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 ...

In 1961, after 55 years of the family-style leadership of a private company, Planters Nut and Chocolate Company was acquired by Standard Brands, bu...

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...