The ever tighter coupling of our food, water and energy systems, in the context of a changing climate is leading to increasing turbulence in the world. As a consequence, it becomes ever more crucial to develop cities, regions, and economies with resilience in mind. Because of th…
From the Lens of Color identifies and delineates a methodology for effectively positioning and/or repositioning oneself in today's global job market that moves significantly beyond strategies associated with simply developing a resume, cover letter or business plan.
Monika Wastian, Isabell Braumandl und Silke Weisweiler stellen in diesem Essential einen neuen prozess- und zielorientierten Ansatz zur Führung in Projekten vor. Dieser erweitert das „klassische2 Projektmanagement um die psychologischen Dimensionen der Projektleitung: Die Führun…
Supply chain management has attracted much attention in the last decade. There has been a noticeable shift from a traditional individual organization-based management to an integrated management across the supply chain network since the end of the last century. The shift contrib…
International Business and Political Economy is divided up into three sections. The first sections deals with the problem of the World economy and the most important issues affecting the World economy. The second part analyses problem mainly affecting the developed countries. Th…
Presents a collection of essays that examine the largest corporation in America and includes information on its history and development as well as its impact on the American economy.
Solving the Strategy Delusion matters to anyone interested in realising strategy in the 21st century. The book challenges conventional and 'delusional' approaches to strategy. It offers different ways of seeing, thinking, planning, acting, and mobilising when it comes to making …
Money, Banking, and the Business Cycle provides a comprehensive framework for analyzing these mechanisms, and offers a robust prescription for reducing financial instability over the long-term. Volume I bridges tough economic theory with empirical evidence. "This two-volume wor…
The business cycle is a complex phenomenon. On the surface, it involves a multitude of mechanisms, such as oscillations in interest rates, prices, wages, unemployment, output, and spending. But a deeper understanding requires a unifying theory to make these various parts whole. …
"Leadership can be learned: new evidence from neuroscience clearly points to ways that leaders can significantly improve how they engage with and motivate others, allowing them and their organizations to continue discovering their potential. This book provides leaders and manage…
Leadership can be learned: new evidence from neuroscience clearly points to ways that leaders can significantly improve how they engage with and motivate others, allowing them and their organizations to continue discovering their potential. This book provides leaders and manager…
Big data raises more questions than it answers, particularly for those organizations struggling to deal with what has become an overwhelming deluge of data. It can offer marketers more than simple tactical predictive analytics, but organizations need a bigger picture, one that g…
"Between tweets, likes, comments, blogs, videos and images, today's customer is estimated to generate 2.5 quintillion bytes of data per day. How can marketers utilize the ever-increasing amount of data to better understand and interact with their customers? This book offers advi…
The Role of Creative Ignorance outlines the importance of creative ignorance using narrative examples of innovators and companies worldwide.
"Intellectual Property Rights Management explores how the entire toolbox of intellectual property (IP) protection and management are successfully combined and how firms generate value from IP. In particular, this book provides a framework of archetypes which firms will be able t…
Configuration management is the tracking, recording and monitoring of the elements of a business IT system and any changes and developments. This book provides invaluable advice and real-life examples for IT professionals who are implementing configuration management and also fo…
