The ongoing global financial crisis, coupled with the continued dramatic increases in life expectancy, have escalated the concerns countries have r...

The present research combines the areas of human resources management and humanistic psychology in order to propose a model of person-centered work...

Filled with novel research and actionable ideas, Perspectives in Leadership offers a unique collection of concepts and findings related to leadersh...

Politicians consistently wage high-profile battles over prescription drugs and the companies that make them. The dilemma is balancing the pharmaceu...

As the scope of available drug therapies expands, spending on prescription drugs has become the fastest-growing category of total spending on healt...

The student's future as a knowledge worker is the starting point of this book on the philosophy of science. With this in mind, the book combines a ...

Take your communication to a whole new level. Become a Phone Genius! You probably already have a technical manual that tells you how to use your te...

One of Canada's most successful homegrown buisnesses, Black's Photography grew from a single store to a national, and international, chain. Robert ...

The current co-op movement in the U.S. seeks to be a structural alternative to capitalism; this book seriously questions whether the current moveme...

The current co-op movement in the U.S. seeks to be a structural alternative to capitalism; this book seriously questions whether the current moveme...

Federal agencies' ability to address poor performance has been a long-standing issue. Employees and agency leaders share a perception that more nee...

In assessment, the portfolio has gained significant interest as a tool to monitor and appraise competence development in multiple domains of profes...

This monograph is focused on post-investment issues, particularly on intercultural synergy, and M&A performance. The M&A reasons are the re...

The financial crisis of 2007–2009 exposed the weaknesses of the global over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market such as limited transparency regar...

What's stopping you being an outstanding leader? Continually adapting to change and still exceeding business goals is a consistent leadership chall...

Overflowing with field-tested entrepreneurial know-how, this informative guide decodes the intimidating world of promotion while addressing the que...

This book contains 22 articles based on mini-surveys carried out in The Danish Supply Chain Panel from 2012 to 2016. The panel includes supply chai...

This book looks at the increase in leveraged buyouts (LBO) of U.S. companies by private equity funds prior to the slowdown in mid-2007 which has ra...

This book aims to fill a gap in existing literature in order to contribute to the understanding of the main features and outcomes of the private eq...

This book is concerned with private investigations into suspicions of financial crime committed by white-collar criminals. Financial crime is illeg...

Chapter One discusses the elements that caused the latest and current problems in the European economies and also, the imposed privatisation (expro...

This book is a study on privatisation processes in former socialist countries given to the former Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia. Thro...

Operations Research, often abbreviated as OR, is a relatively new branch of Applied Mathematics. Its aim is to optimise mathematical models of real...

Determining product strategies for entering new international markets is a complex process. Many firms take this task easy and move with a narrow v...

Profits for All? - The Cost & Benefits of Employee Ownership

This series spans the globe presenting leading research in economics. International applications and examples of economic progress are invaluable i...

Management engineering is a new field, which is quickly becoming a specific branch of engineering that takes a comprehensive approach to management...

This book is concentrating on leadership in projects, in particular project managers and their leadership responsibilities. Project leadership conc...

Projects are traditionally seen as temporary organisations designed for unique tasks, often in contrast to the mass-producing core activities of or...

A must in project management, as the book clarifies the processes behind organising a project.

Projects can go over budget, exceed deadlines, or deliver restricted features and quality. This can result in economic damage for companies and the...

For more than two centuries, America’s economic strength has been built on a firm foundation. However, in an increasingly connected world, threats ...

On 21 July 2010, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The Dodd-Frank Act is intended to s...

In today's digital economy, consumer information is more important than ever. Companies are using this information in innovative ways to provide co...

This book stands out from other books on the topic of influence. Most books on influence or persuasion select authors to focus on subsets of theore...

In a fast-moving world, the necessity of making decisions, and preferably good ones, has become even more difficult. One reason is the variety and ...

This book presents a new approach to the public sector of the economy through the presentation of various issues relating to public-private partner...

During the years preceding the mortgage crisis, too many mortgages were made to consumers without regard to the consumers' ability to repay the loa...

This is a methodolgy textbook designed to introduce students and researchers to the four most commonly used qualitative methods in organisation stu...

This book analyses the methods and outcomes of quality assurance in different fields. Chapter One reviews the concept of quality and its applicatio...

Quality control is defined as a set of activities or techniques whose purpose is to ensure that all quality requirements are being met. In scientif...

Your CEO just came to you, the HR leader, and said she was hearing rumours about the turnover rate going up. She asks you why this might be happeni...

Primarily concerned with the organisational needs and objectives of a modern manufacturing firm, this book provides essential tools and techniques ...