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12 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.
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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 Guo The 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. Lazzarini Can 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
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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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Business Ethics for a Material World
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 Sep. 2022 9781108482646 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781108697194
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 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 NEW IN PAPERBACK
Patient Capital
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 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
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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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14 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 Bratianu This 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 Ericson Recent 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 Dörfler The 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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