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Book Synopsis'*Are you member of either the management team or the board and do you see the need to adapt your organization to Agile? Do you intend to make the organization more agile? *Are you a coach helping organizations in the transformation to becoming more agile? And are you planning to support this transition using a bottom-up or top-down approach?In this pocket guide you will find a practical approach on how to handle this. Governing an organization in a fast-changing world. And all this although the issues of the day require a lot of your attention and can distract you from the results you want to achieve. The authors consider how to operationalize the organization's strategic goals and consequently the governance of the entire organization.The authors start from the position of: *Clarifying what has to be achieved in the next quarter in order to achieve the strategic goals. *Introducing a system of short cyclical adjustments, with which you can respond to changing demand from customers or emerging laws and regulations. *Working closely together as management team or board towards the long-term strategic goals and preventing everyone within the organization from following their own goals. *Bringing more focus on the operationalization of the strategy, less 'fire-fighting' and greater emphasis on fire prevention. *Getting a clear picture of what prevents your employees from doing their jobs effectively. Will you succeed in removing the barriers holding back your organization? The core message of this pocket guide is application of the FOCUS board. This is a visual approach to management and a strong tool for governing the organization. When this is applied, it will result in collaboration between all layers of the organization, enable short cyclical adjustment and provide a clear focus on achieving the strategic goals.

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Book SynopsisThis book covers everything you need to master the iSAQB(c) Certified Professional for Software Architecture - Foundation Level (CPSA-F) certification.

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Book Synopsis'As a supplement to the Agile Scrum Foundation Courseware (ISBN: 978 94 018 0765 4) publication, you are advised to obtain the publication Agile Scrum Handbook (ISBN: 978 94 018 0759 3).

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Book SynopsisCorporate activities are not only drivers of economic growth but also key actors of the changes towards more sustainable markets and environment as well as inclusive development. Significant efforts have recently been devoted to transform private and public firms alike from pure economic-oriented organizations to entities that deliberately and diligently create value without neglecting social and environmental implications of their activities. Firm performance, resilience, and survival are nowadays, more than ever before, dependent on how they consciously and purposefully engage in appropriate corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies and actions.This book, Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethics and Sustainable Prosperity, will provide all readers, including investors, managers, lawmakers, and policymakers with an up-to-date, comprehensive, and thoughtful coverage of CSR and ethical issues at the crossroads of different finance and management disciplines. It contains a rich collection of insightful studies covering a wide range of topics in corporate ethics, CSR, and sustainable prosperity. Together, these studies help readers deepen their knowledge on different country environments and various organizational forms, policies, and activities. The book is composed of 16 chapters which are divided into two interconnected parts: Part I addresses ESG and ethical issues in corporate decision-making, while Part II provides insights towards sustainable prosperity.

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Book SynopsisEverybody has a plan — until they don't. Approaching the dawn of a new decade, global sentiment in the 2020s was brimming with optimism. We would embrace the future of work, transform digitally, learn to live and breathe agility, and defeat climate change at scale.What new year's resolutions lack is specificity. 2020 turned out far beyond anyone's expectations. For once, the prophecy of profound change was accurate, except nobody expected it to arrive in the form of a global crisis like few before it. That wasn't what we asked for. Where does that leave us?The pandemic forced us to adapt markedly in the short term. Its long-term effects will be even more profound. Much of the transformation happening now has been long overdue. We're approaching a global turning point. This is our opportunity to finally realise pivotal changes we always knew mattered.It's time we reach beyond the obvious. The new normal presents a valuable opportunity to question deeper and more pervasively the way things are. When we do, we'll make evolutionary leaps towards a new and better normal. Humankind doesn't just survive adversity; it thrives on the necessary adaptation that comes with it. Big changes can become catalysts for a better world. What might that world be like?Signs of the new are already all around us. The transformation we're amidst will be more meaningful and universal than anything else we've experienced in our lifetimes. It's time we press RESET and start afresh. This is the story of how the 2020s will change modern humanity forever.Let's rewrite our future together.Related Link(s)Table of ContentsThe Big Reset: The Catalyst How We Got Here and Why It Matters; What Got Us Here Won't Get Us There Getting Ready for a New Operating System; We're in This Together Discovering a Better Globalism; One for the Team When Competition Lost to Collaboration; The New Global: Social Capital(-Ism) the Human Currency; The Slow Death of Industrialism Why the Next Age Won't Be Industrial; Institution to Distribution a Wealth of Empowerment; Digital by Default the Interface Revolution; The Future You: Simplicity Focusing on Pure Value; Do You See What I See? Transparency Above All; A Balancing Act How Much Choice is Good for Us?; The Kale Donut Inspiring Us to Live Our Best Lives; The Future of Work: Because It Matters Rediscovering Purpose; So Much at Stake Transitioning to Stakeholder Capitalism; Value Generation Intergenerational Workplace Challenges; Leading with Agility a New Take on Leadership and Organisational Structure; Need for Needs Design Thinking Beyond Products and Users; A Wonderful World: Epilogue How will All this Shape Our Fates?;

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Book SynopsisThis case book on Japanese companies and multinational corporations in Japan presents 12 entirely new cases studies for academics and business professionals alike. The cases in the book deal with market entry, corporate growth and crisis management of Japanese firms or international firms in Japan. It presents new developments, such as technological changes (electronic payment and gaming) in the Japanese business environment and provides an overview on the diversity of business activities in the Japanese economy. Written in a simple and an accessible manner, this book can be used as a textbook for students of International, Asian or Japanese management or by international managers and business professionals to make business decisions.

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Book SynopsisSustainability is a topic of great interest to governments, businesses and individual members of society. There is a general consensus that sustainability is important and therefore, needs to be addressed. There is much less consensus, however, as to what this actually means and how it can be addressed. It appears to mean different things to different people and certainly everyone has their own priorities about what needs to be addressed. Consensus is difficult to find because of the complexity of what is involved in sustainability. This book addresses a number of these complexities by looking at different perspectives from experts from a wide range of different disciplines and from different parts of the world. The aim of the book ,therefore, is to stimulate discussion about what needs to be prioritised, as this forms an essential precursor to taking the necessary actions in order to achieve the essential sustainability for the planet.This book is indexed in Scopus.

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on corporate governance and proposes a novel framework for combining the Corporate Governance Framework (CGF) with current corporate finance issues arising in the Contemporary Business Environment (CBE) and cointegrating them with today's business needs. It consists of a good collection of state-of-the-art approaches that will be useful for new researchers and practitioners working in this field, helping them to quickly grasp the current state of corporate governance and corporate financial performance.Good corporate governance is not only important for companies, but also for the society. To begin with, good corporate governance strengthens the public's faith and trust in corporate governance. Legislative processes were developed to protect the society from known threats and prevent problems from occurring or recurring. Recent corporate scandals shed light on the impact that corporations have on social responsibility. The new focus on the corporate governance framework increases the responsibility and accountability of companies to their stakeholders and provides a solid framework for enhancing corporate performance.

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Book SynopsisThe purpose of this book is to change thinking about crises and risk. Risk management is today both a great success, an impressive achievement, and a notable failure. It works, and it doesn't work. It saves lives and property, and it fails to save lives and property. It helps and it hinders. Like all such management approaches, this has a lot to do with how it is employed and practiced, but in the case of risk management there is also a much more fundamental issue. The risk management framework, the risk management model, is wrong. Many organisations today treat all risks as point events, when the real risks involve systemic threats inherent in the global economy, and the uncertain nature of global society.The book argues that risk management has come a long way, but that evidence of its more recent failure is now all around us and that it needs to now change dramatically if it is to accommodate current realities. Whilst there is a clear need for us all to manage risk through a crisis, there is a lack of understanding of the nature of crises that is impeding progress. As well as providing a conceptual basis for changing the way risk management is undertaken, the book provides a blueprint for managing at organisational level through a global crisis, and, to a more limited extent, at government and other levels; how to prepare, what to do when it's happening and how and when to emerge into the post-crisis world.

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Book SynopsisThe governance of companies is of importance to developing countries due to the link between effective corporate governance and economic development. Ownership and control of public companies, except in the US and UK, is often in the hands of a few individuals, families or corporate groups and impact on corporate governance and economic development.Using Sri Lanka as an illustrative example, Corporate Ownership and Control sets out the implications of corporate ownership and control structures on the governance of companies, and suggests a reform agenda to meet the challenges posed by such structures. Any analysis into the reform of corporate governance in developing countries should begin with a focus on the local market structures that define its adaptation and effectiveness. The issues explored in the book provide an insight into ownership and control structures in Sri Lanka, the costs and benefits of such structures, and the necessary reform framework to promote effective corporate governance. The analysis can be used to both understand the impact of ownership structures on corporate governance, and suggest how corporate governance issues arising from such structures should be resolved in order to promote economic development and growth.Table of ContentsCorporate Governance and Economic Development; Corporate Ownership, Control and Corporate Governance; Corporate Ownership and Control in Sri Lanka; Causes and Consequences of Ownership and Control Structures in Sri Lanka; Controlling Shareholder Systems: The Implications for Corporate Governance; Controlling Shareholder Systems in Sri Lanka: A Framework for Corporate Governance Reform; Lenders as a Force in Controlling the Costs of Controlling Shareholders in Sri Lanka.

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Book SynopsisSeeking Adam Smith provides a fascinating insider's explanation for why business school faculty members, including the author, bear some responsibility for the highly destructive corporate practices evident throughout the first sixteen years of the 21st century.Since the Great Recession substantial resources and effort have been expended to incorporate ethics and corporate social responsibility into business curricula. The effectiveness of these efforts has been limited because they have little impact on the technical and core business courses serving as the gateway to the highest paying jobs. Students and practitioners may be led to conclude falsely that the business world is an ethics-free zone.Seeking Adam Smith demonstrates that greed is highly destructive motive for conducting business and the notion that greed is good is nowhere to be found in the Wealth of Nations despite claims by some of the world's leading economists. Cox offers alternative economic perspectives that are more realistic and less prone to misuse than those permeating the current business curricula.Seeking Adam Smith also contains a forward written by Thomas J. Ward who served as Senior Managing Partner of Bear Stearns during its demise and an afterward by Sherron Watkins, Enron whistle-blower and Time Person of the Year 2002.

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Book SynopsisSeeking Adam Smith provides a fascinating insider's explanation for why business school faculty members, including the author, bear some responsibility for the highly destructive corporate practices evident throughout the first sixteen years of the 21st century.Since the Great Recession substantial resources and effort have been expended to incorporate ethics and corporate social responsibility into business curricula. The effectiveness of these efforts has been limited because they have little impact on the technical and core business courses serving as the gateway to the highest paying jobs. Students and practitioners may be led to conclude falsely that the business world is an ethics-free zone.Seeking Adam Smith demonstrates that greed is highly destructive motive for conducting business and the notion that greed is good is nowhere to be found in the Wealth of Nations despite claims by some of the world's leading economists. Cox offers alternative economic perspectives that are more realistic and less prone to misuse than those permeating the current business curricula.Seeking Adam Smith also contains a forward written by Thomas J. Ward who served as Senior Managing Partner of Bear Stearns during its demise and an afterward by Sherron Watkins, Enron whistle-blower and Time Person of the Year 2002.

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Book SynopsisThis book explains how corporate social responsibility is linked to long-term sustainability of an economy and that the activities of an organization should not be only for its self-interest, but must also be honed for the benefit of common good. A major approach the book advocates is corporate decision-makers in an organization should work towards earning the trust of stakeholders rather than focus on short-term profitability. It also emphasizes the importance of recognizing and rewarding the contribution and commitment by participants of an organization.Written by academics and consultants, this book will be of interest to academicians, media professionals, organizational participants, entrepreneurs and general public.Table of ContentsCorporate Social Responsibility and Development: Corporate Social Responsibility (R W Y Kao & R R Kao); Fostering Sustainability in Family Firms (A L Carsrud & M Brannback); The Challenge: Sustainability and Health Care (C Popadiu); Resources Drain, What's Left for the Future and Environmental Damage (P Hing); Entrepreneurship Education: Entrepreneurship Education at the University Level (L W Fernald); From Entrepreneurship to Stewardship Based Economics (R W Y Kao et al.); Entrepreneurship and Small Venture Development for Sustainability: Big may be Better, Small is still Beautiful and Sustainable (W L Tan); Landscape Entrepreneurship: Lessons from the Mont St-Hilaire Nature Centre (E Raufflet et al.); and other papers.

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Book SynopsisThe book highlights emerging topics in key areas of corporate governance with special emphasis on traditionally unexplored issues. It also aims to stimulate thinking and debate on vital aspects of practice and approaches to corporate governance. The topics covered in this book deal with timely subjects, written by eminent academics and renowned professionals with outstanding expertise in their respective fields, who bring to fore the latest theories and provide an up-to-date overview of the extant literature on each topic. More importantly, they draw readers attention to implications for future research and developments. The book not only contributes to the academic literature but also improves the decision making of regulators and investors.Table of ContentsInvestor Protections and their Impact on Capital Market (M Gupta et al.); Tunnelling Techniques and their Effect on Firm Value Around the World (V Atanasov); Geographic Location and Corporate Finance (C Prinsky & Q Wang); Insider Trading Regulation Around the World (B Frijns et al.); Risk and Return of Sustainable Investment (R Bauer & H Hummel); Corporate Governance of State Owned Enterprises (C Krishnamurti & A Tourani-Rad); Audit Committee Independence (D Sharma & V Sharma); Corporate Governance and the Financial Crisis (T Clarke); The Unfinished Agenda: Two Levels of Corporate Governance Reform (B Garratt); Corporate Governance of Small and Medium Enterprises (L Karoui & C Ingley); Regulatory Requirements: Impact on Institutional Investors and Implications for Corporate Governance (C Mallin); Links Between Democracy and Corporate Governance (D Malan).

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Book SynopsisThis unique volume expounds on the nature of white-collar crime and examines its relationship with corporate social responsibility, governance and corporate reputation. Based on empirical study and extensive literature review, this book presents different approaches for repairing damaged corporate reputations and also explains how internal governance and investigations can be conducted. Stages in corporate social responsibility are discussed and knowledge management is underscored as an imperative tool to combat white-collar crime and build corporate reputation.Table of ContentsWhite-Collar Crime; Corporate Reputation; Reputation Damage and Repair; Internal Investigations; Corporate Compliance; Corporate Governance; Stages of Corporate Responsibility; Forensic Accounting; Knowledge Management; Intelligence Strategy.

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Book SynopsisThis volume is a compilation of important papers relating to the financial, governance and political economy structures of the region, using a variety of methods and topics. Following the Asian crisis and subsequent global financial upheavals, policymakers and academics issued cries for institutional reform at the state and firm level; in many cases, reform was actually implemented rather than simply rhetorical. This volume begins by addressing issues relating to corporate governance within firms located in East Asia and as entities participating in corporate ownership elsewhere. Next, the key issues of globalization are directly addressed, including foreign direct investment into the region, integration among Southeast Asian countries and with the rest of Asia, and multinational enterprise investment strategies in Asia following initial entry decisions. Finally, the macroeconomic policies of state actors, and the effects of economic growth are examined.Table of ContentsConvergence in the Ownership and Governance of East Asian Firms; Institutional Investors and Proxy Access Proposals; Post-Foreign Entry Decisions by Global Retailers and Non-Asian Markets: Like or Dislike; Intra-ASEAN FDI Flows and the Role of China and India: Trends and Determinants; Extent of Real and Financial Integration in Asia: Some Patterns and Stylised Facts; The Global Financial Crisis; Rise of China, and Changes in the Geographical Location of Control of Large Listed Companies; Intervention and Exchange Rate Regime Choice in Asia: Does the US Dollar Still Matter?; Financial Stability

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Book SynopsisThere is a lack of knowledge on how corporations in Asia develop strategies, organize their work processes and deal with competition. Western managers and business students need to know more about Asian corporations and their management styles. Learning about Asia, however, has always been a challenging task. The main challenge is the complexity encountered when dealing with Asian management issues, which differ not only for different countries, but also for different types of businesses, not to mention national management preferences and styles.This book tries to fill this gap, by presenting case studies of various Asian countries including China, Japan, India, Korea and The Philippines. The case studies are as diverse as management activities in Asia can be and include a variety of different companies in several Asian countries.This book attempts to present an overview on the variety and complexity of management and business processes in Asian countries. It intends to support business people and students of international management to get a deeper understanding of Asian management practices by presenting practical examples of Asian firms and their strategies.Table of ContentsIntroduction; The People's Republic of China: FamilyMart's China Expansion; Alibaba: Facing its Thieves; Li Ning: Make the Change; Shiseido in China - When Politics Interferes with Business; Japan: UNIQLO: A stitch in time; The Suntory Highball Revolution: Can a Type of Drink Save an Industry?; A Tale of Three Companies: The Survival Strategies of Sony, Hitachi, and Canon; India: Doing it the Toyota Way in India? Managing Unsettled Labor Relations at the Toyota Subsidiary in India; Korea: KIA MOTORS Facing Globalization Challenges; The Philippines: Brightening Philippine Airlines (PAL): Strategizing for the Future of Asia's Pioneer and Sunniest Air Transporter; The Birth of the WATERCCOOP in Cagayan de Oro City; Cross-cultural Encounters: Visiting my Australian Friend's House; A Peek on the Cheek; About the Authors.

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Book SynopsisWhile emerging market economies do not have a mature market structure yet, there is a need for research on corporate governance practices in these economies from different perspectives, including corporate social responsibility. Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility: Emerging Markets Focus fills the gap with a collection of high-quality research and policy-based papers addressing these issues, using various market cases as illustrations.Unlike previous books that often focused on one or several emerging markets, this book covers a much broader set of countries and tackles ethical, legal and societal aspects of corporate governance, beyond financial issues. It also discusses how companies work towards best corporate governance practices, particularly, in the aftermath of recent financial and economic crises. Readers will benefit from the wide range of theoretical, empirical, and case analyses, selected with care to reflect cutting-edge corporate governance and corporate social responsibility issues in countries with emerging markets.Table of ContentsCorporate Governance in Turkey and the Case of ISE Corporate Governance Index Companies (Esra Nemli Caliskan and Basak Turan Icke); Mandatory Change in Corporate Governance Structure and Earning Quality, Stock Market of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (Moustafa Alhaj Hussein); Corporate Governance, Foreign Investment and Stock Market Performance in Emerging Economies (Kunal Kunal); Corporate Governance Bundles for Emerging Markets (Rahul Bedi and Darshan Desai); Corporate Governance in Romania: Theories, Practices and Future Perspectives (Gheorghe N Popescu, Veronica Adriana Popescu and Cristina Raluca Popescu); Audit Committee in the EU Emerging Countries (Daniela M Salvioni, Francesca Gennari, Luisa Bosetti and Alex Almici); Barriers to Effective Corporate Governance Reforms: Corruption and the Peculiar Case of Nigeria (Ngozi Okoye); Great Expectations from Pension Fund Activism: Insights from an Emerging Market (Agnieszka Slomka-Golebiowska); Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance Studies in Emerging Markets: Theoretical Framework and Recent Developments (Yongli Luo); Ownership Structure and Directors' Remuneration Disclosure in Malaysia (Elinda Esa and Abdul Rahman Zahari); Overseas Listing and Internationalization of Corporate Governance in China: History, Theory and Cases (Zigan Wang); Corporate Governance Improvement in a Weak Legal System: Brazilian Fiscal Council (Roberto Frota Decourt and Jairo Laser Procianoy); Using Market Incentives to Move beyond Law and Regulation - Corporate Governance Stock Exchange Indices in Emerging Markets (Andreas Grimminger and Pasquale di Benedetta); Whistleblowers in Modern Corporate Governance: A Story about the Right Incentives and Ethics in the Boardroom (Stelios Andreadakis); Corporate Social Responsibility and Stakeholder Theory: Key Issues and Debates (Tarek Miloud); Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility in Islamic Banks in Emerging Markets (Hisham Farag and Kean Ow-Yong); Corporate Governance, Operational Risk and Transparency of West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) Banks (Alassane Ouattara, Luc Paugam and Olivier Ramond); Board Composition and Company Performance: A Study of Sub-Saharan African Countries (Gibson Munisi); Sustainable Indices in Emerging Markets: The Importance of the Governance Aspect and the Links to Environmental and Social Aspects (Idoya Ferrero-Ferrero, Maria Angeles Fernandez-Izquierdo, Maria Jesus Munoz-Torres, Juana Maria Rivera-Lirio, Raul Leon-Soriano and Elena Escrig-Olmedo); Corporate Governance and the Quality of Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: Empirical Evidence from an Emerging Country (Pallab Kumar Biswas).

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