Following the success of its predecessor, the second edition updates and broadens the scope from "country image" to "place branding". Many new stud...

Chapter One addresses six psychic characteristics in order to gain insights about the psychology of collaborative negotiators: 1) making contact wi...

This is a different kind of book about doing business in China, and it is done with humour. The Chinese command one of the world's largest economie...

This new and important book focuses on recent developments in business and finance. Special attention is given to IPO's, business cycles, and corpo...

This Advanced book examines recent developments dealing with business taxation, executive compensation and antitrust laws. In addition, an importan...

There's nothing like a severe, unexpected, world-wide recession to get one's entrepreneurial juices flowing. After the initial shock and trauma pas...

Exploring how and why online forums such as Facebook, Twitter, and blogs have gained such popularity -- and credibility -- with consumers, this pra...

Corporate governance is the set of processes, customs, policies, laws and institutions affecting the way in which a corporation is directed, admini...

This volume intends to stimulate further research by providing new applications of Luhmann's theory to questions for organisation and management.

This book addresses two extremely important aspects of workplaces, namely, noise and ergonomics. Its thirteen chapters present and discuss theoreti...

Sixteen chapters that in their own way colours the Nordic rainbow of research within Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

Project management, traditionally employed to implement projects, has developed into Organisational Project Management as organisations are increas...

Stress related work, although always present, is considered one of the new risks for occupational medicine. This is largely due to a general change...

Book & CD. This toolkit includes an audio CD, guidebook and a financial filing system. Set aside one day. Get it done by following exactly what...

Today, entrepreneurship is one of the most written about topics in the field of business. This book attempts to bring the concept of opportunity in...

Today, entrepreneurship is one of the most written about topics in the field of business. This book attempts to bring the concept of opportunity in...

The symphony orchestra as an organizational form models how 21st century societies and business enterprises could operate. The onset of the digital...

Organisational Behaviour (OB) is the study and application of knowledge about how people, individuals, and groups act in organisations. It does thi...

Today, organisational or corporate culture, as it is called by some authors when they talk about commercial organisations, is seen as crucial for t...

Today's manufacturing organisations in Mexico are increasingly confronting new markets, new competition, and greater customer expectations. Being i...

This text provides seven practical examples of how Danish companies implemented new information technology in order to transform their internal and...

The University of Otago has always taken pride in its status as New Zealand’s first university. Starting a university in 1869 was a bold move: othe...

In recent years, due to a more closely connected world, outsourcing has become of growing interest to politicians, firms and workers and thus recei...

This book is dedicated to the nontrivial problems of organisations trying to accomplish anything. Outsourcing, for all its seemingly attractiveness...

Are you ready to make people sit up and listen when you speak? Do you want to shine in conversations, meetings, pitches or presentations? Is it tim...

Since 1980, partnerships' and S corporations' share of business receipts increased greatly. These entities generally do not pay income taxes. Inste...

This book focuses on the participation of U.S. based women entrepreneurs in Patents and Trademarks activity. Using data obtained from the United St...

Following several years of legislative discussion concerning patent reform, the Congress enacted P.L. 112-29, signed into law on 16 September 2011....

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 ...