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Financial Globalization: Growth, Integration, Innovation and Crisis
by D. DasThe recent crisis has redrawn attention to financial globalization. Dilip Das examines under what circumstances it can be welfare-enhancing and lead to rapid economic growth. Written in an accessible style, the book gives the latest insights on the topic.
Modernity and the Second-Hand Trade: European Consumption Cultures and Practices, 1700-1900
by Jon Stobart and Ilja Van DammeBringing together the latest research on the neglected area of second-hand exchange and consumption, this book offers fresh insights into the buying and selling of used goods in western-Europe during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and seeks to re-examine and redefine the relationship between modernity and the second-hand trade.
The Outsourcing Enterprise: From Cost Management to Collaborative Innovation (Technology, Work and Globalization)
by L. Willcocks S. Cullen A. CraigEvidence shows that organizations with both a CEO and a team involved in sourcing strategy and supplier configuration make more effective decisions. If the wrong supplier is chosen, performance can be negatively affected. Here the authors look at how companies can improve their outsourcing capabilities.
Accountability in Public Policy Partnerships
by J. SteetsA PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. This book presents a new model of accountability which ensures that public-private partnerships don't erode public accountability. It defines concrete accountability standards for different types of partnerships.
Shared Society or Benign Apartheid?: Understanding Peace-Building in Divided Societies
by John Nagle Mary-Alice C. ClancyThis book analyses the role power sharing, social movements, economic regeneration, urban space, memorialisation and symbols play in transforming divided societies into shared peaceful ones. It explains why some projects are counterproductive while others assist peace-building.
The Political Economy of Sovereign Wealth Funds (International Political Economy Series)
by Xu Yi-chong Gawdat BahgatThis book examines the origin, nature, the portfolio, organizational structure and operation of the seven largest SWFs from the perspective of the holding countries. Uniquely it tackles the issues from the perspectives of those non-OECD countries whose access to funds creates the most concern.
Managing in a Political World: The Life Cycle of Local Authority Chief Executives
by S. LeachSteve Leach identifies the key challenges facing chief executives in British local government in operating in an environment where party politics is a dominant force. It discusses the basis on which chief executives apply for posts and manage the interview process, and the importance of the 'honeymoon period' - the first 6-9 months.
Impact of TRIPS in India: An Access to Medicines Perspective
by P. MalhotraIn India today only 35 percent of people have access to medicines. This book examines the rise of drug prices in India, and develops a new healthcare model, which if implemented, would extend access to medicines to India's entire population. Sensitivity tests show that the proposed model is affordable, equitable and implementable
The Church on Capitalism: Theology and the Market
by Eve PooleAn examination of the views on capitalism of bishops, academics and business people in the Church of England. Highlighting the richness and distinctiveness of these arguments, it also points to flaws and gaps. Offering a new framework for public theology, Poole urges the Church to take its proper place in re-shaping the global economy.
Intelligent IT-Offshoring to India: Roadmaps for Emerging Business Landscapes
by W. MessnerEnables companies to discuss and organize offshoring IT work to India and the opportunity to industrialize the IT delivery chain allowing countering cost pressures. Offshoring is considered as a lifecycle and the book provides a practical framework for assessing the offshore readiness and conducting a lean provider selection process.
Beyond Skill: Institutions, Organisations and Human Capability
by Jane BrysonThis book discusses the impact of government policy, other institutional arrangements, organizational practices, collective and individual behaviour, on things of importance to many of us: work, employment, pay, work environments, learning, participation and voice. It is a unique volume of insights from leading researchers and research centres.
An Introduction to Behavioral Economics (PDF)
by Nick Wilkinson Matthias KlaesAn Introduction to Behavioral Economics offers a comprehensive, rigorous, and up-to-date introduction to what is one of the most rapidly advancing areas in economics today. It considers the debates in this exciting field through a cross-disciplinary approach that incorporates insights from economics and other social sciences, as well as evolutionary biology and neuroscience. This edition features: · two new chapters, Chapter 2 on methodology and Chapter 4 on beliefs, heuristics and biases · fully revised content, including expanded material on neuroeconomics, rationality, and behavioral game theory · a large number of real-life case studies and examples, as well as review questions
Macroeconomic Theory and Macroeconomic Pedagogy
by G. Fontana M. SetterfieldThis book aims to showcase and advance recent debates over the extent to which undergraduate macroeconomics teaching models adequately reflect the latest developments in the field. It contains 16 essays on topics including the 3-equation New Consensus model, extensions and alternatives to this model, and endogenous money and finance.
Family Business as Paradox (A Family Business Publication)
by A. Schuman S. Stutz J. WardRather than having to choose between the family and the business, the authors argue that if family-owned businesses can consciously manage and over time, perhaps, synthesize these contradictions, the Family Enterprise will have a long-term strategic and competitive advantage and the family will remain committed to continuity.
Customer Experience: Future Trends and Insights
by C. Shaw Q. Dibeehi S. WaldenCustomer Experience is now the key differentiator as consumers and businesses alike decide among competing brands. The authors explore growing trends in Experience Psychology, Social Media and Neuroscience and their impact on Customer Experience that businesses need to understand to gain preference, loyalty and market share.
Body Language in Business: Decoding the Signals
by A. Furnham E. PetrovaThis innovative new work clarifies the misconceptions around body language while providing a scientific approach to understanding non-verbal communication at work. The authors explain why it is so important to understand body language in business, combining hard research evidence with unambiguous tips and practical applications.
Materializing Europe: Transnational Infrastructures and the Project of Europe
by Alexander Badenoch & Andreas FickersThis book explores the relationships between European integration and material infrastructures. Taking transnational infrastructures as the focal point of study, the book focuses on the various forms of mediation between the material, institutional and discursive levels of European integration and fragmentation in a truly transnational perspective.
Minsky, Crisis and Development
by D. Tavasci J. ToporowskiThis book provides a systematic account of financial crisis in the developing world by exploring how Minsky's theory may be extended to countries at early stages of financial development, going beyond the parameters of the established 'emerging market crisis' literature.
Working in Adversarial Relationships: Operating Effectively in Relationships Characterized by Little Trust or Support
by A. OadeA highly practical and insightful book; it will help you to perform more effectively in a workplace which requires you to function effectively in predominantly adversarial relationships. Whether you work for a small, medium or large organization this book will enable you to get things done effectively in prevailingly oppositional relationships.
Conflict in the Caucasus: Implications for International Legal Order (Euro-Asian Studies)
by James A. Green & Christopher P.M. WatersThis book addresses multiple aspects of the conflict between Georgia and Russia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia in August 2008, including the use of force, human rights, transnational litigation and international law 'rhetoric'. The particulars of the conflict are explored alongside their wider implications for international order.
Managing Social Businesses: Mission, Governance, Strategy and Accountability
by U. P. JägerSocial businesses and non-profit organizations act at the interface of markets and civil societies. Their executives are challenged by issues of social mission and economic rationale. This book presents a new concept of social businesses and a framework for the mission and strategy-related decision making in this complex concept.
Labour Migration in Europe (Migration, Minorities and Citizenship)
by Georg Menz and Alexander CaviedesExamining the new realities of economic immigration to Europe, this book focuses on new trends and developments, including the rediscovery of economic migration, legalization measures, irregular migration, East-West flows, the role of business and employer associations, new positions amongst trade unions, and service sector liberalization.
Configuring Health Consumers: Health Work and the Imperative of Personal Responsibility (Health, Technology and Society)
by Roma Harris, Nadine Wathen and Sally WyattThis book explore assumptions underpinning contemporary health policy discourses that emphasize personal responsibility for health, consider how they attach to changing information technologies, and discuss their influence on emerging forms of health 'work'.
Ethnicity and the Persistence of Inequality: The Case of Peru (Conflict, Inequality and Ethnicity)
by R. Thorp M. ParedesUnderstanding why inequality is so great and has persevered for centuries in a number of Latin American countries requires tools that go beyond economics. Investigating the case of Peru, this book explores how inequality is embedded in institutions that constitute the interface between the economy, the polity and geography of the country.
Global Strategic Management (PDF)
by Philippe LasserreGlobal Strategic Management is designed as a core textbook for those students studying Strategy or International Business. It offers an insight into the impact of globalisation on business organisations and how managers could and should deal with this. Written by a well-respected professor of Strategy, the text combines a strategic and managerial approach to global issues while covering future trends, including E-Business and cultural issues. The text gives a comprehensive overview of the subject are while using chapter introductions, summaries, key points, key terms, suggested reading and mini examples to illustrate and guide the student through the text. '…this book genuinely stands out as an excellent offering…The content is very good and the style, conciseness and clarity of the writing clearly demonstrate the author's mastery of the subject and this will appeal to the student reader. The blend and contribution of various concepts are integrated well into the different chapters …this is an excellent book. Philip Bryans, Napier University Business School Philippe Lasserre is Professor of Strategy and Asian Business at INSEAD. He is the author of various articles on strategy, business in Asia and joint ventures as well as a number of previous texts including Strategies for Asia Pacific with Hellmut Schutte (Palgrave Macmillan, 1999).