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

V.Ratten編　ASEANにおけるイノベーション
Ratten, Vanessa (ed.), Innovation in ASEAN: Change and Development. 112 pp. 2022:5 (Springer, GW) <677-244>
ISBN 978-981-19-0643-5 hard ¥37,660.- (税込) EUR 159.99

This book focuses on innovation in the ASEAN such as Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia andSingapore to demonstrate that it is contextually different to other geographic regionsdue to the climate, government structure and history. This book shows that innovationdevelops based on cultural and societal conditions.The aim of this book is to focus on how innovation occurs in Brunei, Indonesia,Malaysia and Singapore. Thereby focusing on the unique country elements of eachcountry but also exploring the integrated history of these countries. The book highlightsthese countries together due to Brunei and Singapore previously being part of Malaysiaand the fact that they are in close geographic proximity. In addition, this book statesthat all countries share the same language (Bahasa Indonesia or Malay), which is acommon cultural feature of these countries. In this book chapters focus on differentforms of innovationfrom social to technological. Thereby offering a holistic perspectiveabout how innovation occurs within and between these countries.

Ibrahim, Jimoh / Loch, Christoph / Sengupta, Kishore, How Megaprojects Are Damaging Nigeria and How to Fix It: A Practical Guide to Mastering Very Large Government Projects. 258 pp. 2022:7 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <677-252>
ISBN 978-3-030-96473-3 hard ¥7,764.- (税込) EUR 32.99

Since 1960, two-thirds of very large governmental projects in Nigeria have not only failed, but been abandoned mid-course. This presents a bigger failure rate than mega projects elsewhere, and yet there is no available data or analysis to help us understand the reasons behind such failures. This book provides an authoritative examination into why very large projects in Nigeria have failed so badly, and provides practical recommendations on how the Nigerian government can improve its project performance. Drawing on data from 38 very large projects (19 completed and 19 abandoned) with a total budget of over $25B, this book presents detailed analysis of these projects and in-depth case studies 11 of the projects, and presents lessons for improvement. Through this, the authors have identified a small number of key success drivers, and argue that making moderate improvements on any of them would, on average, save hundreds of millions of dollars on one large project alone. This book is a game-changer in the management of government mega projects in Nigeria. With clear implications for other developing economies, this is a vital resource for project management practitioners, executives and civil servants. This is an open access book.

Yousafzai, Shumaila / Coogan, Thomas et al. (eds.), Research Handbook on Disability and Entrepreneurship. 400 pp. 2022:10 (E. Elgar, UK) * paper 2024 <677-317>
ISBN 978-1-78990-563-2 hard ¥43,019.- (税込) GB￡ 151.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-533897-9 paper ¥12,521.- (税込) GB￡ 43.95 *

By exploring the economic and social value of disabled people with positive entrepreneurial traits and adaptive skills, this innovative book breaks away from normative entrepreneurial studies to recognise the overlooked value in disabled entrepreneurs.In the study of entrepreneurship, the social tendency to disregard people with disabilities has caused a paucity of knowledge about the successful ventures of disabled people worldwide. Seeking to improve public understanding of disabled entrepreneurs, this pioneering book re-evaluates their identity, value and contribution beyond economic, cultural and geographical contexts. Chapters explore disabled entrepreneurs from non-Western economies and marginalised social segments, with a focus on emphasising the importance of disabled women entrepreneurs from developing economies as agents of change for society and the economy. Exploring the push and pull factors that exist for disabled people in the entrepreneurial ecosystem, chapters disassemble the socially institutionalised barriers to important sources of value creation by disabled entrepreneurs.With a global scope, this book will prove invaluable for students and scholars of entrepreneurship and business management. With expert insights into innovative practices and evidence-based policymaking from a range of disabled entrepreneurs, it will be a vital resource for entrepreneurs looking to build and grow inclusive and successful ventures.

Abdul Mutalib, Mahazan / Rafiki, Ahmad et al., Principles and Practice of Islamic Leadership. 146 pp. 2022:5 (Springer, GW) <677-365>
ISBN 978-981-19-0907-8 hard ¥25,890.- (税込) EUR 109.99

This book elaborates the fundamental principles and practices of Islamic leadership and management by highlighting its underlying philosophies, key concepts, and sources. The book closely examines the relationship of Islamic leadership with spiritual leadership and how it shapes the concept of leadership. The book also compares Islamic Leadership with other related spiritual leadership concepts such as the Servant Leadership, religiosity, and other conventional leadership perspectives based on Islamic framework. The chapters within the book delve into Islamic teachings and values from Al-Qur'an and Hadith that can be applied when governing an organization using several case studies. This insightful and thorough discussion on Islamic leadership will be useful as a reference for academic courses on leadership, and current and aspiring business leaders.

Adeola, Ogechi / Hinson, Robert E. / Edeh, Jude N. (eds.), Digital Business in Africa: Social Media and Related Technologies. (Palgrave Studies of Marketing in Emerging Economies) 310 pp. 2022:5 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <677-366>
ISBN 978-3-030-93498-9 hard ¥32,952.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This edited volume seeks to examine how enterprises in Africa can utilize digital technologies and innovations in creating value for their customers and clients in order to increase effectiveness and efficiency. Through social media, businesses are increasingly reaching and engaging their customers in several ways and so enterprises in Africa must harness the opportunities in the digital space if they want to remain competitive, earn profit, and meet their customers’ needs. Accordingly, this book looks at how digital technologies are helping shape the financial, educational, and advertising sectors in Africa. As digital technologies raise challenges, the chapters that follow will discuss ethical and social practical frameworks to effective digital business in Africa. This volume promises to fore both theoretical underpinnings, and practical implementations of digital technologies in the African business context.

D.E.オードレッチュ、A.N.リンク他編　技術移転ハンドブック
Audretsch, David E. / Lehmann, E. B. / Link, A. N., (eds.), Handbook of Technology Transfer. 464 pp. 2022:9 (E. Elgar, UK) <677-367>
ISBN 978-1-80037-439-3 hard ¥39,886.- (税込) GB￡ 140.00 *

Written by a plethora of expert contributors from a range of institutions, the Handbook of Technology Transfer provides an engaging deep-dive review of technology transfer as a complex and dynamic process, applying different mechanisms characterising activities in a variety of countries.The Handbook takes a fresh look at how technology transfer comprises at least four dimensions: the underlying mechanism of transferring knowledge; the role of individuals that trigger the transfer; the role of institutions where the transfer takes place, and lastly the role of governments and politics. Split into four distinct parts, this insightful Handbook fully examines each of these dimensions and the roles that each of them play in technology transfer, highlighting university institutions in Europe and North America in particular. Forward-thinking, it also delves into future innovation implementation in emerging economies where resources are limited, and the challenges faced as a result.This enlightening Handbook will be an excellent resource for scholars of business management, economics and information technology. It will also be of great interest to policy-makers of innovation and entrepreneurship given its in-depth look at technology transfer and innovation.

Bagnoli, Carlo / Albarelli, Andrea / Biazzo, Stefano et al., Digital Business Models for Industry 4.0: How Innovation and Technology Shape the Future of Companies. (Future of Business and Finance) 280 pp. 2022:6 (Springer, GW) <677-368>
ISBN 978-3-030-97283-7 hard ¥23,536.- (税込) EUR 99.99 *

Technological advancements are contributing to shape future business models and the industrial scenario. Companies face the challenge of having to adapt to the frequently shifting technology landscape. Therefore, organizations must exploit technological advances to thrive in the digital revolution. This book presents and discusses emerging digital business models in the Industry 4.0. These models are illustrated with real case studies and include data-driven, platform, smart factory and servitization among others. The book introduces a detailed classification to help organizations to redesign their current business models and discusses how to gain unique competitive advantages. The book includes not only theoretical concepts to understand the context of digital transformation but also an assessment framework to enable and support innovation in organizations and create new revenue streams. The book will be of interest to students and professionals alike who want to understand the core of the Industry 4.0.

Childe, Stephen / Soares, Anabela (eds.), Handbook of Research Methods for Supply Chain Management. (Handbooks of Research Methods in Management) 528 pp. 2022:10 (E. Elgar, UK) * paper 2024 <677-369>
ISBN 978-1-78897-585-8 hard ¥63,817.- (税込) GB￡ 224.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-533894-8 paper ¥13,945.- (税込) GB￡ 48.95 *

Written by a panel of leading international researchers, this Handbook identifies the key topics for research in supply chain management using an innovative step-by-step approach and provides an extensive range of methodologies for researching the subjects.Examining the complex and fascinating process of supply chain management, chapters provide a detailed and expansive review of the wide range of research methods used to study the topic. It further investigates the key issues facing supply chains, identifying important research questions such as how to build sustainable and socially responsible supply chains as well as how to address the complexities experienced in developing and emerging economies. The breadth of the Handbook of Research Methods for Supply Chain Management allows the next generation of researchers to successfully engage with the management of supply chains.This innovative Handbook will be an invaluable resource for research students and their supervisors, supply chain managers and anyone looking for a useful reference tool for contemporary and future challenges in supply chain management. Scholars looking for an excellent guide on research methods in supply chain management and how to identify topics for study will find this required reading.

Dabic, Marina / Dana, Leo-Paul / Nziku, D. M. et al. (eds.), Women Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa: Historical Framework, Ecosystem, and Future Perspectives for the Region. (Contributions to Management Science) 340 pp. 2022:6 (Springer, GW) <677-370>
ISBN 978-3-030-98965-1 hard ¥40,014.- (税込) EUR 169.99 *

According to a 2018 World Bank report, Africa is the only region with more women than men choosing to become entrepreneurs - a phenomenon that is not the subject of adequate discussion. This book reveals the latest research-based understanding of the entrepreneurial activities of women in sub-Saharan Africa. Specially invited subject experts present salient dimensions of entrepreneurship by African women, from environmental factors to motivations and influencers as well as financial and non-financial constraints, and highlight the significant role of cultural differences. This book provides a mixture of theoretical, conceptual, and empirical research, and fills the knowledge gap by presenting a wide range of opportunities and challenges faced by sub-Saharan African women entrepreneurs. This book will help policy makers and academic researchers in understanding the role of institutions and entrepreneurship policy in building a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem in the region.

Drouin, Nathalie / Turner, Rodney, Advanced Introduction to Megaprojects. (Elgar Advanced Introductions) 192 pp. 2022:9 (E. Elgar, UK) <677-371>
ISBN 978-1-80088-331-4 hard ¥24,216.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00 *
ISBN 978-1-80088-333-8 paper ¥6,538.- (税込) GB￡ 22.95 *

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Taking an innovative look at how megaprojects are managed, including the important Why, What, Who and How elements, this insightful Advanced Introduction is enhanced with case studies of megaprojects from across the globe. Throughout, the authors highlight the fundamental issues in an accessible format, such as why megaprojects are undertaken, what their challenges are, how to market projects and who deals with stakeholder engagement. It also investigates key areas such as governance, social value creation, management, contractual and decision-making issues. Key features: Discusses how the creation of narratives can address uncertainty in projectsIllustrates the pros and cons of a conventional approach to decision-making versus a naturalistic approachProvides a post-modernist approach to the management of megaprojects based on flexibility, versatility and ambidexterityHighlights the importance of megaproject leadership engaging with stakeholders to align interests and create value effectively This Advanced Introduction will provide essential reading for practitioners, specifically megaproject leaders, as well as academics of megaproject studies and management studies and projects. Students engaging in project and management studies will also find this enlightening and informative.

サービス・マネジメント・ハンドブック
Edvardsson, Bo / Tronvoll, Bard (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Service Management. 128 pp. 2022:5 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <677-372>
ISBN 978-3-030-91827-9 hard ¥51,784.- (税込) EUR 219.99

This handbook provides an innovative, thorough overview of service management. It draws together an impressive, international group of leading scholars who offer a truly global perspective, exploring current literature and laying out guidance for future research. Beginning with defining service as a perspective on value creation, and service management as "a set of organizational competencies for enabling and realizing value creation through service," it then moves on to follow the evolution of service research. From there, the book is structured into six main themes: perspectives on service management; service strategy; service leadership and transition; service design and innovation; service interaction; quality and operations; and service management and technology. This book is valuable reading for academics, lecturers, and students studying service management, operations management, and service research.

Eiselt, H. A. / Sandblom, Carl-Louis, Operations Research: A Model-Based Approach. 3rd ed. (Springer Texts in Business and Economics) 523 pp. 2022:5 (Springer, GW) <677-373>
ISBN 978-3-030-97161-8 hard ¥16,474.- (税込) EUR 69.99

This is the third edition of a textbook that has been used in a number of undergraduate courses and covers the standard models and techniques used in decision-making in organizations. The main emphasis of the book is on modelling business-related scenarios and the generation of decision alternatives. Fully solved examples from many areas are used to illustrate the main concepts without getting bogged down in technical details. The book presents an approach to operations research that is heavily based on modelling and makes extensive use of sensitivity analyses. It is the result of the authors' many years of combined teaching experience. The third edition includes new topics such as nonlinear programming and reliability theory, as well as additional material on multi-attribute decision-making. Each chapter includes a number of fully solved problems that allow students to practice or self-study. Additional problems are available on the book's accompanying website.

Erdebilli, Babek (B. D. Rouyendegh) / Weber, G.-W. (eds.), Multiple Criteria Decision Making with Fuzzy Sets: MS Excel (R) and Other Software Solutions. (Multiple Criteria Decision Making) 182 pp. 2022:6 (Springer, GW) <677-374>
ISBN 978-3-030-98871-5 hard ¥35,306.- (税込) EUR 149.99

Using numerical examples to illustrate their concepts and results, this book examines recently developed fuzzy multi-criteria methods, such as Intuitionistic Fuzzy TOPSIS, Intuitionistic Fuzzy TOPSIS & DEA-AHP, Intuitionistic VIKOR, Pythagorean WASPAS, Pythagorean ENTROPI, Hesitant CBD, Hesitant MABAC, Triangular EDAS, Triangular PROMETHEE, q-Rung Orthopair COPRAS, and Fuzzy Type - 2 ELECTRE. Each chapter covers practical applications in addition to fresh developments and results. Given its structure and scope, the book can be used as a textbook in graduate courses on operations research and industrial engineering. It also offers a valuable resource for scientists working in a range of disciplines that require multi-criteria decision making.

Gloor, Peter A., Happimetrics: Leveraging AI to Untangle the Surprising Link Between Ethics, Happiness and Business Success. 256 pp. 2022:10 (E. Elgar, UK) <677-375>
ISBN 978-1-80392-401-4 hard ¥25,071.- (税込) GB￡ 88.00 *

Based on 20 years of research, this book lays out a proven and tested method for reaching the goal of employee happiness, analyzing individuals' communication patterns, and making them self-aware by mirroring their behaviour back to them in a privacy-respecting way. In doing so, Peter A. Gloor introduces artificial intelligence-based methods to identify personality, moral values, and ethics of individuals based on their body language and interaction with others.In this book readers will:understand the basic concepts of groupflow - when teams collaborate at their best through intrinsic motivation and positive stresslearn how to use artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and social network analysis (SNA) to analyze communication by tracking emotions, social networks, morals, and tribessuccessfully use virtual mirroring to create entangled teams that work together in collaborative innovation networks (COINs) synchronized and in harmony for superior performanceunderstand how to implement virtual mirroring using these technologies.Groundbreaking and innovative, Happimetrics will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students in the fields of business analytics, information systems and organizational innovation. It will also be useful for HR professionals and AI developers who are looking to use predictive analytics to measure workforce performance.

〔英語版〕國部克彦、西谷公孝他著『創発型責任経営－新しいつながりの経営モデル』
Kokubu, Katsuhiko / Nishitani, Kimitaka et al., Emergent Responsible Management: A Social Connection Model. (Kobe University Monograph Series in Social Science Research) 133 pp. 2022:5 (Springer, GW) <677-377>
ISBN 978-981-19-0415-8 hard ¥25,890.- (税込) EUR 109.99 *

This book proposes emergent responsible management as a new tool to address the infinite nature of managerial responsibility and discusses how to bring out activities based on infinite responsibility in organizations. Whereas the concept of responsibility of corporations has been brought to the forefront with increasing recognition of the importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR), its essence has not been fully perceived, which has inevitably resulted in the restrictive feeling associated with organizational CSR activities. This book not only involves theoretical discussion by shedding light on the notions of 'responsibility' and 'emergence' underpinning the theory of emergent responsible management; it also provides practical insights with several case studies to examine how activities reflecting these fundamental elements have been practiced. In this way, the authors propose corresponding organizational design and process to encourage its continued practice. In addition, the effects of emergent responsible management and how it can be applied to new issues such as fulfilling sustainable development goals (SDGs) are also examined. The book is highly recommended for business practitioners as well as consultants who deal with CSR in everyday practice.

Kreutzer, Ralf T., Toolbox Digital Business: Leadership, Business Models, Technologies and Change. (Management for Professionals) 543 pp. 2022:8 (Springer, GW) <677-378>
ISBN 978-3-658-37016-9 hard ¥25,890.- (税込) EUR 109.99

This book provides important guidelines for the digital transformation process and shows how established companies in particular can use digitization for their strategic further development. It highlights developments in IT and data management, supported by AI, and analyzes how marketing, sales, HR, the corporate organization and controlling must be transformed in the digital age in order to take advantage of these new opportunities as early and comprehensively as possible. The tools offered in this book will support companies in actively shaping the change.

Pagitsas, Chrissa, Chief Sustainability Officers At Work: How CSOs Build Successful Sustainability and ESG Strategies. 335 pp. 2022:4 (Apress, US) <677-379>
ISBN 978-1-4842-7865-9 paper ¥6,587.- (税込) EUR 27.99 *

Read over 20 exclusive, in-depth interviews with chief sustainability officers (CSOs) of Fortune 500 companies such as Amazon, Coca-Cola, and Procter & Gamble and globally recognized brands such as IKEA and Netflix. These CSOs reveal how they deliver positive environmental and social impact through their companies’ core products and services and generate revenue growth while tackling unique leadership, change management, regulatory and stakeholder challenges. Sustainability and environmental, social, governance (ESG) strategies are increasingly central to businesses’ growth strategy and risk management. As a result, the CSO has become more important as a driver of both revenue and strategy. Yet, no two CSOs are alike in their backgrounds, titles or even the scope of their roles. From former Peace Corps volunteers to supply chain experts, these C-suite leaders launch ambitious carbon emissions and net-zero goals, develop new products for a circular economy, target increasing the diversity of their company’s staff, align strategic projects to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and standardize reporting for the SEC, investors and more. What You Will Learn How global multibillion dollar businesses in the United States, Europe and Asia structure their sustainability strategy How top sustainability executives drive both business value and positive environmental and social impact How CSOs landed in their roles without climbing a traditional career ladder Who This Book Is For Executives and board members generally or those establishing a sustainability or ESG strategy; current and aspiring CSOs and ESG leaders; business leaders partnering with sustainability leaders and teams; and students studying the integration of sustainability and business.

Pecorale, Andrea, Essence of the PET Radiopharmaceutical Business: A Practical Guide. (SpringerBriefs in Business) 86 pp. 2022:5 (Springer, GW) <677-380>
ISBN 978-3-030-97936-2 paper ¥10,589.- (税込) EUR 44.99

This book explores the organizational and operational activities of real Positron Emission Tomography (PET) radiopharmaceutical manufacturing. Centered around the author's professional experience, this book specifically explores: (1) the selection and preservation of operational and managerial personnel; (2) the alignment of production plans to consumer needs while still achieving financial goals; and (3) the positive and negative aspects of different operation management methods for direct and third-party production. The book offers a valuable reference for hospital managers, professionals and consultants interested or involved in developing a radiopharmaceutical facility/business or personalized medicine and special productions.

Pereira, Vijay / Temouri, Yama / Vaz, Daicy, Managing Sustainable Business Relationships in a Post Covid-19 Era: Towards a Dodecahedron Shaped Stakeholder Model. (SpringerBriefs in Business) 49 pp. 2022:4 (Springer, GW) <677-381>
ISBN 978-3-030-96198-5 paper ¥11,766.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This book explores how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted businesses of all types around the world. It investigates and consolidates the relationships that businesses have with their key stakeholders in order to shed light on the complexity of the challenges and corresponding solutions. The authors identify 12 key stakeholders and, utilizing the stakeholder theory, argue for a Dodecahedron shaped stakeholder model being prevalent wherein each stakeholder group has equal stake in importance and a need for all to cooperate in their relationships. Featuring examples for each type of business relationship (e.g., B2B, consumer, government, stakeholder), this book offers researchers, students, scholars and policy makers a framework for creating resilience in business relationships during current and future crises.

Schulte, Volker / Steinebach, Christoph / Veth, K. (eds.), Mindful Leadership in Practice: Tradition Leads to the Future. 213 pp. 2022:5 (Springer, GW) <677-384>
ISBN 978-3-030-97310-0 hard ¥23,536.- (税込) EUR 99.99

This book shows why mindful leadership is the key element for supportive management and leadership in the 21st century. It highlights the fundamentals of mindful leadership in philosophy and history in different cultural traditions and shows latest research on mindfulness and digitalization, technology, social networking, and leading-self concepts. The book bridges the past and the future. By combining a range of research perspectives, it connects mindfulness to serving leadership concepts and describes resilience for both individuals and organizations. In addition, it presents theoretical aspects and practical recommendations on how to implement mindful leadership and supportive environments in organizational cultures. The book encompasses history, present leadership challenges and future management perspectives and enables the implementation of models of good practice into daily working life. It includes contributions from researchers of different continents, and offers an international overview of state-of-the art leadership research.This book is of interest to professionals and researchers working on leadership, from the perspective of positive psychology, organizational studies, and wellbeing studies.

Thompson, Leigh / Wang, Cynthia S., Advanced Introduction to Negotiation. (Elgar Advanced Introductions) 176 pp. 2022:9 (E. Elgar, UK) <677-385>
ISBN 978-1-78990-911-1 hard ¥25,356.- (税込) GB￡ 89.00 *
ISBN 978-1-78990-913-5 paper ¥5,398.- (税込) GB￡ 18.95 *

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Providing a comprehensive overview of the key theories and concepts that have guided the field of negotiation for several decades, Leigh Thompson and Cynthia Wang demonstrate how collaborative multi-disciplinary research has enriched the study of negotiation. Key Features:Reviews the fundamental constructs, measures and terms that are widely used in research and teachingExamines how individual characteristics, situational contexts and ethical considerations of the negotiator influence negotiation processes and outcomesTraces the roots of modern negotiation research and theory back to its economic and psychological origins, and outlines how behavioural decision-making and social utility research has shaped the contemporary study of negotiation Cross-disciplinary in scope, this incisive Advanced Introduction will be an invaluable tool for early career academics of psychology, sociology, economics, and communication studies interested in conducting research on and teaching negotiation. MBA students will also benefit from its accessible overview of the history, key constructs and latest findings related to negotiation.

Vaccaro, Antonino / Ramus, Tommaso (eds.), Social Innovation and Social Enterprises: Toward a Holistic Perspective. (Issues in Business Ethics 62) 239 pp. 2022:7 (Springer, GW) <677-386>
ISBN 978-3-030-96595-2 hard ¥37,660.- (税込) EUR 159.99

This book provides an exhaustive, critical analysis of the challenges and opportunities associated with social enterprises and social innovation. More specifically, it addresses questions such as: What is a social innovation? Which are the best theories that explain how social innovations are generated and propagated in the global society? What is a social enterprise? Which are the theoretical perspectives that best describe the functioning of Social Enterprises , the threats and opportunities? How do social enterprises deal with the profit and non profit worlds and how these interactions affect their capability to be social innovators?The most recent literature has focused on strategies integrating conflicting logic, organizational practices or processes. In all these cases, the hybrid nature of the organization is implemented and sustained through original business models, new organizational arrangements and governance and novel strategies. We believe that the hybrid and institutional perspectives are just one of the many theoretical lenses that can be used to frame social innovation and social enterprises. Along this line, some have highlighted the inherent ethical nature of these phenomena, the critical role played by ethical values whose advancement go well beyond what expected by the corporate social responsibility, business ethics and institutional theorizing. This book follows these perspectives exploring the link between social innovation and social enterprises, presenting them as a new a new possible field of research that support new ways to understand and theorize individual, organizational and community behaviors.

Wigger, Karin / Aaboen, L. / Haneberg, D. H. et al. (eds.), Reframing the Case Method in Entrepreneurship Education: Cases from the Nordic Countries. 336 pp. 2022:10 (E. Elgar, UK) <677-387>
ISBN 978-1-80088-114-3 hard ¥32,478.- (税込) GB￡ 114.00 *

This book explores how entrepreneurship can be taught through case studies, arguing that entrepreneurship education needs specific cases and case methods to teach students entrepreneurial skills and mindsets. Providing unique perspectives and examples on how case teaching can be applied in entrepreneurship education, the book draws together a wide range of real-life case studies. Informing and inspiring entrepreneurship educators, Part I employs theoretical perspectives and practical procedures related to case teaching in entrepreneurship education. Novel and innovative case methods for entrepreneurship education are explored as well as the theoretical foundations of case-based entrepreneurship education. Part II offers 15 Nordic case studies divided into three main groups relating to becoming an entrepreneur, early-phase venture creation, and acting entrepreneurially in established organisations. Supplemented by online teaching notes, this thought-provoking book will be a valuable resource for entrepreneurship educators at higher education institutions. Questions and activities included in the case studies will also be useful for students with an interest in entrepreneurship.

Wright, Mike / Wood, Geoffrey T. et al. (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of State Capitalism and the Firm. (Oxford Handbooks) 808 pp. 2022:7 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <677-388>
ISBN 978-0-19-883736-7 hard ¥44,159.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00 *

There has been a major revival of interest in State Capitalism: what it is, where it is found, and why it is seemingly becoming more ubiquitous. As a concept, it has evolved from radical critiques of the Soviet Union, to being deployed by neo-liberals to describe market reforms deemed imperfect, to settle into a middle ground, as a pragmatic way to describe the state assuming a role as an active economic agent, in addition to its regulatory, social, and security functions. The latter is the central focus of this book, although due attention is accorded to the origins of state capitalism and how it has changed over the years, as well as contemporary ways in which state capitalism may be theorized. This economic agency may assume direct forms, for example, via state owned enterprises. However, it may also be indirect, for example, actively serving private interests through promoting insider firms, who may occupy monopolistic market positions and perform outsourced state functions. In turn, this leads to raising salient governance questions. The latter may encompass agency tensions between public ownership, and political or even private interest control; it may also include issues of transparency and monitoring. Although state capitalism has often been depicted as the preserve of states in the global south, be they developmental or predatory, many forms of state capitalism are visible in mature economies, be they liberal or coordinated, and this is not always associated with superior governance arrangements; indeed, this is an area where clear and easy divisions between the "developing" or "emerging" world and the "developed" or "mature" world may increasingly be breaking down. This volume brings together the accounts of leading experts from around the world; it is explicitly multi-disciplinary, and both consolidates the existing knowledge base, and provides new, novel, and counter-intuitive insights.

Sahni, Sanjeev P. / Bhatnagar, Tithi / Gupta, Pankaj (eds.), Spirituality and Management: From Models to Applications. 448 pp. 2022:6 (Springer, GW) <677-179>
ISBN 978-981-19-1024-1 hard ¥20,005.- (税込) EUR 84.99

This book discusses the importance of integrating spirituality from diverse knowledge backgrounds to be effective in its everyday use. Bringing together global experts in the field, this book provides an extensive overview of the various spirituality and management themes, models, approaches, and complexities. The chapters in the book include deliberations upon wisdom from the Bhagwat Gita; Buddha; the impact of spirituality on good governance, quality of life; integrating ethics, human values, happiness; meditation; and linking of spirituality and management and their effect on leadership, and workplace environment. A thought-provoking read for scholars, students, and policy-makers, this book provides an Indian perspective on managing spirituality at work. This book is even more relevant in the post-COVID-19 scenario as it focuses on the holistic development of people and organizations.