In this book, the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee examine issues o...

The main aim of this volume is to summarise the state of the art in the area of high performance solutions of structured linear systems as well as ...

Developing the before presented methodological framework further, is a self-referential and self-reflexive process. This simply means that detailin...

When making a decision about housing, a household must choose between renting and owning. Multiple factors, such as a household's financial status ...

Why are recommendations like "Think outside the box!", "Go around", "Think Different!" the real killers of creative thought? What are the eight pro...

This how-to book is for the prospective author and presents guidelines, examples, forms and advice from 900 publishers.

Rediscover how your organisation works and where it can be improved by using simple, yet powerful techniques! This book provides the business or IT...

This book is devoted to the role of human resources in today's post-industrial era. As we leave the 2nd Industrial Revolution, we are entering the ...

Economic analysis typically attributes differences in corporate social responsibility (CSR) between firms to either, 1) differences in beliefs conc...

Accidents happen because of the reduction in adaptable capabilities or because inadaptability takes over. Inadaptability is the failure to adapt ac...

Dr Cam Caldwell and Dr. Verl Anderson have written extensively about successful organizations and the obligation of leaders and human resource prof...

The world where we live is changing faster than ever before. Different challenges and changes are putting pressure on organisations to become more ...

Human resource management is one of the most important components of business operations in any organization, and sport and recreation programs are...

As leaders and organizations struggle to achieve and maintain a competitive advantage, the challenges that they face inevitably are dependent upon ...

What does it take to find oil in an area where many have tried, but failed? What does it take to design buildings that become prize-winning cultura...

Thrown into the surreal world of American business, Professor Ray Pendleton must try to make sense out of chaos -- if he is to survive. Nothing in ...

In this delightful, quick-to-read, business-management allegory, Donna M Genett, Ph.D., uses an entertaining narrative about identical cousins, Jam...

Leadership is about creating a culture which will engage all employees in executing the Vision and Mission of the company. This book outlines the f...

A better understanding of how immigrants contribute to the U.S. economy is important. Few studies have examined how immigrant entrepreneurs contrib...

In parallel with the recent trend towards conducting ever more surveys, there has also been a decline in the response rates, making it harder to ob...

This book provides the much needed international dimension on the payoffs of information technology investments. The bulk of the research on the im...

Major technological advances in the last few years have increased our knowledge of the role that genetics has in occupational diseases and our unde...

Businesses are quickly integrating new telecom services into their business plans. Broadband connects entrepreneurs to millions to distant customer...

Closely linked to the concepts of growth and globalisation is the increasing recognition being given to the importance of the workplace as a site o...

Now in its third edition, In the News is the standard Canadian textbook on media relations, used across the country. The authors provide an introdu...

Independent federal agencies are subject to the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA). Because they fall outside of presidential authority, however, ind...

Divided in two sections, this book is based on the authors' 40 years of close involvement with India, including two expatriate assignments and deca...

The purpose of this book is to explore the ways that industries, under the pressures of global competition, balance sustained industrial competitiv...

The quality of infrastructure services is key to the production and trade of goods and services, contributing to the productivity and competitivene...

Innovation continues to drive economic development and business competitiveness. In the past centuries, innovation has been focused around national...

The purpose of this book is to investigate the innovative process in engineering of consulting firms as a knowledge-intensive service sector. Extan...

This book examines the extent to which product innovations stem from small, young firms versus large, established firms by analysing the patenting ...

Problem-solving is an important part of our lives. Dialectical Networking Thinking (DNT) is a soft-systems methodology aimed at complex problem-sol...

To sustain competitiveness in today's highly local and global markets, an organization needs to excel in all its key dimensions. The world is facin...

This book investigates various drivers of innovation within small businesses, as well as the role that innovation plays in creating value in small ...