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Taylor & Francis Ltd Turning Houses into Homes A History of the Retailing and Consumption of Domestic Furnishings The History of Retailing and Consumption
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Constitutional Corporation
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Crisis and Renewal in Twentieth Century Banking Exploring the History and Archives of Banking at Times of Political and Social Stress Studies in Banking and Financial History
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Insuring the Industrial Revolution Fire Insurance
Book SynopsisFire had always been one of the greatest threats to an early modern British society that relied on the naked flame as the prime source of heating, lighting and cooking. Yet whilst the danger of fire had always been taken seriously, it was not until the start of the eighteenth century that a sophisticated system of insurance became widely available. Whilst a number of high profile fires during the seventeenth century had drawn attention to the economic havoc a major conflagration could wreak, it was not until the effects of sustained industrialization began to alter the economic and social balance of the nation, that fire insurance really took off as a concept. The culmination of ten years of research, this book is the definitive work on early British fire insurance. It also provides a foundation for future comparative international studies of this important financial service, and for a greater level of theorising by historians about the relationship between insurance, perceptions of risk, economic development and social change. Through a detailed study of the archives of nearly 50 English and Scottish insurance companies founded between 1696 and 1850 - virtually all the records currently available - together with the construction of many new datasets on output, performance and markets, this book presents one of the most comprehensive histories ever written of a financial service. As well as measuring the size, market structure and growth rate of insurance, and the extent to which the first industrial revolution was insured, it also demonstrates ways in which insurance can be linked into wider issues of economic and social change in Britain. These range from an examination of the joint-stock company form of organization - to an analysis of changing attitudes towards fire hazard during the course of the eighteenth century. The book concludes by emphasising the ambivalent character of fire insurance in eighteenth and early nineteenth century Britain, contrasting the industry's dynamic long-run rate of growth with its more conservative attitude to product design and diversification.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2004 Wadsworth Prize for Business History, awarded by the UK Business Archives Council for the best book in business history. '... meticulously researched... this monograph, the result of over a decade's research, makes a major contribution not only to insurance history, but also to British economic history and, in parts, to the social history of industrialization. With extensive footnotes containing a mine of detailed comparative evidence, Pearson has produced a first-class study of an industry that underwent major structural and cultural changes between 1700 and 1850.' Economic History Review 'Despite its rather obvious importance to modern economic development, the history of fire and property insurance has been largely neglected. Until now that is. Robin Pearson's exhaustively researched and meticulously argued study [...] offers the definitive history of the British Fire Insurance industry through the middle of the nineteenth century. Even more critically, Pearson establishes just how integral property insurance was to the industrial revolution. Insuring the Industrial Revolution is a singular achievement. Robin Pearson demonstrates that fire insurance played a consequential, if sometimes ambivalent, role in the industrial revolution. He also provides a roadmap that future scholars in this area will follow when constructing their own studies of the history of fire insurance. I hope that this fine study garners the wide audience it deserves.' EH.NET 'Pearson has done a superb job [...] to assemble the only truly comprehensive history of the British fire insurance industry to date.' Enterprise & Society 'This is a carefully crafted book that fully achieves its objectives.' Urban HistoryTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; Fire insurance and British economic growth, 1700-1850; Part I: The fire insurance markets of Georgian London; Provincial fire insurance in the 18th century; Insurance in wartime, 1782-1815; Insurance in and out of crisis, 1815-50; Part II: Company foundation; Marketing; Underwriting; Investments; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Perceptions of Retailing in Early Modern England The History of Retailing and Consumption
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility Series
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Female Labour Power Women Workers Influence on Business Practices in the British and American Cotton Industries 17801860 Studies in Labour History
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Veterinary Medicine A Guide to Historical Sources Studies in British Business Archives
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Taylor & Francis The International Business Archives Handbook
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Learning with Trade Unions A Contemporary Agenda in Employment Relations Contemporary Employment Relations
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Taylor & Francis Cultures of Selling
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Social Relations in the Estate Villages of Mecklenburg c18801924 Studies in Labour History
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Personal Capitalism and Corporate Governance British Manufacturing in the First Half of the Twentieth Century Modern Economic and Social History
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Taylor & Francis Making Scientific Instruments in the Industrial Revolution Science Technology and Culture 17001945
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Child Workers in England 17801820 Parish Apprentices and the Making of the Early Industrial Labour Force Studies in Labour History
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Taylor & Francis Mining Tycoons in the Age of Empire 18701945 Entrepreneurship High Finance Politics and Territorial Expansion Modern Economic and Social History
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Taylor & Francis William Crookes 18321919 and the Commercialization of Science Science Technology and Culture 17001945
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Ashgate Companion to the History of Textile Workers 16502000
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Taylor & Francis The House of Rothschild in Spain 1812â1941
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Great Writers on Organizations
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Complete Restaurant Management Guide Sharpe Professional
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Taylor & Francis International Management
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Professional Edge
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Professional Edge
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Taylor & Francis Managing Information in Complex Organizations
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Taylor & Francis Managing Information in Complex Organizations
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Global Business Citizenship A Transformative Framework for Ethics and Sustainable Capitalism A Transformative Framework for Ethics and Sustainable Capitalism
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Global Business Citizenship A Transformative Framework for Ethics and Sustainable Capitalism A Transformative Framework for Ethics and Sustainable Capitalism
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Dance of Leadership The Art of Leading in Business Government and Society The Art of Leading in Business Government and Society The Art of Leading in Business Government and Society
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Taylor & Francis Performance Management
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Taylor & Francis Effective Nonprofit Management
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Taylor & Francis The Ecological Vision Reflections on the American Condition
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Essays on the Industrial Revolution in Britain
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Taylor & Francis Strategy and Structure of Japanese Enterprises
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Independant Practice for the Mental Health Professional
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Internal Evaluation in NonProfit Organisations
Book SynopsisFocused on the interpersonal aspects of internal evaluation in non-profit organisations, this book presents practice-based discussions centred on six key topics identified through the authors' experience as evaluation practitioners. Internal Evaluation in Non-Profit Organisations: Practitioner Perspectives on Theory, Research, and Practice is not a step-by-step how-to guide; instead, each chapter unpacks an aspect of internal evaluation in non-profits that is paid insufficient heed in the existing literature. Written by and for internal evaluation practitioners, the book contains a plethora of practical strategies and critical analysis of thought-provoking topics that are of particular interest and importance to internal evaluators in non-profit settings. The authors understand the pressures facing practitioners and non-profit organisations and share their insights around improving evaluation's ability to be efficient, embedded, useful, and meaningful. This bookTrade Review"The co-authors--two incredibly thoughtful internal evaluators--present an extensive set of practical ideas to enhance evaluation practice in non-profit organizations. Building on their own practice and on an understanding of the scholarly literature that grounds internal evaluation, they have produced a highly usable guide that will enable other evaluators to build evaluation capacity both for themselves and for their organizations. I am eager to use this book in my own work." Jean A. King, Professor Emerita, Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development/Minnesota Evaluation Studies Institute, USA"In an era where internal evaluation is gaining unprecedented relevance in non-profit organisations, this guide addresses a niche yet important topic, notably understated in evaluation literature." Auzan Rama Satria, Faculty of Psychology, University of Indonesia; International Society for Third-Sector ResearchChapter Endorsements"It felt really nice to be reading something that speaks so directly to where I am at in the early stages of my evaluation journey. It has given me some useful food for thought." Kate Baker, Evaluation Project Manager, HealthWest (Chapter 2)"These uniquely practical guidelines and reflections are essential to read" Phyo Pyae Thida (Sophia) Htwe, Community Development Evaluator, GraceWorks Myanmar (Chapter 2)"What a complete joy to read this!" Yoland Wadsworth, Professor (Hon), RMIT University, Australia, and author of the best-selling Everyday Evaluation on the Run"The content shows the value of combining research, theory and practice, and the importance of NGOs actively contributing to global understandings by sharing knowledge through publications. Genius!" Stephanie Harrison, Evaluation Consultant, Pandanus Evaluation (Chapter 5)"I was actually quite inspired to use theory more in my work after reading it!" Catherine Malla, Knowledge Management Advisor, The Fred Hollows Foundation (Chapter 5)"This chapter addresses an important topic – the need for all evaluators, not just internal evaluators working in the NFP sector, to do much better at integrating theory/research with practice when planning, conducting and using evaluations." Brad Astbury, Director, ARTD Consultants (Chapter 5)"This is a great practical resource with valuable lessons learnt for guiding how external and internal evaluators can combine their expertise together to conduct evaluations in non-profits." Kathryn Dinh, Director, Lotus Evaluation (Chapter 6)"A practical and useful guide on how to think about utilisation and apply this to data collection and evaluations. Working in M&E in a large organisation with varying knowledge and skills around evaluation utilisation, I found this incredibly helpful!" Lauren Lombardi, National Monitoring and Evaluation Lead, Emergency Services, Australian Red Cross (Chapter 7)"I think I've had an epiphany! This was so well written, enjoyable and reaffirming." Marcia Nawar, Program Quality State Lead (NSW/ACT), Australian Red Cross (Chapter 7)Table of Contents1. Internal evaluators: An influential position 2. Professional development for internal evaluators 3. Practical strategies for building interpersonal skills 4. Informal everyday evaluation for organisational change and improvement 5. Using theory, research, and practice to evaluate effectiveness 6. Internal and external evaluators working collaboratively 7. Increasing evaluation use 8. Internal evaluation enhances organisational effectiveness
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Elite Business Schools
Book SynopsisSocial scientists are paying increasing attention to the business and financial elites: There's a great need to understand who these elites are, what they do, and what makes them tick, as individuals but also as a class. By examining elite business schools, the institutions that train and prepare people to assume important leadership and decision-making positions in business, finance and related sectors, we may also learn how the economic elites are made. A key argument in this book is that elite schools are known to create powerful groups in society, offering them the intellectual and analytical means to act as leaders, but, most importantly, the social, moral and aesthetic skills that are deemed necessary to exercise power; in all essential respects elite schools consecrate people. By dominating much of higher education today, and by doing so in a way that creates and reproduces a market-based organization and control of society, elite business schools represent certain interests Trade Review"Mikael Holmqvist has followed up his fascinating ethnography of Djursholm, a residential community where many of Sweden’s economic elite live, with another in-depth study – this time focusing on the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE). Holmqvist examines the critical role of this higher education institution in moulding Sweden’s future business and financial leaders, illustrating in detail the various mechanisms at work in inculcating a particular set of aesthetic, moral and social norms. The book follows the students’ journey from admission, into the student union, the classroom, the curricula content they have access to, the expectations Faculty members have to work within, and finally the long-term associations formed through strong alumni networks. Holmqvist’s final analysis is persuasive and devastating at the same time: that SSE is a servant of power, legitimising business and capitalism through academic consecration."Claire Maxwell Professor of Sociology, University of Copenhagen.Table of Contents1. Education and Consecration of Neoliberal Elites: Introduction 2. Business, Economics, and the Nobel Prize: History and Legacy 3. Admission: Privilege, Values and Practices 4. Consecration, Business Skills and Leadership: The Student Union 5. Teaching Business: The Invisible Hand in Class 6. Affinity: Pedagogics for a Future Elite 7. Academic Freedom and the Business Community 8. Business School Faculty and Neoliberal Thinking 9. Lifelong Social Relationships and Networks: Business School Alumni 10. Elitism and Masculinity: Business Schools and Elite Employers 11. Business Schools and the Consecration of Elites: Conclusions
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Taylor & Francis Absolute Essentials of Strategic Management
Book SynopsisStrategy is a foundational aspect of management education, whilst strategic thinking is an essential business skill. This shortform textbook provides the absolute essentials of the field, focusing on how strategy works as a managed process.The author, an experienced management educator, provides a clear and concise structure that enables readers to understand and excel in the core strategic skills that are essential to contemporary business globally.This concise and coherent text is a unique alternative to bloated strategic management textbooks and will be welcomed by students and reflective practitioners around the world.Trade ReviewAbsolute Essentials of Strategic Management is an absolute essential for students on a range of business and management courses and practicing managers interested in the seminal and classical works that have shaped strategic management. Its concise and engaging style makes it the ultimate companion for learned colleagues from neighbouring disciplines also curious about this dynamic and all-embracing field of study and application.Dr Vinh Sum Chau, Senior Lecturer in Strategy, Kent Business School,University of KentTable of ContentsPart 1: Strategic Management and its Purpose 1. Overview of Strategic Management and Strategy 2. Purpose: vision, mission and values Part 2: Strategic Objectives and Analysis 3. Strategic Objectives 4. The External Environment 5. The Internal Environment Part 3: Strategy 6. Business-level Strategy 7. Corporate-level Strategy 8. Global-level Strategy Part 4: Managing Strategy in Action 9. Strategy Implementation 10. Strategic Control 11. Strategic Leadership
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Fostering Wisdom at Work
Book SynopsisMost people can name dozens of knowledgeable people in their private and business lives, but highly value the very limited number deemed as wise. The fields of gerontology, psychology, and social science have attempted to study the phenomena of wisdom with little significant clarity or understanding of the construct within the expansive workforce development field. Wisdom, as an important aspect of a growing global knowledge economy, lacks the frameworks and theories needed for fostering workplace wisdom.This book brings a scholarly scrutiny to the study of wisdom, propelling the attribute to prominence within the broad field of workforce development and particularly within the growing context of a global knowledge economy. It investigates the characteristics of wisdom and offers theories, frameworks, techniques to foster wisdom in the workplace, recognizing it as a vital key to success for individuals and society.The ideal audience of this book includes senior learninTable of ContentsPART ONE: PERSONAL WISDOM CHAPTER ONE: Our personal journeyChapter Two: Knowledge, Experience, and AgeChapter Three: Learning and UnlearningChapter Four: Pathways of WisdomPART TWO: COLLECTIVE WISDOMChapter Five: A Mentoring RelationshipChapter Six: Workplace Resilience, Adaptability, and ConnectionChapter Seven: Moving to a Wise Workplace
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Speaking Up in a Culture of Silence
Book SynopsisWe know we should speak up and question what is being taken as normal in our work cultures â to notice and call out bad behaviour and resist being silenced. This book is a guide to what it takes to do this in a way that doesnât expose you to the countermeasures of people who do not like being questioned. What is explored through case studies and personal experience are ideas about how to resist being silenced at work where there are competing demands on your time and energy and where people have learnt to tolerate bad and uncivil behaviours just to get the work done. There are no magic solutions or calls for decisive action. Just some modest ideas about what can help you hold onto your voice and your thinking so that when the time is right, you can say something that just may help keep us all a bit safer.Table of ContentsChapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 – The tyranny of the bed state meeting Chapter 3 – They would have died anyway Chapter 4 – Not in my name Chapter 5 – The origins of my talk and silence to speaking up Chapter 7 – Can we talk about our conversational culture? Chapter 8 – Walking off the map Chapter 9 – Staying hopeful
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Taylor & Francis Organizing Christmas
Book SynopsisOrganizing Christmas is an exploration of the organizational character of Christmas. Taking as its starting point the view that Christmas initially achieved popularity due to its potential to promote social cohesion and political stability, this book both charts and scrutinizes its global emergence as the year's preeminent economic and organizational event.Combining historical narrative, original interviews, and social scientific research and theories, it tells the story of how Christmas has come to dominate the festival landscape and how it emerged as an integral component of the global evolution of contemporary social and economic relations. From the pre-Christian celebrations and politics of the turning of the calendar year, through the power games of Elizabethan England and the wily reinvention of the season by industrious Victorians, to todayâs huge economic and logistical exercise that relies on everything from global supply chains to the domestic division of lTrade Review"We all think we understand Christmas based on our own experiences and memories. It wasn’t until I encountered Hancock’s work that I learned how inadequate my own understandings were, and how surprised the ancient pagans, the early Christians, and even 19th-century merchants would have been with how Christmas continues to evolve and its varied roles in our lives. You will be fascinated and challenged by what you read here (and incidentally and importantly, I still believe in Santa Claus, of course)." Professor Jean M. Bartunek, Boston College, USA"This book is unique, fascinating and thought-provoking. It provides a comprehensive overview of Christmas as a global phenomenon, followed by a critical analysis that places it within an organizational context. The book is a must-read not only for those interested in Christmas but also for those engaging in broader conversations about organization and organizing." Dr José-Carlos García-Rosell, Associate Professor, University of Lapland, Finland"Christmas is capitalism in all its needy madness, but in this beautiful book, Hancock shows us why even the most miserable should pay it some serious attention. He both enchants and dissects the festival at the same time, showing the labour of Santa and the engineering of magic. I would be pleased to give this book to someone as a present. Just not at Xmas." Professor Martin Parker, University of Bristol, UK"The best science engagements are those that highlight the amazing weirdness of that which we take for granted. Professor Hancock’s book is exemplary social theory, and cunningly unpacks (sic) and problematizes the Christmas that we all know and thought we loved. This is social science at its finest!" Professor Alf Rehn, University of Southern Denmark, DenmarkTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 A Brief Organizational History of Christmas 2 The Buying and Selling of a Season 3 The Magical Atmospherics of Christmastide 4 Working at Christmas 5 Here Comes Santa Claus 6 Home and the Gendered Organization of Christmas 7 Organizing Christmas: The Wrapping Up
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Executive Functions and the Frontal Lobes A
Book SynopsisThis volume has as its primary aim the examination of issues concerning executive function and frontal lobe development. While many texts have addressed these issues, this is the first to do so within a specifically developmental framework.This area of cognitive function has received increasing attention over the past decade, and it is now established that the frontal lobes, and associated executive functions, are critical for efficient functioning in daily life. It is also clear, and of particular relevance to this text, that these functions develop gradually through childhood, and then deteriorate during old age. These developmental trajectories, and the impact of any interruption to them, are the focus of this volume.Table of ContentsPart 1. A Developmental-Theoretical Framework for Executive Function. P.J. Anderson, Towards a Developmental Model of Executive Function. C.R. De Luca, R.L. Leventer, Developmental Trajectories of Executive Function across the Lifespan. L.H. Phillips, J.D. Henry, Adult Aging and Executive Function. B. Kolb, M. Monfils, N. Sherren, Recovery from Frontal Cortical Injury during Development. Part 2. Assessment of Executive Function Across the Lifespan. K. Espy et al., Methodological and Conceptual Issues in Understanding the Development of Executive Control in the Preschool Period. V. Anderson, P.J. Anderson, R. Jacobs, Development and Assessment of Executive Function: From Preschool to Adolescence. T. Wardill, V. Anderson, The Assessment of Executive Functioning in Older Adults. G.A. Gioia, P.K. Isquith, L.E. Kenealy, Assessment of Behavioral Aspects of Executive Function. A.G. Wood, E. Smith, Pediatric Neuroimaging Studies: A Window to Cognitive Development of the Frontal Lobes. Part 3. Impairments of Executive Function Across the Lifespan. K. Howard, P.J. Anderson, H.G. Taylor, Executive Functioning and Attention in Children Born Preterm. K.O. Yeates, V. Anderson, Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury, Executive Functions, and Social Outcomes: Towards an Integrative Model for Research and Clinical Practice. V. Anderson et al., Executive Functions after Frontal Lobe Insult in Childhood. P.J. Eslinger, K.R. Biddle, Prefrontal Cortex and the Maturation of Executive Functions, Cognitive Expertise, and Social Adaptation. V. Anderson, Attention Deficits and the Frontal Lobes. J. Snowden, Frontotemporal Dementia: Correlations between Pathology and Function. M.M. Saling, J. Bradshaw, From A-synucleopathy to Executive Dysfunction: Early-stage Parkinson’s Disease. Part 4. Rehabilitation of Impairments in Executive Function. B.A. Wilson, J. Evans, Models for the Rehabilitation of Executive Impairments. M. Ylivasaker, T. Feeney, Helping Children without Making Them Helpless: Facilitating Development of Executive Self-regulation in Children and Adolescents. C. Catroppa, V. Anderson, Intervention Approaches for Executive Dysfunction following Brain Injury in Childhood. S. McDonald, Social Information Processing Difficulties in Adults and Implications for Treatment.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Fashion Entrepreneurship
Book SynopsisFashion generates over a trillion dollars in sales annually and has the priceless ability to beguile its customers around the world. Fashion Entrepreneurship: The Creation of the Global Fashion Business provides the first authoritative history of the global fashion industry, from its emergence to the present day, with a focus on the entrepreneurs at the nucleus of many of the world's influential brands. It shows how successive generations of entrepreneurs built and developed their brands, democratizing access to fashion brands throughout the world.This book analyzes the careers of the greatest fashion entrepreneurs from the nineteenth century onward, including such legendary names as Charles Worth, Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, and Giorgio Armani. It shows how this distinct form of entrepreneurship has arisen and what lessons new entrepreneurs can learn from the past to create thriving fashion businesses in today's rapidly changing modern world.Trade Review"Neri Karra brings the history of global fashion as a business alive in her enlightening book, and delivers important lessons on how to succeed for aspiring fashion designers and managers in the industry."- Geoffrey Jones, Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, Harvard Business School"I commend Neri’s effort to explore the origins of the fashion industry through the key figures who shaped its history. Her effort is comprehensive and covers a lot of ground."- Luca Solca, Head of Luxury Research at Bernstein"I found the book on Fashion Entrepreneurship beautifully structured, illustrated longitudinally through time to bring out the essence of the paradoxical nature of the fashion business. On one side it is niche, for the lucky few, while on the other hand it is a global business with companies having the largest market cap in Europe and the richest person of the world deriving wealth from an industry. Neri's analysis on this historical path dependency is very important to understand for fashion entrepreneurs as they desire for global dominance following in the footsteps of the stalwarts of the industry."- Ashok Som, Professor of Global Strategy, ESSEC Business School"Author Neri Karra provides an authoritative and comprehensive analysis of the emergence of global fashion entrepeneurship. The book incorporates essential information on how creative aesthetics are combined with brand strategy to produce commercial success in the context of fashion, art and culture'"- Marnie Fogg, Author of Fashion: The Whole History“Neri Karra brings the history of global fashion as a business alive in her enlightening book, and delivers important lessons on how to succeed for aspiring fashion designers and managers in the industry.”Geoffrey Jones, Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, Harvard Business School“I commend Neri’s effort to explore the origins of the fashion industry through the key figures who shaped its history. Her effort is comprehensive and covers a lot of ground.”Luca Solca, Head of Luxury Research at Bernstein“I found the book on Fashion Entrepreneurship beautifully structured, illustrated longitudinally through time to bring out the essence of the paradoxical nature of the fashion business. On one side it is niche, for the lucky few, while on the other hand it is a global business with companies having the largest market cap in Europe and the richest person of the world deriving wealth from an industry. Neri’s analysis on this historical path dependency is very important to understand for fashion entrepreneurs as they desire for global dominance following in the footsteps of the stalwarts of the industry.”Ashok Som, Professor of Global Strategy, ESSEC Business School“Author Neri Karra provides an authoritative and comprehensive analysis of the emergence of global fashion entrepeneurship. The book incorporates essential information on how creative aesthetics are combined with brand strategy to produce commercial success in the context of fashion, art, and culture.”Marnie Fogg, Author of Fashion: The Whole HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Business of Fashion Part I Fashion Rising The Birth of Fashion Entrepreneurship (1845-1895) Fashion, Art, and Beauty (1895-1914) Part II Fashion Diffusion Fashion Amid War and Depression (1914-1945) The Golden Age of Haute Couture (1945-1959) The Changing Face of the Fashion Business (1960s onward) Part III Fashion Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice Building the Fashion Firm: Entrepreneurial Capabilities for Fashion Business Success The Fashion Entrepreneurship Model: Dynamics Creating Sustainable Competitive Advantage Fashion Business Models: Entrepreneurial Drivers, Opportunities, and Challenges Conclusion: The Dream Makers
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Taylor & Francis The Routledge Companion to the Makers of Global
Book SynopsisThe Routledge Companion to the Makers of Global Business draws together a wide array of state-of-the-art research on multinational enterprises. The volume aims to deepen our historical understanding of how firms and entrepreneurs contributed to transformative processes of globalization.This book explores how global business facilitated the mechanisms of cross-border interactions that affected individuals, organizations, industries, national economies and international relations. The 37 chapters span the Middle Ages to the present day, analyzing the emergence of institutions and actors alongside key contextual factors for global business development. Contributors examine business as a central actor in globalization, covering myriad entrepreneurs, organizational forms and key industrial sectors. Taking a historical view, the chapters highlight the intertwined and evolving nature of economic, political, social, technological and environmental patterns and relationships.Trade Review"This important collection of new surveys by leading scholars represents an essential state of the art summary and reflection on the often neglected major contribution of entrepreneurs and firms to the globalisation of business and provides a comprehensive overview of the evolution of global business in historical perspective, notably on the role of institutions and organisational forms." – Robert Read, Lancaster University Management School, UK"This is a terrific contribution to the broad field of analytical business history, focused on the key actors who have created the global economy. A must read for economists, political scientists, sociologists and strategy scholars with an interest in how international business actually functions." – Alain Verbeke, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of International Business Studies"A major contribution to the history of globalization and capitalism, The Routledge Companion to the Makers of Global Business brings together more than fifty scholars, writing on broad political and social issues as well as institutional and technological ones – from the Great Divergence and the histories of gender and race in global entrepreneurship, to value chains and state-owned enterprise. It is a significant and notable achievement that tells the story of how firms helped build the modern global economy." – Walter A. Friedman, Harvard Business School, USTable of ContentsPart 1: Introduction and Context 1. Introduction to the Makers of Global Business 2. Origins and Development of Global Business 3. The Making of Global Business in Long-run Perspective 4. International Entrepreneurship and Business History 5. Gender and Race in Global Entrepreneurship Part 2: Institutions 6. Government and Regulators 7. Banks and Capital Markets 8. The Internationalization of Executive Education 9. Consultants and Internationalization Part 3: Organizational Forms 10. Guilds 11. Merchants and the Origins of Capitalism 12. Diaspora Networks 13. Trading Companies 14. Co-operatives 15. Business Groups 16. International Business Networks 17. Clusters as Spaces for Global Integration 18. Global Value Chains 19. State-Owned Enterprises Part 4: Industries 20. Global Communications 21. Electric Power Industry 22. Healthcare Industries and Services 23. Insurance 24. Entertainment and the Film Industry 25. Automobiles 26. Manufacturing and the Importance of Global Marketing 27. Luxury 28. Shipping 29. Global Commodity Traders 30. The Global Oil Industry Part 5: Challenges and Impact 31. Political Risk and Nationalism 32. Imitation and the Case of the Global Wine Industry 33. Combating Corruption 34. Multinational Management 35. Business and Sustainability 36. Pollution and Climate Change 37. The Great Divergence and the Great Convergence
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Regulation of Air Transport
Book SynopsisThe regulation of modern civil aviation can be traced back to the later years of the Second World War. An intense debate about the future regulatory regime resulted in a compromise which to this day essentially dictates the structure of the global airline industry. Further progress towards normalising' the industry appears to be slowing down, and perhaps even going into reverse. Without an understanding of the development of regulation, it is not possible to understand fully the industry's current problems and how they might be resolved.Many books have been written about the development of international air transport, covering deregulation, privatisation, the emergence of new business models among other things, but few if any have taken a broad view of the trends which have determined the industry's current structure. The Regulation of Air Transport charts the development of aviation from the end of the Second World War to the present day, following the key trends anTrade Review'This book is an excellent history of the major changes since World War II that have shaped today’s commercial aviation world. Aviation leaders, policy analysts, and academic researchers will find The Regulation of Air Transport to be a comprehensive guide to the policy revolutions that have shaped 21st-century aviation.'Robert Poole, The Reason Foundation, USA'This is a fundamental book for the library of anyone involved in aviation. Check it out!'Edward Clayton, PwC, Malaysia'If you have any interest in aviation regulatory developments over the past 80 years, this book is an interesting and enjoyable read. This is thanks in no small part to the inclusion of anecdotes and background snippets from people involved along the pathway of change. I thoroughly recommend this book!'Edmond Rose, ASM, UK'An excellent book. It's a treasure trove of information and ideas from one of the UK's leading experts.'Peter Harbison, Greener Airlines, Australia'Barry Humphreys is one of the best and most insightful commentators on aviation policy and regulation. He has written a book about the moves to and then back from liberalisation, which I have the pleasure of recommending.'Andrew Charlton, Aviation Advocacy, Switzerland 'Barry Humphreys paints a complete picture, combining descriptions of historical events with regulatory analysis and, where relevant, is supported by numbers and economic observations.'Niall Buissing, Managing Director & Partner, Lexavia & Managing Editor, Air and Space Law, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsPreface, 1. Introduction, 2. The Beginning, 3. Growth and Disruption: Charters and Bermuda 2, 4. US Deregulation, 5. European Liberalisation, 6. Open Skies, 7. The Low-Cost Revolution, 8. Ownership and Control, 9. Technology and the Environment, 10. Airline Profitability, 11. Air Traffic Management, 12. Airports, 13. Summary, COVID and the Future. Index
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