Conflict, complexity and mathematical social science provides a foundational mathematical approach to the modelling of social conflict. The book illustrates how theory and evidence can be mathematically deepened and how investigations grounded in social choice theory can provide…
"Examines the five principles behind Facebook's meteoric rise, presented in actionable lessons anyone cany apply--in any organization, in any industry. Written by social business trailblazer Ekaterina Walter, this groundbreaking book reveals the five "P"s of Facebook's success: …
"What makes your company great today, however, won't necessarily make it great tomorrow. Evolving is critical to long-term corporate performance and health. Humankind's greatest invention isn't the wheel, it is organization: people working together towards a goal that is beyond …
"This book provides a critical and comparative approach to corporate governance. The book sets out, and makes a case for what the author terms 'progressive corporate governance', in order to promote an approach to corporations which furthers social progress. The book takes a hyb…
The Fifth Discipline is based on fifteen years of experience in putting the bookʹs ideas into practice. As Senge makes clear, in the long run the only sustainable competitive advantage is your organizationʹs ability to learn faster than the competition. The leadership stories in…
This pragmatic guide shows how to create an organization of learners. The stories in this book show that businesses, schools, agencies and even communities can undo their "learning disabilities" and achieve superior performance. The Fifth Discipline is based on fifteen years of…
"Petty Capitalism and Globalization uses ethnographic research to examine how small firms in Europe, Asia, and Latin America have been compelled to operate and compete in a fast-moving transnational economic environment. From Nepalese rug makers to German bakers to Taiwanese mem…
Volume 20 of Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations (AILR) contains seven papers that deal with important aspects of employment relationships in a variety of industries, countries and research contexts. The first three papers, each of which analyzes the effects of an exogeno…
"An organizational "North Star," codifying valued behaviors for optimal performanceThe Culture Engine shows leaders how to create a high performing, values aligned culture through the creation of an organizational constitution. With practical step-by-step guidance, readers learn…
This book is about the courageous decision taken by the Government of a Ceara, Brazil, to tackle the painful economic and social conflict caused by the enormous gap between rich and poor. Instead of confining their attempts to easy solutions like transfer payments, the Governor …
Economies of War and Peace: Economic, Legal, and Political Perspectives brings together recent, cutting-edge research on economic factors affecting peace and war. This important area of continuing research was the focus of an international conference held at the University of Sy…
Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction: issues and challenges
by Shaw, Rajib, Pulhin, Juan M., Kyoto University, Japan, University of the Philippines Los Baños, The Philippines, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia, Pereira, Joy Jacqueline
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Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) are closely associated. After the Bali Conference of Parties (COP) 2007, there has been significant awareness in global and national level to make collective focus on CCA and DRR. There exists some literature on C…
"Combining insights from international relations theory with institutional approaches from organization theory and public policy, this book provides a complete explanation for the adoption of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), showing how global norms influenced CSR adoption…
Volume 26C contains five sets of lectures taken by Glenn Johnson as a doctoral student in economics at the University of Chicago during 1946-7. Johnson went on to become a leading professor of agricultural economics at Michigan State University. At Chicago his professors were am…
Smartphones have to be made someplace, and that place is China. In just five years, a company named Xiaomi (which means "little rice" in Mandarin) has grown into the most valuable startup ever, becoming the third largest vendor of smartphones, behind only Samsung and Apple. Chin…
Ce manuel aborde la stratégie par le management. Il examine la démarche et le diagnostic stratégiques, les politiques, les orientations et les questions de mise en oeuvre des choix stratégiques. Les structures organisationnelles, l'animation des hommes et les processus organisat…
"It's not easy to be a manager. With growing resource constraints, relentless change, and high turnover, today's business climate poses many difficulties, but most managers point to the same greatest challenge: time. Daily crises require immediate attention, managers must drop e…