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Hardcover. This collection of original ethnographically based research from five continents, provides insights into the dynamics of stability and change in our globalizing world. The chapters comprising Live Experiences of Public Consumption give a vivid account of how cultural and economic value intertwine at face-to-face encounters in marketplaces. Editor(s): Cook, Daniel Thomas. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; KJSU; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517042
- ISBN
- 9780230517042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. Staying at the pinnacle of the advancing business development of transition economies and the impact of changing business conditions is a challenging task for all firms wanting to do business in them. This book provides insight into the way in which businesses function with a comprehensive overview of the major aspects involved. Editor(s): Marinov, Marin; Marinova, Svetla. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJK; KJVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230516175
- ISBN
- 9780230516175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.59
€ 67.59
Hardcover. The benefits of Diversity are frequently mentioned but rarely spellt out. This edited book highlights specific ways in which organisations can profit from Diversity, and a discussion of some of the obstacles that can stand in the way of doing this. Editor(s): Moss, Gloria. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454. The Business Advantages and the Obstacles to Achieving Diversity. 280 pages, 16 figures, 19 black & white tables. Editor(s): Moss, Gloria. The benefits of Diversity are frequently mentioned but rarely spellt out. This edited book highlights specific ways in which organisations can profit from Diversity, and a discussion of some of the obstacles that can stand in the way of doing this. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: KJMV2. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 22. Weight: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230516168
- ISBN
- 9780230516168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.93
€ 127.93
Hardcover. Taking it theme from the fifth annual Studying Leadership Conference held at Cranfield School of Management, Leadership Learning explores the challenge of learning and developing leadership in the 21st century. This is the second of two books to emerge from the conference, taking the theme 'Knowledge into Action'. Editor(s): Turnball James, Kim; Collins, James. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230516106
- ISBN
- 9780230516106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Hardcover. Taking its theme from the fifth annual Studying Leadership conference held at Cranfield School of Management, this work offers new formulations of the concept of leadership. Making a clear link between research and practice, it explores how new ideas about leadership will lead to new approaches to leadership practice. Editor(s): Turnball James, Kim; Collins, James. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 149 x 226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230516045
- ISBN
- 9780230516045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardcover. Most research on institutional features of distinct varieties of capitalism in Europe has analyzed only large corporations. This volume explores the impact of the institutional and structural changes on corporate governance, management culture, and social relationships in small and medium sized enterprises in different European countries. Editor(s): Bluhm, Katharina; Schmidt, Rudi. Num Pages: 318 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; KJVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230515895
- ISBN
- 9780230515895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.47
€ 67.47
Hardcover. The third volume in a series of three focuses on myth in everyday organizational life. The mythical narratives presented in this volume serve as metaphors of an organizational issue that can take inspiration from or be better understood through the myth to reveal an archetypal dimension of organizing and organizations. Editor(s): Kostera, Monika. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230515734
- ISBN
- 9780230515734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. The first volume in a series of three focuses on myth in everyday organizational life, pertaining to individual actors: heroes and heroines, and the roles they play in organizations. Attitudes and temperaments, as well as professional ethos, are narrated and mythologized to reveal an archetypal dimension of organizing and organizations. Editor(s): Kostera, Monika. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230515710
- ISBN
- 9780230515710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Hardcover. Leaders in business and art can gain a lot by listening to each other. In this book thirteen research-based cases demonstrate how software programmers, art curators, financial analysts, orchestra conductors, construction engineers and chefs, share aesthetic leadership talents that hold the key to transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. Editor(s): Guillet de Monthoux, Pierre; Gustafsson, Claes; Sjostrand, Sven-Erik. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: A; KJM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230515581
- ISBN
- 9780230515581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardcover. This volume deals with anxieties in international business and their managerial ramifications. Discussing how the organization and politics of the multinational enterprise (MNE), is a potential pool of anxiety, the contributions highlight the complexities of the international business environment or the managerial implication of such complexity. Editor(s): Sinkovics, Rudolf R.; Yamin, Mo. Series: Academy of International Business (UKI) Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJK; KJVG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230515567
- ISBN
- 9780230515567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.68
€ 128.68
Hardcover. Management and organization research has rediscovered individual agency, innovation and entrepreneurship. As such, there is a risk of overlooking the power of self-reinforcing processes in and among organizations. This volume redirects attention to these processes, including: escalating commitment, organizational imprinting and path dependence. Editor(s): Sydow, Jorg; Schreyogg, Georg. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJH; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230392823
- ISBN
- 9780230392823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.72
€ 127.72
Hardcover. A collection of research papers about self-initiated expatriates and their experiences. As traditional talent management can no longer fulfil the needs of globally operating organisations, self-initiated expatriates have become an ever more important, albeit neglected source of the global talent flow. Editor(s): Vaiman, Vlad; Haslberger, Arno. Num Pages: 329 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230392793
- ISBN
- 9780230392793
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.43
€ 129.43
Hardcover. Uses new approaches and solutions to tackle innovations in an international context. Some of the challenges of innovating are remarkably consistent and recent times have shown the emergence of new ways for stimulating and managing the innovation process. The authors explore these new routes and assess their value for markets and companies. Editor(s): Brem, Alexander; Viardot, Eric. Num Pages: 379 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJD; KJMV6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 219 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230368965
- ISBN
- 9780230368965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.11
€ 129.11
Hardcover. Examining the regulatory issues of fostering technological innovation and its applications this book combines legal, economic and administrative science perspectives. It answers important questions such as what type of regulatory framework would best fit the needs of technology and innovation developments? Editor(s): Heldeweg, Michiel A.; Kica, Evisa. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 black & white tables. BIC Classification: KJD; KJMV3; KJR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230363632
- ISBN
- 9780230363632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardcover. Provides essential insight into what it takes to turn an initial idea into a project with successful outcome in the long term. Fills a gap in current literature on project management and is thoroughly grounded in the latest research in this field. Editor(s): Williams, Terry M.; Samset, Knut. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230363489
- ISBN
- 9780230363489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.20
€ 128.20
Hardcover. Written by the world's leading academics in the outsourcing field, this books gives the most recent overview of developments in research and practice. It focuses on new practices in innovation, offshoring, onshoring, capabilities, project management and cloud services, offering a distinctive theory of outsourcing. Editor(s): Willcocks, Leslie P.; Lacity, Mary C. Num Pages: 354 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230358812
- ISBN
- 9780230358812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.56
€ 128.56
Hardcover. Presents an organizational perspective of social enterprises, which allows us to analyze issues such as their governing structure, their modes of operation and their marketing strategies, and to begin to formulate some theoretical constructs on how these entities can survive and thrive. Editor(s): Gidron, Benjamin; Hasenfeld, Yeheskel. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU; KJV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230358799
- ISBN
- 9780230358799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Hardcover. This book takes an international perspective on the topical issues of marketing ethics and ethical communications. The contributors are professors of business in various European institutions who bring their international background and experience to this body of work. Editor(s): McKinley, Mary M. Num Pages: 141 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJG; KJMV7; KJP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230358553
- ISBN
- 9780230358553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Hardcover. Global companies are facing a new, pressure to develop leaders with global mindsets. The war for managerial talent has never been so intense. Companies and business schools need not only to fine tune practices and models, but redesign current paradigms and create more effective and sustainable ways to invest in leadership development. Editor(s): Canals, Jordi. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJK; KJMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230355132
- ISBN
- 9780230355132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.73
€ 67.73
Hardcover. Highlights new realities, challenges and opportunities facing organizations and businesses in managing people in contemporary Africa and attempts to propose alternative sustainable strategies and models that address critical issues ranging from managing knowledge and technology appropriation in organizations to social issues of poverty and ecology. Editor(s): Newenham-Kahindi, Aloysius; Kamoche, Ken N.; Chizema, Amon; Mellahi, Kamel. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230354913
- ISBN
- 9780230354913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Hardcover. A volume of specially commissioned papers which draws on the diverse expertise of academic researchers, policy makers and educational practitioners to address the changing patterns of competition and provision, in international higher education. Topics addressed range from policy, provision, teaching, research and business engagement. Editor(s): Ennew, Christine; Greenaway, David. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 black & white tables, 19 figures. BIC Classification: JFFS; JNM; KC; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 3. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230354869
- ISBN
- 9780230354869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.69
€ 127.69
Hardcover. Provides an understanding of how HRM policies and practices differ across countries and how the development of management practice may be affected by different institutional and cultural contexts. Containing contributions from a range of well-respected HRM scholars across the world, this collection is based upon data from a unique research project. Editor(s): Parry, Emma; Stavrou, Eleni; Lazarova, Mila B. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJK; KJMV2; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230354838
- ISBN
- 9780230354838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardcover. Written by experts in Luxury and Fashion Management at SKEMA Business School this exciting new book offers a new perspective that challenges the established rules of the luxury and fashion industry. The authors and contributors examine the evolution of luxury strategy and how the luxury industry is being redefined in the twenty-first century. Editor(s): Hoffmann, Jonas; Coste-Maniere, Ivan. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJE; KJK; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 239 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230354548
- ISBN
- 9780230354548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.25
€ 78.25
Hardcover. In a time of instability trust in managers is low. Management education is being scrutinized for its impact on society and business schools have been considered as 'silent partners in corporate crime' This book outlines how business schools can get out of the line of fire by presenting the cornerstones of a humanistic business education. Editor(s): Amann, Wolfgang; Pirson, Michael; Dierksmeier, Claus; Kimakowitz, Ernst Von; Spitzeck, Heiko. Series: Humanism in Business Series. Num Pages: 496 pages, 22 tables, 30 figures. BIC Classification: JNM; KJ; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 186 x 33. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230349056
- ISBN
- 9780230349056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.46
€ 130.46