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Hardcover. Social businesses and non-profit organizations act at the interface of markets and civil societies. Their executives are challenged by issues of social mission and economic rationale. This book presents a new concept of social businesses and a framework for the mission and strategy-related decision making in this complex concept. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJU; KJVX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252547
- ISBN
- 9780230252547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.24
€ 128.24
Strategic Management and Public Service Performance
Andrews, Rhys, Boyne, George, Law, Jennifer, ...
Hardcover. Strategic management makes a difference to the performance of public organizations. This book demonstrates that the most appropriate response is 'it all depends': on which aspects of strategy content and processes are pursued together, and how these are combined with organizational structure and the technical and institutional environment Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252424
- ISBN
- 9780230252424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.93
€ 127.93
Hardcover. A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. This book examines the significance of networks among the firms operative in the contemporary Russian software industry in the St. Petersburg region. Num Pages: 198 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; KCS; KJP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 330. 208 pages, 5 black & white tables, 4 figures. This book examines the significance of networks among the firms operative in the contemporary Russian software industry in the St. Petersburg region. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; KCS; KJP. Dimension: 210 x 144 x 17. Weight: 330.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252394
- ISBN
- 9780230252394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.96
€ 39.96
Sunset in the Land of the Rising Sun: Why Japanese Multinational Corpo...
Black, J. Stewart, Morrison, Allen J.
Hardcover. Even casual observers will be familiar with the Cherry Blossom or Sakura tress of Japan. When in full bloom the sight is spectacular but it sadly only takes a week until the tree is bare. In a longer cycle of nations and business, we see, unfortunately, a similar pattern for Japanese Multinational Corporations. Series: Insead Business Press. Num Pages: 154 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KJVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 14. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252226
- ISBN
- 9780230252226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. The authentic voices of sixty successful women, identify the challenges that they have faced in their careers and the ways in which they have overcome them. These include a male work culture and reconciling the demands of work and family. The 'glass ceiling' may have moved up a little, but it is still there. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252202
- ISBN
- 9780230252202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.48
€ 127.48
Hardcover. Provides an accessible introduction to psychoanalytic explanations of consumer desire. Topics are drawn widely to reflect the scope of Freud's vision and include dreams, sexuality and hysteria. Discussion is widened to selectively include authors such as Melanie Klein and Jacques Lacan, and to include evaluation of current research. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFT; JMAF; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252196
- ISBN
- 9780230252196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252141
- ISBN
- 9780230252141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardcover. The costs of stress and ill-health to society are enormous. In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on workplace initiatives to reduce stress and improve individual resilience. This volume brings chief medical officers, leading health professionals and academics to present their views on innovations in the field of stress and health. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMJ; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230251915
- ISBN
- 9780230251915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardcover. Testing for a Unit Root is now an essential part of time series analysis but the literature on the topic is so large that knowing where to start is difficult even for the specialist. This book provides a way into the techniques of unit root testing, explaining the pitfalls and nonstandard cases, using practical examples and simulation analysis. Series: Palgrave Texts in Econometrics. Num Pages: 585 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCH; PBT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1016.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230250260
- ISBN
- 9780230250260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.32
€ 131.32
Hardcover. Testing for a unit root is now an essential part of time series analysis. This volume provides a critical overview and assessment of tests for a unit root in time series, developing the concepts necessary to understand the key theoretical and practical models in unit root testing. Series: Palgrave Texts in Econometrics. Num Pages: 678 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCH; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1128.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230250246
- ISBN
- 9780230250246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.22
€ 132.22
Hardcover. An engaging discussion of the goals and purpose of the business enterprise illuminating the long-running debate over the goals of the firm. Series: Bocconi on Management. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230250161
- ISBN
- 9780230250161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Hardcover. Delivers a strong contribution to the field of research on emotions in organizations offering original pieces of research. Uniting scholars from organization and management research and sociology, it conveys trans-disciplinary insights into the multidimensional 'nature' of emotion and its appearance in organizational structures and processes. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230250154
- ISBN
- 9780230250154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.44
€ 183.44
Hardcover. A critical analysis of the political economy of development in the Anglophone and Francophone Caribbean. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; JPSD; KCM; KCP; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230250017
- ISBN
- 9780230250017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.03
€ 68.03
Hardcover. International experts evaluate new policy directions in economic development and poverty reduction, building on the ideas of a pioneer in the new discipline of Development Studies, Frances Stewart. Combing ideas and evidence on technological change, human development and conflict prevention to address the issue of the persistence of inequality Editor(s): Thorp, Rosemary. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230249707
- ISBN
- 9780230249707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Hardback. This book analyzes privatization in Ireland, a European economy that has experienced rapidly changing fortunes over the last thirty years. It examines the effects of privatization in terms of corporate performance, public finances and the distributional aspects of privatization including the impact on employment and share ownership. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; KCS; KFFD; KFFH; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan London
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230248922
- ISBN
- 9780230248922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardcover. With the accelerating integration of China into the global economy, there is a thirst to understand how Chinese managers like to lead and how Chinese employees like to be managed. There is no doubt that China can be a difficult and risky market for foreign businesses. The authors show managers how to succeed when doing business in China. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KJK; KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230248182
- ISBN
- 9780230248182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Financial Instability: Toolkit for Interpreting Boom and Bust Cycles (...
D'Apice, Vincenzo, Ferri, Giovanni
Hardcover. This book explains what is behind the wave of increasingly frequent and severe financial crises since the 1980s. It links theoretical and policy misconceptions to explain, in plain words, why and how global finance needs fixing. Otherwise, the world may not withstand the next, even bigger, financial crisis. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCP; KCX; KFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230248113
- ISBN
- 9780230248113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Hardcover. Customer Experience is now the key differentiator as consumers and businesses alike decide among competing brands. The authors explore growing trends in Experience Psychology, Social Media and Neuroscience and their impact on Customer Experience that businesses need to understand to gain preference, loyalty and market share. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 black & white tables, 21 figures, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KJSU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2010 ed.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247819
- ISBN
- 9780230247819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. In the context of the financial and economic crisis, corporate governance and regulatory supervision failures, Laura Horn investigates one of the defining questions in social power relations in contemporary capitalism: who controls the modern corporation, and why. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; KCP; KJR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247505
- ISBN
- 9780230247505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. Based on original and previously unseen written and sound archives and interviews with former and current radio producers and presenters, Public Issue Radio addresses the controversial question of the political leanings of current affairs programmes, and asks if Analysis became an early platform for both Thatcherite and Blairite ideas. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JFD; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247390
- ISBN
- 9780230247390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.43
€ 67.43