This book evaluates the record of the Left in Brazil and Venezuela, two key cases of the "pink tide" wave. The wave of Left governments that emerged across Latin America in the early 2000s - a process dubbed the "pink tide" - has been on the wane in recent years. The Left regime…
Climate change is a matter of global concern and specific sectors of society such as universities need to engage and be active in the search for regional and local solutions for what is a global problem. Despite the fact that many universities all around the world are undertakin…
This book details the relationship between culture and the language used by public figures, including politicians, political candidates, and government officials, in the broad context of political behavior and communication. Employing a variety of perspectives, theoretical, conc…
This book shows how to work with stories and narrative approaches in almost all fields of action of a company, and demonstrates the added value resulting from a holistic narrative perspective. The authors take thereby a practice-based perspective from the viewpoint of managing d…
Leading a Board provides highly relevant insights on dealing with challenges every chairman faces. Dr. Andreas Jacobs, Chairman of INSEAD Board, Member of Jacobs Holding AG Board An insightful, well-researched and crafted book, which demystifies the practice and art of good Chai…
This book is a sequel and extension to the book "Business Process Management Cases", published in its first edition by Springer in 2018. It adds 22 new cases for practitioners and educators to showcase and study Business Process Management (BPM). The BPM cases collection is dedi…
Real profit after taxes is the most important management target. Profits are the cost of survival and the creators of new value. In this book, celebrated management thinker Hermann Simon brings clarity to the jungle of profit concepts and balance sheets. He sheds light on the pe…
This book presents a rich compilation of real-world cases on digitalization, aiming to share first-hand insights from renowned organizations and to make digitalization tangible. With all economic and societal sectors being challenged by emerging technologies, the digital economy…
This book on business psychology-particularly organizational leadership-crosses industries,continents, and business environments: it includes 45 précis on emerging theories of leadership;ethical and cultural considerations; group and team leadership; leadership self-development;…
This book provides an accessible yet critical analysis of the Labour Party under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn (2015-2020) in the context of the contemporary British political economy. It analyses structural constraints on left-wing politics and evaluates the transformative po…
This work attempts to understand the chaotic and enigmatic presidency of Donald Trump through Neustadt's iconic work on presidential power and bargaining. Neustadt's model explains much of Trump's difficulties in office, but not his relative success. It argues he defies expectat…
This book offers a comparative perspective on the semi-presidential regimes of Portugal and Timor-Leste, suggesting that they both reserve a "moderating power" for presidents in line with what was theorized by Benjamin Constant. Historical legacies, political culture and short-t…
Leadership development aims to disrupt leaders' behavioural and thought patterns. However, for many decades leadership development has not changed significantly: nobody seems to be disrupting the disrupters. It needs to evolve if leaders are to deal successfully with the disrupt…
'This exciting and innovative new collection examines Edward Heath and his impact on the leadership of the Conservative Party. The book benefits substantially from contributions by a wide range of experts on the ideology, leadership, membership and support base of the Conservati…
Orthodox reporting and conventional scholarship focuses on the factors that distinguish each presidential contest and then attempts to explain them. This book rather, demonstrates that the politics of presidential nomination has been remarkably stable in the United States since …
This book argues that the defeat of the main French Centre Right party in the 2017 presidential and legislative elections, and its subsequent disintegration, were the result of a failure to respond effectively to the challenges posed by a continuing realignment of the party syst…
