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This book presents a new model, the competency framework, for students, innovators, entrepreneurs, managers, and anyone who wants to better understand the dynamic world of innovation and entrepreneurship.Focused on both the individual and strategic...

The book examines how the outgrowth of the financial industry has contributed to the recent tendencies towards inequality and stagnation. It proposes a monetary interpretation of these events using a Classical–Keynesian theoretical approach derived from...

The gender pay gap is economically irrational and yet stubbornly persistent. In 2022, it stands at 14.9% in the UK. While it is shrinking, the rate of closure is slow, varied and by no means consistent. Focusing on the finance industry known for its...

Essential Mathematics for Economics covers mathematical topics that are essential for economic analysis in a concise but rigorous fashion. The book covers selected topics such as linear algebra, real analysis, convex analysis, constrained optimization,...

As the business world pivots from profit to purpose, leaders need to access a new set of behaviours, tools and approaches to stay motivated, authentic and successful. Force for Good will help leaders examine whether their current behaviours, ways of...

Dieses Buch, jetzt in der 2. Auflage, unterstützt das HR-Management in Unternehmen bei der Etablierung effektiver und effizienter Prozesse, bei der digitalen Transformation und bei der Positionierung als Business Partner. Welche HR-Prozesse sind in...

Dieses Buch bietet ein umfassendes Verständnis von Pricing. Preismanagement wird dabei als Prozess verstanden, der in den vier Phasen Strategie, Analyse, Entscheidung und Umsetzung abläuft. In separaten Kapiteln wird auf branchenspezifische...

Die Kostenrechnung stellt ein bedeutendes Instrument der Unternehmensführung und daher ein unverzichtbares Element eines wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Studiums dar. In diesem Buch werden die Grundlagen der Kostenrechnung sowie deren unterschiedliche...

Building a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization is not only the right thing to do for society, it's the right thing to do for the business. Productivity, engagement and profitability all improve with a more inclusive workplace. Written for all...

Dieses Buch beschreibt übersichtlich den Order-to-Cash-Prozess und deckt die wichtigsten Schritte von der Bestellung bis hin zur Zahlung aus Sicht der Finanzen ab. In der heutigen Wirtschaft ist ein reibungsloser Ablauf vom Auftrags- bis zum...

Das Lehrbuch behandelt einerseits die präskriptiv-normative Entscheidungstheorie, wie sie zur grundlegenden Ausbildung in verschiedenen Bachelorstudiengängen gehört. Andererseits wird auch in etwa gleichem Umfang auf die Erkenntnisse der...

This book focused specifically on the newly emerging issues related to the development of green science/technology, and green economy toward Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It covers three parts, namely (1) socioeconomic science, (2) environmental...

A climate catastrophe can be avoided, but only with a rapid and sustained investment in companies and projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. To the surprise of many, this has already begun. Investors are abandoning fossil-fuel companies and other...

Essential Mathematics for Economics covers mathematical topics that are essential for economic analysis in a concise but rigorous fashion. The book covers selected topics such as linear algebra, real analysis, convex analysis, constrained optimization,...

Climate change, species extinction, energy and raw material shortages are global challenges that are directly linked to our way of doing business. They affect our very existence and jeopardize our ability to lead a good life today and in the future, both...

Bedtime reading for leaders who can’t sleep…A unique and rich mix of imaginative story-telling and practical advice from an author with six decades of management and leadership experience, Good Leaders in Turbulent Times is for those nightmare times when...

The Kardashians are not only a massive global pop culture phenomenon, they are also effective business leaders and entrepreneurs having established many brands and companies. In addition to their celebrity, they successfully market their businesses and...

The bulk of Management and Organization Studies deals with time as organization. Time is performed, organized, enacted, and as such is a locus of power. In this edited book, we stress the importance of organization as time. Time is an organizing force...

Managing People in Changing Organizations addresses the contemporary problems faced by managers in dealing with people, organizations, and change in a theoretically informed and practical way. It does so by drawing on classic studies in management,...

The business, commercial and public-sector world has changed dramatically since John Oakland wrote the first edition of Statistical Process Control in the mid-1980s. Then, people were rediscovering statistical methods of 'quality control' and the book...

Joseph A. Schumpeter made multiple contributions to economic science and beyond. Drawing on this wide range of writings, this book argues that Schumpeter provided a theoretical account of capitalism as a total phenomenon. It methodically reconstructs the...

This book analyzes regional business cycles in Latin America. The authors explain the nature of regional business cycles and discuss different sources of regional economic fluctuations such as technology changes, natural disasters, or supply and demand...

This groundbreaking textbook redefines auditing education by seamlessly incorporating International Standards on Auditing (ISAs) and other IAASB assurance standards at its core, establishing a new paradigm in how auditing principles are taught...

This book clarifies the mechanism of widening income inequality and declining labor share in macroeconomics, growth, technology, and the labor market, and provides policy implications. The volume covers three research themes: the influence of structural...

Dieses essential gibt einen kompakten Überblick zu den aktuellen Herausforderungen der Internen Kommunikation und zu ihren Hebeln als Spiegelbild des unternehmerischen Wandels. Denn ihr Wirkungsraum ist mächtig: von Digitalisierungsstrategien und...

This decisive decade demands more inspired and informed practitioners who can use positive futures to rebalance the present. This book is a thought-provoking approach to imagine, create, and lead the journey to a more sustainable world – where a spectrum...

Bedtime reading for leaders who can’t sleep…A unique and rich mix of imaginative story-telling and practical advice from an author with six decades of management and leadership experience, Good Leaders in Turbulent Times is for those nightmare times when...

The business, commercial and public-sector world has changed dramatically since John Oakland wrote the first edition of Statistical Process Control in the mid-1980s. Then, people were rediscovering statistical methods of ‘quality control’ and the book...

This practical text covers the essential aspects of managing employees, providing relevant and interesting case studies to enable students to develop the management skills and approaches needed at all levels. The book includes a wealth of case studies...

Die Patientensicherheit im Gesundheitswesen bedarf trotz aller Fortschritte weiterer Verbesserungen. Angesichts der zunehmenden sozio-technischen Komplexität sind neue Strategien und Instrumente notwendig. Dieses Buch präsentiert mit dem Konzept...

Developing a learning mindset is essential for success in a rapidly changing world of work. But how can you adopt this approach? What qualities do you need? What role do technology and neuroscience play? How can it boost innovation, problem-solving and...

The project management profession has grown through the hard work of many volunteer groups and organizations. The Volunteering Journey to Project Leadership explains how volunteering can help project management professionals grow their own capabilities...

Das vorliegende Buch enthält fünf Studien, die sich mit den aktuellen Herausforderungen im Bereich organisationales Lernen in der Polizei beschäftigen. Der erste Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, inwiefern die deutsche Polizei als eine lernende...

A globetrotting Gold Rush heiress. An awkward Paris schoolmaster. A celebrated French actor. And a museum of history and art in California’s Central Valley. What do they have in common? They are all connected by an oil painting, a still life called...

The Uprising of Women in Philanthropy tells the inspiring, never-before-told, story of the Global Women’s Funding Movement – considered the women’s movement’s greatest secret – and how it enabled women from all walks of life to harness the power of money...

Business ethics are the set of practices and policies that companies use to guide them through decisions about finances, negotiations and deals, corporate social responsibility, and more. Without a strong set of ethics, a business can run afoul of the...

This four-volume book examines, through multiple and cross-discipline perspectives, the science and practice of not-for-profit organisations. These organisations have drawn considerable attention and witnessed extensive growth as they engage in...

This book presents the creative industries as a suite of practices intimately connected to political, economic, and cultural power. Seeking to illuminate the creative industries through critical cultural analysis, the book shows the extent to which...

Anders als in Frankreich und China, die seit Jahren weltweit führenden Produzenten von Nutzhanf sind, werden in Deutschland die Chancen des Nutzhanfs vernachlässigt. Was sind die Gründe hierfür und wo lässt sich ansetzen, um an der Nischenposition des...

Employing a critical yet humorous style, Chris Hackley draws on 40 years of education experience to examine business education and its wider societal role. He presents a historical perspective alongside various topical and personal accounts to answer the...