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The Myth of Japanese Efficiency
Dan Coffey
Combining case studies with accessible but rigorous production models and historical background, this provocative book challenges accepted views on Japanese production methods in the world car industry. The book argues that the ‘lean ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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New Firm Startups
Edited by Per Davidsson
This collection of authoritative papers presents a broad, state-of-the-art overview of new firm startups, drawing on the most recent research in economics, sociology and psychology. In addition to conceptual papers, it includes the quali... -
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Research Companion to Working Time and Work Addiction
Edited by Ronald J. Burke
This Research Companion examines the effects of work hours on individual and family well-being and questions why people work hard and whether some can work too hard. It integrates contributions from two areas of research – work hours and...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Communication and Cooperation in the Virtual Workplace
Gaby Sadowski-Rasters, Geert Duysters, Bert M. Sadowski
This innovative book explores the structure, growth and effectiveness of virtual communities in computer-mediated environments. In spite of initial enthusiasm, much uncertainty remains about the prospects of virtual teams and the technol...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Emerging Economies and the Transformation of International Business
Edited by Subhash C. Jain
The economic power of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRICs) is rapidly increasing, changing the landscape of global economics and politics. Top scholars of international business address in this vital volume the markets, strategy impli...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Managing the Embedded Multinational
Mats Forsgren, Ulf Holm, Jan Johanson
This book expands the business network view on managerial issues in multinational corporations. Specifically, it scrutinises the importance of a subsidiary’s external and internal business network for its strategic and organizational rol...eBook:Find out more$55.16
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Women in Leadership and Management
Edited by Duncan McTavish, Karen Johnston Miller
This book explores the gendered nature of leadership and management. The contributors analyse issues such as management development and therapeutic cultures, expectations placed on women in the workplace, managing maternity and the gende... -
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Marketing Knowledge Management
Gabriele Troilo
Gabriele Troilo explores the entire marketing knowledge management process from a unique perspective. He emphasises the fact that in today’s markets, competitive advantage is achieved by companies which are knowledge-based and market ori... -
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The Chinese Business Environment
Fuming Jiang, Bruce W. Stening
This unique annotated bibliography contains the most important studies of the Chinese business environment, comprising almost 1000 references to articles published in English-language journals in the past fifteen years or so. The editors...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Planning Models
Edited by Aura Reggiani, Kenneth Button, Peter Nijkamp
While planning involves seeking ways of influencing future behavior, it is important to have at the outset an abstraction of the world upon which to base an assessment of outcomes. The papers in this collection represent some of the majo... -
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Industrial Ecology and Spaces of Innovation
Edited by Ken Green, Sally Randles
This book explores the disciplinary interfaces and practical implications of working across the two disciplines of industrial ecology (IE) and innovation studies (IS). Both disciplines have something to say about instigating environmenta...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Habitual Entrepreneurs
Deniz Ucbasaran, Paul Westhead, Mike Wright
Deniz Ucbasaran, Paul Westhead and Mike Wright use a combination of theory and empirical evidence to illustrate why it is so important for researchers, policymakers, entrepreneurs and investors to distinguish between novice (i.e. first t...eBook:Find out more$40.00