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Book SynopsisIn Firms, Strategies and Economic Change, Fu-Lai Tony Yu acknowledges the shortcomings of contemporary research on industrial organisation and strategy, while proposing a novel subjectivist approach to economic and management problems. Based largely on the works of Max Weber, Alfred Schutz, Ludwig von Mises and Frank H. Knight, this book develops the subjective interpretation framework to promote better understanding of entrepreneurship, industrial organisation and strategy, vertical integration, innovation, consumer behaviour, business cycles and institutional change more fully. The author also presents a new interpretation on the economics of Frank H. Knight and sheds light on the history of subjectivist economics. Adding new insights not only to economics but also to business, entrepreneurship and industrial organisation issues, this book will have a wide appeal to scholars of these areas as well as Austrian economists.Trade Review'. . . the reader seeking an overview of Austrian contributions to organizational economics and strategy will find much of value in this book.' -- Peter G. Klein, The Quarterly Journal of Austrian EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: Preface Foreword Part I: Subjectivism, Entrepreneurship and the Market Process 1. An Austrian Approach to Economic and Management Problems 2. The Subjectivist Economics of Frank H. Knight Part II: The Nature of the Firm: Uncertainty, Entrepreneurship and Coordination 3. Entrepreneurship, Plan and the Structure of the Firm 4. Uncertainty, Entrepreneurial Judgment and the Knightian Firm Part III: Business Strategies 5. Small Business Dynamics 6. Innovation and Coordination 7. Consumer Demand and Firm Strategy Part IV: Economic Change 8. Errors and the Business Cycle 9. Entrepreneurship and Institutional Change References Index

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Book SynopsisThe themes of authority and subversion explored in relation to royal power, orthodox religion, and violence and disorder. The essays in this volume explore themes long seen as central to the history of late medieval England and Europe. They examine the strength of opposition to Henry IV's usurpation, the nature and extent of the lollards' resistanceto orthodox religion, and the contrasting causes of violence and disorder in the remote border regions at opposite ends of the country, in Cornwall and in the north-west. Subversion of its authority might be counteracted by a regime which recognized the importance of pageantry to bolster its public profile, while a complex weave of patronage, private interest and dedicated service enabled the Exchequer to function through periods of financial crisis. Relations between the Crown and urban centres, potentially a cause of tension, were eased by an emerging body of professional urban law-officers prepared to act as intermediaries. Contributors: PETER BOOTH, CLIVE BURGESS, KEITH DOCKRAY, ALASTAIR DUNN, PETER W. FLEMING, IAN FORREST, DAVID GRUMMITT, HANNES KLEINEKE, J.L. LAYNSMITH, JAMES LEE, FRANK D. MILLARD, JAMES ROSS, SIMON WALKER.Trade ReviewThe essays either add new layers of complexity to the view of a given issue, or seek to provoke the reader to a different perspective altogether. * MEDIEVAL REVIEW *A thought-provoking collection of essays. * EHR *Offers a great deal of interest over a wide range of subjects.. A good collection of papers. * THE RICARDIAN *Table of ContentsAuthority and Subversion: A Conference on Fifteenth-Century England (with Peter Fleming) - Keith Dockray Authority and Subversion: A Conference on Fifteenth-Century England (with Keith Dockray) - Peter W Fleming Henry IV and the Politics of Resistance in Early Lancastrian England, 1399-1413 - Alastair Dunn Seditious Activities: The Conspiracy of Maud de Vere, Countess of Oxford, 1403-4 - James Ross A Hotbed of Heresy? Fifteenth-Century Bristol and Lollardy Reconsidered - Anti-Lollard Polemic and Practice in Late Medieval England - Ian Forrest Why the West was Wild: Law and Disorder in Fifteenth-Century Cornwall and Devon - Hannes Kleineke Men Behaving Badly? The West March Towards Scotland and the Percy-Neville Feud - Peter Booth An Analysis of the Epitaphium Eiusdem Ducis Gloucestrie - Frank D Millard Constructing Queenship at Coventry: Pageantry and Politics at Margaret of Anjou's 'Secret Harbour' - Public Service, Private Interest and Patronage in the Fifteenth- Century Exchequer - David Grummitt Urban Recorders and the Crown in Late Medieval England - James Lee

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Book SynopsisRoy Horn is an academic and researcher in the School of Business and Management at Buckinghamshire New University, UK.

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Book SynopsisIain Henderson is a senior teaching fellow at Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, UK.

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Book SynopsisContributes to the tide of activism that is calling for higher ethical standards and corporate social responsibility within the corporate world. It offers a new way to look at a company, work, a product and company organization. Nobel prizewinner Milton Friedman says that the only social responsibility a company has is to make a profit. Albert Low questions this basic assumption and provides an alternative view: a company is a complex field of interacting and conflicting forces out of which a product emerges. The interests of the stockholder make up just one set of these forces. The corporate system arises out of the natural creativity of human beings and is expressed in the work that we do. Therefore to understand a company, its organisation and its reason for being, we must understand creativity and work -- what they involve, and their importance to our mental health. This new understanding of social responsibility is imperative for the very survival of our way of life. 'Business Ethics' quotes Thomas Donahue, US Chamber of Commerce President, as saying, "There is something fundamentally out of balance when short-term considerations become so dominant." The book offers a new way to look at the corporate system and long-term corporate social responsibility. Depression is widespread throughout western society. A contributing factor is the way the corporate system operates. People are now adjuncts to the system and the result is alienation and impotence. China and India are looming as major industrial competitors, and their employees are very well motivated. To compete in the West we must revise the present antiquated corporate philosophy that asserts that the interests of the stockholder are the only interests that the corporation can legally serve and adopt policies that promote corporate social responsibility.Table of ContentsThe Dynamics of Human Nature; The Origins of Stress; On Perception & Thought; The Meaning of Creativity; Ambiguity, Creativity & Work; The Spectrum of Creativity, Perception & Thought; Work & Organisation; The Dilemma at Work; Management by Product ; Idea & the Four Criteria; The Three Power-holders; The Company as a Field; On Task Cycles; Types of Work; Conflict & Growth; Non-Productive Conflict -- Territory & the Manager; Commitment, Capacity & Ability; On Capacity & Ability; A Question of Ownership; Creativity, Spirituality & Ethics in the Corporate World.

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Book SynopsisWorldwide, public sector organizations are implementing commercial packaged software solutions, or enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, to increase productivity and customer service as well as to deploy manageable business processes. To that end, this book provides workable solutions from experienced public sector program and project managers, consulting leaders and academic researchers who have proven expertise in large scale public sector ERP implementation.Existing research shows that while public sector enterprises generally agree by consensus, and thus have different management cultures than their private sector counterparts, their management practices are driven by a private sector model. Given the tremendous growth in public sector ERP spending and the risks associated with such politically-charged projects, new approaches to change management must be explored. The contributors present expertly researched federal, commercial and academic views on how public sector organizations are integrating their business processes, and how they relate to the private sector experience. The discussion covers all aspects of the new private sector management paradigm, including strategic planning, change management, process change, and information system implementation. The contributors provide details on the implementation steps, and make suggestions for how public sector program managers and contractor teams should plan change management and ERP initiatives. Researchers and students in the areas of management, public sector enterprises and public policy will find the volume's insights of great value. Managers with oversight in public sector organizations will find the volume of great practical interest.Table of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: PUBLIC SECTOR VIEW 1. Battlespace ERP Systems: Changing the Way Military Decision Makers Think in a Net-Centric Information Environment Grayson Morgan 2. Enterprise Resource Planning: Commerce Administrative Management System Lisa K. Westerback 3. Change Management in the Canadian Forces: Land Force Atlantic Area Headquarters Lt.Col. Robert Russell 4. Emerging Doctrines of Government Performance and Federal ERP Change Management Daniel L. Cuda PART II: CONSULTING VIEW 5. Challenges of Implementing Enterprise Resource Planning Applications within the Department of Defense Micheline Lopez-Estrada 6. Business Process Change Management for ERP and Other Public Sector Projects Matthias Kirchmer 7. Establishing Process Ownership by Aligning SAP and DoD Business Processes David Bailey, Thomas Gulledge and Georg Simon 8. Public Sector Change Management: What are the ERP Issues? Rainer A. Sommer PART III: RESEARCH VIEW 9. A Recurring Improvisational Change Management Methodology in Public Sector Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation Cheryl A. Darlington 10. Transaction Costs in Public Sector Information Technology Implementations Douglas W. Frye 11. Testing Cultural Barriers to Enterprise System Implementations: Change Management through Organizational Culture Assessment Mary A. Leary 12. The Art of Public Sector Information Systems Management: The Role of the Task in Public Sector ERP Implementations Carsten Svennson Index

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Book SynopsisTransformational CEOs questions why some Japanese firms succeeded in the 1990s despite an economy that failed - regardless of the burst of the 'bubble' economy, a number of Japanese companies have maintained or extended their international leadership in particular sectors. The authors argue that whilst some of the reasons for successes are plain common sense - operational effectiveness and superior CEO leadership - some are Japan-specific and point to a break with traditional leadership rationale. Presenting four in-depth case studies, the book shows that newly appointed foreign managers and overseas trained Japanese managers have been instrumental in the success of these corporations and have re-written the rulebook on Japanese management. The behaviour patterns and cognitive processes of successful CEOs in Japanese companies - Nissan and Sony being the most well-known - are examined. From these studies, two different but equally successful leadership approaches have emerged: the Proto-Image of the Firm (PIF) and Profit-Arithmetic (PA). The first involves supporting a business decision by comparing business proposals with the CEO's image of the firm, whilst the second focuses on processing data and information through a mental model that enables identification of profit levers.Providing lessons in leadership, and concluding that transformational leadership requires a choice between two types of mindset (PIF and PA), this book will be invaluable to academics, business consultants, managers and executives with an interest in strategic management and leadership. Scholars of Asian studies will also find the book to be a fascinating read.Trade Review'In management, as in mathematics, learning formulae by heart represents just 5 percent of a solution. You learn how to apply them when faced with a real problem. Only then can you achieve the remaining 95 percent of the solution. Even so, it is important to be trained in the most updated management thinking - to learn the "formulae". In this sense, this book will facilitate capturing the reality, analyzing it, and making sense of it.' -- Carlos Ghosn, President and CEO of Nissan, President and CEO of Renault'Our interests are, most of the time, driven by the headlines. Recovery in the USA? Boom in China? Opportunity in India? And we jump in these directions. But what is really going on in Japan? Will the headlines one day read: Japan does it again? What can we learn from the leading companies of the third economic power of the world? Kase, Saez and Riquelme's research is extremely timely, reaching us at the right time with their unique analysis of the global champions from Japan.' -- Pedro Nueno, IESE Business School, Spain'It is hard to imagine a more enticing topic: why some Japanese firms succeeded in the 1990s despite an economy that failed. The answers are both common sense - operational effectiveness and CEO leadership - and Japan specific - break with traditions. The lessons about leadership, in particular, have wider relevance for leaders, managers, consultants and academics.' -- Andrew Campbell, Ashridge Strategic Management Centre, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Robert M. Grant 1. Management Success in Japan 2. Mental Schemes of Successful Transformational CEOs: PIF and PA Approaches 3. Proto-Image of the Firm Approach to Business 4. Profit-Arithmetic Approach to Business 5. Conclusions Annex: Four Case Studies Index

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Book SynopsisResearch suggests that an increasing number of people experience organisational changes such as mergers and acquisitions as highly emotional life events. Indeed, given that, as the authors prove, 70% of all mergers and acquisitions fail to reach their initial goals largely because of neglected people issues, it is a must for every manager and M&A researcher to understand the emotional side of such change processes. This fascinating book explains how managerial behaviour and communication styles influence the emotions of employees and affect their readiness to contribute to a successful post-merger integration. It combines emotion theories from other disciplines with recent M&A findings, and offers practical implications through illustrative case studies.Academics and practitioners will find the combination of management literature with psychology and sociology literature of great interest.Trade Review'Just as mergers and acquisitions begin to take off once again, this book reminds us that the emotional side of business is often at the heart of success and failure. With a terrific mix of case studies and in-depth conceptual thinking, Managing Emotions in Mergers and Acquisitions addresses the most fundamental of all issues in M&As - how and why people sometimes disrupt the best merger plans, simply because they are, well, people.' -- Sydney Finkelstein, Professor of Strategy and Leadership at the Tuck School at Dartmouth College, and author of Why Smart Executives Fail'This is a very welcome addition to our knowledge on M&A process. This is an in-depth study on emotions, how these are effected due to M&A activity in two firms and how they influence the process itself. It helps us to understand, what emotions are? How we can deal with them? And, Why do M&As so often fail? It offers state-of-the-art knowledge on this complex phenomenon. The four cases present in depth and extremely rich insight into how emotions actually work and influence the success/failure in M&A process. In conclusion, it is a timely and innovative book which is a must read for anyone interested in mergers and acquisitions.' -- Pervez Ghauri, University of Manchester, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Part I: Understanding M&As and Emotions 2. The M&A Process 3. Post-Merger Integration as a Change of Social Identity 4. Emotions in Post-Merger Integration Part II: Case Studies on Emotions in M&As 5. Purpose 6. Information Gathering and How to Measure Emotions 7. Emotions 8. Managerial Communication 9. Managerial Behaviour 10. M&A Outcomes Part III: Conclusions 11. Discussions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book gets to the root of how and why multinational firms differ in the cross-border creation, transfer and diffusion of technology, and provides fresh evidence on the effects that these differences have on productivity and innovation in the economic systems in which they are active. Davide Castellani and Antonello Zanfei consider multinationals as heterogeneous institutions that combine internal networks of subsidiaries with external networks of collaborative linkages, to bridge different economic and innovation systems. They examine heterogeneity in productivity and innovative behaviour between multinational and national firms, as well as across and within multinationals. The authors argue that not every foreign firm is a good source of externality, and not every domestic firm is equally well placed to benefit from multinationals. It is shown that spillovers from multinationals differ according to the technological profiles, embeddedness and linkage creation of both foreign and domestic firms active in local markets. The book supports this view with empirical evidence based on illustrative case studies, and on econometric analysis using extensive firm-level datasets on multinational activities, innovation and economic performances.Integrating an in-depth account of state of the art literature with detailed evidence, this book will be of great interest to an extensive audience. This will encompass students, researchers, academics, policy makers and practitioners across a wide range of disciplines including: international business, economics and management of innovation, international economics and industrial organisation.Trade Review'The book assumes an original place in the literature. . . Castellani and Zanfei show that the economic impact of MNEs on innovation and productivity depends on evolutionary features of firms and industries, particularly on the heterogeneity of firm strategies and behaviours. . . this volume contains high-quality, well-written research. . .' -- Simona Iammarino, Research Policy'. . . this book offers the reader a well-written and very comprehensive analysis on the link between innovation and internalization which leads to insights into firm heterogeneity. The authors have succeeded in synthesizing the vast body of theoretical and empirical research and given an up-to-date overview of the various issues involved. This is then complemented with their own research findings. . . The book will undoubtedly enrich the debate on the behavior and impact of MNEs.' -- Yama Temouri, Journal of International Business Studies'Davide Castellani and Antonello Zanfei, two well-known Italian economists, have brought forth an excellent new book. . . I think this book will serve as a starting-point for many interesting studies, both because of its findings and because of its empirical and theoretical rigour. . . the book lays an excellent and empirically well founded foundation that opens the way for what we need most in research on the international innovatory activities and R&D configurations of MNCs: intrafirm data and the study of intrafirm processes, configurations and specific interactions with the host country environment. The book to me is an important step in moving innovation research forward in this direction. . . I am sure that this book will serve as a thought-provoking starting point for many future studies on firms' international innovatory activities and therefore recommend it without any reservation.' -- Marcus M. Keupp, Creativity and Innovation Management'Castellani and Zanfei have developed an original and comprehensive analysis of the role of multinational firms in the transfer, creation and diffusion of technology. By developing their view of the multinationals as "double network institutions", the authors provide new insights on a variety of key issues at the frontier of economics of international production and innovation. This book is thought-provoking, incisive and topical, and should be required reading for both economists and policymakers alike.' -- Rajneesh Narula, University of Reading, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: The Changing Role of Multinational Firms in Innovation 1. Views on Multinational Firms and Innovation 2. The Double Network Structure of Multinational Firms: A Review of the Evidence Part II: How Firms Differ in Innovation, Productivity and Internationalisation 3. Heterogeneity and International Involvement 4. Heterogeneity Across and Within Multinational Firms Part III: Firm Heterogeneity, Multinationals and Spillovers 5. Multinational Firms and Spillovers: Theoretical, Methodological, and Empirical Issues 6. In Search of Horizontal Spillovers from Multinationals: The Role of Firms’ Heterogeneity Appendix Data sources The Elios Dataset The Community Innovation Survey (CIS) The CIS-Elios Dataset References Index

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Book SynopsisEdward Huizenga explores how knowledge and service intensive companies can thrive on innovation and entrepreneurship in the ICT sector. He applies new theoretical insights from strategy and organisation theory, and includes case studies of 30 European service companies. These case studies address the key innovation issues and present answers as to why a constant search for innovation improves firms' competitive position. The key success factors are identified together with those differences that define the frontrunners who are able to turn new ideas into profit. With its mix of academic insights, managerial practices and implementations, this book benchmarks company performance in innovation and develops new theoretical strategy insights including; resource-based ideas; firm's innovation styles; strategic timing; the customer's involvement and the management implications.Innovation Management in the ICT Sector is aimed at, and will be of value to, a readership of academics in the area of strategic management, organisation and innovation, policymakers involved in innovation and economic growth at all levels of government as well as managers in the ICT sector.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword Part I: Innovation Management 1. Exploring Innovation in the ICT Sector 2. Key Success Factors in Innovation Management: Recent Contributions 3. The Nature of Strategy 4. The Organisation of Innovation Part II: Research Design and Methodology 5. The Case Survey Research Method Part III: The Management Practice 6. Strategy and Innovation Performance 7. Organisation, Process and Innovation Performance 8. What Differentiates the Frontrunners? References Index

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Book SynopsisCorporate Strategies under International Terrorism and Adversity raises key issues facing international business and management in an era of global uncertainty.Gabriele Suder's second edited book about the security-business nexus analyses and evaluates the main strategic and operational responses to global commerce and management. The contributors explore the complexities and linkages of firms, industries, organizational structures, international relations, markets and terrorism networks. They investigate these networks and offer insight into the strategic behavior of international firms. The authors likewise examine corporate management and performance issues that encompass internationalization and location decisions, global supply chain management and brand portfolio challenges. The book concludes by outlining future challenges and with a discussion of the crucial issues that remain open and that will be shaped by the geopolitical context and the way business adapts its corporate strategies.Designed to offer key tools for risk assessment and management in this field, this important book will be invaluable to risk strategists, CEOs of international firms, credit risk analysts and academics with an interest in international business and/or risk management.Trade Review'The true nature of the threat remains poorly understood, and previously little research has been done on it. This book is an important contribution for concerned practitioners and scholars.' -- Yves Doz, INSEAD, FranceTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Gabriele G.S. Suder PART I: THE INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND ITS NETWORKS 2. Social Network Theory and Methods as Tools for Helping Business Confront Global Terrorism: Capturing the Case and Contingencies Presented by Dark Social Networks Mason A. Carpenter and Alexander D. Stajkovic 3. Speeding Up Strategic Foresight in a Dangerous and Complex World: A Complexity Approach Max Boisot and Bill McKelvey 4. National Security as a Socio/Computational Process Max Boisot and Bill McKelvey PART II: STRATEGIC BEHAVIOR 5. Terror Incognito: International Business in an Era of Heightened Geopolitical Risk David A. Wernick 6. Country Risk Spillovers in the Middle East: A Prelude to the Road Map for Peace and the War on Terror Ilan Alon and David L. McKee 7. Terrorism and Financial Management Raj Aggarwal PART III: CORPORATE MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE 8. Location Decisions, Or: Modelling Operational Risk Management Under International Terrorism Gabriele G.S. Suder 9. Global Supply Chain Under Conditions of Uncertainty: Economic Impacts, Corporate Responses, Strategic Lessons John R. McIntyre and Eric Ford Travis 10. Brand Portfolio: A New Marketing Competency for Diminishing Strategic Risks Claude Chailan and Luis Felipe Calderon-Moncloa PART IV: CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE 11. Corporate Global Citizenship: Successfully Partnering with the World Nancy J. Adler 12. Managing in an Era of Terrorism David Gillingham 13. Always Consider Problems as Opportunities David A.C. Suder 14. Concluding Remarks Gabriele G.S. Suder Index

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Book SynopsisThis authoritative collection reprints in book form some of the most important research papers on the principles and practice of governance in the public sector.Part one reflects on the eclectic nature of public-sector governance research, presenting papers which represent six different perspectives of the meaning of governance in a public sector setting. Parts two and three focus on the relationship between governance structures and public sector management and accountability. The articles presented in part four consider governance within various national and international contexts, such as the IMF and the World Bank, the USA, Europe and Australia together with the impact of globalisation on governance in developing countries.Ron Hodges' collection will provide an invaluable source of understanding to all those working in the field of public sector governance.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Ron Hodges PART I PRINCIPLES AND PERSPECTIVES 1. R.A.W. Rhodes (1994), ‘The Hollowing Out of the State: The Changing Nature of the Public Service in Britain’ 2. Christopher Hood (1991), ‘A Public Management for All Seasons?’ 3. Ron Hodges, Mike Wright and Kevin Keasey (1996), ‘Corporate Governance in the Public Services: Concepts and Issues’ 4. Adrian Leftwich (1993), ‘Governance, Democracy and Development in the Third World’ 5. Jan Kooiman (1999), ‘Social-Political Governance’ 6. Chris Huxham (2000), ‘The Challenge of Collaborative Governance’ PART II GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT 7. James M. Ferris and Elizabeth A. Graddy (1998), ‘A Contractual Framework for New Public Management Theory’ 8. Laurence E. Lynn Jr. (1998), ‘A Critical Analysis of the New Public Management’ 9. Martha S. Feldman and Anne M. Khademian (2001), ‘Principles for Public Management Practice: From Dichotomies to Interdependence’ 10. Christopher Hood (1995), ‘The “New Public Management” in the 1980s: Variations on a Theme’ 11. Walter J.M. Kickert (1997), ‘Public Governance in the Netherlands: An Alternative to Anglo-American “Managerialism”’ 12. Christoffer Green-Pedersen (2002), ‘New Public Management Reforms of the Danish and Swedish Welfare States: The Role of Different Social Democratic Responses’ PART III GOVERNANCE, ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTING AND AUDIT 13. Lee Parker and Graeme Gould (1999), ‘Changing Public Sector Accountability: Critiquing New Directions’ 14. J.D. Stewart (1984), ‘The Role of Information in Public Accountability’ 15. Anthony Hopwood (1984), ‘Accounting and the Pursuit of Efficiency’ 16. Mahmoud Ezzamel and Hugh Willmott (1993), ‘Corporate Governance and Financial Accountability: Recent Reforms in the UK Public Sector’ 17. Christopher Pollitt and Hilkka Summa (1997), ‘Reflexive Watchdogs? How Supreme Audit Institutions Account for Themselves’ 18. Yves Gendron, David J. Cooper and Barbara Townley (2001), ‘In the Name of Accountability: State Auditing, Independence and New Public Management’ 19. June Pallot (2003), ‘A Wider Accountability? The Audit Office and New Zealand’s Bureaucratic Revolution’ PART IV GOVERNANCE IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES 20. Joseph E. Stiglitz (2003), ‘Democratizing the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank: Governance and Accountability’ 21. Richard J. Stillman II (2003), ‘Twenty-first Century United States Governance: Statecraft as Reform Craft and the Peculiar Governing Paradox it Perpetuates’ 22. Werner Jann (2003), ‘State, Administration and Governance in Germany: Competing Traditions and Dominant Narratives’ 23. Matthew Flinders (2002), ‘Governance in Whitehall’ 24. Geert R. Teisman and Erik-Hans Klijn (2002), ‘Partnership Arrangements: Governmental Rhetoric or Governance Scheme?’ 25. Meredith Edwards (2002), ‘Public Sector Governance – Future Issues for Australia’ 26. Harald Fuhr (2001), ‘Constructive Pressures and Incentives to Reform. Globalization and Its Impact on Public Sector Performance and Governance on Developing Countries’ 27. Mark Beeson (2001), ‘Globalization, Governance, and the Political-Economy of Public Policy Reform in East Asia’ 28. Bidhya Bowornwathana (2000), ‘Governance Reform in Thailand: Questionable Assumptions, Uncertain Outcomes’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisCorporate groups outside the US are often controlled by a complex of ownership links, which typically form a pyramidal structure: a private holding company sits at the top of a control pyramid of several tiers of companies; firms in the lowest tier are the group's publicly listed companies. The usual practice of expropriation in such groups is to pass bad assets to companies down the pyramid and to pass the proceeds up the pyramid via internal transactions. For this collection Larry Lang has selected some of the most significant previously published articles by leading academics which investigate this process and its consequences. The volume explores the nature of ownership structure in countries outside the US and examines how controlling owners expropriate minority shareholders. It includes articles which analyse the pros and cons of the various finance and accounting issues resulting from this separation of ownership and control, and presents some country-specific studies which examine the impact of this disjunction.The editor has written an authoritative introduction which provides explanatory information and points the way for future research in this area.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Larry H.P. Lang PART I NEW EVIDENCE OF THE OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE AROUND THE WORLD 1. Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes and Andrei Shleifer (1999), ‘Corporate Ownership Around the World’ 2. Stijn Claessens, Simeon Djankov and Larry H.P. Lang (2000), ‘The Separation of Ownership and Control in East Asian Corporations’ 3. Mara Faccio and Larry H.P. Lang (2002), ‘The Ultimate Ownership of Western European Corporations’ PART II EXPROPRIATION OR TUNNELING 4. Mara Faccio, Larry H.P. Lang and Leslie Young (2001), ‘Dividends and Expropriation’ 5. Simon Johnson, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes and Andrei Shleifer (2000), ‘The Near Crash of 1998: Tunneling’ PART III VALUE, INFORMATION AND THE SEPARATION OF OWNERSHIP FROM CONTROL 6. Stijn Claessens, Simeon Djankov, Joseph P.H. Fan and Larry H.P. Lang (2002), ‘Disentangling the Incentive and Entrenchment Effects of Large Shareholdings’ 7. Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, Andrei Shleifer and Robert Vishny (2002), ‘Investor Protection and Corporate Valuation’ 8. Karl V. Lins (2003), ‘Equity Ownership and Firm Value in Emerging Markets’ 9. Joseph P.H. Fan and T.J. Wong (2002), ‘Corporate Ownership Structure and the Informativeness of Accounting Earnings in East Asia’ PART IV COUNTRY STUDIES OF IMPACT OF SEPARATION OF OWNERSHIP FROM CONTROL 10. Marianne Bertrand, Paras Mehta and Sendhil Mullainathan (2002), ‘Ferreting out Tunneling: An Application to Indian Business Groups’ 11. Kee-Hong Bae, Jun-Koo Kang and Jin-Mo Kim (2002), ‘Tunneling or Value Added? Evidence from Mergers by Korean Business Groups’ 12. Sung Wook Joh (2003), ‘Corporate Governance and Firm Profitability: Evidence from Korea before the Economic Crisis’ 13. Kenneth A. Kim, Pattanaporn Kitsabunnarat and John R. Nofsinger (2004), ‘Ownership and Operating Performance in an Emerging Market: Evidence from Thai IPO Firms’ 14. Yupana Wiwattanakantang (2001), ‘Controlling Shareholders and Corporate Value: Evidence from Thailand’ 15. Yin-Hua Yeh, Tsun-Siou Lee and Tracie Woidtke (2001), ‘Family Control and Corporate Governance: Evidence from Taiwan’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisManagement Education and Humanities argues that management teachers and researchers seem to be increasingly dissatisfied with the way managers are usually educated in western countries. It claims that educational practices and methods would greatly benefit from reflection on the implicit assumptions and paradigms behind those practices, and debates the role that humanism and humanities might play in the formation of new managerial elites. The book examines three themes that have emerged as central to the contemporary debate on management education: the profession of management; humanism as a philosophy and worldview; and the humanities as an academic field where management schools could find new inspirations for curricula. All three themes are scrutinized in a frame of reference extended between two different points of view: the traditional view, with its tendency to idealize (and even sometimes romanticize) humanism, the humanities and management as a social function; and the 'past-modern' view, which is inclined to skepticism and to the deconstruction of social and cultural phenomena.Providing a lively account of this ongoing debate and exploring new trends and experiences in management education, this book will be invaluable reading for teachers, students and researchers of management, management strategy, and organizational behaviour.Trade Review'Academics and managers who strive for a humanistic management education usually care for people, but they are challenged by sophisticated intellectual subjects and practical problems. The authors' experience, competence and commitment enables them to present an extensive coverage of important views and an in-depth study of these issues.' -- Eduard Bonet, ESADE, Spain'This volume is a timely initiative. It resonates with important questions on globalization and its consequences, on the unrelenting quest for efficiency and productivity, on recent corporate scandals and on the responsibilities of managers and management education. This book is a manifesto for an intellectual revolution. In a complex and open world, managers often bump into the limits of the decontextualized tools associated with mainstream management knowledge and practice. Managers have to navigate in a world that is not only economic but also political, cultural, shaped by history and ethical traditions and preoccupations - not only as a mark of social capital but really as a way to enhance their managerial skills and efficiency. The role of management education should be to prepare them for that odyssey and this volume tells us that humanities could be a powerful tool in that sense. This project is served by a highly legitimate international panel of contributors who collectively point towards an alternative for management thinking and management education.' -- Marie-Laure Djelic, ESSEC Business School, FranceTable of ContentsContents: Foreword INTRODUCTIONS 1. A Role for Humanities in the Formation of Managers Pasquale Gagliardi 2. Forming Managers? A Counterpoint Barbara Czarniawska 3. A Guide for Readers Pasquale Gagliardi and Barbara Czarniawska PART I: MANAGERIAL PROFESSION AT THE START OF THE NEW CENTURY 4. Management Education and the Humanities: The Challenge of Post-Bureaucracy John Hendry 5. Women and Humanities: Allies or Enemies? Helene Ahl 6. American Psycho/European Schizo: Stories of Managerial Elites in a Hundred Images Daniel Hjorth and Chris Steyaert PART II: MANAGEMENT EDUCATION: IS A HUMANIST REFRAMING POSSIBLE? 7. The Business School in Ruins? Ken Starkey and Sue Tempest 8. Problematizing and Enlarging the Notion of Humanistic Education Daniel Arenas 9. Cultivation or Civilization? Popular Management Concepts and their Role in Reshaping the Way Management is Understood Niels Dechow PART III: BRINGING HUMANITIES INTO THE HEART OF MANAGEMENT 10. Management as Product of the European Knowledge Tradition: A Modern Form of Ancient Paideia? Keith Hoskin 11. A Journey Beyond Institutional Knowledge: Dante’s Reading of the Odyssey Silvia Gherardi 12. Strong Plots: Popular Culture in Management Practice and Theory Barbara Czarniawska and Carl Rhodes PART IV: RETHINKING HUMANISM 13. A Philosopher in Public Management Lars Vissing 14. The Great Narrative of the Sciences and the History of Humanities Michel Serres 15. Post-Humanist Challenges to the Human and Social Sciences Karin Knorr Cetina Afterword Anthony G. Hopwood Index

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Book SynopsisThis book assesses the nature and development of collaborative advantages as a means to boost international competitiveness as well as the performance of both organisations and nations.Business Relating Business argues that business performance depends on the way a firm is connected to other firms and organisations and not just its own skill and resources. The book synthesises thinking from marketing, management, economics and international business with evolutionary biology and complexity theory, as well as integrating many years' research on interfirm relations and networks. It develops the management and policy implications of adopting relationship and network perspectives and sets out an agenda for future research.Ian Wilkinson brings together the latest thinking and research in the area and this book will be of particular interest to academics focusing on a wide range of subjects within business and management and marketing including: industrial and business-to-business marketing, marketing channels, supply chain management, purchasing, relationship marketing and management, strategic alliances and joint ventures, business strategy and competition. The book will also appeal to economists as well as researchers in management and economic sociology, industrial and organisation structure and strategy.Trade Review'This is a most informative, comprehensive, and well-written book. It is full of interesting detail, and the analysis - though involving many complex ideas - is presented in a coherent and logical style that ensures the reader's interest in retained throughout. It is very suited for its intended market - final undergraduate and postgraduate students in a variety of disciplines, including business, business organisation, marketing, and customer-relationship management.' -- First Trust Bank Economic Outlook and Business Review'This book demonstrates that no organisation is an island, but is part of a complex structure composed of a myriad of other organisations. The author provides an analytical framework within which an organisation's marketing strategy may recognise the opportunities and challenges offered by the interrelated networks within which it operates.' -- Don Dixon, formerly of Temple University and Penn State University, US'With few exceptions, professors of marketing are balanced and diplomatic and avoid being personal or original. They hide behind references to Journal of Marketing articles; it makes them feel secure. Not so Ian Wilkinson. No doubt well-read, he explores the networks of B2B marketing on his own terms, with originality; business dancing is such a creative example. Read his book and learn to business dance!' -- Evert Gummesson, Stockholm University, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Relationships and Networks Are Us 1. The Nature and Role of Relations and Networks in Business 2. Why Business Relations and Networks Exist I: Specialisation and the Economics of Insourcing and Outsourcing 3. Why Business Relations and Networks Exist II: Value Creation and Innovation 4. Business Mating: Establishing and Developing Business Relations and Networks 5. Relationship Attractors: Typologies of Business Relations 6. Business Dancing: Managing and Being Managed in Business Relations and Networks 7. Strategies for Firms in Business Relations and Networks: The Extended Enterprise and Soft-Assembled Strategies 8. Strategies for Policy Makers in Business Relations and Networks: Evolving Evolvable Relations and Networks 9. Reinventing The Future of Business Relations and Networks Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis innovative book explores the structure, growth and effectiveness of virtual communities in computer-mediated environments. In spite of initial enthusiasm, much uncertainty remains about the prospects of virtual teams and the technology that supports their collaboration. This book seeks to confront these issues and offers a unique insight into the realities of virtual working.Combining both software and organizational learning perspectives, this important volume investigates the role of computer-mediated-communication (CMC) in dispersed teams, focusing particularly on the communication processes involved. By combining theoretical and case study material, the authors argue that successful teamwork can be achieved without face-to-face contact, even whilst undertaking unstructured and non-routine tasks. These comprehensive case studies show that by changing the structure of the organization in addition to the use of advanced technologies, new and important patterns of communication have emerged in virtual communities. An essential resource for academics working in the fields of management science and organizational learning, this valuable study will also be of interest to managers, practitioners and the wider open source software community as a whole.Trade Review'The authors provide a solid survey of the theoretical discussion of the issues related to the prospects of virtual teamwork. . . A highly recommended book for a variety of publics: management, consulting and, last but not least, academic!' -- Jean-Gustave Padioleau, Communications and StrategiesTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. The Prospects of Virtual Teamwork: A Theoretical Discussion 2. How to Study Virtual Communication 3. The Delta Case Study 4. The Advance Case Study 5. The Debian Case Study 6. Conclusions and Managerial Implications References Index

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Book SynopsisThe creative industries represent a vital, exciting and rapidly changing field of activity; one that is now recognised as a key growth sector in the knowledge-based economy. However, there is still a general lack of understanding of what is meant by the term 'creative industry', and thxe creative sector has not, to date, been the subject of concerted academic research. This book redresses the balance by providing valuable insights into the creative entrepreneurial process and platforming some of the key challenges yet to be addressed. A range of pertinent and diverse topics relating to creative entrepreneurship are dealt with, including the different quantitative and qualitative methodologies adopted by researchers in this field. In addition, the nature of creative entrepreneurship across different industry sub-sectors and in different economic and geographical contexts is examined.Illustrating the valuable economic and social contribution of the creative industries sector, Entrepreneurship in the Creative Industries aims to encourage policymakers, educators and trainers to continue to evaluate their critical role in the creative enterprise development process. Students and researchers in entrepreneurship and creative industries fields will also find the book to be an illuminating read.Trade Review'The book is like a delicious smorgasbord with a variety of contributions within creative industries research.' -- David Rylander, Papers in Regional Science'This book positions itself with an international approach and with a focus on entrepreneurship. My perception is that this will be read with major interest by policymakers around the world, who right now consider how to form strategies and construct policies to support their own creative industries. . . The book raises interesting aspects of creative industries in comparison to more traditional industries. . .' -- Charlotta Mellander, International Small Business Journal'This collection of papers adds some new dimensions to the current creative entrepreneurship research agenda. It highlights the valuable economic and social contribution of the sector but also encourages policymakers, educators and trainers to continue to evaluate the critical role they play in the creative enterprise development process.' -- Culturelink'. . . a delight to read. The book is novel and covers an important area of entrepreneurship that is definitely worthy of more attention. The book is useful to practitioners in the creative industries field that want to learn more about the international importance of the sector and also to academics who conduct research in the area.' -- Vanessa Ratten, Journal of Enterprising CommunitiesTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Colette Henry PART I: THE NATURE OF CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2. The Creative Industries and Entrepreneurship in East and Southeast Asia Desmond Hui 3. Art-Entrepreneurship in the Scandinavian Music Industry Maria Aggestam 4. Creative Industries in the UK: Cultural Diffusion or Discontinuity? David Rae 5. Entrepreneurship Features of Creative Industries: The Irish Music and Dance Sector Barra Ó Cinnéide and Colette Henry 6. Building the Film Industry in New Zealand: An Entrepreneurship Continuum Anne de Bruin PART II: SUPPORTING THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES SECTOR 7. Investment and Funding for Creative Enterprises in the UK Tom Fleming 8. Promoting Entrepreneurship in Arts Education Ralph Brown 9. Encouraging Creative Enterprise in Russia Linda Moss 10. Human Landscape Technologies and Entrepreneurship in the Creative Industries Brian Kenny and Julia Meaton 11. Developing Relationships between Higher Education, Enterprise and Innovation in the Creative Industries Calvin Taylor 12. Conclusions Colette Henry Index

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the gendered nature of leadership and management. The contributors analyse issues such as management development and therapeutic cultures, expectations placed on women in the workplace, managing maternity and the gendered nature of workplace mistakes. The position of women in various sectors and areas of the politico-economic landscape is also considered - topics discussed include: women in the boardroom women in the small to medium size enterprise sector support for female entrepreneurs gender in the public sector gender and the management of the European Commission. The book concludes by stating the business case for greater female representation in leadership and management, outlining some of the nuances in changing gender identities, and positioning the content within current macro political developments. As such, it will strongly appeal to academics and researchers in gender studies, policy studies, social science, business and management. Practitioners and consultants in the equal opportunities field will also find much to interest them in this book.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Zoë van Zwanenberg Introduction: Women in Leadership and Management: Progress Thus Far? Karen Miller PART I: ISSUES, DEBATES AND PERSPECTIVES 1. Exploring Gendered Leadership James Collins and Val Singh 2. Challenging Gendered Leadership and Management Education Sharon Mavin, Patricia Bryans and Teresa Waring 3. Gendered Leadership and Management Development: Therapeutic Cultures at Work Elaine Swan 4. Expectations of Women in Leadership and Management – Advancement through Solidarity? Sharon Mavin 5. Managing Maternity Caroline Gatrell 6. The Gendered Nature of Workplace Mistakes Patricia Bryans PART II: BUSINESS AND PUBLIC SECTOR DIMENSIONS 7. Opening the Boardroom Doors to Women Directors Val Singh and Susan Vinnicombe 8. The Smaller Business Context: A Conducive Environment for Women in Management? Susan M. Ogden and Gillian A. Maxwell 9. Female Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Opportunities – The Case for Online Coaching Sandra Fielden and Carrianne Hunt 10. Gender and Public Management: Education and Health Sectors Duncan McTavish, Karen Miller and Robert Pyper 11. Gender and Management in the European Commission Ann Stevens and Roger Levy Conclusion: Key Debates and Responses: Business, Societal and Policy Contexts Duncan McTavish Index

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Book SynopsisCorporate Governance and Ethics is an illuminating and practical reading of Aristotle's Politics for today's corporate directors. With a deft synthesis of ethics, economics and politics, Alejo Sison elevates the discussion of corporate governance out of the realm of abstract rules and structures into a more effective form of Aristotelian politics. He argues that corporate governance is a human practice where subjective, ethical conditions outweigh the mastery of techniques, since the firm is not a mere production function but, above all, a community of workers. Corporate governance issues are discussed in a holistic fashion, using international case studies to embed the discussion in environments defined by their economic, legal and cultural systems. One of the author's key messages is that reform starts with the ethical and political education of directors.Alejo Sison uses an integrative approach to corporate governance that incorporates ethical-political considerations with the economic and legal dimensions of issues. He backs his theoretical claims with a series of case histories including Fiat from Italy, Cheung Kong Holdings and Whampoa Limited from China, Banco Popular from Spain and United Airlines from the US. He provides a special focus on the education of corporate directors in accordance with the principles of Aristotle's Politics. This accessible book will appeal to corporate directors, executives and managers; academics and students with an interest in corporate governance, leadership and ethics, corporate citizenship and corporate social responsibility; and modern readers of Aristotle's virtue theory and politics in relation to business ethics.Trade Review'This book can be highly recommended to corporate directors, executives, managers and interested academics. At the same time, however, I think it should also be on the reading list of every politician involved in rethinking the regulations of the economic system in these times of social, ecological and financial crisis.' -- Frederic Ghys, Ethical Perspectives'This is an interesting and thought provoking study that deals with a relatively neglected area of corporate and personal leadership. . . this book makes a significant contribution to recognising the emerging social and moral responsibilities of the individual leader at board level. . . The case studies used to support the author's argument are extremely detailed and would certainly be of interest to those on corporate boards and directors of organisations who maybe seeking answers to lessons learned and the author makes a clear recommendation regarding the teaching of virtuous values to corporate leaders.' -- Trevor K. Horne, Leadership MattersTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Jeffrey Pfeffer Introduction 1. Changing Conventional Wisdom: The Firm is not a Money-making Machine 2. Corporate Governance by Box Ticking 3. Governance and Government from an Aristotelian Perspective 4. Shareholders, Stakeholders and Citizens 5. Corporate Despots and Constitutional Rulers 6. A Few Good Men? 7. Corporate Polities and Corporate Democracies 8. Governance as Praxis Index

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Book SynopsisThis book advances our understanding of interaction processes in multi-organisational partnerships, alliances and networks. By adopting a relational approach on collaboration, control, learning, conflict in and failure of inter-organisational relationships and networks, the book attempts to fill an existing gap in the literature. In so doing, it poses and answers leading questions such as: Which processes matter inside inter-organisational relationships and networks? What are the consequences of relations within them?The contributors' approach is relatively novel in the field of network studies: the process or relational stance taken complements existing knowledge on structural characteristics of inter-organisational relationships and networks. A number of key processes essential to their functioning and performance are addressed, and a future research agenda for structuralist, interactionist and combined approaches is recommended.Academics and practitioners focussing on organisation studies in general, and inter-organisational network research more specifically, will find this book a compelling read, as will consultants in inter-organisational collaboration and relationships.Trade Review'. . . the book offers a most valuable addition for network scholars. . . a fresh and focused collection of theoretical and empirical work is desired and welcomed. . . Organizational and network scholars will thus benefit a great deal from the internal, qualitative, conflict-based and complex analytical structures and empirical insights offered by this book.' -- Amalya L. Oliver, Organising Studies'This is a important collection of articles that teach us about the relational processes that underlie inter-organizational relations and network learning. They address the question of how are inter-organizational relations formed, maintained, and dissolved looking at the content of ties, culture, leadership, cognition, emotions, and social and behavioural controls. This is a valuable resource for scholars and managers of inter-organizational collaborations.''Gossling, Oerlemans, and Jansen provide a nice addition to the burgeoning literature on organizational networks. In particular, their books focus on network processes; most notably, control, learning and failure, is a welcome addition to the more traditional structural literature on multi-organizational relationships. It should be read by all serious students of partnerships and networks.' -- Keith G. Provan, University of Arizona, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: MONITORING AND CONTROL IN PARTNERSHIPS AND NETWORKS 1. Inside Networks – A Process View on Inter-organisational Relationships and Networks Leon Oerlemans, Tobias Gössling and Rob Jansen 2. Inside Relationships: A Review of Institutional Approaches towards Multi-organisational Partnerships, Alliances and Networks Tobias Gössling 3. Beyond Boundaries: A Cognitive Perspective on Boundary Setting Martine van Nuenen 4. Building Collaborative Capacity for Collaborative Control: Health Action Zones in England Helen Sullivan, Marian Barnes and Elizabeth Matka 5. A Learning Network Approach to Community Empowerment Derrick Purdue PART II: LEARNING IN PARTNERSHIPS AND NETWORKS 6. Collaboration, Knowledge and Learning: Integrating Perspectives Paul Hibbert and Chris Huxham 7. Brokerage, Closure and Community Dynamics: Implications for Virtual Knowledge Work Collaborations Robert DeFillippi, Michael Arthur and Valerie Lindsay 8. The Search for Network Learning: Some Practical and Theoretical Challenges in Process Research Louise Knight and Annie Pye PART III: CONFLICTS AND FAILURES IN PARTNERSHIPS AND NETWORKS 9. Tie Failure: A Literature Review Leon Oerlemans, Tobias Gössling and Rob Jansen 10. Frame-based Intervention for Promoting Understanding in Multiparty Conflicts Barbara Gray 11. From Inter-organisational Conflict to Collaboration: The Case of the Music Recording Industry Rob Jansen and Joris Knoben PART IV: CONCLUSIONS 12. Conclusions: Questions for Future Research Leon Oerlemans, Tobias Gössling and Rob Jansen Index

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Book SynopsisThis important book brings together a set of original key contributions to knowledge management in developing economies. It encompasses a wide range of countries throughout Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America as well as the transition economies of the former socialist countries in Eastern Europe. These carefully selected country case studies represent a broad range of issues in managing knowledge. They consider the way in which knowledge management processes and practices are influenced by local culture and institutions as well as by interaction with the broader international community. The need for an aggregated analytical approach in untangling the increasingly complex process through which knowledge processes are created, transferred and deployed is also highlighted. The book provides a strong nexus between theory and practice by offering solutions to problems such as: minimising knowledge leakage, creating knowledge-sharing cultures and promoting management learning.Presenting the latest research on intercultural knowledge management, this book will be warmly welcomed by researchers, students and lecturers with an interest in international management and knowledge management. Its strong focus on practitioner implications will provide international managers with invaluable suggestions on how to maximise knowledge sharing in international joint ventures and subsidiary operations.Trade Review'Knowledge management can work to support developing economies! This important book should be read by anyone who seeks interesting and highly relevant insights on how this can be accomplished.' -- Georg von Krogh, University of St Gallen, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: PART I: THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERCULTURAL AND INTER-INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 1. Introducing Knowledge Management in Developing Economies Kate Hutchings and Kavoos Mohannak 2. Social Institutions and Knowledge Management J.C. Spender PART II: KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN THE TRANSITION ECONOMIES 3. Survival by Subversion in Former Socialist Economies: Tacit Knowledge Exchange at the Workplace Gerhard Fink, Nigel Holden and Maren Lehmann 4. Fostering Learning to Build New Competencies in Times of Deconstruction: Lessons from Polish Ex-Socialist Firms Renata Kaminska-Labbé and Catherine Thomas 5. Re-Examining Knowledge Sharing in an Intercultural Context: Findings from the Transition Economies of China and Russia Kate Hutchings and Snejina Michailova PART III: KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN ASIA 6. Knowledge Management Among Taiwanese High-tech Industries and SMEs Te Fu Chen 7. Religion, Caste, Language and Region: Contributions to Knowledge Management in India Simon Best and Rajni Kakkar PART IV: KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST AND LATIN AMERICA 8. Mauritius: Towards a Knowledge Hub and Society Mehraz Boolaky, Mridula Gungaphul and David Weir 9. Managing Knowledge in the Middle East and North Africa David Weir 10. Latin American Cultural Values and their Impact on Knowledge Management Luis Felipe Calderón-Moncloa PART V: CONCLUSION 11. Conclusion: Towards a Cross-Cultural and Institutional Framework Kavoos Mohannak and Kate Hutchings Index

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Book SynopsisAlthough a large and steadily growing research literature attests to an interest in management and entrepreneurship, little research has focused on comparative assessment of the career choices and trajectories of managers and entrepreneurs. This timely book fills the gap by presenting an assessment of early influences on the career choice of managers and entrepreneurs, their attitudes at the start of their careers as students, and in their later employment experiences. The distinguished group of contributors also examine the influence of an MBA education on the later work and life experiences of managers and entrepreneurs. The extent to which this sought after degree aids achievement of intended careers is investigated, as is the debate on linkages between career choices, cross cultural issues, and international and interdisciplinary perspectives. This book extends the focus on a significant human experience - the world of work - beyond that offered by traditional vocational choices, highlighting the plurality of perspectives now offered by different cultures globally. As such, it will be of great interest to students, academics and practitioners with an interest in career trajectories within the realms of management and entrepreneurship.Trade Review'Managerial and entrepreneurial careers share various characteristics but they also differ from each other. This means that it is important that we improve our understanding of the choices that individuals make with regard to careers in these areas. This research companion provides a rich variety of insights and evidence from a range of perspectives and culture to help with this challenging task.'BR>- Tony Watson, Nottingham University, UK'This significant, truly international collection of excellent contributions illuminates key antecedents, and consequences in management and entrepreneurship career choice from different cultural, disciplinary and theoretical perspectives. The various chapters offer a unique opportunity to study career choice in the most comprehensive manner; they provide a unique lens which allows for a view that is cross-level, cross-cultural, cross-national and both theoretically and empirically rigorous. ozbilgin and Malach-Pines deserve praise for this collection, which in my opinion, promises to be a great addition to the career research literature.' -- Yoav Vardi, Tel Aviv University, Israel'The book is highly recommended to researchers, teachers and students in the fields of management, entrepreneurship, sociology, psychology and human resources.' -- Tsvi Vinig, University of Amsterdam Business School and Science Park Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Mustafa F. Özbilgin and Ayala Malach-Pines PART I: CAREER CHOICE OF MBA STUDENTS FROM CROSS-NATIONAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES 1. Convergence and Divergence of Influences on Career Choice: A Comparative Analysis of Influences on Career Choices of MBA Students in China, Ghana, Greece, Israel, Korea, North Cyprus, Turkey and the UK Barbara P. Dexter, Cynthia Forson, Gözde İnal, Mine Karataş-Özkan, Fatma Küskü, Mustafa F. Özbilgin, Ayala Malach-Pines, Cem Tanova and Jeongkoo Yoon 2. Culture and Gender in the Career Choice of Aspiring Managers and Entrepreneurs Ayala Malach-Pines and Oshrit Kaspi-Baruch 3. Collectivistic Attitudes and Solidarity with a Focus on Hungary: Value Preferences of Management Students in Cyprus, the UK, Israel, Turkey and Hungary Agnes Utasi PART II: EARLY INFLUENCES ON THE CAREER CHOICE OF ENTREPRENEURS AND MANAGERS 4. Family Influences on the Career Life Cycle T. Alexandra Beauregard 5. Understanding the Role of Relationships in Making Career Choices Among Turkish MBA Students Zahide Karakitapoğlu-Aygün and Kadire Zeynep Sayım 6. Serial High-Tech Entrepreneurs and Managers in Israel: Background and Personality Gilat Kaplan 7. Entrepreneurs and Managers: A Family Portrait – Family Dynamics, Language and Modes of Effective Dialogue Orenia Yaffe-Yanai, Dov Yanai and Tamar Milo PART III: ENTREPRENEURS AND MANAGERS’ CAREER CHOICE: CULTURAL DETERMINANTS 8. Contrasting Entrepreneurs and Non-entrepreneurs Among Canadian and Israeli MBAs Galit Chimo-Vugalter and Miri Lerner 9. What Motivates People from Business-related Careers to Change to Teaching? Paul W. Richardson, Helen M.G. Watt and Nicole M. Tysvaer 10. The Impact of Foreign Subsidiary Managers’ Sociopolitical Positioning on Career Choices and their Subsequent Strategizing: Evidence from German-owned Subsidiaries in France Christoph Dörrenbächer and Mike Geppert 11. Determinants of Career Choice of Israeli High-technology Entrepreneurs Dov Dvir and Ayala Malach-Pines PART IV: MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND MBA EDUCATION 12. Career Development and Values Change Among MBA Students: A Theoretical Perspective and Practical Avenues Eran Vigoda-Gadot and Shmulik Grimland 13. Business Students’ Views on Jobs, Careers and the Job Search Process: Implications for Universities and Employers Ronald J. Burke and Eddy S.W. Ng 14. Business Education as a Career Choice Yehuda Baruch and John Blenkinsopp PART V: EDUCATION, TRAINING AND LEARNING FOR MANAGERS AND ENTREPRENEURS 15. The Training and Development of Managers and Entrepreneurs: The Role of Integrative Capability Elizabeth Chell 16. Age of Opportunity? Career Making and Learning for Mid-career Entrepreneurs David Rae 17. The Engaging Manager and the Role of Knowledge Absorptive Capacity: An Organizational Life-Cycle Perspective Laura A. Costanzo and Vicky Tzoumpa 18. Career Constraints in the Creative and Cultural Industries in London: The Case of Work Placement and Training Experience Mustafa F. Özbilgin and Ahu Tatlı PART VI: ENTREPRENEURS, MANAGERS, CAREER CHOICE AND DIVERSITY: MINORITY ISSUES 19. The Career Reasons of Minority Nascent Entrepreneurs Nancy M. Carter, William B. Gartner, Kelly G. Shaver and Patricia G. Greene 20. Career Choices of Skilled Migrants: A Holistic Perspective Jawad Syed 21. A Comparative Study on Career Choice Influences of Turkish Cypriot Restauranteurs in North Cyprus and the UK Gözde İnal and Mine Karataş-Özkan PART VII: ENTREPRENEURS, MANAGERS, CAREER CHOICE AND DIVERSITY: GENDER ISSUES 22. Gender and the MBA: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Benefits Ruth Simpson and Jane Sturges 23. The Value of the MBA Education and its Role in Entrepreneurship for Women and People of Color Jennifer M. Sequeira and Myrtle P. Bell 24. Intersectionality, Context and ‘Choice’: The Career Choice Influences of Self-employed Black Women Cynthia Forson Index

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Book SynopsisThe process of founding new enterprises and making them grow and prosper is a far more convoluted undertaking than it was just a few decades ago. This book explores the complexity faced by today's entrepreneurs. Institutional boundaries, evolutionary perspectives and the intricacies of management are the central themes in this study of entrepreneurs and SMEs in a world marked by major transitions.While mainstream research enhances our understanding of the dynamics of the entrepreneurial process, this book progresses the research yet further. It examines another fundamental role of research in entrepreneurship: our understanding of future organizational and managerial forms evolving from the globalization process. Issues addressed include: growth patterns among enterprises initiated by science-and-technology-based entrepreneurs the actions and motives driving radical entrepreneurs the role of experience versus formal education in entrepreneurship the role of endogenous growth processes managerial complexity in new knowledge-based enterprises the role of collaboration for innovation in new business ventures.The contributors aim to further encourage dialogue and reflections triggered by the growing emphasis on entrepreneurship in policy agendas and business communities all over Europe. As such, this book will prove stimulating reading for researchers, students, academics, consultants and advisers involved in entrepreneurship, business and management. Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Poul Rind Christensen and Flemming Poulfelt 1. One Decade Later: Following up the ‘Gröna Kvisten’ Prize-winning Growth Firms Leona Achtenhagen, Jenny Helin, Leif Melin and Lucia Naldi 2. New Business Early Performance: Differences between Firms Started by Novice, Serial and Portfolio Entrepreneurs Gry Agnete Alsos, Lars Kolvereid and Espen John Isaksen 3. Small Firms’ Relationships and Knowledge Acquisition: An Empirical Investigation Mariachiara Colucci and Manuela Presutti 4. The Evolution of Firms Created by the Swedish Science and Technology Labor Force, 1990–2000 Frédéric Delmar, Karin Hellerstedt and Karl Wennberg 5. Innovation and the Characteristics of Cooperating and Non-cooperating Small Firms Mark Freel 6. Complex Explanations of Order Creation, Emergence and Sustainability as Situated Entrepreneurship Ted Fuller and Lorraine Warren 7. Extreme Entrepreneurs: Challenging the Institutional Framework Bengt Johannisson and Caroline Wigren 8. Debriefing and Motivating Knowledge Workers in Small IT Firms: Challenges to Leadership Mette Mønsted 9. Business Angels Investing at Early Stages: Are They Different? Nils Månsson and Hans Landström 10. Internationalization of New Ventures: Mediating Role of Entrepreneur and Top Management Team Experience Johanna Pulkkinen Index

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together some of the founders of the IC movement in Europe to critically review the virtues and shortcomings of intellectual capital as a managerial concept. More questions on the future of IC study are perhaps raised than answered as the contributors attempt to open new avenues of research.The contributors acknowledge that the concept of managing intellectual capital is paradoxical in many respects. First and foremost, the boundaries of the knowledge intensive organization are fading. Organizations are open, networked and global, and intellectual capital mobile and elusive - so how can something with no boundaries be managed? Furthermore, is it possible that in a knowledge-intensive society, firms that do not focus on their intellectual capital are successful? That is, are there any pre-requisites for intellectual capital to be relevant? The book explores such paradoxes in the knowledge intensive organization, critically discusses the limitations of intellectual capital and revises the agenda for intellectual capital studies in the future. Drawing on empirical evidence including two EU funded projects involving researchers, practitioners and policy makers from international associations such as the OECD and the EU, this book will prove a thought provoking read for those with an interest in various aspects of management such as: knowledge management, management control, management accounting, strategic management and management of innovation.Trade Review'This book extends the analysis of intellectual capital and underlines the idea that its study is multidisciplinary. Its publication is timely as it brings together a collection of the key thought leaders in the area who provide new perspectives into this important topic. This book is essential reading by those engaged in understanding the knowledge economy and intellectual capital in organisational settings.' -- James Guthrie, The University of Sydney, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Intellectual Capital: Paradoxes and Expansions Bino Catasús and Cristina Chaminade 2. The Archaeology of Intellectual Capital: A Battle between Concepts Ulf Johanson and Johan Henningsson 3. Work-related Well-being: A Precondition for Intellectual Capital Guy Ahonen, Tomi Hussi and Susanne Schunder-Tatzber 4. The Principle of Connectivity: Networked Assets, Strategic Capabilities and Bundled Outcomes Erik Bjurström and Hanno Roberts 5. Reinventing the University as the Driving Force of Intellectual Capital Bino Catasús and Bengt Kristensson Uggla 6. Conceptualizing IC Management in R&D Organizations: Future Scenarios from the Complexity Theory Perspective Karl-Heinz Leitner and David O’Donnell 7. Colliding Discourses? New Public Management from an Intellectual Capital Perspective Roland Almqvist and Matti Skoog 8. Strategic Change in Mature Sectors: When and How is Intellectual Capital Relevant? Cristina Chaminade and Jan Vang 9. How Top Managers Mobilize and Understand Representations on Intellectual Capital? Mette Rosenkrands Johansen 10. Intellectual Capital and the Choices Towards the Future Jan Mouritsen Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique book unveils an invaluable paradigm for companies wishing to create new knowledge. Mitsuru Kodama's new theoretical framework is achieved using a combination of approaches including knowledge sharing, knowledge integration, strategy, organization, corporate culture and leadership.The author presents his new theoretical framework using two models which demonstrate the means for actors both within and outside the company to formulate and implement micro strategies through the structure of dynamic strategic human networks. Detailed case studies are then used to support the theoretical framework. These include specific applications of knowledge innovation from networked strategic communities including large corporations, joint ventures, customer-oriented solution businesses and IT-based management. Research and managerial implications arising from these theoretical frameworks are also explored. Bridging theory and practice and providing international scope, this book will be invaluable to academics and students with an interest in business and management, and to managers in the IT, telecommunications, and electronics industries.Trade Review'In his book Knowledge Innovation, Mitsuru Kodama describes how strategic communities and networked strategic communities in complex organizations serve as catalysts for knowledge innovation in highly competitive environments. Through detailed case studies he demonstrates how Japanese and other Asian companies in the telecommunications, information technology, and related fields, have turned traditional organizational lines inside out that have resulted in breakthroughs in new technologies and products. . . Aimed at the advanced student or manager of complex organizations this important new work offers new models for organization that describe how to leverage knowledge and creativity in the networked business world. Knowledge Innovation is highly recommended for academic libraries at universities with research collections and large public libraries serving researchers and corporate strategists.' -- Ann M. Fiegen, Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship'Knowledge Innovation is very suggestive about how firms may be able to gain more from their alliances than they currently are receiving and is a worthwhile read for those practitioners with responsibility for those relationships, and for the academic audience focused specifically on the micro-level management of cross-company relationships.' -- Jamie P. Eggers, Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice'. . . very interesting and thought-provoking. . . The cases are detailed and the scholarship is impressive. . . Academics and practitioners working in either knowledge management or strategic management will find plenty here of value, as would research or dissertation students.' -- John S. Edwards, Knowledge Management Research and PracticeTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Knowledge Innovation 2. Practice-based View of Strategic Management 3. Knowledge Innovation Through Strategic Activity Cycles 4. Dynamic Creation of Networked Strategic Communities 5. Architectural Innovation in Cross-functional Multi-projects 6. Business Innovation Through Joint Ventures Supported by Major Businesses 7. Customer Value Creation Through Knowledge Innovation 8. Customer Value Creation Through Community-based Information Networks 9. The Innovative Leadership of the Community Leader 10. Managerial Implications and Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisEthics, social responsibility, leadership, governance. These terms are heard in the classroom, in the boardroom, and viewed on the front page of newspapers and magazines. Yet serious attention to the relationships among these concepts is lacking. Although commitments to leadership, ethics, and social responsibility are evident, individuals and companies are falling short in combining these duties into policies and cultures that guide behavior and decisions. The missing element is a broad-based and integrated approach to responsible leadership and governance. This volume provides the leading thinking on these issues and includes a discussion of emerging areas that require future attention. The contributors - leading scholars in the fields of leadership, governance and social responsibility - summarize the state of the literature, identify complementary insights and perspectives, discuss areas of conflict and disagreement, and include a provocative and stimulating agenda for further investigation. They point up practical consequences of these perspectives in light of developments that have exposed the shortcomings in practice. Several contributors focus specifically on the challenges faced by global companies in developing and maintaining leadership and governance practices that are responsive to different national institutional and cultural settings. Thorough coverage and insightful discussion make this an essential reference for scholars and students of leadership, corporate responsibility and professional ethics, as well as for all those directly responsible for establishing the ethical codes and practices of their organizations.Trade Review'Reading these various non-technical articles is undeniably valuable for any person (teachers, executives, students) who is concerned about the behaviour of major companies' managers in the context of globalisation and economy liberalisation.' -- Gestion 2000'A profoundly important book for scholars and leaders alike that makes a vital timely contribution to the behavioral perspectives on leadership and governance. Doh and Stumpf, along with their world-renowned contributors, apply solidly anchored academic wisdom to offer fresh ideas on restoring faith in the integrity of American enterprise.' -- Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Yale School of Management, President and CEO, Chief Executive Leadership Institute and author of Leadership and Governance From The Inside OutTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE: CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS AND PRACTICAL REALITIES 1. Towards a Framework of Responsible Leadership and Governance Jonathan P. Doh and Stephen A. Stumpf 2. Strategic Leadership: Strategy, Resources, Ethics and Succession Michael A. Hitt, R. Duane Ireland and Glenn W. Rowe 3. What Leaders and their Organizations Can Do to Develop Ethical Leaders Robert M. Fulmer 4. The Leadership Challenge: Building Resilient Corporate Reputations Charles J. Fombrun PART II: RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE: INDIVIDUAL, GROUP AND RELATIONAL PERSPECTIVES 5. Leadership: Making Responsible Decisions Michael Useem 6. Developing Strategies and Skills for Responsible Leadership Kim Cameron and Arran Caza 7. Leadership and the Social Construction of Charisma Rakesh Khurana 8. Foundations of Responsible Leadership: From Self-Insight to Integrity and Altruism John Alexander and Meena Wilson PART III: RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE: ETHICS, SOCIAL IMPACT AND THE GLOBAL COMMON GOOD 9. Integrating Leadership with Ethics: Is Good Leadership Contrary to Human Nature? Joanne B. Ciulla 10. Corporate Responsibility, Accountability and Stakeholder Relationships: Will Voluntary Action Suffice? Sandra Waddock 11. The Influence of CEO Transformational Leadership on Firm-Level Commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility David A. Waldman and Donald Siegel 12. Is There Free Will in Business? Leadership and Social Impact Management Mary C. Gentile PART IV: RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE IN CORPORATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FIRMS 13. Management, Governance and Corporate Responsibility Shawn D. Howton, Shelly W. Howton and Victoria B. McWilliams 14. Corporate Governance Reform: Global, North American and European Trends Christine Mallin 15. Management and Governance of Professional Services Firms Kevin D. Clark, Jonathan P. Doh and Stephen A. Stumpf PART V: RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE: INTERNATIONAL, CROSS-CULTURAL AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES 16. Responsible Leadership: A Cross-Cultural Perspective Sonja A. Sackmann 17. Comparative Models of Corporate Governance: A Sociocultural Perspective Andre A. Pekerti 18. Responsible Leadership and Governance in a Global Context: Insights from the GLOBE Study Narda R. Quigley, Mary Sully de Luque and Robert J. House 19. Responsible Leadership and Governance in Global Business: The Role of Business Education Ernest J. Scalberg Index

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Book SynopsisLeaders are made, not born, Mark Wexler argues, and they cannot be understood in a vacuum. There is no simple answer as to why certain people select one leader over others. Those who look for a master story within capitalism to encapsulate the effective leader are, he asserts, caught and blinded within the headlights of a particular worldview. Rather, leaders can be understood and evaluated within the cognitive lens of four distinct and competing worldviews - entrepreneurial, regulatory, communitarian and network. Exploring the manner in which leaders make and remake themselves in the midst of a changing world, the author shows how they must put together a composite of the skills called for in the four faces of capitalism. He illustrates how and why local leaders develop skills within a worldview and how cosmopolitan leaders, by engaging in reflective practice, cross over into other worldviews and reinvent themselves. An accessible, interdisciplinary study of a fascinating subject, this volume will appeal to scholars and students of leadership, as well as to practising leaders, politicians and executives.Trade Review'This is a professionally thorough work providing a range of ideas and suggestions as well as a new vocabulary and paradigm of thought grounded in contextualism and polyglotism for the leaders of contemporary organizations. . . Given the nature of the four faces of capitalism, four archetypical leadership stories or styles identified, the comprehensive nature of the treatment of the subject, practical examples and directions given, the book will appeal to professional leaders, managers, prospective leaders, and students of leadership and organizational studies. Most importantly it gives ample directions as to how to think beyond the box, i.e. one's preferred worldview and skill set.' -- Siri Gamage, Journal of Workplace Learning'Wexler talks with rich texture about the four faces of capitalism. The author outlines how a leader can learn to adapt and overcome local idiosyncrasies. This book is new and original. It will be useful for academics eager to bring theory to practice.' -- Personal JournalTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Context as Worldview: Making Sense of Leadership 2. Buccaneer Leaders: The Money Talks Story 3. Bureaucratic Leaders: The Built to Last Story 4. Participative Leaders: The Cooperation Pays Story 5. Knowledge Leaders: A Portal to a New World Story 6. Leadership Skills in Context 7. Leaders Reinventing Themselves: The ACTs of the Reflective Practitioner Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis important Handbook explores and evaluates dynamic environments and the appropriate strategic responses to them in the 21st century. Drawing together a collection of 29 original chapters, the Handbook makes an invaluable contribution to theory and practice by stimulating disciplined, rigorous and imaginative enquiry into the relationship between strategy and foresight. Leading scholars in the field of strategic management are brought together to offer innovative and multi-disciplinary perspectives on the past, present and future of strategy formation and foresight. In so doing, they challenge research in four key areas: strategy and foresight processes; strategy innovation for the future; understanding the future; and strategically responding to the future.The Handbook of Research on Strategy and Foresight is a comprehensive resource that will be invaluable for academics, students and practitioners interested in this important phenomenon.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Robert Bradley MacKay and Laura A. Costanzo PART I: PROBING THE FUTURE: CULTIVATING STRATEGIC FORESIGHT 1. Redefining Strategic Foresight: ‘Fast’ and ‘Far’ Sight via Complexity Science Bill McKelvey and Max Boisot 2. Anticipating Critique and Occasional Reason: Modes of Reasoning in the Face of a Radically Open Future David Seidl and Dominik van Aaken 3. Strategic Foresight Ajit Nayak 4. The Symbolism of Foresight Processes in Organizations Jan Oliver Schwarz 5. Strategic Foresight: Counterfactual and Prospective Sensemaking in Enacted Environments Robert Bradley MacKay 6. Modal Narratives, Possible Worlds and Strategic Foresight Charles Booth, Peter Clark, Agnès Delahaye-Dado, Stephen Procter and Michael Rowlinson 7. Scenarios as Knowledge Transformed into Strategic ‘Re-presentations’: The Use of Foresight Studies to Help Shape and Implement Strategy Thomas Durand 8. Researching the Organization–Environment Relationship George Burt PART II: FORESIGHT AND ORGANIZATIONAL BECOMING: STRATEGY PROCESS, PRACTICE AND CHANGE 9. Strategizing as Practising: Strategic Learning as a Source of Connection Elena P. Antonacopoulou 10. Improvisational Bricolage: A Practice-based Approach to Strategy and Foresight Miguel Pina e Cunha, João Vieira Da Cunha and Stewart R. Clegg 11. Micro-political Strategies and Strategizing in Multinational Corporations: The Case of Subsidiary Mandate Change Christoph Dörrenbächer and Mike Geppert 12. How Organizational DNA Works David Weir, Craig Marsh and Wilf Greenwood 13. Making Sense of Organizational Becoming: The Need for Essential Stabilities in Organizational Change Ian Colville 14. Agency in Management of Change: Bringing in Relationality, Situatedness and Foresight Ahu Tatli and Mustafa F. Özbilgin 15. The Role of Resources in Institutional Entrepreneurship: Insights for an Approach to Strategic Management that Combines Agency and Institution Julie Battilana and Bernard Leca PART III: SHAPING THE FUTURE: STRATEGIZING AND INNOVATION 16. The Role of Middle Managers in Enabling Foresight Laura A. Costanza and Vicky Tzoumpa 17. Hollow at the Top: (Re)claiming the Responsibilities of Leadership in Strategizing C. Marlene Fiol and Edward J. O’Connor 18. Visions and Innovation Strategy Jonathan Sapsed 19. Innovation through Ambidexterity: How to Achieve the Ambidextrous Organization Constantinos Markides and Wenyi Chu 20. Fast Cycle Capability: A Conceptual Integration V.K. Narayanan 21. Interactions with Customers for Innovation C. Annique Un and Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra 22. Organizational Innovation of the Toyota Group Faith Hatani PART IV: RESPONDING TO THE FUTURE: INTUITION, INERTIA AND STRATEGIC FLEXIBILITY 23. The Role of Intuition in Strategic Decision Making Marta Sinclair, Eugene Sadler-Smith and Gerard P. Hodgkinson 24. (Un) Great Expectations: Effects of Underestimations and Self-perception on Performance Rodolphe Durand 25. Strategic Foresight and the Role of Organizational Memory Within a Punctuated Equilibrium Framework Stelios C. Zyglidopoulos and Stephanie W.J.C. Schreven 26. Adaptation, Inertia and the Flexible Organization: A Study of the Determinants of Organizational Flexibility in an Emerging Economy Andrés Hatum and Andrew M. Pettigrew 27. Addressing Path Dependency in the Capabilities Approach: Historicism and Foresight Meet on the ‘Road Less Travelled’ Swapnesh K. Masrani and Peter McKiernan 28. Dynamic Knowledge Creation Taman H. Powell and Howard Thomas 29. Foreseeing the Problem of Conformity in Strategy Teaching, Research and Practice Gregory B. Vit Index

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Book SynopsisThis challenging and somewhat controversial book provides a critical perspective on contemporary discourses of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee questions the win-win assumptions of CSR and identifies the limits of the good that corporations can do, illustrating that the ability of firms to enhance social welfare is constrained by their current form and purpose; that of a shareholder value maximizing entity. The book shows how supranational institutions such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization are complicit in an 'economic capture' of social issues through a combination of material, institutional and discursive power that results in undermining economic democracy. Taking a political economy perspective, the author analyzes recent conflicts between transnational corporations and local communities in developing countries and exposes the limits of stakeholder theory in addressing the needs of marginalized communities. He concludes by discussing alternatives to the current system that could result in meaningful social outcomes, and provides a critical research agenda for CSR.Linking theory to practice, this critical look at corporate social responsibility will provide much material to fuel the debate amongst academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of management, international business and management.Trade Review'This book has many merits. It will make fascinating reading for the increasing number of organizational scholars who wonder how organizational research can engage more in accounting for the impact of corporations on their environment in a broad sense.' -- Bahar Ali Kazmi, Bernard Leca and Philippe Naccache, Organization Studies'This book is for those who will enjoy a thoughtful and informative monograph that acutely summarises and refreshes critique from a political and sociological perspective. It is a comprehensive re-interpretation of the corporate world and the evidently meretricious regime of CSR which makes it an enjoyable compendium for critical management studies fans . . this erudite volume will be valuable to mainstream, social science academics either involved in (or dismissive of) CSR and sustainability discourses in management education and research.' -- David Bevan, Scandinavian Journal of Management'Banerjee's book is thought provoking and must be read. But it should be read not only by corporate social responsibility scholars but by all business scholars. It is through Banerjee's provocations that we can understand the shortcomings of corporate systems and the boundaries of corporate social responsibility.' -- Pratima Bansal, Administrative Science Quarterly'This is a tour de force that carefully assembles and incisively interrogates perhaps the most pressing problem of our age: how to harness the resources of corporations to tackle global problems of poverty, oppression and environmental degradation? Banerjee does not present us with glib pronouncements or simplistic fixes. Instead, he brilliantly illuminates the scale of the challenges and lucidly assesses the relevance and value of CSR responses to date.' -- Hugh Willmott, University of Cardiff, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Corporate Social Responsibility: A Historical Review 2. Corporate Social Responsibility: Theoretical Perspectives 3. The Stakeholder Theory of the Firm: A Critical Perspective 4. The Problem with Corporate Citizenship 5. The Dilemmas of CSR and Corporate Citizenship 6. The Perils of Sustainability 7. The Business of Human Rights 8. The Political Economy of CSR 9. Alternate Visions References Index

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Book SynopsisThe history of modern tourism records many localized and some international crises characterized by extreme and sudden reduction in demand for specific destination areas or types of tourism product. Managerial responses to such events include both problem solving and market recovery steps, but these vary in effectiveness and recovery may be slow to occur after the initial problems are overcome. With examples drawn from the UK, Europe, America, Australia and Asia, this book brings together a range of expert academic analysis of the latest thinking and practice in this increasingly important area of tourism management.Table of Contents1: Preface: The Tsunami of 26th December 2005, PATA’s Initial Responses, P Semone 2: Crisis Management in Tourism -challenges for Managers and Researchers Section 1: The Theoretical Aspect of Crisis Management inTourism 3: Post crisis forecasting: better make haste slowly 4: Policy response to rural dangers: managing educational visits in the wake of the foot and mouth and E. coli crises, 5: The Evolution of an Emergency Management Tourism Faculty Resource, 6: Crises and Disasters’ Aftermath: Notes for an Impact Assessment Approach, 7: Western and Eastern Approaches to Crisis Management for Global Tourism: Some Differences, 8: Crisis in Bali Lessons in Tourism Recovery, 9: "CRISES" That scare Tourists investigating tourists’ travel related concerns, 10: For better or worse: consumer perceptions of factors impacting company crisis outcome, 11: Tourism and terrorism an analytical framework with special focus on the media, 12: Factors Influencing Crisis Management in Tourism Destinations, Section 2: Tourism Crisis Resulting from Natural Causes 13: Crisis Management and Tourism Organisations - a Comparative Study in the European Alps 14: Taiwan’s 921 earthquake, crisis management and research onno escape natural disaster, 15: International Tourism and Infectious Disease: Managing theSars Crisis in Singapore, 16: A Proposed Model for Tourism Crisis Management. The UK’sFoot & Mouth Disease Crisis Analysed, 17: Phuket: Tsunami and Tourism- A Preliminary Investigation, 18: Tsunamis, Earthquakes, Volcanism and Other Problems:Disasters, Responses and Japanese Tourism, Section 3: Tourism Crisis Resulting from Human Actions 19: The ‘Perfect Storm’: Turbulence and Crisis in the Global Airline Industry, 20: Responding to the Crisis of 2001: The Australian Experience, 21: Restoring Kenyan Tourism in Crisis: Kenyan Tourism’s Response to Negative Travel Advisories 2003, 22: A Comparison of Pre and Post 9/11 Traveler Profiles: Post Crisis Marketing Implications, 23: Crisis Communication Response Strategies: A Case Study of the Irish Tourist Board’s Response to the 2001 European Foot and Mouth Scare 24: The Regional Effect of Terrorism on Tourism: An Empirical Analysis, 25: Sabah’s Responses to September 11: A Tourism Analysis, Section 4: Conclusion 26: Crisis in Indonesia, 27: Lessons from History, the Way Forward,

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Book SynopsisPlanning and implementing successful tourism programmes requires in depth predictions of tourist behaviour. However, the actions of tourists are not always based upon conscious thinking and decision-making and therefore more realistic and practical management strategies are needed. Tourism Management provides an in-depth coverage of sense making, planning, implementing, evaluating and administering tourism marketing and management programmes. Recent advances in tourism theory and research on causal history and ecological systems are used to discuss how leisure and tourism occurs. This book offers useful descriptions, tools, and examples of tourism management decision-making.Table of ContentsPart 1: Introduction to Advancing Tourism Management Part 2: Scanning and Sense Making Part 3: Planning Part 4: Implementing Part 5: Evaluating Actions/Process and Performance Outcomes Part 6: Administering

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Book SynopsisEvent management studies are fast growing in popularity, covering a diverse range of activities such as music and film festivals, concerts, sporting events and conferences. This textbook gives a broad and practical coverage of the major themes in events. Outlining both the historical developments and current state of the industry, whilst also taking into account wider political and cultural issues, the book covers the different elements of planning, project management, health and safety, funding, operations, human resources, marketing and logistics that are vital for successful management. Critical issues such as impacts, sustainability and legacy of events are also discussed. Supported by international case studies and review questions, Events Management provides a current and up-to-date view of the industry in this field.Table of ContentsI: Introduction Part 1: Context and concepts 1: Culture and the Event Experience - Ghislaine Povey & Jo-Ansie Van Wyck 2: Developing the Event Concept - Alison Booth 3: Event Networks and Supply Chains - Geoff Dickson Part 2: Event Planning & Operations Management 4: Funding. Sponsorship and Financial Management - Caroline Wiscombe 5: Delivering Live Events - Peter Robinson, Ade Oriade & Steve Gelder Part A: The Event Idea Part B: Pre-Event Planning Part C: The Big Day! Part D: The Big Tidy-Up 6: Successful Staffing of Events - Sine Heitmann & Christine Roberts 7: Marketing Events - Debra Wale & Andrew Ridal 8: Managing a Quality Experience - Ade Oriade 9: Sustainable Events Management - Sine Heitmann & Dr. Dávid Lóránt Part 3: Critical and contemporary issues 10. Event Strategy - Crispin Dale & Dimitri Tassiopolous 11: Event Legacy - Geoff Dickson II: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisMost tourism activities take place at a destination, and destination serves as a fundamental unit of analysis in any modelling of the tourism system. However, destination marketing and management is a complex subject that requires a comprehensive, holistic and systematic approach. From the demand side, travellers have a choice of available destinations; from the supply side, destination marketing organizations are competing for attention from a highly competitive marketplace. Taking an integrated and comprehensive approach, this book focuses on both the macro and micro aspects of destination marketing and management. Some key areas covered include the consumer decision making process, product development and distribution and the use of emerging technologies in destination marketing.Table of ContentsPart One: Destination Marketing and Management: Concepts, Structures and Policies 1: Introduction of Destination Marketing and Management: Scope, Definition and Structures 2: Destination Planning and Policy: Process and Practice Part Two: Destination Marketing: Understanding Consumer Decision Making 3: Travel Motivation, Benefits, and Constraints to Destinations 4: Travel Decision Making: the Experiential Stance 5: Destination Information Search Strategies 6: Experiential Consumption and Destination Marketing Part Three: Destination Marketing: Research, Branding and Image Communication 7: Destination Marketing Research: Issues and Challenges 8: Destination Branding and Positioning 9: Destination Image Development and Communication Part Four: Destination Product Development and Distribution 10: The Evolution of Tourism Products in St Andrews, Scotland: From Religious Relics to Golfing Mecca 11: Distribution Channels in Destination Marketing and Promotion 12: Destination Marketing Systems: Critical Factors for Functional Design and Management 13: eTourism Critical Information and Communication Technologies for Tourism Destinations 14: Web 2.0 Online Community Destination Marketing 15: Events and Destination Marketing Part Five: Managing Stakeholders at Destinations 16: Collaborative Destination Marketing: Principles and Applications 17: Tourism Development and Destination Community Residents Part Six: Safety and Crisis Management at Destinations 18: The Importance of Safety and Security for Tourism Destinations 19: Destination Crisis Management Part Seven: Managing Competitiveness and Sustainability and Embracing Challenges and Opportunities 20: A Model of Destination Competitiveness and Sustainability 21: Destination Management: Challenges and Opportunities

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Book SynopsisIn today's society, hidden beliefs can subtly guide the management of parks, such as treating them as natural resources rather than national assets. Resulting management practices often lead to deferred maintenance on park infrastructure, causing inadequate protection from vandalism, poaching, and theft of artefacts. A sad demise, often due to an out-dated belief that parks are non-essential leisure services rather than necessities for a vibrant modern life. This book challenges the reader to examine the core beliefs that created our public parklands, comparing them with the beliefs that guide contemporary park stewardship in an effort to improve the management of parks and reassess their purpose in modern life.Table of ContentsA: Foreword Part I: Growing Parks in the Fields of Belief 1: The Ecology of Belief - It's all in the Connections 2: The Power and Theory of Belief - The Real Limits of Preservation 3: The Ecology, Energy, and Dynamics of Belief 4: Norms, Ethics, and Beliefs in Our Parks 5: Organizational Beliefs - From Visionary to Functionary 6: Beliefs, as Values, Possessions, and Lenses Part II: Ploughing the Fertile Fields of Belief 7: Credibility, Authenticity, Believability, and Park Maintenance 8: Patterns of Thinking - Structures of Believing 9: The Nesting Habits of Beliefs - and the Belief Tree 10: The Symbolism of Beliefs: Signs, Symbols, Icons, and Omens 11: This I Believe - Discovering Your Belief System 12: Belief Bites - Truisms, Metaphors, Aphorisms, and the Wisdom of the Ages 13: Beliefs as Environmental Super Highways and Roadblocks Part III: Exploring the Far-Flung Fields of Belief 14: Belief-Based Science and Research Methods 15: From Beliefs to Science and Back Again 16: The Politics of Belief - Park Wildlife as a Case Study 17: Environmental Beliefs as Spiritual, Sacred, and Religious 18: Toward Environmental Sanity through the Ecology of Belief 19: Parks as Belief - Making Peace with Paradox 20: Afterword: The Human Need Maslow Rejected - The Need to Believe B: Appendix: A Kit of Belief-Based Tools for Interpreting Environmental Issues

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Book SynopsisMany managers in the English-speaking world are seeking an alternative to the prevailing business model which promotes a short-term, shareholder-value approach. In this accessible and highly topical book, Gayle Avery argues that this Anglo/US approach to capitalism and business is seriously flawed and does not bring the quality of life to individuals and societies that many people seek. But what is the alternative and do business leaders have a different choice? This book demonstrates alternative ways of leading sustainable organizations. It identifies 19 criteria for sustainable leadership practices that can be found in globally successful enterprises such as Allianz, BMW, Munich Reinsurance, Nokia, Novartis, and Porsche. Sustainable principles include promoting ethical behavior, long-term thinking and innovation, and valuing employees and other stakeholders such as the community, the environment and future generations. The author presents concrete examples of leadership from 28 interesting case studies to illustrate the many different ways in which sustainable leadership principles can be implemented. The book concludes that shifting to sustainable leadership practices may appear difficult for enterprises based in the USA, UK and Australia, but is essential for the long-term survival of these firms. Indeed, several well-known businesses from these countries have already adopted sustainable leadership principles, including Colgate-Palmolive, Continental Airlines, HSBC, IBM, Marriott, Nordstrom and SAS. By highlighting a dramatically different approach to leadership which can prove financially, socially and environmentally successful, this book will have a great appeal to scholars and students with an interest in leadership, strategy, international management and organisational studies. It will also be a valuable and practical aid for managers and consultants looking for new directions and ways of running their businesses.Trade Review‘Leadership for Sustainable Futures presents arguments against the prevailing Anglo/US philosophy which puts short-term interest over sustainable development, values shareholders over other stakeholders, and seeks profits at the expense of the environment and society. In China, we recognise that sustainable development, in economic, social and environmental terms, is vitally important for the future of the country. Chinese leaders are set to adopt 'the scientific approach to development' and commit themselves to build a 'harmonious society', which promises a more equal distribution of wealth, as well as greater emphasis on the protection of the environment. The very key is to "put people first" - a viewpoint that is argued so cogently in your book Leadership for Sustainable Futures. I firmly believe that your book will be invaluable for Chinese enterprises seeking to adopt an approach to doing business which leads to sustainable growth.' -- Dr Qin Xiao, Chairman, China Merchants Group (from foreword of the Chinese translation of the book)'A fascinating book with a provocative thesis and numerous case studies of companies.' -- Business Ethics'This is a scholarly but readable book that challenges much of what we take for granted about management in the world today. . .' -- Harvard Business School Working Knowledge Papers'GL recommends this book to business leaders. We really welcomed Gayle Avery's discussion about how adopting an overall philosophy directs the decisions that companies make, that sustainability isn't a one-off event but a long term approach. Her well-thought out cases provide a valuable insight to alternative solutions such companies find when faced with challenges such as a drop in orders or changing skill demands.' -- The Gallon Environment Letter, Canadian Institute for Business and the EnvironmentTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Setting the Scene 1. Towards Sustainable Leadership Part II: Rhineland Leadership Practices 2. Rhineland Case Study Enterprises 3. Management and Decision Making 4. Focus on People 5. Systems and Processes Part III: Beyond the Rhineland 6. Scandinavian, South African and Family Businesses 7. Anglo/US Public Companies Part IV: The Future 8. Towards a Sustainable Future References Index

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Book SynopsisSocial capital has taken the social sciences by storm yet remains fraught with controversy. Despite its complexity and conceptual difficulties, the persistent interest in social capital arises from the fact that it helps us make sense of why people do what they do. This book showcases new innovative research in economics, politics, sociology, and management regarding the topic. Leading scholars from a variety of disciplines present ground-breaking new research exploring the still-undiscovered value of social capital. The book employs a self-consciously multi-disciplinary approach to address two objectives: reaching out and reaching in. Through theoretical and empirical scholarship, the authors explore the many contexts in which the phenomenon can have impact. In effect, social capital research reaches out to issues of economic well-being, civic participation, educational achievement, knowledge and norm formation, and competitive advantage. Further, the authors investigate the many connections between the core themes of social capital and the pillars on which it rests, including structural networks, cognition, relationships and trust. This book is fundamentally about bridging - bridging across disciplines, units of analysis, and themes.Scholars, students, and other interested readers from the social sciences and management will find this book challenging and illuminating.Trade Review'For this book Bartkus and Davis assembled the social capital equivalent of the New York Yankees' "slugger's row" of the 1950s, recruiting some of the best Hall of Fame hitters around along with a number of future stars still early in their careers. The result is a good reflection of the current state of the literature on social capital.' -- Robert D. Putnam, Harvard University, US'Social capital is widely used and sometimes mis-used by scholars, policymakers, and the general public. The time has come for thoughtful reflection, synthesis, and informed criticism regarding this important concept. Bartkus and Davis have developed a ground-breaking collection of essays exploring the ideas and evidence underpinning social capital.' -- Denise M. Rousseau, Carnegie Mellon University, US'At heart, social capital is a simple concept - that relationships matter. Bartkus and Davis foster a vibrant debate among leading scholars as to the critical definition, creation, and consequences of social capital. I commend Bartkus and Davis for their interdisciplinary efforts, for there is no more important challenge facing the social sciences today than the exploration of trust and social capital in our society.' -- Father Theodore Hesburgh, University of Notre Dame, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: The Yet Undiscovered Value of Social Capital Viva Ona Bartkus and James H. Davis PART I: OVERVIEW 1. What is Social Capital? Elinor Ostrom 2. Network Duality of Social Capital Ronald S. Burt 3. On the Costs of Conceptualizing Social Ties as Social Capital Robert M. Fishman PART II: SOCIAL CAPITAL: REACHING OUT 4. How’s the Job? Are Trust and Social Capital Neglected Workplace Investments? John F. Helliwell, Haifang Huang and Robert D. Putnam 5. Social Capital Effects on Student Outcomes Maureen T. Hallinan 6. Communities, Schools and Voter Turnout: A Case Study in Social Norms David E. Campbell 7. Experimental Approaches to the Diffusion of Norms David W. Nickerson 8. Capitalizing on Connections: Social Capital and Strategic Management Janine Nahapiet PART III: SOCIAL CAPITAL: REACHING IN 9. Social Capital Creation: Collective Identities and Collective Action Roderick M. Kramer 10. Connecting to Brokers: Strategies for Acquiring Social Capital Daniel J. Brass 11. Trust, Distrust and Building Social Capital Roy. J. Lewicki and Chad T. Brinsfield 12. Understanding Social Capital: In Whom do we Trust? Darryl Stickel, Roger C. Mayer and Sim B. Sitkin 13. Organizational Trust and Social Capital James H. Davis and Viva Ona Bartkus Conclusion: Frontiers of Social Capital Research Viva Ona Bartkus and James H. Davis Index

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Book SynopsisThis innovative book explores from an insider's perspective a company's environmental decisions and actions. Based on close observation at a major semiconductor manufacturer, Jennifer Howard-Grenville details how the company's culture - revealed through its internal practices, decisions, and norms - guided action on environmental issues. While demonstrating gaps between the mainstream work of the company and the demands placed by environmental considerations, the author's analysis demonstrates how differences were negotiated over time, offering important insights into the processes of change that can advance environmental issues within a company. Her unique viewpoint offers an important addition to current research, which often explains companies' environmental actions solely as responses to external pressures. Scholars of organizational culture and those at the intersection of business and environmental issues will find this study of great value. The challenges and opportunities surrounding the 'greening' of corporations will also interest members of companies at all levels, as well as consultants and members of non-governmental organizations. The book is written to be accessible and engaging to managers interested in making changes around environmental issues and offers a realistic assessment of the challenges and prospects for such change.Trade Review'Jennifer Howard-Grenville has put together a timely and sparkling narrative of environmental advocacy within a highly successful, well managed and technically sophisticated organization. Corporate Culture and Environmental Practice is rich in ethnographic detail and wonderfully telling of the struggles structurally marginalized environmental specialists take part in when trying to balance immediate cost, schedule and production targets with long-term social and environmental risks. A blend of Mary Douglas, Karl Weick and Charles Perrow, this is a must read for students of organizations as well as the rest of us who worry about the fate of the planet.' -- John Van Maanen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US'Jennifer Howard-Grenville has hit the nail on the head - technology is not the cause of our environmental problems; culture is. In Corporate Culture and Environmental Practice, she deftly shows us that the norms and practices that guide the way we think about our relationship with the natural environment are the critical point at which to understand the development of the technologies that facilitate that interface. Written from first-hand experiences, this book is a thoughtful and revealing glimpse into the culture of a company that only an accomplished organizational scholar can provide.' -- Andrew J. Hoffman, University of Michigan, US'Corporate Culture and Environmental Practice is an outstanding study that looks inside a firm to understand conditions under which it adopted superior environmental practices. It makes a persuasive case for not modeling firms as unitary actors. This careful and well-written study will be useful to both environmental policy scholars and practitioners.' -- Aseem Prakash, University of Washington, US'This book breaks new ground in understanding the generally difficult process of selling peripheral, in this case, environmental or sustainability initiatives to the mainstream culture of a firm. To those who seek to be change agents, it offers powerful ideas toward success for such intentions. But this book is not only for those on the "outside" of the mainstream; it offers lessons for anyone seeking change, even at the top.' -- John R. Ehrenfeld, former Director, MIT Technology, Business, and Environment Program, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Why Culture? 2. Getting to Know Chipco 3. Nature and Culture 4. ‘Tech’ Work at Chipco 5. Environmental Work at Chipco 6. Getting Environment ‘In’ 7. Corporate Culture and Environmental Practice Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis original collection examines the managerial and organizational implications of international terrorism and threats to security. When Islamic terrorists flew hijacked airplanes into the World Trade Center on 9/11, it changed much of the world forever. The number of deaths and the financial losses resulting from the attack was unprecedented. 9/11 highlighted how risky life in organizations had become. The book reviews events since 9/11, which sets the foundation for the rest of the book. It scrutinizes the central role of governments as targets, agents and protectors of citizens, then considers the impact of terrorism on people and organizations based on research evidence from the US, Spain, and Israel. The authors examine how to increase individual coping resources, maintain work motivation in trying times and develop worksite emergency procedures. They also identify the key qualities of organizations that were able to recover quickly following devastating loss.International Terrorism and Threats to Security will be an invaluable resource for scholars of organizational behaviour, international management, conflict management, international relations and public policy.Trade Review'The book is designed to strengthen the ability of organizations to anticipate, plan for, and respond to terrorist attacks, resulting in more resilient personnel and adaptive organizations. The book certainly succeeds in meeting those goals, providing a rich collection of individual works that responds to that ambitious goal. . . Each of the chapters is well-grounded in appropriate, contemporary literature and thoroughly examines principles, concepts, impacts and counter measures in its treatment of international terrorism and threats to security. . . This book would be well-placed as a graduate text in a number of courses. Any course dealing with terrorism and psycho-social impacts and related management responses would find it very useful. Emergency management or homeland security courses also might benefit from this book, particularly if they devote a considerable amount of time on the individual and organizational psychological impacts of terrorism and related attacks.' -- Sharon L. Caudle, Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management'A series of twelve informed and informative essays addressing various aspects of terrorism's impact and creating both individual as well as organizational resilience to terrorist assaults. . . . A work of meticulous and seminal scholarship throughout, International Terrorism and Threats to Security is a core addition to university library reference collections and especially recommended reading for governmental officials and non-specialist general readers concerned with responding to terrorist activities at home and abroad.' -- - Midwest Book Review - The Social Issues Shelf'This timely edited volume is part of a fast growing body of theory and research on terrorism aiming to satisfy a great thirst for knowledge on the topic both among professionals and lay people living in a world that has become a less safe place over the past few years. The fascinating data presented about changes that have occurred all over the world since 9/11, about the short and long impact of terrorism on organizations and individuals, about managing terrorism attacks, facilitating organizational recovery and developing individual and organizational resilience in preparation for such an attack, should be of interest to every intellectually curious reader. They are a must read for terrorism and crisis management researchers and practitioners, for organizational leaders and for human resource managers.' -- Ayala Malach-Pines, Ben-Gurion University, IsraelTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. International Terrorism and Threats to Security: Implications for Organizations and Management Ronald J. Burke 2. A US Analysis of Terrorism Jack N. Kondrasuk and Elizabeth Arwood 3. Government: Target, Protector and Aggressor John L. Taylor PART II: IMPACT OF TERRORISM 4. Not Business as Usual: The Psychological Impact of Terrorism and Mass Casualty on Business and Organizational Behavior Kristen H. Walter, Brian J. Hall and Stevan F. Hobfoll 5. Psycho-social Impacts of Bioterrorism and Stress in the Wake of 9/11 Ross H. Pastel 6. Fear of Terror and Health: A Study of Apparently Healthy Employees Arie Shirom, Sharon Toker, Shlomo Berliner, Itzhak Shapira and Samuel Melamed 7. March 11, 2004, Terrorist Attacks in Madrid, Spain: Psychopathological Aftermath and Comparisons with September 11, 2001, NYC Hector González-Ordi, Antonio Cano-Vindel, Iciar Iruarrizaga and Juan Jose Miguel-Tobal PART III: BUILDING INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL RESILIENCE 8. The War Against Psychological Warfare Michelle Slone and Anat Shoshani 9. Integrating Organizational and Behavioral Health Principles to Promote Resilience in Extreme Events Brian W. Flynn and C. Frederick Lane 10 . Maintaining Work Motivation During Trying Times Parbudyal Singh 11. Worksite Emergency Preparedness: Lessons from the World Trade Center Evacuation Study Robyn R.M. Gershon, Kristine A. Qureshi, Briana Barocas, Julie Pearson and Stephanie A. Dopson 12. Airline Industry Responses to September 11th Jody Hoffer Gittell, Kim Cameron, Sandy Lim and Victor Rivas Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook provides an impressive state-of-the-art overview of the international strategic management field as an area of scholarly inquiry. The great strength of the work is the thoughtfulness of the messages conveyed by the expert team of authors. The implications for future international strategy research and for international management practice are profound and will influence the next generation of scholars in international strategy as well as senior level managers. Corporate executives will continue to operate in a world that is far from flat and will use this volume as a reliable compass, in the form of powerful conceptual frameworks, to navigate uncharted territory in the global economy. The Handbook presents a collection of 24 original research papers that should serve international strategy scholars and reflective MNE managers alike. Contributors: L. Allen-Ford, C.G. Asmussen, G.R.G. Benito, J. Birkinshaw, P. Brugman, P. Buckley, J.P. Doh, A. Eapen, W.G. Egelhoff, T. Galvin, A.S. Gaur, N. Greidanus, B. Grogaard, B.L. Kedia, A. Kolk, R. Krishnan, J. Li, Y. Li, S.M. Lundan, H. Merchant, D. Mukherjee, R. Narula, N.G. Noorderhaven, J. Oetzel, L. Oxelheim, B. Petersen, J. Pinkse, S. Prashantham, T. Randoy, M. Rivera-Santos, C. Rufin, A.M. Rugman, G.D. Santangelo, D. Singh, A. Stonehill, D. Szyliowicz, R.L. Tung, A. Verbeke, L.S. Welch, J. Wolf, H.E. Yildiz, L. Zander, U. ZanderTrade Review’Verbeke and Merchant have assembled a remarkable collection of brand new essays by the who's-who of international business. It will become a standard reference for both junior and senior scholars working in this increasingly important area.’ - Ravi Ramamurtim, Northeastern University, US ’Leading thinkers about the multinational enterprise offer both concise syntheses and critical reflections of the state of the art on international strategic management research. They in particular highlight the potential of internalization theory as a central paradigm for the field, and critically examine pertinent issues such as the complex notion of distance in international business. Refreshingly, they do not shy away from naming flaws in recent work, while offering avenues to improve the quality and impact of future research.’ - Klaus Meyer, University of Bath, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Alain Verbeke and Hemant Merchant PART I: CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 1. Twenty Key Hypotheses that Make Internalization Theory the General Theory of International Strategic Management Birgitte Grøgaard and Alain Verbeke 2. The End of the Opportunism versus Trust Debate: Bounded Reliability as a New Envelope Concept in Research on MNE Governance Alain Verbeke and Nathan Greidanus 3. The New Eclectic Paradigm and International Business Strategy Sarianna M. Lundan 4. The Multinational Enterprise as a Global Factory Peter Buckley 5. Dynamics of Foreign Operation Modes and their Combinations: Insights for International Strategic Management Gabriel R.G. Benito, Bent Petersen and Lawrence S. Welch 6. Triple Testing the Quality of Multinationality–Performance Research Alain Verbeke and Paul Brugman PART II: STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITIES IN INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 7. New Ideas about Organizational Design for Modern MNEs William G. Egelhoff and Joachim Wolf 8. Initiative in Multinational Subsidiaries Julian Birkinshaw and Shameen Prashantham 9. Collaboration Across Borders: Benefits to Firms in an Emerging Economy Rekha Krishnan, Niels G. Noorderhaven and Alex Eapen 10. Joint Venture Configurations in Big Emerging Markets Hemant Merchant 11. Building Competitive Advantage in International Acquisitions: Grey Box Conditions, Culture, Status and Meritocracy Udo Zander, Lena Zander and H. Emre Yildiz 12. What Can International Finance Add to International Strategy? Lars Oxelheim, Trond Randøy and Arthur Stonehill PART III: THE IMPLICATIONS OF DISTANCE FOR INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY 13. A New Perspective on the Regional and Global Strategies of Multinational Services Firms Alan M. Rugman and Alain Verbeke 14. Foundations of Regional versus Global Strategies of MNEs Christian Geisler Asmussen 15. New Insights on the Role of Location Advantages in International Innovation Rajneesh Narula and Grazia D. Santangelo 16. The Tenuous Link between Cultural Distance and International Strategy: Navigating the Assumptions of Cross-Cultural Research Hemant Merchant, Rosalie L. Tung and Alain Verbeke 17. Institutional Distance and International Strategy Deeksha Singh and Ajai S. Gaur 18. Real Options Theory and International Investment Strategy: Past, Present and Future Jing Li, Yong Li and Alan M. Rugman PART IV: NEW TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 19. Management Research on Emerging Markets: Existing Trends and Future Opportunities Hemant Merchant and Lori Allen-Ford 20. Institutions and International Entrepreneurship Dara Szyliowicz and Tiffany Galvin 21. Offshoring and MNC Strategy Debmalya Mukherjee and Ben L. Kedia 22. Bottom-of-the-Pyramid Strategies and Networks Miguel Rivera-Santos and Carlos Rufín 23. Reconceptualizing the MNE–Development Relationship: The Role of Complementary Resources Jonathan P. Doh and Jennifer Oetzel 24. Multinational Enterprises and Climate Change Strategies Ans Kolk and Jonatan Pinkse Index

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Book SynopsisThe key message of this book is that heterogeneity should be seen as an intrinsic and indispensable element of knowledge systems. The authors address the concept of heterogeneity in a multi-disciplinary fashion, including perspectives from evolutionary economics and innovation system studies, and relate this approach to existing theories in a broad range of fields.The book postulates that one approach to such a re-conceptualization is what we call the 'Mode 3' system consisting of 'Innovation Networks' and 'Knowledge Clusters' for knowledge creation, diffusion and use. This is a multi-layered, multi-modal, multi-nodal and multi-lateral system, encompassing mutually and complementary reinforcing innovation networks and knowledge clusters consisting of human and intellectual capital, shaped by social capital and underpinned by financial capital.Diversity in the Knowledge Economy and Society will appeal to academics and researchers of innovation and science, knowledge management and economics.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Elias G. Carayannis, Aris Kaloudis and Åge Mariussen 2. Technological Evolution, Innovation and Human Agency Helge Godø 3. Heterogeneity in Economic Thought: Foundations and Modern Methods Mark Knell 4. Heterogeneity, Rationality and Institutions Tore Sandven 5. Conceptual Framework for an Analysis of Diversity and Heterogeneity in the Knowledge Economy and Society Elias G. Carayannis 6. Towards a Communicative Theory of Diverse Innovation Systems Finn Orstavik 7. Entrepreneurship and Heterogeneity Olav R. Spilling 8. Heterogeneity Interpreted and Identified as Changes in the Populations of Firms Svein Olav Nås and Tore Sandven 9. IPRs and Norwegian Enterprises: Diversification of Innovative Efforts in Norwegian Firms Eric J. Iversen 10. Heterogeneity and Knowledge-Intensive Business Services in the City Heidi Wiig Aslesen 11. Specialization and Heterogeneity in Small National Economies: The Nordic Countries Åge Mariussen 12. Heterogeneity as Sectoral Specialization: The Case of EU15 Aris Kaloudis 13. Heterogeneity and International R&D Collaboration Elias G. Carayannis 14. Conclusion Elias G. Carayannis, Aris Kaloudis and Åge Mariussen Index

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Book SynopsisJoris Knoben illustrates that the number of firm relocations has grown steadily and considerably over the last decade and, at the same time, relationships between organizations have become more important to firm performance. It is often argued that these relationships require geographical stability, and so the author explores how these two seemingly contradictory observations can be reconciled. Insights from economic geography and organization science are utilized to develop a multidisciplinary firm-level perspective on the causes and consequences of firm relocation. Subsequently, this framework is tested empirically. The results show that incorporating the level of embeddedness as well as the spatial mobility of firms into a single framework leads to significantly better explanations of both the spatial behavior of firms as well as of the outcomes of this behavior. All-in-all, the findings indicate that there is a tradeoff between spatial mobility and inter-organizational stability.This multidisciplinary perspective on the relations between organizational networks, spatial firm mobility, and firm performance will be of great interest to a range of scholars, including organization scientists, regional scientists and economic geographers and, managers of relocating companies as well as consultants in this field.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Effects of Firm Relocation on Firm Performance: State of the Art and Directions for Future Research 3. Radical Changes in Inter-organizational Network Structures: The Longitudinal Gap 4. Proximity and Inter-organizational Collaboration: A Literature Review and Beyond 5. Research Approach and Data Collection 6. A Relational Account of the Causes of Firm Relocation 7. The Effects of Firm Relocation on Firm Performance 8. Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisManagement Education and Humanities argues that management teachers and researchers seem to be increasingly dissatisfied with the way managers are usually educated in western countries. It claims that educational practices and methods would greatly benefit from reflection on the implicit assumptions and paradigms behind those practices, and debates the role that humanism and humanities might play in the formation of new managerial elites. The book examines three themes that have emerged as central to the contemporary debate on management education: the profession of management; humanism as a philosophy and worldview; and the humanities as an academic field where management schools could find new inspirations for curricula. All three themes are scrutinized in a frame of reference extended between two different points of view: the traditional view, with its tendency to idealize (and even sometimes romanticize) humanism, the humanities and management as a social function; and the 'past-modern' view, which is inclined to skepticism and to the deconstruction of social and cultural phenomena.Providing a lively account of this ongoing debate and exploring new trends and experiences in management education, this book will be invaluable reading for teachers, students and researchers of management, management strategy, and organizational behaviour.Trade Review'Academics and managers who strive for a humanistic management education usually care for people, but they are challenged by sophisticated intellectual subjects and practical problems. The authors' experience, competence and commitment enables them to present an extensive coverage of important views and an in-depth study of these issues.' -- Eduard Bonet, ESADE, Spain'This volume is a timely initiative. It resonates with important questions on globalization and its consequences, on the unrelenting quest for efficiency and productivity, on recent corporate scandals and on the responsibilities of managers and management education. This book is a manifesto for an intellectual revolution. In a complex and open world, managers often bump into the limits of the decontextualized tools associated with mainstream management knowledge and practice. Managers have to navigate in a world that is not only economic but also political, cultural, shaped by history and ethical traditions and preoccupations - not only as a mark of social capital but really as a way to enhance their managerial skills and efficiency. The role of management education should be to prepare them for that odyssey and this volume tells us that humanities could be a powerful tool in that sense. This project is served by a highly legitimate international panel of contributors who collectively point towards an alternative for management thinking and management education.' -- Marie-Laure Djelic, ESSEC Business School, FranceTable of ContentsContents: Foreword INTRODUCTIONS 1. A Role for Humanities in the Formation of Managers Pasquale Gagliardi 2. Forming Managers? A Counterpoint Barbara Czarniawska 3. A Guide for Readers Pasquale Gagliardi and Barbara Czarniawska PART I: MANAGERIAL PROFESSION AT THE START OF THE NEW CENTURY 4. Management Education and the Humanities: The Challenge of Post-Bureaucracy John Hendry 5. Women and Humanities: Allies or Enemies? Helene Ahl 6. American Psycho/European Schizo: Stories of Managerial Elites in a Hundred Images Daniel Hjorth and Chris Steyaert PART II: MANAGEMENT EDUCATION: IS A HUMANIST REFRAMING POSSIBLE? 7. The Business School in Ruins? Ken Starkey and Sue Tempest 8. Problematizing and Enlarging the Notion of Humanistic Education Daniel Arenas 9. Cultivation or Civilization? Popular Management Concepts and their Role in Reshaping the Way Management is Understood Niels Dechow PART III: BRINGING HUMANITIES INTO THE HEART OF MANAGEMENT 10. Management as Product of the European Knowledge Tradition: A Modern Form of Ancient Paideia? Keith Hoskin 11. A Journey Beyond Institutional Knowledge: Dante’s Reading of the Odyssey Silvia Gherardi 12. Strong Plots: Popular Culture in Management Practice and Theory Barbara Czarniawska and Carl Rhodes PART IV: RETHINKING HUMANISM 13. A Philosopher in Public Management Lars Vissing 14. The Great Narrative of the Sciences and the History of Humanities Michel Serres 15. Post-Humanist Challenges to the Human and Social Sciences Karin Knorr Cetina Afterword Anthony G. Hopwood Index

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Book SynopsisThis book gets to the root of how and why multinational firms differ in the cross-border creation, transfer and diffusion of technology, and provides fresh evidence on the effects that these differences have on productivity and innovation in the economic systems in which they are active. Davide Castellani and Antonello Zanfei consider multinationals as heterogeneous institutions that combine internal networks of subsidiaries with external networks of collaborative linkages, to bridge different economic and innovation systems. They examine heterogeneity in productivity and innovative behaviour between multinational and national firms, as well as across and within multinationals. The authors argue that not every foreign firm is a good source of externality, and not every domestic firm is equally well placed to benefit from multinationals. It is shown that spillovers from multinationals differ according to the technological profiles, embeddedness and linkage creation of both foreign and domestic firms active in local markets. The book supports this view with empirical evidence based on illustrative case studies, and on econometric analysis using extensive firm-level datasets on multinational activities, innovation and economic performances.Integrating an in-depth account of state of the art literature with detailed evidence, this book will be of great interest to an extensive audience. This will encompass students, researchers, academics, policy makers and practitioners across a wide range of disciplines including: international business, economics and management of innovation, international economics and industrial organisation.Trade Review'The book assumes an original place in the literature. . . Castellani and Zanfei show that the economic impact of MNEs on innovation and productivity depends on evolutionary features of firms and industries, particularly on the heterogeneity of firm strategies and behaviours. . . this volume contains high-quality, well-written research. . .' -- Simona Iammarino, Research Policy'. . . this book offers the reader a well-written and very comprehensive analysis on the link between innovation and internalization which leads to insights into firm heterogeneity. The authors have succeeded in synthesizing the vast body of theoretical and empirical research and given an up-to-date overview of the various issues involved. This is then complemented with their own research findings. . . The book will undoubtedly enrich the debate on the behavior and impact of MNEs.' -- Yama Temouri, Journal of International Business Studies'Davide Castellani and Antonello Zanfei, two well-known Italian economists, have brought forth an excellent new book. . . I think this book will serve as a starting-point for many interesting studies, both because of its findings and because of its empirical and theoretical rigour. . . the book lays an excellent and empirically well founded foundation that opens the way for what we need most in research on the international innovatory activities and R&D configurations of MNCs: intrafirm data and the study of intrafirm processes, configurations and specific interactions with the host country environment. The book to me is an important step in moving innovation research forward in this direction. . . I am sure that this book will serve as a thought-provoking starting point for many future studies on firms' international innovatory activities and therefore recommend it without any reservation.' -- Marcus M. Keupp, Creativity and Innovation Management'Castellani and Zanfei have developed an original and comprehensive analysis of the role of multinational firms in the transfer, creation and diffusion of technology. By developing their view of the multinationals as "double network institutions", the authors provide new insights on a variety of key issues at the frontier of economics of international production and innovation. This book is thought-provoking, incisive and topical, and should be required reading for both economists and policymakers alike.' -- Rajneesh Narula, University of Reading, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: The Changing Role of Multinational Firms in Innovation 1. Views on Multinational Firms and Innovation 2. The Double Network Structure of Multinational Firms: A Review of the Evidence Part II: How Firms Differ in Innovation, Productivity and Internationalisation 3. Heterogeneity and International Involvement 4. Heterogeneity Across and Within Multinational Firms Part III: Firm Heterogeneity, Multinationals and Spillovers 5. Multinational Firms and Spillovers: Theoretical, Methodological, and Empirical Issues 6. In Search of Horizontal Spillovers from Multinationals: The Role of Firms’ Heterogeneity Appendix Data sources The Elios Dataset The Community Innovation Survey (CIS) The CIS-Elios Dataset References Index

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Book SynopsisNarratives of Organisational Change and Learning explores how organisations learn from profound change and create new futures through the narrative process of sense-making.Stefanie Reissner investigates change and learning through the comparative and contextual analysis of organisational stories. This timely and important book focuses on: how organisational actors make sense of, and learn from, profound change as exemplified by three manufacturing firms from Britain, South Africa and Russia the interaction between organisational change and wider social, economic and political changes in the organisations' environments; their impact on the organisational actors' identity is also examined the complex responses to organisational change epitomised by patterns of stories prevalent in each of the three organisations, as well as important insights into often unacknowledged narrative processes of learning which result from profound change. This comprehensive, in-depth account will be warmly welcomed by academics and postgraduates, particularly MBA and doctoral students interested in organisational change, learning, and qualitative research, and will also appeal to management educators and management consultants. Trade Review'. . . the book is particularly useful for scholars, students and educators. . . Narratives of Organisational Change and Learning makes a worthwhile contribution to the literature in this field.' -- Simon Peel, Journal of Educational Administration and History'It is a rare pleasure to read a monograph that uses organisational stories and storytelling as the main vehicles for analysing how people handle organisational and personal change in moments of rapid social and technological transformation. Instead of getting bogged down in questions of ontology and epistemology, Stefanie Reissner has produced a compelling narrative that uses the voices of her respondents in a sensitive, serious and sophisticated manner to reveal not only how people cope with changes in their working lives but also some of the costs of these changes.' -- Yiannis Gabriel, University of London, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Change, Learning, Narrative and Making Sense 3. Frontiers of Change 4. The World of Organisational Stories 5. Personal Experiences of Change 6. Competing Stories 7. Conclusion Methodological Appendix References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is the first of its kind to reflect on what it means to actually perform critical management studies (CMS): how consultants, researchers, teachers and managers negotiate the tensions they experience in their everyday practice.Critical management studies seeks to expose the hidden workings of power, as well as to identify and reform the mundane and frequently unnoticed practices that privilege some groups and individuals at the expense of others, creating injustices in organizations and in the society at large. The authors show how CMS draws on a variety of approaches to ranslate its insights into practice.Combining rich theoretical and empirical contributions with reflections on CMS practice in various forms, this unique book is essential reading for critical researchers, educators and graduate students in business and management fields.Trade Review'This is an excellent text. It covers an impressive range of salient topics. Moreover, it provides a nuanced, considered and balanced treatment of both conceptual and practical aspects of critical management studies.' -- Cliff Oswick, Queen Mary, University of London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Intersections of Critical Management Research and Practice: A Multi-Domain Perspective Maxim Voronov, Julie Wolfram Cox, Tony LeTrent-Jones and David Weir PART I: CRITICAL MANAGEMENT RESEARCH IN ACTION: CHOICE AND CONSTRAINT IN THE GENERATION AND TRANSLATION OF ACTIONABLE KNOWLEDGE 1. Taking the Employee’s Perspective: Negotiating Critical Research in an Organization in Conflict Amanda Roan, Rebecca Loudoun and George Lafferty 2. The Phantom Menace: Conducting Practitioner-Informed Research Without Losing Academic Liberties Alexander Styhre 3. Emancipatory Practice and Information Systems Implementation: An Action Research Project in an NHS Acute Trust Teresa Waring 4. Footless and Fancy Free? On Some Means to Move Beyond the Self-induced and Institutional Constraints of CMS Neil Clarke 5. Practical Pushing: Creating Discursive Space in Organizational Narratives Joyce K. Fletcher, Lotte Bailyn and Stacy Blake Beard 6. Discourse and Policy in the Learning and Skills Sector Ron Kerr and Steve Fox PART II: CRITICAL TEACHING AND LEARNING: RESPONSIVENESS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT EDUCATION 7. Muckraking Novels: The Search for Another Paradigm Stephen Sloane 8. Journeys into Critical Thinking: Intersecting Foucault into the Organizational Practice Debate Daniel King 9. Extending the Repertoire of Research Approaches in a Professional Doctoral Program: The Place and Shape of a Critical Perspective Jan Priest and Erica Hallebone 10. Supervising Action Research: A Space for Critical Influence on Organizational Practice Marion Macalpine and Sheila Marsh 11. Paradoxes of Academic Practice: Managerialist Techniques in Critical Pedagogy Torkild Thanem and Louise Wallenberg 12. Experiences of Living and Doing Critical Management Education in Canadian Business Schools Gina Grandy and Jane Gibbon PART III: CRITICAL IDENTITIES: THE CRITICAL TURN IN EVERYDAY DOMAINS OF PRACTICE 13. Caught in ‘No-Man’s Land’? Consultancy and Critique Brendon Harvey 14. ‘I Didn’t Have the Balls for It’: How a ‘Feminine’ Discourse of Consulting Opens a Critical Space Sheila Marsh 15. Silences and Disappearing Acts: The Politics of Gendering Organizational Practice Margaret L. Page 16. The Trouble with the Glass Ceiling: Critical Reflections on a Famous Concept Yvonne Benschop and Margo Brouns 17. Racial Inequality in the Workplace: How Critical Management Studies Can Inform Current Approaches Brenda Johnson 18. Critical Social Entrepreneurship – An Alternative Discourse Analysis James Latham, Robert Jones and Michela Betta 19. Power, Control and the Protean Career: A Critical Perspective on Multinational Organizations’ Permanent International Assignees Marian Crowley-Henry and David Weir Index

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Book SynopsisThis book sheds light on 'hidden' aspects of management theory by questioning its moral foundations: ethical and moral principles tend to become over time, deeply embedded, if not buried, in the intellectual and disciplinary subfields of management, particularly when the latter vie for scientific status. In the process, they often become invisible or indecipherable both to those who advance and diffuse knowledge as well as to those who receive, interpret and apply it. The contributors to this book explore in various subfields of management thought a number of important moral and ethical issues. What is the definition of 'good behaviour' - and hence of 'bad behaviour' - implicit behind the theories we use and produce? Can we find, historically, a trace of moral and ethical dilemmas and debates in those intellectual subfields that tend to posture today as morally neutral? What is the conception of human nature and social reality embedded in modern management thought and theories? How do those implicit and hidden cognitive schemes influence the development of research and knowledge in those various subfields? How do they prevent certain issues from emerging? How do they shape debates, practices and beliefs - leaving little room to approach the world differently and to depart from mainstream perspectives?This unique treatment of the moral foundations of knowledge management will provide a stimulating read for academics, students and professionals focusing on business and management, business administration, sociology, organizational behaviour and moral philosophy.Trade Review'Djelic and Vranceanu have put together a valuable collection of studies on the normative justifications underlying modern managerialism, as well as on its roots in economic and organizational theories. Students of the rise of business schools, and business education in particular, will find the book's analyses of current normative frames most useful. But so will those interested in the prospects for future changes in management doctrines.' -- John W. Meyer, Stanford University, US'This book offers an eloquent critical analysis of the moral foundations of management and economics. The essays in it are well-grounded in a variety of disciplines and philosophic traditions. Together the contributors offer provocative insights into how and why morality nourishes and sustains businesses and the people who work in them.' -- Joanne B. Ciulla, University of Richmond, US'Exploring the ethical foundations of the different subfields of managerial thought, this book brings a thoroughly new light on the issue of sustainability and responsibility in management theory and practice. Departing from the traditional scientific neutrality viewpoint, its contributors start from the bold premise that management is not ethically or morally neutral. They investigate the validity of various perspectives on business ethics and their implications for economics, theories of leadership and team management as well as the study of complex management systems. Between them, these contributions bring the reflection on management and ethics to a new frontier. This pathbreaking book is compelling reading for all those who want to go beyond a technocratic vision of management.'<BR>- Michel De Vroey, Universite catholique de Louvain, BelgiumTable of ContentsContents: Foreword PART I: MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE AND ETHICAL ISSUES: A DIFFICULT ENCOUNTER 1. Towards a Phenomenology of Management: From Modelling to Day-to-day Moral Sensemaking Cognition Laurent Bibard 2. Reverse Engineering of Moral Discussion: From Symptoms to Moral Foundations Evandro Bocatto and Eloisa Perez de Toledo 3. From Hunter-gatherer to Organisational Man: A Morality Tale Kathryn Gordon and Raymond-Alain Thietart PART II: ECONOMICS AND THE QUESTION OF MORAL FOUNDATIONS 4. Economics, Ethics and Anthropology Antonio Argandoña 5. The ‘Ethics of Competition’ or the Moral Foundations of Contemporary Capitalism Marie-Laure Djelic 6. The Ethics of Rationality. Elucidations in the Theoretical Foundations of Economics by Relation to Ethics Mircea Boari 7. The Moral Layer of Contemporary Economics: A Virtue-ethics Perspective Radu Vranceanu PART III: LEADERSHIP AND TEAM MANAGEMENT: EXPLORING MORAL FOUNDATIONS 8. Leadership Virtues and Management Knowledge: Questioning the Unitary Command Perspective in Leadership Research Lucia Crevani, Monica Lindgren and Johann Packendorff 9. The Psychological Dimension of Love as Foundational for Transformational Leadership Theory Mary Miller 10. An Ethical Encounter with the Other: Language Introducing the New into Thought Sara Louise Muhr PART IV: MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND ETHICS: CAN WE GO BEYOND HYPOCRIZY? 11. Are Management Systems Ethical? The Reification Perspective Annick Bouguignon 12. The Paradoxical Situation of Ethics in Business Gilles Van Wijk 13. Ethics and Management Education: The MBA under Attack Richard Déry, Chantale Mailhot and Véronique Schaeffer Index

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