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VC02-169 Corporate Social Responsibility, 4-Vols/set.
  Moon, Jeremy/ 9780415548045
 
 
PC02-5 London Clerical Workers, 1880-1914: Development of the Labour Market.
  Heller, Michael/ 9781848930544
 
  Despite more than ten per cent of male Londoners being clerical workers at a time when London was the largest city in the world, no study has ever been carried out on this historical demographic. ¡¥Clerks¡¦ here are identified as (male) individuals working in offices, across many different sectors ¡V city and commerce, banking, insurance, the railways, the civil service, and so on ¡V and from a number of perspectives. This study is based on a wide range of business sources as well as newspapers, journals, novels and oral history, allowing Heller to put forward a new interpretation of working conditions, highlighting the ways in which clerical work changed and modernized over this period.
VC02-176 Intellectual Capital and Technological Innovation: Knowledge-Based Theory and Practice.
  Saez, Pedro Lopez/ 9781615208753
 
  Knowledge has become a critical factor for contemporary firms. Its increasing relevance has given rise to a new theory of the firm and which closely ties knowledge creation and application to competitive advantage, enhancing support for this knowledge-based view of innovation. Intellectual Capital and Technological Innovation: Knowledge-Based Theory and Practice provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings to improve understanding of the current innovation processes from the knowledge based perspective, giving special attention to both the intellectual capital assets that intervene in it, and the social capital that surrounds and enhances or hinders this phenomenon. This book has particular relevance for mangers, academics and consultants benefiting from a thorough understanding of intellectual capital and social capital as a base for improving their tasks. Topics Covered *Absorptive capacity, R&D intensity and innovation results *Intellectual capital and technological innovation regimes *Management of intellectual capital *Measurement of intellectual capital *Organizational culture and technological innovation *Prioritizing corporate R&D capabilities *Relational capital, network and cluster effects on technological innovation *Social capital, intellectual capital and technological innovation *Technological innovation in contexts and industries *The Knowledge-Based View of Technological Innovation
VC02-175 Communication, Relationships and Practices in Virtual Work.
  Long, Shawn D./ 9781615209798
 
  Organizations are rapidly shifting the way that individuals conceptualize, participate, and engage in work. A significant change is how organizations are coordinating, arranging, and organizing the activities of their employees for the accomplishments of organizational goals. Communication, Relationships, and Practices in Virtual Work characterizes the nuanced communication, relational, and practical dynamics that characterize virtual working in contemporary organizations. This reference work addresses virtual teams, peer relationships in virtual work, mentoring, vertical mobility, diversity in the virtual workspace, productivity and the postmodern aesthetic, and the communication practices and processes of dispersed work configurations. Topics Covered *Dynamics of virtual teams *Virtual work environments *Organizational identity *Virtual mentoring *Power dynamics *Mobile collaboration *Human-computer interaction *Trust in virtual work *Surveillance in virtual work *Politics of virtual work
VC02-174 Organizational Discourse Studies, 3-Vols/Set.
  Grant, David/ 9781849207362
 
 
VC02-173 New Product and Services Development, 4-Vols/Set.
  Gatignon, Hubert/ 9780857020536
 
 
VC02-172 Socio-Cultural Impacts of Workplace E-Learning: Epistemology, Ontology and Pedagogy.
  Remtulla, Karim A./ 9781615208357
 
  Workplace e-learning as a socially and culturally negotiated and perpetuated phenomenon remains uncommon, as does the availability of taxonomies that further analyze this idea critically, paradigmatically, and perspectivally. Socio-Cultural Impacts of Workplace E-Learning: Epistemology, Ontology and Pedagogy develops and discusses a socio-cultural sensitivity taxonomy for the socio-culturally based research and study of workplace e-learning. It focuses on the 'what if' and 'why' of workplace e-learning as groundwork for more relevant, meaningful, and applicable workplace adult education and training from workplace e-learning. Topics Covered *Social change and social responsibility *Normative learning for normalized work *Universalized workplace education *Redressing socio-cultural insensitivity *Infallibility of innovative artefacts *Primacy of commodified knowledges *Decomposition by instrumental instruction *Justification based on rational training *Operationalization from dehumanizing ideologies *Homogenization through social integration
VC02-171 Innovation in Business and Enterprise: Technologies and Frameworks.
  Al-Hakim, Latif/ 9781615206438
 
  Innovation is essential to maintaining organizations' long-term stability and increasing both the quality and value of goods and services. Innovation in Business and Enterprise: Technologies and Frameworks focuses on managing innovation through bridging gaps created from theories, relative advantages or competitiveness, social differences, and innovation capability and performance. Topics Covered *Corporate social responsibility *Diffusion of innovation (DOI) theory *Entrepreneurship competences and management capabilities needed for *Factors and dimensions of national innovation capacity *Impact of market and entrepreneurial orientations on the innovation decision *Innovation in cumulative causation theory *Performance evaluation framework for innovation *Role of intellectual (IC) capital in innovation processes *Social aspects of innovation *User involvement in new product development
VC02-170 Service Science and Logistics Informatics: Innovative Perspectives.
  Luo, ZongWei/ 9781615206032
 
  An interdisciplinary field, service science plays an increasingly important role in the world economy, prompting individuals to reengineer traditional services in logistics and supply chain management through IT innovation. Service Science and Logistics Informatics: Innovative Perspectives addresses the latest in applied service science research and industry practices. Focusing on emerging technologies such as RFID, this book is the perfect reference for business and IT professionals interested in learning more about the practices and guidelines for service innovation in logistics and supply chain management.
VC02-168 John P. Kotter, 2-Vols/Set.
  Wood, John C./ 9780415325752
 
 
VC02-167 Managing Risk in Virtual Enterprise Networks: Implementing Supply Chain Principles.
  Ponis, Stavros/ 9781615206070
 
  Pressures imposed by today's modern and highly competitive business environment and momentum created with the emergence of Information and Communication Technologies force business entities to rethink current models, in order to benefit from a more flexible and cost effective form of organizational management. Managing Risk in Virtual Enterprise Networks: Implementing Supply Chain Principles aspires to set a point-of-reference for scholars and researchers in the fields of Virtual Enterprises and Supply Chain Management who are interested in studying the Risk Management dimension in a cross-disciplinary fashion by applying new ideas and synthetic thinking in already well established concepts. Furthermore, this valuable reference aims to attract both graduate and post-graduate students studying the Risk Management discipline.
VC02-166 Enterprise Information Systems and Implementing IT Infrastructures: Challenges and Issues.
  Parthasarathy, S./ 9781615206254
 
  The success of an enterprise today is dependent upon its information system, which comprises Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), and Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Disruption of Enterprise Information Systems (EIS), even for a short period of time, can cause large problems for business operations. Enterprise Information Systems and Implementing IT Infrastructures: Challenges and Issues aims at identifying potential research problems and issues in EIS, allowing research scholars and practitioners to develop suitable strategies and operational policies for EIS, thus improving communication within organizations. The cutting-edge research discussed in this book intends to spark the discussion of new ideas and developments in the field of EIS amongst researchers and practitioners.
VC02-165 Toward Corporate IT Standardization Management: Frameworks and Solutions.
  Wessel, Robert van/ 9781615207596
 
  The world of corporate management benefits when organizations realize the profitability, reliability, and flexibility obtained through IT standardization. Toward Corporate IT Standardization Management: Frameworks and Solutions details the IT standards conceptual model through insightful case studies that illustrate the factors affecting the performance of business processes. By offering organizations the opportunity to enhance process performance through IT standardization, this reference work demonstrates the effectiveness of IT standards, and the applicable techniques for implementation and management of such practices. This book features information useful to educators and students in the fields of Information Systems, IT-Management, Business Studies, and Economics, as well as IT practitioners and IS Managers.
VC02-164 Recruitment, Development, and Retention of Information Professionals: Trends in Human Resources and Knowledge Management.
  Pank, Elisabeth/ 9781615206018
 
  The explosive and dynamic environment of informational technology, both in the areas of accessibility and tools, has created a growing market for individuals trained in the techniques of knowledge management. Recruitment, Development, and Retention of Information Professionals: Trends in Human Resources and Knowledge Management highlights issues specific to information professionals (IPs) working in an academic environment. The evolution of scholarly communications and applications of technology are forcing IPs to reevaluate the way they operate. This book offers valuable insight into the newest strategies for thinking creatively and resourcefully about the latest trends in recruitment, retention, and professional development. Topics Covered *Knowledge Management *Human Resource Professionals *Recruitment *Information Science Professionals *Retention *Academic Librarianship *Development of IP Skill Sets *Career Development Planning *Organizational Culture *Group Dynamics
VC02-162 Consumption, 4-Vols/set.
  Warde, Alan/ 9781848606333
 
  Consumption is a core issue for all disciplines studying 'culture and society'. This four-volume set covers such diverse issues as food, environment and housing in terms of society's seemingly insatiable lust for consumption. Volume One: The Shaping of the Field includes classic and recent theoretical essays of lasting significance for the discipline and for the critique of consumer behaviour, by such influential voices such as Jean Baudrillard and Theodor Adorno. Volume Two: Acquisition deals with how people get what they consume. Volume Three: Appropriation draws from anthropology, sociology and cultural studies to expound on the central idea of appropriation, capturing the importance of people 'domesticating' mass-produced and alien products, converting them into items with personal meanings and using and appreciating them for their own purposes. Volume Four: Appreciation unpacks the frameworks of understanding acceptable conduct grounded in moral and social judgments of symbolic value.
VC02-161 Legends in Marketing: Jagdish Sheth, 8-Vols/Set.
  Krishnan, Balaji C/ 9788132103004
 
  The first legend we pay tribute to is Professor Jagdish Sheth. He has contributed to the marketing discipline in a number of ways with the book that he co-authored, "The Theory of Buyer Behavior", still considered a classic, forty years after its publication. His work spans five decades and traverses a number of sub disciplines of marketing. He has pioneered new areas of inquiry in marketing and contributed the growth of many others. His work is presented in eight volumes in the first of the "Legends of Marketing" series. Table of Contents Volume One Volume Two: Consumer Behavior: Empirical Research Volume Three: Visioning The Future Volume Four: International Marketing Volume Five: Managerial Marketing: The Early Years Volume Six: Managerial Marketing: Current Thought Volume Seven: Organizational Buyer Behaviour Volume Eight: Relationship Marketing
VC02-157 Supply Chain Security: International Practices and Innovations in Moving Goods Safely and Efficiently, 2-Vols/set.
  Thomas, Andrew R./ 9780313364204
 
  With more and more enterprises managing supply operations that reach farther and farther from headquarters, Supply Chain Security: International Practices and Innovations in Moving Goods Safely and Efficiently could not be more timely or well-targeted. This comprehensive two-volume set is the first look at the present and future of supply chain management, and the full range of threats to supply chain security. Each volume of Supply Chain Security focuses on a specific area: the first explores the historic context and current operational environment in which supply chain security must function. Volume Two is a look at emerging issues that includes proven, innovative steps companies and governments can take to counter the inherent risks of moving goods and people more safely and efficiently. Reflecting its subject, this resource is truly global in perspective, with contributions from 18 countries and over two-thirds of its contributors from outside the United States. No company that does business internationally should be without this essential resource. Title Features: *Comprises 24 chapters combining original, cutting-edge research and insight *Includes the work of 35 expert contributors, representing 18 countries *Presents 40 photos and illustrations depicting supply chain threats and security measures *Offers a comprehensive index
VC02-141 Innovation and Knowledge Management, 4-Vols/Set.
  Anderson, Neil/ 9781848606661
 
  Innovation and Knowledge Management has gained considerable importance over the last 40 years, both as an area of academic research and as an area of professional practice. This growing interest has produced a wealth of highly disparate literature, international in orientation and rooted in both the research agenda and in more pragmatic issues of best practice. Each volume covers a key area of Innovation and Knowledge Management, reflecting both historical roots and cutting-edge scholarship. Volume One covers individual creativity and innovation, with Volume Two focusing on teamwork and group innovation. Volume Three adopts an organization-wide perspective, including papers on the innovation process, resistance to change and radical vs. incremental innovation. Volume Four treats knowledge management in the context of organizational knowledge, knowledge networks, knowledge transfer and organizational learning. Selected and organized by renowned scholars in the field working under the guidance of an international editorial advisory board, this four-volume collection is an invaluable resource to institutions with courses in management and organization studies, as well as professional institutions with personnel development programs.
SC02-391 World Guide to CSR, The: A Country-by-Country Analysis of Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility.
  Visser, Wayne/ 9781906093389
 
  The purpose of the book is to give CSR professionals (including managers, consultants, academics and NGOs focusing on the social, environmental and ethical responsibilities of business) a quick reference guide to CSR in different regional and national contexts. The need for the book is premised on the fact that CSR professionals and researchers more often than not have a multinational remit and are required to benchmark performance internationally, but find that country-specific CSR information is ad hoc, limited or non-existent. Even where national CSR research exists, it is often hidden in academic journals that practitioners cannot access or do not have the time or inclination to read. The book is an edited volume, with expert contributors from around the world, all of whom have been screened and selected on the basis of their qualifications and experience in CSR. Each regional/country profile includes the following subsections: * CSR in context * Priority issues * Trends * Legislation and codes * Organisations * Case studies * Educational institutions * References
SC02-387 Natural Capitalism: The Next Industrial Revolution.
  Hawken, Paul/ 9781844071708
 
  'Natural capitalism' is quite different from conventional capitalism but, once understood, it seems it must have been obvious all along. Drawing upon economic logic, intelligent technologies and the best of contemporary design, the authors show how it will transform our fundamental notions about the way to do business. They describe the wealth of opportunities for profit from providing quality and service with ever more efficiency and less waste, through the rational employment of resources, money and people - doing more and better with less.
SC02-381 Designing for Re-Use: The Life of Consumer Packaging.
  Fisher, Tom/ 9781844074884
 
  Packaging is ephemeral - its purpose is to be "wasted" once we've removed the product it contains. Whilst we are encouraged to "reduce, recycle and re-use", Designing for Re-Use proposes that domestic re-use is the "Cinderella" of this trinity, because it is under researched and little understood. The re-use of packaging could have a significant effect on the quantity of material that enters the waste stream and the energy and consequently carbon that is expended in its production - every re-used item could be another item not purchased. The authors demonstrate that we do re-use - but usually despite rather than because of the actions of government and designers. The book shows that by understanding the ways in which actions of this sort fit with everyday life, opportunities may be identified to enhance the potential for re-use through packaging design.
SC02-381 Three Secrets of Green Business, The: Unlocking Competitive Advantage in a Low Carbon Economy.
  Kane, Gareth/ 9781844078738
 
  Business is coming under increasing pressure from government, customers and campaigning groups to improve its environmental performance. Soaring utility and compliance costs are hitting companies where it hurts - on their bottom line. But there is another way of looking at the green agenda - as an opportunity rather than a threat. Written by renowned green business expert Gareth Kane, this practical 'how-to' guide contains everything you need to know about making your business green and increasing profits. Key features include: " The Three Secrets of Green Business Success. " Preparing To Go Green - change management, indicators, communication and marketing. " Small Steps - the easy actions that will cut waste of materials, water and energy and save you money. " Huge Leaps - the really big changes that will make your business truly green by changing your processes, products and business models. " Hundreds of handy hints and tips. " Includes checklists and a brainstorming tool
SC02-381 Three Secrets of Green Business, The: Unlocking Competitive Advantage in a Low Carbon Economy.
  Kane, Gareth/ 9781844078745
 
  Business is coming under increasing pressure from government, customers and campaigning groups to improve its environmental performance. Soaring utility and compliance costs are hitting companies where it hurts - on their bottom line. But there is another way of looking at the green agenda - as an opportunity rather than a threat. Written by renowned green business expert Gareth Kane, this practical 'how-to' guide contains everything you need to know about making your business green and increasing profits. Key features include: " The Three Secrets of Green Business Success. " Preparing To Go Green - change management, indicators, communication and marketing. " Small Steps - the easy actions that will cut waste of materials, water and energy and save you money. " Huge Leaps - the really big changes that will make your business truly green by changing your processes, products and business models. " Hundreds of handy hints and tips. " Includes brainstorming checklists
PC02-4 Development of International Insurance, The.
  Pearson, Robin/ 9781848930759
 
  Insurance is a vital and dynamic element in the modern economy. Although commercial forms of insurance have been present for several hundred years in Europe, this financial service first grew to maturity on a global scale during the nineteenth century, and by the First World War a wave of new insurance products had swept across the world. During the twentieth century, the areas of risk that could be insured and reinsured multiplied still further. By pooling a huge variety of complex risks, insurance enabled the production and consumption of goods that would otherwise not be produced or consumed ¡V in this way insurance can be regarded as having achieved net welfare gains for both developing and more advanced economies. Despite their economic and social importance, however, there are relatively few book-length studies of national insurance industries. This collection of nine essays by a group of international experts redresses this balance; providing an extensive geographical and thematic spread, linked via an extensive introduction. Also present is a consolidated, multi-lingual bibliography, allowing further research to be undertaken around the world.
PC02-3 Determinants of Entrepreneurship, The.: Leadership, Culture, Institutions.
  Toninelli, Pierangelo/ 9781848930711
 
  Entrepreneurship is growing, both as a business phenomenon and as an area for study. This move into the mainstream coincides with an economic need to deal with high unemployment in the west, but is also the result of encouragement by political leaders on both sides of the spectrum as well as the increasingly high-profile of a new breed of celebrity entrepreneurs, such as Oprah Winfrey and Richard Branson. This study looks at entrepreneurial history from three angles: Entrepreneurial Typologies ¡V which sorts of business enterprise are the most successful?; Business Leaders ¡V who are the entrepreneurs and where do they come from?; and Culture or Institutions? ¡V what has the most effect on the abundance and quality of entrepreneurship in a given group. The scarcity of material on the history of entrepreneurship makes this collection of nine papers an invaluable resource and should encourage further analysis.
Private Equity: A Transactionaly Analysis, Second Edition
  Hale, Chris/ 9781905783335
 
 
Why Blog? Motivations for Blogging
  Sarah Pedersen/ 9781843345831
 
 
Leading Change Toward Sustainability: A Change-Management Guide for Business, Government and Civil Society.
  Doppelt, Bob/ 9781906093341
 
  Leading Change toward Sustainability has been used by change leaders around the world to guide their internal global warming and sustainability organisational change initiatives. In 2004, a GlobeScan survey of international sustainability experts ranked the book ¡¥one of the ten most important books in sustainability¡¦. This new edition will be essential reading for leaders from all types of organisations.
Corporate Community Involvement: The Definitive Guide to Maximizing Your Business's Societal Engagement.
  Lakin, Nick/ 9781906093334
 
  he book outlines the history and future of Corporate Community Involvement, explaining the business context and why companies need to manage their programs strategically. It also distinguishes between the growing lexicon of terminologies and provides clear definitions of terms such as ¡§philanthropy¡¨, ¡§sponsorship¡¨, ¡§Corporate Citizenship¡¨, ¡§Corporate Responsibility¡¨ and ¡§Sustainability¡¨, advising when they are appropriate and how each can add value to corporate activities. This will be an indispensible resource for those working at the interface between business and the community. New or developing practitioners will learn from both the successes and failures of those before them. Representatives from other sectors, notably government, international agencies, NGOs, and academia, will come to understand companies¡¦ internal requirements for cross-sector collaboration programs in the community better. And students interested in this field will be better equipped to start careers.
Innovative CSR: From Risk Management to Value Creation.
  Louche, Celine/ 9781906093358
 
  This book aims to explore, inspire and support creative, innovative and strategic CSR. ¡¥Innovation¡¦ in this book means new products, services and technologies and, in addition, new organisational and institutional systems, structures and new business models that empower the organisation to advance strategically in an ever more competitive business world. Both research and practice show that CSR has mainly been approached in terms of value protection and risk management, where the main objective has been to protect companies¡¦ existing assets or avoid scandals. Therefore, in many cases where CSR remains at the forefront of business activity, it does not lead to fundamental changes and is not yet integrated as a strategic component where it could create value, generate new ideas and open new opportunities. How do corporate entities shift their attention from risk management to value creation? This is the key question that this book attempts to answer, both theoretically and empirically as well as through real case studies and experiences.
 

 

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