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Review of Management Accounting Research
by Magdy G. Abdel-KaderA comprehensive review of contemporary research in management accounting. Provides a thorough critical analysis of recent issues published in the management accounting literature and identifies gaps for future research in each issue reviewed.
Governance Ecosystems: CSR in the Latin American Mining Sector (International Political Economy Series)
by Julia Sagebien and Nicole Marie LindsayThe authors explore the complex dynamics of mining and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Latin America, including a reflection on the African continent, presenting arguments and case studies based on new research on a set of urgent and emerging questions surrounding mining, development and sustainability.
The Stock-Flow Consistent Approach: Selected Writings of Wynne Godley
by Marc LavoieSelected essays from the eminent economist, Wynne Godley, tracing the development of his work and illuminating the key theories and models that made his name. Essays focus not only on the stock-flow coherent approach, but also lay out Godley's views about the European Union and the stability of its monetary policy.
Business Schools Under Fire: Humanistic Management Education as the Way Forward (Humanism in Business Series)
by Wolfgang Amann and Michael Pirson and Claus Dierkmeier and Ernst von Kimakowitz and Heiko SpitzeckIn a time of instability trust in managers is low. Management education is being scrutinized for its impact on society and business schools have been considered as 'silent partners in corporate crime' This book outlines how business schools can get out of the line of fire by presenting the cornerstones of a humanistic business education.
International Negotiation in China and India: A Comparison of the Emerging Business Giants
by R. Kumar V. WormNegotiation is an important managerial skill. The ability to negotiate across cultures becomes even more challenging due to differences in institutional practices. This book explores how the institutional environment in India and China shapes their negotiating behaviour.
Changing Work and Community Identities in European Regions: Perspectives on the Past and Present (Identity Studies in the Social Sciences)
by John Kirk Sylvie Contrepois Steve JefferysThis book juxtaposes the experiences of regions that have lived or are living through industrial transition in coal-mining and manufacturing centres throughout Europe, opening the way to a deeper understanding of the intensity of change and of how work helps shape new identities.
Strategy, Value and Risk: The Real Options Approach (Finance and Capital Markets Series)
by J. RogersUpdated and revised, this second edition applies advanced financial analytics within a strategic framework that recognizes an environment where sustainable competitive advantage is a progressively more difficult task. Real Options offer the link to value and the strategic opportunities that lie in an increasingly dynamic landscape
How Ireland Voted 2011: The Full Story of Ireland's Earthquake Election
by Michael Gallagher and Michael MarshThe collapse of the Irish 'Celtic Tiger' economy, in the wake of a banking disaster, provoked a joint EU/IMF rescue plan in late 2010. The election that followed saw Europe's most successful ever party lose more than half of its vote and almost three quarters of its seats. This book provides the definitive analysis of an electoral earthquake.
Future Work: How Businesses Can Adapt and Thrive In The New World Of Work
by A. Maitland P. ThomsonThe way we work is changing in the Internet age. The new majority of the workforce, women, Generation Y, the over-50s, as well as growing numbers of men share a need for greater control and choice about where, how and when they work. This is a guide to the skills you will need and the challenges you will face in the 21st century world of work.
Fighting Financial Fires: An IMF Insider Account
by Onno de Beaufort WijnholdsA topical insider view of causes and consequences of financial crises since the Mexican collapse of 1995. The book includes a detailed exploration of recent and ongoing firestorms, including the near meltdown of the global financial system and the euro crisis and suggests ways to save the international financial and monetary system.
Where Have All the Senior Women Gone?: 9 Critical Job Assignments for Women Leaders
by Ines WichertEssential career guidance for corporate women with talent and ambition and advice for HR leaders on managing a diverse workforce; it sets out nine job assignments that every woman should have on her CV in order to lay the way for promotion and progression and insights into the lessons learned by the top senior women (and men) in business.
Leadership: All You Need To Know
by David Pendleton Adrian FurnhamLeadership successes and failures are in the media every day. We are in a global political and financial crisis which is changing how we think about our lives and our futures. The authors present a leadership model for the future which creates the right conditions for people to thrive, individually and collectively, and achieve significant goals.
Globalization and Inequality in Emerging Societies (Frontiers of Globalization)
by Boike RehbeinThis volume studies the relation between globalization and inequalities in emerging societies by linking Area and Global Studies, aiming at a new theory of inequality beyond the nation state and beyond Eurocentrism.
Competitive Strategies: Managing the Present, Imagining the Future (Bocconi on Management)
by E. Valdani A. ArboreThis book proposes a new framework to effectively manage both offensive and defensive marketing strategies. It reinterprets the competitive challenge as a circular journey, that is, an endless sequence of three competitive "seasons." The authors call them the games of movement, imitation, and position.
Organizational Misbehaviour in the Workplace: Narratives of Dignity and Resistance
by Jan Ch KarlssonPeople need dignity and autonomy at work. If they are denied this, there will be a strong tendency to resist working conditions and misbehave at work. This book presents and analyses stories about people's resistance in working life that make us reflect upon how employees are treated at work and consequences thereof.
Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship and the Common Good: International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives
by Carole Bonanni, François Lépineux and Julia RoloffAn exploration of the interplay between social responsibility, entrepreneurship and the common good which is organized into four sections: business and the common good; educating responsible entrepreneurs; corporate social responsibility (CSR) challenges and the common good; and CSR and entrepreneurship in emerging economies
Law and Markets
by A. RobsonLaw and Markets examines the interaction between legal rules, market forces and prices. It emphasises the economic effects of legal rules on individual incentives in both market and non-market settings, and draws on cases and materials from a wide variety of legal jurisdictions to illustrate economic principles.
Economic and Policy Lessons from Japan to Developing Countries (IDE-JETRO Series)
by Toshihisa Toyoda, Jun Nishikawa &Hiroshi Kan SatoWritten by fifteen leading academics from the Japan Society for International Development (JASID), this book undertakes a review of Japan's economic development over the last 150 years, and seeks to clarify Japanese priorities in domestic and foreign policy for the coming decades.
The Reform of Health Care: Shaping, Adapting and Resisting Policy Developments (Organizational Behaviour in Healthcare)
by Helen Dickinson & Russell MannionThis book examines how healthcare organisations shape, adapt and resist developments in healthcare policy and practice. This is an international text bringing together contributions from around the globe and covers a wide range of different discussions in relation to the policy/practice gap.
The Business of Giving: The Theory and Practice of Philanthropy, Grantmaking and Social Investment (Cass Business Press)
by P. GrantThe Business of Giving reviews current thinking and surveys the key techniques any philanthropist or grantmaker should adopt. It also outlines a generic social investment process that can be utilized for all philanthropic or grantmaking programmes. Essential reading for all engaged in or with an interest in philanthropy or civil society in general.
The Future of European Social Democracy: Building the Good Society
by Henning Meyer and Jonathan RutherfordEuropean social democracy is in crisis. In the last decade it has ceased to be about either society or democracy. The authors explore its values, how it can be revived and what kind of political economy it requires to thrive. This book includes a foreword by the two leaders of the 'Building the Good Society' project, Andrea Nahles and Jon Cruddas.
Lessons on Profiting from Diversity
by Gloria MossShows the strong business case for diversity and the deleterious effects of not allowing diversity to take root in organizations by providing a fascinating insight into the case for gender diversity in the professional services, marketing and digital arenas, and the way in which a diversity mindset can be fostered in organizations.
Us Before Me: Ethics and Social Capital for Global Well-Being
by P. IllingworthPatricia Illingworth's short, powerful and passionate book argues that "social capital" should be an essential ethical concept guiding our actions, and explains how one might go about implementing this idea in a positive way.
Poverty, Community and Health: Co-operation and the Good Society
by V. CattellIf we are becoming increasingly disconnected from our local communities, are there implications for health, well being and happiness, particularly for people on low incomes? This book looks at the interplay between poor people, poor communities and poor health, with a particular focus on social networks as key linkages.
Public Services and Financial Austerity: Getting Out of the Hole?
by R. Latham M. ProwleThe authors suggest that some of the problems of the public sector are self-inflicted and that current policies may only deliver partial success 'at a price we cannot afford'. It proposes a radical alternative and discusses practical ways it could be implemented. It also explores the threats and opportunities that such an approach might face.