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Business & management
Human Resource Management in Project-Based Organizations: The HR Quadr...
Söderlund, Jonas, Bredin, Karin
Hardcover. Presenting findings from research into Sweden's leading multinationals this book focuses on engineering companies operating in global industries such as pharmaceutical, aerospace, packing systems and automotive. It explores research and practice within the area of HRM focusing on project-based organizations. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV2; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230231900
- ISBN
- 9780230231900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.72
€ 127.72
The Outsourcing Enterprise: From Cost Management to Collaborative Inno...
Willcocks, Leslie P., Cullen, Sara, Craig, An...
Hardcover. Evidence shows that organizations with both a CEO and a team involved in sourcing strategy and supplier configuration make more effective decisions. If the wrong supplier is chosen, performance can be negatively affected. Here the authors look at how companies can improve their outsourcing capabilities. Series: Technology, Work and Globalization. Num Pages: 316 pages, 303 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230231917
- ISBN
- 9780230231917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.95
€ 128.95
Hardcover. In many businesses brands account for the majority of shareholder value. It is crucial to understand how the economy of brands works and can be exploited to create sustainable value. The purpose of this book is to develop and enhance the understanding of the brand as an economic asset, to make better business and investment decisions. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230232501
- ISBN
- 9780230232501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. The media increasingly refer to football clubs as brands. Certainly concepts such as loyalty, affiliation, emotional ties with football clubs seem to parallel the relationship between consumer and brand in the broader marketing sphere. This book delves deep into the world of the lucrative business of sports branding. Num Pages: 208 pages, 14 black & white tables, 10 figures. BIC Classification: KJMV7; KJS; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230232532
- ISBN
- 9780230232532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230235502
- ISBN
- 9780230235502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.31
€ 68.31
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230235571
- ISBN
- 9780230235571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.84
€ 68.84
Hardcover. Policies to increase the level of enterprise and entrepreneurship, in many countries and regions, have often failed. This book explores this and gives alternative views to derive a different model, based on social influence, which is consistent with the evidence and which might therefore lead to better policy. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; KJH; KJV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 394. Can Failure Trigger New Understanding?. 248 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 31 figures, 13 black & white tables. Policies to increase the level of enterprise and entrepreneurship, in many countries and regions, have often failed. This book explores this and gives alternative views to derive a different model, based on social influence, which is consistent with the evidence and which might therefore lead to better policy. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JPQB; KJH; KJV. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 21. Weight: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230235588
- ISBN
- 9780230235588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. This book investigates the business strategies chosen by oil and gas service companies operating in China, Singapore and Malaysia. It provides an analytical view of the reliability of strategic theoretical frameworks based on Western business practice but applied in a non-Western business environment like Asia. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 1FMS; 1FPC; KJC; KNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230235595
- ISBN
- 9780230235595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardcover. There are currently 3.5 billion mobile phones in the world and mobile information technologies permeate all aspects of life. This book explores how mobile technologies and information work shape each other. Most writings do not consider how information work increasingly relies on mobile services; this book seeks to address this imbalance. Series: Technology, Work and Globalization. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJQ; TJ; UF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236073
- ISBN
- 9780230236073
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance: The Contribu...
Sacconi, Lorenzo, Blair, Margaret, Freeman, R...
Hardcover. Corporate social responsibility is examined in this book as multi-stakeholder approach to corporate governance. This volume outlines neo-institutional and stakeholder theories of the firm, new rational choice and social contract normative models, self regulatory and soft law models, and the advances from behavioural economics. Editor(s): Vercelli, Alessandro. Series: International Economic Association. Num Pages: 482 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCC; KCK; KCP; KJR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 32. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236547
- ISBN
- 9780230236547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.24
€ 130.24
Hardcover. Marketing Through Turbulent Times offers a range of tools, principles and approaches for decision makers who want to lead their organization toward a robust future by ensuring that their marketing strategies are not only relevant for today's difficult environment but will also lay the foundation for innovative growth opportunities. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237308
- ISBN
- 9780230237308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.18
€ 69.18
Hardcover. Introduces you to a valuable set of tools enabling you to build influence, promote your interests and get buy-in to your plans and proposals. The book will enable you to identify your own workplace values and those of your key colleagues and understand how to retain the influence you have already gained and stand by your values under pressure. Num Pages: 222 pages, 212 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV2; KJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 13. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237735
- ISBN
- 9780230237735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardcover. Written in the European tradition of Kant's philosophical trilogy on critique and Hegel's concept of ethical life it outlines the great traditions in ethical philosophy: Aristotelian virtue ethics, Kantian ethics, and utilitarianism. It presents modern ethics from Nietzsche, Adorno, and Habermas to Kohlberg's stages of moral development. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238251
- ISBN
- 9780230238251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.48
€ 128.48
Hardcover. Servant-leadership may be the answer to the current demand for a more ethical, people-centred leadership where humility, servitude and contribution are key elements. The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of current thinking and empirical research of the determinants, underlying processes and consequences of servant leadership. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408. Developments in Theory and Research. 208 pages, 7, 4 figures, 3 black & white tables. Editor(s): van Dierendonck, Dirk; Patterson, Kathleen A. Servant-leadership may be the answer to the current demand for a more ethical, people-centred leadership where humility, servitude and contribution are key elements. The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of current thinking and empirical research of the determinants, underlying processes and consequences of servant leadership. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: KJMB. Dimension: 224 x 136 x 19. Weight: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238268
- ISBN
- 9780230238268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.36
€ 194.36
Hardcover. The threat we face from high-stakes risk has never been higher. These challenges include environmental pollution, fragile financial systems and the threat of widespread geopolitical violence. This book suggests that a return to natural risk levels -- those in accordance with naturally occurring background levels -- is both desirable and achievable. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCC; KJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238275
- ISBN
- 9780230238275
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Hardcover. Franchising Globally is first of its kind to examine franchising both from an entrepreneurial and from an international perspective. The book includes theoretical discussions and practical examples of international franchising as well as both micro and macro studies of franchising environments in different parts of the world. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJK; KJVF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238282
- ISBN
- 9780230238282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.32
€ 128.32
Hardcover. This book reports empirical material from three case studies in the pharmaceutical industry, the biotechnology industry and the domain of academic research. New technoscientific frameworks that have not yet translated into new therapies, in the future, may play a more central role in the late-modern society. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJD; KJU; KNDP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238367
- ISBN
- 9780230238367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardcover. Football Managers have to deal with a number of unique pressures, yet the challenges of the football manager are similar to those of managers in other sectors. This book examines the management of football and looks at ways that managers and leaders in other industries can use tools and techniques from the sporting world within their own sector. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJM; KNSP; WSJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238411
- ISBN
- 9780230238411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.85
€ 94.85
China's Emerging Outsourcing Capabilities: The Services Challenge (Tec...
Willcocks, Leslie P., Lacity, Mary C.
Hardcover. While China is known for its huge manufacturing base, in recent years the government has given high priority to science and technology services. This book provides an in-depth, contemporary view on where China is heading, how it is going to get there, and how companies and countries can engage with China's emerging outsourcing capabilities. Editor(s): Zheng, Yingqin. Series: Technology, Work and Globalization. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KJK; KJVT; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238442
- ISBN
- 9780230238442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.77
€ 128.77
Hardcover. MacIntyre's narrative based virtue ethics have for the first time in this book been applied to an organization undergoing change driven by market forces and a society that wants more for less with scant regard for the means by which that is achieved. The practical potential of these insights is explored in the case study that runs through the book. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJD; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238473
- ISBN
- 9780230238473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88