Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Midttun, Atle, Governance and Business Models for Sustainable Capitalism. (Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society) 200 pp. 2021:12 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-583>
ISBN 978-1-138-21059-2 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-77044-0 paper ¥11,524.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

Governance and Business Models for Sustainable Capitalism touches upon many of the central themes of today's debate on business and society. In particular, it brings attention to a recurrent tension between efficiency, innovation, and productivity on the one hand, and fairness, equity, and sustainability on the other. The book argues that we need radical rethinking of business models and economic governance, beyond the classical doctrine, which sees social and ecological responsibility as lying with public-policy regulation of purely profit-seeking firms. In spite of the popular CSR agenda, business - as we know it today - is both too transient and too limited in its motivation to carry the regulatory burden. We need to adopt a much wider concept of 'partnered governance', where advanced states and pioneering companies work together to raise the social and environmental bar. The book suggests that civil engagements based on moral rather than formal rights, and amplified through the media, may provide a healthy challenge both to autocratic planning and to solely profit-centered commercialization. The book also proposes a triple cycle theory of innovation for sustainability: a novel framing of the efficacy of green and prosocial entrepreneurship as intertwined with political visions and supportive institutions. In addition, the book offers reflections on the ways in which further digital robotizaton may enable transition to an 'Agora Economy' where productive efficiency is combined with expanded civic freedoms. Aimed primarily at researchers, academics, and students in the fields of political economy, business and society, corporate governance, business ethics, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability, the book will additionally be of value to practitioners, supplying them with information regarding the challenges associated with the shaping of sustainable or 'civilised' market capitalism for a better world.

Mowles, Chris, Complexity: A Key Idea for Business and Society. (Key Ideas in Business and Management) 240 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) <665-584>
ISBN 978-0-367-43385-7 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-42568-5 paper ¥9,507.- (税込) GB￡ 32.99 *

This book interprets insights from the complexity sciences to explore seven types of complexity better to understand the predictable unpredictability of social life. Drawing on the natural and social sciences, it describes how complexity models are helpful but insufficient for our understanding of complex reality. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the book develops a complex theory of action more consistent with our experience that our plans inevitably lead to unexpected outcomes, explains why we are both individuals and thoroughly social, and gives an account of why, no matter how clear our message, we may still be misunderstood. The book investigates what forms of knowledge are most helpful for thinking about complex experience, reflects on the way we exercise authority (leadership) and thinks through the ethical implications of trying to co-operate in a complex world. Taking complexity seriously poses a radical challenge to more orthodox theories of managing and leading, based as they are on assumptions of predictability, control and universality. The author argues that management is an improvisational practice which takes place in groups in a particular context at a particular time. Managers can influence but never control an uncontrollable world. To become more skilful in complex group dynamics involves taking into account multiple points of view and acknowledging not knowing, ambivalence and doubt.This book will be of interest to researchers, professionals, academics and students in the fields of business and management, especially those interested in how taking complexity seriously can influence the functioning of businesses and organizations and how they manage and lead.

Murswieck, Raphael, Innovation Performance in the 21st Century: Designing Business Related to Cultural, Digital and Environmental Challenges. (Sustainable Management, Wertschoepfung und Effizienz) 212 pp. 2021:8 (Springer Gabler, GW) <665-585>
ISBN 978-3-658-34760-4 paper ¥21,875.- (税込) EUR 89.99

Performant business models in the 21st century are characterized by the intelligent integration of soft, human-based aspects on the one hand and technology-based opportunities on the other hand to foster not only economic but also environmental results. Based on a mixed research approach, the presented business innovation model (BIM) shows a practical way in how organizations can lever their cultural human-based potential to increase and manage their innovation performance. The studies reveal cultural determinants supporting innovation performance at the beginning of the process respecting the value aspect by adopting digital technologies and deploying environmentally friendly circular principles within business models to develop more sustainable products and services.

Natarajan, Prashant / Rogers, Bob / Dixon, E. et al., Demystifying AI for the Enterprise: A Playbook for Business Value and Digital Transformation. 360 pp. 2021:12 (Productivity Pr., US) <665-586>
ISBN 978-1-138-49139-7 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-214520-4 paper ¥14,406.- (税込) GB￡ 49.99 *

Artificial intelligence (AI) in its various forms -- machine learning, chatbots, robots, agents, etc. -- is increasingly being seen as a core component of enterprise business workflow and information management systems. The current promise and hype around AI are being driven by software vendors, academic research projects, and startups. However, we posit that the greatest promise and potential for AI lies in the enterprise with its applications touching all organizational facets.With increasing business process and workflow maturity, coupled with recent trends in cloud computing, datafication, IoT, cybersecurity, and advanced analytics, there is an understanding that the challenges of tomorrow cannot be solely addressed by today's people, processes, and products. There is still considerable mystery, hype, and fear about AI in today's world. A considerable amount of current discourse focuses on a dystopian future that could adversely affect humanity. Such opinions, with understandable fear of the unknown, don't consider the history of human innovation, the current state of business and technology, or the primarily augmentative nature of tomorrow's AI.This book demystifies AI for the enterprise. It takes readers from the basics (definitions, state-of-the-art, etc.) to a multi-industry journey, and concludes with expert advice on everything an organization must do to succeed. Along the way, we debunk myths, provide practical pointers, and include best practices with applicable vignettes. AI brings to enterprise the capabilities that promise new ways by which professionals can address both mundane and interesting challenges more efficiently, effectively, and collaboratively (with humans). The opportunity for tomorrow's enterprise is to augment existing teams and resources with the power of AI in order to gain competitive advantage, discover new business models, establish or optimize new revenues, and achieve better customer and user satisfaction.

Ngo, Vi Dung / Nguyen, Duc Khuong et al. (eds.), Entrepreneurial Finance, Innovation and Development: A Research Companion. (Routledge Research Companions in Business and Economics) 368 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-587>
ISBN 978-0-367-68103-6 hard ¥50,435.- (税込) GB￡ 175.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-68116-6 paper ¥11,524.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

Entrepreneurship is now unanimously considered a major engine for socio-economic development, mainly because it creates jobs and innovation. Governments around the world pay special attention to removing entrepreneurial barriers in order to support development via different policies, especially entrepreneurial finance. Developing, emerging and transition economies (DETEs) significantly differ from industrialized countries because of their specific conditions: institutions, infrastructure facilities, and bureaucratic procedures within the administrative system. Thus, firms and their entrepreneurs in and from DETEs may behave differently, particularly in terms of their financial strategies. Therefore, contextualizing is critical to better understand the relationship between entrepreneurial finance, innovation, and development in DETEs. This book provides a systematic and profound understanding of how finance, entrepreneurship, innovation, and their interactions contribute to economic development in DETEs, which cover a large number of countries in Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Africa. The book mainly includes empirical studies and is divided into four parts. Part A includes four chapters which adopt a multinational approach to examine different sources and types of finance for entrepreneurship and small business in different groups of countries classified as DETEs. Part B also includes four chapters and focuses on entrepreneurial finance in specific countries belonging to the DETEs. Part C goes beyond the business scope of entrepreneurial finance and includes three chapters concerned with the relationship between finance, women's entrepreneurship, and poverty. Part D includes three chapters focusing on the comparison within developing countries as well as between developing and developed countries. This essential and comprehensive resource will find an audience amongst academics, students, educators, and practitioners, as well as policymakers and regulators.

Nicolescu, Ovidiu / Nicolescu, Ciprian, Stakeholder Management and Social Responsibility: Concepts, Approaches and Tools in the Covid Context. (Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies) 352 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-588>
ISBN 978-1-03-210920-6 hard ¥43,230.- (税込) GB￡ 150.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-210923-7 paper ¥13,830.- (税込) GB￡ 47.99 *

The main objective of this book is to provide an innovative set of concepts and tools regarding company management, internal and external stakeholders and social responsibilities, reflecting the necessities and opportunities generated by the digital transformation, the transition to a knowledge-based economy, and the COVID-19 crisis. The book, based on a holistic vision and contextual approach of business, contributes to the development of company management and stakeholder and social responsibility theories and practices, being structured in 12 chapters.The original company management vision, approaches, and tools are based on three pillars: a new "manager-relevant stakeholder" rather than "manager-subordinate" managerial paradigm; a new type of company social responsibility rather than corporate social responsibility; and a new concept of company-relevant stakeholder rather than that of salient stakeholders. The book contains two innovative managerial mechanisms: the managerial synapse and company-relevant stakeholders-based management system able to help companies and stakeholders face successfully the challenges of digital transformation and the COVID-19 crisis and to generate greater organization functionality and performance.The book will be of interest to company managers and management specialists, management academics, consultants and researchers, and MBA students interested in a style of management with social responsibility at the forefront.

Oke, Ayodeji E. / Stephen, Seyi S. / Aigbavboa, Clinton O., Value Management Implementation in Construction: A Global View. 344 pp. 2022:2 (Emerald, UK) <665-589>
ISBN 978-1-80262-408-3 hard ¥22,440.- (税込) US$ 100.00 *

Value management has been applied to construction projects throughout the world, but in some regions, it is just gaining popularity. Therefore, it is necessary to create awareness of value management among stakeholders and understand various obstacles to its implementation. Value Management Implementation in Construction addresses various factors that can enhance the application of the discipline as well as its adoption among concerned stakeholders. This book discusses the practice of value management in various developed and developing countries by exposing the techniques and models that can be employed in value management exercises, with a view to achieving sustainable development while delivering projects to the satisfaction of clients. This book provides guidance on value management as a tool for improving the delivery of infrastructural projects for construction professionals, employers of labour, researchers and students alike with evidence from various countries around the world.

Omrane, Amina / Bag, Sudin (eds.), New Business Models in the Course of Global Crises in South Asia: Lessons from COVID-19 and Beyond. 304 pp. 2021:11 (Springer, GW) <665-590>
ISBN 978-3-030-79925-0 hard ¥41,323.- (税込) EUR 169.99

To survive and sustain businesses during such times of crisis becomes difficult for managers and entrepreneurs. This in turn amplifies the importance of designing new flexible and adaptive business models. This book addresses different business situations that occur during national and global crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, it proposes new and inspiring business models for various industries such as service and retail industry using different statistical software like SPSS and AMOS. It discusses the various changing elements of businesses such as the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning and how to cope with these unexpected business elements to maintain sustainable development.

Park, Young Won / Park, Ye Jin, Corporate Social Responsibility and Entrepreneurship for Sustainability: Leading in the Era of Digital Transformation. 126 pp. 2021:7 (Springer, GW) <665-591>
ISBN 978-981-16-3459-8 hard ¥31,599.- (税込) EUR 129.99 *

This book addresses the dilemma that firms face in engaging in corporate social responsibility (CSR) while maintaining a financially sustainable business model in the era of digital transformation. Several strategies that firms have taken to integrate CSR within the business model are also highlighted. To explicate the problems involved, the book primarily focuses on entrepreneurial ventures, given their nascent business model that best illustrates how business leaders can embed the social mission in the firm at the beginning of organizational founding. In this age, sustainability is an innovation's new frontier. For sustainable competitive advantage, the book argues for how companies can build more sustainable products, processes, and practices that benefit the firm and society through maintaining an entrepreneurial philosophy. The target readership consists of academics, students, and practitioners in the areas of entrepreneurship, organizational behavior, organizational theory, and strategic management. This book clarifies the critical practices of sustainability-oriented innovative firms and creative small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Through a review of recent trends in CSR, the authors emphasize that CSR is no longer a "bolt-on" or some kind of window-dressing to satisfy public relations (PR) needs. Credible CSR is critical to business legitimacy and sustainability. Aware of the public's increasing scrutiny, companies are increasingly ramping up their focus on social responsibility, whether by championing women's rights, protecting the environment, or attempting to obliterate poverty, on local, national, or global levels. Simultaneously, more firms face accusations of "greenwashing" - backlash due to consumer mistrust in the intentions behind their CSR practices. While numerous works have highlighted this dilemma and how companies fall short in their prosocial goals or financial objectives (or both), there is a lack of understanding of the ingredients and crucial processes required for the successful implementation of CSR in entrepreneurial enterprises. This book serves to fill that gap.

Paul, Justin / Dhir, Sanjay (eds.), Globalization, Deglobalization, and New Paradigms in Business. 228 pp. 2021:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <665-592>
ISBN 978-3-030-81583-7 hard ¥36,461.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This book analyzes the changing dynamics of competition and the emergence of deglobalization trends and processes. The authors begin by explaining the role of technology on globalization and its impact on competitive strategy. Then, they present a theoretical framework that outlines the connection between globalization and modern society. The book also delves into the shift toward deglobalization and addresses how the onset of the COVID-10 pandemic has accelerated the process. Concluding with a discussion of how the 4th Industrial Revolution has resulted in new paradigms for business, this book will fill a gap through its investigation of an emerging concept for scholars in international business.

Pickernell, David Grant / Battisti, Martina et al. (eds.), Disadvantaged Entrepreneurship and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem. (Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research 14) 300 pp. 2022:1 (Emerald, UK) <665-593>
ISBN 978-1-80071-451-9 hard ¥26,254.- (税込) US$ 117.00 *

Entrepreneurial ecosystems constructed by disadvantaged entrepreneurs often exist beside, within, and in opposition to 'mainstream' ecosystems focused on high growth high technology entrepreneurial ventures. Disadvantaged Entrepreneurship and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem addresses the lack of current research concerning disadvantage using an entrepreneurial ecosystem lens, and the failure of entrepreneurship policy to widen engagement in entrepreneurship for disadvantaged people and places. Drawing together issues affecting disadvantaged entrepreneurs as they struggle to access, interact with, and benefit from, the traditional entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE), these findings highlight the importance of their motives for entrepreneurial activity, their resources, and how access to these are affected by issues such as gender and migrant status. The research in this book also suggests policymakers need targeted, supportive, business-support programs taking into consideration the multiple challenges disadvantaged entrepreneurs typically face.

Rana, Geeta / Khang, Alex / Sharma, Ravindra et al. (eds.), Reinventing Manufacturing and Business Processes Through Artificial Intelligence. (Innovations in Big Data and Machine Learning) 178 pp. 2021:12 (CRC Pr., US) <665-595>
ISBN 978-0-367-70209-0 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This edited book describes how newly emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies will provide unprecedented opportunities to penetrate technology and automation into everything we do, and at the same time, provide a huge playing field for businesses to develop newer models to capture market share.It establishes a milestone in understanding global transformational changes occurring in the manufacturing and corporate world due to AI and tries to find powerful and sophisticated solutions that will improve and streamline operations. Reinventing Manufacturing and Business Processes Through Artificial Intelligence will be of interest to students, researchers, and professionals of the AI community as well as interdisciplinary researchers.

Reid, Susan E. / Crawford, Charles B., Entrepreneurial Vision: A Guide for Charting and Implementing the Visioning Process. (Classroom Companion: Business) 335 pp. 2021:11 (Springer, GW) <665-596>
ISBN 978-3-030-77802-6 hard ¥26,737.- (税込) EUR 109.99

While many texts on entrepreneurship and biographies of great entrepreneurs and leaders talk about vision and its importance, few delve into what vision is, how it comes to be, and, how it can be more successfully developed. This book, built on evidence-based research, delves into the entire entrepreneurial visioning process. Starting with understanding the elements which characterize strong and sustainable vision, the authors detail proposed steps, supported by examples and worksheets, that students and entrepreneurs can take to build and implement their vision and, in turn, help put them on the path to build great businesses.

Richardson, Nathan, The Art of Enterprise: Entrepreneurship in Design. 240 pp. 2021:12 (Routledge, UK) <665-597>
ISBN 978-0-367-46831-6 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-46721-0 paper ¥10,660.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99 *

The Art of Enterprise: Entrepreneurship in Design explores the form and nature of entrepreneurship in a range of creative disciplines. It explores the complex ecology of activities that enable design, entrepreneurship, and alternative methods of practice within a creative practice, and for the benefit and engagement of society. The book is structured in four thematic sections: the Alpha Room, Beta Portal, Gamma Field, and Delta State. Within each section, the chapters address such topics as experience, mindset, activity, collaboration, and value. In that sense, The Art of Enterprise is composed of the way in which one experiences, thinks about, works, collaborates, and creates value in the mind, studio, prototype, and marketplace. It includes a curated selection of contemporary practices engaged in entrepreneurship around the world and interviews from leading entrepreneurs and design professionals capturing advice and inspiration. With an open-ended set of activities, charts, worksheets, and discussion questions, The Art of Enterprise fosters entrepreneurial thinking in formative projects and practices for students, academics, and professionals.

Ritz, Aixa A. / Rimanoczy, Isabel (eds.), Sustainability Mindset and Transformative Leadership: A Multidisciplinary Perspective. (Sustainable Development Goals Series) 270 pp. 2021:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <665-598>
ISBN 978-3-030-76068-7 hard ¥41,323.- (税込) EUR 169.99

This volume examines the importance of leadership in developing an effective sustainability strategy. It defines the sustainability mindset and surveys the primary motivations, conditions, or environment(s) that cause leaders to embrace sustainable practices. As described in the UN Sustainable Development Goal 8, embracing the sustainability mindset will lead to greater productivity and promote economic growth.Organized into themes of organizational operations, leadership competencies, and leadership practices, the chapters, written by contributors representing global perspectives, tackle topics such as strategy, culture, and leadership styles in developing a new form of mindfulness for leaders as well as organizations. Recognizing the need for accelerated change in organizations as well as society at large, this book presents scholars with a framework for establishing a mindset for sustainability to foster much-needed transformative leadership.

Rogers, Steven S., Successful Black Entrepreneurs. 2022:4 (Wiley, US) <665-599>
ISBN 978-1-119-80673-8 hard ¥7,854.- (税込) US$ 35.00 *

Learn about the successes of Black entrepreneurs through a collection of unique case studies Successful Black Entrepreneurs is an insightful collection of Harvard Business School case studies about Black entrepreneurs succeeding in a variety of industries and through different routes, including start-ups, franchising, and acquisitions. The book also recognizes and celebrates Black entrepreneurial excellence, as it takes the reader through the stages of entrepreneurship, including ideation, raising capital, growing the company, and taking it public. In addition to identifying the positive aspects of Black entrepreneurship, the book also uses data, research, and anecdotes to highlight the challenges faced by Black entrepreneurs, including: An inability to access capital from traditional financial institutions like banks and private equity firms The requirement to practice "racial concealment" in the company of White customers in order to achieve success Perfect for students, aspiring entrepreneurs, and established business leaders, Successful Black Entrepreneurs provides practical perspectives from Black entrepreneurs about what it takes to succeed in business.

Rowley, Chris / Oh, Ingyu (eds.), Corporate Performance and Managerial Ties in China: Key Theories, Dimensions and Directions. 166 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-600>
ISBN 978-1-03-210755-4 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-210756-1 paper ¥11,524.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

In many countries, business practitioners, policy makers, pundits and laypeople want to know how strong China really is in business. In the preceding century, the overall tone of business comments on China was filled with fanfare and ovation. However, despite economic performance and seemingly inexorable growth, some global data in areas such as labour productivity and digital competitiveness, show a different and more nuanced picture. This collection provides a multi-level reality check on the Chinese economy, firm performance and managerial ties. Given that China must transform its economy and business that can pull global talent together to produce high-end technologies for radically innovative products and services, this book proposes two questions. First, can China restructure its economy from a low-cost growth model to a high value-added innovative model without incurring major structural inertia? Second, can Chinese firms outperform competitors in global high value markets without relying on state initiatives, central funding mechanisms and public R&D institutions?This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal, Asia Pacific Business Review.

Schnell, Anna / Schnell, Nils, New Work Hacks: 50 Inspirations for Modern and Innovative Work. 164 pp. 2021:8 (Springer, GW) <665-601>
ISBN 978-3-658-33008-8 paper ¥14,582.- (税込) EUR 59.99

This book shows how joint working in companies can be fundamentally improved and modernised. After all, wherever people work together, communicate with each other and make themselves understood, there is potential for further development and joint growth. With 50 hacks - formats, methods and approaches from innovative companies and new work contexts - the authors provide a tool that can immediately bring about small and large changes in any company. With apt examples, they explain their ideas in a lively way and give tips on how best to make the introduction work. In this way, they encourage people to question their own working methods and to try out innovative and fun formats through new impulses. This book is suitable for everyone who is curious to find out how simple hacks can be used to actively improve the future of work in the here and now, as well as for managers, HR departments and motivated employees who want to make a difference. This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition New Work Hacks by & Anna Schnell & Nils Schnell, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2019. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.

Shepherd, Dean A. / Patzelt, Holger, Entrepreneurial Strategy: Starting, Managing, and Scaling New Ventures. 131 pp. 2021:7 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <665-602>
ISBN 978-3-030-78934-3 hard ¥7,289.- (税込) EUR 29.99

This open access book focuses on explaining differences amongst organizations regarding various attributes, forms, and outcomes. By focusing on the "how" of new venture creation and management to produce well-established organizations, the authors aim to increase our understanding of the antecedents of most management research assumptions. New ventures are the source of most newly created jobs generated in an economy, new industries and markets, innovative products and services, and new solutions to economic, social, and environmental problems. However, most management research assumes a well-established organization as the starting point of their theorizing.Building on the notion of guided attention, it details how entrepreneurs can allocate their transient attention to identify potential opportunities from environmental change and how entrepreneurs allocate their sustained attention to form beliefs about radical and incremental opportunities requiring entrepreneurial action. The authors explain how entrepreneurs build such communities and engage community members over time to co-construct potential opportunities for new venture progress. Using the lean startup framework, they connect the dots between the theorizing on identifying and co-constructing potential opportunities and the startup of new ventures. This leads to a new overarching framework based on are (1) co-creating a startup, (2) organizing a startup, and (3) performing a startup to bring together the many disparate threads of research on new ventures. The authors then theorize on the importance of knowledge in organizational scaling. Based on cutting-edge research from the leading entrepreneurship journals, this book expands knowledge on the cognitive aspect of the new venture creation process.

柴田裕通著　日本におけるオペレーションズ・マネジメント
Shibata, Hiromichi, Operations Management in Japan: The Efficiency of Japanese Manufacturing. (Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies) 184 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-603>
ISBN 978-1-03-203014-2 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-203015-9 paper ¥11,524.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

This book provides insights into Japanese production and operations management through the roles and human resource management of Japanese manufacturing engineers and how their roles contribute to efficient manufacturing.The book looks at six industries i.e. automobile, electronics, business machine industries of the parts processing and assembly sector, steel, chemical and pharmaceutical industries of the material processing sector, and 13 Japanese leading multinational companies. It also compares Japanese automotive firms with their German, French, and American counterparts. The analysis reveals that many managers, employees, and scholars underappreciate the roles and contributions of manufacturing engineers in the United States.The book will offer invaluable lessons to management scholars interested in operations management and global supply chains, especially in the context of the Japanese manufacturing industry.

Simon-Moya, Virginia / Rodriguez-Garcia, Maria, The Emergence of Social Entrepreneurship: Individuals and Social Ventures as Agents of Change. (Contributions to Management Science) 181 pp. 2021:10 (Springer, GW) <665-604>
ISBN 978-3-030-80634-7 hard ¥24,306.- (税込) EUR 99.99 *

The rise of hybrid ventures is proof that another way of doing business is possible. Many developments in the last 15 years highlight the significance of social entrepreneurship: the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize to Grameen Bank, the efforts of scholars in studying social ventures, and the new academic programs at Ivy League universities, as well as the creation of indices such as the United Nations Human Development Index to measure non-economic issues. This book portrays these as strong indicators to support the development and sustenance of a market-based economy that also imbibes social progress and human values. This book emphasizes that awareness of the conditions under which social start-ups emerge is crucial. The authors provide a thorough and empirical analysis of the emergence of social entrepreneurship using the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data as well as case studies from practice. From the perspective of individuals, they examine the most important characteristics of social entrepreneurs, and from a macro perspective, social ventures are studied as agents of change. A handpicked collection of successful cases of social ventures also provides the reader with an awareness of the best practices.

ESG－リスクと期待の管理
Spitz, Karlheinz / Trudinger, John / Orr, Matthew, Environmental Social Governance: Managing Risk and Expectations. 324 pp. 2022:3 (CRC Pr., US) <665-605>
ISBN 978-0-367-68055-8 hard ¥31,702.- (税込) GB￡ 110.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-68056-5 paper ¥13,253.- (税込) GB￡ 45.99 *

Increasingly, companies are being judged by their performance in terms of Environmental Social Governance (ESG). But exactly what does it mean, and what should be done about it? While much ambiguity exists, it is no longer sufficient to negotiate the environmental assessment process successfully. ESG is an ongoing process that spans the entire life cycle of a company and its operations.This book is aimed at business leaders - senior executives and company directors - and particularly those involved in the extractive industries and other ventures that significantly affect the environment and host communities. Guidance is provided on the major ESG issues that confront all business leaders. Strategies are provided to address ESG risk and to handle crises when they occur.QUESTIONS FOR BUSINESS LEADERS:Are you at all prepared for an environmental or social crisis event?How will you cope with the "unknown unknowns"?What do your shareholders expect you to do about climate change?Are your employees proud of the company's ESG performance?How does your bank evaluate your biodiversity impacts?

Trevinyo-Rodriguez, Rosa Nelly / Angel Gallo, M. (eds.), The Power of Inclusion in Family Business. 296 pp. 2022:2 (Emerald, UK) <665-606>
ISBN 978-1-80117-579-1 hard ¥22,440.- (税込) US$ 100.00 *

Nothing but good ownership makes long-lasting family companies. Yet, during our international consulting, research, and teaching engagements, we have encountered many ill-equipped next generation owners or owners-to-be, especially among women. We coined this phenomenon 'the daughters' inclusion challenge'. The Power of Inclusion in Family Business is a guide for grooming the next generation of responsible women owners, so they can thrive, achieve, and become leaders and wealth stewards in their multigenerational family businesses and family offices. We aspire to help enterprising families come across the power of including valuable women pertaining to the business-owning family in the family firm management, governance, ownership, and investment structures. In this book, outstanding global family business scholars and practitioners from 10 different countries, come together to serve a common purpose: provide novel insights, gender sensitive-consulting practices and culturally-adapted recommendations to advance the daughters' inclusion challenge and to shape a more inclusive family-in-business and family firm environment.

Tsigkas, Alexander, The Performative Enterprise: Ideas and Case Studies on Moving Beyond the Quality Paradigm. (Future of Business and Finance) 248 pp. 2021:11 (Springer, GW) <665-607>
ISBN 978-3-030-81491-5 hard ¥19,444.- (税込) EUR 79.99

This book is about quality redundancy and its replacement by the "performativity" norm. Performativity is a linguistic, social, and political mechanism that produces the intended performance. The author, Alexander Tsigkas, sees this book as a natural continuation of his prior book The Lean Enterprise - From the Mass Economy to the Economy of One. He argues that performativity is the flip side of quality on a coin called identity, and in postmodernism, that is, in the age of Industry 4.0 and beyond, companies should be aiming for performativity and achieve quality as one of its many consequences. The author, therefore, encourages modern businesses to transition from quality orientation as conformance alone to a performance orientation. The author brings forward historic, current, and philosophical perspectives in charting performativity as a new goal for modern businesses. Many examples, case studies, and conceptual constructs are used to drive in the idea of how to create a performative enterprise.

Ugarte, Ruben, Bulletproof Decisions: How Executives Can Get It Right, Every Time. 232 pp. 2021:12 (Routledge, UK) <665-608>
ISBN 978-1-03-202826-2 hard ¥34,584.- (税込) GB￡ 120.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-202825-5 paper ¥7,489.- (税込) GB￡ 25.99 *

We are told from a young age that we should strive to make the right decisions, but we aren't taught exactly how to do this. Every day, we make over 35,000 decisions in our personal and professional lives. How many of those decisions do we get right? This book will help business executives systematically tackle these 35,000 decisions. Executives are forced to make critical decisions that impact their lives, their employees' lives, and the lives of their customers. Decisions like what products to create, who should be hired, and what divisions to shut down are all commonplace in the executive suite. This book offers three strategies for dealing with decisions: problem-solving techniques, routines, and decision-making frameworks. Each strategy is designed to help readers achieve more clarity, gain time back, and improve the quality of their decisions. The first one focuses on helping readers solve the right problem instead of wasting time on the wrong one. The second strategy helps deal with decisions that need to be made once but can then be executed regularly. The third and final strategy provides a three-step framework for making the most important decisions in their lives. The focus of the author's work is on helping readers use data to make better decisions. This book gives readers the tools to convert the insights they learn from their data into actionable decisions.

Voigt, Kai-Ingo / M. Mueller, Julian (eds.), Digital Business Models in Industrial Ecosystems: Lessons Learned from Industry 4.0 Across Europe. (Future of Business and Finance) 256 pp. 2021:11 (Springer, GW) <665-609>
ISBN 978-3-030-82002-2 hard ¥36,461.- (税込) EUR 149.99

In recent years, digital business models have frequently been the subject of academic and practical discourse. The increasing interconnectivity across the entire supply chain, which is subsumed under the term Industry 4.0, can unlock even farther-reaching potentials for digital business models, affecting entire supply chains and ecosystems. This book examines the specific challenges and obstacles that supply chain and ecosystem management poses with regard to the development of digital business models. The top-quality contributions gathered here focus on the successful implementation of Industry 4.0 in digital business models for industrial organizations in a European context, making the book a valuable asset for researchers and practitioners alike.

Watkins, Alan, Step Change: The Leader's Journey. 192 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) <665-610>
ISBN 978-0-367-77236-9 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-77238-3 paper ¥9,507.- (税込) GB￡ 32.99 *

No one likes change. Too often it's viewed as something that must be endured; something to 'get through' as fast as possible so that everything can 'return to normal'. We need to change our view of change and see it for the opportunity it really is. Step Change: The Leader's Journey helps leaders to become gifted and skilful at moving through the change process gracefully and productively. Based on Joseph Campbell's 'hero's journey', Step Change: The Leader's Journey offers a universal road map of change from step-1 (comfort zone) through to step-12 (post-delivery inspiration). The journey travels through four distinct phases of 'discover', 'decide', 'develop' and 'deliver'. Step Change provides a proven formula for change, both personal and organisational, which allows us to know where we are on the Change Wheel and what to expect from each step, including what it looks and feels like at each step. By identifying what causes change to fail at each step as well as tools to navigate past the pitfalls and dead ends that leave us stuck at a particular step or retreating to the comfort zone, the change cycle can be understood and mastered. The book provides the ideal structure for senior managers, human resource managers, coaches and business leaders to follow in order to embed change across their teams and organisation.

Watson, Richard Thomas / Mathew, Saji K., Capital, Systems, and Objects: The Foundation and Future of Organizations from a South Asian Perspective. (Management for Professionals) 248 pp. 2021:8 (Springer, GW) <665-611>
ISBN 978-981-3366-24-4 hard ¥18,229.- (税込) EUR 74.99

This book provides a set of integrated frameworks-capital, systems, and objects-that transcend managerial or technology hype by focusing on the long-term fundamentals that sustain organizational success, and it contains cases from South East Asia to elaborate this concept. Many organizations are currently addressing two important transformational issues: ecological sustainability and digitization. Sustainability is a goal, an end, and digitization is a process, a means to achieve a goal. This book introduces a flexible model that can be applied to current and future organizational challenges, including sustainability and digitization, because the fundamentals are constant.This book is designed to serve two purposes for the readers: first, to present three conceptual foundations for designing and operating organizations (capital, systems, and objects (section 1)); and second, to provide a reference source for implementing these ideas in your organization (sections 2 and 3). The first section of the book, chapters 1 through 7, sets forth the conceptual foundations. The chapters mix concepts and practical examples to give a new way of thinking about the setting in which one may work many days each year. The second section provides details and associated examples of every one of the thirty-six forms of capital conversion. It also illustrates how the five foundational systems support capital conversion in a variety of ways. Finally, the third section is about measuring capital and systems.The book covers measurement of all types of capital and systems performance and has been written for current and future organizational leaders to change the game and play it more effectively. The book will thus resonate with students of organizational behaviour and leadership strategy, organizational leaders, industry experts, and general readers.

West, Shaun / Gaiardelli, Paolo / Saccani, Nicola, Modern Industrial Services: A Cookbook for Design, Delivery, and Management. (Springer Texts in Business and Economics) 202 pp. 2021:9 (Springer, GW) <665-612>
ISBN 978-3-030-80510-4 hard ¥12,151.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This open access book is an outcome of several years of research, practice, and teaching experience of the authors on the challenges that underpin the successful switch to services for manufacturing firms. Ideal for a student as well as a practitioner, the book describes the industrial services ecosystem, the barriers and challenges, and a roadmap for building service excellence. Curated cases are used to describe the current approaches in practice to overcome the barriers. The book also provides several tools, each with a short introduction, that the authors have used successfully in projects to help overcome the servitization barriers. Many of these tools are from management, design thinking, or service design. The service excellence roadmap is based on the development methodology and helps current and future business leaders to create their own individual roadmaps.

Xu, Xiaozhou, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education in China: Responding to Social Change. (Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects 60) 389 pp. 2021:8 (Springer, GW) <665-613>
ISBN 978-981-16-3723-0 hard ¥38,892.- (税込) EUR 159.99

This book explains the strategic appeal of innovation and entrepreneurship education based on the systematic analysis of the key characteristics and constraints of China's economic transformation and upgrading. The book presents results related to studying the common trends of innovation and entrepreneurship education at the times of economic globalization and the experience of major countries, exploring the cultivation model of key innovation and entrepreneurship talents and mechanism of the innovation and entrepreneurship education ecosystem. Based on ecology and system theory, this book puts forward the concept of "global ecology" to explain the complex relationship among various elements in the process of innovation and entrepreneurship education.

Zakrzewski, Peter (Zak), Designing XR: A Rhetorical Design Perspective for the Ecology of Human+Computer Systems. 324 pp. 2022:2 (Emerald, UK) <665-614>
ISBN 978-1-80262-366-6 hard ¥22,440.- (税込) US$ 100.00 *

The long-standing cultural imperative of augmenting human intellect continues to move ever closer to its full manifestation, described by Marshall McLuhan as an extension of the human nervous system. The escalating blending of immersive technologies with advanced computation has created an emerging domain which increasingly allows socio-technical system makers to produce not only human-computer interactions, but advanced, multi-minded human+computer (H+C) systems. The critical shift toward user immersion within systems of digital information and simulation makes the scale of immersive media's potential impact on human life, culture and well-being unlike that of any previous medium. In Designing XR, Peter (Zak) Zakrzewski presents H+C immersion as a multi-dimensional design problem - a Research Through Design (RTD) zone which addresses the question of: How can transformative design-thinking-based knowledge system complement the existing human-computer interaction (HCI) invention model to contribute to the creation of more participatory, socially viable, and humane immersive media environments? The book lays out a proposal for ushering the creation of ecologically sound augmented mind based on two essential tasks. The first involves a framework for the design, implementation, and iteration of purposeful, multi-minded, participatory immersive H+C systems. The second focuses on the extended reality experience (XRX) design practice that rhetorically invites users to actively engage with immersive systems while fully exercising their autonomy and agency based on informed choice.

Kislov, Roman / Burns, Diane / Mork, B. E. et al. (eds.), Managing Healthcare Organisations in Challenging Policy Contexts. (Organizational Behaviour in Healthcare) 316 pp. 2021:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <665-504>
ISBN 978-3-030-81092-4 hard ¥36,461.- (税込) EUR 149.99 *

Healthcare managers, professionals and service users operate in an increasingly complex environment in terms of policy, regulation and governance arrangements. The policy process is becoming pluralised as competing narratives are drawn upon to influence practice. A wide range of contradictory and inconsistent policies are on offer to healthcare stakeholders, which ultimately results in a broad spectrum of responses, adaptations and improvisations throughout the process of policy implementation. The impact on managerial and professional practice is significant: Whilst some voices are suppressed or ignored, the complex nature of contemporary policy contexts can also help local actors exercise their agency and advance their agenda.This edited volume investigates how contemporary policy trends are influencing healthcare systems, organisations and professions and explores the various ways in which policy implementation could be enacted, resisted and reinvented by healthcare managers and professionals on the ground. It sheds light on the complex web of connections that exist between policy development (Part I), its translation into practice (Part II), and the activities of organisational leaders who are trying their best to make sense of - and succeed in - challenging policy contexts (Part III).

Aagaard, Annabeth / Luedeke-Freund, F. / Wells, P. (eds.), Business Models for Sustainability Transitions: How Organisations Contribute to Societal Transformation. 386 pp. 2021:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <665-554>
ISBN 978-3-030-77579-7 hard ¥36,461.- (税込) EUR 149.99 *

Can innovations in business change society? Can innovations in society change business? These two questions have become critically urgent in recent years, but are rarely considered together. 'Business Models for Sustainability Transitions' therefore asks, can contemplating both concepts together result in a flourishing, sustainable future? Technology alone cannot save us. We cannot consciously consume our way out of trouble. This book represents a start at bridging the dynamic world of business model innovation with the constant and unprecedented transitions underway in the world around us. For researchers, practitioners, and policy makers, the coupling of the two questions has the potential to unlock answers to our grand global challenges with responses that are at the same time rapid and enduring. This work offers unique and considered glimpses into what it may take to harness wide-ranging innovations for the collective good.

Ara, Aftab / Das, Kishore Kumar, The Innovation Shift in Higher Education: Human Resource Practices and Knowledge Management. 188 pp. 2021:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <665-555>
ISBN 978-981-16-2054-6 hard ¥15,798.- (税込) EUR 64.99

This book provides evidence as to how human resources management practices influence the knowledge management processes and the influence of knowledge management processes on innovation in higher educational institutes.The book suggests means to reinforce the human resource management practices and knowledge management processes in encouraging the innovativeness in Higher Education. The knowledge management-based innovation model developed which can be directly applied in the higher educational institutes.

Ategeka, Chris, The Unintended Consequences of Technology: Solutions, Breakthroughs, and the Restart We Need. 288 pp. 2021:12 (Wiley, US) <665-556>
ISBN 978-1-119-81759-8 hard ¥6,283.- (税込) US$ 28.00 *

Discover the technologies and trends that threaten humanity and our planet--- and how we can rein them back in, together In The Unintended Consequences of Technology: Solutions, Breakthroughs and the Restart We Need, accomplished tech entrepreneur Chris Ategeka delivers an insightful and eye-opening exploration of the challenges and the opportunities at the intersection of technology, society and our planet. Detailing both positive and negative technology use cases that on one hand have made humanity better, but on the other hand pose a serious threat to individuals and groups across the world, the author demonstrates how to avoid allowing powerful technologies to overcome our better natures. In this book, you'll: Discover how the forces of capitalism, greed and the myths that surround meritocracy when combined with exponential technology pose an existential risk for humanity.Explore the many exponential technologies such as gene editing, 5G, behavior modification, cyberspace... that have lots of promise but also uncertainty.Consider the future of humanity we wish to collectively build, and whether we can rebuild a capacity for empathy at scale in our tech tools Perfect for founders, business leaders, executives, managers, Chief Technology Officers, and anyone else [i.e. all human beings] responsible for the use and proliferation of advanced technologies. The Unintended Consequences of Technology is a thought-provoking, must-read resource for those at the forefront of our new technological reality.

Banerjee, Satya / Mohapatra, Sanjay / Bharati, M., AI in Fashion Industry. (Emerald Points) 208 pp. 2022:2 (Emerald, UK) <665-557>
ISBN 978-1-80262-634-6 hard ¥13,464.- (税込) US$ 60.00 *

Fashion is a glamorous industry, one of beauty, money, fame, and huge profits. However, from the inside, it is clear the industry is suffering. An industry worth $3 Billion (USD), the fashion industry is characterized by products with a short shelf-life, wrong forecasts, low profits, and ever-increasing competition. On the periphery, technology is rapidly invading the fashion industry, with emerging forms such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, Human-Robot Interface, making their way into this industry in recent years. AI in Fashion Industry discusses recent developments in fashion forecasting, developing a 'framework of AI-based fashion forecasting' and validates the framework with a qualitative case study of the world's first fashion intelligence company based in Bengaluru, India. This book studies the relationship between fashion and social media engagement of consumers, before moving on to create a 'conceptual framework of fashion e-forecasting.' The case study addresses the forecasting-based business problem of a family-owned fashion retail business. This book is unique, suggesting a novel method of fashion product development in the light of data-driven intelligence; documenting some of the rapid developments in the field with the onset of technology and addressing some of the fundamental questions that are becoming more relevant in recent years.

Blok, Vincent, The Critique of Management: Towards a Philosophy and Ethics of Business Management. 210 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-558>
ISBN 978-1-03-213794-0 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-214000-1 paper ¥11,524.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

This book reflects on the nature of business management to contribute to the development of a philosophy and ethics of management. It engages in conceptual engineering of management to delineate the phenomenon of management and, as a result, to open a new perspective on management beyond its self-evident conceptualization.After questioning the self-evident concept of management, the author develops a philosophy of management with six dimensions of the nature of management: management as participation; management as resistance and responsive action; management as constitution of meaning; management as politico-economic governance; management as non-reductive stakeholder engagement; and management as epistemic insufficient entrepreneurship. These six dimensions of management are taken as points of departure to develop an integrated concept of business ethics, an individual competence for ethical business management, and a concept of ethical codes for corporate social responsible behavior. This new conception of philosophy of management and business ethics can guide future philosophical and empirical work on the nature of management.The Critique of Management is an excellent resource for researchers, students, and professionals interested in philosophy of management, business ethics, and corporate social responsibility.

Bridge, Simon, The Persistence of Entrepreneurship Myths: Reclaiming Enterprise. (Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship and Small Business) 176 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-560>
ISBN 978-1-03-212811-5 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-212813-9 paper ¥11,524.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

Triggered largely by claims that small businesses were the main source of new jobs, an 'explosion' of interest in enterprise, entrepreneurs and small business has led to the establishment of a conventional wisdom about enterprise. Mistaken theories can become influential and examining the conventional enterprise wisdom indicates that much of it is questionable. If that is the case, a reassessment is needed. While wilful blindness and continuing to do more of the same is a natural response, it will not lead to improvements in knowledge. A new paradigm requires a step change in thinking, which is not easy to initiate. Nevertheless, accepting the evidence for the errors in current understanding and practice is a necessary first step if enterprise and its benefits are to be better understood and promoted. This book examines the conventional wisdom around enterprise, entrepreneurs and small businesses and illustrates not only why and how this could have evolved, but also why it could be based on a set of mistaken assumptions. Correcting the foundational knowledge on which enterprise and policy and practice rely and finding a new paradigm will result in better teaching and more effective policy. It will therefore be of interest to researchers, academics, students and policy makers in the fields of enterprise and entrepreneurship.

文化、イノベーション、成長のダイナミクス
Carayannis, Elias G. / Pirzadeh, Ali, Culture, Innovation, and Growth Dynamics: A New Theory for the Applicability of Ideas. (Palgrave Studies in Democracy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship for Growth) 219 pp. 2021:10 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <665-561>
ISBN 978-3-030-14902-4 hard ¥34,030.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This book argues that ideas and values are not easily applicable and transferable to all situations and that the necessary condition for an idea, which is conceived in one context, to be effective elsewhere, is that it must be stripped from its original context and become value-free. Because ideas are products and consequences of distinct historical experiences and cultural evolutions, they retain specificities that cannot be co-opted into other contexts. Therefore, past economic growth models based on one formula have failed as they have not taken into consideration historical, political, and social complexities. Ideas that are value-neutral have measurable results, and as such their very nature of adaptability breeds innovation. Examples of successful transfer of ideas are innovation-related processes, such as scientific knowledge and technical know-how, derived from work-based practice that describes how something should be (e.g. international accounting standards). Supported through a detailed examination of case studies, the framework used in this study is based on the encompassing definition of innovation as a process of dynamic change that has three dimensions: socio-economic, socio-political and socio-technical. These cases emphasize that modernization, economic growth, and development are not single acts of change, but rather, a constant and unending process where maintaining one’s own identity and tradition is the determining factor. his seminal work is essential reading for researchers of innovation and knowledge transfer, economic growth and development study, and political science.

Chen, Ling / Zhu, Jian An / Fang, Hanqing, Family Business in China. Volume 2: Challenges and Opportunities. (Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series) 177 pp. 2021:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <665-562>
ISBN 978-3-030-51401-3 hard ¥38,892.- (税込) EUR 159.99

Unlike other economies, family businesses in China are greatly affected by the derived Confucian culture, excessive marketization, as well as the seemingly endless institutional supervision by a transitional Chinese government. China has a strong historical legacy, devoted to patriarchal values and strong family-centered traditions.This volume discusses the current status, upcoming challenges, and future prospects for family businesses in China. It explores unique organizational characteristics that are associated with Chinese family firms, such as being entrepreneurial, having concentrated power in the hands of the family business owners, and extensive family and semi-family involvement in the business. It also discusses shared features of strategic actions among Chinese family firms that include technology innovations, diversification, and internationalization, as well as the political connections that Chinese family firms often have. This book offers researchers a comprehensive overview of small family firms that are likely to be home-based microenterprises as well as large publicly traded business groups that are frequently owned by business families.

Chiucchi, Maria Serena / Lombardi, R. / Mancini, D. (eds.), Intellectual Capital, Smart Technologies and Digitalization: Emerging Issues and Opportunities. (SIDREA Series in Accounting and Business Administration) 298 pp. 2021:11 (Springer, GW) <665-563>
ISBN 978-3-030-80736-8 hard ¥38,892.- (税込) EUR 159.99

This book treats intellectual capital, smart technologies, and digitalization processes as levers of corporate competitiveness and global value creation. This book is based on theoretical and practical research output from the STEDIC SIDREA Group. It uses several methodologies to discover features and pillars on intellectual capital such as human capital, relational capital, and structural capital as well as smart technologies such as artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, big data, and digitalization.

Dacko-Pikiewicz, Zdzislawa, Reputation Management and Family Business. (Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society) 224 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-564>
ISBN 978-1-03-212776-7 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-212779-8 paper ¥11,524.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

Corporate reputation is important in gaining long-term competitive advantage and building company value. Thus, the author points out the need to manage reputation, which, due to its complex nature and multidimensional character, is a serious and difficult challenge.The author develops a strategic model for family business reputation management. The book presents the review, systematization and synthesis of views on the notion of reputation and its role in building company value, the determinants of reputation; the identification of the characteristics and distinguishing factors of family businesses, areas of reputation building and resources involved in family business reputation building processes; and the description of determinants, components and processes in the field of corporate reputation management, and the identification of key links between them. It also identifies the key elements of the concept of family business reputation management and the relationship between them and practical recommendations for the use of reputation management concepts in improving the functioning of family businesses.The developed model can undoubtedly be seen as a pioneering contribution to research into the competitiveness of enterprises. The book will therefore be useful to researchers, students and managers who are interested in decision-making in family businesses, entrepreneurship and small business management, and leadership studies.

Dalcher, Darren (ed.), Rethinking Project Management for a Dynamic and Digital World. 394 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) <665-565>
ISBN 978-1-03-213312-6 hard ¥33,143.- (税込) GB￡ 115.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-213311-9 paper ¥12,965.- (税込) GB￡ 44.99 *

Although project management is a newly recognised profession, it deals with a number of significant challenges. We seem to operate in an unprecedented environment, rife with change, innovation and turbulence. Moreover, projects by their very nature tend to push boundaries, encourage novelty and demand engagement with the uncertain and the unknown. Indeed, projects reflect our organised impulse to constantly amend, shape, improve and refine our context. So how can future projects overcome the challenges?Rethinking Project Management for a Dynamic and Digital World makes a powerful and original statement equipping project leaders and managers with new approaches and frameworks for an increasingly demanding world where the traditional methods, models and mindsets no longer suffice. The book explores new trends, promising ideas and novel concepts and distils the fundamentals for marshalling a world concerned with people, communities and value by deploying innovation, rethinking purpose and acting responsibly. An increasingly borderless, upwardly mobile and entrepreneurial society requires a revamped and revitalised project perspective that is more dynamic, adaptive and reflective. This volume brings together some of the best writing by leading authorities on many key topics, including benchmarking, lean quality, communicating, teams and teamwork, followership, organising for project work, project frameworks, agile working, project portfolios, strategic initiatives, strategic alignment, trust, entrepreneurship, putting people first, social processes, positive organisations, rethinking progress, the hacker paradigm, community, stewardship and knowledge management. The collection thus offers an invaluable new resource for informed managers looking to engage with the latest thinking and research and for researchers seeking to reflect on how the discipline is changing.

Derval, Diana, The Right Sensory Mix: Decoding Customers' Behavior and Preferences. 2nd ed. (Management for Professionals) 320 pp. 2021:11 (Springer, GW) <665-566>
ISBN 978-3-662-63794-4 hard ¥18,229.- (税込) EUR 74.99

Many companies fail to acknowledge and analyze disparities observed among customers and simply put them down to culture or emotion. New neuroendocrinological research proves that people are rational: They just have a different biological perception of the same stimulus. Their preferences, behavior, and decisions are strongly influenced by the hundreds of millions of sensors monitoring their body and brain. People with more taste buds are, for example, sensitive to bitterness and are more likely to drink their coffee with sugar or milk, or to drink tea. This book helps product managers, marketers, and corporate decision-makers understand and predict customers' behavior and preferences. It provides the tools to design the right sensory mix (color, shape, depth, taste, smell, texture, and sound) for each product, and fine-tune their positioning and range for every local market. Using cases from different sectors, the author shows that this approach delivers planet and people-friendly innovations which have a higher chance of success in the market.

Dziurski, Patryk (ed.), Critical Perspectives on Innovation Management: The Bright and Dark Sides of Innovative Firms. (Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies) 176 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-567>
ISBN 978-1-03-206785-8 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-206789-6 paper ¥11,524.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

Most firms perceive innovation as the best way to grow. However, how it can best be managed is still unclear. While the number of publications on innovation has skyrocketed over the past two decades, it is still increasingly difficult to gain an overview of its most critical aspects.Much has been written about the possible benefits of innovation, but there is still a lack of understanding of its downsides at the innovative firm level. This can lead to detrimental effects, such as a lower commitment to innovation, a lack of effective innovation strategy, inappropriate organizational design that does not enhance innovation, and either a too cautious or too risky approach to innovation. Thus, the book aims to explore the concept of innovation management as well as to identify the bright and dark sides of innovation in innovative firms. A better understanding of the positive and negative effects of product and process innovation expands the knowledge base on innovation management and allows managers to manage innovation in a more efficient and effective manner.This book will be valuable to researchers, academics, managers, and advanced students in the fields of management studies, strategy, and organizational studies.

Garzik, Ludovit (ed.), Successful Innovation Systems: A Resource-oriented and Regional Perspective for Policy and Practice. (Future of Business and Finance) 335 pp. 2021:11 (Springer, GW) <665-569>
ISBN 978-3-030-80638-5 hard ¥19,444.- (税込) EUR 79.99 *

This book places a central question: why are some regions in the world more successful in innovation than others? It aims to increase readers? understanding of how innovation processes are accelerated or hindered by regional characteristics. A deep dive into differences of innovation ecosystems across global regions will provide a detailed mosaic of strengths and weaknesses. The audience will also learn to assess the resources and elements of regional innovation systems and to compare and contrast structures and processes in innovation management in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The speciality of the book lies in its focus on the patterns that are behind the development of many successful innovation regions and it defines the ingredients for right planning and policy development.

Glinska-Newes, Aldona / Glinka, Beata, Corporate Volunteering, Responsibility and Employee Entrepreneurship. (Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship and Small Business) 152 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-570>
ISBN 978-1-03-204811-6 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-204812-3 paper ¥11,524.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

Supporting employee entrepreneurship is among major challenges contemporary organizations face. Many facets of corporate entrepreneurship are investigated, and the body of knowledge in the field is growing rapidly; nevertheless, there are still knowledge and research gaps to be filled. Notably, while there are studies linking HRM with corporate entrepreneurship, studies on connections between CSR-oriented practices and corporate/employee entrepreneurship are to be developed.The main goal of this book is to explain relationships between corporate volunteering and employee entrepreneurship in organisations. The book combines two extremely vivid fields of research: entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility. Based on their own research, the authors present how participation in corporate volunteering, as one of the CSR practices in organisations, leads to strengthening employee entrepreneurial behaviour. The book offers a framework showing the role of CSR practices in shaping entrepreneurial and innovative employees' behaviour.This book is aimed mainly at postgraduates, researchers and academics in the fields of entrepreneurship and corporate volunteering. As it touches vital fields of managerial education and management, it will also be of interest to master level students at universities or business schools as well as business practitioners.

Haley, Usha C. V., Impact and the Management Researcher. (Management Impact) 104 pp. 2021:10 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-571>
ISBN 978-0-367-27826-7 hard ¥14,406.- (税込) GB￡ 49.99 *
ISBN 978-1-03-216295-9 paper ¥6,913.- (税込) GB￡ 23.99 *

Universities, governments, faculty-evaluation committees, grant-bestowing institutions, scholars, and accreditation organizations have increasingly insisted on identifying and placing value on research impact. Valuation of research and scholarly output predicts innovation, affects careers, and guides resource allocations worldwide. This book joins the burgeoning conversation in management and the social sciences with theoretical and applied discussions of the concepts, measurements, costs and benefits that accrue to pursuing scholarly impact. The author draws on a pioneering study by the Academy of Management that asked its global membership of 20,000 how they assessed scholarly impact, including rankings and impact factors, and how institutions supported this pursuit. Through qualitative and quantitative cross-country analysis by professorial rank, geographical region and support for various metrics, as well as exploration of parallel discussions in the social and hard sciences, the author argues for an urgent re-examination of the visible and invisible hands of research evaluation that shape lives and global societies. The book presents original data on the external impacts of management research on policy, through the media, and in interest displayed by constituencies, which will make the book of interest to researchers, academics and students in the fields of business and management. Recommendations from leading management scholars and from the data follow for more valid, more reliable and less cynical metrics of research impact.

Kets de Vries, Manfred F. R., Leadership Unhinged: Essays on the Ugly, the Bad, and the Weird. (The Palgrave Kets de Vries Library) 147 pp. 2021:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) * paper 2021 <665-572>
ISBN 978-3-030-79344-9 hard ¥8,019.- (税込) EUR 32.99
ISBN 978-3-030-79347-0 paper ¥6,803.- (税込) EUR 27.99 *

The recent proliferation of populist movements worldwide - along with the often dangerous, demagogic leaders that accompany them - have prompted questions about the underlying conditions that give rise to such troubling developments. Leadership Unhinged: Essays on the Ugly, the Bad and the Weird examines what is going on at a deeper level, both collectively and individually, between leaders and followers. Employing theories derived from psychoanalytic psychology, developmental psychology, neuroscience and evolutionary psychology, these essays help to unravel and expose the pathological leader-follower dynamics that generate such movements. The book is infused with Kets de Vries's now famous and inimitable style of analysis, which draws from myths, creates fairy tales, and uses irony and metaphor to bring his conclusions into greater relief and trigger new insights. As Kets de Vries explains, effective leaders have the capacity to bring people together and even make them better, stronger. Doing so suggests that those leaders are value driven, able to set a moral tone. Yet, when such a tone is absent or, at worst, twisted toward the destructive, leadership quickly becomes dangerous. History has shown the devastation left in the wake of unhinged leaders who have gone unchecked. To become fully conscious of the conditions that allow for the emergence of such leaders has become a moral requirement of our time. In ways both moving and entertaining, Kets de Vries's new contribution puts us in a better position to fulfil that requirement.

Knigge, Jan-Karl, Virtual Reality in Manual Order Picking: Using Head-Mounted Devices for Planning and Training. 216 pp. 2021:8 (Springer Gabler, GW) <665-574>
ISBN 978-3-658-34703-1 paper ¥21,875.- (税込) EUR 89.99

The introduction of consumer-level head-mounted devices (HMDs) has led to a major drop in the application costs of virtual reality (VR), making the technology available for a wide range of users. To understand if VR HMDs can be used for planning and training in the context of manual order picking, this thesis provides the results of a large-scale randomized controlled study in which order picking has been compared between a virtual and a real environment. The results imply that VR HMDs can indeed be used by manufacturers and warehouse operators in a rack planning process if the reduction of searching times or the perceived workload is in focus. Additionally, the findings enable the use of VR HMDs for scientific research on human-centred rack design. Finally, the thesis highlights the usability of VR HMDs for training manual order picking activities.