Business studies: general Books
Wharton Digital Press The Miseducation of the Student Athlete: How to
Book Synopsis2018 DIGITAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST SOCIAL IMPACT BOOK The student-athlete's life: practice, gym, weight room, film review, repeat. Simply put, sports come first. Academics is a distant second. As the revenues generated by big-time college sports continue to skyrocket, virtually all of the debate involves whether (and how much) student-athletes should be paid for play. Kenneth L. Shropshire and Collin D. Williams, Jr., argue that "student" has to come first in student-athlete: the focus should be on prioritizing a meaningful education. In The Miseducation of the Student Athlete: How to Fix College Sports, Shropshire and Williams draw on new research to reveal that it has become increasingly difficult for college athletes to balance school and sports, much less a social life, leading to serious economic, professional, and emotional consequences for young people. Given that fewer than 2% of all college men's basketball and football players will play at the professional level, the other 98% of student-athletes must be prepared to find and perform well in jobs outside of their respective field of play. In this bold call to action, Shropshire and Williams explain how we got here and what can be done about it. They lay out The Student-Athlete Manifesto, a roadmap to increase the likelihood that student-athletes can succeed both on and off the field. They also offer a Meaningful Degree Model, which ensures education pays for everyone, along with stories of success that show it is possible to be both a student and an athlete. A critical read for student-athletes, sports leadership, policy makers, and anyone who loves college sports, The Miseducation of the Student Athlete has the potential to disrupt college sport and create lasting change.Trade Review"When grades take a back seat to the playing field, the term 'student athlete' can appear to be contradictory. Shropshire (Global Sport/Arizona State; Sport Matters, 2015, etc.) and debut author Williams seek to change this perception, arguing that, while athletics pay off for a select few, education benefits almost everyone . . . . As academics, the authors are used to marshaling evidence to support their assertions, and the research they lay out here is impressive. It's clear that they're no fans of the present system, yet their discussion is refreshingly free of displays of cynicism and outrage. An uncompromising look at America's college-sports conundrum, offering a controversial solution that just might work." * Kirkus Reviews *"Kenneth L. Shropshire and Collin D. Williams, Jr., examine a controversial issue that many choose to ignore because it is either uncomfortable or not financially beneficial for them to do so. I applaud Shropshire and Williams for providing an in-depth analysis of the present reality called life for student-athletes. The public needs to analyze who benefits the most, in the long-term, from student participation in intercollegiate athletics. This is a must-read for anyone truly interested in participating in the conversation." * Brandon Copeland, Defensive End, Detroit Lions, National Football League *
£14.39
Texas A & M University Press Oilfield Revolutionary: The Career of Everette
Book SynopsisEverette Lee DeGolyer wore many hats—and he wore them with distinction. Though not a geophysicist, he helped make geophysics central to oil exploration. Though not a politician, he played an important role in the national politics of energy. Though trained as a geologist, he became an important business executive. DeGolyer left his stamp on oil exploration and his name on a number of philanthropic institutions, including the DeGolyer Library at Southern Methodist University.This account of DeGolyer’s life, at once readable and yet authoritative, covers the period from his training with the United States Geological Survey in the American West, to his geological exploration of Mexico during the Revolution of the 1910s, his pioneering investment in geophysical prospecting technologies, and his work on behalf of the United States government in World War II, including a ground-breaking secret mission to the Middle East. Houston Mount develops his account of the career of Everette Lee DeGolyer in a way that provides a useful lens through which to examine the rising fortunes of earth scientists in the oil industry and in government—a process for which DeGolyer’s spectacular career was both an exemplar and a catalyst.
£26.36
Business Expert Press Lean Knowledge Management: How NASA Implemented a
Book SynopsisLean Knowledge Management Helped Change NASA's Culture and It Can Do the Same for Your Organization.NASA suffered three human spaceflight tragedies and Lean Knowledge Management was a major tool that helped NASA management implement massive cultural changes.Traditional knowledge management is too often regarded as overly complicated or a wasteful bureaucratic exercise, but Lean Knowledge Management can become a critical component for your organization to operate effectively, efficiently and safely.Lean Knowledge Management simplifies the process by: Clearly defining your organization's key employees, Filtering the enormous amount of internal "information" into "critical knowledge". Utilizing a myriad of resources to get this critical knowledge to the people who need it most - the very people that can make your organization successful. Repetitive mistakes and failures can cost an organization millions of dollars in lost revenue, scrap, and even lawsuits. Lean Knowledge Management strips away the academic jargon and implements a practical, cost-effective, organic program emphasizing lessons of the past.Knowledge is free! Your hard-earned corporate knowledge is right in front of you, why risk losing it and having to pay for it all over again?Knowledge is power! Lean Knowledge Management is a structured plan to harness that power for your organization.
£21.80
Business Expert Press The Modern Trusted Advisor: Best Practices for
Book SynopsisThe best and the brightest use advisors and experts. In fact, one could say that they are the best and the brightest because they utilized trusted advisors throughout their careers. Whether in business, sports, entertainment, academia, or politics, expert help is a fundamental enabler of success. That means that the demand for expert advice will grow and the competition will increase for such help. This isn't a matter of "certificates" and "universities," it's a matter of specific skill and behavioral sets that create a trusting bond and reliance. Trusted advisors are beyond coaches—they are comprehensive resources and supporters. The Modern Trusted Advisor employs important mastery traits, such as subordinating ego, applying shared experiences, and managing emotional, mental, and intellectual health. We are entering a world of "no normal" today and leaders must inspire others daily. This is the book that prepares you to inspire those leaders.
£21.80
Business Expert Press Adjusting to the New World Economy
Book SynopsisProfessor Czinkota shares with us his practical insights into the modern world trading system and the complexities that exist within. It provides an invaluable framework for future global leaders in their endeavors to solve global trade crises and find opportunities for furthering the free flow of goods and services across borders.It is rare to find such practical insights into the rationale of why the world is what it is today and makes for some interesting guidance for the future. Anyone who reads this book will be better equipped to tackles the challenges of operating in the world economy and working their way out of conflicts.The book also addresses the weaknesses present in current world structures, such as the World Trade Organization and its inability to suppress China, guiding the reader on how to achieve business success in a world of instability and diplomatic tensions. The concept of Curative International Marketing is a unique framework fathered by Professor Czinkota and is deeply explored in this book.
£21.80
Business Expert Press When Graduation's Over, Learning Begins: Lessons
Book SynopsisWhat They Didn't Teach You in School: Lessons for STEM Students and ProfessionalsScience, Technology, Engineering, and Math education has been described as, "drinking from a firehose." STEM students are required to absorb an overwhelming amount of technical information before they can earn their undergraduate degrees. But it takes more than a thorough understanding of math, science, and engineering concepts to become successful in today's job market.NASA's former Chief Knowledge Officer, Roger Forsgren, was responsible for training the agency's technical workforce and provides critical lessons learned for STEM students and graduates to build successful careers as they compete in today's workplace. Being an introvert in an extroverts' world: You may certainly be the smartest person in the room but that may not be enough to convince a client, make a persuasive presentation, or effectively manage others. Learn how to remain in your comfort zone yet still make a compelling impact by becoming an ambivert. Communication Skills: How to get your point across and express yourself in a cogent, concise manner. How to make yourself heard, and respected, in a group of experienced professionals. Critical Thinking: Avoid jumping to conclusions by training yourself to look beyond the obvious for the real clues to a problem or situation. Ethics: STEM professionals possess unique skills, but such technical expertise also requires a sense of personal responsibility ensuring your talents are being put to the best use for yourself and for society. Case studies have proven to be valuable learning tools and Roger Forsgren includes twelve compelling historical case studies that demonstrate the critical knowledge needed for STEM students as they progress through their careers.
£25.16
Information Age Publishing The Life of Russian Business: (Re)cognizing,
Book SynopsisThe mainstream perception of Russian business today is framed by images of wild capitalism and a Dutch-diseased resource-dependent economy with poorly functioning rules and institutions. Despite the continued relevance of these issues in the current environment, readers of this book will discover that business in Russia has undergone a remarkable transformation. Important characteristics of the contemporary Russian business climate include the rise of a new generation of Russian business leaders and entrepreneurs, a variety of innovative and adaptive business strategies developed to respond to the increasingly VUCA world, a confident middle class with significant purchasing power, as well as a surprising level of integration in the world economy, including increasingly with China and its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). These evolving developments have received little attention from researchers and practitioners.This book has been written by Russian experts and thought leaders to address this knowledge gap. The five sections provide a diverse but integrated set of opinion pieces, analyses and cases about Russian business covering markets and macro perspectives, strategy and governance, innovation and entrepreneurship, internationalization and leadership. The aim is to overcome preconceptions by illustrating the underreported and multifaceted nature of the life of Russian business and take the reader closer to what is really happening on the ground. The book contains more than 50 contributions from 54 authors representing opinion leaders in Russia and abroad including prominent academics and businessmen.The Life of Russian Business is aimed at practitioners, policy-makers and educators, as well as those generally interested in Russia. By disseminating state-of-the-art insights on Russian decision-makers and institutions, the book ultimately delivers a well informed and balanced guide for those wishing to participate in Russia’s economy.Table of Contents Introduction: This Time It’s a Business Revolution, Tomas Casas i Klett and Yuliya Ponomareva. Acknowledgments. Section I: Markets And Macro Perspectives. Introduction. No Size Fits All: The Diversity of Emerging Market Opportunities, Andrey Shapenko and Vladimir Korovkin. Russia, Perfect Partner? China’s Bold Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Oleg Remyga. Quo Vadis Russian Economy? On Trials and Challenges, Andrey Shapenko and Tomas Casas i Klett. Import Substitution: Russia’s Unrealized Business Opportunities for Foreign SMEs, Lorenz Widmer. Human Capital or Encumbrance? How to Create an Economic Miracle with Russia’s Aging Population, Andrey Shapenko. Russian Healthcare: The Pharmaceutical Industry in Transition? Alena Soboleva, Yury Krestinskiy, Irina Svyato, Oleg Svyat, and Elena Dumnova. Russian Cities: Is There Life Without Federal “Crutches”? Elena Korotkova. Russia as an Agrifood Superpower? Seizing Opportunity From Key Trends, Anastasia Belostotskaya. Bumper Harvests Beat Soviet Production Records: Where Are the Profits? Michail Mishchenko and Tomas Casas i Klett. Russian Steel: The Urgent Need for Reform, Marat Atnashev. The End of Oil Rent, Not of the Oil Age: How Technology Has Ushered in Commoditization, Marat Atnashev. Coal: The Russian Economy’s Most Successful Reform, Marat Atnashev and Sergey Stepanov. Section II: Strategy And Governance. Introduction. Don’t Swim With or Against the Current: Swim Anywhere You Like, Ruben Vardanyan and Mikhail Kusnirovich. Evolve or Become Extinct: Insights From Herman Gref, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank, BeInTrend Editorial Staff. How Brusnika Is Reshaping Real Estate Development in Russia: From Square Meters to Standard of Living, Irina Kulikova. A Khabarovsk Shopping Mall Venture: Stepping Out of a Window, Keith Goodall and Yuliya Ponomareva. Building an LNG Tank in the Russian Arctic: Double the Construction Speed or Wait Until Next Summer, Keith Goodall and Yuliya Ponomareva. Sustainable Russia: A Guide for Multinational Corporations, Natalia Zaitseva and Kamila Novak. Unilever’s Zero Non-Hazardous Waste Strategy: Achieving Sustainable Production Systems in Russia, Andrey Shapenko. Enabling Russian Boards: Western Fancy? Dmitri Melkumov. Corporate Diversification and Value Creation: Should Russian Firms Diversify? Irina Ivashkovskaya and Irina Skvortsova. Independence in Russia’s Finance Industry: The Birth of the Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA), Tomas Casas i Klett and Vladimir Korovkin. High Net Worth Individuals in Russia: Evolving Needs, Ruslan Yusufov and Marianna Slutskaya. Section III: Innovation And Entrepreneurship. Introduction. Technology-Based Entrepreneurship in Russia: How the Cold War-Era Innovation System Is Being Upgraded Into a Modern, More Open Innovation Ecosystem, Max von Zedtwitz and Ekaterina Vainberg. Foreign R&D Investment in Russia: How to Translate Into Innovation? Max von Zedtwitz, Zeljko Tekic, and Kelvin Willoughby. The Winning Strategies of Russian SMEs: Beyond Resilience in an Unpredictable Landscape, Ekaterina Molchanova. Atlantis-Pak: Russia’s Bespoke Atelier for Meat Packaging, Ekaterina Molchanova, Oleg Remyga, Maria Cristina Di Vito, and Ksenia Sokolova. SPLAT’s Leap of Faith: Niche Strategies of a Russian Medium-Sized Company, Benoit Leleux, Tomas Casas i Klett, Ekaterina Molchanova, and Yuliya Ponomareva. Neurosoft: From Accidental Innovation to In-House Strategy, Ekaterina Molchanova, Oleg Remyga, Maria Cristina Di Vito, and Ksenia Sokolova. SPIRIT DSP Software: Engine Inside, Ekaterina Molchanova, Oleg Remyga, Maria Cristina Di Vito, and Ksenia Sokolova. Venture Capital in Russia: Re- Emergence, Hype, and Looking Abroad, Yuri Mitin and Vitaly Polekhin. Russia at the Heart of Cybercrime Prevention: How a Cybersecurity Startup Became a Global Leader, Ruslan Yusufov. How to Sell Roses? Russian Robots on the March, Dmitri Sinitsin. Jewish Crypto-Tokens From Russia? Speculating About Bitcoin’s Future, Tomas Casas i Klett. The Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF): Kirill Varlamov’s Public–Private Partnership to Accelerate Entrepreneurship, Tomas Casas i Klett. Section IV: Internationalization, Outbound, And Inbound. Introduction. How to Do Business in Russia, Carl F. Fey and Stanislav Shekshnia. Russia’s Pivot Towards Asia: Why We Need to Look to the West to Turn to the East, Andrei Shapenko. Fighting for Every Cent and Fen: Russian Firm Builds Lean Sourcing Network in China, Egor Pereverzev. One Tight Belt, One Hard Road: A Chinese Private Firm’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Investment, Egor Pereverzev. Russian Speaking Latvians: A Bridge to the West or Trojan Horse from the East? Timurs Umans The Enchanted Generation: Why Russia’s Top Managers Are Not Wanted Abroad, Andrey Shapenko. Lighting Technologies and the India Connection: Illuminating Emerging Market Internationalization, Ekaterina Molchanova, Oleg Remyga, Maria Cristina Di Vito, and Ksenia Sokolova. Cooling Off the World With Evapolar: The Travails of a Radical Russian Born-Global Start-Up, Yuliya Ponomareva. Argus-Spectrum Securing the Future: Product Development in Russia, Production Plants Aboard, Ekaterina Molchanova, Oleg Remyga, Maria Cristina Di Vito, and Ksenia Sokolova. Manufacturing in Russia: Still an International Affair, Pavel Bilenko. Russia Is About Business: Views from a Resilient Swiss Entrepreneur, Walter Denz. Section V: Leadership. Introduction. Authoritarian Business Leadership: Losing Sway in China and Russia, Steven J. DeKrey. Seven Delusions of Russian Business Leaders: Money Likes Silence and Businesses Need a Brilliant Idea, Andrey Shapenko. The Russian Inability to Communicate: How Culture and Hierarchies Interfere With Doing Business, Andrey Shapenko. “I’m the Manager, You’re the Fool”: Understanding Russian Leadership Through Proverbs, Virpi Outila. Culture First: A Lawyer’s View of Business Success in Russia, Karl Eckstein. Banya Leadership: Where the Master Is a Servant, Tomas Casas i Klett. Culture and Negotiations: Russian Style, Moty Cristal. Sales Leadership From an Israeli Russian: Four Cross-Cultural Stories, Each With a Moral, Max Feldmann. Leadership Development: A Challenge for Russia, Konstantin Korotov. Developing a New Generation of Leaders for Russia: Not Without an “Emerging Market Leadership Mindset” From an Interview With Andrei Sharonov, Alexey Kalinin, Andrey Shapenko, Vladimir Korovkin, Natalia Zaitseva, Oleg Remyga, Kamila Novak, and Bryane Michael. About the Contributors.
£47.45
Information Age Publishing The Life of Russian Business: (Re)cognizing,
Book SynopsisThe mainstream perception of Russian business today is framed by images of wild capitalism and a Dutch-diseased resource-dependent economy with poorly functioning rules and institutions. Despite the continued relevance of these issues in the current environment, readers of this book will discover that business in Russia has undergone a remarkable transformation. Important characteristics of the contemporary Russian business climate include the rise of a new generation of Russian business leaders and entrepreneurs, a variety of innovative and adaptive business strategies developed to respond to the increasingly VUCA world, a confident middle class with significant purchasing power, as well as a surprising level of integration in the world economy, including increasingly with China and its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). These evolving developments have received little attention from researchers and practitioners.This book has been written by Russian experts and thought leaders to address this knowledge gap. The five sections provide a diverse but integrated set of opinion pieces, analyses and cases about Russian business covering markets and macro perspectives, strategy and governance, innovation and entrepreneurship, internationalization and leadership. The aim is to overcome preconceptions by illustrating the underreported and multifaceted nature of the life of Russian business and take the reader closer to what is really happening on the ground. The book contains more than 50 contributions from 54 authors representing opinion leaders in Russia and abroad including prominent academics and businessmen.The Life of Russian Business is aimed at practitioners, policy-makers and educators, as well as those generally interested in Russia. By disseminating state-of-the-art insights on Russian decision-makers and institutions, the book ultimately delivers a well informed and balanced guide for those wishing to participate in Russia’s economy.Table of Contents Introduction: This Time It’s a Business Revolution, Tomas Casas i Klett and Yuliya Ponomareva. Acknowledgments. Section I: Markets And Macro Perspectives. Introduction. No Size Fits All: The Diversity of Emerging Market Opportunities, Andrey Shapenko and Vladimir Korovkin. Russia, Perfect Partner? China’s Bold Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Oleg Remyga. Quo Vadis Russian Economy? On Trials and Challenges, Andrey Shapenko and Tomas Casas i Klett. Import Substitution: Russia’s Unrealized Business Opportunities for Foreign SMEs, Lorenz Widmer. Human Capital or Encumbrance? How to Create an Economic Miracle with Russia’s Aging Population, Andrey Shapenko. Russian Healthcare: The Pharmaceutical Industry in Transition? Alena Soboleva, Yury Krestinskiy, Irina Svyato, Oleg Svyat, and Elena Dumnova. Russian Cities: Is There Life Without Federal “Crutches”? Elena Korotkova. Russia as an Agrifood Superpower? Seizing Opportunity From Key Trends, Anastasia Belostotskaya. Bumper Harvests Beat Soviet Production Records: Where Are the Profits? Michail Mishchenko and Tomas Casas i Klett. Russian Steel: The Urgent Need for Reform, Marat Atnashev. The End of Oil Rent, Not of the Oil Age: How Technology Has Ushered in Commoditization, Marat Atnashev. Coal: The Russian Economy’s Most Successful Reform, Marat Atnashev and Sergey Stepanov. Section II: Strategy And Governance. Introduction. Don’t Swim With or Against the Current: Swim Anywhere You Like, Ruben Vardanyan and Mikhail Kusnirovich. Evolve or Become Extinct: Insights From Herman Gref, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank, BeInTrend Editorial Staff. How Brusnika Is Reshaping Real Estate Development in Russia: From Square Meters to Standard of Living, Irina Kulikova. A Khabarovsk Shopping Mall Venture: Stepping Out of a Window, Keith Goodall and Yuliya Ponomareva. Building an LNG Tank in the Russian Arctic: Double the Construction Speed or Wait Until Next Summer, Keith Goodall and Yuliya Ponomareva. Sustainable Russia: A Guide for Multinational Corporations, Natalia Zaitseva and Kamila Novak. Unilever’s Zero Non-Hazardous Waste Strategy: Achieving Sustainable Production Systems in Russia, Andrey Shapenko. Enabling Russian Boards: Western Fancy? Dmitri Melkumov. Corporate Diversification and Value Creation: Should Russian Firms Diversify? Irina Ivashkovskaya and Irina Skvortsova. Independence in Russia’s Finance Industry: The Birth of the Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA), Tomas Casas i Klett and Vladimir Korovkin. High Net Worth Individuals in Russia: Evolving Needs, Ruslan Yusufov and Marianna Slutskaya. Section III: Innovation And Entrepreneurship. Introduction. Technology-Based Entrepreneurship in Russia: How the Cold War-Era Innovation System Is Being Upgraded Into a Modern, More Open Innovation Ecosystem, Max von Zedtwitz and Ekaterina Vainberg. Foreign R&D Investment in Russia: How to Translate Into Innovation? Max von Zedtwitz, Zeljko Tekic, and Kelvin Willoughby. The Winning Strategies of Russian SMEs: Beyond Resilience in an Unpredictable Landscape, Ekaterina Molchanova. Atlantis-Pak: Russia’s Bespoke Atelier for Meat Packaging, Ekaterina Molchanova, Oleg Remyga, Maria Cristina Di Vito, and Ksenia Sokolova. SPLAT’s Leap of Faith: Niche Strategies of a Russian Medium-Sized Company, Benoit Leleux, Tomas Casas i Klett, Ekaterina Molchanova, and Yuliya Ponomareva. Neurosoft: From Accidental Innovation to In-House Strategy, Ekaterina Molchanova, Oleg Remyga, Maria Cristina Di Vito, and Ksenia Sokolova. SPIRIT DSP Software: Engine Inside, Ekaterina Molchanova, Oleg Remyga, Maria Cristina Di Vito, and Ksenia Sokolova. Venture Capital in Russia: Re- Emergence, Hype, and Looking Abroad, Yuri Mitin and Vitaly Polekhin. Russia at the Heart of Cybercrime Prevention: How a Cybersecurity Startup Became a Global Leader, Ruslan Yusufov. How to Sell Roses? Russian Robots on the March, Dmitri Sinitsin. Jewish Crypto-Tokens From Russia? Speculating About Bitcoin’s Future, Tomas Casas i Klett. The Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF): Kirill Varlamov’s Public–Private Partnership to Accelerate Entrepreneurship, Tomas Casas i Klett. Section IV: Internationalization, Outbound, And Inbound. Introduction. How to Do Business in Russia, Carl F. Fey and Stanislav Shekshnia. Russia’s Pivot Towards Asia: Why We Need to Look to the West to Turn to the East, Andrei Shapenko. Fighting for Every Cent and Fen: Russian Firm Builds Lean Sourcing Network in China, Egor Pereverzev. One Tight Belt, One Hard Road: A Chinese Private Firm’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Investment, Egor Pereverzev. Russian Speaking Latvians: A Bridge to the West or Trojan Horse from the East? Timurs Umans The Enchanted Generation: Why Russia’s Top Managers Are Not Wanted Abroad, Andrey Shapenko. Lighting Technologies and the India Connection: Illuminating Emerging Market Internationalization, Ekaterina Molchanova, Oleg Remyga, Maria Cristina Di Vito, and Ksenia Sokolova. Cooling Off the World With Evapolar: The Travails of a Radical Russian Born-Global Start-Up, Yuliya Ponomareva. Argus-Spectrum Securing the Future: Product Development in Russia, Production Plants Aboard, Ekaterina Molchanova, Oleg Remyga, Maria Cristina Di Vito, and Ksenia Sokolova. Manufacturing in Russia: Still an International Affair, Pavel Bilenko. Russia Is About Business: Views from a Resilient Swiss Entrepreneur, Walter Denz. Section V: Leadership. Introduction. Authoritarian Business Leadership: Losing Sway in China and Russia, Steven J. DeKrey. Seven Delusions of Russian Business Leaders: Money Likes Silence and Businesses Need a Brilliant Idea, Andrey Shapenko. The Russian Inability to Communicate: How Culture and Hierarchies Interfere With Doing Business, Andrey Shapenko. “I’m the Manager, You’re the Fool”: Understanding Russian Leadership Through Proverbs, Virpi Outila. Culture First: A Lawyer’s View of Business Success in Russia, Karl Eckstein. Banya Leadership: Where the Master Is a Servant, Tomas Casas i Klett. Culture and Negotiations: Russian Style, Moty Cristal. Sales Leadership From an Israeli Russian: Four Cross-Cultural Stories, Each With a Moral, Max Feldmann. Leadership Development: A Challenge for Russia, Konstantin Korotov. Developing a New Generation of Leaders for Russia: Not Without an “Emerging Market Leadership Mindset” From an Interview With Andrei Sharonov, Alexey Kalinin, Andrey Shapenko, Vladimir Korovkin, Natalia Zaitseva, Oleg Remyga, Kamila Novak, and Bryane Michael. About the Contributors.
£87.40
Information Age Publishing Principled Governance When Everything Matters
Book SynopsisPrincipled Governance when Everything Matters is an essential handbook for Directors, Managers, Counsellors and Students, indeed for everyone challenged to answer the question: How do we get along?The democratic world has taken half a millennium to shift its governing principle from the power of might to the rule of law. Through centuries of errors (and trials), we have created a framework of regulation, accountability, and oversight, which, though now widely practiced, is still poorly understood.Principled Governance when Everything Matters is a guided tour of the field, led by an expert who spent three decades at boardroom and council tables, advising directors and managers in business and civil society. This accessible volume will be invaluable to all practioners providing context and analysis that will help them better understand their responsibilities and execute their duties.Principled Governance is based on David S. Fushtey's comprehensive academic text The Director and Manager: Law and Governance in a Digital Age – Machiavelli Had It Easy. That 1000-page volume has been reviewed and revised by a team of subject-area experts, who have drawn out the most useful, relevant – often crucial - lessons. The result is an engaging guide for students of business, civil society, and law, and for the continuing education of directors and the executives who advise them.
£42.46
Information Age Publishing Principled Governance When Everything Matters
Book SynopsisPrincipled Governance when Everything Matters is an essential handbook for Directors, Managers, Counsellors and Students, indeed for everyone challenged to answer the question: How do we get along?The democratic world has taken half a millennium to shift its governing principle from the power of might to the rule of law. Through centuries of errors (and trials), we have created a framework of regulation, accountability, and oversight, which, though now widely practiced, is still poorly understood.Principled Governance when Everything Matters is a guided tour of the field, led by an expert who spent three decades at boardroom and council tables, advising directors and managers in business and civil society. This accessible volume will be invaluable to all practioners providing context and analysis that will help them better understand their responsibilities and execute their duties.Principled Governance is based on David S. Fushtey's comprehensive academic text The Director and Manager: Law and Governance in a Digital Age – Machiavelli Had It Easy. That 1000-page volume has been reviewed and revised by a team of subject-area experts, who have drawn out the most useful, relevant – often crucial - lessons. The result is an engaging guide for students of business, civil society, and law, and for the continuing education of directors and the executives who advise them.
£78.20
NewSouth Publishing The Little Black Book of Business Writing
Book SynopsisThe Little Black Book of Business Writing is for everyone who writes for business purposes, in the commercial world, the private sector, the trades and the professions. Mark Tredinnick and Geoff Whyte help readers write the kinds of documents that confront them most days at work – letters, emails, web writing, reports, minutes, tenders, ministerials, board papers, media releases, newsletters, marketing documents, policy proposals, business cards, newsletters, position descriptions, job ads, notes to financial statements, instruction and safety manuals, speeches, presentations and various kinds of technical papers. The Little Black Book of Business Writing helps people write at work with economy, impact and efficiency.
£16.10
Boydell & Brewer Ltd Family Firms in Postwar Britain and Germany:
Book SynopsisExamines the culture and conduct of six small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in England and West Germany from 1945 to the late-1970s, drawing on numerous archives in Germany and Britain. This is the first book length study that examines the detailed histories of SMEs in a comparative, transnational manner. Emerging from this study is an evaluation of German and British varieties of capitalism in action, showing that they were not fixed or static, but rather have changed considerably as they evolved over time. The German companies studied formed part of the Mittelstand, the family-owned sector which is unique to German-speaking countries. This book explores whether the principles of a close identification with the surrounding region and a patriarchal culture within a 'family' atmosphere were adopted in practice then, and whether they are still applicable today. Paulson compares the Mittelstand to British SMEs in order to understand how their approach differed from that of their German counterparts. For both countries, the 'ecosystem' which surrounded businesses is examined, paying particular attention to funding and vocational education. The book concludes that the potential for a British Mittelstand existed, but that British companies were often less well managed and had to operate within a less supportive external environment than that which favoured the Mittelstand. Historical lessons learned from the management of these companies still resonate today, and can help us to understand contemporary differences in business performance. This book will therefore be of interest to scholars and students of twentieth-century business and economic history, as well as management studies.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction PART ONE: Operating Contexts Prologue Chapter 2: Culture, Community, and Continuity Chapter 3: Banking Chapter 4: Recruitment and Training PART TWO: Company Case Studies Prologue Chapter 5: Chr. Wandel KG, Reutlingen Chapter 6: Kenrick & Jefferson Ltd., West Bromwich Chapter 7: Julius Schneider GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigsburg Chapter 8: Braithwaite & Co. (Engineers) Ltd., West Bromwich Chapter 9: RECARO GmbH & Co., Stuttgart Chapter 10: Jensen Motors Ltd., West Bromwich Chapter 11: Conclusion - A Better Way of Doing Business? Bibliography Index
£30.24
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy
Book SynopsisThe second volume of the Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy provides entirely new insights into a number of the leading issues surrounding the teaching of entrepreneurship and the building of entrepreneurship programs. Prepared under the auspices of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), this book features fifteen scholarly perspectives on a range of entrepreneurship education issues.This 2016 edition spans topics ranging from methods for teaching creatively and the value of the lean startup methodology to empirical insights into whether or not entrepreneurship education changes minds. Five premier universities and the key aspects of their superlative entrepreneurship programs are reviewed. In addition, contributors highlight a number of individual innovations that have changed the way entrepreneurship is taught and the manner in which entrepreneurial behavior is facilitated. This book offers an introduction to innovative practices in facilitating entrepreneurial learning both inside and outside the classroom as it investigates critical issues in designing, implementing and assessing experiential learning techniques within entrepreneurship.This timely book uncovers new horizons in the development of entrepreneurship education for students, university campuses, communities and economies. Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy - 2016 is a must-have book for any entrepreneurship professor, scholar or program director across the US.Contributors include: C. Albornoz, K.R. Allen, J. Amoros, J. Aniello, K. Artz, A. Bruton, A. Caetano, M. Cichosz-Grzyb, R.W. Clouse, S.L. Cochran, S.F. Costa, B. Cowden, M. Croteau, C. Dibrell, D. Dill, T.N. Duening, N. Duval-Couetil, J.S. Engel, E. Fine, V. Fox, T. Goodin, E. Grossman, R.J. Gentry, E. Hamilton, J. Hart, J. Heacock, D.M. Hechevaria, G. Hertz, A. Ingram, K. Kern, E. Liguori, A. Markvoort, E. Markin, A. McKelvie, M.M. Metzger, S. Miller, K. Moore, L. Morland, M.H. Morris, H.M. Neck, X. Neumeyer, G. Poor, C. Pryor, D.W. Rosenthal, B. Rossi, M. Schindehutte, S.C. Santos, S. Scherreik, F. Schlosser, S.A. Schulman, R. Smilor, J. Stamp, K. Taylor, J. Thompson, J.M. Torrens, E.E. Troudt, J. Vanevenhoven, R. White, D. Winkel, C. WinklerTable of ContentsContents: Preface: Teaching Reason and the Unreasonable Michael H. Morris and Eric Liguori PART I LEADING EDGE RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES 1. What I have Learned about Teaching Entrepreneurship: Perspectives of Five Master Educators Jerome S. Engel, Minet Schindehutte, Heidi M. Neck, Ray Smilor, and Bill Rossi 2. What Entrepreneurship Educators Do Not Understand About: Creativity and How to Teach It Jeffrey Stamp 3. Does Entrepreneurship Education Change Minds? A Multinational Analysis of Mandatory and Voluntary Entrepreneurial Training Carlos Albornoz and Jose E. Amoros 4. Bridging Entrepreneurial Cognition Research and Entrepreneurship Education: What and How Susana C. Santos, Silvia Fernandes Costa, Xaver Neumeyer and António Caetano 5. Weighing In: Reflections on a Steady Diet of Lean Startup Elissa Grossman 6. Competency Based Education in Entrepreneurship: A Call to Action for the Discipline Rebecca White, Giles Hertz and Kevin Moore 7. The Art of Case Teaching David W. Rosenthal 8. The Experiential Learning Portfolio and Entrepreneurship Education Minet Schindehutte and Michael H. Morris 9. Deliberate Opportunity Design: A Practical Integrative Product and Business Design Framework to Enable New Frontiers in Fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alex Bruton 10. New Venture Creation as a Learning Agenda: Experiences, Reflections and Implications from Running a Venture Creation Programme Leigh Morland and John Thompson 11. The Principles and Practices of Delivering Experiential Entrepreneurship Education to Mega-classes Christopher Pryor 12. Entrepreneurs in Action: An Authentic Learning Experience R. Wilburn Clouse, Terry Goodin and Joseph Aniello 13. Using the SEE Model in Entrepreneurship Consulting Courses and Programs Michael H. Morris 14. Integrating the A-GES Framework into a Family Business Course Erik Markin, Clay Dibrell and Richard J. Gentry 15. Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Entrepreneurship Education: the Role of Universities in Fostering Ecosystem Development Diana M. Hechevarria, Amy Ingram and Justin Heacock PART II: MODEL UNIVERSITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMS 16. Entrepreneurship at the University of Southern California Kathleen R. Allen 17. Entrepreneurship at Lancaster University Eleanor Hamilton , Helen Fogg, Sarah L. Jack and Fionnuala Schultz 18. Baylor University: Entrepreneurship for Everyone through Innovative Programming Kendall Artz 19. Entrepreneurship Education at the University of Maryland Elana Fine 20. Entrepreneurship at Syracuse University Alexander McKelvie and John M. Torrens PART III: BEST PRACTICE INNOVATIONS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM 21. Teaching Entrepreneurial Foresight Sam Miller 22. Teaching Lean: Value Creation (for Students and Faculty) In The Classroom Doan Winkel and Jeff Vanevenhoven 23. Games for the Entrepreneurship Classroom Jim Hart 24. A Unique Student Angel Investing Fund Sara L. Cochran 25. Teaching Entrepreneurial Sales Skills: A Co-curricular Approach Eric Liguori, Birton Cowden, and Giles Hertz 26. Entrepreneurial Consulting Courses: Increasing Benefits to Students in the New Economy Nathalie Duval-Couetil and Kris Taylor 27. University Collaboration: The New Jersey State Business Model Competition Susan Scherreik 28. CUNY’s STEM Virtual Enterprise Program Christoph Winkler, Stuart A. Schulman and Edgar E. Troudt 29. UCCS Entrepreneurial Identity Project Thomas N. Duening and Matthew M. Metzger 30. The Campus-linked Accelerator Program in Canada Francine Schlosser, Margaret Cichosz-Grzyb, Martin Croteau, Donovan Dill, Valerie Fox and Annette Markvoort 31. Social Media – a Powerful Tool for Entrepreneurship Students Gene Poor and Kirk Kern Index
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Collective Ink Capitalism on Campus: Sex Work, Academic Freedom
Book SynopsisCapitalism on Campus examines the university’s journey into market hands and the sexual sell-off of students, which has come with it. It raises critical questions about the forces which conjoin higher education to both sex work and declining academic freedom. In so doing it questions the role our institutions of learning have in the cultivation of resistance to capitalism. This is a call to rediscover the emancipatory potential of knowledge.
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Evolution of Family Business: Continuity and
Book SynopsisThis book engages in the debate on evolution and change of family capitalism. Based on historical analysis and a conjoint effort by management scholars and social scientists, it is a treasure trove of thoroughly researched and prominently recounted stories on the basic components, origins and dynamics of family capitalism. It offers an interdisciplinary perspective on the multifaceted and complex sector of private enterprises in Latin America and Spain.'- Alfredo De Massis, Lancaster University, UK'An impressively original book which provides a wealth of new empirical evidence on the evolution of business and management in Latin America and the Spanish-speaking world. It challenges past generalizations by demonstrating the heterogeneity in the family businesses and business groups of different Spanish-speaking countries.'- Geoffrey Jones, Harvard Business School, USFamily businesses are everywhere, but there is little information regarding their growth and development. This book is one of the few to analyse the identity and evolution of the largest family businesses in Latin America and Spain.With contributions from 20 scholars from 12 different countries, the book compares the relationship of families in business within their national economies, foreign capital, migration, and politics. The authors deny the existence of a 'Latin type' of family capitalism in their countries, and highlight diversity, and national and regional differences.This interdisciplinary book will be useful for students and scholars of economics, management, history, sociology, and anthropology. Politicians, family business consultants, family businesses, and international institutions will also benefit from insights within this book.Contributors: M.I. Barbero, L. Casanova, M. Cerutti, A.D. Costa, Carlos Dávila, P. Díaz Morlán, A. Discua Cruz, C.E. Drumond, P. Fernández Pérez, L. Fortín, E. Guillén Miranda, J.M. Las Heras, J.C. Leiva, A. Lluch, J. Martínez Echezárraga, M. Monsalve Zanatti, N. Puig, C.Ramos Rodas, C. Raudales, J. Vidal OlivaresTrade Review‘This book engages in the debate on evolution and change of family capitalism. Based on historical analysis and a conjoint effort by management scholars and social scientists, it is a treasure trove of thoroughly researched and prominently recounted stories on the basic components, origins and dynamics of family capitalism. It offers an interdisciplinary perspective on the multifaceted and complex sector of private enterprises in Latin America and Spain.’ -- Alfredo De Massis, Lancaster University, UK‘An impressively original book which provides a wealth of new empirical evidence on the evolution of business and management in Latin America and the Spanish-speaking world. It challenges past generalizations by demonstrating the heterogeneity in the family businesses and business groups of different Spanish-speaking countries.’ -- Geoffrey Jones, Harvard Business School, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Andrea Colli Introduction Paloma Fernández Pérez and Andrea Lluch PART I COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS 1. Latin American Multinationals Facing the 'New Reality' Lourdes Casanova 2. State, Institutions and Impact of Economic Policies on the Historical Evolution of Family Businesses in Spain and Latin America Javier Vidal Olivares 3. The Origins of Modern Family Foundations in Spanish Speaking Countries: A Preliminary Study Nuria Puig PART II LARGE NATIONAL MARKETS AND LARGE FAMILY GROUPS (MEXICO, BRAZIL, ARGENTINA) 4. Large Businesses and Entrepreneurial Families in Mexico Mario Cerutti 5. Brazilian Companies and Business Groups from a Historical Perspective Armando Dalla Costa, Carlos Eduardo Drumond and José María Las Heras 6. Family Capitalism in Argentina: Changes and Continuity over the Course of a Century María Inés Barbero and Andrea Lluch PART III BUSINESS FAMILIES AND POLITICS IN SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED MARKETS (COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, HONDURAS) 7. Politics and Endurance of Entrepreneurial Families: The Case of "Presidential Families" In a Latin American Economy (Colombia, 1850-2010) Carlos Dávila 8. From the Domination by Family Elites to the Presence of Multiple Players. Capitalism in Costa Rica in the Twentieth Century. Juan Carlos Leiva and Erick Guillén Miranda 9. Large Family Businesses in Honduras: The Influence of State Intervention and Immigration in the Twentieth Century. Allan Discua Cruz, Concepción Ramos Rodas, Claudia Raudales and Lourdes Fortín PART IV BUSINESS FAMILIES BETWEEN DICTATORSHIP AND DEMOCRACY (SPAIN, PERU, CHILE): FROM NARROW REGULATED MARKETS TO THE GLOBAL MARKET 10. Between Power and the Market. An Approach to the Historical Evolution of Large Family Businesses in Spain in the Twentieth Century Paloma Férnandez Pérez and Pablo Díaz Morlán 11. Evolution of the Peruvian Large Family Business 1896 -2012 Martín Monsalve Zanatti 12. Large Entrepreneurial Families in Chile. Their Characteristics and Contribution to the Country (1830-2012) Jon Martínez Echezárraga Conclusions Paloma Fernández Pérez and Andrea Lluch Index
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CABI Publishing Managing Quality of Life in Tourism and
Book SynopsisQuality-of-life research in tourism and hospitality has gained much momentum in the past two decades. This line of research covers three main areas of focus: (i) the impacts of specific tourism and hospitality programmes on the overall quality of life of tourists/guests; (ii) the providers of goods and services; (iii) tourist communities, including the impact of different programmes and events on the quality of life of residents in these communities. Focusing on these key subjects, Managing Quality of Life in Tourism and Hospitality provides a portfolio of selected cases showing best practice and delivering them to the forefront of knowledge application, with examples in tourism and hospitality settings. Best practice case studies are included throughout, providing practical implications and lessons learned. These lessons can be applied by tourism and hospitality practitioners and community leaders, and be used to further research by academics working within tourism and hospitality. The book offers an exciting and refreshing approach to quality-of-life research in tourism and hospitality. Key features include: - Best practice and evidence-based case studies. - Broad coverage that includes tourists, industry and local communities. - International application, with material from various countries across the world.Table of Contents1: Quality-of-life Research in Tourism and Hospitality 2: Flamenco, Tourists’ Experiences and the Meaningful Life 3: ‘To Mix with New People’: The Surprising Day Trips of Mature Germans 4: Creating Moments of Happiness on Day Trips 5: Social Tourism as Correlates of Quality of Life: The Case of Disadvantaged People 6: How to Make Someone Feel Welcome Somewhere, and Mean It. L’accueil Might Be the Answer 7: Sightseeing Tours’ Impact on Well-being and Eudaimonia 8: Thermal Spas, Well-being and Tourism in Budapest 9: Rural Well-being Tourism in Northern Europe – Providing Opportunities to Enhance Quality of Life 10: The Bet Is On: A Case Study of the Naudé-Potgieter Model of Casino Employees’ Happiness in the Workplace 11: Quality-of-life Research in Tourism and Hospitality: Implications and Future Research
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods for
Book SynopsisThis indispensable Handbook provides a timely and comprehensive guide to the methodological challenges of qualitative research in family business. Written by an international, multidisciplinary team of experts in the field, the Handbook takes a hands-on approach, offering valuable insights into a range of methods and related questions. Providing practical guidance based on the experiences of senior researchers, as well as expanding conceptual understanding of qualitative methods, chapters explore existing practices and issues common to many research projects, such as getting access to informants and technical or publication hurdles. Featuring reflective discussion on how to craft insightful, rigorous studies, the Handbook will increase scholars' confidence in using qualitative methods in their own research, from traditional case studies to more recent methods such as QCA. This Handbook will prove invaluable to instructors of qualitative research methods, as well as scholars and students of family business and entrepreneurship. Researchers using qualitative methods in other social sciences will also find its recommendations relevant and useful. Contributors include: R. Adiguna, N. Bhatnagar, M. Brumana, A. Calabro, A. Colli, A. Dawson, A. De Massis, C. Dessi, A. Dettori, G. Dorian, K.D. Elsbach, P. Fernandez Perez, D. Fletcher, M. Floris, I. Ghai, W. Gibb Dyer, V.L. Glaser, F. Hoy, A.E. James, J.E. Jennings, N. Kammerlander, K. Kampouri, R. Labaki, G. Laffranchini, G. Lauto, T. Leppäaho, L. Melin, E. Micelotta, L.M. Nor, M. Nordqvist, E. Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, M.J. Parada Balderrama, D. Pittino, E. Plakoyiannaki, C. Pongelli, K. Ramachandran, A. Ruzzene, A.G. Sandig, P. Sharma, E.A. Tetzlaff, J. van Helvert-Beugels, K. Vasilevska, F. Visintin, M. Waldkirch, M. YusofTrade Review'One of the reasons for the shortage of qualitative studies published in top academic journals has been the lack of rigorous methodological directions. Alfredo De Massis and Nadine Kammerlander's Handbook fills this gap by offering an encompassing set of guidelines and clever suggestions to perform rich investigations of the most salient phenomena in family business, and to publish the results. These thoughtful and immediately applicable methods tremendously enhance scholars' ability to understand and explain these complex and fascinating organizations.' --Carlo Salvato, Bocconi University, Italy'Globally, interest in researching phenomena surrounding family businesses and business families is growing. Simultaneously, expectations regarding rigor and quality of research methods are also being elevated. This edited book serves as an invaluable resource for scholars seeking to produce meaningful and impactful qualitative research, not just in family business but in related fields as well.' --Tyge Payne, Texas Tech University, US'This is a superb book on a critical and much-neglected approach to family business research. It offers a set of inspiring chapters by leading authors that do a wonderful job of addressing the core techniques and challenges of qualitative methods as they apply to family firm research. I most highly recommend this book to all family business researchers wishing to plumb more deeply the dynamics, problems and opportunities of family enterprise.' --Danny Miller, HEC Montréal, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: List of contributors vii Foreword by Roy Suddaby x Foreword by Professor Trish Reay xii 1 Frequently asked questions in qualitative family business research and some guidelines to avoid risky paths 1 Nadine Kammerlander and Alfredo De Massis PART I TRENDS AND PROSPECTS IN FAMILY BUSINESS QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS 2 Qualitative research in family business: methodological insights to leverage inspiration, avoid data asphyxiation and develop robust theory 25 Evelyn Micelotta, Vern L. Glaser and Gabrielle Dorian 3 Full-cycle research in family business contexts: combining qualitative case studies and quantitative methods 48 Kimberly D. Elsbach and Ishita Ghai 4 Ethnography: a much-advocated but underused qualitative methodology in published accounts of family business research 72 Denise Fletcher and Rocky Adiguna 5 Historical methods in family business studies 98 Andrea Colli and Paloma Fernandez Perez PART II CASE STUDY RESEARCH 6 The evolution of case study methodology in the study of family enterprises 125 Giacomo Laffranchini and Frank Hoy 7 The case study in family business: current perspectives and suggestions for the future 161 Tanja Leppäaho, Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki, Katerina Kampouri and Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki 8 Religion and business families’ philanthropic practices 191 Navneet Bhatnagar, Pramodita Sharma and Kavil Ramachandran 9 How can qualitative research advance the understanding of family firms’ internationalization? A multiple case study of family firms internationalizing into China and India 208 Claudia Pongelli and Andrea Calabrò PART III USING NARRATIVE-BASED APPROACHES AND INVESTIGATING INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS 10 Mapping narratives in family business studies: a guideline for researchers 224 Michela Floris, Cinzia Dessì and Angela Dettori 11 Growth through innovation and internationalization: exploring the role of family business identity through narrative analysis 248 Alexandra Dawson, Maria José Parada Balderrama and Alberto Gimeno Sandig 12 Illuminating the space between: investigating interpersonal relationships in family firms through qualitative inquiry 270 Matthias Waldkirch PART IV ALTERNATIVE METHODS AND METHODOLOGIES 13 Reasons, opportunities and methods for a visual analysis of organizational tensions in family business 284 Mara Brumana, Attilia Ruzzene and Katerina Vasilevska 14 The fsQCA method in family business research 304 Daniel Pittino, Francesca Visintin and Giancarlo Lauto 15 Treating non-family managers like family: new insights from a re-analysis of pre-existing qualitative interview data 321 Jennifer E. Jennings, Albert E. James and Elizabeth A. Tetzlaff 16 Research methods on emotions in family business 351 Rania Labaki PART V PUBLISHING QUALITATIVE FAMILY BUSINESS RESEARCH AND ADDRESSING PRACTICAL ISSUES 17 Why do so many qualitative studies of family businesses get rejected? Confessions of a recovering associate editor of the Family Business Review 390 W. Gibb Dyer 18 Engaging practitioners in qualitative family business research: an engaged scholarship approach 399 Judith van Helvert-Beugels, Mattias Nordqvist and Leif Melin 19 Bridging communication, building trust: the art and science of getting access to informants and preparing them for in-depth qualitative inquiry 418 Leilanie Mohd Nor and Mohar Yusof Index 427
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Economics of Agglomeration
Book SynopsisThis research review discusses some of the most essential papers encompassing agglomeration economies. Agglomeration economies are manifested in cities and industry clusters shaping the neighborhoods and the regions that contain them. The review analyses econometric methods and data improvements, geographic scales at which agglomeration economies operate, micro-neighborhoods and mega-regions. The author also uncovers the forces driving the field including labor markets, input markets and dynamic phenomena such as innovation, technology change and growth. Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction William C. Strange PART I ESTIMATING AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES [193 pp] 1. Gilles Duranton and Henry G. Overman (2005), ‘Testing for Localization Using Micro-Geographic Data’, Review of Economic Studies, 72 (4), December, 1077–106 2. J. Vernon Henderson (2003), ‘Marshall's Scale Economies’, Journal of Urban Economics, 53 (1), January, 1–28 3. Pierre-Philippe Combes, Gilles Duranton, and Laurent Gobillon (2008), ‘Spatial Wage Disparities: Sorting Matters!’, Journal of Urban Economics, 63 (2), March, 723–42 4. Michael Greenstone, Richard Hornbeck and Enrico Moretti (2010), ‘Identifying Agglomeration Spillovers: Evidence from Winners and Losers of Large Plant Openings’, Journal of Political Economy, 118 (3), June, 536–98 5. Pierre-Philippe Combes (2012), ‘The Productivity Advantages of Large Cities: Distinguishing Agglomeration from Firm Selection’, Econometrica, 80 (6), November, 2543–94 PART II THE GEOGRAPHY OF AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES 6. Stuart S. Rosenthal and William C. Strange (2003), ‘Geography, Industrial Organization, and Agglomeration’, Review of Economics and Statistics, 85 (2), May, 377–93 7. Mohammad Arzaghi and J. Vernon Henderson (2008), ‘Networking off Madison Avenue’, Review of Economic Studies, 75 (4), October, 1011–38 8. Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt, Stephen J. Redding, Daniel M. Strum and Nikolas Wolf (2015), ‘The Economics of Density: Evidence from the Berlin Wall’, Econometrica, 86 (6), November, 2127–89 PART III MICROFOUNDATIONS: HORSE RACES 9. Glenn Ellison, Edward L. Glaeser and William R. Kerr (2010), ‘What Causes Industry Agglomeration? Evidence from Coagglomeration Patterns’, American Economic Review, 100 (3), June, 1195–213 10. Stuart S. Rosenthal and William C. Strange (2001), ‘The Determinants of Agglomeration’, Journal of Urban Economics, 50 (2), September, 191–229 11. Jordi Jofre-Monseny, Raquel Marín-López and Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal (2011), ‘The Mechanisms of Agglomeration: Evidence from the Effect of Inter-Industry Relations on the Location of New Firms’, Journal of Urban Economics, 70 (2–3), September–November, 61–74 12. Stephen B. Billings and Erik B. Johnson (2016), ‘Agglomeration within an Urban Area’, Journal of Urban Economics, 91, January, 13–25 13. Giulia Faggio, Olmo Silva and William C. Strange (2017), ‘Heterogeneous Agglomeration’, Review of Economics and Statistics, 99 (1), February, 80–94 PART IV TECHNOLOGY, DYNAMICS, GROWTH 14. Gilles Duranton and Diego Puga (2001), ‘Nursery Cities: Urban Diversity, Process Innovation, and the Life Cycle of Products’, American Economic Review, 91 (5), December, 1454–77 15. Jeffrey Lin (2011), ‘Technological Adaptation, Cities, and New Work’, Review of Economics and Statistics, 93 (2), May, 554–74 16. Donald R. Davis and David E. Weinstein (2002), ‘Bones, Bombs, and Break Points: The Geography of Economic Activity’, American Economic Review, 92 (5), December, 1269–89 17. Ajay Agrawal, Devesh Kapur and John McHale (2008), ‘How do Spatial and Social Proximity Influence Knowledge Flows? Evidence from Patent Data’, Journal of Urban Economics, 64 (2), September, 258–69 18. Edward L. Glaeser, Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr (2015), ‘Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines’, Review of Economics and Statistics, 97 (2), April, 498–520 PART V LABOR MARKETS 19. Bruce Fallick, Charles A. Fleischman and James B. Rebitzer (2006), ‘Job-Hopping in Silicon Valley: Some Evidence Concerning the Microfoundations of a High-Technology Cluster’, Review of Economics and Statistics, 88 (3), October, 472–81 20. Hoyt Bleakley and Jeffrey Lin (2012), ‘Thick-Market Effects and Churning in the Labor Market: Evidence from US Cities’, Journal of Urban Economics, 72 (2–3), September–November, 87–103 21. Jorge De La Roca and Diego Puga (2017), ‘Learning by Working in Big Cities’, Review of Economic Studies, 84 (1), January, 106–42 22. Nathaniel Baum-Snow and Ronni Pavan (2011), ‘Understanding the City Size Wage Gap’, Review of Economic Studies, 79 (1), August, 88–127 23. Rebecca Diamond (2016), ‘The Determinants and Welfare Implications of US Workers' Diverging Location Choices by Skill: 1980–2000’, American Economic Review, 106 (3), March, 479–524 24. Marigee Bacolod, Bernardo S. Blum and William C. Strange (2016), ‘Skills in the City’, Journal of Urban Economics, 65 (2), March, 136–53 25. Joseph Gyourko, Christopher Mayer, and Todd Sinai (2013), ‘Superstar Cities’, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 5 (4), November, 167–99 PART VI INPUT MARKETS AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY 26. Gianmarco Ottaviano, Takatoshi Tabuchi and Jacques-François Thisse (2002), ‘Agglomeration and Trade Revisited’, International Economic Review, 43 (2), May, 409–35 27. Treb Allen and Costas Arkolakis (2014), ‘Trade and the Topography of the Spatial Economy’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 129 (3), June, 1085–140 28. Thomas J. Holmes (2011), ‘The Diffusion of Wal-Mart and Economies of Density’, Econometrica, 79 (1), January, 253–302 Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd A Research Agenda for Family Business: A Way
Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This exciting Research Agenda expertly addresses the question: What will be important within the family business field and for family businesses in practice over the next decade? Top international contributors explore farsighted theories, methods and topics, often taking a multi-disciplinary approach in order to outline the potential routes for further advancing family business research. Chapters cover the significance of new family trends, entrepreneurial legacy, board diversity, spatial-familiness, corruption, innovation and digital business transformation, challenging core assumptions surrounding the family business phenomenon and mapping the future of the discipline. A Research Agenda for Family Business will prove a stimulating read for family business and entrepreneurship scholars, as well as academics focusing on strategy, HR, organizational behaviour and corporate governance. Practitioners will also find this book valuable for reflecting on challenges that they are facing and navigating developments in the family business field. Trade Review‘This book represents a turning point in family business research by putting on the table research gaps of special relevance that address the heterogeneity of the family business. Future research topics relevant to the family and business systems and how the first system affects the behaviour and strategic decisions of the family business are addressed.’ -- Myriam Cano-Rubio, Journal of Management and Governance'This is an inspiring book - it offers an interesting agenda for future research on family business. It comprehensively covers the domain of the field, emerging research areas, innovative theories, and promising research methods. Written by a diverse group of scholars from 17 countries, the book brings together rich insights that promise to fuel innovative scholarship. Its message is timely and impactful.' --Shaker A. Zahra, University of Minnesota, US'In impressive fashion, the study of family firms has gone through a phase of rapid growth towards establishing itself as a distinct area of study. It is the overlap and cross pollination with a wide array of more established fields of research that turns the family business field into a rich opportunity for new, exciting research. In working towards this goal, the present book is an excellent guidepost and source of inspiration. Its broad coverage of topics, delivered by established and more junior scholars from around the world, makes it a fascinating contribution for anybody who wishes to move beyond what we know, and towards uncharted, exciting research opportunities.' --Thomas Zellweger, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland'Amidst the new realities of our world, ranging from invisible viruses that pause humanity to the changing concept of family and community, I applaud the efforts of Professor Andrea Calabrò and forty-six notable scholars to identify a multi-disciplinary agenda for family business research. Interested scholars will draw inspiring ideas for meaningful research directions, while business families and policy makers eager to support the development of usable knowledge on family enterprises will appreciate efficient chapter summaries. Thesis students will add this book to their must-read lists.' --Pramodita Sharma, University of Vermont and Northwestern University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introducing A Research Agenda for Family Business by Andrea Calabrò xv 1 Family trends shaping the family business landscape 1 Joyce Kox and Astrid Kramer 2 Developing a “sociological imagination” of families in family business research 15 Eric R. Kushins and Elaina Behounek 3 History as a source and method for family business research 29 Christina Lubinski and William B. Gartner 4 Engaging the next generation of family members through work: adolescence and beyond 61 Marjan Houshmand, Marc-David L. Seidel and Dennis Ma 5 Entrepreneurial legacy: how narratives of the past, present and future affect entrepreneurship in business families 73 Miruna Radu-Lefebvre, Vincent Lefebvre, Jean Clarke and William B. Gartner 6 From turmoil to synergism: how business leaders’ human resource mental models and family control impact employees 87 Chiung-Wen Tsao and Shyh-Jer Chen 7 Diversity on family firm boards: a research agenda for 2020–30 103 Mary Barrett and Ken Moores 8 The role of vision in determining family, small business and minority ethnic business research 121 Claire Seaman and Richard Bent 9 Strategic and organizational choices in family firms: introducing sense-making 135 Luca Gnan and Giulia Flamini 10 Advancing research on creativity in family firms 157 Julia Vincent Ponroy and Dianne H.B. Welsh 11 Changing landscape of Indian family businesses 169 Kavil Ramachandran, Sougata Ray and Yashodhara Basuthakur 12 Spatial familiness: a bridge between family business and economic geography 185 Rodrigo Basco and Lech Suwala 13 Family-owned MNEs and transparency: a focus on corruption risk in host countries 203 Matteo Caroli, Claudia Pongelli and Alfredo Valentino 14 Financing the growth of the family business: a research agenda 215 Alessandro Cirillo, Alexandra Dawson, Anneleen Michiels and Donata Mussolino 15 Innovation in family business groups: going beyond an R&D perspective 231 Marita Rautiainen, Suvi Konsti-Laakso and Timo Pihkala 16 The digitalization of family firms: a research agenda 247 Catherine E. Batt, Peter Cleary, Martin R.W. Hiebl, Martin Quinn and Pall M. Rikhardsson 17 Digital business transformation in family firms: how the owning family sets the scene 261 Ann Sophie Löhde, Giovanna Campopiano and Daniela Gimenez Jiménez Conclusion Andrea Calabrò Index 279
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Emerald Publishing Limited Business and Management Doctorates World-Wide:
Book SynopsisThe pursuit of excellence in business and management doctorates demands a delicate interplay between the capacity to synthesize intricate evidence (the ant hill) while maintaining a panoramic outlook (helicopter view) and crafting theoretical abstractions. Herein lies the challenge—maintaining equilibrium in this duality. Business and Management Doctorates World-Wide explores debates on the design and delivery of doctorates in business and management to support student employability and create impact. The book provides wide ranging international comparisons and reflections on the purpose and innovations in doctoral education offered by business schools today. Expert contributors analyze North and South American models, European doctorates, insights from the Arab World, doctoral provision in Australia and New Zealand, and ASEAN orientations. These global case studies incorporate explanations about the origins of existing systems and current drivers of behaviour, employment prospects for graduates, the opinions of different stake holders about the relevance of the programmes, and future emerging trends. Business and Management Doctorates World-Wide offers detailed comparative analysis of current practices to highlight reasons for commonalities and differences in different parts of the world with suggestions about lessons shared in diverse contexts.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Growth Patterns of Business and Management Doctorates around the World Chapter 2. Recruitment, Selection and Retention in Business and Management Doctorates around the World Chapter 3. The Business School Doctoral Experience Chapter 4. Employability, Career Management and Post-Doctoral Outcomes in Business and Management Chapter 5. Research Environment, Culture, Capacity, Capabilities, and Connectivity
£71.25
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd How to Conduct an Effective Peer Review
Book SynopsisThis crucial book guides academics and researchers through the process of peer reviewing manuscript articles, outlining the methods and proficiencies required to write a high-quality review. Gloria Barczak and Abbie Griffin specifically highlight the importance of becoming a first-rate reviewer to early-career scholars.Beginning with a working definition of a high-quality review, subsequent chapters detail the financial, career and personal benefits of peer reviewing for researchers, outline editors' and authors' expectations of reviewers, and offer a template for reviewing manuscripts effectively. Next, the book explicates sets of questions to consider in reviewing each section of a manuscript and features examples of reviews for actual journal submissions by the authors.Comprehensive in its approach, this book will be crucial for any early-career social scientist hoping to effectively join the peer review process and write high-quality, meaningful reviews, as well as seasoned academics wishing to refine their skills.Trade Review'There are few activities as critical to the scientific process as peer reviewing. Yet, to date, there are few activities that receive less formal training or for which clear and concise guidelines are available. This book represents a significant contribution for overcoming these deficits. I highly recommend it for both early-career and senior scholars.' -- - Stephen L. Vargo, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, US'A fresh perspective on academic publishing: Barczak & Griffin provide an insider's view into the review process in the social sciences, helping you not only to get recognition in your academic community by becoming a better reviewer, but also to take these insights to have more success in publishing your own research!' -- - Frank Piller, RWTH Aachen University, Germany'Peer reviewing is an essential mechanism to enhance the quality of scholarly output but for many academics the peer reviewing process and how to engage in it is very opaque, with some fluency gained only over time, after trial and error. The authors of this book thus do the academic profession a great service by opening up the ''black box'' of peer reviewing. The authors, drawing on over 30 years of experience in the peer review process, give us concrete guidelines and examples of how to engage in this process in an effective way. The authors, however, go beyond practical advice and provide us with a much-needed broader perspective on the process, explaining, for example, how peer reviewing can be beneficial for one's work and career and what is expected of the reviewer in terms of roles to enact, responsibilities to take on, responses and reactions to give, and respect to show (the so-called 5R's of reviewing). Overall: a book that should be mandatory reading for every scholar operating within the social sciences, particularly those at the start of their academic career!' -- - Gerda Gemser, University of Melbourne, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to how to conduct an effective peer review 2. What is a high-quality review? 3. WIIFM – what’s in it (peer reviewing) for me? 4. Expectations of high-quality reviewers: the 5 Rs 5. Getting started and a reviewing template 6. Reviewing the introduction 7. Reviewing the theoretical background, literature synthesis, and hypothesis development 8. Reviewing the research methods 9. Reviewing the results 10. Reviewing the discussion and implications 11. Later revision rounds 12. The present and future of peer reviewing Appendix 1 Social strategy as a means to gain knowledge for innovation Appendix 2 Modeling portfolio decision-making processes Appendix 3 A partial list of references of research methodology standards References Index
£96.69
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Field Guide to Family Business Research
Book SynopsisThe Field Guide to Family Business Research is a concise and accessible guidebook that addresses the unique challenges associated with conducting high-quality family business research. Intended for both new and more experienced scholars, experts provide essential guidelines and insightful best practices for overcoming these challenges.Comprehensive in scope and split into three key parts, the book addresses general, qualitative and quantitative challenges and their various solutions. Chapters examine three primary research challenges: failure to demonstrate a clear and unique contribution to the extant literature; failure to properly frame and align an argument’s theory and hypothesis; and finally, failure to measure and conduct appropriate methodological and empirical approaches to a study. Ultimately, the solutions presented offer a better understanding of the unique aspects of conducting research in the family business domain.With a wealth of expertise and practical information, this guide will be of great benefit to anyone conducting research in family business. It will be especially helpful to researchers and students of business management, law, public policy and social policy as well as consultants and practitioners in the field of family business.Trade Review‘With a wealth of expertise and practical information, The Field Guide to Family Business Research will be of great benefit to anyone conducting research in family business. It will be especially helpful to researchers and students of business management, law, public policy and social policy as well as consultants and practitioners in the field of family business.’ -- James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review‘This field guide will prove invaluable to all researchers in the family business field. As an editor and reviewer, I finally have a single source which I can recommend to authors to improve their manuscripts and the quality of their research. Brigham and Payne have masterfully assembled an indispensable resource for qualitative and quantitative researchers alike.’ -- Donald Neubaum, Florida Atlantic University, US‘The Field Guide to Family Business Research explores important topics related to “why” and “how to” study family business. It offers advice for making a theoretical contribution along with practical guidelines for making a manuscript publishable. A timely reflection on where the field of family business research has been, as well as where it might go.’ -- Lloyd Steier, University of Alberta School of Business, Canada‘The Field Guide to Family Business Research is a must-read for scholars interested in the conduct and publication of impactful research aimed to understand the complex dynamics in family enterprises! Experienced editors and researchers, Keith Brigham and Tyge Payne, collaborate with leading family business scholars to provide practical guidance on how to conduct and publish insightful research in top journals. The breadth and depth of topical coverage in the eighteen chapters of this compendium makes it a required reading for thesis students and educators, approaching family business research from varied theoretical and methodological perspectives. An important addition to the field of family business studies!’ -- Pramodita Sharma, University of Vermont, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Field Guide to Family Business Research 1 Keith H. Brigham and G. Tyge Payne PART I GENERAL CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS 2 Planning your contribution and paths to publication in family business research 7 Evelyn Micelotta 3 Unlocking the power of the three-circles paradigm 20 Justin B. Craig and G. T. Lumpkin 4 The important role of family business practice and its influence on family business research 33 J. Kirk Ring, Jon C. Carr, and Nadine Kammerlander 5 Researching family-firm heterogeneity: a guide to identifying firm-level categorical and variational differences 46 Joshua J. Daspit, James J. Chrisman, Vitaliy Skorodziyevskiy, Sara Davis, and Triss Ashton 6 A methodological guide to advance family business innovation research 61 Alfredo De Massis, Emanuela Rondi, and Paola Rovelli 7 What does the literature say? Performing a systematic literature review in family business research 79 Chelsea Sherlock and Clay Dibrell PART II QUALITATIVE CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS 8 Making the case for single-case research on family business 95 Lori Tribble Trudell, Theodore Waldron, and James Wetherbe 9 The multicase study approach in family businesses: opportunities and challenges 108 Nadine Kammerlander and Vanessa Diaz-Moriana 10 Qualitative research interviewing in family firms 125 Carlo Salvato and Guido Corbetta 11 Computer-aided text analysis in family business research: guidelines and considerations 144 Danuse Bement and Jeremy C. Short PART III QUANTITATIVE CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS 12 Advancing the study of family firms through the use of experimental designs 160 Isabel C. Botero and Tomasz A. Fediuk 13 Enhancing the validity of socio-emotional wealth: a context-focused approach 173 Cristina Cruz, Mohamed Mazen M. Batterjee, and Valeriano Sanchez-Famoso 14 Nonresponse bias in family business research 188 Matthew Rutherford and Duygu Phillips 15 Latent profile analysis: a focus on applications for family firms 200 Xin Gao (Joy), Laura Stanley and Franz W. Kellermanns 16 An introduction to the use of social network analysis in family business research 214 Curt B. Moore and Karen Nicholas 17 Endogeneity and the family involvement–firm performance relationship: on the daunting search for instrumental variables 229 Wim Voordeckers, Alana Vandebeek and Ludo Peeters Index
£100.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods for
Book SynopsisThis indispensable Handbook provides a timely and comprehensive guide to the methodological challenges of qualitative research in family business. Written by an international, multidisciplinary team of experts in the field, the Handbook takes a hands-on approach, offering valuable insights into a range of methods and related questions. Providing practical guidance based on the experiences of senior researchers, as well as expanding conceptual understanding of qualitative methods, chapters explore existing practices and issues common to many research projects, such as getting access to informants and technical or publication hurdles. Featuring reflective discussion on how to craft insightful, rigorous studies, the Handbook will increase scholars' confidence in using qualitative methods in their own research, from traditional case studies to more recent methods such as QCA. This Handbook will prove invaluable to instructors of qualitative research methods, as well as scholars and students of family business and entrepreneurship. Researchers using qualitative methods in other social sciences will also find its recommendations relevant and useful. Contributors include: R. Adiguna, N. Bhatnagar, M. Brumana, A. Calabro, A. Colli, A. Dawson, A. De Massis, C. Dessi, A. Dettori, G. Dorian, K.D. Elsbach, P. Fernandez Perez, D. Fletcher, M. Floris, I. Ghai, W. Gibb Dyer, V.L. Glaser, F. Hoy, A.E. James, J.E. Jennings, N. Kammerlander, K. Kampouri, R. Labaki, G. Laffranchini, G. Lauto, T. Leppäaho, L. Melin, E. Micelotta, L.M. Nor, M. Nordqvist, E. Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, M.J. Parada Balderrama, D. Pittino, E. Plakoyiannaki, C. Pongelli, K. Ramachandran, A. Ruzzene, A.G. Sandig, P. Sharma, E.A. Tetzlaff, J. van Helvert-Beugels, K. Vasilevska, F. Visintin, M. Waldkirch, M. YusofTrade Review'One of the reasons for the shortage of qualitative studies published in top academic journals has been the lack of rigorous methodological directions. Alfredo De Massis and Nadine Kammerlander's Handbook fills this gap by offering an encompassing set of guidelines and clever suggestions to perform rich investigations of the most salient phenomena in family business, and to publish the results. These thoughtful and immediately applicable methods tremendously enhance scholars' ability to understand and explain these complex and fascinating organizations.' --Carlo Salvato, Bocconi University, Italy'Globally, interest in researching phenomena surrounding family businesses and business families is growing. Simultaneously, expectations regarding rigor and quality of research methods are also being elevated. This edited book serves as an invaluable resource for scholars seeking to produce meaningful and impactful qualitative research, not just in family business but in related fields as well.' --Tyge Payne, Texas Tech University, US'This is a superb book on a critical and much-neglected approach to family business research. It offers a set of inspiring chapters by leading authors that do a wonderful job of addressing the core techniques and challenges of qualitative methods as they apply to family firm research. I most highly recommend this book to all family business researchers wishing to plumb more deeply the dynamics, problems and opportunities of family enterprise.' --Danny Miller, HEC Montréal, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: List of contributors vii Foreword by Roy Suddaby x Foreword by Professor Trish Reay xii 1 Frequently asked questions in qualitative family business research and some guidelines to avoid risky paths 1 Nadine Kammerlander and Alfredo De Massis PART I TRENDS AND PROSPECTS IN FAMILY BUSINESS QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS 2 Qualitative research in family business: methodological insights to leverage inspiration, avoid data asphyxiation and develop robust theory 25 Evelyn Micelotta, Vern L. Glaser and Gabrielle Dorian 3 Full-cycle research in family business contexts: combining qualitative case studies and quantitative methods 48 Kimberly D. Elsbach and Ishita Ghai 4 Ethnography: a much-advocated but underused qualitative methodology in published accounts of family business research 72 Denise Fletcher and Rocky Adiguna 5 Historical methods in family business studies 98 Andrea Colli and Paloma Fernandez Perez PART II CASE STUDY RESEARCH 6 The evolution of case study methodology in the study of family enterprises 125 Giacomo Laffranchini and Frank Hoy 7 The case study in family business: current perspectives and suggestions for the future 161 Tanja Leppäaho, Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki, Katerina Kampouri and Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki 8 Religion and business families’ philanthropic practices 191 Navneet Bhatnagar, Pramodita Sharma and Kavil Ramachandran 9 How can qualitative research advance the understanding of family firms’ internationalization? A multiple case study of family firms internationalizing into China and India 208 Claudia Pongelli and Andrea Calabrò PART III USING NARRATIVE-BASED APPROACHES AND INVESTIGATING INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS 10 Mapping narratives in family business studies: a guideline for researchers 224 Michela Floris, Cinzia Dessì and Angela Dettori 11 Growth through innovation and internationalization: exploring the role of family business identity through narrative analysis 248 Alexandra Dawson, Maria José Parada Balderrama and Alberto Gimeno Sandig 12 Illuminating the space between: investigating interpersonal relationships in family firms through qualitative inquiry 270 Matthias Waldkirch PART IV ALTERNATIVE METHODS AND METHODOLOGIES 13 Reasons, opportunities and methods for a visual analysis of organizational tensions in family business 284 Mara Brumana, Attilia Ruzzene and Katerina Vasilevska 14 The fsQCA method in family business research 304 Daniel Pittino, Francesca Visintin and Giancarlo Lauto 15 Treating non-family managers like family: new insights from a re-analysis of pre-existing qualitative interview data 321 Jennifer E. Jennings, Albert E. James and Elizabeth A. Tetzlaff 16 Research methods on emotions in family business 351 Rania Labaki PART V PUBLISHING QUALITATIVE FAMILY BUSINESS RESEARCH AND ADDRESSING PRACTICAL ISSUES 17 Why do so many qualitative studies of family businesses get rejected? Confessions of a recovering associate editor of the Family Business Review 390 W. Gibb Dyer 18 Engaging practitioners in qualitative family business research: an engaged scholarship approach 399 Judith van Helvert-Beugels, Mattias Nordqvist and Leif Melin 19 Bridging communication, building trust: the art and science of getting access to informants and preparing them for in-depth qualitative inquiry 418 Leilanie Mohd Nor and Mohar Yusof Index 427
£41.75
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd How to Write Great Business Cases
Book SynopsisOffering a step-by-step guide on how to write an impactful decision-based teaching case for business education, this book aids in the creation of resources that will be essential for an academic curriculum. It demonstrates how the case and teaching note can be prepared and presented for a successful submission to publishers. How to Write Great Business Cases provides concise case writing guidance applicable to case writers from any business discipline. It covers the core elements of writing a decision-based case such as interviews and case testing. Ultimately, readers of this essential book will be taught how to write an engaging business case that will pique students’ interests. This accessible book will be perfect for novice case writers endeavouring to succeed in the case writing process, with particular focus applied to North American case writing opportunities. It will additionally be beneficial for experienced case researchers as well as academics of business and management wishing to enrich their practice and author further publications.How to Write Great Business Cases delivers just what its title promises—a practical guide to crafting cases that engage students and instructors’ manuals that show how to meet learning objectives in the classroom. Useful for both new and experienced writers, this book covers it all, from selecting a topic to getting your case published."-Anne T. Lawrence, PhD Chair, Case Research Foundation, US‘How to Write Great Business Cases is a comprehensive, yet easy to read guide that can be used as a quick reference, as well as an introduction to case writing. It will prove useful to those authors new to the scholarship of business cases, as well as previously published case authors.’– John D. Varlaro, Johnson & Wales University and Past President, the North American Case Research Association (NACRA), US‘Teaching cases are a frequently underappreciated, and often misunderstood, genre of academic literature. It is hard for newcomers to apprehend what goes into writing an effective case and Instructor Manual. This book provides a straight-to-the-point practical introduction to case writing that is priceless for new case writers. Well-published case writers will also find this work a useful resource for honing their craft. The authors have distilled decades of case writing learning and wisdom into a book worth owning, that includes a case writing step-by-step process from beginning to end, with many actionable ideas. Easy to read and digest, this book is a must-read for all those interested in a rigorous approach to the case method. It also provides valuable leads and pointers to connect with the buoyant growing global case writing community.’– Maria A. Ballesteros-Sola, California State University Channel Islands, US‘How to Write Great Business Cases is a fantastic resource for any case researcher, regardless of experience. This extremely thorough and comprehensive book provides readers everything they need to get their case writing projects off the ground and to improve their existing skills. I am especially impressed with the value provided through practical, usable tips for case writers. High level and big picture is prevalent throughout the book, but it is the details that really set it apart. I have, in the past, considered the idea of writing a book on how to write a case, and now, because this one exists, I don’t see the need.’– Eric Dolansky, Editor Case Research Journal, Brock University, Canada‘Through accessible writing, illustrative examples, and in-depth research, Schnarr and Woodwark offer case writers of all levels a timely, substantial, and up-to-date guide to making an even greater scholarly and practical impact through business cases. I applaud their work and encourage its widespread usage.’– Michael M. Goldman, University of San Francisco, USTrade Review‘How to Write Great Business Cases delivers just what its title promises—a practical guide to crafting cases that engage students and instructors’ manuals that show how to meet learning objectives in the classroom. Useful for both new and experienced writers, this book covers it all, from selecting a topic to getting your case published.’ -- Anne T. Lawrence, Case Research Foundation, US‘How to Write Great Business Cases is a comprehensive, yet easy to read guide that can be used as a quick reference, as well as an introduction to case writing. It will prove useful to those authors new to the scholarship of business cases, as well as previously published case authors.’ -- John D. Varlaro, Johnson & Wales University and Past President, the North American Case Research Association (NACRA), US‘Teaching cases are a frequently underappreciated, and often misunderstood, genre of academic literature. It is hard for newcomers to apprehend what goes into writing an effective case and Instructor Manual. This book provides a straight-to-the-point practical introduction to case writing that is priceless for new case writers. Well-published case writers will also find this work a useful resource for honing their craft. The authors have distilled decades of case writing learning and wisdom into a book worth owning, that includes a case writing step-by-step process from beginning to end, with many actionable ideas. Easy to read and digest, this book is a must-read for all those interested in a rigorous approach to the case method. It also provides valuable leads and pointers to connect with the buoyant growing global case writing community.’ -- Maria A. Ballesteros-Sola, California State University Channel Islands, US‘How to Write Great Business Cases is a fantastic resource for any case researcher, regardless of experience. This extremely thorough and comprehensive book provides readers everything they need to get their case writing projects off the ground and to improve their existing skills. I am especially impressed with the value provided through practical, usable tips for case writers. High level and big picture is prevalent throughout the book, but it is the details that really set it apart. I have, in the past, considered the idea of writing a book on how to write a case, and now, because this one exists, I don’t see the need.’ -- Eric Dolansky, Editor Case Research Journal, Brock University, Canada‘Through accessible writing, illustrative examples, and in-depth research, Schnarr and Woodwark offer case writers of all levels a timely, substantial, and up-to-date guide to making an even greater scholarly and practical impact through business cases. I applaud their work an -- d encourage its widespread usage.’– Michael M. Goldman, University of San Francisco, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Why write a business case? 2. What makes a case interesting? 3. Determining the type of case to write 4. How to get started writing your case 5. How to research your primary data case 6. How to research your secondary data case 7. The case writing process 8. Writing the accompanying instructor’s manual or teaching note to your case 9. Testing your case 10. Special types of cases 11. How to get your case published 12. Last words on writing cases Appendix: Case resources References Index
£80.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd A Research Agenda for Family Business: A Way
Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This exciting Research Agenda expertly addresses the question: What will be important within the family business field and for family businesses in practice over the next decade? Top international contributors explore farsighted theories, methods and topics, often taking a multi-disciplinary approach in order to outline the potential routes for further advancing family business research. Chapters cover the significance of new family trends, entrepreneurial legacy, board diversity, spatial-familiness, corruption, innovation and digital business transformation, challenging core assumptions surrounding the family business phenomenon and mapping the future of the discipline. A Research Agenda for Family Business will prove a stimulating read for family business and entrepreneurship scholars, as well as academics focusing on strategy, HR, organizational behaviour and corporate governance. Practitioners will also find this book valuable for reflecting on challenges that they are facing and navigating developments in the family business field. Trade Review‘This book represents a turning point in family business research by putting on the table research gaps of special relevance that address the heterogeneity of the family business. Future research topics relevant to the family and business systems and how the first system affects the behaviour and strategic decisions of the family business are addressed.’ -- Myriam Cano-Rubio, Journal of Management and Governance'This is an inspiring book - it offers an interesting agenda for future research on family business. It comprehensively covers the domain of the field, emerging research areas, innovative theories, and promising research methods. Written by a diverse group of scholars from 17 countries, the book brings together rich insights that promise to fuel innovative scholarship. Its message is timely and impactful.' --Shaker A. Zahra, University of Minnesota, US'In impressive fashion, the study of family firms has gone through a phase of rapid growth towards establishing itself as a distinct area of study. It is the overlap and cross pollination with a wide array of more established fields of research that turns the family business field into a rich opportunity for new, exciting research. In working towards this goal, the present book is an excellent guidepost and source of inspiration. Its broad coverage of topics, delivered by established and more junior scholars from around the world, makes it a fascinating contribution for anybody who wishes to move beyond what we know, and towards uncharted, exciting research opportunities.' --Thomas Zellweger, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland'Amidst the new realities of our world, ranging from invisible viruses that pause humanity to the changing concept of family and community, I applaud the efforts of Professor Andrea Calabrò and forty-six notable scholars to identify a multi-disciplinary agenda for family business research. Interested scholars will draw inspiring ideas for meaningful research directions, while business families and policy makers eager to support the development of usable knowledge on family enterprises will appreciate efficient chapter summaries. Thesis students will add this book to their must-read lists.' --Pramodita Sharma, University of Vermont and Northwestern University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introducing A Research Agenda for Family Business by Andrea Calabrò xv 1 Family trends shaping the family business landscape 1 Joyce Kox and Astrid Kramer 2 Developing a “sociological imagination” of families in family business research 15 Eric R. Kushins and Elaina Behounek 3 History as a source and method for family business research 29 Christina Lubinski and William B. Gartner 4 Engaging the next generation of family members through work: adolescence and beyond 61 Marjan Houshmand, Marc-David L. Seidel and Dennis Ma 5 Entrepreneurial legacy: how narratives of the past, present and future affect entrepreneurship in business families 73 Miruna Radu-Lefebvre, Vincent Lefebvre, Jean Clarke and William B. Gartner 6 From turmoil to synergism: how business leaders’ human resource mental models and family control impact employees 87 Chiung-Wen Tsao and Shyh-Jer Chen 7 Diversity on family firm boards: a research agenda for 2020–30 103 Mary Barrett and Ken Moores 8 The role of vision in determining family, small business and minority ethnic business research 121 Claire Seaman and Richard Bent 9 Strategic and organizational choices in family firms: introducing sense-making 135 Luca Gnan and Giulia Flamini 10 Advancing research on creativity in family firms 157 Julia Vincent Ponroy and Dianne H.B. Welsh 11 Changing landscape of Indian family businesses 169 Kavil Ramachandran, Sougata Ray and Yashodhara Basuthakur 12 Spatial familiness: a bridge between family business and economic geography 185 Rodrigo Basco and Lech Suwala 13 Family-owned MNEs and transparency: a focus on corruption risk in host countries 203 Matteo Caroli, Claudia Pongelli and Alfredo Valentino 14 Financing the growth of the family business: a research agenda 215 Alessandro Cirillo, Alexandra Dawson, Anneleen Michiels and Donata Mussolino 15 Innovation in family business groups: going beyond an R&D perspective 231 Marita Rautiainen, Suvi Konsti-Laakso and Timo Pihkala 16 The digitalization of family firms: a research agenda 247 Catherine E. Batt, Peter Cleary, Martin R.W. Hiebl, Martin Quinn and Pall M. Rikhardsson 17 Digital business transformation in family firms: how the owning family sets the scene 261 Ann Sophie Löhde, Giovanna Campopiano and Daniela Gimenez Jiménez Conclusion Andrea Calabrò Index 279
£37.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd How to Conduct an Effective Peer Review
Book SynopsisThis crucial book guides academics and researchers through the process of peer reviewing manuscript articles, outlining the methods and proficiencies required to write a high-quality review. Gloria Barczak and Abbie Griffin specifically highlight the importance of becoming a first-rate reviewer to early-career scholars.Beginning with a working definition of a high-quality review, subsequent chapters detail the financial, career and personal benefits of peer reviewing for researchers, outline editors' and authors' expectations of reviewers, and offer a template for reviewing manuscripts effectively. Next, the book explicates sets of questions to consider in reviewing each section of a manuscript and features examples of reviews for actual journal submissions by the authors.Comprehensive in its approach, this book will be crucial for any early-career social scientist hoping to effectively join the peer review process and write high-quality, meaningful reviews, as well as seasoned academics wishing to refine their skills.Trade Review'There are few activities as critical to the scientific process as peer reviewing. Yet, to date, there are few activities that receive less formal training or for which clear and concise guidelines are available. This book represents a significant contribution for overcoming these deficits. I highly recommend it for both early-career and senior scholars.' -- - Stephen L. Vargo, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, US'A fresh perspective on academic publishing: Barczak & Griffin provide an insider's view into the review process in the social sciences, helping you not only to get recognition in your academic community by becoming a better reviewer, but also to take these insights to have more success in publishing your own research!' -- - Frank Piller, RWTH Aachen University, Germany'Peer reviewing is an essential mechanism to enhance the quality of scholarly output but for many academics the peer reviewing process and how to engage in it is very opaque, with some fluency gained only over time, after trial and error. The authors of this book thus do the academic profession a great service by opening up the ''black box'' of peer reviewing. The authors, drawing on over 30 years of experience in the peer review process, give us concrete guidelines and examples of how to engage in this process in an effective way. The authors, however, go beyond practical advice and provide us with a much-needed broader perspective on the process, explaining, for example, how peer reviewing can be beneficial for one's work and career and what is expected of the reviewer in terms of roles to enact, responsibilities to take on, responses and reactions to give, and respect to show (the so-called 5R's of reviewing). Overall: a book that should be mandatory reading for every scholar operating within the social sciences, particularly those at the start of their academic career!' -- - Gerda Gemser, University of Melbourne, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to how to conduct an effective peer review 2. What is a high-quality review? 3. WIIFM – what’s in it (peer reviewing) for me? 4. Expectations of high-quality reviewers: the 5 Rs 5. Getting started and a reviewing template 6. Reviewing the introduction 7. Reviewing the theoretical background, literature synthesis, and hypothesis development 8. Reviewing the research methods 9. Reviewing the results 10. Reviewing the discussion and implications 11. Later revision rounds 12. The present and future of peer reviewing Appendix 1 Social strategy as a means to gain knowledge for innovation Appendix 2 Modeling portfolio decision-making processes Appendix 3 A partial list of references of research methodology standards References Index
£23.95
Emerald Publishing Limited Walking the Talk
Book SynopsisPoliticians and businesses alike agree that something must be done about the environment, the question is what, how, when, and by whom? We ask, are we actually walking the talk?
£105.00
Emerald Publishing Limited Resilient Businesses for Sustainability
Book SynopsisToday,there are many intricate disruptions originating from diverse sources, the 2nd volume provides invaluable insights into the role of Human Resource for sustainability and Marketing for building resilient businesses.Offering a comprehensive examination of how resilience is harnessed to build businesses capable of withstanding adversity.
£90.00
Emerald Publishing Limited Advances in Global Leadership
Book SynopsisThis volume in the Advances in Global Leadership series continues to advance both global leadership research and practice by bridging and integrating conceptual, empirical, and practitioner perspectives to provide a deeper understanding of this rapidly growing field of study.
£95.00
Emerald Publishing Limited EcoHR
£76.00
Emerald Publishing Technological Innovations for Business Education
Book SynopsisAwareness of the essential skills required for thriving in the job market is necessary for educators and employers. Shedding light on the role of industry in promoting work-based learning, Technological Innovations for Business and Education Sustainability considers how technology has both transformed the business landscape, and how it might continue to do so in future.Harnessing the potential of innovative Industry 4.0 technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for sustainable business models, contributors rethink core skills required to meet the changing needs of the work environments in terms of modes of education and workplace ethics, as well as the implications of these constantly evolving technologies for employers and workplaces. Chapters analyse in detail how rapidly advancing technologies have already affected recruitment, retail, banking, the oil and gas industry, insurance, financial services, advertising, childhood obesity, human resources and organizational management, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), cloud computing and more. Fulfilling a growing need for aligning business strategy and educational curriculums with the evolving skills required for business workplaces, Technological Innovations for Business and Education Sustainability presents a thorough understanding of how business, education and technology can enable current and future leaders to contribute positively to the digital transformation currently in play across the globe.
£80.75
Emerald Publishing Limited The Art of Leadership through Public Relations:
Book SynopsisThe pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the increasing pace and impact of climate change have brought significant new challenges to leaders of nations, organizations, and professions. These events have changed the way we work, trade and live our lives. They have also changed the expectations on how our leaders must communicate. Stakeholders now expect leaders to have a clear and transparent position on all the key areas that matter most to them. The Art of Leadership through Public Relations: The Future of Effective Communication is designed to address those changed expectations by asking the questions that communications professionals and industry leaders will need to be able to answer in the next 20 years. Public Relations expert Patrik Schober has assembled a cadre of icons of the PR industry who act as part expert and part futurologist, to provide expert advice and enable leaders to be prepared to meet their most important communications and business challenges. The Foreword of the book is written by Francis Ingham, Director General of the PRCA, and Chief Executive of the International Communications Consultancy Organisation.Table of ContentsForeword; Francis Ingham Introduction. Introduction Chapter 1. What will an Authentic Communicator look like in the Future? Chapter 2. How will Organizations gain the most Credibility in the Future? Chapter 3. Is Journalism the next big thing? Chapter 4. How do you ensure that you use the most effective Communication Channels to Achieve Leadership? Chapter 5. How will you ensure Every Cent you Spend Turns into a Leadership Dollar? Chapter 6. How to Satisfy Stakeholders' Desire to Save the World? Chapter 7. How to make your Workplace so Inspiring that it Attracts and Retains the Best Talent? Chapter 8. How will AI Change your Potential for Leadership? Chapter 9. Which Processes will you need to Change or Eliminate to Deliver More Value with Less Effort? Conclusion. Conclusion: True Communications Professionals will help prepare their Organisation to lead in the Future
£19.00
Emerald Publishing Limited How to Sell Value – Demystified: A Practical
Book SynopsisThe latest research from the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) demonstrates that 83% of agencies do not sell by value. This represents a significant threat to their future, especially during recessionary times, as it means there is unlikely to be the proof needed to sustain the budgets that clients currently allocate for their services. If agencies don’t start proving the business value of what they do, the consequences are likely to be a significant loss of income, with a dire impact on the future potential of the agency. In How to Sell Value – Demystified: A Practical Guide for Communications Agencies, acclaimed PR guru Crispin Manners explains how agencies can move quickly to a value-based, rather than time-based, agency model. The author addresses key issues such as: The power of a branded methodology that builds trust and confidence and sets client expectations correctly The tools that bring a branded method to life and give the team ways to reinforce it Examples of premium priced services that break the time-based pricing model How to set a value-based price The importance of client data in proving value and driving effective evaluation. This practical guide clearly outlines a route to a more profitable and fulfilling agency, one where everyone involved gets a true sense of achievement because of the value they know they deliver to their clients.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The business case for selling value not time Chapter 1. The eight deadly sins of time-based pricing Chapter 2. The importance of identifying the value clients want Chapter 3. The importance of being ‘Marmite not Vanilla’ Chapter 4. Why it’s important to explain HOW value is delivered in a way that is unique to your agency Chapter 5. How to create the tools that bring your branded method to life and give your team ways to reinforce it Chapter 6. How to create premium priced services that break the time to price equation Chapter 7. How to set a value-based price Chapter 8. The importance of access to client data that identifies and proves the value you deliver Chapter 9. How your team can get the user buyer to embrace a value-based approach Chapter 10. How to change the day-to-day behaviour of account teams to support the value-based pricing approach Chapter 11. How to move existing clients from time to value Chapter 12. The checklists needed to make the transformation to selling value a success
£23.52
Emerald Publishing Limited Marketing and Design in the Service Sector
Book SynopsisMarketing and Design in the Service Sector: Enhancing Customer Experience focuses on the new perspective of design in marketing within the service sector and how the space-scape and design-scape impacts on customer experience. The authors examine the most recent research to provide a new perspective on offline and online space in customer-oriented services, such as retail, healthcare, gyms, supermarkets, restaurants, cafes, hotels, leisure centres, airports, and banks.The importance of the environment and the product design have been discussed by many researchers in the past as part of design-scape. However, the COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented changes to the service industry. As a result, the product design, delivery design and setting of the sector faced a holistic change. The service sector constantly tries to provide customers with comfort, and, in the process, we witnessed many innovative ways to meet the demand, including, for instance, contactless deliv
£71.25
Emerald Publishing Limited Humanizing Businesses for a Better World of Work
Book SynopsisHumanizing Businesses for a Better World of Work provides a strategic perspective on how organizations can transform their structures and practices to accommodate a more humanized, people-first workplace in the face of the fundamental transitions happening in the post-pandemic world.
£71.25
Emerald Publishing Review of Technologies and Disruptive Business
Book SynopsisThe pace of technological innovation has accelerated rapidly over the past decade, and this has led to Disruptive Business Strategies (DBS) that have reshaped many industries. Technology has been essential for creating and sustaining many new businesses, and also giving them a competitive edge.This volume of Review of Management Literature (RoML), focuses on two key areas: The first is the latest technologies that are disrupting traditional business models, including artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things. The second is the disruptive business strategies that are being used to leverage these technologies, including platform-based business models, ecosystem-based strategies, and open innovation. The papers included in this volume have measured the extent of depth and coverage of the literature on technological innovations.Illustrated throughout with these latest literature review summaries and future research areas, thi
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Information, Opportunism and Economic
Book SynopsisThis book is an integrated collection of a dozen of Peter Earl's lively and thought-provoking essays, carefully edited and updated. Theoretical topics include the prediction of corporate behaviour, the economic foundations of marketing and shopping mall design, pricing strategy and its relationship with the existence of second-hand markets, and the microfoundations of macroeconomics. Case studies include cooperation in the car industry, managerialist reforms in New Zealand and the university sector, structural change in the advertising industry and the place of G.B. Richardson and G.L.S. Shackle in the literature of economics.Information, Opportunism and Economic Coordination will be of particular interest to historians of economic thought, business economists, behavioural economists and Post Keynesians.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Scientific Research Programmes and the Prediction of Corporate Behaviour 2. The Evolution of Cooperative Strategies: Three Automotive Industry Case Studies 3. George Richardson’s Career and the Literature of Economics 4. Shackle, Entrepreneurship and the Theory of the Firm 5. Managerialism and the Economics of the Firm 6. The Economic Rationale of Universities: A Reconsideration 7. Principal–Agent Problems and Structural Change in the Advertising Industry 8. Marketing as Information Economics 9. Latent Demand and the Browsing Shopper 10. Normal Cost versus Marginalist Models of Pricing: A Behavioural Perspective 11. Liquidity Preference, Marketability and Pricing 12. Information, Coordination and Macroeconomics Bibliography Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Long Term Trends and Business Cycles
Book SynopsisThe behaviour of long term, secular trends and shorter run, business cycle, movements in economic data have long been a concern of economists, statisticians and econometricians. The isolation and interpretation of cyclical movements was the basis for early empirical work in economics, while the early dynamic models were constructed to reproduce cyclical fluctuations. The first econometric models analysed the cyclical path of economies, while focusing attention on the processes that generate trends in economic variables has led to the recent revolution in time series econometrics.Long Term Trends and Business Cycles brings together the key contributions in these various areas and comprises 54 papers published from 1923 to 1999. It will be of interest to economists and econometricians engaged in the analysis of macroeconomic time series.Trade Review'Understanding business cycle fluctuations in market economies has long been a central concern of economics. The study of long term trends and business cycles and the extent to which they can be usefully separated has absorbed the energies of our best statisticians, econometricians and economists for at least the last 100 years. The readings in these two volumes provide an excellent map to explore a field that continues to expand rapidly. It covers the early largely statistical approaches, through to the Cowles Commission and NBER approaches and on to the real business cycle literature of the last 15 years. An essential reference for any serious student of macroeconomics.' -- Sean Holly, University of Cambridge, UKTable of ContentsContents: Volume I Acknowledgements Introduction Terence C. Mills PART I FIRST ATTEMPTS AT MEASURING BUSINESS CYCLES 1. Joseph Kitchin (1923), ‘Cycles and Trends in Economic Factors’ 2. Edwin Frickey (1934), ‘The Problem of Secular Trend’ 3. Joseph A. Schumpeter (1935), ‘The Analysis of Economic Change’ PART II TRADITIONAL BUSINESS CYCLE THEORIES 4. Paul A. Samuelson (1939), ‘Interactions Between the Multiplier Analysis and the Principle of Acceleration’ 5. Nicholas Kaldor (1940), ‘A Model of the Trade Cycle’ 6. Lloyd A. Metzler (1941), ‘The Nature and Stability of Inventory Cycles’ PART III SCEPTICAL VIEWS ABOUT BUSINESS CYCLES AND EARLY EMPIRICAL METHODS 7. Irving Fisher (1925), ‘Our Unstable Dollar and the So-called Business Cycle’ 8. Simon Kuznets (1929), ‘Random Events and Cyclical Oscillations’ 9. J.M. Keynes (1939), ‘Professor Tinbergen’s Method’ 10. Jan Tinbergen (1940), ‘On a Method of Statistical Business-Cycle Research. A Reply’ 11. J. Tinbergen (1942), ‘Critical Remarks on Some Business-cycle Theories’ 12. Trygve Haavelmo (1943), ‘Statistical Testing of Business-cycle Theories’ PART IV MEASUREMENT WITHOUT THEORY DEBATE 13. Tjalling C. Koopmans (1947), ‘Measurement Without Theory’ 14. Edward Ames (1948), ‘A Theoretical and Statistical Dilemma – The Contribution of Burns, Mitchell, and Frickey to Business-cycle Theory’ 15. Rutledge Vining and Tjalling C. Koopmans (1949), ‘Methodological Issues in Quantitative Economics’ 16. Milton Friedman (1950), ‘Wesley C. Mitchell as an Economic Theorist’ PART V INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TRENDS AND CYCLES 17. Nicholas Kaldor (1954), ‘The Relation of Economic Growth and Cyclical Fluctuations’ 18. B. Higgins (1955), ‘Interactions of Cycles and Trends’ PART VI MODERN BUSINESS CYCLE THEORIES 19. Victor Zarnowitz (1985), ‘Recent Work on Business Cycles in Historical Perspective: A Review of Theories and Evidence’ 20. William D. Nordhaus (1975), ‘The Political Business Cycle’ 21. Robert E. Lucas, Jr. (1975), ‘An Equilibrium Model of the Business Cycle’ 22. Finn E. Kydland and Edward C. Prescott (1982), ‘Time to Build and Aggregate Fluctuations’ 23. John B. Long, Jr. and Charles I. Plosser (1983), ‘Real Business Cycles’ 24. Michael Wickens (1995), ‘Real Business Cycle Analysis: A Needed Revolution in Macroeconometrics’ 25. Francis X. Diebold and Glenn D. Rudebusch (1996), ‘Measuring Business Cycles: A Modern Perspective’ 26. Jeffrey A. Miron and J. Joseph Beaulieu (1996), ‘What Have Macroeconomists Learned About Business Cycles from the Study of Seasonal Cycles?’ PART VII NONLINEAR AND DURATION MODELS OF THE BUSINESS CYCLE 27. Hal R. Varian (1979), ‘Catastrophe Theory and the Business Cycle’ 28. James H. Stock (1987), ‘Measuring Business Cycle Time’ 29. Salih N. Neftçi (1984), ‘Are Economic Time Series Asymmetric over the Business Cycle?’ 30. William A. Brock and Chera L. Sayers (1988), ‘Is the Business Cycle Characterized by Deterministic Chaos?’ 31. Francis X. Diebold and Glenn D. Rudebusch (1990), ‘A Nonparametric Investigation of Duration Dependence in the American Business Cycle’ Name Index Volume II Acknowledgements An introduction by the editor to both volumes appears in Volume I PART I DATING BUSINESS CYCLE TURNING POINTS 1. George W. Cloos (1963), ‘How Good Are the National Bureau’s Reference Dates?’ 2. Victor Zarnowitz (1963), ‘On the Dating of Business Cycles’ 3. Michael D. Boldin (1994), ‘Dating Turning Points in the Business Cycle’ 4. Michael J. Artis, Zenon G. Kontolemis and Denise R. Osborn (1997), ‘Business Cycles for G7 and European Countries’ PART II MODELLING TRENDS AND CYCLES IN ECONOMIC TIME SERIES 5. L.R. Klein and R.F. Kosobud (1961), ‘Some Econometrics of Growth: Great Ratios of Economics’ 6. Stephen Beveridge and Charles R. Nelson (1981), ‘A New Approach to Decomposition of Economic Time Series Into Permanent and Transitory Components with Particular Attention to Measurement of the "Business Cycle"’ 7. Charles R. Nelson and Charles I. Plosser (1982), ‘Trends and Random Walks in Macroeconomic Time Series: Some Evidence and Implications’ 8. A.C. Harvey (1985), ‘Trends and Cycles in Macroeconomic Time Series’ 9. James H. Stock and Mark W. Watson (1988), ‘Variable Trends in Economic Time Series’ 10. John H. Cochrane (1988), ‘How Big Is the Random Walk in GNP?’ 11. Robert G. King, Charles I. Plosser, James H. Stock and Mark W. Watson (1991), ‘Stochastic Trends and Economic Fluctuations’ 12. Pierre Perron (1989), ‘The Great Crash, the Oil Price Shock, and the Unit Root Hypothesis’ 13. Nathan S. Balke and Thomas B. Fomby (1991), ‘Shifting Trends, Segmented Trends, and Infrequent Permanent Shocks’ 14. F. Vahid and R.F. Engle (1993), ‘Common Trends and Common Cycles’ PART III DETRENDING ECONOMIC TIME SERIES 15. Mark W. Watson (1986), ‘Univariate Detrending Methods with Stochastic Trends’, Journal of Monetary Economics, 18 (1), July, 49-75 [27] 16. Robert J. Hodrick and Edward C. Prescott (1997), ‘Postwar U.S. Business Cycles: An Empirical Investigation’ 17. Timothy Cogley and James M. Nason (1995), ‘Effects of the Hodrick-Prescott Filter on Trend and Difference Stationary Time Series: Implications for Business Cycle Research’ 18. Marianne Baxter and Robert G. King (1999), ‘Measuring Business Cycles: Approximate Band-pass Filters for Economic Time Series’ 19. Fabio Canova (1998), ‘Detrending and Business Cycle Facts’ 20. Craig Burnside (1998), ‘Detrending and Business Cycle Facts: A Comment’ PART IV HISTORICAL EXAMINATIONS OF TRENDS AND CYCLES 21. Terence C. Mills and N.F.R. Crafts (1996), ‘Trend Growth in British Industrial Output, 1700–1913: A Reappraisal’ 22. Milton Friedman and Anna J. Schwartz (1963), ‘Money and Business Cycles’ 23. Christina D. Romer (1994), ‘Remeasuring Business Cycles’ Name Index
£540.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Corporate Governance, Market Structure and
Book SynopsisThis book investigates the relationship between corporate governance, market structure and innovation. The editors observe that a number of radical mutations are occurring in industries that have played a crucial role in sustaining and fostering the pace of technological progress.Specifically, three classes of institutional discontinuities are discussed: privatisation processes, mergers and acquisitions and liberalisation of the market. The authors aim to show that the effects of such institutional discontinuities may seriously affect, in the short term, the market value of the firm, and in the medium/long term, the performance of the national system of innovation as a whole.The book outlines the theoretical background to the empirical analyses that are later developed and illustrated using original longitudinal data set from US and European markets. It goes on to present selected empirical evidence drawn from different industries, which provide the reader with an interesting insight into how major changes in corporate governance and in market structures have affected innovation activities in high tech sectors. Finally, the authors discuss the technology policy implications that are derived from the evidences illustrated.Trade Review'. . . an invaluable book that should be read by anyone who seeks to understand the current state of corporate governance. . . an extraordinary source of invaluable insights and a spark for creativity, even the more widely read corporate enthusiasts are sure to find something new.' -- L. Striukova, Research Policy'This excellent collection of theoretical and empirical papers provides novel insights on the relationship between corporate governance, market structure and innovation. By studying the effects of privatisation on M&As and corporate restructuring, and the impact of these effects on innovation and future growth, the book sheds light on the dynamic implications of these institutional changes - implications which embody crucial lessons for both managers and policymakers.' -- Mariana Mazzucato, London Business School and Open University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Market Structure, Corporate Governance and Innovation 1. Corporate Governance and Innovation 2. Market Structure and the Balance of R&D Investments 3. Mergers and Acquisitions and Innovation Strategies Part II: Privatization, Liberalization and R&D Activities 4. Privatization’s Effects on R&D Investments 5. Liberalization and the Balance of R&D Activities: An Empirical Analysis 6. The Effects of M&As on the Innovation Performance of Acquired Companies 7. The Organization of R&D Activities within Privatized Companies Part III: The Economic Value of R&D Activities 8. A Meta-Analytic Study of the Relationship between R&D Investments and Corporate Value 9. R&D and Market Value: The Case of Privatized Companies 10. R&D Financing and Stock Markets Part IV: Conclusions 11. Conclusions and Policy Implications Bibliography Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Construction of Management: Competence and
Book SynopsisDespite continuing equal opportunity approaches, women are still significantly under-represented at senior management levels and earn less than male colleagues. The author questions whether competence systems - developed and implemented in the workplace to provide objective measurement of management performance - contribute to, rather than improve, women's disadvantaged position in the workplace.Drawing together the threads of critical theory, feminism and post-modernism into a new conceptual framework, the book provides an exciting departure from existing methods of analysis and points a new and challenging way forward for future researchers in management.The Construction of Management is a rich and lively work, providing innovative theoretical and methodological approaches as well as practical solutions. In this way, the book will appeal to scholars of business and management, industrial relations and gender studies as well as business managers and consultants.Trade Review‘The Construction of Management explores the competence approaches from the perspective of women managers, providing a new understanding of contemporary management and women's career prospects in business. It has features in common with Terry Apter's vision of the socially constituted barriers faced by professional women, offering new insight into future possibilities.' -- Elizabeth Garnsey, The Judge Institute for Management Studies, University of Cambridge, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Introduction 1. Ways of Thinking About Women at Work: Building a Theoretical Perspective 2. A Gendered Sense of Self 3. Interpreting Organisational Life 4. The Birth of the Competent Manager 5. Competent Organisations 6. Competence as Discipline 7. Writing Out Gender 8. Competence: Empowerment Rather Than Control 9. Finding a Way Forward: Competence as Organisational Learning 10. Embodying the Subject: Integrating Separation and Connection Afterword Appendices References Index
£94.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Management in Scandinavia: Culture, Context and
Book SynopsisThis book contributes to the expanding field of cross-cultural and comparative management, and addresses the issue of whether the main Scandinavian countries - Denmark, Norway and Sweden - exhibit such similarities in management style and practice as to constitute a country cluster.It is based on a qualitative, interview-driven study of managers in companies matched by industry in the three countries and seeks to contextualise the research findings in a general discussion of the Scandinavian countries, showing their intertwined histories and similar institutions and values. The book argues that the central values of these managers are equality, informality, decency, and conflict avoidance; it shows that the behaviour of Scandinavian managers is inspired by these values and that they can be attributed to national culture and not to the peculiarities of any particular industry.Management in Scandinavia will be of interest to students and teachers of international management, as well as practitioners of business and management.Trade Review'Unconventional, rich of facts and stimulating perspectives. Readable and entertaining at the same time as being thought-provoking. A synoptic view of Scandinavia which combines industrial diversity and common culture of three countries.' -- Arndt Sorge, University of Groningen, The Netherlands'A very useful in-depth study of Scandinavian management.' -- Malcolm Warner, Fellow, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Making the Case 2. Context 3. Breweries 4. Furniture 5. Confectionery and Food Production 6. Shipbuilding and More Besides 7. Differences and Similarities 8. Present and Prospect Index
£94.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Critical Information Systems
Book SynopsisThis important Handbook provides a unique overview of information systems (IS) research by focusing on the increasing interest in critical-related issues. Representing a significant step forward in the development of critical perspectives on the IS field, the Handbook draws together original contributions from leading authors who offer alternatives to the current mainstream approaches to IS research. In order to accommodate the various strands of critical understanding, a broad range of views and theoretical standpoints are encompassed, thereby combining theory with practical applications, and offering a valuable source of reference for this emerging area of research. Recent years have witnessed a more explicit focus on critical research and, continuing in that vein, the editors adopt an inclusive approach which considers alternative insights that can arise from critical IS research. Topics explored include, amongst others: management trends and IS flexibility, freedom and women's emancipation 'consuming passions' in the global knowledge economy critical discourse analysis for the study of information systems evaluation of e-governance projects in India rationalities and emotions in IS innovation• capital, information technology and enterprise development mediated work in global business organizations. Reflecting on key themes and emergent issues in critical information systems research, this Handbook will be invaluable reading for both academics and practitioners with an interest in a critical understanding of information systems from a variety of perspectives.Trade Review'Although critical research represents a small portion of all IS research, it has always posed insightful challenges to more conventional approaches. This volume assembles a wide array of contributions by leading researchers in the field. The editors clarify the broad range of critical research beyond the seminal contributions that appeared early in IS research, making this an essential guide to contemporary approaches as well as a summation of prior contributions.' -- Daniel Robey, Georgia State University, US'This indispensable book provides an excellent overview of the variety of perspectives that characterize critical research in the information systems field.' -- Michael D. Myers, University of Auckland, New ZealandTable of ContentsContents: 1. Choosing Critical IS Research Debra Howcroft and Eileen M. Trauth Part I: Theory 2. Basic Assumptions of the Critical Research Perspectives in Information Systems Dubravka Cecez-Kecmanovic 3. Theoretical Approaches for Researching Power and Information Systems: The Benefit of a Machiavellian View Leiser O. Silva 4. Are Social Constructivist Approaches Critical? The Case of IS Failure Nathalie N. Mitev 5. Taking a Critical Linguistic Turn: Using Critical Discourse Analysis for the Study of Information Systems Rosio Alvarez 6. Against Rules: The Ethical Turn in Information Systems Alison Adam 7. Management Fashions and Information Systems Chris Westrup 8. Flexibility, Freedom and Women’s Emancipation: A Marxist Critique of At-Home Telework Anita Greenhill and Melanie Wilson 9. Critical Management Studies: Towards a More Mature Politics Christopher Grey 10. The Wrong Trousers? Beyond the Design Fallacy: Social Learning and the User James Stewart and Robin Williams Part II: Theory and Application 11. Critical Engagement: Why, What and How? Geoff Walsham 12. Towards Critical Interpretivism in IS Research Bill Doolin and Laurie McLeod 13. Consuming Passions in the ‘Global Knowledge Economy’ Helen Richardson 14. Rationalities and Emotions in IS Innovation Chrisanthi Avgerou and Kathy McGrath 15. Evaluating E-governance Projects in India: A Focus on Micro-Level Implementation Shirin Madon 16. Rethinking Urban Poverty: Forms of Capital, Information Technology and Enterprise Development Lynette Kvasny and Lakshman Yapa 17. ‘Global but Local’: Mediated Work in Global Business Organizations Dagfinn Hertzberg and Eric Monteiro 18. Competing Rationalities: A Critical Study of Telehealth in the UK Ela Klecun Index
£189.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Social Learning in Technological Innovation:
Book SynopsisThis book explores the innovation processes involved in the application and use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) at work and in everyday life. These are analysed through an unparalleled set of 23 European case studies, which, uniquely, address both the design/development and the implementation of ICT applications across the cultural, civic information and education sectors. The authors draw upon a range of analytical traditions - from sociology of technology and cultural and consumption studies, to computer systems design - to build an integrated, evolutionary understanding of the processes of innovation in ICT. Their social learning perspective addresses the collective learning and negotiation processes involved, highlighting the contribution of technology users, as well as designers and developers, in shaping innovation.The book will have an immediate readership amongst scholars of technology studies, as well as researchers and practitioners interested in computer system development and human computer interaction.Trade Review'The book contains a wealth of information about technological innovation and describes a body of research that may not be well known to many; this is a valuable contribution. . . . it is clearly written, well organized, and filled with examples and illustrations of major points. Researchers can learn much from it, and students, especially graduate students, can benefit not only form the light it sheds on research methods and on ways to draw conclusions and spot trends from research data. Product designers and developers can benefit from the lessons learned in the case studies described; the successful innovations were built on a solid base of research, analysis, and understanding of both audience and audience needs.' -- Roger Grice, Technical Communication'Social Learning in Technological Innovation is a timely contribution to this core topic of science and technology studies. The book integrates, complements and critically evaluates the understanding of design and uptake of new technology in innovation studies and science and technology studies.' -- Sampsa Hyysalo, Science StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Part I: Social Learning: Understanding the Process of Innovation in the Application of ICT 1. Introduction 2. The Scope and Methods of the Study 3. What Do We Mean by Social Learning? 4. Mapping the Process and Space for Social Learning 5. Social Learning in Technology Design 6. Social Learning in Technology Appropriation: Innofusion and Domestication 7. The Conduct and Management of Digital Experiments Part II: Rethinking Innovation Models and Technology Policy Perspectives 8. Policy Contexts and Debates: National Settings for ICT Adoption 9. Supporting Social Learning: Implications for Policy and Practice References Index
£109.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Islamic PerspectivEs on Management and
Book SynopsisThe dynamics of the global business environment necessitate that organizational assumptions and underpinnings are understood in their socio-cultural context. This pioneering book covers issues related to Islamic assumptions about organization and management, enabling readers to understand the challenges in managing corporations that operate in an Islamic environment.The author provides an original and up-to-date treatment of management orientations and practices in Muslim countries and provides pertinent information about the frame of reference for Muslims and Muslim organizations. Relying on classic interpretations of organizational issues without ignoring contemporary thought, the author uses original sources and extensive business, psychology, sociology, and religious references to highlight the orientations and practices that lead to superior performance in a Muslim environment. He goes on to identify both organizational and societal attributes that are essential for effective relationships at the workplace, underscoring the peculiarities of personal relationships and their tremendous influence on organizational expectations and conduct.Scholars and practitioners who specialize in business, economics, international relations, religion, and sociology will find this book a necessary resource for broadening their understanding of the religious and cultural aspects of conducting business across cultures. The comprehensive and original coverage of the book will prove useful in understanding business, cultural, and philosophical issues related to the Islamic World.Trade Review'Islamic business practice is without doubt a much neglected area and this book is a worthy attempt to address that neglect. It is a very full book, densely packed with perspectives, statistics and reflections.' -- Christopher Graham, The Delta Intercultural AcademyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Business and Trade in Islamic Thought 2. Human Nature and Motivation 3. Islamic Schools of Thought 4. Islamic Work Ethic and Values 5. The Structure and Functions of Groups 6. Power and Authority 7. Decision Styles and Group Dynamics 8. Leadership and Organization 9. Organizational Structure 10. The Human Resources 11. Organizational Development and Change Bibliography Index
£106.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Corporate Legal
Book SynopsisThe ever-important topic of corporate legal responsibility is deconstructed into many multifaceted components in this fascinating Handbook, which systematically examines each in turn and describes the contemporary legal position.The Research Handbook on Corporate Legal Responsibility considers general theory and basic concepts such as corporate legal personality, the doctrine of attribution, corporate governance and directors' duties, and reviews the range of individuals to which corporations may be held responsible, particularly employees, suppliers, shareholders, 'stakeholders' and women. The substantive grounds for corporate responsibility under civil and criminal law within the North American and Commonwealth jurisdictions are evaluated, and mechanisms of accountability such as novel regulatory processes (interactive regulation, codes of conduct and social reporting), risk management and the significant role of non-governmental organisations are identified. The thought-provoking chapters contained within this Handbook go on to present perspectives on topical international questions (corruption, labour standards, human rights, environmental protection and sustainable development) including an analysis of recent initiatives from several international organisations. Bringing together the work of around thirty leading academics, practitioners, campaigners and policymakers from North America, Europe and Australia, each chapter locates these issues within a theoretical context, giving an overview of its historical evolution, providing an accurate account of the current legal position and identifying policy issues likely to influence future developments.Trade Review'What I liked in particular about the Handbook was that each chapter identified the issues within a theoretical context and then gave the historical perspective with an accurate account of the current legal position and set down clear markers on the issues likely to influence future developments in corporate responsibility.' -- Phillip Taylor, The Barrister'This book has drawn together a distinguished and international group of writers to provide a wide-ranging discussion of the responsibility of corporations to society in general, including discussion of the role of companies in promoting human rights, accomplishing sustainable development and "restoring and keeping public trust". The contributors put calls for "Corporate Social Responsibility" into its legal framework and provide a wide range of possible solutions to perceived weaknesses in the law. The authors are to be congratulated for adhering to the editorial mandate to provide information in a "succinct style which is comprehensible to the lay person as much as the well-informed". This work is an indispensable tool for anyone engaged in the "globalisation" debate. It gives valuable, international, multi-faceted insights on the current situation, on work-in-progress to create change and of the theoretical perspectives which inform both.' -- Janet Dine, Queen Mary College, University of London, UK'Finally a book that explores the legal considerations related to corporate responsibility, and does so from a global perspective with strong underpinnings of ethics. This book should prove a useful guide for those academics and managers interested in the historical and emerging legal framework that guides corporate decision making around responsibility.' -- Sandra Waddock, Boston College, US'This volume provides an invaluable collection of essays that consider diverse perspectives on the social responsibility of corporations. As such it provides a very satisfying and balanced combination of contributions that should be useful to any serious student - either in practice or academe - of the role of corporations in society.' -- David Crowther, London Metropolitan University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Michael S. Baram Preface by Stephen Tully Part I: Theories and Concepts of Corporate Responsibility 1. The Theoretical Background: The Nature of the Actors in Corporate Social Responsibility Nicholas H.D. Foster 2. Comparative Corporate Governance Developments and Key Ongoing Challenges from Anglo-American Perspectives Bryan Horrigan 3. The Fiduciary Duties of Directors: A Proposal for Improving Corporate Governance in Latin America Cándido Paz-Ares 4. Directors’ Duties within the United Kingdom Rebecca Parry 5. Regulating the Approach of Companies towards Employees: The New Statutory Duties and Reporting Obligations of Directors within the United Kingdom Simon Goulding and Lilian Miles 6. Protecting Supplier Interests through English Company Law Christopher Ruane Part II: Substantive Grounds for Corporate Legal Responsibility 7. ‘Never Say Never Jurisprudence’: Comparative Approaches to Corporate Responsibility under the Law of Torts Stephen Tully 8. Corporate Criminal Responsibility Celia Wells 9. Corporate Criminal Liability in the United States Joseph F.C. DiMento and Gilbert Geis 10. Moral Indifference and Corporate Manslaughter: Compromising Safety in the Name of Profit? Simon Pemberton 11. Reforming the Doctrine of Attribution: A Canadian Solution to British Concerns? Darcy L. MacPherson 12. Sustainable Waste Management: The Challenge for Businesses in Wales Lorraine B. Frater Part III: Alternative Accountability Mechanisms 13. In the Dark All Cats are Grey: Corporate Responsibility and Legal Responsibility John Sabapathy 14. Whistleblowers: The Critical Link in Corporate Accountability Dana L. Gold 15. The Dutch Corporate Governance Code: Self-Regulation or Interactive Legislation? Jellienke Stamhuis 16. The Influence of NGOs on the Normative Framework for Business and Human Rights Rory Sullivan 17. The Interaction between Corporate Codes of Conduct and International Law: A Study of Women and Children in the Textile Industry Olga Martin-Ortega and Rebecca M.M. Wallace Part IV: Regional and International Initiatives Towards Corporate Legal Responsibility 18. A Multilateral Contribution to Corporate Standards of Behaviour: The ILO’s Declaration on Multinational Enterprises Kee Beom Kim 19. Corporate Environmental Liability within the European Union Catherine Wijnants 20. Corporate Responsibility: The UNEP Experience Monique Barbut and Cornis van der Lugt 21. Corporate Accountability: An NGO Perspective Craig Bennett and Helen Burley 22. International Aspects of Corporate Liability and Corruption Gemma Aiolfi and Mark Pieth Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Transparency in a New Global Order: Unveiling
Book SynopsisThis book argues that transparency is a concept that has gained increasing currency and favour as an organizing principle and administrative goal in recent years. Calls for transparency have been directed towards states, markets, corporations and national political processes as well as towards large institutions such as the European Union. Focusing on empirically rich case studies, the contributors explore the ideas and practices of transparency in different contexts, encouraging a discussion of the many facets of the term and its strengths, ambiguities and limitations. They aim to shed light on the powerful global discourse and practices contained in the concept, and to fill a gap in the literature since few attempts have, until now, been made to examine the actual content and practice of transparency. Also discussed are the complex negotiations through which it is determined what should be displayed and what should remain hidden, the uses of power and control, and the processes through which transparency is, or is not, achieved.This analysis of the concepts, models and metaphors that guide and shape organizational, social and aesthetical practices today will provide a much-needed contribution to the literature for academics, researchers and students focusing on these areas.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: Examining the Politics of Transparency Christina Garsten and Monica Lindh de Montoya PART I: TRANSPARENCY AND UTOPIA: VISIBILITY, TRUTH, FUTURE 1. Truth in 3D: Displaying Historical Evidence at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Bodil Birkebæk Olesen 2. Practices of Transparency: Exporting Swedish Business Culture to the Baltic States Anja Timm 3. The Social Life of Brands: On Choosing Values for Visions (and Divisions) Raoul Galli 4. The Naked Corporation: Visualization, Veiling and the Ethico-politics of Organizational Transparency Christina Garsten and Monica Lindh de Montoya PART II: TRANSPARENCY AND REGULATION: NEGOTIATION, IDEALS, COMPROMISES 5. Economies through Transparency Emiliano Grossman, Emilio Luque and Fabian Muniesa 6. Transparency, Democracy and the SEC: Seventy Years of Securities Market Regulation Christopher Yenkey 7. Transparency at Work: The Production of Indicators for EU Employment Policy Renita Thedvall 8. ‘…What gets Measured gets Managed!’ Sorting out ‘the Social’ in Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) Anna Hasselström 9. Transparency through Labelling? Layers of Visibility in Environmental Risk Management Mikael Klintman and Magnus Boström PART III: TRANSPARENCY AND THE PUBLIC: PARTICIPATION, EXCLUSION, AMBIVALENCE 10. Transparency and Participation: Partnership and Hierarchies in British Urban Regeneration Simone Abram 11. A Traumatizing Transparency Exercise on Mobile Phones and Health Risks Linda Soneryd 12. Promoting Transparency, Preventing War: Neoliberalism, Conflict Preventionism and the New Military Mattias Viktorin 13. Transparency as Tool and Weapon: The Case of the Venezuelan Presidential Recall Referendum Miguel Montoya In Retrospect: The Play of Shadows Christina Garsten and Monica Lindh de Montoya Index
£111.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on Women in Business and Management
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Handbook presents specially commissioned original essays on the societal roles and contexts facing women in business and management, the specific career and work-life issues of women in these fields, organizational processes affecting women, and the role of women as leaders in business and management. The essays shed light on the extant structures and practices of society and organizations that constrain or facilitate women's representation, treatment, quality of life, and success.Despite decades of ongoing inquiry and increasing interest, research on women in business and management remains a specialized field without mainstream acceptance within business and management disciplines. The Handbook presents the current state of knowledge about women in business and management and specifies the directions for future research likely to be most constructive for advancing the representation, treatment, quality of life, and success of women who work in these fields. It provides the foundations for improved societal and organizational structures, policies, and relational practices affecting all in business and management. Thus, by enhancing the knowledge base that improves the work and life situations of women, it suggests ways to elevate the societal and organizational systems for all. The Handbook will be an essential reference source for recent advances in research and theory, informing both scholars of organization studies, gender, diversity, and feminism; human resource specialists; and educators of and consultants to business organizations and management.Trade Review'This very impressive Handbook takes established research topics about women in management and treats them in fresh and novel ways. The chapters are intellectually interesting, sound, and provocative, and meet the editors' aspiration to stimulate high quality research on women's experiences in work organizations. I recommend it highly.' -- Jean M. Bartunek, Boston College, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Research on Women in Business and Management Diana Bilimoria and Sandy Kristin Piderit PART I: SOCIETAL ROLES AND CONTEXTS OF WOMEN IN BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT 1. Myths in the Media: How the News Media Portrays Women in the Workforce Linda M. Dunn-Jensen and Linda K. Stroh 2. Women and Invisible Social Identities: Women as the Other in Organizations Joy E. Beatty 3. (No) Cracks in the Glass Ceiling: Women Managers, Stress and the Barriers to Success Caroline Gatrell and Cary L. Cooper 4. Knowing Lisa? Feminist Analyses of ‘Gender and Entrepreneurship’ Marta B. Calás, Linda Smircich and Kristina A. Bourne PART II: CAREER AND WORK–LIFE ISSUES OF WOMEN IN BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT 5. Career Development of Managerial Women: Attracting and Managing Talent Ronald J. Burke 6. Women and Success: Dilemmas and Opportunities Margaret M. Hopkins and Deborah A. O’Neil 7. Mentoring as a Career Development Tool: Gender, Race and Ethnicity Implications Helen M. Woolnough and Marilyn J. Davidson 8. Integration of Career and Life Mireia Las Heras and Douglas T. Hall 9. Balance, Integration and Harmonization: Selected Metaphors for Managing the Parts and the Whole of Living Sandy Kristin Piderit PART III: ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES AFFECTING WOMEN IN BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT 10. Sex, Sex Similarity and Sex Diversity Effects in Teams: The Importance of Situational Factors Laura M. Graves and Gary N. Powell 11. Influence and Inclusion: A Framework for Researching Women’s Advancement in Organizations Diana Bilimoria, Lindsey Godwin and Deborah Dahlen Zelechowski 12. The Effectiveness of Human Resource Management Practices for Promoting Women’s Careers Alison M. Konrad PART IV: WOMEN AS LEADERS IN BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT 13. Leadership Style Matters: The Small, but Important, Style Differences Between Male and Female Leaders Alice H. Eagly and Mary C. Johannesen-Schmidt 14. Women Advancing onto the Corporate Board Val Singh, Sue Vinnicombe and Siri Terjesen 15. One World: Women Leading and Managing Worldwide Nancy J. Adler Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Network Society: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
Book SynopsisManuel Castells - one of the world's pre-eminent social scientists - has drawn together a stellar group of contributors to explore the patterns and dynamics of the network society in its cultural and institutional diversity. The book analyzes the technological, cultural and institutional transformation of societies around the world in terms of the critical role of electronic communication networks in business, everyday life, public services, social interaction and politics. The contributors demonstrate that the network society is the new form of social organization in the Information age, replacing the Industrial society.The book analyzes processes of technological transformation in interaction with social culture in different cultural and institutional contexts: the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Finland, Russia, China, India, Canada, and Catalonia. The topics examined include business productivity, global financial markets, cultural identity, the uses of the Internet in education and health, the anti-globalization movement, political processes, media and identity, and public policies to guide technological development. Taken together these studies show that the network society adopts very different forms, depending on the cultural and institutional environments in which it evolves.The Network Society is an outstanding and original volume of direct interest in academia - particularly in the fields of social sciences, communication studies, and business schools - as well as for policymakers engaged in technological policy and economic development. Business and management experts will also discover much of value to them within this book.Trade Review‘The Network Society stimulates the reader to think about the network society in an innovative way. Because of its analytical aims and a well-balanced presentation of empirical findings and theoretical insights coming from a remarkable variety of authors, this is a book that might become a model for collaborative research in the years to come, as well as an invaluable reference for teaching and research on networking as an organizational form.' -- International Sociology - Review of BooksTable of ContentsContents: Part I: The Theory of the Network Society Part II: The Cultural and Institutional Diversity of the Network Society Part III: The Network Economy Part IV: Sociability and Social Structure in the Age of the Internet Part V: The Internet in the Public Interest Part VI: Networked Social Movements and Informational Politics Part VII: The Culture of the Network Society Index
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