Economics, business studies
Econometrics, statistics and mathematical economics
Analysis of Panel Data
Fourth edition
Cheng Hsiao | University of Southern California
Now in its fourth edition, this comprehensive introduction of fundamental panel data methodologies provides insights on what is most essential in panel literature. It is essential reading for researchers, practitioners and graduate students interested in the analysis of microeconomic behavior.
Econometric Society Monographs
500pp Jul. 2022 9781316512104
Hardback GBP 99.99 / USD 130.00 Jul. 2022 9781009060752 Paperback GBP 38.99 / USD 49.99 eISBN 9781009057745
Input-Output Analysis
Foundations and Extensions
Third edition
Ronald E. Miller | University of Pennsylvania
The fully updated new edition of this classic textbook is an essential reference for students and scholars in applied economics, regional science and public policy. It blends extensive development of the basic and advanced concepts of input-output analysis with applications and illustrations of these concepts with real-world data.
850pp Jan. 2022 9781108484763 Hardback GBP 135.00 / USD 175.00 Jan. 2022 9781108723534 Paperback GBP 44.99 / USD 59.99 eISBN 9781108676212
Economic development and growth
Economic Prehistory
Six Transitions That Shaped The World
Gregory K. Dow | Simon Fraser University, British Columbia Uses economic logic and archaeological evidence to explain six crucial transitions in human prehistory: sedentism, agriculture, inequality, warfare, cities, and states. These developments were the foundations for modern global civilization. Includes formal economic models but it is broadly accessible to readers from other social sciences.
425pp Oct. 2022 9781108839907 Hardback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.95 eISBN 9781108878142
Fragile Futures
The Uncertain Economics of Disasters, Pandemics, and Climate Change
Vito Tanzi
Economic theory and government actions have not adequately anticipated statistically unpredictable events such as disasters and pandemics. These events require a global response, which the existing world institutional architecture has not prepared for. Future “progress” for mankind is questionable in the absence of major institutional changes.
246pp
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Property, Institutions, and Social Stratification in Africa
Franklin Obeng-Odoom | University of Helsinki
Inequality and poverty in Africa is typically explained as a function of the lack of human capital, the lack of physical capital, and natural capital problems. The book explores and challenges this convention while offering alternative frames to explain persistent poverty across the continent.
Cambridge Studies in Stratification Economics: Economics and Social Identity 378pp
Apr. 2022 9781108709996 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 32.99 Mar. 2020 9781108491990 Hardback GBP 88.99 / USD 116.00 eISBN 9781108590372
Sustainable Development Report 2022
Jeffrey Sachs
The Sustainable Development Report 2021 features the SDG Index and Dashboards, the first and widely used tool to assess country performance on the UN Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals. It contains insights on sustainable development and the impact of COVID-19 on the SDGs. This title is available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. 500pp Sep. 2022 9781009210089 Hardback GBP 89.99 / USD 120.00 Sep. 2022 9781009210034 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 eISBN 9781009210058
The Connections World
The Future of Asian Capitalism
Simon Commander
Asia’s economic resurgence has relied on networks of close ties between politicians and businesses. Yet this connections world now impedes critical innovation and job creation, whilst spawning huge inequality and risking political instability. A break with the connections world is needed if Asia’s claims to the 21st century are not to be derailed. 360pp 15 b/w illus. 10 colour illus. Oct. 2022 9781009169790 Hardback GBP 74.99 / USD 99.99 Oct. 2022 9781009169776 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.99 eISBN 9781009169783
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The Economics of Developing and Emerging Markets
Charles van Marrewijk | Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht, The Netherlands
Analyses the economics of development from a global perspective with a wealth of illustrations. Throughout the book, there is a strong emphasis on data analysis and connecting theory and data. Suitable both for second and third-year undergraduates in economics or business, and graduate students studying other social sciences. 700pp
Nov. 2022 9781107043336 Hardback GBP 89.99 / USD 120.00 Nov. 2022 9781107618589 Paperback GBP 44.99 / USD 59.99 eISBN 9781107338036
May. 2022 9781009100120
Hardback GBP 20.00 / USD 24.99 eISBN 9781009109246
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The Economics of the
Long Period
Gregory Ponthiere | Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
An introduction to the study of history as a succession of economic regimes. This non-technical introduction is accessible to undergraduate students in economics and other social sciences, and, as such, aims at becoming a building block for undergraduate courses about the economic history of societies.
Themes in the Social Sciences
300pp Aug. 2022 9781009169769 Hardback GBP 74.99 / USD 99.99 Aug. 2022 9781009169745 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.99 eISBN 9781009169752
The Great Upheaval
Resetting Development Policy and Institutions for the Decade of Action in Asia and the Pacific’
Swarnim Waglé
This volume examines the strengths of the AsianPacific response to the pandemic and weaknesses that the region must re-engineer to rebound. It reimagines social and economic pathways to revamp production modes and networks to rekindle sustainable growth.
426pp May. 2022 9781009224321 Hardback GBP 95.00 / USD 125.00 eISBN 9781009224314
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Understanding Economic Change
Advances in Evolutionary Economics
Ulrich Witt
Leading evolutionary economists explain how thinking in evolutionary terms can enhance our understanding of economic and social change. Highlighting recent advances in the field, this book shows how the evolutionary approach is increasingly expanding into ever more domains of economics.
410pp 11 b/w illus. 9 tables
Aug. 2022 9781316501757 Paperback GBP 27.99 / USD 41.99 Nov. 2018 9781107136205 Hardback GBP 99.99 / USD 137.00 eISBN 9781316477168
Economics
(general)
Defence Acquisition and Procurement
How (Not) to Buy Weapons
Ron P. Smith | Birkbeck, University of London
The acquisition and procurement of major weapons systems is fraught with difficulties. They tend to be delivered late, over budget and unable to meet requirements. This Element provides an economic analysis of why this happens.
Elements in Defence Economics
75pp
Jul. 2022 9781009189651 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009189644
Industrial Policy
The Coevolution of Public and Private Sources of Finance for Important Emerging and Evolving Technologies
Kenneth I Carlaw
Dismissing industrial policy because ‘governments cannot pick winners’ is counter-productive. This Element studying selected major innovations illustrates the fact that virtually all major new technologies have been developed by a synergetic cooperation between the public and the private sectors, each doing what it can do best.
Elements in Evolutionary Economics 75pp
Jul. 2022 9781009227483 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009227490
The Invisible Hand in Virtual Worlds
The Economic Order of Video Games
Matthew McCaffrey | University of Manchester Studies how games provide a unique space to study economic behavior. It combines theory with gaming practice to look at the economics of virtual worlds and the game industry. Long-established ideas about the benefits of the division of labor and trade and new work on the evolution of social institutions and governance are explored. 262pp Feb. 2022 9781108839716 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781108884891
The US Defense Economy
Jomana Amara
This Element primarily focuses on interactions between government and industrial suppliers within the institutional peculiarities of the defence marketplace. This includes the developments that have determined the course of defence industry consolidation post-Cold War. Elements in Defence Economics 75pp
Jan. 2022 9781009010566 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009023801
History of economic thought and methodology
Pasinetti and the Classical Keynesians
Nine Methodological Issues
Enrico Bellino | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano Building on a solid and vivid tradition of economic thought, this book challenges conventional thinking in the field of economics. Nine leading scholars critically assess the nine main ideas that characterize the Classical-Keynesian approach, evaluating their relevance for both the history of economics and for present economic research. 250pp 2 b/w illus.
Feb. 2022 9781108831116 Hardback GBP 95.00 / USD 125.00 eISBN 9781108923309
Some Cambridge Controversies in the Theory of Capital
Fiftieth Anniversary Edition
Second edition
G. C. Harcourt | University of New South Wales, Sydney
One of the classic texts to have emerged from the Cambridge Capital Controversy. This fiftieth anniversary edition comes with a new preface by the author and two new afterwords that reflect on the author’s contribution to the field and the significance of the book in the history of economics.
350pp Jun. 2022 9781009158152
Hardback GBP 95.00 / USD 125.00 eISBN 9781009158138
The Making of Islamic Economic Thought
Islamization, Law, and Moral Discourses
Sami Al-Daghistani
By analyzing classical Muslim scholars, Sufis, and legal specialists, whose ideas were embedded in Sharī’a law, this looks at the conceptual, epistemological, and sociopolitical factors of major classical and modern Muslim writings on moral economic thought in the Islamic tradition.
324pp Jan. 2022 9781108845755
Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781108990813
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The Political Economy of the Eurozone
Ivano Cardinale | Goldsmiths, University of London
This book is unique in bringing together economists, historians, political scientists and policy-makers to develop a new way of thinking about the Eurozone. It captures the essential features of the Eurozone, including the multiple actors spanning different levels (supranational, national, regional, sectoral) and pursuing overlapping economic and political objectives. 587pp 45 b/w illus.
Feb. 2022 9781107561069 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 37.99 Oct. 2017 9781107124011 Hardback GBP 132.00 / USD 171.00 eISBN 9781316403730
Industrial economics
Market Investigations
A New Competition Tool for Europe?
Massimo Motta | Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Competition agencies and policymakers all over the world are considering how to change market rules to deal with the increasing market power of firms. Market investigations are a fundamental tool in this strategy. The timely book will inform practitioners, academics, lawyers and economists alike about this tool.
300pp
The Economics of Firm Productivity
Concepts, Tools and Evidence
Carlo Altomonte | Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan
Productivity varies widely at the level of individual firms. Governments policies must strike the right balance between increasing productivity across the board and promoting resource reallocation towards most deserving firms. This book provides the empirical evidence needed to strike this policy balance. 250pp Apr. 2022 9781108489232 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781108774277
Debt Sustainability
A Global Perspective
Ludger Schuknecht | Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
This study presents the facts, arguments and scenarios around public debt from a global perspective. Especially the largest economies feature record debt and fiscal risks, including from population ageing and financial imbalances. Given low interest rates, there is no imminent problem. But at some point, debt will have to come down. Cambridge Elements in International Economics 75pp
Sep. 2022 9781009218481 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009218528
Trade Links
New Rules for a New World
James Bacchus | University of Central Florida
The World Trade Organization can survive and continue to succeed only if the trade links among WTO members are revitalized and reimagined. This book paints a detailed vision of how the rules of the WTO must be transformed to free trade, fight climate change, and further sustainable development. 404pp
Mar. 2022 9781009098106 Hardback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 eISBN 9781009105941
Labour economics
Reverse Subsidies in Global Monopsony Capitalism
Gender, Labour, and Environmental Injustice in Garment Value Chains Dev Nathan
This book provides a firm analytical base to discussions about justice and the unequal distribution of gains from global production utilizing the concept of reverse subsidies as the purchase of gendered labour and environmental services below their costs of production. These reverse subsidies are captured, by global brands.
Development Trajectories in Global Value Chains 312pp
May. 2022 9781316512272 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781009058179
Jan. 2022 9781316513163
Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009072007
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Macroeconomics and monetary economics
An Exchange Rate History of the United Kingdom 1945–1992
Alain NaefA history of sterling over half a century, using new archives, data and unseen photographs. This book follows the Bank currency dealers, the very people who tried to manage and manipulate the pound, to show how the Bank of England defended the pound and managed foreign exchange.
Studies in Macroeconomic History
200pp Sep. 2022 9781108839990 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781108878333
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Critical Junctures in Mobile Capital
Jocelyn Pixley | Macquarie University, Sydney
During the recent financial crisis, the conflict between sovereign states and banks over who controls the creation of money was thrown into sharp relief. This collection investigates the relationship between government debt and banks’ mobile capital, and the critical junctures in these conflicts over the social-economic purposes of money creation.
318pp 14 b/w illus. 3 tables
Aug. 2022 9781316639146 Paperback GBP 23.99 / USD 35.99 Mar. 2018 9781107189515 Hardback GBP 88.99 / USD 116.00 eISBN 9781316995327
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Democratizing Money? Debating Legitimacy in Monetary Reform Proposals
Beat
WeberWeber provides an economic analysis of current, post-crash monetary reform proposals, including Bitcoin, sovereign money, regional money and modern monetary theory. The book critically examines these reform concepts, exposing their flaws and fallacies, guiding the reader towards a contemporary understanding of what money is and how it works today.
285pp
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Macroeconomics for Emerging East Asia
Calla Wiemer
Macroeconomics for Emerging East Asia presents a regionally tailored approach to the study of macroeconomic theory and policy. Concepts are illustrated using the latest empirical data and extensive case study analysis for 13 economies of Northeast and Southeast Asia. 400pp Oct. 2022 9781009152518 Hardback GBP 69.99 / USD 89.99 Oct. 2022 9781009152532 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 eISBN 9781009152525
Modeling Monetary Economies
Fifth edition
Bruce Champ
For advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on monetary economics and money and banking. Focusing on first principles and thoroughly examining a breadth of monetary questions. Expanded coverage including blockchain and cryptocurrency in this edition. 475pp
Jun. 2022 9781316515211 Hardback GBP 99.99 / USD 130.00 Jun. 2022 9781009096508 Paperback GBP 44.99 / USD 59.99 eISBN 9781009099639
Monetary Policy and Central Banking in Korea
Woosik Moon | Seoul National University
This study is among the first to examine the theory and practice of monetary policy in South Korea. It examines how policy tools such as monetary policy, inflation targeting and macroprudential regulation have historically been used to manage the aftermath of financial crises, as well as ways they can be utilized to manage future crises. 300pp Feb. 2022 9781316514986 Hardback GBP 95.00 / USD 125.00 eISBN 9781009091527
Never Together
The Economic History of a Segregated America
Peter Temin
Aug. 2022 9781316646960
Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 34.99 May. 2018 9781107195813 Hardback GBP 88.99 / USD 116.00 eISBN 9781108164399
Economic Policy in the 21st Century
The Four Great Challenges
Nicola Acocella | Sapienza Università di Roma
Explores four current economic problems – crises, stagnation, efficiency and equity, and globalization –and the difficulty of taming them. The content is equally accessible to readers with a basic knowledge of economics, those with no knowledge of economics, and those well trained in economics. 250pp 30 b/w illus. 15 tables
Oct. 2022 9781009209137 Hardback GBP 79.99 / USD 105.00
Oct. 2022 9781009209151 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.99 eISBN 9781009209106
While all humans were created equal, economic history in the United States tells a different story. Black and white economic histories are quite different, and racism still dominates America today. This inclusive economic history of America describes two centuries of recent American racial conflicts since the Constitution was written. Studies in New Economic Thinking 338pp
Feb. 2022 9781316516744 Hardback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 eISBN 9781009030977
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Preparing for the Next Financial Crisis
Policies, Tools and Models
Esa Jokivuolle
This book focuses perspectives on finance and banking on predicting future financial crises. It is for students and scholars in financial regulation, banking and macroprudential policy-making, as well as practitioners working in central banks and other financial institutions concerned with risk management and financial regulation.
203pp 14 b/w illus. 11 tables
Optimally Irrational
The Good Reasons We Behave the Way We Do Lionel Page | University of Queensland
Why do people behave the way they do? Far from seeming reasonable, behavioural scientists have shown that our behaviours often appear irrational. This book shows that behind the many puzzling aspects of human behaviour, are practical reasonings which make us better at navigating the real world.
325pp 15 b/w illus. 4 tables Oct. 2022 9781009209199 Hardback GBP 79.99 / USD 105.00 Oct. 2022 9781009209205 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.99 eISBN 9781009209175
Aug. 2022 9781316636534
Paperback GBP 18.99 / USD 28.99 Nov. 2017 9781107185593 Hardback GBP 92.99 / USD 122.00 eISBN 9781316884560
The Money Minders
The Parables, Trade-offs and Lags of Central Banking
Jagjit Chadha
An accessible, intuitive account of the basics of monetary policy-making and the evolving role of central banks in the modern economy. Designed to improve public understanding of macroeconomic policy, it describes the critical role central bankers play in the modern economy.
250pp 37 b/w illus. 2 tables
Feb. 2022 9781108838610
Hardback GBP 44.99 / USD 59.99
Feb. 2022 9781108971812 Paperback GBP 14.99 / USD 19.99 eISBN 9781108975414
Microeconomics
Advice, Social Learning and the Evolution of Conventions
Andrew Schotter | New York University
Introduces advice into economic analysis and explores its impact on decision-making and the evolution of conventions of behavior. The investigation of conventions of behavior and the norms is of interest to a wide variety of academic disciplines ranging from economics to psychology, to sociology, and also philosophy.
250pp Jan. 2023 9781316518076 Hardback GBP 80.00 / USD 105.00 Jan. 2023 9781009048880 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.99 eISBN 9781009049092
Managerial Economics
Problem-Solving in a Digital World
Second edition
Nick Wilkinson
Now in its second edition, this textbook features a new focus on how managerial economics has been transformed by the digital revolution. Wilkinson adapts a user-friendly problem-solving approach to take the reader from simple problems through complex case studies and demonstrates real-life applications.
600pp
Jan. 2022 9781108839143 Hardback GBP 125.00 / USD 160.00 Jan. 2022 9781108984508 Paperback GBP 49.99 / USD 64.99 eISBN 9781108989367
Principles of Behavioral Economics
Bringing Together Old, New and Evolutionary Approaches
Peter E. Earl | University of Queensland
Presents a grand synthesis of ideas related to behavioral economics. Shows how economics looks if based on real-world assumptions, ideas from psychology and evolutionary selection principles. Draws on ideas covering consumers, firms, macroeconomics and environmental sustainability in an engaging style suited to advanced undergraduate courses. 500pp Jul. 2022 9781316515099 Hardback GBP 89.99 / USD 120.00 Jul. 2022 9781009095891 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 eISBN 9781009091053
Wellbeing
Science and
Policy
Richard Layard | London School of Economics and Political Science
Written by two of the world’s leading experts on the economics of wellbeing, this book shows how wellbeing can be measured, what causes it, and how it can be improved. The findings of the book are profoundly relevant to all social sciences, including psychology, economics, politics, behavioural science and sociology. 350pp Feb. 2023 9781009298926 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 Feb. 2023 9781009298940 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 eISBN 9781009298957
Natural resource and environmental economics
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Accounting for Carbon Monitoring, Reporting and Verifying Emissions in the Climate Economy
Valentin Bellassen
The first ever authoritative overview of the vitally important task of monitoring, reporting and verifying greenhouse gas emissions at both an industry and a regional/national level. This book is written for practitioners in the private and public sectors involved in designing, implementing and reacting to climate policy regulation.
562pp 42 b/w illus. 1 map 76 tables
Aug. 2022 9781009243216 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 44.99 Mar. 2015 9781107098480 Hardback GBP 93.99 / USD 132.00 eISBN 9781316162262
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Alligators in the Arctic and How to
Avoid Them
Science, Economics and the Challenge of Catastrophic Climate Change
Peter Dorman
An authoritative survey of the science and economics of climate policy. Challenges common assumptions about the policies needed to forestall a climate catastrophe, their costs and the obstacles to enacting them.
300pp Jul. 2022 9781316516270 Hardback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 eISBN 9781009029582
Economics for a Fragile Planet
Rethinking Markets, Institutions and Governance
Edward Barbier | Colorado State University
In a world of growing environmental risks and ecological scarcities, ensuring a safe Anthropocene for humankind is essential. Managing an increasingly “fragile” planet requires new thinking on markets, institutions and governance. This book offers a policy blueprint for creating a safer, sustainable and more inclusive world.
250pp Mar. 2022 9781108830829 Hardback GBP 54.99 / USD 69.99 Mar. 2022 9781108823388 Paperback GBP 18.99 / USD 24.99 eISBN 9781108914000
Pandora’s Toolbox
The Hopes and Hazards of Climate Intervention
Wake Smith | Harvard University, Massachusetts
Net zero emissions is only the beginning. In a balanced assessment of potential climate interventions, Smith explains the need for carbon dioxide removal and even solar radiation management to preserve our societies and ecosystems. Based on the author’s groundbreaking course at Yale, this book is academically rigorous, passionate and accessible.
422pp Mar. 2022 9781316518434 Hardback GBP 20.00 / USD 24.95 eISBN 9781009008877
The Economics and Uncertainties of Nuclear Power
François LévêqueThis is an important resource for students, researchers, energy professionals and concerned citizens wanting to engage with the continuing debate on the future of nuclear power and its place in international energy policy. It provides a balanced, in-depth economic analysis of the costs, hazards, regulation and politics surrounding nuclear power. 349pp 3 b/w illus.
Jan. 2022 9781107455498 Paperback GBP 25.99 / USD 39.99 eISBN 9781316095782
Public economics and public policy Antitrust Policy in Health Care Markets
Roger D. Blair | University of Florida
This book is aimed at anyone who is concerned about the lack of competition in health care markets and the steadily rising cost of health care in the United States. It integrates principles of economics and antitrust policy to explain how monopoly and monopsony contribute to soaring health care costs in the US and explores antitrust remedies.
350pp Oct. 2022 9781316515204 Hardback GBP 120.00 / USD 150.00 Oct. 2022 9781009096492 Paperback GBP 39.99 / USD 49.99 eISBN 9781009099615
China’s Public Finance Reforms, Challenges, and Options
Shuanglin Lin | Peking University, Beijing
Offering comprehensive, up-to-date and insightful analyses of China’s public finance, the book examines reforms, identifies problems and provides solutions. Using the latest data and illustrative diagrams, the author explains everything with expertise and clarity. This is an indispensable resource for any researcher or student interested in China.
400pp Sep. 2022 9781009098182 Hardback GBP 90.00 / USD 120.00 Sep. 2022 9781009096843 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 eISBN 9781009099028
Deep IV in Law
Appellate Decisions and Texts Impact Sentencing in Trial Courts
Zhe Huang | Tufts University, Massachusetts
This Element explores the use of high-dimensional instrumental variables to estimate the influence between US Circuit Courts’ decisions on criminal appeals and sentence lengths imposed by US District Courts.
Elements in Law, Economics and Politics 75pp Aug. 2022 9781009296373 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009296403
Governing Locally Institutions, Policies and Implementation in Indian Cities
Babu Jacob
The book discusses ways to reclaim the ability to govern locally and to effectively deliver services. Policy practitioners, scholars and advocacy groups will value the book’s explanation of how city governments and state governments operate, and how controlling state governments drain out city government capacity to deliver.
318pp
Feb. 2022 9781108832342 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781108935944
Political Competition and the Study of Public Economics
Stanley L. Winer
This Element considers the approach to answer several questions about the relationship between political competition and use of economic resource as an essential part of the study of public policy. It also illustrates some of the interesting theoretical and empirical work that has been done on them.
Elements in Public Economics 75pp
Sep. 2022 9781009001694 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009006149
Prioritarianism in Practice
Matthew D. Adler | Duke University, North Carolina
This book is about prioritarianism, a new ethical framework that takes fair distribution seriously and can be used to evaluate many different types of governmental policies, such as the distribution of scarce health care resources, mitigating and adapting to climate change, educational policies, the regulation of risk, and the tax system.
400pp Apr. 2022 9781108480932 Hardback GBP 135.00 / USD 175.00 eISBN 9781108691734
Rethinking Policy Piloting
Insights from Indian Agriculture
Sreeja Nair
This book will be a useful reference material for students of public policy, public management, environmental policy and governance and agricultural risk management in India. Agriculture universities and policy think tanks in agrarian economies in Asia will particularly find insights on agriculture policy formulation useful. 192pp
Feb. 2022 9781108840392 Hardback GBP GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781108885867
Skill-mix Innovation, Effectiveness and Implementation
Improving Primary and Chronic Care
Claudia B. Maier | Technische Universität Berlin
Systemically analyses health workforce skill-mix innovations, implementation and outcomes by focusing on six core segments of health systems: health promotion and prevention, acute care, chronic care, long-term and palliative care, as well as access for vulnerable groups and people living in underserved areas. European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies 300pp
Jun. 2022 9781009013758 Paperback GBP 35.00 / USD 45.00 eISBN 9781009031929
Tax Policy
Principles and Lessons
Robin Boadway | Queen’s University, Ontario
This Element discusses various conceptual issues with social welfare maximization, including interdependent utilities, heterogeneous preferences, behavioural economics, social norms, and the source of the social welfare function and their implications for optimal taxation.
Elements in Public Economics
75pp May. 2022 9781108949453
Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108954426
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The Political Economy of the Abe Government and Abenomics Reforms
Takeo Hoshi | University of Tokyo
This volume examines the political economy of the Abe government and ‘Abenomics’ reforms. The Abe government represents a major turning point in postwar Japan. How did Abe remain in power for so long? How successful was Abenomics? What are the implications for broader debates in political science and economics?
572pp
May. 2022 9781108925877 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 44.99 Feb. 2021 9781108843959 Hardback GBP 110.00 / USD 140.00 eISBN 9781108921145
The Public Economics of Changing Longevity
Pierre PestieauOur societies are witnessing a steady increase in longevity. This demographic evolution is accompanied by some convergence across countries, but substantial longevity inequalities persist within nations across income classes. This Element aims to survey some crucial implications of changing longevity on the design of optimal public policy.
Elements in Public Economics
75pp
Feb. 2022 9781009170857 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009170864
Management
Entrepreneurship and innovation
25 Million Sparks
The Untold Story of Refugee Entrepreneurs
Andrew Leon Hanna | Stanford University, California
The story of three courageous Syrian women entrepreneurs uplifting the Za’atari refugee camp, and of the global refugee entrepreneurship phenomenon they represent. A significant portion of this book’s proceeds is contributed to support refugee entrepreneurs in Za’atari and around the world.
232pp May. 2022 9781009181495 Hardback GBP 14.99 / USD 19.95 eISBN 9781009181518
Digital Entrepreneurship
Management, Systems and Practice
Vincenzo Morabito | Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan
A comprehensive guide to digital entrepreneurship, bridging academic research and industry practice. Providing a strategic overview of the main challenges and trends related to digital entrepreneurship, this book will a useful tool for both business students and established executives alike.
260pp
Jan. 2022 9781108845519 Hardback GBP 84.99 / USD 110.00 Jan. 2022 9781108969857 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.99 eISBN 9781108979917
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Enhancing Public Innovation by Transforming Public Governance
Jacob Torfing | Roskilde Universitet, Denmark
Drawing on theoretical research and empirical studies, this book examines how public governance can be transformed in order to enhance innovation. It scrutinizes the need for public sector reforms and analyzes how the gradual transition towards New Public Governance can stimulate the exploration and exploitation of new ideas.
366pp
Mar. 2022 9781107460935 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 32.99 Aug. 2016 9781107088986 Hardback GBP 83.99 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781316105337
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Frugal Innovation
Models, Means, Methods
Yasser Bhatti | Imperial College London
Texts on frugal innovation have been practitioneroriented and largely based on anecdotal evidence. This book provides a scholarly understanding of frugal innovation, drawing on empirical research.
The resulting theory paves the way for further academic research in the fields of social innovation, social entrepreneurship and development studies.
339pp 22 b/w illus. 36 tables
Mar. 2022 9781316638644 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 32.99 Nov. 2018 9781107188976 Hardback GBP 88.99 / USD 116.00 eISBN 9781316986783
Seemed Like a Good Idea
Alchemy versus Evidence-Based Approaches to Healthcare Management Innovation
Mark Pauly | University of Pennsylvania
Experts in the management of health care systems and insurance explain which innovations to improve quality or control spending are backed by evidence, and which are not. Furthermore, the authors advise on how to make decisions about seeking evidence and choosing what to do when evidence is incomplete.
300pp Jul. 2022 9781316519035 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 135.00 Jul. 2022 9781009001274 Paperback GBP 34.99 / USD 44.99 eISBN 9781009004534
Governance
Boards of Directors in Disruptive Times
Improving Corporate Governance Effectiveness
Jordi Canals | IESE Business School, Barcelona
Boards of directors have a central role in helping their organizations adapt and transform in times of accelerated, disruptive change. This book shows directors how to develop new competencies and strategies and adopt a holistic view of the board’s functions, in order to steer their companies through upheaval and crisis, with purpose.
250pp Sep. 2022 9781009165808
Hardback GBP 89.99 / USD 120.00 Sep. 2022 9781009165785 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 eISBN 9781009165792
Taming Corporate Power in the 21st Century
Gerald F. DavisThe theme of corporate power, antitrust, and the changing shape of the economy are seeing a vast outpouring of interest. This Element brings a highly accessible view rooted in recent research and theory.
Elements in Reinventing Capitalism 75pp
Jun. 2022 9781009095426 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009091664
The New Enlightenment
Reshaping Capitalism and the Global Order in the 21st Century
Arie Y. Lewin | Duke University, North Carolina
This Element provides an overview of the Reinventing Capitalism series, explains the background of its development and contains eight sections that deal with various facets of the subject from the perspectives of a group of top-notch authors.
Elements in Reinventing Capitalism 75pp Aug. 2022 9781009258630 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009258616
The Role of the Board in Corporate Purpose and Strategy
Robert Bood | Universiteit van Tilburg, The Netherlands
This Element is an attempt to contribute to the extant literature on boards and corporate governance by exploring in detail the active involvement of the board in the purpose and strategy of the corporation in order to cope with a complex and uncertain environment.
Elements in Corporate Governance 75pp Sep. 2022 9781009221085 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009221092
Human resource management
Organizational Stress and Well-Being
Laurent M. Lapierre | University of Ottawa
In this Cambridge Companion, global thought leaders in the fields of workplace stress and well-being highlight how theory and research can improve employee health and well-being. It is an ideal reference for students and researchers in the areas of human resources management, occupational health psychology and organisational behavior.
Cambridge Companions to Management 375pp Jan. 2023 9781009268318 Hardback GBP 79.99 / USD 105.00 eISBN 9781009268332
International business
At the Margins of the Global Market
Making Commodities, Workers, and Crisis in Rural Colombia
Phillip A. Hough | Florida Atlantic University
Hough recasts Colombia’s endemic rural violence in a world-historical perspective that connects local labour and development dynamics to the arc of US global hegemony. This book will appeal to scholars of labour studies, agrarian studies, development, globalisation, Latin America, political science, political economy and economic sociology.
Development Trajectories in Global Value Chains
280pp Jan. 2022 9781316517109 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781009036757
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Mexican Multinationals
Building Multinationals in Emerging Markets
Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra | Northeastern University, Boston
A guide for executives, consultants, researchers, and students to a better understanding of the actions taken by firms from mid-sized emerging markets to upgrade their capabilities and become successful multinationals. The insights are based on forty-one detailed comparative case studies of Mexican multinationals written by local industry experts.
764pp 4 b/w illus.
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The Management Transformation of Huawei
From Humble Beginnings to Global Leadership Xiaobo Wu | Zhejiang University, China
Every company would like to develop the ability to change itself and adapt to new business and technology. These ‘dynamic capabilities’ are central to theories of competitive advantage but few companies have been shown to possess them. This book shows how Huawei has this ability, with successful change routines and change-supporting values.
484pp 47 b/w illus. 15 tables
Mar. 2022 9781108445146 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.99 Apr. 2020 9781108426435 Hardback GBP 116.00 / USD 147.00 eISBN 9781108550987
The Rise of China, Inc.
How the Chinese Communist Party Transformed China into a Giant Corporation
Shaomin Li | Old Dominion University, Virginia Li reveals how the Chinese Communist Party runs the Chinese state like an organisation that can act as swiftly and flexibly as a firm. The Rise of China Inc. will appeal to Business scholars, practitioners, policy-makers, and anyone who wants to understand how China has become like a giant corporation, and how democracies can effectively deal with it.
346pp 17 b/w illus. 13 tables
Jan. 2022 9781316513873 Hardback GBP 74.99 / USD 99.99 Jan. 2022 9781009074926 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 eISBN 9781009076210
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Micropolitics in the Multinational Corporation
Foundations,
Applications and New Directions
Florian A. A. Becker-Ritterspach
Politics perspectives have become a cornerstone in the field of international business. This book offers the first detailed introduction to the foundations, methodologies and applications of politics perspectives in multinational corporations (MNCs). It discusses seminal contributions to the field and explores new directions for research.
327pp 1 b/w illus. 12 tables
Management (general)
Against NGOs
A Critical Perspective on Civil Society, Management and Development
Nidhi Srinivas
Presents an interpretative history of development and management studies and explains how non-governmental actors gradually acquired prominence as unique private actors capable of expert market-based solutions. It cautions against dismissing such actors but keeps a critical eye on their claims of expertise and representation. 300pp Sep. 2022 9781108840385 Hardback GBP 95.00 / USD 125.00 eISBN 9781108885843
Mar. 2022 9781107672772
Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 32.99 May. 2016 9781107053670 Hardback GBP 80.99 / USD 105.00 eISBN 9781107283947
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Multilatinas
Strategies for Internationalisation
Veneta Andonova | Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
This book studies the internationalization strategies of sixty-two large Latin American multinational companies, drawing on survey-based data on their organizational resources and environment. It is an invaluable read for graduate students in international business focusing on Latin America, as well as executives and practitioners in Latin American businesses.
379pp 81 b/w illus. 62 tables
Mar. 2022 9781107562134 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 32.99 Nov. 2017 9781107130043 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 136.00 eISBN 9781316417706
Cultural Dynamics and Leadership
An Interpretive Approach
Nathan W. Harter
This Element looks behind titles in leadership from anthropology, sociology, and history to gain a more nuanced understanding of culture. A five-part schema examines permutations pertaining to the relationship between culture and leadership with the most attractive being the possibility that leadership and culture are mutually constituting. Elements in Leadership 75pp May. 2022 9781009009874 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009002066
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Leading for Innovation
Leadership Actions to Enhance Follower Creativity
Michael D. Mumford | University of Oklahoma
This Element highlights the knowledge, skills, and behaviors needed to effectively lead across three integrated facets of this process-leading the people, leading the work, and leading the firm.
Elements in Leadership 75pp
Jul. 2022 9781108811705 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108867887
There Is More Than One Way To Lead
The Charismatic, Ideological, And Pragmatic (CIP) Theory Of Leadership
Samuel T. Hunter | University of Nebraska, Omaha
More than 15 years of empirical work investigating the theory are summarized, and the theory is compared and contrasted to other commonly studied and popular frameworks of leadership. Strengths, weaknesses, and avenues for future investigation of the charismatic, ideological, and pragmatic (CIP) theory of leadership theory are discussed.
Elements in Leadership 75pp Jul. 2022 9781108793216 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108883795
Organisation studies Apples to Apples
A Taxonomy of Networks in Public Management and Policy
Branda Nowell | North Carolina State University
Interest in networks in the fields of public management and policy has grown to encompass a wide array of phenomena. The authors propose all networks and multi-organizational collaborative entities can be sorted into three taxonomic classes: structural-oriented, system-oriented, and purposeoriented.
Elements in Public and Nonprofit Administration 75pp Jun. 2022 9781108987462 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108987646
Contingent Collaboration
When to Use Which Models for Joined-up Government
Rodney J. Scott | University of New South Wales, Sydney
The question of how agencies can work together has been central to the field of public administration for several decades. This Element reveals the deeply contingent nature of collaboration, rejecting the idea that collaboration can be reduced to a universal best practice.
Elements in Public and Nonprofit Administration 75pp Jul. 2022 9781009124454 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009128513
Country Size and Public Administration
Marlene Jugl | Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan Although countries differ tremendously in population size, comparative public administration has not considered this context factor systematically. This Element provides the most comprehensive theoretical and empirical account to date of the effects that country size has on the functioning of public administration.
Elements in Public and Nonprofit Administration 75pp Jul. 2022 9781009114110 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009122887
Critical Race Theory
Exploring Its Application to Public Administration
Norma M. Riccucci
This Element explores Critical Race Theory (CRT) and its potential application to the field of public administration. It proposes specific areas within the field where a CRT framework would help to uncover and rectify structural and institutional racism.
Elements in Public and Nonprofit Administration 75pp
Mar. 2022 9781009114165 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009122986
Dramas of Dignity
Cleaners in the Corporate Underworld of Berlin Jana Costas
Costas explores the hidden underworld of Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz, where cleaners seek dignity through work yet find it elusive. This book will appeal to anyone interested in taking a behindthe-scenes look at the working lives of cleaners who largely remain invisible yet cater to most of us. 220pp
Jun. 2022 9781108475846 Hardback GBP 64.99 / USD 84.99
Jun. 2022 9781108469166 Paperback GBP 21.99 / USD 28.99 eISBN 9781108608572
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Duality by Design
The Global Race to Build Africa’s Infrastructure Nuno Gil | University of Manchester Building upon extensive research in Africa, this book analyses the challenges of designing organizations for socioeconomic development. Leveraging the empirical findings, the editors propose new conceptual framing for organizing to concomitantly build institutions and basic infrastructure. It will appeal to students, researchers and practitioners. 442pp 28 tables
Mar. 2022 9781108461030 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 32.99 Nov. 2019 9781108473163 Hardback GBP 99.99 / USD 131.00 eISBN 9781108562492
Inclusive Business Models
Transforming Lives and Creating Livelihoods
Sourav Mukherji | Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
This book talks about organizations that employ principles of business to address the needs of the poor.It takes an analytical approach to derive insights about business models by comparison with other inclusive models seen within the same sector, and through comparisons with models from a different sector.
344pp Feb. 2022 9781108491082 Hardback GBP 89.99 / USD 120.00 Feb. 2022 9781108811316 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 eISBN 9781108867399
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Management Tools
A Social Sciences Perspective
Ève Chiapello | Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
An exploration of the social thinking on management tools. Studying how management tools are infused by social norms and how they influence individual and group behaviours in organisations and society, this book provides an indispensable guide for scholars of management and social sciences, and professionals working with management tools.
311pp
Mar. 2022 9781108451727 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 32.99 Aug. 2019 9781108428958 Hardback GBP 88.99 / USD 116.00 eISBN 9781108553858
Networks in the Public Sector
A Multilevel Framework and Systematic Review
Michael D. Siciliano | University of Illinois, Chicago
In this Element, the authors develop the Multilevel Network Framework. The framework serves as (i)a conceptual tool to think more deeply about network dynamics, (ii) a research tool to assist in connecting data, theory, and empirical models, and (iii)a diagnostic tool to analyze and categorize bodies of research.
Elements in Public and Nonprofit Administration 75pp Aug. 2022 9781009108416 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009104241
Optimal Distinctiveness
A New Agenda for the Study of Competitive Positioning of Organizations and Markets
Eric Yanfei Zhao | Indiana University
This Element reviews the historical grounding and recent development of optimal distinctiveness scholarship, based on which an orienting framework is proposed to stress the highly contextualized and dynamic nature of optimal distinctiveness.
Elements in Organization Theory
75pp
May. 2022 9781108964876 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108990561
NEW IN PAPERBACK Organization outside Organizations
The Abundance of Partial Organization in Social Life
Göran Ahrne | Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
The authors explore how contemporary society is organized, describing the existence of organization outside and among formal organizations. This book will appeal to academics in organization studies, sociology and political science who want to learn how formal organizations only form part of broader organizational structures.
457pp Mar. 2022 9781108468268 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.99 Jul. 2019 9781108474986 Hardback GBP 88.99 / USD 116.00 eISBN 9781108604994
Organizational Paradox
Medhanie Gaim
This Element discusses the presence of paradoxes in the life of organizations, introduces the reader to the notion of paradox in theory and practice, and distinguishes paradox and adjacent conceptualizations.
Elements in Organization Theory
75pp Sep. 2022 9781009124348 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009128155
Organizing Resistance and Imagining Alternatives in India
Rohit Varman | University of Birmingham
It departs from existing conversations on the state’s policies and decisions, and focuses on the violence unleashed by corporate forces. It should be of interest to anyone curious about the collapse of crucial infrastructures such as healthcare and the news media, or the rhetoric of corporate social responsibility.
280pp Sep. 2022 9781009193412 Hardback GBP 95.00 / USD 125.00 eISBN 9781009193405
Rage Giving
Jennifer A. Taylor | James Madison University, Virginia
After the 2016 election upheaval and polarized public discourse in the United States and rise of radical-right across the globe, a new phenomenon in charitable giving has emerged – donating motivated by rage. This Element defines this phenomenon and discusses its meaning amidst the current body of research on emotions and charitable giving.
Elements in Public and Nonprofit Administration
75pp Apr. 2022 9781108949873 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108951036
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Shared Measures
Collective Performance Data Use in Collaborations
Alexander Kroll | Florida International University
This Element introduces the concepts of “shared measures” and “collective data use” to add collaborative, relational elements to existing performance management theory. It draws on a case study of collaboratives in North Carolina that were established to develop community responses to the opioid epidemic.
Elements in Public and Nonprofit Administration
75pp
Mar. 2022 9781108927611 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108933025
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The Changing Organization Agency Theory in a Cross-Cultural Context
Kaijun GuoThe book is designed for academics and graduate students in organization theory, social theory, cybernetics, cross-cultural theory and systems theory. It examines social collectives and organisation culture, presenting a theoretical framework capable of improving our understanding and anticipation of its patterns of behaviour.
465pp
Mar. 2022 9781316600917 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.99 Nov. 2016 9781107146808 Hardback GBP 104.00 / USD 135.00 eISBN 9781316544402
The Hidden Tier of Social Services
Frontline Workers’ Provision of Informal Resources in the Public, Nonprofit, and Private Sectors
Einat Lavee | University of Haifa, Israel
What do frontline social service providers do during client interactions when they lack adequate formal organizational resources to respond to clients’ needs? To answer this question, this Element presents two large-scale qualitative studies of Israeli frontline providers of social services. Elements in Public and Nonprofit Administration
75pp Aug. 2022 9781009101370 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009105828
The Right Privatization
Why Private Firms in Public Initiatives Need Capable Governments
Sergio G. LazzariniCan privatization be used to supplant bad governments? Do private firms maximize profits at the expense of socially-oriented service attributes?
Rather than proposing single solutions to complex social problems, Lazzarini offers a candid analysis of public and private organizations, their merits and flaws, and the conditions that make them work.
280pp Apr. 2022 9781316519714 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781009024167
Responsible and ethical business
NEW IN PAPERBACK Bribery and Corruption in Weak Institutional Environments
Connecting the Dots from a Comparative Perspective
Shaomin Li | Old Dominion University, Virginia
Drawing on twenty years of research and observations on bribery and corruption in countries with weak institutional environments, Li offers a novel explanation to the age-old puzzle of why some countries thrive despite corruption. For scholars and analysts studying corruption, as well as policymakers, business professionals and executives.
272pp Mar. 2022 9781108730051 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 32.99 May. 2019 9781108492898 Hardback GBP 88.99 / USD 116.00 eISBN 9781108631440
Business Adaptation to Climate Change
Jorge E. Rivera | George Washington University, Washington DC
This book addresses Management and public policy students and scholars seeking a better understanding of the elements of successful business climate change adaptation strategies. It is also aimed at business and non-profit organization leaders and policy makers interested in developing and promoting such effective strategies. Organizations and the Natural Environment 250pp May. 2022 9781108835725 Hardback GBP 69.99 / USD 89.99 May. 2022 9781108744829 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 eISBN 9781108888691
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Business and Human Rights
Ethical, Legal, and Managerial Perspectives
Florian Wettstein | Universität St Gallen, Switzerland
The first of its kind, this comprehensive interdisciplinary textbook in business and human rights coherently incorporates ethical, legal and managerial perspectives. This path-breaking textbook will be a valuable introductory resource for students, instructors and researchers in business, public policy and law schools. 450pp Mar. 2022 9781009158381 Hardback GBP 79.99 / USD 110.00 Mar. 2022 9781009158398 Paperback GBP 34.99 / USD 44.99 eISBN 9781009158374
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An Ecological Approach to Object Stewardship Ryan Burg | Bucknell University, Pennsylvania
This interdisciplinary work, drawing on business ethics, social theory, and Management, proposes a new ethic of stewardship for a global economy. Burg argues that, by tracing the path of objects through the global economy, managers can align ethics, sustainability, and governance with a global formulation of responsibility. Business, Value Creation, and Society 393pp Mar. 2022 9781316634004 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 32.99 Mar. 2018 9781107183018 Hardback GBP 88.99 / USD 116.00 eISBN 9781316869147
Climate Activism
How Communities Take Renewable Energy Actions Across Business and Society
Annika Skoglund | Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
Analyzing the transformation of climate activism in a rapidly changing political landscape, this book traces everyday renewable energy actions within a growing ‘epistemic community’, dispersed across organizational boundaries and domains. It will be of interest to social science scholars of business, renewable energy and sustainability transitions. Business, Value Creation, and Society
225pp
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The Role of Family Firms in Sustainable Business
Sanjay Sharma | University of Vermont
Applies the family business lens to the exploration of corporate environmental strategy. Taking the wine industry as a case study, this book develops fresh insights into the balancing of short-term financial performance with long-term corporate strategies.
Organizations and the Natural Environment 256pp
Sep. 2022 9781108482646
Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781108697194
Ecolabels, Innovation, and Green Market Transformation
Learning to LEED
Daniel C. Matisoff | Georgia Institute of Technology
By assessing cases of ecolabeling and green building, this book presents a theory of Green Market Transformation that combines innovation and sustainability. It reimagines the ways in which markets can be leveraged to transform industry, and will appeal to a broad readership, from planners to architects, construction managers to researchers. Organizations and the Natural Environment 225pp
Mar. 2022 9781107559226 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 32.99 Jul. 2019 9781107123663 Hardback GBP 78.99 / USD 105.00 eISBN 9781316402528
People before Markets
An Alternative Casebook
Daniel Scott Souleles | Copenhagen Business School
This book offers social science students fresh approaches to twenty important global questions, through an ethical and socially responsible perspective. Its proposed solutions are shown to be both more effective and more aligned with human values than the traditional capitalist or neoliberal approaches taught at most business schools. 508pp 3 b/w illus.
Oct. 2022 9781009165860 Hardback GBP 89.99 / USD 120.00 Oct. 2022 9781009165853 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 eISBN 9781009165846
Sep. 2022 9781108841085
Hardback GBP 69.99 / USD 89.99 Sep. 2022 9781108744843 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.99 eISBN 9781108888769
Leading With Values
Strategies for Making Ethical Decisions in Business and Life
Neil Malhotra
One of the hardest parts of being a leader is handling legitimate disagreements about values. This book discusses the human psychology that drives these conflicts as well as the philosophical frameworks that have guided people for millennia. The authors provide readers with strategies for implementing their values in their lives and organizations.
182pp
Feb. 2022 9781108841191 Hardback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 eISBN 9781108893220
Organising Responses to Climate Change
The Politics of Mitigation, Adaptation and Suffering
Daniel Nyberg | University of Newcastle, New South Wales
This book is for researchers, students and those with an interest in organisation and Management studies, environmental politics, and sustainability studies. It builds upon the broader social science literature to examine the differing responses of corporations, communities and social movements to the challenges of climate change.
215pp
Sep. 2022 9781009266949 Hardback GBP 69.99 / USD 89.99 Sep. 2022 9781009266932 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 eISBN 9781009266901
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Selling Sustainability Short?
The Private Governance of Labor and the Environment in the Coffee Sector
Janina Grabs
Can private standards bring about more sustainable production practices? Grabs answers this question by combining large-N hypothesis testing with a rich empirical account of sustainability governance in the coffee sectors of Honduras, Colombia and Costa Rica. For consumers, academics and practitioners interested in corporate social responsibility. Organizations and the Natural Environment 352pp 16 b/w illus. 22 tables Mar. 2022 9781108799508 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 32.99 May. 2020 9781108835039 Hardback GBP 95.00 / USD 125.00 eISBN 9781108875325
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The Role of Business in the Responsibility to Protect
John Forrer | George Washington University, Washington DC
The book provides an analysis of the role of the private sector in the prevention and cessation of mass atrocities, and shows how this intersects with the UN discussion on the Responsibility to Protect. It also provides concrete recommendations as to what companies can do.
257pp
Mar. 2022 9781316609729 Paperback GBP 24.90 / USD 32.90 Sep. 2016 9781107156128 Hardback GBP 80.99 / USD 105.00 eISBN 9781316659397
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Business School Leadership and Crisis Exit Planning
Global Deans’ Contributions on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the EFMD
Eric Cornuel
As part of EFMD’s fiftieth anniversary celebrations, its President, Professor Eric Cornuel, has edited this volume, featuring contributions from leaders in Management education, including the presidents and deans of the top business schools from across the world.
275pp 2 tables May. 2022 9781316514450 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781009083164
Dynamic Capabilities
History and an Extension
Bart Nooteboom | Tilburg University, The Netherlands
This Element studies the development of salient ideas and publications on dynamic capabilities, extended by ideas outside the literature of Strategic Management. Dynamic capability is presented as an interdisciplinary subject to which knowledge is central.
Elements in Business Strategy 75pp Aug. 2022 9781009014182 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009029025
Knowledge Strategies
Constantin BratianuThis Element explains the strategizing process and presents the knowledge strategies as a result of that complex mental process. This Element also expands on how knowledge is a strategic resource of any organization and why its deployment is critical in achieving a sustainable competitive advantage.
Elements in Business Strategy 75pp Aug. 2022 9781108818858 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108864237
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Moral Human Agency in Business
A Missing Dimension in Strategy as Practice
Mona Margareta EricsonRecent scandals in the business world show that companies are not living the values officially communicated. Ericson illustrates how practitioners can employ moral values, giving the example of coffee production, from-bean-to-cup. This refreshing book will be of interest and use to strategy researchers, business leaders and sustainability directors. 163pp Mar. 2022 9781108434423 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 30.99 Jan. 2018 9781108421881 Hardback GBP 88.99 / USD 116.00 eISBN 9781108378420
What Every CEO Should Know About AI
Viktor DörflerThe Element explains what AI can and cannot do, carefully delineating facts from beliefs or wishful thinking. The purpose is to help CEOs figure out how to make the best use of AI, suggesting how to extract AI’s greatest value through appropriate task allocation between human experts and AI.
Elements in Business Strategy 75pp May. 2022 9781009016926 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009037853
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