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There is a new business landscape, where companies are increasingly being judged on their ability to generate _social value_. But there is no off-the-shelf solution for the leaders and change makers in this new domain. Creating social value is a journey,...

The Secret of Success is a fascinating exploration of the enigma of technological innovation. It provides a new paradigm for academic scholars and a manifesto for managers on how to release the latent talent of research teams for optimal effect. Based on...

This book provides a review of the top accounting and auditing issues faced by preparers of governmental and not-for-profit financial statements and their auditors. Key areas covered include: GASB 87, Leases; revenue recognition, including grants and...

In the early twentieth century, office jobs allowed increasing numbers of women a new option for careers. Sharon Hartman Strom's detailed account of early office working conditions and practices draws on archival and anecdotal data to analyze women...

This book by a Nobel laureate in economics begins with a brief exposition of Kenneth J. Arrow's classic paper "The Economic Implications of Learning by Doing" (1962). It shows how Arrow's idea fits into the modern theory of economic growth, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783832553111Author Christina Di ValentinFormat PaperbackPage Count 436Imprint Logos Verlag Berlin GmbHPublisher Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH

PRODUCT ONLY AVAILABLE WITHIN CENGAGE UNLIMITED. DIVERSITY IN ORGANIZATIONS is a comprehensive research-based text that will guide you through both the basics and details of the field. In-depth explorations of topics ranging from why diversity is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783832554330Author Karlo OehringFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint Logos Verlag Berlin GmbHPublisher Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781884133831Author Carrie MaurielloFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Butterworth-Heinemann IncPublisher Taylor & Francis...

Now more than ever, organisations are demanding that the learning function be tightly aligned with business goals - focused on critical business issues, delivered with minimal work interruption, and expressed in terms that reflect the organisation's...

This is the first book to provide the student of tourism, hospitality and events with all that they need to undertake statistical analysis using SPSS for research in their industry. Employing examples directly from the tourism, hospitality and events...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780170424448Author Dianne WaddellFormat PaperbackImprint Cengage Learning AustraliaPublisher Cengage Learning AustraliaWeight(grams) 185g

Transformative Cooperation (TC) presents new ways for individuals and organizations to partner to create a more sustainable future and take people to a higher stage of moral development. This handbook invites readers to consider how businesses can...

Among the vast corporate and smaller family-sized farms and agribusinesses of Nebraska, the old pioneering spirit of entrepreneurship is rising again, this time in the form of sustainable and organic growers, cooperatives, artisans, and visionaries-those...

Telling Ain't Training has become a classic book in the field of workplace learning, and readers around the world have taken to heart the book's central admonition to be ""learner advocates"" who seek to ""transform learners,"" not merely transmit...

Dollar Enterprise, an award winning program using $1 seed money per person, was the first and the most comprehensive entrepreneurship curriculum in the U.S. that integrates experiential learning and service-learning concepts into 3-month learning...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788188452101Author Peter JeffFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Embassy BooksPublisher Embassy Books

PROCESS OPERATIONS is intended for use in community colleges, technical colleges, universities, and corporate settings in which process technology is taught. However, educators in many disciplines will find these materials useful as a complete reference...

Through an interdisciplinary approach combining the concepts, methods and tools in language and discourse studies and insights from marketing and tourism research, this book examines the online place branding of Hong Kong, one of the most visited cities...

The emergence of open unemployment is an unavoidable consequence of postcommunist transition. Some countries-notably in the former Soviet Union-initially slowed economic contraction. But in the longer run slower reformers have generally sustained deeper...

Europe is increasingly becoming an everyday reality for many companies, not only for large corporations but small and medium-sized enterprises as well. European Competition offers students an introduction to the field of competition, cooperation and...

A competency is a combination of knowledge, skills and attitude that one needs in order to function adequately in any given professional situation - a nurse must know how to give a crying child a vaccination, and a policeman must be able to stop a...

Writing reports is a vital skill in many professions and roles across every sector. Despite this, the majority of reports generated in organizations tend to be difficult to read, dull and do not make the impact they should - either for the content or for...

First Published in 1969. The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain has probably attracted more attention than any other historical period or phenomenon. Students of economic growth, of business history, and of social revolution have long delved in this...

This book explores the benefits of digital patient engagement, from the perspectives of physicians, providers, and others in the healthcare system, and discusses what is working well in this new, digitally-empowered collaborative environment. Chapters...

The state of working women has been declared and debated since the days of Rosie the Riveter. The headlines, and the statistics behind them, however, don't tell the whole story. The truth is, many women today are breadwinners; and these breadwinners are...

When people hear "the Cloud," they think of cloud computing, just a sliver of what the Cloud is today. The Cloud has grown: it represents the consummate disruptor to structure; a pervasive social and economic network that will soon connect and...

This book addresses the intersection of entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability (EIS), presenting high-quality research illuminating the relationship between the three fields. The EIS nexus is particularly relevant from a European point of view...

Investors have taken a long time to pay attention to corporate responsibility. Despite the growing number of companies that were taking action to manage the social and environmental impacts of their activities and operations and that were reporting on...

This book, based on a huge European and Asian research project, is a state-of-the-art examination of the theory and practice of system innovation through Product-Service System (PSS) design for sustainability from a trans-cultural viewpoint. PSS design...

Given the scale of the greenhouse gas emissions reductions that are seen as necessary to avert the worst effects of climate change, policy action is likely to result in a complete reshaping of the world economy. The consequences are not confined to...

The return to business-as-usual after the economic earthquake that rocked financial markets, wrecked banks and brought to light the grotesque distortions of casino capitalism on people and planet must be resisted. A new form of capitalism is both...

For at least a decade the science of climate change has warned us of the dire need for action - particularly by corporations who are the main engines of economic production and consumption. Yet managerial and corporate understanding of climate change and...

Environmental regulation in China is not really different from that in the rest of the world, except that environmental authorities are relatively new and less established. In order to understand why corporate environmental performance has hardly...

It is difficult to think of a more significant example of international cooperation to address a problem that threatened the health and wellbeing of the entire planet than the 1987 Montreal Protocol for the Elimination of Ozone-Depleting Substances. This...

An examination of the progress of environmental marketing on a global scale. It considers how sustainability issues are increasingly becoming critical factors in how corporations meet the ever-growing demands and expectations of customers. The purpose of...

Learn how to make your customers happy and improve your business! The six key steps give you all the tools you need to give your customers the satisfaction they require and also highlights best and worst practice by focusing on specific companies. ...

Rich in natural resources, straddling Europe and Asia, and home to markets of immense scale, Russia is an essential, critical player in an unprecedently complex global economy. Yet it has yet to fully exploit its unique position within this brave new...

Public finance is an inclusive field of study based on different disciplines. This bookbrings together studies in different fields of public finance, taking into account theproblems experienced on a global scale. The inclusiveness of public finance...

An analysis of the impact of inward investment on the competitiveness of indigenous firms, Multinational Enterprises and Technological Spillovers draws on evidence from the UK and Italian manufacturing sectors to show how foreign presence may generate...