liguori, Jeff Reid, and Siri Terjesen 2 Beyond adolescence: solidifying the foundations of entrepreneurship education 30 Michael H. Morris 3 A better way forward for doctoral education in entrepreneurship 47 James O. Fiet 4 Entrepreneurship competency development: where are we and where do we need to go? 64 Mark T. Schenkel, Rodney D’Souza, and Jeff Hornsby 5 Typology of entrepreneurship training for art students: implications for arts entrepreneurship education 77 Charlie Wall-Andrews 6 An emotional intelligence perspective on Gross Psychological Aptitude and its relation to entrepreneurship behavior: insights from high school students 93 Saurav Pathak, Etayankara Muralidharan, and Krishna Jha 7 Entrepreneurship competence among students and employees: a comparative study in five European countries 117 Urve Venesaar, Gilda Antonelli, Tomasz Dorożyński, Henrique Duarte, Marianne Kallaste, Angelo Riviezzo, Milla Räisänen, and Susana C. Santos 8 Teaching and supporting technology commercialization: literature review and recommendations 142 Erik Monsen, Mark Johnson, and Tina Thornton 9 Corporate entrepreneurship behaviors: Evidence from teaching cases and reflections for entrepreneurship education 168 Olga Belousova, Sílvia Costa, and Benoît Gailly 10 Understanding coachability and its relevance to entrepreneurship education 194 Tatiana Somià 11 Social entrepreneurship education: lessons learned from social business creation in Vietnam 215 Mai Thi Thanh Thai, Le Thi Thu Ha, and Nguyen Thu Hang 12 Driving digital innovation within new ventures: integrating design thinking into the entrepreneurship classroom 236 Lisa Gundry, Jill Kickul and Veena Venkateswaran PART II MODEL UNIVERSITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMS 13 Purdue University 255 Nathalie Duval-Couetil 14 East Carolina University 264 Michael L. Harris and Dennis Barber III 15 Iowa State University 273 Judi Eyles and Andreas Schwab 16 Drexel University 285 Barrie Litzky, Liza Herzog, Chuck Sacco, and Donna DeCarolis 17 Bowie State University 292 Wendy M. Edmonds, Dayo Oyeleye, Eric Bonsu, and Johnetta B. Hardy PART III BEST PRACTICE INNOVATIONS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM 18 Quickly generating startup ideas with an affinity diagramming and mindfulness exercise 300 Jeremy J. Peters 19 Entrepreneurship initiation: getting inspired 305 Gael Bertrand and Xavier Lesage 20 Can the process pitch cure what ails entrepreneurship education? 311 Doan Winkel, Justin Wilcox, and Federico Mammano 21 Understanding social media strategy: implications for entrepreneurship education 318 Paige E. Malott 22 The Virtuous Cycle of Entrepreneurship: developing a student-centric approach to teaching and learning entrepreneurship 331 John Dobson and Lisa Dobson 23 Connect the Dots: a card game for teaching cognitive frameworks and uncertainty and opportunity recognition 338 Craig E. Armstrong 24 Cognitive apprenticeship as a framework for teaching an entrepreneurial mindset: an exercise in developing entrepreneurial alertness 345 Howard Haines 25 Playing fair: equity splits for student teams 351 Mike Moyer 26 Teaching societally significant entrepreneurship 357 Cesar Bandera 27 Medical apparel development: A case of project and service-learning in entrepreneurship 368 Changhyun (Lyon) Nam and Srikant (Sri) Manchiraju 28 Harnessing makerspaces for technology entrepreneurship: A pragmatic prototyping approach 375 Katsufumi Matsui, Emi Makino, Yasuhiro Ikeuchi, and Katsuya Hasegawa 29 Mission possible: optimising the student hackathon experience 382 Roisin Lyons 30 Entrepreneurial strategy: a choice-based approach to entrepreneurship education 390 Joshua Gans, Erin L Scott, and Scott Stern 31 Integrating classroom and community entrepreneurship education: elevating students and entrepreneurs 398 Charles H. Matthews and Kate Harmon 32 Teaching entrepreneurship through community research 406 Shane Snipes 33 Something ventured, something gained? Fostering (and measuring) startup growth and entrepreneurial learning in accelerators 412 Noah J. Isserman Index
£143.45
Emerald Publishing Limited Creating a Sustainable Competitive Position:
Book SynopsisThe ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. The importance of ethical practices and a sustainable competitive position is being increasingly emphasised by all types of business and across all industries. The chapters collected in Creating a Sustainable Competitive Position discuss how international firms work with sustainable strategies and their relationship with the society and environment while exploring the different opportunities and challenges. While good transparent ethical behaviour improves a company’s reputation and thus competitive position, unethical and/or illegitimate behaviour such as environmental exploitation and corruption can damage a firm’s global reputation. Several case studies from different markets demonstrate how this sustainable competitive position can be achieved by international firms operating in a global market. Creating a Sustainable Competitive Position includes research-based cases highlighting different sustainability challenges as well as theory-based discussions around how firms can manage a multi-stakeholder perspective in relation to performance. The extensive research within this volume of International Business and Management makes it an important read for both managers, leaders and researchers in the area of strategy, offering ways to stay ahead of the competition.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Creating a sustainable competitive position through ethical behaviour; Pervez N. Ghauri, Ulf Elg, and Sara Melén Hånell PART ONE: EXPLORING SUSTAINABILITY AND ETHICS Chapter 2. Towards a global sustainability approach: Challenges and opportunities for multinationals; Ulf Elg and Pervez N. Ghauri Chapter 3. Corporate fashion and circular economy – How to manage ethical challenges in marketing of B2B textiles; Sönnich Dahl Sönnichsen Chapter 4. Global waste crisis and the role of innovations by global corporations; Shasha Zhao, Sarah Ku, and John Dilyard Chapter 5. Sustainability as the source of competitive advantage. How sustainable is it?; Veronika Tarnovskaya PART TWO: SWEDISH FIRMS WRESTLING WITH ETHICAL ISSUES Chapter 6. Multinationals with a proactive CSR approach; Sara Melén Hånell, Daniel Tolstoy, and Veronika Tarnovskaya Chapter 7. Ethical leadership in sustainable development: H&M and water management; Daniel Tolstoy, Sara Melén Hånell, and Veronika Tarnovskaya Chapter 8. Swedish multinationals and sustainable innovations for transformation: The doughnut model; Saad Ghauri Chapter 9. When institutional logics collide: How international firms navigate sustainability values in global markets; Annette Cerne and Ulf Elg PART THREE: DRIVING ETHICS AND SUSTAINABILITY AROUND THE WORLD Chapter 10. Panafrica: meeting the SDGs through a circular business model; Noémie Dominguez Chapter 11. Sustainability and resilience in the Extended Value Chain: The Case of STMicroelectronics; Federica Sacco and Giovanna Magnani Chapter 12. Does a sustainable orientation affect global consumers’ relationships with international online brands?; Todd Drennan, Emilia Rovira Nordman, and Aswo Safari Chapter 13. The EU’s Sustainable Finance Platform: A new game plan in the quest for competitive advantage; Fredrik N G Andersson and Susanne Arvidsson
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Emerald Publishing Limited Digital Transformation, Strategic Resilience,
Book SynopsisDigitization of economic and management processes allows for the delivery of new value and higher efficiency in the implementation of strategic goals. This is due to the inclusion of digital technologies in the existing rules of functioning among partners involved in the flow of resources, and from their readiness for digital transformation. A significant challenge, in practical, organizational, and scientific terms is to understand the opportunities and threats resulting from digital transformation, to identify optimal strategies for the development of business entities in new economic and management conditions, taking care to adopt collateral and proper management of new risks. Addressing this challenge to the readers - contributors indicate the latest theoretical advances, and practical examples in Latvia, Romania, and Sri Lanka, among others. This results in a synthetic look at the complex digital transformation processes of the modern world, both in terms of the underlying causes and the vast effects of the transformations and digitization of social and economic life. Contemporary Studies in Economic and Financial Analysis publishes a series of current and relevant themed volumes within the fields of economics and finance. Both disciplinary and interdisciplinary studies are welcome.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Trends in Enterprise Risk Management Research: A Bibliometric Analysis; Georgiana Ioana Tircovnicu and Camelia-Daniela Hategan Chapter 2. The Assessment of the Romanian Market Regarding the Potential Adoption of Blockchain; Maria Moraru Chapter 3. Unveiling the Blockchain Technology: An Analysis of Adoption and Inventions; Arvinder Kaur, Pawan Kumar, Ercan Özen, and Serap Vurur Chapter 4. Calculating Financial Well-being: The Case of Young Adults in Latvia; Jekaterina Kuzmina, Dzintra Atstāja, Simon Grima, Graţiela Georgiana Noja, Mirela Cristea, and Eleftherios Thalassinos Chapter 5. A Shift in Paradigm the Financial Education under the Influence of Digital Transformation; Biruta Dzerve, Aivars Spilbergs, Gunta Innuse, Sandra Ozolina, Astride Stonane, and Dimitrios Maditinos Chapter 6. Challenges to Credit Risk Management in the Context of Growing Macroeconomic Instability in the Baltic States Caused by Covid-19; Aivars Spilbergs, Diego Norena-Chavez, Eleftherios Thalassinos, Graţiela Georgiana Noja, and Mirela Cristea Chapter 7. ESG Integration as a Risk Management Tool within the Financial Decision-Making Process; Jekaterina Kuzmina, Dimitrios Maditinos, Diego Norena-Chavez, Simon Grima, and Marta Kadłubek Chapter 8. Adapting Information Security Policy Messaging Styles to the Targeted Audience; Arnaud Denis, Tatjana Volkova, Simon Grima, Graţiela Georgiana Noja, and Mirela Cristea Chapter 9. Theoretical Essence of Organizational Resilience in Management; Eleftherios Thalassinos, Marta Kadłubek, and Diego Norena-Chavez Chapter 10. Digital Transformation and Data Governance: Top Management Teams Perspectives; Emil Velinov, Marta Kadlubek, Eleftherios Thalassinos, Simon Grima, and Dimitrios Maditinos Chapter 11. Strategic Leadership Attributes for Adopting Digital Technology and Ensuring Organizational Resilience; Kristian Pultz Schlosser, Tatjana Volkova, Graţiela Georgiana Noja, Mirela Cristea, and Dimitrios Maditinos Chapter 12. Cyber Incident Response Managerial Approaches for Enhancing Small-Medium Size Enterprise's Cyber Maturity; Ieva Auzina, Tatjana Volkova, Diego Norena-Chavez, Marta Kadłubek, and Eleftherios Thalassinos Chapter 13. Central Bank Digital Currency Can Lead to the Collapse of Cryptocurrency; Peterson K. Ozili Chapter 14. Liquidity Position of the Banking Sector During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Western Balkan Countries; Shkelqesa Citaku, Simon Grima, and Gani Asllani Chapter 15. Metacognitive Reading Strategy in the Awareness of Tertiary Level English as a Foreign Language in Kosovo; Nazli Tyfekçi Chapter 16. Financial Soundness of General Insurance Industry in Sri Lanka: A Caramels Approach; Vithyalani Muthusamy, Narayanage Jayantha Dewasiri, K.M.Rajeewa Chanaka Lankanatha; Kiran Sood, and Simon Grima Chapter 17. Multimedia Sustained Benefits for Financial Services; Priya Jindal and Lochan Chavan
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Emerald Publishing Limited Digital Transformation, Strategic Resilience,
Book SynopsisDigitization of economic and management processes allows for the delivery of new value and higher efficiency in the implementation of strategic goals. This is due to the inclusion of digital technologies in the existing rules of functioning among partners involved in the flow of resources, and from their readiness for digital transformation. A significant challenge, in practical, organizational, and scientific terms is to understand the opportunities and threats resulting from digital transformation, to identify optimal strategies for the development of business entities in new economic and management conditions, taking care to adopt collateral and proper management of new risks. Addressing this challenge to the readers - contributors indicate the latest theoretical advances, and practical examples in FinTech, The Internet of Things, and AI, among others. This results in a synthetic look at the complex digital transformation processes of the modern world, both in terms of the underlying causes and the vast effects of the transformations and digitization of social and economic life. Contemporary Studies in Economic and Financial Analysis publishes a series of current and relevant themed volumes within the fields of economics and finance.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Awareness and access to Fintech Lending by Micro Steel Enterprises in Punjab, India; Naresh Sachdev, Kiran Sood, and Kawal Nain Singh Chapter 2. Internet of Things in Healthcare Services; Kuldeep Singh Kaswan, Jagjit Singh Dhatterwal, Premkumar Chithaluru, and Ankita Tiwari Chapter 3. Artificial Intelligence in Human Resource Management: Recent Trends and Research Agenda; Akansha Mer Chapter 4. Women Entrepreneurs and the Usage of Artificial Intelligence for Business Continuity in COVID-19; Deepali Bhatnagar and Kajal Yadav Chapter 5. The Use of Fin-Tech for Sustainable Development in India: An Investigation of the Relationship with the UTAUT Model's Effects on Digital and Financial Awareness and the Role of Women in Small Enterprises; Uma Shankar Yadav, Kiran Sood, Ravindra Tripathi, Simon Grima, and Mano Ashish Tripathi Chapter 6. Revisiting Workplace Spirituality as an Antidote to Burnout and an Enabler of Resilience in NPOs: An Indigenous Approach; Akansha Mer and Amarpreet Singh Virdi Chapter 7. An Empirical Analysis of Sustainable Strategies to Surmount Overtourism in Oman; Mohit Kukreti and Aarti Dangwal Chapter 8. Triple Entry Accounting with Blockchain Technology; Shivani Inder Chapter 9. Customer Behaviour Analysis Using Machine Learning Algorithms; Ram Krishan Chapter 10. Biodiversity Financing: A Strategy Towards Sustainability; Gurpreet Kaur Chapter 11. Bibliometric Analysis of Film Marketing Research from 1976 to 2021; Gundeti Sandeep, Amit Jain, and Deepali Bhatnagar Chapter 12. Financial Well-Being Among Tourism Industries Employees in India; Ankit Dhiraj, Sanjeev Kumar, and Divya Rani Chapter 13. Cryptocurrency and Digital Money in the New Era; Rushita, Kiran Sood, and Uma Shankar Yadav Chapter 14. Air Pollution and Homo Sapiens Health; Medha Gupta, Anmol Sharma, Kiran Sood, and Simon Grima Chapter 15. How Has COVID-19 Impacted the Business Performance of Sri Lankan firms: A Qualitative Inquiry ; Narayanage Jayantha Dewasiri, Nawalage Shashini Piyumika Perera, Wijerathna W.A.I.D, P. G. S. Amila Jayarathne, Vithiyalani Muthusamy, and Simon Grima Chapter 16. Economic Research in Banking – A Survey; Peterson K. Ozili Chapter 17. Control of State Aid in Kosovo in Accordance with EU Regulations and Practices; Gani Asllani, Bedri Statovci, and Simon Grima
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Emerald Publishing Limited Digital Transformation, Strategic Resilience,
Book SynopsisDigitization of economic and management processes allows for the delivery of new value and higher efficiency in the implementation of strategic goals. This is due to the inclusion of digital technologies in the existing rules of functioning among partners involved in the flow of resources, and from their readiness for digital transformation. A significant challenge, in practical, organizational, and scientific terms is to understand the opportunities and threats resulting from digital transformation, to identify optimal strategies for the development of business entities in new economic and management conditions, taking care to adopt collateral and proper management of new risks. Addressing this challenge to the readers - contributors indicate the latest theoretical advances, and practical examples in Moldova, Kosovo, and the BRIC countries, among others. This results in a synthetic look at the complex digital transformation processes of the modern world, both in terms of the underlying causes and the vast effects of the transformations and digitization of social and economic life. Contemporary Studies in Economic and Financial Analysis publishes a series of current and relevant themed volumes within the fields of economics and finance.Table of ContentsChapter 1. A Study on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Stock Market With Reference to BRIC Countries; Anand Shankar Raja M, Keerthana Shekar, Harshith B, and Purvi Rastogi Chapter 2. Persistent Fiscal Deficit as a Determinants of Inflation in Sri Lanka: ARDL Approach: 1977- 2019; Tyrone De Alwis, Narayanage Jayantha Dewasiri, and Kiran Sood Chapter 3. Mapping the Research on Blockchain in Education: A Systematic Review and Bibliometric Analysis; Ruchika Jain, Neena Seth, Kiran Sood, and Simon Grima Chapter 4. The Role of Health-Related Perceptions on Mobile Payment Adoption: Evidence from the Mobile Banking Industry in Sri Lanka; Narayanage Jayantha Dewasiri, Karunarathnage Sajith Senaka Nuwansiri Karunarathna, M. Shanika Hansini Rathnasiri, Kiran Sood, and Aarti Saini Chapter 5. Customer Relationship Management – Review of Technology Impact and Use Cases; Samir Yerpude and Sonica Rautela Chapter 6. The Impact of Dıgıtalızatıon on the Competıtıve Assessment of R&D Agreements ın Moldova; Victoria Cociug and Carolina Parcalab Chapter 7. Embracing Artificial Intelligence Technology: Legal Implications with Special Reference to European Union Initiatives of Data Protection; Farha Khan and Akansha Mer Chapter 8. Using Central Bank Digital Currency to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals; Peterson K. Ozili Chapter 9.Managing Human Resources in Digital Marketing; Harreet Kaur, Deepali Sodhi, Rashmi Aggarwal, and Uma Shankar Yadav Chapter 10. The Risk Landscape in the Digital Transformation of Finance and Insurance; Reepu Technowize, Sanjay Taneja, and Simon Grima Chapter 11. Developing Resilient Organizations through Strategic Human Resources; Kumar Shalender and Naman Sharma Chapter 12. Gender Mainstreaming in Climate-Smart Agriculture: Peeking into the Best Practices of Other Countries to Pave A Roadmap for India; Yogesh Mishra, Pallavi Panda, Upasana Mohanty, and Shrishti Jeswani Chapter 13. The Status of State Property in Kosovo and the Need to Define Its Harmonisation; Bedri Bahtiri, Gani Asllani, and Simon Grima Chapter 14. Business Intelligence and Its Impact on Decision Making; Samir Yerpude
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Emerald Publishing Limited A Study of Risky Business Outcomes: Adapting to
Book SynopsisContemporary firms face complex dynamic environments notoriously difficult to predict, even impossible to foresee, where extraordinary events can inflict major disruptions. Interactive collaborative decision processes appear as better drivers of strategic adaptation. Yet, firms show vastly different ways of dealing with the challenges imposed by extreme exposures as environmental conditions change. The research presented here is developed from analyses of extensive European and North American datasets (1995-2019) spanning periods of economic expansion, recession, and recovery and explores how firms manage in a world with extreme exposures and how their failure and success affect the distribution of financial returns. Refined analyses show how left-skewed returns are associated with negative risk-return relations where high-performers generate better average returns at lower levels of risk. These results can also derive from firms with heterogeneous adaptive capabilities, which we model and use in computational simulations to show how it produces negatively skewed performance distributions and inverse risk-return outcomes.; The Emerald Studies in Global Strategic Responsiveness aspires to disseminate new inspiring research insights as a potential catalyst for the development of effective approaches to deal with the exposures imposed by dynamic complexities in the global business environment.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Managing (in) a Disruptive World Chapter 2. Collecting the Data Chapter 3. Preliminary Data Analysis Chapter 4. Extended Data Analysis Chapter 5. Background and Prior Studies Chapter 6. Analyzing Manufacturing Subsamples Chapter 7. Simulating Strategic Adaptation Chapter 8. Examining the Outliers Chapter 9. Summary and Conclusions
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Emerald Publishing Limited Cognitive Aids in Strategy
Book SynopsisStrategy research and practice has a long tradition of using frameworks, models, tools, and processes to describe, and guide the strategy work of managers. These are the cognitive aids that guide cognition, i.e., the way managers make sense of the world. Why, and how, do these tools interact with cognition? The sixth volume in the New Horizons in Managerial and Organizational Cognition series examines cognitive aids in strategy. Cognitive aids of strategy have a profound impact on the way managers learn about, conceptualize, share, and enact strategy and strategies in their organizations, yet these aids are often presented without reference to the underlying cognitive theory that might explain why the aid is useful. Cognitive Aids in Strategy brings together contributions by twelve strategy scholars, reflecting on a range of cognitive aids and their theoretical foundations, focusing attention on the importance of cognitive aids in strategy, and inspiring further research. It represents a new horizon for the study of managerial and organizational cognition.Table of ContentsChapter 1. What are Cognitive Aids in Strategy?; Robin Gustafsson, Kristian J. Sund, and Robert J. Galavan Chapter 2. Opening Up Alternatives for Managers Stuck with Complexity; Robert Wright Chapter 3. Testing the Tool and not the Theory; Nicolay Worren Chapter 4. Extending Upper Echelons Theory: How Evaluators Influence Signal Interpretation and Evaluation; Cole E. Short and Timothy D. Hubbard Chapter 5. Scenarios as Cognitive Aids: The Necessary Role of Emotional Labor in The Cognition Management of Clients; Matthew Spaniol and Nicholas Rowland Chapter 6. Music as a Metaphorical Aid for Strategic Development; Arthur Turner Chapter 7. A Neuroscience Approach to Entrepreneur Pitch Outcomes; Sohvi Heaton Chapter 8. Strategy Work with Artifacts: Neurocognitive Advantages of Visual Sense-Building; Robin Gustafsson Chapter 9. The Relevance of Social Dynamics and Dispositions on Non-Traditional Aids to the Strategic Process; Davide Secchi
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Emerald Publishing Limited Societal Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness
Book SynopsisSocietal Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness examines the role of society in the creation of entrepreneurial opportunities. As society undergoes demographic shifts, cultural change and technological advancement, the way individuals, companies and institutions see and react to entrepreneurship also diversifies. Chapters explore alternative dimensions of entrepreneurship by considering different societal components and assessing attitudes towards entrepreneurship, specifically in terms of competition. By focusing on competitiveness, the book provides new conceptual approaches to understanding societal entrepreneurship and considers future developments. Utilizing an international and interdisciplinary approach to examining contemporary societal entrepreneurship, the book includes research on areas such as student entrepreneurship within Australian Universities, technology-based entrepreneurship within Turkey, and microfinance and necessity entrepreneurship within Ghana. The book will benefit researchers working in the fields of sociology, anthropology and business management, and will develop practitioners’ understanding of the impact society has on entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial behavior.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Societal entrepreneurship and competitiveness; Vanessa Ratten and Leo-Paul Dana 2. The Role of Public Entrepreneurship Programmes in Fostering Technology-Based Entrepreneurship: A Turkish Case Study; Dilek Demirhan, Serdal Temel and Susanne Durst 3. Internationalization of Firms and Entrepreneur’s Motivations: A Review and Research Agenda; Hai T. T. Ngo and Paul Agu Igwe 4. Managerial Role as a Resource for Social Innovation; Sumayya Rashid 5. Key Drivers of Student Entrepreneurship: Experiences from an Australian University; Andrew O’Loughlin 6. Entrepreneurship from a business incubator of a Mexican public university supported by a psychological program; Oscar Javier Montiel-Méndez and Lorena del Carmen Álvarez-Castañón 7. Knowledge creation in client-consultant interaction; Wendy Dubbeld and Robert J. Blomme 8. Internationalisation of social business: Toward a comprehensive conceptual understanding; S.M. Misbauddin and Md. Noor Un Nabi 9. Shadow Economy Index – Lessons from Hungary; Monika Galambosne Tiszberger 10. Microfinance and Necessity Entrepreneurship: The Ghanaian Experience; Victor Yawo Atiase and Dennis Yao Dzansi 11. The impact of outsourcing on knowledge and learning in organisations; Ingi Runar Edvardsson and Susanne Durst 12. Entrepreneurs’ responses to an economic crisis: evidence from a transitional economy; Abetare Domi and Besnik Krasniqi 13. SROI in Social Enterprises: A systematic Literature Review of Recent Trends and Future Agenda; Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Imran Qureshi and Ishamuddin Mustapha 14. "Making a Difference…. on My Own Terms": Motivational Factors of Youth Involvement in Social Entrepreneurship in Malaysia; Seyedali Ahrari, Steven Eric Krauss, Zaifunizam Ariffin and Lee Kwan Meng
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Emerald Publishing Limited Small Business Management and Control of the
Book SynopsisFrom the vagaries of the economy, through to varying degrees of social unrest, to the impact of adverse weather, businesses of all forms and sizes across the globe must cope with ongoing change, uncertainty, and risk. In this unpredictable environment, how can SMEs react and control external factors? This edited collection investigates the potential impact of long-term planning and strategic awareness on the ability of SMEs to remain competitive in a highly competitive world. The authors and editors demonstrate that whether SMEs are able to identify and act upon externally imposed forces and factors, or not, is the defining indicator of their likelihood to struggle, survive, or even thrive. Outlining the integral development opportunities or threats to existing business activity inherent to the external environment, this book offers a multidisciplinary insight, which brings together different lenses to explore a range of cutting-edge themes from both research and practitioner perspectives. The book also looks ahead, examining the broad market reaction to external forces in order to predict future implications. Given the significance of SMEs for the global economy, the range of different views offered, including but not limited to people management, entrepreneurship and education, provide genuine insights for a diversity of audiences and readers.Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Distinctiveness of Small Businesses; Shaun Bowman and Peter Wyer Chapter 2. Toward Understanding of Best Small Business Strategic Management Practice; Peter Wyer, Bob Barrett and Konstantinos Biginas Chapter 3. The Finer Micro-level Detail of Small Business Strategic Management; Peter Wyer, Antonia Koumproglou and Shaun Bowman Chapter 4. Exploring the Unique Start-Up Organisational Culture; Antonia Koumproglou and Konstantinos Biginas Chapter 5. An investigation of the expansion and influence of Western Paradigms in Transnational Education and the impact for SMEs; Vlasios Sarantinos Chapter 6. Leadership: It’s role within Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises; Gratien David Pillai Chapter 7. Small Businesses and the Changing Competitive Environment; Konstantinos Biginas and Antonia Koumproglou Chapter 8. How can SMEs overcome skill shortages and talent mismatches; Zaira Pedron Chapter 9. Key issues in SME management Small is beautiful or a Bleak House in the Brexit backdrop; Vlasios Sarantinos Chapter 10. Improving Employee Engagement in Small and Medium Enterprises; Roopa Nagori Chapter 11. The Implications of Brexit for SMEs in the U.K.; Stavros Sindakis and Sakshi Aggarwal Chapter 12. Contemporary HRM practices in Japanese SMEs; Aaron Taylor Chapter 13. E-business adoption by SMEs: Benefits, and Drawbacks; Stavros Sindakis and Sakshi Aggarwal Chapter 14. Financing SME's: The agony of securing funding; Nikolas Hourvouliades Chapter 15. Conclusion; Peter Wyer
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Origins of the International Competitiveness
Book SynopsisThis important book focuses on the impact of home countries on the international competitiveness of transnational corporations (TNCs). It seeks to explain the geographic concentration of the most internationally competitive TNCs in a single or very few countries, and their uneven performance at these concentration points. The theoretical framework for this analysis is based on a link between the location advantages of countries and the ownership advantages of firms.The book focuses on professional service TNCs as the competitive advantages of these firms are based entirely on intangible, often mobile assets, and they thus provide a striking illustration for the ways in which such assets shape the competitiveness of firms.Analyses of TNCs in several professional service industries based in various countries reveal the dynamic balance between the home and the foreign countries in which the TNCs operate, as well as the combination of country- and firm-specific attributes in shaping the competitiveness of TNCs and the subsequent patterns of global competition.The Origins of the International Competitiveness of Firms extends our knowledge of the determinants of the international competitiveness of TNCs, and will be of interest to scholars and students of international business and business strategy, and to those working in the fields of international competition, trade and investment.Trade Review'. . . her [Nachum's] book is an important addition to the literature on foreign direct investments.' -- Y. Aharoni, Journal of Economics/Zeitschrift fur NationalokonomieTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The National Origin of the Ownership Advantages of Firms 3. The Impact of Home Countries on the Ownership Advantages of Firms 4. Ownership Advantages and Competitiveness 5. The Strength and Sustainability of the Impact of Home Countries on the Competitiveness of Firms 6. The Impact of Home versus Foreign Countries on the Competitiveness of Firms 7. FDI and the Impact of Home Countries on the Competitiveness of Firms 8. The Limitations of the Impact of Home Countries on the Competitiveness of Firms and the Role of Individual Firms 9. Conclusions References Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Industrial Competitiveness in East-Central Europe
Book SynopsisWill the manufacturing industry in east-central Europe survive when the host countries join the European Union? This controversial book challenges the assumption, made by the European Commission, that industries in transitional economies should have little difficulty establishing and maintaining a competitive position after entry into the European Union.The analysis focuses on Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the former east Germany. Issues discussed include: changes in economic structures, the transformation of enterprises and financial restructuring levels of competitiveness in the countries, the region and internationally industrial policy in the region levels and nature of investment limits and sources of growth integration into western Europe dangers of over-hasty harmonization of macroeconomic conditions with the European Union The authors conclude that although the basic structures of a market economy are firmly established, the transition has not encouraged the development of more advanced industrial activities. They strongly suggest that there should be an active policy framework, based on international experience, specifically geared towards improving the international competitiveness of industry in east-central Europe.Trade Review'On the whole, it is an excellent book. Very useful for Indian policymakers, analysts, and industries.' -- Y.S. Rajan, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research'The studies included in this volume are rich not only in relevant statistics and overviews of recent trends, but also in important insights and far-reaching conclusions. This work is undoubtedly an important contribution to our understanding of post-communist transformation, and provides guidance for thinking about the future. Policymakers at national and EU levels thus should also consider the book as a valuable source for shaping policies for sustainable growth in Central-Eastern Europe.' -- Zoltan Antal-Mokos, Journal for East European Management StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The Tigers of Tomorrow? Structural Change and Economic Growth in East-Central Europe 2. Competitiveness in East-Central Europe 3. The Macroeconomics of Structural Transformation 4. Financing Enterprise Restructuring 5. Investment and Restructuring 6. Towards a Competitiveness Policy in Slovakia 7. The Transformation of Czech Enterprises 8. Innovation and the East German Transformation 9. Are the Transformations Complete?
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Competition
Book SynopsisThis major volume presents a collection of the most important published articles in the field, including influential papers by key economists on competition, monopoly and regulation.Competition follows the development of the idea, as an analytical tool and also as a policy ideal, from Adam Smith through the marginal revolution to the modern concept of perfect competition. The editor's original introductory essay shows how the scope of competition has narrowed in modern times. It also emphasizes the distinctions between competition as an end state and competition as a process.This volume will be of interest to economists, policy makers and business persons who are concerned with competition and related subjects.Trade Review'The concept of "Competition" is one of the most important, foundational terms in economics. Alas, it has so many meanings that statements using the term lack specificity; it is a primitive term allowing different readers to interject their own meanings. This and much more is made evident in Jack High's splendid collection of original materials. The collection could usefully serve as the basis for a semester's critical analysis.' -- Warren J. Samuels, Michigan State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Split Personality: A Brief History of Competition in Economic Theory Jack High PART I CLASSICAL PERIOD 1. Adam Smith (1976), excerpts from ‘Of the Natural and Market Price of Commodities’, excerpts from ‘Of Wages and Profit in the Different Employments of Labour and Stock’, excerpt from ‘Of Money Considered as a Particular Branch of the General Stock of the Society or of the Expence of Maintaining the National Capital’ and excerpt from ‘Of Colonies’ 2. David Ricardo (1911/1943), excerpt from ‘On Natural and Market Price’, excerpt from ‘On Foreign Trade’, excerpt from ‘Taxes on Raw Produce’, excerpt from ‘Taxes on Wages’ and excerpt from ‘On Machinery’ 3. Augustin Cournot (1838/1927), ‘Of the Competition of Producers’, and ‘Of Unlimited Competition’ 4. John Stuart Mill (1848/1973), ‘Of Competition and Custom’ and excerpt from ‘On the Probable Future of the Labouring Classes’ 5. Karl Marx (1909), excerpts from ‘Some After Remarks,’ and ‘The Trinitarian Formula’ 6. Willi Semmler (1987), ‘Competition: Marxian Conceptions’ PART II NEOCLASSICAL PERIOD 7. Carl Menger (1871/1950), ‘The Theory of Price’ 8. Léon Walras (1954/1965), excerpt from ‘The Market and Competition. Problem of Exchange of Two Commodities for Each Other’, ‘The Elements and Mechanism of Production’ and excerpt from ‘The Principle of Free Competition. The Law of the Variation of Prices of Products and Services. Purchase and Sales Curves of Services; Price Curves of Products’ 9. Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1881/1967), excerpt from ‘Economical Calculus’ 10. Alfred Marshall (1890/1964), excerpt from ‘Introduction’, excerpt from ‘Preliminary Survey of Distribution’, ‘The Distribution of National Income’ and excerpt from ‘The Growth of Free Industry and Enterprise’ 11. Alfred Marshall (1925/1966), ‘Some Aspects of Competition (1890)’ 12. John Bates Clark (1899), excerpt from ‘Wages in a Static Social State the Specific Product of Labor’ PART III PERFECT COMPETITION 13. Frank H. Knight (1921), excerpts from ‘The Theory of Choice and of Exchange’ 14. George J. Stigler (1957), ‘Perfect Competition, Historically Contemplated’ 15. Paul J. McNulty (1967), ‘A Note on the History of Perfect Competition’ PART IV IMPERFECT COMPETITION 16. Joan Robinson (1933/1969), excerpt from ‘Introduction’ and ‘Competitive Equilibrium’ 17. Edward Hastings Chamberlin (1933/1962), excerpt from ‘Product Differentiation and the Theory of Value’ 18. J.M. Clark (1940), ‘Toward a Concept of Workable Competition’ PART V COMPETITION AS A PROCESS 19. Joseph A. Schumpeter (1943/1992), ‘The Process of Creative Destruction’ 20. Friedrich A. Hayek (1948), ‘The Meaning of Competition’ 21. Israel M. Kirzner (1973), excerpt from ‘Competition and Monopoly’ PART VI COMPETITION AND SOCIETY 22. Walton H. Hamilton (1930/1937), ‘Competition’ 23. Ludwig Von Mises (1949), ‘Competition’ PART VII COMPETITION AND STRATEGY 24. John Von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern (1944/1953), excerpts from ‘Formulation of the Economic Problem’ 25. Michael E. Porter (1980), ‘The Structural Analysis of Industries’ 26. Adam M. Brandenburger and Barry J. Nalebuff (1996/1998), excerpts from ‘Co-opetition’, and ‘Players’ PART VIII COMPETITION AND ANTITRUST 27. Robert Liefmann (1915), ‘Monopoly or Competition as the Basis of a Government Trust Policy’ 28. Joe S. Bain (1956/1965), ‘The Condition of Entry and the Public Policy: Designed to Secure Workable Competition’ 29. Thomas J. DiLorenzo and Jack C. High (1988), ‘Antitrust and Competition, Historically Considered’ Name Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Competition and the World Economy: Comparing
Book SynopsisGlobalisation has had a major impact on manufacturing competitiveness and industrial development in transitional and developing economies. This up-to-date book critically examines the experience of a wide range of countries, focusing on the policy challenges they face in the new global economy.The rising demand for manufactured goods is causing increased pressure on developing and transitional countries to introduce policies aimed at enhancing productivity, mobilising resources, building capabilities and changing internal structures. Yet policymakers face difficult trade-offs between allocative efficiency and sustainable development. This book begins by looking at key policy issues in manufacturing including international best practices, policy convergence and policy benchmarking. The discussion then moves on to discuss the measurement of manufacturing competitiveness and the policies necessary for companies to compete successfully in the new global economy. The policy recommendations are underpinned through a wide range of case studies from different regions and countries.The book offers policymakers, scholars and researchers a unique perspective, and serves as a comprehensive guide for formulating policies vital for national industrial development and integration into the world economy. It will help those concerned with policy formulation in developing and transitional countries take informed decisions and better cope with the challenges and opportunities of the global economy.Trade Review'The book is very useful to the policymakers and researchers in the area of policy studies. The analytical presentation of policy in the context of development, with a parameter for inter-country comparison, makes it a very important book, especially in the present context of globalization and the associated structural changes taking place worldover.' -- N. Mrinalini, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research'This book is a remarkable contribution to the debate on the worldwide crisis of structural adjustment.' -- from the preface by Christopher Freeman, SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex, UK and Maastricht University, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Preface Part I: Introduction 1. Overview 2. Best Practices and Policy Convergence 3. Policy Benchmarking: Principles and Practice Part II: Themes 4. Manufacturing Competitiveness: Concept, Measurement and Policies 5. Effect of Financial Factors on Manufacturing Competitiveness 6. The Macro/Micro Policy Dichotomy: Implications for Cross-Country Replicability Part III: Countries and Regions 7. Overview of Countries and Regions 8. Newly Industrializing Economies: The Case of the Republican of Korea 9. Newly Opened Economies: The Case of Brazil 10. Economies in Transition: The Case of Hungary 11. Less Developed Countries: The Case of the United Republic of Tanzania 12. ASEAN and MERCOSUR Index
£142.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Process of Competition
Book SynopsisThe study of competition and competitiveness has recently seen a great deal of expansion and development. This timely survey reviews the most important developments in policy and practice. It illustrates the complexity of competitive behaviour in the real world and provides a framework for understanding the different notions of competition.Special attention is given to key areas including: competition as a process versus competition as a state of affairs the behaviour of firms and organization of competition new forms of competition and competition policies The Process of Competition will be essential reading for researchers, practitioners and policymakers concerned with competition policy, industrial economics and strategic management.Trade Review'This book provides valuable and interesting insights into the dynamics of competition from a variety of different perspectives. It can be read with profit by anyone who is interested in the working of markets, competition and the modern theory of the firm.' -- Stan Metcalfe, University of Manchester, UK'Competition is a continuing process of discovery, creation and co-ordination. The distillation of earlier, looser concepts of competition into equilibrium formulations, in which outcomes are directly determined by initial conditions, and all forms of novelty and initiative are excluded, has created the need for a new analysis. Such is the theme of this book, whose authors first elucidate the history of the concept of competition and then focus on the complementarity between firms and markets in a network of rivalry, co-operation and learning, the importance of organisation and institutions which enable this network to function, the innovative process, the formation of strategy, implications for policy, and the practice of the European Commission in controlling mergers. The result is a valuable contribution to the process of developing an analytical system for the study of economic processes.' -- Brian J. Loasby, University of Stirling, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Competition and the Market Process: Some Doctrinal Milestones 3. Economic Organization in a Process Perspective 4. Competition as a Process: Insights from the Marshallian Perspective 5. Innovation Choice and Competition Process 6. Strategy Research and the Market Process Perspective 7. Competition and Industrial Coordination 8. Merger Control Law in the European Union Index
£93.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Economics of Price Discrimination
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together the most significant articles which have appeared over the past three decades analyzing the application and effects of price discrimination. Discrimination is a pervasive marketing practice that survives despite the attempts of regulators to limit or eliminate its use; it is widespread also in oligopolistic and imperfectly competitive markets. It is a practice used by firms in pricing their products over product dimensions such as space, time and quality, and it affects the ability of firms to compete in other firms' markets or to protect their own. This collection of articles by leading authors in the field highlights what we know of the motivations for and the welfare implications of price discrimination. It also presents a blueprint for further work in this important area.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements • Introduction Part I: First-Degree Price Discrimination 1. Walter Y. Oi (1971), ‘ A Disneyland Dilemma: Two-Part Tariffs for a Mickey Mouse Monopoly’ 2. Robert D. Willig (1978), Pareto-superior Nonlinear Outlay Schedules’ 3. Richard Schmalensee (1981), ‘Monopolistic Two-Part Pricing Arrangements’ 4. Thomas J. Hoerger (1993), ‘Two-Part Pricing for Experience Goods in the Presence of Adverse Selection’ Part II: Second-Degree Price Discrimination 5. Michael Spence (1977), ‘Nonlinear Prices and Welfare’ 6. Eric Maskin and John Riley (1984), ‘Monopoly with Incomplete Information’ 7. M. Barry Goldman, Hayne E. Leland and David S. Sibley (1984), ‘Optimal Nonuniform Prices’ 8. Esther Gal-Or (1988), ‘Oligopolistic Nonlinear Tariffs’ Part III: Third-Degree Price Discrimination 9. Hal R. Varian (1985), ‘Price Discrimination and Social Welfare’ 10. Marius Schwartz (1990), ‘Third-Degree Price Discrimination and Output: Generalizing a Welfare Result’ 11. Stephen K. Layson (1994), ‘Market Opening under Third-Degree Price Discrimination’ 12. Theon van Dijk (1995), ‘Innovation Incentives through Third-Degree Price Discrimination in a Model of Patent Breadth’ Part IV: Price Discrimination and Product Bundling 13. William James Adams and Janet L. Yellen (1976), ‘Commodity Bundling and the Burden of Monopoly’ 14. Richard Schmalensee (1984), ‘Gaussian Demand and Commodity Bundling’ 15. R. Preston McAfee, John McMillan and Michael D. Whinston (1989), ‘Multiproduct Monopoly, Commodity Bundling and Correlation of Values’ 16. Brooks Pierce and Harold Winter (1996), ‘Pure vs. Mixed Commodity Bundling’ Part V: Applications and Extensions A Spatial Price Discrimination 17. George Norman (1983), ‘Spatial Pricing with Differentiated Products’ 18. Phillip J. Lederer and Arthur P. Hurter, Jr. (1986), ‘Competition of Firms: Discriminatory Pricing and Location’ 19. Barnali Gupta, Amoz Kats and Debashis Pal (1994), ‘Upstream Monopoly, Downstream Competition and Spatial Price Discrimination’ B Intertemporal Price Discrimination 20. Nancy L. Stokey (1979), ‘Intertemporal Price Discrimination’ 21. Louis Phlips (1980), ‘Intertemporal Price Discrimination and Sticky Prices’ 22. Werner Güth, Peter Ockenfels and Klaus Ritzberger (1995), ‘On Durable Goods Monopolies: An Experimental Study of Intrapersonal Price Competition and Price Discrimination Over Time’ C Quality Differentiation 23. Michael Mussa and Sherwin Rosen (1978), ‘Monopoly and Product Quality’ 24. Christos Constantatos and Stylianos Perrakis (1997), ‘Vertical Differentiation: Entry and Market Coverage with Multiproduct Firms’ 25. Jean-Jaskold Gabszewicz, Avner Shaked, John Sutton and Jacques-François Thisse (1986), ‘Segmenting the Market: The Monopolist’s Optimal Product Mix’ 26. John E. Kwoka, Jr. (1992), ‘Market Segmentation by Price-Quality Schedules: Some Evidence from Automobiles’ D Price Discrimination and Competition 27. George Norman (1981), ‘Spatial Competition and Spatial Price Discrimination’ 28. W.B. MacLeod, G. Norman and J.-F. Thisse (1988), ‘Price Discrimination and Equilibrium in Monopolistic Competition’ 29. Thomas J. Holmes (1989), ‘The Effects of Third-Degree Price Discrimination in Oligopoly’ 30. Helmut Bester and Emmanuel Petrakis (1996), ‘Coupons and Oligopolistic Price Discrimination’ Part VI: The Legal Context and Deregulation 31. Norman J. Ireland (1992), ‘On the Welfare Effects of Regulating Price Discrimination’ 32. Mark Armstrong and John Vickers (1993), ‘Price Discrimination, Competition and Regulation’ 33. George Norman and Jacques-François Thisse (1996), ‘Product Variety and Welfare under Tough and Soft Pricing Regimes’ Name Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Competition Policy: History, Theory and Practice
Book SynopsisGiven the increase in large scale mergers throughout the world, this book addresses the growing problem of restricted competition through collusion and the perennial debate surrounding the use of government subsidies for industries to further national interests.The aims of the book are threefold; firstly, to elucidate the antecedents of competition policy in the US and Europe and to demonstrate how far a convergence of principles has developed. Secondly, to outline the theory of industrial organisation as a major tool to devise an appropriate policy, and thirdly, to discuss the practice of competition policy in the US, individual European countries and the EC as a whole, in terms of collusion, mergers and vertical restraints. Manfred Neumann comprehensively explores the economic arguments that justify the need for competition policy. He considers the historical development of competition policy and the relationship between competition policy and the objectives of governmental policy as a whole. In conclusion, he argues that competition policy should be regarded as a constituent part of economic and social policy.This enlightening and comprehensive book will be of great value to students, researchers and practitioners of law, corporate strategy and industrial and political economics.Trade Review'Competition Policy is the only book, of which I am aware, that combines an informed analysis of competition policy in both the United States and Europe with the analytical tools from industrial organization that are needed to understand each topic. Manfred Neumann is one of the leading industrial economics scholars in Europe, and he has done those of us who teach industrial economics a great service by writing this book.' -- Dennis C. Mueller, University of Vienna, Austria'With the publication of Competition Policy, Manfred Neumann breaks new ground. He synthesizes a mixture of historical, theoretical and policy perspectives that only an experienced and accomplished scholar can provide. Most importantly, Neumann manages to combine economic precision with a text that is interesting and thought-provoking. His unique and novel approach to understanding and analyzing competition policy will make this required reading to all scholars, policymakers and students concerned with the subject.' -- David B. Audretsch, Indiana University, Bloomington, US and Otto Beisheim School WHU, Germany'Competition Policy touches on a burning issue which was with us yesterday, which pervades today's discussions and which will, no doubt, be with us for a long time to come.' -- Karl W. Roskamp, Wayne State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Aims and Scope of Competition Policy 2. Industrial Economics as the Foundation of Competition Policy 3. Containing Restraints of Competition 4. The Social Framework and Competition Policy References Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Competition Policy, Domestic and International
Book SynopsisFor three decades F.M. Scherer has been writing on questions of competition policy from multiple perspectives as a professional economist, consultant in numerous antitrust and international trade proceedings, and (for two years) chief economist of the US Federal Trade Commission. This volume collects 26 of his most important papers, both previously published and unpublished, on a broad array of competition policy issues. The papers address the historical antecedents and rationale of competition policy, the logic of market definition, the implications of pricing strategies pursued by enterprises with monopoly power, tradeoffs between competition goals and the attainment of static and dynamic efficiency, implementing effective remedies in merger and monopoly cases and the role of competition policy in an increasingly open world economy.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Part I: The Goals of Competition Policy Part II: Conduct Rules Part III: Market Structure and Efficiency Part IV: Remedies Part V: Patents and Competition Policy Part VI: International Competition Policy Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Global Market for Higher Education:
Book SynopsisThe economic and social impact of international education is substantial with many educational institutions now dependent on the recruitment of overseas students for their survival. The authors of The Global Market for Higher Education discuss this industry from a strategic and services marketing perspective and suggest a model to explain how to obtain and maintain a competitive advantage. The book draws on more than ten years of research with students and educational institutions in a number of countries, using both secondary and primary data to develop the model. The results presented suggest that an institution's internal resources are key determinants of its appropriate strategy. The authors also suggest that decision makers and education marketers take account of the appropriate market literature when developing international plans and considering new international markets.This book will prove a valuable contribution to the literature and resources for academics and students, university and college administrators, government officials and policy makers focused on higher education as well as recruitment and marketing offices of higher education institutions themselves.Trade Review'This clearly written book offers a sharp perspective on the global market for higher education. The focus on current providers and hosts enables the authors to provide practical and well informed advice on issues that are of importance for higher education administrators and the recruitment offices of universities.' -- James Porter, Higher Education Review'Mazzarol and Soutar's valuable book prompts us to think carefully about what makes for an internationally competitive university sector.' -- Christopher Pokarier, Policy'I have enjoyed reading your new book. This is an excellent application of strategic principles to the marketing of international education. It is a very insightful perspective on the future of global education. The strategic implications for universities competing in this rapidly changing and diverse landscape are highlighted and addressed with direct simplicity. I especially appreciated the theoretical foundations for the model of sustainable advantage backed up by empirical verification.' -- Bill Jolley, University of Western AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Don Smart 1. Education as a Marketable Service 2. Facing the Next Millennium 3. What Brings Success? 4. A Student’s Perspective 5. Developing a Sustainable Competitive Advantage 6. Global Marketing of Education Services 7. A Model of Competitive Advantage for Education Services 8. Implications of the Model 9. Developing Sustainable Strategies 10. Policy Prescriptions for Global Education Notes Index
£90.00
