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Creative Rationality and Innovation
Jo?lle Forest
This book urges us to be creative in our way of thinking about innovation. Adopting an artificial perspective, the author emphasizes creative rationality: a form of thought that encourages knowledge crossing and invites an adventurous...
Cooperation, Coopetition and Innovation
Nabyla Daidj
In presenting the concepts and the logical structure of the reasoning offered by game theory and their applications, the book explains the rational process of decision making in the framework of firm management and market competition. The book...
Innovation and Production Ecosystems
Bernard Guilhon
“We do not know where Silicon Valley is really located”, Feldman writes, because these types of organization, when they are dynamic, are moving and fluid. Innovation and production ecosystems or clusters are proliferating today because they seem...
Innovation, Between Science and Science Fiction
Thomas Michaud
Fantasy and science fiction are both involved in the process of innovation in techno-scientific societies. Long regarded as a hindrance to rationality, and to science, science fiction has become the object of praise in recent decades. Innovative...
Transparenz in globalen Lieferketten der Automobilindustrie Ansatze zur Logistik- und Produktionsoptimierung
Christiano Lepratti
Dieses Buch macht die wichtigsten Ergebnisse aus dem Forschungsprojekt RAN (RFID-based Automotive Network) einem breiten Publikum zuganglich. Erstmals gibt es ein durchgangiges Konzept fur die Integration logistischer Prozesse, die Definition...
Business, Innovation and Responsibility
Sophie Pell?
Responsible Innovation. For some, this expression is only an oxymoron or, worse, a means of masking with a sheet of virtue economic practices that would otherwise appear selfish and self-interested. For others, theorists and actors of...
Optimization Modeling with Spreadsheets
Kenneth R. Baker
An accessible introduction to optimization analysis using spreadsheets Updated and revised, Optimization Modeling with Spreadsheets, Third Edition emphasizes model building skills in optimization analysis. By emphasizing both spreadsheet...
Risk Management
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Risk management practices are growing both in number and complexity in businesses, notably driven by new regulatory standards that feature risk management at their core. Although large businesses are more likely to adopt a formal, holistic...
The Law of Tax-Exempt Healthcare Organizations
Bruce R. Hopkins
A completely revised and expanded one-volume legal resource for tax-exempt healthcare organizations A complete and up-to-date legal resource for tax-exempt healthcare organizations and their advisors, this Fourth Edition, equips you with a...
Bridging Organization Design and Performance
Gregory Kesler
Five practical steps to enhance organization effectiveness on a global scale Bridging Organization Design and Performance is a handbook for leaders looking to enhance the success of their organizations and themselves. Companies that compete...
Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Management
Valeria Belvedere
Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Management addresses the most relevant topics of operations and supply chain management from the perspective of sustainability. The main focus is to provide a step by step guide for managerial decisions...
The Tax Law of Charitable Giving
Bruce R. Hopkins
A completely updated guide to the laws and regulations governing charitable giving This fully updated Fifth Edition of The Tax Law of Charitable Giving is the definitive resource for nonprofit lawyers, accountants, and fundraising professionals...
Location Strategies and Value Creation of International Mergers and Acquisitions
Ludivine Chalen?on
This title enriches both areas of research, finance and international management to analyze the choice of location and value creation in mergers and acquisitions. Our research answers the following question: What are the determinants of the...
The Hermeneutic Side of Responsible Research and Innovation
Armin Grunwald
The book investigates the meaning of RRI if little or no valid knowledge about consequences of innovation and technology is available. It proposes a hermeneutical turn to investigate narratives about possible futures with respect to their...
Social Movements for Good: How Companies and Causes Create Viral Change
Derrick Feldmann
Create real change in the new social movement paradigm Social Movements for Good is a guidebook for driving change, by taking advantage of the social «currency» that makes movements go viral. Author Derrick Feldmann has spent a career showing...
Law for Small Business For Dummies - UK
Clive Rich
Your own in-house legal advisor—at a fraction of the cost Written in plain-English for business people without any legal training, Law For Small Business For Dummies covers everything you need to be aware of regarding the law when you're...
Breakthroughs in Decision Science and Risk Analysis
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Discover recent powerful advances in the theory, methods, and applications of decision and risk analysis Focusing on modern advances and innovations in the field of decision analysis (DA), Breakthroughs in Decision Science and Risk Analysis...
Engineering Decision Making and Risk Management
Jeffrey W. Herrmann
IIE/Joint Publishers Book of the Year Award 2016! Awarded for ‘an outstanding published book that focuses on a facet of industrial engineering, improves education, or furthers the profession’. Engineering Decision Making and Risk Management...
Joint Ventures Involving Tax-Exempt Organizations
Michael I. Sanders
A comprehensive, revised, and expanded guide covering tax-exempt organizations engaging in joint ventures Joint Ventures Involving Tax-Exempt Organizations, Fourth Edition examines the liability of, and consequences to, exempt organizations...
Starting and Running a Business All-in-One For Dummies
Colin Barrow
Written by a team of business and finance experts, Starting & Running a Business All-In-One For Dummies is a complete guide to every aspect of setting up and growing a successful business. Featuring straight-talking advice on everything from...
Streetsmart Financial Basics for Nonprofit Managers
Thomas A. McLaughlin
The complete guide to the basics of nonprofit financial management Let's be honest. Most books about financial management are densely written, heavy on jargon, and light on practicality. Expert financial consultant and author Tom McLaughlin...
Building People, Volume 4
Mun Leong Liew
Eavesdrop on a top business leader to learn the secrets of great leadership Building People provides a glimpse into the mind of one of Asia’s keenest and most effective business leaders. Before becoming Chairman of Changi Airport Group and...
Ethical Efficiency
Virgil Cristian Lenoir
Practical and conceptual, the Responsible Research and Innovation set of books contributes to the clarification of this new requirement for all sciences and technological innovation. It covers the multiple and international responsibilities, by...
The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management
David O. Renz
The go-to nonprofit handbook, updated and expanded for today's leader The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management is the bestselling professional reference and leading text on the functions, processes, and strategies that are...
Legal Concepts for Facility Managers
Linda Thomas-Mobley
Facility management – as any profession encompassing multiple disciplines and integrating technology, people and physical space – is not only complicated but fraught with occasions to be exposed to various legal liabilities Successful facility...
Model Building in Mathematical Programming
H. Paul Williams
The 5th edition of Model Building in Mathematical Programming discusses the general principles of model building in mathematical programming and demonstrates how they can be applied by using several simplified but practical problems from widely...
Ethics in Social Networking and Business 1
Pierre Massotte
This book, the first of two volumes dedicated to ethics in social networking and business, presents the notions, theories and practical aspects related to ethics, morale and deontology in our society. Through a series of discussions and examples...
The Gamification of Work
Emmanuelle Savignac
Despite the traditional opposition between play and work, games and their structure are increasingly used in workplaces. This phenomenon of using game elements or mechanisms in other contexts than games is named “gamification”. In workplaces,...
Managing Business Performance
Umit S. Bititci
Motivate, engage, and achieve lasting success with more effective performance management Managing Business Performance offers a unique blueprint for achieving organisational excellence through improved productivity, efficiency, engagement, and...
Responsibility and Freedom
Robert Gianni
Responsible Research and Innovation appears as a paradoxical frame, hard to conceptualize and difficult to apply. If on the one hand research and innovation appear to follow logics blind to societal issues, responsibility is still a blurred...
The Change Catalyst
Campbell Macpherson
The essential companion for delivering successful and sustainable change. «Essential reading for CEOs and leaders of change.» – Martin Davis, CEO, Kames Capital 88% of change initiatives fail. The Change Catalyst provides you with the insight,...
The Complete Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions
Timothy J. Galpin
Ease the M&A process with a more effective integration plan The Complete Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions is the ultimate handbook for planning and managing post-merger integration. Packed full of «how to» guidance, tools, templates and...
Labormanagement
Klaus Liphard
Wahrend im Rahmen der Hochschulausbildung in chemisch-technischen Studiengangen das Aneignen von Fachkenntnissen im Vordergrund steht, werden von einem Berufseinsteiger im analytisch-chemischen Labor weitere Fahigkeiten erwartet. Dieses Buch...
The Ask
Laura Fredricks
Asking is more than a skill—it's a lifestyle The Ask is your personal manual for building the best, most fulfilling personal and professional life possible. Crafting the perfect ask can fund your new business, support your favorite charity, and...
International Strategy
David Collis
THE COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO MANAGING AND LEADING COMPANIES THAT COMPETE INTERNATIONALLY Drawing on the course material developed at the Harvard Business School and Yale School of Management by David Collis, International Strategy provides...
Decisions
Gerard H. Gaynor
DECISIONS focuses on how organizations can improve decision-making processes to improve organizational performance in a global economy. Presents research related to problems associated with meeting requirements, schedules, and costs Defines the...
Game Theory
E. N. Barron
An exciting new edition of the popular introduction to game theory and its applications The thoroughly expanded Second Edition presents a unique, hands-on approach to game theory. While most books on the subject are too abstract or too basic for...
The Money-Raising Nonprofit Brand
Jeff Brooks
Why commercial-style branding doesn't work for nonprofits—and what does Taking its cue from for-profit corporations, the nonprofit world has increasingly turned to commercial-style branding to raise profiles and encourage giving. But it hasn't...
A Higher Bid
Kathy Kingston
Transform fundraising events into long-term revenue with expert auction advice A Higher Bid is the nonprofit school and organization guide to planning and executing more exciting, more lucrative special event fundraisers. In this book,...
The Essential Manager
James W. Cortada
This book discusses the evolution of management as a profession over the past two decades and how it continues to evolve. It goes on to describe the new style of management and makes recommendations for what today’s and tomorrow’s managers must...
Spike your Brand ROI
Adele R. Cehrs
Increase ROI through more effective brand marketing According to CMO.com, we are exposed to more than 5,000 brand messages each day. Marketers call this “creating engagement," and each comment, share, or re-tweet is supposed to be a win. But is...
Academic Entrepreneurship
Michele Marcolongo
The pathway to bringing laboratory discoveries to market is poorly understood and generally new to many academics. This book serves as an easy-to-read roadmap for translating technology to a product launch – guiding university faculty and...
Resisting Corporate Corruption
Stephen V. Arbogast
Resisting Corporate Corruption teaches business ethics in a manner very different from the philosophical and legal frameworks that dominate graduate schools. The book offers twenty-eight case studies and nine essays that cover a full range of...
Business Ethics
Mark S. Schwartz
Business Ethics: An Ethical Decision-Making Approach presents a practical decision-making framework to aid in the identification, understanding, and resolution of complex ethical dilemmas in the workplace. Focuses exclusively on three basic...
Going Past Limits To Growth
Patrick Corsi
Growth is a dominant economic driver accounting for the wealth of nations and organizations alike. However, in the face of environmental pressures, widespread social and economic imbalance, and the reigning climate of uncertainty we are...
Strategy in Practice
George Tovstiga
A practitioner-focused approach to strategy and real-world strategic thinking This 3rd edition has been revised and updated throughout to reflect the current thinking in strategy in view of the current economic and business climate. It questions...
The Skilled Facilitator
Roger M. Schwarz
Help groups deliver results with an updated approach to facilitation and consulting The Skilled Facilitator: A Comprehensive Resource for Consultants, Facilitators, Trainers, and Coaches, Third Edition is a fundamental resource for consultants,...
Starting and Managing a Nonprofit Organization
Bruce R. Hopkins
Everything you need to start and manage a non-profit Starting and Managing a Nonprofit Organization is written to help anyone who's just getting their toes wet in the sector get up to speed on the critical information needed to protect their...
Managing the Global Workforce
Paula Caligiuri
Human resource management (HRM) is the strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organization's employees. As the need for effective and top staff rises, Managing the Global Workforce provides the most up to date and topical...
