Business, Finance & Law Books

Book SynopsisWhen we talk about debt and its economic impact, we usually centre on government debt, and overlook the debt owed by individuals and firms that is vital to truly understanding the economy.In this iconoclastic book, Richard Vague examines the assets, liabilities, and incomes of the American economy as a whole, not just of the government. The book shows that debt growth in excess of GDP growth is a feature of modern economic systems, not a bugand thus ever-increasing leverage is built into the very structure of the economy. Vague uses the data presented in the book to show that rising debt is the primary source of economic growth, new money creation, and wealth creationbut that it also brings heightened inequality and can bring economic calamity when left unchecked.Vague also compares and contrasts the financial data of the U.S. to the world's other largest economies.As an expert on the role of private debt in the global economy, Vague offers an innovative set of

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Book SynopsisNews is everywhere! But do we understand how it really works? Inside Story: How the News Works is a no-nonsense guide for 8-12 year olds that gives the fascinating inside story on this ever-relevant topic. With accessible information and practical tips written by real-life journalist Jane Marlow from Independent Television News (ITN), plus feature sections from ITV News' Charlene White, children will be well-equipped with the knowledge they need to navigate the tricky news landscape. Readers will learn where news came from, the history of news and how it works around the world, as well as who's who in the news process, what issues are facing the news today, what can we expect from news in the future and so much more.With fun, friendly and engaging illustrations by Terri Po, this approachable guide is the perfect resource to help children navigate the ever-changing world of news and really get the inside story.Trade ReviewWith eye-catching, friendly and engaging illustrations and infographics by Terri Po, this approachable guide is the perfect resource to help children navigate the everchanging world of news and really get the inside story. -- Ciara Fanning * Inis Magazine *ITN and the book's author Jane Marlow bring a huge level of expertise to this book which is bursting with informative detail - readers of all ages will enjoy learning about different aspects of news reporting, from gathering sources to vision mixing. At the same time, the book is particularly successful in finding ways of appealing to young readers. The tone is friendly and engaging, and key terms are defined (both in the text and the glossary at the end). Marlow chooses straightforward - and often amusing - examples of news stories to illustrate her points, and includes a number of 'assignments' to help readers detect bias or fake news. -- Stephen Dilley * Just Imagine *This will be an invaluable book for any young people interested in journalism. Whilst the media literacy sections greatly further its readership appeal, making this an excellent teaching resource for preparing young people to be informed citizens. -- Amy McKay * LoveReading4Kids *

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Book Synopsis'In an era where innovation is like oxygen, this is a riveting read' Gopi Kallayil, Google It is a myth to consider innovation the domain of the special few inspired by 'eureka!' moments that always result in brilliant new products. In reality, anyone with the right tools, traits, and methods has the potential to innovate with impact, generating profits and even changing the world. In this engaging guide, top thinkers and entrepreneurs Ted Ladd and Alessandro Lanteri show how to create innovations that deliver customer value. Their Innovation Pyramid describes a strategic process that is rooted in the right cultures and mindsets, leveraging a range of methods, techniques and themes to reach the pinnacle of maximum impact. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to create, innovate, improve performance, and ultimately, make a difference. The Economist Edge series: books that give you the edge, also available, Branding That Means Business.Trade ReviewIn an era where Innovation is like oxygen Ted Ladd and Alessandro Lanteri have written an excellent book on innovation - the cutture, the mindset, the methods, the tools to drive innovation and have an impact. Combining frameworks, research and entertaining stories spanning hundreds of years of innovation this is a riveting read and applies to all industries across all economies -- Gopi Kallayil, Chief Evangelist, Digital Transformation and Strategy at Google and author * The Internet to the Inner-net and The Happy Human *A potent antidote to the personality cult of the mercurial visionary, this work shows how anyone with determination and discipline can harness the craft of innovation -- Olaf Groth PhD, Prof. Faculty & Faculty Director Future of Technology at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and author * Solomon’s Code *Innovation can be frightening. This book unpacks the complexities of the process like nothing else in the last 10 years. Its stories and ideas for multiple levels of innovators - individuals, teams and organizations - are all supported by research, but delivered in a style that everyone - professors and practitioners alike - can absorb and enjoy -- Feng Zhu, Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business SchoolWith a compelling mix of cutting-edge insights and practical framing, Ladd and Lantieri have produced a truly remarkable book. It equips readers with the tools to drive innovation across a wide array of contexts - in their organizations, in society, and ultimately, in themselves. While highly pragmatic in nature, the book's interdisciplinary focus provides a comprehensive perspective on innovation's role in the world. The end result is a truly engaging read that will leave you more thoughtful, more creative, and better prepared for the challenges of the modern business environment -- Matt Johnson, PhD, author * Branding That Means Business *Innovation has been a buzzword in management for several years and navigating the fog of definitions, approaches and theories has been daunting. Until Ladd and Lanteri came up with a brilliant, theoretically rigorous and practical book, which should integrate the reading list of students, business leaders and policy makers, to guide them to think of innovation as a future ready concept. Innovating with Impact is not just a title but a true contribution to a new understanding on why innovation matters -- Dr. Mark Esposito, Professor at Hult International Business School and author * The AI Republic *Ted Ladd and Alessandro Lanteri believe that innovation is behind every aspect of our lives. Working through the right mindset, processes and tools, they show us that anyone can foster it and - most importantly - make a significant impact -- Daniel Trabucchi and Tommaso Buganza, Politecnico di Milano, authors * Platform Thinking *PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS 'ECONOMIST EDGE' TITLES * : *Branding that Means Business is brimming with insight. The business landscape has never been busier, but Johnson and Misiaszek wisely-and entertainingly-explain how to rise above the crowd -- Professor Adam Alter, NYU Stern School of BusinessBy bridging the gap between brain science and business effects, they have produced the most insightful book on branding of the last 20 years -- Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy and author * Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands *A wonderful blend of academic insights and practical know-how -- Richard Shotton, author * The Choice Factory: 25 Behavioural Biases that Influence what We Buy *

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Book SynopsisA book of two halves, Decarbonomics first sets the scene of current global economics, outlining the effect of the pandemic, the trade war between the US and China and the resulting fragmentation of globalisation. In the second half of the book, leading financial analyst Charles Dumas examines the economic reasons for action on climate change, and what form that might take. Dumas argues that investment to combat the changing climate will provide not only a boost to growth but also a rebalancing of geopolitics, benefiting those economies best placed to exploit the new technologies - possibly away from the oil-rich Middle East and towards the sun-rich Southern Hemisphere. He also examines the implications of a carbon tax, shifting economics to forge a financial solution to climate change. Drawing on original analysis by one of the world's leading macroeconomic forecasters, Decarbonomics shows how climate-change economics has shifted from a story of necessary sacrifice to one of opportunity.Trade ReviewCould the climate challenge rescue our economy from the weak demand that has afflicted it for decades? In this stimulating discussion of global macroeconomics and climate, Charles Dumas suggests that the investments needed to transform generation and use of energy could do more than reduce the threat of climate disaster: with the support of the right policies, they could help end our macroeconomic malaise. -- Martin Wolf * Financial Times *Charles Dumas shows how restoring economic growth and combating climate change are not in conflict but can be partners. * Lord (Mervyn) King, former governor of the Bank of England *It is most impressive, formidable in its determination to apply all that is admirable and pertinent in the high tradition of political economy to the huge issues posed by these topics.' * Peter Jay *

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Book SynopsisThe more we ponder, the odder the world can seem. How do footballers get their shirt numbers? Why does having daughters make couples more likely to divorce? How do you move a horse from one country to another? What counts as a journey into space? The keen minds at The Economist contemplate all these questions and more in their quest for the globe's most extraordinary quandaries and conundrums, with bizarre facts and headscratchers that show the world is even stranger than we might have thought. From plant-based milk and supermoons to the next Dalai Lama and what really happened at the storming of the Bastille, this collection of the oddest and most mindboggling explanations will amaze and delight in equal measure.Trade ReviewPraise for Tom Standage: 'Uncommonly brilliant * Daily Mail *The Father Christmas of knowledge -- Giles CorenBooks like this make you wary of ever guessing the answer to anything * Daily Mail *

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Book SynopsisBetween the theories of business school and the real world of business, there is still a gap - one that can only be filled by experience, helped by the knowledge of someone who has already done it. Over a lifetime as one of the world's most influential business leaders, Mark McCormack gathered more insights than could ever fit in one book: here he has distilled the strategies, techniques and wisdom that everyone needs to get organised, get ahead and gain and keep the competitive edge. Building on from What They Don't Teach You At Harvard Business School, this straight-talking, practical guide offers essential tools and skills - from negotiating to managing, advancing your career to building a new idea - that will help you be a leader at any level.Trade ReviewMark McCormack is an entrepreneur extraordinaire * Daily Telegraph *One of the 1,000 people who have most influenced the 20th century. * The Times *The undisputed king of sports marketing * BBC Sport *The most powerful man in sport * Sports Illustrated *He was a genius when it comes to sports marketing -- Tiger WoodsHis legacy is international sport as we know it -- European PGA Tour chief Ken Schofield

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Book SynopsisThe Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm's idyll - with thousands of books across nearly a mile of shelves, a real log fire, and Captain, the bookshop cat. You'd think after twenty years, owner Shaun Bythell would be used to the customers by now. Don't get him wrong - there are some good ones among the antiquarian porn-hunters, die-hard Arthurians, people who confuse bookshops for libraries and the toddlers just looking for a nice cosy corner in which to wee. He's sure there are. There must be some good ones, right? Filled with the pernickety warmth and humour that has touched readers around the world, stuffed with literary treasures, hidden gems and incunabula, Remainders of the Day is Shaun Bythell's latest entry in his bestselling diary series.Trade ReviewPRAISE FOR SHAUN BYTHELL * : *Gentle, funny and soothing -- Alan BennettEffortlessly charming ... it is soothing to sink once again into the rhythms of Bythell's year * TLS *Utterly compelling ... I urge you to buy this book -- Charlotte Heathcote * Sunday Express *Wonderfully entertaining. * Observer *Warm, witty and laugh-out-loud funny, this gently meandering tale of British eccentricity will stay long in the memory. * Daily Mail *Laconic, droll, opinionated and unconvincingly misanthropic ... Wigtown's Pepys. -- Alan Taylor * Times Literary Supplement *Funny and fascinating in equal measure - a must for all those of us who haunt the sepulchres where old books are laid to rest. * Anthony McGowan *Equal parts preposterous and profound, sure to prove irresistible to fellow bibliophiles * Publishers Weekly *A book and bookshop lover's delight. * Red magazine *PRAISE FOR CONFESSIONS OF A BOOKSELLER -- :PRAISE FOR SEVEN KINDS OF PEOPLE YOU FIND IN BOOKSHOPS -- :Crisp and often funny - and Bythell is canny enough to temper his pantomime misanthropy with bursts of sweetness * Guardian *Bythell is having fun and it's infectious ... actually amusing * Scotsman *Any reader finding this book in their stocking on Christmas morning should feel lucky ... contains plenty to amuse - an excellent diversion * Bookmunch *The second volume of memoirs by the Wigtown bookseller Shaun Bythell is as absorbing as the first * London Review of Books *The best parts are irreverently funny and only borderline legal ... he is certainly not self-serving in terms of writing about what he sees as his own failures and weaknesses ... has kept me giggling all week * Scotland on Sunday *MORE PRAISE FOR DIARY OF A BOOKSELLER -- :All the ingredients for a gentle human comedy are here, as soothing as a bag of boiled sweets and just as tempting to dip into * Literary Review *The Diary Of A Bookseller is warm (unlike Bythell's freezing-cold shop) and funny, and deserves to become one of those bestsellers that irritate him so much. -- Jon Dennis * Mail on Sunday *Peopled with fascinating characters ... a sarcastic reminder of the struggles of small business ownership, the importance of community and the frustration of dealing with customers ... occasionally laugh-out-loud funny. * Herald *MORE PRAISE FOR CONFESSIONS OF A BOOKSELLER * : *Tempted to follow your dream and open a second-hand bookshop? Don't do anything before you read Shaun Bythell ... second-hand bookshops are alive because of people like him. * The National *I tore through the pages, but I was also rather sad when it finished - I could have read much, much more. Any bibliophiles should race to get a copy. * Shiny New Books *

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Book Synopsis'A loot drop of brilliance' Naomi Alderman, author of The Power 'Critical Hits is an exciting, original and rich collection. It made me want to read more, to write more, and - I admit without shame - to play more' New Statesman Whether you're an avid gamer, a Twitch subscriber, or just an incidental Subway Surfer, video games have changed the way you interact with the world, and have been part of our lives for over fifty years. Critical Hits is a celebration of play and playfulness, and the lasting impact of videogames. Composed of sharp, impassioned, and inquisitive essays, this collection begins with an introduction by Carmen Maria Machado and presents video games through the eyes of eighteen writer-gamers as they straddle real and artificial worlds. In games, they find solace from illness and grief, test ideas about language, bodies, race, and technology, and see their experiences and identities reflected in-or complicated by-the interactive virtual realities they inhabit. From a deep dive into "portal fantasy" games by Charlie Jane Anders and a comic by MariNaomi about her time as a video game producer, to the overlaps in gaming and poetry by Stephen Sexton, Critical Hits illuminates fragments of an industry that is wildly popular, grossly misunderstood, and absolutely spellbinding.Trade ReviewThese fun, funny, occasionally cutting but often affirming essays celebrate the surprising potency of video games and virtual experiences. With any luck, this book will find a place of honour on every literary gamer's bookshelf -- Tom Bissell, author of Extra Lives: Why Video Games MatterA loot drop of brilliance, and a hugely satisfying and entirely convincing literary salvo on the artistic worth of games in our lives -- Naomi Alderman, author of The PowerIn this variety pack of exciting essays, writers make an electric case for the essentiality of video games, both as storytelling aids and as ways of understanding the world ... Critical Hits marks the welcome ascendance of an emerging body of gamer literature -- Adrienne Westenfeld * Esquire, "Best Books of Fall 2023" *Insightful ... The diverse entries highlight the ways in which the far out plots of video games can change how players understand themselves and the world around them. Gamers with a literary bent should take a look * Publishers Weekly *Alexander Chee, Charlie Jane Anders, Hanif Abdurraqib, and other writers who love gaming wax poetic about the lasting emotional impact that comes with playing some of the most popular video games on the market: The Last of Us, Call of Duty, and Disco Elysium * Time Magazine, "Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2023" *A veritable arcade of essays on the cultural vitality of video games -- Michelle Hart * Electric Literature, "Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Books for Fall 2023" *Those who've never thought about video games in a critical, introspective light before may never play them the same way again after reading Critical Hits. For those who have, this is the book you've been waiting for * Buzz Magazine *

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Book Synopsis'Brilliant...as entertaining and interesting as it is practical' - Graham Allcott, author of How to be a Productivity Ninja We are surrounded by feedback, whether we're being asked to like, rate or otherwise comment on products, services or even people. At work, the right kind of feedback delivered at the right time and in the right way can help us all to learn and improve. On the ground, though, that's easier said than done. Help is at hand. Margaret Cheng's six golden rules and Giving Good Feedback Framework offer a clear guide to what feedback is, how we can master the things that get in the way and deploy some simple techniques to make feedback a more routine - and less emotionally charged - part of our routine work communications.Trade ReviewPRAISE FOR PREVIOUS ECONOMIST EDGE TITLES: 'Branding that Means Business is brimming with insight. The business landscape has never been busier, but Johnson and Misiaszek wisely-and entertainingly-explain how to rise above the crowd -- Professor Adam Alter, NYU Stern School of BusinessBy bridging the gap between brain science and business effects, they have produced the most insightful book on branding of the last 20 years -- Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy and author * Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands *A wonderful blend of academic insights and practical know-how -- Richard Shotton, author * The Choice Factory: 25 Behavioural Biases that Influence what We Buy *I suspect I'm not alone in having given limited thought to what feedback is for, only focussing on it when the annual appraisal season comes up, or after a short training session. And few of us are comfortable with giving (or receiving) it. That's why Margaret Cheng's new book is so important. It helps us to re-think feedback, what it's for and how we should use it. She reminds us that it's about much more than those annual appraisals. It should be all about learning and developing. Giving Good Feedback provides proper guidance on how to tackle it, and how to make it a more routine - and less painful - part of our working lives -- Paul Johnson, Director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and author * Follow The Money *There are perhaps no words more dreaded at work than: "Can I give you some feedback?" Most of us hate giving it. Most of us, if we're honest, hate receiving it. Margaret Cheng's brilliant book is a mixture of well-researched perspectives, some of the most helpful models and approaches and pearls of wisdom from her own impressive career. It's as entertaining and interesting as it is practical. This will definitely be a book I keep coming back to -- Graham Allcott, author * How to be a Productivity Ninja *

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Book SynopsisTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Waterstones Best Book of 2023 'Brilliant - a must read' Tim Spector 'Ravenous is a truly important book ... we need a food revolution to ensure children don't go hungry, eat right, and reach their potential' Tom Kerridge The food system is no longer simply a means of sustenance. It is one of the most successful, most innovative and most destructive industries on earth. It sustains us, but it is also killing us. Diet-related disease is now the biggest cause of preventable illness and death in the developed world - far worse than smoking. The environmental damage done by the food system is also changing climate patterns and degrading the earth, risking our food security. In Ravenous, Henry Dimbleby takes us behind the scenes to reveal the mechanisms that act together to shape the modern diet - and therefore the world. He explains not just why the food system is leading us into disaster, but what can be done about it.Trade ReviewVitally important -- Waterstones 'Best Books of 2023'Shocking ... a highly readable account of what needs to be happen in order for us to both save the planet and fit into those old jeans again ... Dimbleby promises to show us how the crisis can be averted. [Ravenous] delivers on that promise * Guardian *Compelling reading -- 'Books of the Year 2023' * Waitrose Weekend *A call not only for a healthier food system, but for a more sustainable one * The Times *Fascinating . . .comprehensive and concise . . . a clear, reasoned and meticulously footnoted argument for a coherent food policy * FT *A rallying call for radical change * TLS *Excellent -- Gavin Essler * Perspective *[Ravenous] sets out how we can escape from the system we're trapped within which means that currently 60 per cent of adults in the UK are obese, with the number estimated to rise to 80 per cent by 2060. * i Paper *Gripping ... the scope of [Ravenous] is huge - climate change, the health crisis our diet has created, environmental damage wrought by intensive agriculture, damage done to the land, to rivers and to biodiversity ... accessible, fascinating, grim but not entirely without hope -- India Knight * The Times *Dimbleby is absolutely spitting feathers at the government's failure to confront the realities of our food system * Spectator *Sobering ... forceful ... with his experience as a food-system insider, Dimbleby is able to take us behind the scenes and show us how the mechanisms stretching across the vast supply chains of the food system act together to make us eat what we eat -- Dan Saladino * Literary Review *Food may well be one of the fundamental necessities of life, but our relationship with it is threatening not just our own lives but that of the planet. Fortunately, Henry Dimbleby knows how to get us back in shape * Men's Health *If you think it's your fault you sometimes eat badly, think again. A powerful, engaging and urgent mandate for fixing our broken food system -- Thomasina MiersA brilliant readable guide on how to reverse our food, obesity and climate crisis - a must-read -- Tim SpectorRavenous is a revelation: a fast-paced, entertaining and often jaw-dropping guide to the modern food system, why it is putting us all in danger, and how we can escape its clutches -- Andi Oliver, Chef and BroadcasterA brilliant, rigorous, masterful work, that opens our minds to some of the most important of all issues -- George Monbiot, author * Regenesis *Food should be a source of joy, but the way we eat is leading us into disaster. This is a delicious, highly digestible guide to building a better food system, for the sake of our bodies and our planet. -- Prue LeithWe need a food revolution to ensure children don't go hungry, eat right, and reach their potential. Ravenous is a truly important book -- Tom KerridgeAn important read that will change the way we look at food - for the better! -- Jamie OliverA critical investigation into the global food industry * Farmer's Guardian *Henry Dimbleby's latest book must be one of the most exhaustively researched works of all time - certainly when it comes to the food industry. * The Grocer *The complex truth behind the global food system * Living North *Henry Dimbleby calls for a rethink about how food is produced and consumed for the benefit of our health and the planet * Waitrose Weekend *Emerging from Dimbleby's work on food supply chains during the pandemic, Ravenous explores the structures of the global food system and how environmental, health and nutritional concerns can harmoniously coexist -- 'The Books to Read in 2023' * Financial Times *The author of the National Food Strategy and founder of Leon reveals the eye-opening truth about how our food systems shape the modern diet and the planet - and, crucially, what we can do about it -- 'The Best New Books in March' * i Paper *Ravenous is a fast-paced, well-evidenced call for a healthier, more sustainable food system -- 'Anthony Albanese’s 2023 reading list: what should be on the PM’s bookshelf this summer?' * Guardian *What we eat is damaging not only our personal health, but societal and environmental health too - a triple whammy. This book provides not only a compelling diagnosis of the damage being done by our current food eco-system, but a brilliant prescription of how a different food strategy could transform our personal, societal and environmental health. Economists like me often say that, in public policy, there is no such thing as a free lunch. Henry Dimbleby's book provides not only a free lunch for the nation, but a healthy one -- Andy Haldane, former chief economist of the Bank of EnglandOur food system lies in the centre of huge 21st century challenges, including global heating, mass extinction and public health. If we are to navigate these monster threats to civilisation then we need to move beyond our obsession with cheap food and illusory concepts of food security to embrace a genuinely sustainable food system. Shifting such a complex system isn't easy, but it is vital. Through the pages of Ravenous, Henry Dimbleby sets out with great clarity the why and how of the transition we must make -- Tony Juniper CBE, Chair of Natural EnglandPraise for Henry Dimbleby's National Food Strategy * : *From field to fork, extraordinary work is being done to try and build a better food system for everyone ... [including] Henry Dimbleby's ambitions for safe, healthy and affordable food -- HRH King Charles III * Today *This is a compelling and overdue plan of action. If the Government adopts it, we will, at last, be putting our food system on the right path to health and prosperity -- Prue LeithDimbleby has worked through an incredibly complex landscape and resulted in a set of comprehensive, eminently workable recommendations that are practical and will have a direct impact on our lives -- Tom KerridgeThere is a nutritional gap between rich and poor in this country, and it's a slowly unfolding tragedy. Dimbleby not only recognises this - he has a plan to do something about it -- Dame Louise CaseyAnalytically tight, empirically thorough ... [Dimbleby's] recommendations are detailed, convincing, and would be entirely implementable if we cared about ourselves and the world around us -- Sir Partha Dasgupta, Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus at the University of Cambridge and author * The Economics of Biodiversity *

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Book SynopsisThe truth about work is: no one can do it alone. Even lone warriors need a team. Even in professions that revolve around individual superstars, collaboration is crucial.Yet most of us have never learned how to collaborate. How to form a team. How to work with people you don't like. How to motivate yourself and others. How to handle a conflict with grace. How to come to a decision in a group. How to master crises, how to deal with defeat, how to celebrate success (and how to build on it). Here, the bestselling authors of The Decision Book will help you learn all these things and more by bringing together 41 of the world's best methods for teamwork. From solving problems to achieving your goals to creating the trust necessary to do both, they offer tried-and-tested tools, techniques and advice. Big ideas, distilled to their essence, that will help you find success - no matter the team.

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Book Synopsis'As Chris Goodall explains, removing fossil fuels from our energy system is technologically feasible ... and we should take heart that these steps to fight climate change will also lead to large and immediate gains in our day-to-day health' Tim HarfordA carbon neutral future is possible - we have the technology to transform the global economy and guard against the worst effects of climate change. So how do we get to net zero?In Possible, entrepreneur and climate tech consultant Chris Goodall tackles sixteen challenges that we must overcome in making a just transition to carbon neutrality. He explores the technologies that will solve these challenges - from changing how steel, cement and fuel are made, to locking carbon in healthy soils, and from green hydrogen storage to building climate-resilient homes. With case studies and success stories from entrepreneurs across the globe, Goodall illustrates the incredible potential of a Net Zero future, as well as the determination we will need

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Book SynopsisFrom the bestselling author of Building a Second Brain comes a primer on the essential tools you need to organize your digital life. Living a modern life requires juggling a lot of information. But we were never taught how to manage this material effectively so that we can find what we need when we need it. In The PARA Method, Tiago Forte outlines a simple and intuitive system that can be implemented in just seconds but has the power to transform the trajec­tory of your work and life, without the tedious filing or time-consuming maintenance of other approaches. The PARA Method will bring order to your inbox, filing system, notes app and more - so that you can focus on what really matters, moving forward to achieve your goals.Trade ReviewPraise for Building a Second Brain: 'Lays out a detailed approach to using digital tools to feel less bombarded and have more time to think. * Financial Times *Well-written, cogent and useful manual -- David Allen, author * Getting Things Done *Forte's ideas really work. -- Seth Godin, author * This is Marketing *A survival guide to managing the complexities of modern life. -- Chris Guillebeau, author * The $100 Startup *One of my favourite books of the year. It completely reshaped how I think about information and how and why I take notes. -- Daniel H. Pink, author * Drive *

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Book SynopsisSoftware organizations in South Asia have particular organizational cultures and hierarchies, where teamwork and creativity are essential. Investigating research methodologies and collected data from team leaders across these industries, Team Work Quality subjects them to statistical analysis in order to infer how team work quality contributes towards the enhancement of creativity with respect to software organizations. Team Work Quality, a very recent term being widely applied in software organizations across the world now, has been measured in this book using Weimar’s model of Team Work Quality. The relationship of five team characteristics namely, team size, team age, team ethnicity, team role and tenure of the team leader, on the relationship between ‘Team Work Quality’ and ‘Creativity is also explored in this book. Strategies are also offered to software organizations for improving their levels of organizational creativity, through enhancement of Team Work Quality thereby helping its readers in creating a better work environment.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Team Work Quality Chapter 3. Evolution of Creativity Chapter 4. Importance of Team Characteristics in Determining Team Performance Chapter 5. Conceptual Model Associating TWQ, Creativity and Team Characteristics Chapter 6. Research Methodology Employed Chapter 7. Strategies for Indian Software Organizations for the Enhancement of Team Work Quality and Organizational Creativity

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Book SynopsisResearch and development infrastructures are a critical success factor in the platform of science and technology. In turn, an R&D preliminary feasibility study is essential to establish fairness and social credibility of a plan, including expert review, information disclosure and alternative setting. Preliminary Feasibility for Public Research & Development Projects explains how to evaluate R&D business by exploring the five key features of policy implication, policy improvement, preliminary feasibility study, R&D evaluation, and R&D strategy. Presenting policy measures to ensure the sustainability of R&D projects, Preliminary Feasibility for Public Research & Development Projects will help develop strategic measures for R&D preliminary feasibility studies while proposing ways to enhance the effectiveness of these studies, promote efficiency in public investment projects, and enhance the financial efficiency of large investment projects.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction - R&D and R&D budget Chapter 2. Government R&D project Chapter 3. Technology innovation and government Chapter 4. Public decision making and policy analysis Chapter 5. Public investment analysis and theoretical debate Chapter 6. Social discount rate Chapter 7. Global sensation Chapter 8. Preliminary feasibility study trend Chapter 9. Discussing role of policy analysis in preliminary feasibility study Chapter 10. Economic feasibility analysis model Chapter 11. Policy feasibility analysis model Chapter 12. Technical feasibility analysis model Chapter 13. Comprehensive feasibility analysis model Chapter 14. Impact analysis model on public sector R&D investment Chapter 15. National large-scale research facilities and equipment Chapter 16. Policy discussion Chapter 17. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisPopular culture can help us think creatively and teach us the best ways to use our imagination. Leadership Insights for Wizards and Witches outlines various leadership styles, theories, and concepts through the imaginative lens of J.K. Rowling’s magical world – from ethical, servant, and authentic leadership, to power, influence, and persuasion. Combining the immersive and enchanting context of the series with the scholarly discipline of leadership, Simha teaches key theories using examples of characters and situations familiar to fans. Leadership Insights for Wizards and Witches encourages readers to consider how they themselves can approach personal and organizational problems by finding solutions using insights and perspectives gathered from the discipline of leadership. Readers will gain a vital understanding of how not to lead for a holistic mastery of leadership. Leadership Insights for Wizards and Witches harnesses surprisingly relatable examples from the renowned mystical stories and movies to inform a variety of readers, ranging from high school students to undergraduate students and professional practitioners – and of course fans everywhere – regardless of professional backgrounds and experience. The Exploring Effective Leadership Practices through Popular Culture series breaks down leadership theories, making them clearer, manageable, and easier to put into practice.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Personality, Culture, and Leadership Chapter 3. Cognitive and Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Chapter 4. Behavioral and Style Approaches to Leadership Chapter 5. Contingency and Situational Leadership Chapter 6. Leader Power and Politics Chapter 7. Leader Influence & Persuasion Chapter 8. Authentic Leadership Chapter 9. Ethical Leadership Chapter 10. Servant Leadership Chapter 11. The Dark (and bright) sides of Charismatic Leadership Chapter 12. Transactional and Transformational Leadership Chapter 13. Self and Shared Leadership Chapter 14. Leadership Succession Chapter 15. An Epilogue of Sorts

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Book SynopsisOver the past two decades, increasing attention has been paid to the concept of business diplomacy. This is becoming more important for multinational corporations (MNCs) as they deal with an increasingly demanding and dynamic international business arena. Despite the growing literature on this phenomenon, there is no sound theory-based business diplomacy model that can help to understand MNCs' relationship-building activities in the global society and provide a normative, moral guide for MNCs on how to conduct business diplomacy successfully. In Business Diplomacy by Multinational Corporations, Huub Ruël turns to Catholic Social Thought (CST), an intellectual tradition extending back 2000 years that promotes the key principles of human dignity, the common good, solidarity and subsidiarity. According to CST, a business is a community of people and its purpose is to serve the common good. This clearly diverges from the dominant shareholder view of business and CST provides a basis for a normative business diplomacy model. This in turn provides a clear, distinctive instrument for MNCs to reflect on their purpose and role in the global society while also guiding and directing their relationship-building actions with other actors in the global society. This book is essential reading for researchers studying ethics and morality from an international business viewpoint.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Multinational Corporations in a Dynamic International Business Arena Chapter 3. Business Diplomacy: A Review of the Literature and a Definition Chapter 4. Catholic Social Thought (CST) as a Source for a Business Diplomacy Model Chapter 5. Toward a CST-based Model of Business Diplomacy Chapter 6. Discussion and Conclusion

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Book SynopsisGambling Man is the biography of one of the world's least known but most consequential investors. Japan's Masayoshi Son has made and lost several fortunes, investing or controlling assets worth $1 trillion in the past two decades through his media-tech giant, SoftBank. He bankrolled Alibaba, China's internet colossus, before the world had heard about it; plotted with Steve Jobs to turn the iPhone into a wonder product; and financed hundreds of tech start-ups, fuelling the biggest boom Silicon Valley has ever seen. This book takes you on Son's wild ride, from his birthplace in a Korean slum in post-war Japan to the modern-day temples of power. It speeds through Donald Trump's golden skyscraper in Manhattan, the royal palaces of Riyadh and the throne rooms of China's Marxist rulers; all places where Son has deployed his unique blend of financial engineering and crazy risk-taking. Son's story captures a 25 year-span of hyper-globalisation in which money, technologies and ideas flowed freely. From the launch of the microchip to the advent of artificial intelligence, he has ridden the technological wave which has created extraordinary wealth and economic change. His topsy-turvy business career is testimony to the power of optimism, daring to dream, ever in search of the Next Big Thing. As an ethnic Korean in Japan, Son has overcome adversity and discrimination to become Japan's best-known businessman and empire-builder but he remains an elusive, intensely private figure. This book, by a former editor of the Financial Times, contains a wealth of new information and has had the co-operation of many of the key participants, including Son himself. Written with a verve appropriate to its subject, Gambling Man reveals the man behind the money, what drives him, why he matters, and what he plans for his next act.

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Book SynopsisThe ongoing war in Ukraine, between freedom and totalitarianism, has been brewing since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989: the great victory of liberal democracy over communism. In recent decades, authoritarian regimes have proliferated or become emboldened – from Myanmar and North Korea to Venezuela, Saudi Arabia and, of course, China. At the same time, we have seen wildly overpriced stock markets, the emergence of decentralised finance and its associated cryptocurrencies, and the idolization of inordinately expensive things, from watches and customised trainers to rare whiskies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The decoupling of capitalism from democracy, which gathered pace in the 1990s, has fostered an economic system powered by greed alone, able to prosper in brutal dictatorships, unchecked even by the financial crisis of 2007/8. Rampant inequality, fuelled by radically increased money supply, has been the result, with a tiny fraction of the world’s population owning more than the rest put together. This inequality has incited social unrest and contributed to the undermining of faith in the institutions of the democratic state. The citizens of Western democracies have been left to the mercy of unfettered capitalism, becoming data subjects, endlessly surveilled, marshalled and polarised. Today’s extreme capitalism, promoted by Milton Friedman and others, is exemplified by its modern monopolists – Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, whose fortunes have been built on often immoral, if not illegal actions, and whose headline-grabbing antics appear to be motivated more by ego than any genuine desire to do good for humanity. In the 1990s, an understanding of social justice and an appreciation of democracy still survived, but public discourse has grown increasingly polarised and angry. The authors draw a line from the robber barons of the 1990s tech revolution to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, citing the marginalisation of democratic principles which has enabled the rise of authoritarian populists such as Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Jair Bolsonaro and, of course, Donald Trump and Boris Johnson. An unanticipated fightback in Ukraine, with support from the EU and the West, has the potential to reclaim the lost spirit of freedom inherent in liberal democracy, but will it be enough?Trade ReviewPraise for The End of Money: ‘A page-turner rich in data and steeped with evidence and insights that flow from a deep understanding of the history of financial markets . . . a must-read before you buy your next – or first – non-fungible token, Chinese banking stock or US government bond’ Professor Adrian Saville, Gordon Institute of Business Science ‘A fascinating and enjoyable read . . . interspersed with illuminating anecdotes from our recent financial history . . . makes it clear that excessive debt and extreme money creation have eroded faith in the global financial system, perhaps best symbolised by the rise of cryptocurrencies’ Michael Jordaan, business Leader and venture capitalist

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Book SynopsisBehind one of the greatest tragedies in UK policing history lies an incredible political scandal ‘An important book, especially now’ Lee Child ‘Espionage, betrayal, terrorism, corruption and murder. All the ingredients of a Le Carré novel, only it’s real’ Matthew Hall ‘A powerful and timely account’ John Sutherland ‘Very well written and deeply researched . . . an account of a relentless search for justice. It has pride of place in my library' John Grieve CBE QPM former DAC MPS and former National Coordinator for Counter-Terrorist Investigations 'Well-written, brilliantly researched, uplifting and yet, a truly shocking read. The story of one man's heroic fight against the odds and against the establishment. John Murray, you are indeed a hero' DCI Colin Sutton (ret'd) Senior Investigating Officer, the Millie Dowler enquiry On 17 April 1984, as demonstrators gathered outside the Libyan embassy in London, two gunmen lay in wait inside. At 10.18 a.m. automatic gunfire rained down on the protestors and WPC Yvonne Fletcher fell, mortally wounded. As his friend lay dying, PC John Murray made her a promise that he would not rest until those responsible had been brought to justice. Thirty-seven years would pass before he was able to fulfil that undertaking. While researching this moving account of one man’s dogged pursuit of justice for a murdered colleague, Matt Johnson uncovered secret-service deals and government duplicity, all part of a plan to force an end to the National Union of Mineworkers’ strike. He discovered the real reason Yvonne’s killers were allowed to go free and how events that day led to thirty years of growing political control of policing, resulting in the disarray increasingly evident today. This compelling account pulls seemingly unconnected threads into a coherent – and shocking – whole. It provides startling insights into how decisions taken by our politicians and the actions of our intelligence agencies, supposedly in our best interests, may be anything but.Trade Review‘An important book, especially now – both an intensely personal story, and a sober analysis of a political scandal’ -- Lee Child‘Espionage, betrayal, terrorism, corruption and murder. All the ingredients of a Le Carré novel, only it’s real’ -- Matthew Hall‘A powerful and timely account of one of the darkest chapters in British policing history’ -- John Sutherland'The best book I've ever read. Breathtakingly brilliant.' * Jackie Malton, former Detective, author of The Real Prime Suspect. *'A story I was really struck by… Uplifting… An important read.' * Crime Time / Paul Burke *‘Highly recommended. Hard-hitting, packed with raw emotion and a story that deserves to live long in the memory. If you only read one non-fiction book this year, make sure it is this one.’ * Jen Med's Book Reviews *'A literary masterpiece. Captivating, it is a must-read for those seeking profound insights into the hidden truths of our society.' * The Deeping *‘Very well written and deeply researched . . . an account of a relentless search for justice. It has pride of place in my library.' * John Grieve CBE QPM former DAC MPS and former National Coordinator for Counter-Terrorist Investigations *'Heart-wrenching saga of courage, betrayal, and the undying spirit of justice.' * Emergency Services News *'Well-written, brilliantly researched, uplifting and yet, a truly shocking read. The story of one man's heroic fight against the odds and against the establishment. John Murray, you are indeed a hero.' * DCI Colin Sutton (ret'd) Senior Investigating Officer, the Millie Dowler enquiry *

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Book SynopsisThe Emerald Handbook of Authentic Leadership is a ground-breaking interdisciplinary collection, opening the black box of leadership authenticity to advance understanding of theory and practice. It presents a wide-ranging, diverse source of new concepts, theories, insights, applications to advance thinking and practice in leadership and leadership authenticity. The first publication of its kind, the contributors – leading scholars, researchers, business and NGO leaders, policy makers – explore differing, contrasting perspectives on the evolving, fluid subject of authentic leadership. The thematic sections examine ‘The Search for Authenticity from Theory to Practice’, ‘The Search for Authenticity from Practice to Theory’, and ‘Developing Authentic Leadership Values, Understanding and Practice’. The Emerald Handbook of Authentic Leadership is a quest for interdisciplinary insights arising out of theory and practice. It is intended for a wide readership interested in leadership and leadership authenticity in the contemporary world.Trade ReviewThe Emerald Handbook of Authentic Leadership is a remarkable reader covering the complexities of leading across time, and into the future, with authenticity. The handbook offers a fresh leadership perspective across a vast field of research, from leadership insight revealed by classic literature, to the role of political and multinational institutions, to the growing influence of the internet of things, and well beyond. Great leadership literature compels the individual to think well beyond the chapters. As the handbook is about original research into the topic, the questions and unique insights about the leadership conditions lead the reader to consider their own role and aspirations in leadership. It is truly a mind-expanding exploration into all things authentic leadership. -- Justin Ferbey, Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Yukon, CanadaLike many helpful big ideas, the notion of authentic leadership can prove to be remarkably slippery when subjected to close academic scrutiny. With contributions from a wide diversity of expert contributors, The Emerald Handbook of Authentic Leadership maps out and explores the boundaries of the landscape of authentic leadership, its literature, theory and practice, with commendable clarity and insight. I am encouraged to hope that its contribution will broaden our knowledge and understanding of the notion of authentic leadership, making it less slippery and more profoundly useful for many readers. -- Norman M. Fraser, PhD, IT entrepreneur, Adjunct Professor, Aalborg University Business School, Denmark.Scholars, practitioners, and the general public will enjoy this insightful handbook on authentic leadership lessons from AI, education, business, policy, NGO contexts, as well as COVID-19, which specifically benefits from considerable data and hindsight since the pandemic onset. This interdisciplinary author team blends historical approaches with the latest in the field to provide analysis and advice for leaders in corporations, non-profits, and the public sector. The variety of methodological approaches (e.g., bibliometrics, inductive qualitative research, and autoethnography) and contexts showcase state-of-the-art scholarship and practice in authentic leadership. -- Siri Terjesen, Professor, Florida Atlantic University, USIn today's fast-paced and ever-changing world, leadership plays an indispensable role in shaping society. With the emergence of alternative facts, truth decay, siloed thinking, and the unstoppable rise of AI, it has become increasingly difficult to come together and tackle regional and global issues while adhering to shared values. The Emerald Handbook of Authentic Leadership is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand and participate in the dialogue around the role of authentic leadership in today’s fluid world. It is a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary guide that serves as a catalyst for meaningful conversations about what it means to be an authentic leader and the important part it plays in our ability to navigate the challenges of the 21st century. I believe it spurs on multi stakeholder debate and further collaboration on the complex topic of authentic leadership. -- Alex Tveit, Co-founder and CEO, Sustainable Impact Foundation, Toronto, CanadaIn a world where the old paradigms are breaking down, we need leaders to guide our politics, institutions and organisations through the turbulent waters of the 21st century and enable the world to break through to new sustainable models of growth. What is leadership? How do we define it and what does ‘good’ look like, in a world increasingly disrupted by existential threats such as pandemics and climate change? What do we mean by ‘authentic and how does it “fit” with different cultures, social norms and the increasing intrusion of technology into decision-making? Finally, as new types of organisations and businesses emerge, what types of leadership are needed? The Emerald Handbook of Authentic Leadership gives us perspectives from multiple dimensions as to how we might answer these vital questions. It will provoke thinking and, hopefully, lead to different ways of being and seeing leaders in our modern world. -- Steven Parker, Leadership Coach, Chair of TAA Tech Ventures, UKTable of ContentsPart 1. Introduction Chapter 1. Leadership: The Conundrum of Authenticity; John E. Reilly and Romeo V. Turcan Part 2. The Search For Authenticity From Theory to Practice Chapter 2. A Bibliometric Study of Authentic Leadership; Hannes Velt and Rudolf R. Sinkovics Chapter 3. Authentic Leadership: A Critical Review; Demet Schaefler Chapter 4. The Challenge of Authentic Leadership in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous Business Environment; Yariv Taran Chapter 5. Authentic Leadership at the Edge of Chaos; Jackson Kinyanjui and Romeo V. Turcan Chapter 6. The Search for Authenticity in Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Leadership; Niilo Noponen, Tommi Auvinen, and Pasi Sajasalo Chapter 7. The ComPILAR Model of Group Dynamics Elaborating Authentic Leadership; Ben Heslop Chapter 8. Searching for Authenticity: Leadership at the Intersection of Tradition and Modernity; Louis Lines and Romeo V. Turcan Chapter 9. Storytelling: The Importance of Space and Materiality for Authentic Leadership; Kennenth Mølbjerg Jørgensen Part 3. The Search for Authenticity From Practice to Theory Chapter 10. Leadership in the Classical World: A perspective on Authenticity; Justinus Pieper Chapter 11. Leadership in Business: Establishing Authenticity; Mihai Pohontu Chapter 12. Political Leadership: Discovering Authenticity; Lord Michael German OBE Chapter 13. Leadership as Service: Constructing Authenticity; Jeremy Lefroy and David Woollcombe Chapter 14. Ethics Shaping, Underpinning, and Sustaining Leadership Authenticity; Chris Mould Chapter 15. The Indispensability of Authenticity in Leadership: Why It is the Essence of Leadership Success; Demet Schaefler Chapter 16. Limitations and Opportunities in Entrepreneurial Innovation and Education: Values in Authentic Leadership; Dennis P. Sakalauskas and George S. Terry Chapter 17. In search for meaning and authenticity; Romeo V. Turcan Part 4. Developing Authentic Leadership Values, Understanding and Practice Chapter 18. Sensing as a leadership competence: Determining situational authenticity in the academic world; Eneli Kindsiko and Maaja Vadi Chapter 19. Leading or Being Led: The Authentic Leadership Dilemma; Louise B. Kringelum, Lucia Mortensen, and Jens Holmgren Chapter 20. The UN Sustainable Development Goals in Education and Well-being in Need of Authentic Leadership; Sofia Daskou and Nikolaos Tzokas Chapter 21. The Challenge to Establish Authentic Leadership in the Digital Age; Titta Pitman and John E. Reilly Chapter 22. Leadership in International Entrepreneurship: In Search of Authenticity; Igor Laine, Sami Saarenketo, and Xiaotian Zhang Chapter 23. Authentic Leadership as a Meta Competence; Ralph Dreher and Gesine Haseloff Chapter 24. Authentic Leadership as a Generic Competence; Susanne Sandberg, Igor Laine, Andreea I. Bujac, Gesine Haseloff, and John E. Reilly Part 5. Concluding Remarks Chapter 25. Leadership: Facing the Authenticity Conundrum; Romeo V. Turcan and John E. Reilly

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Book SynopsisDespite the developing richness of the field of Entrepreneurship research, the output still suffers from a lack of methodological diversity. This edited collection stimulates discussion, shares practice and explores challenges around current and new approaches to inquiry - encompassing all aspects of entrepreneurship research, from its conception through to its execution and related issues such as education, training and learning. Advancing the way, we learn, think about and engage with various modalities of inquiry in Entrepreneurship research and practice, and its related subjects and areas of interest, the chapter authors draw inspiration from leading academics in the subject areas across the field. Their explorations centre around three critical points: the questioning of assumptions – who we are and what it is that we want to achieve; of what really makes sense – how we live and experience, our own and other voices and conversations; and of understanding our relationship with our social world and recognising its dynamic and emergent nature. Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research is an official book series of the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE). Each volume is designed around a specific theme of importance to the entrepreneurship and small business community with articles collectively exploring and developing theory and practice in the field.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Learning to see NOTHING but seeking to gain EVERYTHING: Entrepreneurship Research as an artistic process of inquiry; David Higgins and Trudie Murray Chapter 2. A sneak peek into the process of writing entrepreneurship research; Piritta Parkkari Chapter 3. Data Congruence in What They Say, Do, and Feel: The Role of Researcher's Sensory Processing Sensitivity Trait; Yosra Boughattas and Erno T. Tornikoski Chapter 4. Critical Realism as a Framework for Engaged Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Research; Steve Johnson Chapter 5. The impactful potential of critical realist methodologies in entrepreneurship studies; Robert Wapshott and Oliver Mallett Chapter 6. Visual Methods in Entrepreneurial Identity Research; reflections from an enterprise educator perspective; Sarah Preedy and Peter McLuskie Chapter 7. Brickstorming: using materials to elicit meaning in research interviews; Helen Williams and Katrina Pritchard Chapter 8. Making the meaningful moments visible – about the real-time study of entrepreneurial sensemaking; Gabi Kaffka and Norris Krueger Chapter 9. Lost for words: Trying to investigate ‘place’ in entrepreneurship research; Catherine Olphin, Joanne Larty, and David Tyfield Chapter 10. Decentration and intersubjectivity, collage as a qualitative method of data collection; Stéphane Foliard, Sandrine Le Pontois, and Caroline Verzat Chapter 11. Research involving women in the Global South – reflections on power dynamics; Marta Lindvert Chapter 12. Warp and weft in grounded theory: a metaphor for a witness approach to entrepreneurship research; Heiko Marc Schmidt and Sandra Milena Santamaria-Alvarez Chapter 13. Building an Immigrant Entrepreneurship Grounded Theory: the case of Mexican Entrepreneurs in Quebec; Héctor José Martínez Arboleya Chapter 14. Intersubjective Dialogue as a Form of Inquiry – Discussing the Purpose of Entrepreneurship Education Tools; Katarina Ellborg and Nicolai Nybye Chapter 15. Critical Reflexivity as the Last Frontier to Uncover and Change the Ideologies Buried Behind Practices; Nicole Gross Chapter 16. Epilogue: Nurturing Modes of Inquiry for a World Worth Living In…; Catherine Brentnall

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Book SynopsisThis volume contains two Open Access chapters. Digital transformation is permeating all domains of business and society. Digital Transformation and Institutional Theory explores how manifestations of digital transformation requires rethinking of our understanding and theorization of institutional processes. Showcasing a collaborative forum of organization and management theory scholars and information systems researchers, the authors enrich institutional theory approaches in understanding digital transformation. Advancing institutional perspectives with an agenda for future research and methodological reflections, the chapters delve into digital transformations in relation to institutional logics and technological affordances, professional projects and new institutional agents, institutional infrastructure, and field governance. This volume deepens our understanding of the pervasive and increasingly important relationship between technology and institutions and the response of existing professions to the emergence of digital technologies. Moreover, the authors offer a cutting-edge analysis of how new digital organizational forms affect institutional fields, their infrastructure, and thus their governance.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Institutional Perspectives on Digital Transformation; Thomas Gegenhuber, Danielle Logue, C.R. (Bob) Hinings, and Michael Barrett Section A. Empirical Studies Chapter 2. Institutional Logics, Technology Affordances and Hybrid Professionals: Developing a Billing App for Hospital Physicians; Robyn King, April L. Wright, David Smith, Alex Chaudhuri, and Leah Thompson Chapter 3. Digital Technology and Voice: How Platforms Shape Institutional Processes through Visibilization; Ali Aslan Gümüsay, Mia Raynard, Oana Albu, Michael Etter, and Thomas Roulet OPEN ACCESS Chapter 4. Augmenting a Profession: How Data Analytics is Transforming Human Resource Management; Georg Loscher and Verena Bader Chapter 5. From Micro-level to Macro-level Legitimacy: Exploring How Judgments in Social Media Create Thematic Broadness at Meso-level; Laura Illia, Michael Etter, Katia Meggiorin, and Elanor Colleoni Chapter 6. Digitalisation versus Regulation: How Disruptive Digital Communication Technologies Alter Institutional Contexts through Public Interest Framing; Kerem Gurses, Basak Yakis-Douglas, and Pinar Ozcan Chapter 7. Representations of Self in the Digital Public Sphere: The Field of Social Impact Analyzed through Relational and Discursive Moves; Achim Oberg, Walter W. Powell, and Tino Schöllhorn Section B. Conceptual Contributions Chapter 8. Digital Technologies: Carrier or Trigger for Institutional Change in Digital Transformation?; Nicholas Berente and Stefan Seidel Chapter 9. Integrating Information Systems and Institutional Insights: Advancing the Conversation with Examples from Digital Health; Lee C. Jarvis, Rebekah Eden, April L. Wright, and Andrew Burton-Jones Chapter 10. The Institutional Logic of Digitalization; Henri Schildt OPEN ACCESS

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Book SynopsisSince February 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic has strained health systems worldwide. Despite several measures adopted, including the deployment of emergency funds to sustain health service transformations and investment in vaccine development, the crisis has taken over a year to be controlled. The consequences are still affecting the capacity and capabilities of health systems. In light of the ongoing pandemic, this book explores the factors determining the ability of health systems to cope with and recover from a crisis, and therefore their level of resilience. The term resilience has gained momentum in health systems research, with several scholars contributing to the definition of the concept. Providing a comprehensive health system resilience agenda, policy-makers, public health specialists, health managers, scholars and practitioners will find in this work both a grounded framework for the assessment of the level of resilience of healthcare systems and organizations, and specific actionable changes that should be pursued to consolidate and improve that level of resilience. Ultimately, this work identifies desirable paths of action through the investigation of real-world cases to improve health systems and organizations capacity and capability to face any future dramatic crisis.Table of ContentsChapter 1. If You Stay Ready, You Won’t Have to Get Ready Chapter 2. Naming and Framing Health System Resilience Chapter 3. Key Ingredients for a Resilient Health System Chapter 4. A Framework for Action Chapter 5. Case Study. Lessons from the Italian NHS Chapter 6. Making Things Happen

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Book SynopsisThe Covid-19 pandemic has brought the nagging issue of the Global South's debt back into the spotlight. With declining export earnings and tax revenues, many countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia have found themselves objectively unable to service their foreign currency debt. This situation, reminiscent of the international debt crisis of the 1980s and 1990s, is the backdrop of the 38th volume of the Research in Political Economy series edited by Ndongo Samba Sylla. In Imperialism and the Political Economy of Global South’s Debt, expert contributions connect the history of this issue with a range of factors including class dynamics, the changing landscape of sovereign debt markets, the global liquidity cycle, the enduring constraints of commodity dependence, ecological sustainability and the limitations of the current ad hoc sovereign debt restructuring procedures. In contrast to orthodox accounts that view debt crises in the Global South as a cyclical problem or as consequences of 'mismanagement' or 'fiscal irresponsibility'. Imperialism and the Political Economy of Global South’s Debt recognises the systemic nature of the Global South’s external debt, revealed only further by the economic uncertainty of the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the need to analyse it in relation to existing imperialist structures.Table of ContentsPart 1: Case Studies Chapter 1. The Political Economy of Debt in the Global South: The Case of Argentina (2001–2022); Juan E. Santarcángelo and Juan Manuel Padín Chapter 2. Can debt be sustainable, if life isn’t? Argentina’s debt crisis and social reproduction; Mariano Féliz Chapter 3. Colonial Hangover in Global Financial Markets: Eurobonds, China, and African Debt; Olufunmilayo Arewa Chapter 4. Tightening the Grip: Foreign Creditors and Sudan’s Political Transition (2019-2022); Harry Cross Part 2: The Elusive Quest for a Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanism Chapter 5. Refusing to improve: sovereign debt and the political economy of inertia in UNCTAD 1964 – 1979; Christina Laskaridis Chapter 6. Limits of sovereign debt restructuring mechanisms and possible alternatives; Milan Rivie Part 3: Foreign Debt, Development and Imperialism Chapter 7. Managing the balance-of-payments constraint: dilemmas and perspectives; Basil Oberholzer Chapter 8. Imperialism and Global South’s Debt: Some insights from MMT, Ecological Economics and Dependency Theory; Ndongo Samba Sylla Chapter 9. China and Debt-Trap Diplomacy: A Brief Assessment; Shalendra Sharma

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Book SynopsisThe ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Women more often than men take care of their ageing relatives together with their own children or grandchildren. These Sandwich Generation (SG) women constitute an expanding vulnerable group on the labour market at higher risk of discrimination, work-family conflict, burnout, and withdrawal from the labour market and unemployment. Working Women in the Sandwich Generation helps present a clearer view of how to support this group both now and in the future. Beginning with a presentation of quantitative and qualitative research that sheds light on the SG situation in Poland, Finland and Flanders, this volume provides insights into various components from the SG life domains such as personal development and learning, connection to the labour market, coping strategies, resources, and energy drainers. In the second part the book provides tools for SG women, their supervisors, educators, and coaches to help manage challenging situations and improving wellbeing at work. Working Women in the Sandwich Generation then introduces the results of international comparative research the purpose of which was to identify and characterise the SG in five European countries before concluding with recommendations for supervisors and policy makers in supporting SG women.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Mervi Rajahonka, Dorota Kwiatkowska-Ciotucha, Miet Timmers, Urszula Załuska, and Kaija Villman Part A. Theories Chapter 1. How Do They Manage? Coping Strategies of the Working Sandwich Generation in Flanders; Miet Timmers and Veerle Lengeler Chapter 2. 45+ Polish Women at Home and in the Labour Markets; Dorota Kwiatkowska-Ciotucha and Urszula Załuska Chapter 3. Sandwich Generation Women in Search for Meaningful Work and Life; Mervi Rajahonka and Kaija Villman Part B. Tools and Cases Chapter 4. Family Supportive Supervisors Behaviour for the Sandwich Generation: Considerations for Training Practice; Miet Timmers and Tim Gielens Chapter 5. Tools Developed in and Lessons Learned From the Time4Help Project in Poland; Dorota Kwiatkowska-Ciotucha and Urszula Załuska Chapter 6. Cases and Lessons Learned From the ‘Time4Help’ Project in Finland; Kaija Villman and Mervi Rajahonka Part C. International Comparative Research Chapter 7. Sandwich Generation in the Workplace – International Comparative Research; Dorota Kwiatkowska-Ciotucha and Urszula Załuska Part D. Conclusion Chapter 8. Discussion, Conclusion and Recommendations; Mervi Rajahonka, Dorota Kwiatkowska-Ciotucha, Miet Timmers, Urszula Załuska, and Kaija Villman

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