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Hardcover. Performing Governance sets out a new framework to assess the performance of partnerships and examines what these actually deliver. This is applied to three areas of New Labour's welfare policy; child safeguarding, urban regeneration and the modernisation of health and social care. This book contributes to understanding governance under New Labour. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKS; JPP; KJC; KJMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137024039
- ISBN
- 9781137024039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.46
€ 62.46
Hardcover. The book deals with cases about the impact of, and interaction between, the different Latin American cultural, economic, legal, and political settings on activities, strategies, structures and decision-making processes of MNCs. The cases focus on business processes, settings and organizational behavior in Latin America. Editor(s): Liberman, Leonardo; Garcilazo, Sergio; Stahl, Eva. Series: AIB Latin America. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; KJD; KJK; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137024091
- ISBN
- 9781137024091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.85
€ 118.85
Paperback. Embracing social technologies at work is not just a blog from the CEO. It is about understanding all the opportunities where social media and technology activities could improve your company from marketing to operations. A practical guide for managers and an informative window into the world of social technologies in business. Series: Palgrave Pocket Consultants. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 figures. BIC Classification: KJP; KJW; UF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137024817
- ISBN
- 9781137024817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.75
€ 34.75
Hardcover. This second edition reviews the field of business discourse, centring on the investigation of business language and communication as practice. It combines research-based discussions with innovative practical applications and promotes debate and enquiry on a range of competing issues, emerging from business discourse research and teaching practice. Series: Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics. Num Pages: 375 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; KJP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Second Edition,New Edition,2nd edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137024916
- ISBN
- 9781137024916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.66
€ 120.66
Discounting, Libor, CVA and Funding: Interest Rate and Credit Pricing ...
Kenyon, Chris, Stamm, Roland
Hardcover. Providing the most up-to-date tools and techniques for pricing interest rate and credit products for the new financial world, this book discusses pricing and hedging, funding and regulation, and interpretation, as an essential resource for quantitatively minded practitioners and researchers in finance. Series: Applied Quantitative Finance. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFC; KFF; KJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137268518
- ISBN
- 9781137268518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.33
€ 78.33
Hardcover. Adjudicating Employment Rights compares and analyses institutions for resolving employment rights disputes in ten countries. In addition to detailed individual chapters, the study offers a theoretical perspective and an evaluation of national institutions against key yardsticks. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJM; KJU; KNXB2; LNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137269195
- ISBN
- 9781137269195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Hardcover. This book investigates the trends and challenges that ports, logistics and supply chains have tackled in recent decades and the way forward. A new concept, port focal logistics is introduced which appreciates the efforts by previous studies in this field, but simultaneously recognize the limitations, and the need for further improvements. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJD; KJK; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137273680
- ISBN
- 9781137273680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.26
€ 119.26
Managing Conflict in the Family Business: Understanding Challenges at ...
Rhodes, Kent, Lansky, David
Paperback. Family Business Conflict Archetypes, Frames, Roles, and Tactics are discussed in this book with a view toward educating readers to the common conflict cycles that family businesses encounter. More specifically the book will address twelve conflicts that are common in family owned businesses, how to spot them and how to resolve them. Series: A Family Business Publication. Num Pages: 109 pages, 38 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJM; KJV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137274601
- ISBN
- 9781137274601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.44
€ 39.44
Hardcover. Presenteeism presents the important issues related to the nature and extent of presenteeism and cited examples from different studies. The book discusses in depth why employees come to work despite being sick, strategies to manage presenteeism behavior and who should be taking the lead in managing such employee behavior. Editor(s): Quazi, Hesan. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJD; KJK; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137275660
- ISBN
- 9781137275660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.99
€ 118.99
Hardback. Explores the role of entrepreneurs in bringing about community rebound after disasters, with particular attention to recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy. Series: Perspectives from Social Economics. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFC; KJH; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137286086
- ISBN
- 9781137286086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.91€ 96.71
€ 116.91
€ 96.71
Hardcover. This collection argues that although constitutionalism has traditionally been the primary mechanism for facilitating the mutual accommodation of sub-state and state national societies in plurinational states. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPB; JPFN; JPHV; KJVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137288981
- ISBN
- 9781137288981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. Too many decisions are taken too slowly or not at all because of the dithering behavior of our leaders, often leading to failure of the project, or worse, the organization. See how procrastination has led to major contemporary leadership failures and learn how to recognize and resolve the problem in yourself and others. Num Pages: 143 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMB; KJMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137290267
- ISBN
- 9781137290267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.38
€ 73.38
Hardback. Explores the ongoing transformation of service relationships, focusing on the incorporation of the customer's active contribution to virtually all aspects and stages of the production process. This volume illuminates social relations and interaction between customers and service providers as well as between the users of web-based services. Editor(s): Dunkel, Wolfgang; Kleemann, Frank. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJSU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137293244
- ISBN
- 9781137293244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.48
€ 119.48
Hardcover. Models of Scenario Building and Planning offers a unique and innovative exploration of the scenario approach. The book focuses on the analysis of the competitors' behavior; the analysis of risk and uncertainty; and the link between scenarios and strategies. Series: Bocconi on Management. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137293497
- ISBN
- 9781137293497
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.41
€ 140.41
Hardcover. The best marketing doesn't just focus on the individual psychology of the consumer, it operates at a cultural level. It frames choices so that the consumer isn't aware their buying decisions are being influenced. Hackley shows how marketing must set the scene and identify the broader cultural context to successfully influence consumers. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJP; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137297105
- ISBN
- 9781137297105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development aims to make a theoretical and practical contribution meeting the need for studies on the impact of clusters on entrepreneurship and societal outcomes. This book aims to answer the following research question: Do clusters matter to entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship outcomes at the societal level? Num Pages: 354 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJD; KJH; KJK; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137298256
- ISBN
- 9781137298256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.97
€ 119.97
Hardcover. Embedding CSR into Corporate Culture demonstrates that a new frontier for corporate social responsibility is possible in theory and practice. The key idea - discovery leadership - enables corporate managers to deal effectively with problems, issues, and value clashes occurring at the corporation-society interface. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJD; KJG; KJR; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137300072
- ISBN
- 9781137300072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
Hardcover. Suggests important ramifications for both Western and Eastern Human Resources Practices and is the first research of its kind to empirically investigate the effect of Chinese core values, which originated from Chinese traditional thinking, on HRM practices in China. Series: Palgrave Studies in Chinese Management. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137304117
- ISBN
- 9781137304117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.41
€ 119.41
Hardcover. Crisis at Work examines the impact work, as a precarious entity, has on the intimate and intrapersonal lives of individuals. It examines how we negotiate our identities, the trade-offs we make, and how we achieve greater meaning and fulfilment when our productive lives fail to sustain and fulfil. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHBL; KJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137305428
- ISBN
- 9781137305428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.23
€ 62.23
Hardcover. The Challenge for Japanese Multinationals is about strategic issues of modern management from the view of global business practice. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KJC; KJK; KJVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137307590
- ISBN
- 9781137307590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.71
€ 118.71
Transnational Corporations from the Standpoint of Workers: Thrown Toge...
Räthzel, Nora, Mulinari, Diana, Tollefsen, A...
Hardcover. This book explores the history and global expansion of AB Volvo, one of the hundred largest corporations in the world, through the experiences of its workers in Sweden, Mexico, South Africa, and India. It investigates how neo-liberalisation has transformed the company into a promoter of lean production, at the expense of the workers' needs. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; JPQB; KCFM; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137323040
- ISBN
- 9781137323040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.23
€ 63.23
Hardcover. Cloud Systems in Supply Chains explores the risks that could face supply chain firms if their implementation of cloud systems is not carefully managed or if not appropriately selected and supported. This volume aids supply chain firms in ensuring that their cloud system activities are positioned to assist and sustain their competitive advantages. Editor(s): Soliman, Fawzy. Num Pages: 333 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV8; UTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137324238
- ISBN
- 9781137324238
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.61
€ 119.61
Hardcover. The book examines the changing external environment of organizations. This book explores the contradictions within the global capitalist system and their consequences to assess and find ways in creating new knowledge for managers/leaders to reorient themselves in appropriate restructuring of organizations to better serve their stakeholders. Editor(s): Kazeroony, Hamid H.; Stachowicz-Stanusch, Agata. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCS; KJF; KJG; KJK; KJR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137325693
- ISBN
- 9781137325693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.10
€ 120.10
Hardcover. This study investigates the relationships between corporate foresight and management decision-making processes in organizations. It provides an extensive analysis of extant theories of corporate foresight and strategic management, brings in new insights, and presents an in-depth case study exploration of corporate foresight of a European bank. Num Pages: 373 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJD; KJM; KJU; KJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 219 x 26. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137326966
- ISBN
- 9781137326966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.43
€ 63.43