"The Harvard Business Review looked at 300 of the most creative, successful executives in business and found that they shared a number of tendencies and characteristics, but one stood out at the top of the list--they all were master questioners. It's not necessity, but a questio…
"The Harvard Business Review looked at 300 of the most creative, successful executives in business and found that they shared a number of tendencies and characteristics, but one stood out at the top of the list--they all were master questioners. It's not necessity, but a questio…
"The globalization of capital markets since the 1980s has been accompanied by a vigorous debate over the convergence of corporate governance standards around the world towards the shareholder model. But even before the financial and economic crisis of 2008/2009, the dominance of…
Leading scholars provide fresh and critical insights on the systemic failures of corporate governance linked to the global financial crisis.
"Over the last two decades there has been a notable increase in the number of corporate governance codes and principles, as well as a range of improvements in structures and mechanisms. Despite this, corporate governance failed to prevent a widespread default of fiduciary duties…
This introductory economics textbook is fully focused on the curriculum and pedagogical needs of business economics students. The classic ten principles approach to economics is retained and right at the outset the text considers the business environment so immediately establish…
It is widely-believed that China's entrepreneur class has grown and their businesses are succeeding primarily due to their knowledge of the domestic market, quick adaptation market changes, and their resourcefulness. But innovation? Forget about it.
"This book builds a bridge between sustainability science and engineering. It provides the latest information on sustainability issues and solutions by discussing them from basic concepts to scientific consensus to technical solutions. It identifies and addresses the major issue…
Providing a thorough review of current food safety and sanitation information, this book surveys and examines the prevailing research and applications and reviews specific operational issues such as power or water emergencies.
Presents various approaches in industrial relations scholarship covering labor history, theory, quantitative and qualitative analysis. This title includes themes that cover the social, economic and business perspectives raising critical issues from historical to contemporary deb…
This book offers theoretical perspectives on the analysis of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) as well as a range of case studies of their management from around the world. It also offers a number of frameworks for the evaluation of their management. It has contributions from e…
