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

Chan, Leong / Hogaboam, Liliya / Cao, Renzhi, Applied Artificial Intelligence in Business: Concepts and Cases. (Applied Innovation and Technology Management) 368 pp. 2022:8 (Springer, GW) <684-456>
ISBN 978-3-031-05739-7 hard ¥25,890.- (税込) EUR 109.99

This book offers students an introduction to the concepts of big data and artificial intelligence (AI) and their applications in the business world. It answers questions such as what are the main concepts of artificial intelligence and big data? What applications for artificial intelligence and big data analytics are used in the business field? It offers application-oriented overviews and cases from different sectors and fields to help readers discover and gain useful insights. Each chapter features discussion questions and summaries. To assist professors in teaching, the book supplementary materials will include answers to questions, and presentation slides.

Christ-Brendemuehl, Sonja, Digital Technology in Service Encounters: Effects on Frontline Employees and Customer Responses. (Innovation, Entrepreneurship und Digitalisierung) 271 pp. 2022:6 (Springer Gabler, GW) <684-457>
ISBN 978-3-658-37884-4 paper ¥23,536.- (税込) EUR 99.99

Digital technology is disrupting the prerequisites for most firms in the service industry and frequently forces them to reassess the ratio of human interaction and technology use in service encounters. To retain competitiveness, it seems mandatory to increase service encounter efficiency by embedding digital technology into the existing processes. However, there is little empirical evidence on how such technological implementations affect the sentiments, attitudes, and behaviors of frontline employees. Likewise, research on interrelated customer responses is scarce. To address this matter, this book presents four distinct yet related studies to investigate the impact of digital technology on frontline employees, customers, and ultimately service firms. The results and implications provide meaningful insights for theory and practice.

Davis, Jason, Digital Relationships: Network Agency Theory and Big Tech. 288 pp. 2023:2 (Stanford Business Books, US) <684-458>
ISBN 978-0-8047-9110-6 hard ¥15,092.- (税込) US$ 70.00 *

Why do so many organizations fail to mobilize the social networks of employees to respond to disruptions, innovate, and change? In Digital Relationships, Jason Davis argues that individual and organizational interests about networking can come out of alignment such that the network ties that individuals form are organizationally sub-optimal for achieving their most ambitious goals. Developing a new perspective about networks and organizations, he explains through network agency theory how network problems emerge, the role of digital technology adoption by organizations in amplifying misalignment, and the capacity of managers and function of the executive to resolve agency problems and mitigate their impact. Drawing on over a decade of qualitative research in US, Asian, and European "big tech" companies and new analytical and computational modeling, this book offers new interpretations and solutions to the pathologies that emerge from organizationally detrimental networking behaviors and in the face of managerial interventions.

de Saint Julien, Odile, Innovation Ecosystem: A Value Creation Lever for Open Innovation. 256 pp. 2022:9 (Wiley-ISTE, UK) <684-459>
ISBN 978-1-78630-574-9 hard ¥35,574.- (税込) US$ 165.00 *

Ecosystems have been present in the fields of economics and management for decades, and in recent years they have experienced rapid development. However, there is still no consensus on the definition of an innovation ecosystem.Using concrete examples, The Innovation Ecosystem as a Source of Value Creation proposes a unique model in order to refine the understanding, functions, advantages and disadvantages of innovation ecosystems. This model is based on both the iterative network and integrated value chain. The network supports the collaboration between actors and favors asset transfers articulated around the innovation process.This book highlights the transfer processes at work in the innovation ecosystem, as well as the roles of the actors in this integrated value chain. It presents how value creation is articulated around knowledge to generate value shared by all of the actors in the innovation ecosystem.

Dupont, Laurent, Smart Data Smart Cities. 200 pp. 2022:11 (Wiley-ISTE, UK) <684-460>
ISBN 978-1-84821-956-4 hard ¥35,574.- (税込) US$ 165.00 *

Explore the latest, most exciting developments in smart cities and the data driving their explosive growth In Smart Data Smart Cities, distinguished author Laurent Dupont delivers a startlingly insightful exploration of the trends and developments driving the remarkable growth of smart technology in some of the most vibrant cities in the world today. Readers will explore exciting new research combined with eye-opening commentary from one of today???s pre-eminent thought leaders on the subject.

Dzemydiene, Dale / Burinskiene, Aurelija et al., Development of Smart Context-Aware Services for Cargo Transportation: An Operational Management Approach. (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science 330) 418 pp. 2022:9 (Springer, GW) <684-461>
ISBN 978-3-031-07198-0 hard ¥23,536.- (税込) EUR 99.99

With a focus on cargo transportation, this book addresses the development of approaches intended to secure an infrastructure of smart services to support the adaptive implementation of online multi-modal freight transport management processes. It discusses the development of multi-criteria decision-making components and their integration into the multi-layered computer-based information management of intelligent systems. Through detailed descriptions of various components of intelligent transport management systems, the book demonstrates how to develop the services needed in the right place and at the right time, and how to properly adapt to user needs, making necessary interventions to ensure the safety of the transportation process. Further, it describes the main ways to increase the autonomy and efficiency of user-vehicle interaction and shows how Information and Communications Technology (ICT) structural support for current and past situations in AI-based systems can help to anticipate future developments in freight transportation.

Frank, Christopher J. / Magnone, Paul F. / Netzer, Oded, Decisions Over Decimals: Striking the Balance between Intuition and Information. 256 pp. 2022:11 (Wiley, US) <684-462>
ISBN 978-1-119-89848-1 hard ¥7,546.- (税込) US$ 35.00 *

Agile decision making is imperative as you lead in a data-driven world. Amid streams of data and countless meetings, we make hasty decisions, slow decisions, and often no decisions. Uniquely bridging theory and practice, Decisions Over Decimals breaks this pattern by uniting data intelligence with human judgment to get to action - a sharp approach the authors refer to as Quantitative Intuition (QI). QI raises the power of thinking beyond big data without neglecting it and chasing the perfect decision while appreciating that such a thing can never really exist.Successful decision-makers are fierce interrogators. They square critical thinking with open-mindedness by blending information, intuition, and experience. Balancing these elements is at the heart of Decisions Over Decimals. This book is not only designed to be read - but frequently referenced - as you face innumerable decision moments. It is the hands-on manual for confident, accurate decision-making you've been looking for; the rare resource that provides a set of pragmatic leadership tools to accelerate: Effectively framing the problem for stakeholdersSynthesizing intelligence from incomplete informationDelivering decisions that stick

Garvey, Bruce / Humzah, Dowshan / Le Roux, Storm, Uncertainty Deconstructed: A Guidebook for Decision Support Practitioners. (Science, Technology and Innovation Studies) 315 pp. 2022:9 (Springer, GW) <684-463>
ISBN 978-3-031-08006-7 hard ¥11,766.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This book argues that uncertainty is not really uncertainty at all but just demonstrates a lack of vision and willingness to think about the unthinkable - good and bad. The task of accepting that uncertainty is about exploring the possible, rather than the impossible has to be taken on board by strategists, policy developers, and political leaders, if we are to meet the challenges that an ever changing world is throwing at us. The term "unknown - unknowns" is ubiquitous, albeit the vast majority of future uncertain events do not fall into this category. However, it has been used to absolve decision makers from criticism post-event, whereas poor foresight is the prime culprit and that most future uncertainties are "known-unknowns" or "inevitable surprises". This re-positioning of uncertainties can help mitigate the impact of such risks through better foresight aware contingency planning. The enemy is not uncertainty itself but our lack of imagination when trying to visualize the future - we need to transform our behaviour. To better understand uncertainty we have to deconstruct it and get to grips with its component parts. Three main questions are posed and practical approaches presented: What are the main structural components that make up the conditions under which uncertainty operates? What scenario lenses can be used when exploring uncertainty? What behavioural factors do we need to consider when analysing the human responses to uncertainty? Practitioners, having to deal with making better decisions under uncertainty, will find the book a useful guide.Endorsements for the book:"With this book, Bruce Garvey performs a great service for consultants, planners and, indeed, anyone whose job involves a degree of speculation about what will happen in the future. Through a comprehensive survey of methods, tools and techniques, he provides a practical guide to unpacking the uncertainty that besets all human endeavour. This is no dry academic treatise: it deals with highly contemporary topics such as "fake news" - part of a fascinating dissection of "dark data" - and how our biases and preconceptions shape our views. The book finishes with three case studies dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, social mobility and inequality, and achieving net zero - all topics that are sorely in need of the critical thinking and analysis skills described previously.No one can completely eliminate "20:20 hindsight" from all business decisions but readers applying the lessons of this book may find themselves saying "if only we'd known..." less frequently."-- Nick Bush, Director - CMCE (Centre for Management Consulting Excellence)"Academic literature and practical guides to uncertainty management are disparate: this exciting edition brings it all together. Principal author, Bruce Garvey, recognises the erroneous attribution of many recent events to unforeseeable uncertainty ('unknown unknowns'), calling these out as inevitable surprises (or 'unknown knowns'), a category of uncertainty that is typically overlooked. Garvey describes critical dimensions of uncertainty, before examining scenarios and behavioural aspects, the latter being a 'hidden influencer' which is too often neglected. The guidebook contains a variety of methods, tools and techniques, including several that deserve more use, and contains a detailed glossary and reference list. Practical advice covers topics such as identifying weak signals for use in scenario development and overcoming cognitive dissonance. This well-structured and engagingly written guide should serve as a standard text for students, academics and practitioners across policy making, business, and industry."-- Dr. Geoff Darch, Water Resources Strategy Manager, Anglian Water. Co-Founder, Analysis under Uncertainty for Decision-Makers (AU4DM) Network"This is a valuable companion volume to John Kay and Mervyn King's Radical Uncertainty - and it is a necessary corrective to the physics envy of disciplines such as economics which achieve a false sense of certainty by creating highly plausible but unreliable simplifications of things through over generalisation - leading to simplistic proposals for interventions which can only rightly be judged through a lens of complexity and probability.I would like to be more optimistic about the ultimate effects of books of this kind - and in some fields, perhaps in military decision-making and defence I am quite optimistic. In such fields, people tend to approach decision-making through the assumption that things will go wrong, and that the effects of any mistakes will be very keenly, perhaps fatally experienced.In business and softer social policy-making, I fear the battle will be much harder. In such fields as politics and business, it is often better for the reputation "as Keynes remarked, "to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally." In such fields, it is more important to make defensible decisions than to make good decisions, so an artificial sense of logical certainty will perhaps always hold an unhealthy appeal.But here's hoping anyway!"-- Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman, Ogilvy Group"Here is a most insightful book, which holistically examines the 'world of uncertainty', particularly as it impacts sense- to decision-making processes for many different stakeholders. Both scholars and practitioners, strategists to operators, soon gain from reading.Journeying from theory to practice, we embark on a comprehensive definition of uncertainty to subsequently become better equipped for its greater contemporary navigation when going forward, all elucidated by several well-structured scenarios and case-study examples. How uncertainty relates to risk (both qualitative and quantitative) is systematically charted, articulating their close interactivity.Forming a successful guide, this book has much enduring reference value and is therefore deserving of being readily retrievable as events and developments benefit from their improved understanding. Uncertainty can demonstrably be negotiated much more effectively. Alternative situations and conditions of denial, lamented as 'we should have (fore)seen that', no longer stand as acceptable when it comes to anticipating futures ahead. With this book, further help is now at hand."-- Adam D.M. Svendsen, PhD, International Intelligence & Defence Strategist, Researcher, Analyst, Educator & Consultant

Grint, Keith / Jones, Owain Smolovic, Leadership: Limits and possibilities. 2nd ed. (Management, Work and Organisations) 416 pp. 2022:11 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <684-464>
ISBN 978-1-350-33313-0 hard ¥28,490.- (税込) GB￡ 100.00 *
ISBN 978-1-350-32852-5 paper ¥9,683.- (税込) GB￡ 33.99 *

Leadership: Limits and Possibilities offers a critical discussion of leadership that draws upon a wide range of approaches, material and examples to demonstrate the complex and challenging role of leadership and through this debate suggests possible ways to improve as a leader. It is structured around 5 key aspects of leadership: person, product, position, process and purpose, providing a useful organizing framework. It combines theoretical discussions with lively examples to bring the subject alive.

Iannarino, Anthony, Leading Growth: The Proven Formula for Consistently Increasing Revenue. 288 pp. 2022:11 (Wiley, US) <684-465>
ISBN 978-1-119-89033-1 hard ¥6,036.- (税込) US$ 28.00 *

Increase revenue and achieve sustainable sales growth and success In Leading Growth: The Proven Formula for Consistently Increasing Revenue, veteran B2B sales professional and coach Anthony Iannarino delivers an expert guide to enabling revenue growth in your sales team. In the book, you'll explore the fundamentals of organizational leadership, including vision, transformation, strategy, communication, and decision-making. You'll also define new frameworks for growth involving the people, planning, pipeline, and efficacy that make up your strategy. The author also presents: Strategies to help salespeople create and win new opportunities for revenue growthWays to grow revenue when you're required to deal with a "task force" or team of decision-makers who seem bent on preventing any kind of meaningful changeMethods for shortening an ever-lengthening sales cycleAn indispensable resource for salespeople and sales leaders at every level of organizations, Leading Growth will also earn a place on the bookshelves of consultants, coaches, and other professionals who serve revenue- and growth-oriented firms as they seek to expand.

加瀬公夫、崔裕眞、野中郁次郎著　稲盛和夫の経営の実践と哲学
Kase, Kimio / Choi, Eugene / Nonaka, Ikujiro, Dr Kazuo Inamori's Management Praxis and Philosophy: A Response to the Profit-Maximisation Paradigm. (The Nonaka Series on Knowledge and Innovation) 563 pp. 2022:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <684-466>
ISBN 978-981-19-3397-4 hard ¥23,536.- (税込) EUR 99.99 *

This book offers a meditation on the links between philosophy and its implementation, interpreting why and how a leader's "philosophy" strengthens his action predicated on the purposeful vision of life; and discusses the a hypothesis that performance control in management may be driven by transcendental and intrinsic motivations, contrasting with the traditional management control theory. It construes how Inamori's management philosophy disciplines accounting and finance management towards putting its basic tenets into practice. Examining, in particular, the history of Kyocera, the authors provide a contemplative look at a human centric philosophy, which will be of interest to scholars of management, corporate executives, and economists with a philosophical bent.

Kets de Vries, Manfred F. R., The Path to Authentic Leadership: Dancing with the Ouroboros. (The Palgrave Kets de Vries Library) 179 pp. 2022:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <684-467>
ISBN 978-3-031-04698-8 hard ¥7,058.- (税込) EUR 29.99

The unprecedented challenges of today-a world-wide pandemic, climate disruption on a global scale, and an economic instability that knows no boundaries-require a leadership grounded in a profound and unflinching awareness of our interconnectedness and the existential stakes before us. The Path to Authentic Leadership frames the dilemmas of leadership within the insights provided by the Ouroboros, the mythic snake willing to destroy parts of itself so that it can be renewed. Like the Ouroboros, today's leaders must be prepared to enter into a dynamic, uncertain, and ever-changing environment with the capacity to reflect, adapt, let go of what is no longer working, and create solutions that are not only renewing, but sustainable. Drawing from his decades of training in psychoanalysis and the systems-psychodynamic method, Kets de Vries discusses the effects of the pandemic in the context of the seven deadly sins, the impact of shame, evil, the lure of charisma and even the perils of procrastination. Also, he explores the inner theatre of white-collar criminals and the super-rich. He comments on the role of magic in management and the paradoxical role of koans, serving as catalysts for change. From there, he goes on to outline a path toward organizational transformation, turning again to the self-renewing process presented by the Ouroboros. This dynamic is applied to his 7C sequence for organizational transformation-Context, Confrontation, Clarification, Crystallization, Cascading, Consolidation, and Continuity. Its enactment is brought to life through the story of a troubled CEO and the careful, step-by-step advice offered by an experienced executive consultant. Throughout, Kets de Vries reminds us that the path to authentic leadership will be meaningless unless it is guided by a deeply held commitment to serve as a force for good.

Kirkman, Bradley L. / Stoverink, Adam C., Unbreakable: Building and Leading Resilient Teams. 216 pp. 2023 (Stanford Business Books, US) <684-468>
ISBN 978-1-5036-2930-1 hard ¥6,468.- (税込) US$ 30.00 *

An essential guide for managers and leaders on building resilient teams in turbulent times. As a result of global economic changes, new technologies, and increased competition, business environments are becoming increasingly turbulent and unpredictable, requiring new forms of resilient work teams. Due in part to the increasing complexity of business environments, more and more organizations worldwide are using teams of employees to respond to adversity. Whether it be new product development teams; business crisis response teams in companies; front line response teams such as fire, emergency medical technicians, or emergency room teams; research and development teams; or pharmaceutical development teams, employees can no longer rely on their own knowledge, skills, and abilities to get their work done. Rather, employees have to work collaboratively with one another and combine their expertise to achieve the synergy and breakthrough thinking that is necessary to be successful at completing complex tasks in today's dynamic environments. Today more than ever before, work teams must demonstrate resilience. In the face of volatile, complex, and ambiguous business environments, all teams inevitably suffer setbacks. Bradley L. Kirkman and Adam C. Stoverink provide in their new book the hands-on practical tips for building and leading resilient teams equipped to bounce back from those challenges. They highlight four team resources that are essential to any resilient team, including: team confidence, teamwork roadmaps, capacity to improvise, and psychological safety. These four resources are brought to life through compelling stories of teams that performed well in the face of adversity-and a few that didn't. They also provide leaders with step-by-step guidance for how to grow these resources in their own teams, whether they're in-person, remote, or hybrid. This book delivers all the tools necessary to build and lead resilient teams that are virtually unbreakable.

Le Loarne-Lemaire, Severine / Brush, C. G. et al. (eds.), Women, Family and Family Businesses Across Entrepreneurial Contexts. 320 pp. 2022:12 (E. Elgar, UK) <684-469>
ISBN 978-1-80037-516-1 hard ¥31,054.- (税込) GB￡ 109.00 *

The expert contributors to this insightful book explore the latest research on women's emancipation through entrepreneurship, specifically in relation to families and family businesses. The chapters analyse the role the family plays and how women interact with their families in developing their entrepreneurial projects or taking over the lead of the family business. They examine key themes such as the role of religion, women's agency, business succession, and identity. To illustrate these areas, the book draws on case studies from a wide variety of contexts, including Syrian women refugee entrepreneurs, Tunisian women entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial parents working from home. The book also draws attention to previously underexplored topics in women's entrepreneurship, such as spousal support. Looking to future research, it calls for a better understanding of what emancipation means for women in different contexts. This book will be a useful resource for scholars and students of entrepreneurship with a particular interest in family business. Its use of global case studies will also be beneficial for practitioners in this field as well as networks of women entrepreneurs.

Lyons, John S., Transformational Collaborative Outcomes Management: Managing the Business of Personal Change. 306 pp. 2022:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <684-470>
ISBN 978-3-031-07780-7 hard ¥23,536.- (税込) EUR 99.99

Transformational Collaborative Outcomes Management (TCOM) is a comprehensive, multi-level conceptual framework for system management and improvement. This book provides a comprehensive understanding of TCOM by using person-centered, collaborative processes for decision making.The issue with current human services systems is that there is a lack of access to care and that the system is focused on providing services as cheaply as possible. TCOM focuses on helping the greatest number of people while maximizing effectiveness. By fully understanding the nature of the business of helping, the author seeks to offer ways to create and sustain effective and positively evolving helping systems. He lays out a series of goal-directed social change processes which allow people at every level of a system to begin a shift towards transformational practice and the emergence of transformational systems.Building on three decades of work in a large community of scholars and practitioners, this book will represent the first full description of the conceptual framework and will appeal to an interdisciplinary group of scholars across nonprofit management, healthcare management, and social work.

Meinel, Christoph / Leifer, Larry (eds.), Design Thinking Research: Achieving Real Innovation. (Understanding Innovation) 338 pp. 2022:9 (Springer, GW) <684-471>
ISBN 978-3-031-09296-1 hard ¥23,536.- (税込) EUR 99.99

Extensive research conducted by the Hasso Plattner Design Thinking Research Program at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, USA, and the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany, has yielded valuable insights on why and how design thinking works. The participating researchers have identified metrics, developed models, and conducted studies, which are featured in this book, and in the previous volumes of this series. This volume provides readers with tools to bridge the gap between research and practice in design thinking with varied real world examples. Several different approaches to design thinking are presented in this volume. Acquired frameworks are leveraged to understand design thinking team dynamics. The contributing authors lead the reader through new approaches and application fields and show that design thinking can tap the potential of digital technologies in a human-centered way. It also presents new ideas in neurodesign from Stanford University and the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, inviting the reader to consider newly developed methods and how these insights can be applied to different domains. Design thinking can be learned. It has a methodology that can be observed across multiple settings and accordingly, the reader can adopt new frameworks to modify and update existing practice. The research outcomes compiled in this book are intended to inform and provide inspiration for all those seeking to drive innovation - be they experienced design thinkers or newcomers.

Moin, S. M. A., Creativity in the Imagination Age: Theories, Practice and Application. 147 pp. 2022:6 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <684-472>
ISBN 978-3-030-98646-9 hard ¥10,589.- (税込) EUR 44.99

In the imagination age, organizations need to harness the power of imagination, creativity and innovation in order to survive and thrive. Grounded in academic and applied research, this book offers a rigorous approach to the topic by critically discussing the theories, models, and concepts to empower the thinking of researchers, entrepreneurs and leaders. It gives a critical account of the evolving paradigms of creative thinking and explains how creativity has become a prominent part of our personal and professional lives. It covers philosophical approaches to creativity, the characteristics of creative teams as well as the components of individual creativity and the role of imagination and associative thinking in fostering creativity and innovation

Morrow, Guy / Nordgard, Daniel / Tschmuck, Peter (eds.), Rethinking the Music Business: Music Contexts, Rights, Data, and COVID-19. (Music Business Research) 242 pp. 2022:9 (Springer, GW) <684-473>
ISBN 978-3-031-09531-3 hard ¥23,536.- (税込) EUR 99.99 *

COVID-19 had a global impact on health, communities, and the economy. As a result of COVID-19, music festivals, gigs, and events were canceled or postponed across the world. This directly affected the incomes and practices of many artists and the revenue for many entities in the music business. Despite this crisis, however, there are pre-existing trends in the music business - the rise of the streaming economy, technological change (virtual and augmented reality, blockchain, etc.), and new copyright legislation. Some of these trends were impacted by the COVID-19 crisis while others were not. This book addresses these challenges and trends by following a two-pronged approach: the first part focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on the music business, and the second features general perspectives. Throughout both parts, case studies bring various themes to life. The contributors address issues within the music business before and during COVID-19. Using various critical approaches for studying the music business, this research-based book addresses key questions concerning music contexts, rights, data, and COVID-19. Rethinking the music business is a valuable study aid for undergraduate and postgraduate students in subjects including the music business, cultural economics, cultural management, creative and cultural industries studies, business and management studies, and media and communications.

Nickel, Stefan / Steinhardt, Claudius et al., Decision Optimization with IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio: A Hands-On Introduction to Modeling with the Optimization Programming Language (OPL). (Graduate Texts in Operations Research) 293 pp. 2022:8 (Springer, GW) <684-474>
ISBN 978-3-662-65480-4 hard ¥28,244.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This textbook offers a comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to the Optimization Programming Language (OPL). Embedded in the IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio with its solver engine CPLEX, OPL has been popular for years not only for academic and scientific purposes, but also among practitioners who need to model and solve large-scale real-world business optimization problems. The book covers the recent features of the software and includes ten consecutive tutorials, each with additional exercises, as well as several comprehensive application studies. The book is specifically designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in e.g. management science, operations research, computer science, mathematics, mathematical economics, and industrial engineering. It can also serve as self-study material for practitioners whose work involves the modeling and optimization of planning and decision problems and who need a sound introduction to the software. Solutions to the exercises as well as the source codes from the textbook are available for download on the book’s website.

Piller, Frank T. / Nitsch, Verena et al. (eds.), Forecasting Next Generation Manufacturing: Digital Shadows, Human-Machine Collaboration, and Data-driven Business Models. (Contributions to Management Science) 158 pp. 2022:9 (Springer, GW) <684-478>
ISBN 978-3-031-07733-3 hard ¥11,766.- (税込) EUR 49.99

Manufacturing companies have just begun to implement the concepts of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) on a larger scale. Still, this area is characterized by a rapid pace of technological change, blurring boundaries between physical, digital, and biological systems, and a quickly changing growing political, economic, and social environment -- leading to high uncertainty in decision making and many questions about the future development in this field. To provide guidance and inspiration for managers and academics on the future of digital manufacturing systems, this book presents the results of an extensive Delphi study on next-generation manufacturing systems, with a projection period of up to 2030. We analyzed almost 2000 quantitative estimations and more than 600 qualitative arguments from a large panel of industrial and academic experts from Europe, North America, and Asia. The book describes each of the 24 projections in detail, offering current case study examples and related research, as well as implications for policymakers, firms, and individuals. The empirical results also allowed us to build scenarios for the most probable future along the dimensions of governance, organization, capabilities, and interfaces from both a company-internal and an external (network) perspective.

Prokop, Viktor / Stejskal, Jan / Horbach, J. et al. (eds.), Business Models for the Circular Economy: A European Perspective. (Sustainability and Innovation) 272 pp. 2022:9 (Springer, GW) <684-479>
ISBN 978-3-031-08312-9 hard ¥23,536.- (税込) EUR 99.99 *

Increased ecological awareness and the growing scarcity of resources have led to the introduction of new environmental standards, triggering enterprises, regions, and even countries to adopt new business models and industrial reconversion approaches. However, despite increased interest in business models and their innovation, it still lacks the integration of circularity and sustainability and to date research on these areas is still limited. This book, therefore, provides readers with a closer picture of the issues of business models and their innovation for the circular economy in Europe, where the issues of sustainability and the shift towards the circular economy have become cornerstones of European policies and documents and where significant differences have been identified between firms and countries. This book provides a unique view of different European perspectives and enables the reader to compare the situation in countries with completely different historical and economic conditions as well as with different perceptions of the need for the actions leading to the sustainable development and to the shift towards the circular economy.

Rana, Sudhir / Sakshi / Singh, J. (eds.), Exploring the Latest Trends in Management Literature. (Review of Management Literature) 392 pp. 2023 (Emerald, UK) <684-480>
ISBN 978-1-80262-358-1 hard ¥28,459.- (税込) US$ 132.00 *

Exploring the Latest Trends in Management Literature presents cutting edge literature reviews on the emerging concepts, theories, and research trends across management disciplines. Areas examined in exploratory chapters include general management and public policy, finance and economics, marketing, human resource management, operations and information system management, and international business, strategy, and entrepreneurship. Writing in an engaging yet authoritative way, the study enables readers to gain quick insights in research trends and developments across subject areas while providing extensive information and guidance for those researchers seeking to explore further research. Areas examined in exploratory chapters include general management and public policy, finance and economics, marketing, human resource management, operations and information system management, and international business, strategy, and entrepreneurship. Writing in an engaging yet authoritative way, the study enables readers to gain quick insights in research trends and developments across subject areas while providing extensive information and guidance for those researchers seeking explore further research directions in this fields. Review of Management Literature is a multi-disciplinary series presenting unique, ground-breaking literature reviews and examinations of new and emerging trends in research across the management discipline and beyond.

Sadler-Smith, Eugene, Intuition in Business. 288 pp. 2022:12 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <684-481>
ISBN 978-0-19-887156-9 hard ¥27,920.- (税込) GB￡ 98.00 *

This book explores the science behind intuitive decision-making in business, and shows how people's innate capacity for intuition can be nurtured and strengthened to maximize performance. We are all familiar with those perplexing situations when we think we 'just know' without knowing how or why we know. In professional life it might be the job candidate's CV that checks all the boxes but somehow doesn't stack-up: should we perform some due diligence and dig a little deeper? In personal life it could be the apartment that we're looking to rent that just felt right the minute we walked through the front door: should we trust our hunch and grab it while we can? What if time is of the essence? What if there isn't any more data to be had in the time available? In this volume, Eugene Sadler-Smith examines why situations like these often leave us in a quandary, and why these decisions so often leave us in two minds. He reveals that metaphorically speaking, we have two minds in one brain: an 'analytical mind' and an 'intuitive mind', which sometimes come to quite different conclusions about what we ought to do in those consequential decisions that permeate our professional and personal lives. Rather than thinking of our intuitive and analytical minds in constant battle with each other, we might instead think of them as two information-processing systems that have evolved to complement each other. The main idea of this book is that our analytical mind evolved to 'solve' whilst our intuitive mind evolved to 'sense'. Neither is infallible, and our intuitions can be both flawed and marvellous at the same time. The author's clear and detailed explanation of the science behind intuition reveals how we can make intelligent use of our intuition to sense and solve our way through a world that is fast-moving, complex, and uncertain.

ビジネスと気候変動ハンドブック
Sundaram, Anant K. / Hansen, Robert G. (eds.), Handbook of Business and Climate Change. (Elgar Handbooks in Energy, the Environment and Climate Change) 672 pp. 2023:1 (E. Elgar, UK) <684-482>
ISBN 978-1-83910-299-8 hard ¥64,102.- (税込) GB￡ 225.00 *

Summarizing the current state of knowledge on the links between business and climate change, this timely Handbook analyzes how businesses contribute to and are affected by climate change, looking closely at their centrality in developing and deploying solutions to address this problem.Contributions from a global collection of scholars and practitioners explore a broad range of key industries' impacts and responses to climate change, examining corporate strategy and leadership in the climate economy, functional perspectives and corporate practice, and climate finance. Chapters use diverse case studies to analyze climate-related business issues, including supply chain management, decarbonization, consumer decision-making, and climate-related financial investments. The Handbook delves deeper into how businesses perceive the issue of climate change, how they are affected by and engage with it, as well as the impact they have and what this impact costs. Forward-thinking, it concludes with reflections from the contributors on what the future holds for businesses and climate change.Covering matters relating to finance, economics, marketing, operations, strategy, leadership and communications, this interdisciplinary Handbook will prove invaluable to students and scholars in business management, sustainability and environmental studies, as well as to sustainability officers (and their staff) in corporations. Addressing, as it does, a wide range of climate-related issues from the corporate standpoint, it will also prove to be a useful resource for policymakers concerned with enabling solutions to climate change.

J.Tidd著　ラディカルなイノベーション入門
Tidd, Joe, Advanced Introduction to Radical Innovation. (Elgar Advanced Introductions) 160 pp. 2023:1 (E. Elgar, UK) <684-483>
ISBN 978-1-80392-285-0 hard ¥24,216.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00 *
ISBN 978-1-80392-287-4 paper ¥4,686.- (税込) GB￡ 16.45 *

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.Focussing on radical and breakthrough innovation, Joe Tidd provides a crucial insight into over 50 years of research and experience, and illustrates how the pioneering work on innovation dynamics can offer a deeper understanding of radical innovation to inform future research, policy and practice. The book also identifies the distinct sources, organization, processes and outcomes of radical innovation, in contrast to conventional incremental business and management approaches. Key Features: draws upon a distinct interdisciplinary body of knowledge on radical innovationillustrates conceptual models and practical methods to better understand and manage radical innovationgoes beyond business school incremental approaches to innovation, such as marketing and design-thinkingprovides an argument for an iterative coupling process, between knowledge-push and demand-pull challenges and opportunitiesThe practical approach in this Advanced Introduction will provide an excellent resource for scholars and researchers in innovation management and policy, as well as managers responsible for creating, resourcing and managing radical innovations.

Turner, Richard, The Essential Entrepreneur: What It Takes to Start, Scale, and Sell a Successful Business. 240 pp. 2022:11 (Wiley, US) <684-484>
ISBN 978-1-119-98455-9 paper ¥4,741.- (税込) US$ 21.99 *

A toolkit for entrepreneurial success In The Essential Entrepreneur, celebrated entrepreneur and business strategist Richard Turner delivers a practical, step-by-step approach to starting and growing a thriving enterprise. If you're ready to take your fledgling business to the next level-and finally follow that brilliant big idea-this guide covers everything you'll need to navigate the challenges ahead. Richard shares straightforward advice and hands-on, real-world lessons outlining the key points you need to know to start and grow your venture. And his lessons are supported by the experience and wisdom of a panel of diverse experts: Tobi Pearce (co-founder of SWEAT), Flavia Tata Nardini (of Fleet Space), Simon Haigh (of Haigh's Chocolates), and Kirsten Bernhardt (skilled investment manager). You'll discover how to: Make a splash in your industry by taking advantage of market weaknesses, disrupting the status quo and creating new openingsSort the good ideas from the bad: validate your business (whether it's a product or a service) and maximise its valuePosition your brand so that what you do is clear and instantly recognisableCreate a business plan that really works, factoring in timing, going to market, managing finance, managing growth and moreUnderstand the logistics of a successful and profitable operation, from sourcing suppliers to production, warehousing and distribution Most small businesses struggle to get moving. This is the book that will help you get ahead in the race. A can't-miss resource for start-up entrepreneurs and business owners, The Essential Entrepreneur outlines everything you need to know to hit the ground running.

Wang, Nengmin / Jiang, Qi / Jiang, Bin / He, Zhengwen, Enterprises' Green Growth Model and Value Chain Reconstruction: Theory and Method. 460 pp. 2022:9 (Springer, GW) <684-486>
ISBN 978-981-19-3990-7 hard ¥23,536.- (税込) EUR 99.99

The goal of this book is to improve the ability of enterprises to implement the green growth model and value chain reconstruction. China's environmental development strategies, such as carbon peak emission and carbon neutrality, have created new challenges and requirements for enterprises to "go green." In addition, anti-globalization and the complex dynamic uncertainty caused by COVID-19 have changed the operational environment that enterprises face. The application of new technologies, including the new generation of information technologies and the whole process management technology, provides solutions for the implementation of enterprises' green growth model and value chain reconstruction. Based on China's enterprise management cases, this book reveals the connotative features of enterprises' green growth model and their evolutionary regularities, the overall framework and decision optimization of value chain reconstruction under the green growth model, and the approach to implementing the green growth model and value chain reconstruction. The theoretical framework of the green growth model and value chain reconstruction established in this book has enriched and developed the research results in this field. Cases of enterprises implementing the green growth model can provide references for the green transformation of enterprises and help enterprises appreciate the synergy between sustainability and growth. This book can also serve as a research reference for scholars engaged in the field of sustainable operations, as well as decision-makers and managers of relevant government departments.

Wehrspohn, Uwe / Ernst, Dietmar, When Do I Take Which Distribution?: A Statistical Basis for Entrepreneurial Applications. (SpringerBriefs in Business) 43 pp. 2022:8 (Springer, GW) <684-487>
ISBN 978-3-031-07329-8 paper ¥11,766.- (税込) EUR 49.99 *

This book provides the statistical basis for quantitative risk management by presenting and explaining the most important distributions. Distributions describe the occurrence and impact of a risk. They are a prerequisite for risk aggregation, risk analysis and risk assessment as required by the German revision standards IDW PS 340, StaRUG and FISG.This book portrays the distributions that are fundamental for enterprise risk management and shows when and how they are used. These include the Bernoulli distribution, the binomial distribution, the Poisson distribution, the uniform distribution, the triangular distribution, the PERT distribution, the modified PERT distribution, the trapezoidal distribution, the custom distribution, the normal distribution, the lognormal distribution, the Weibull distribution, the expert distribution, the poly distribution and the compound distribution. Furthermore, the book explains how the parameterisation of the distributions can be done via expert estimates or algorithmic calibration.

Wilson, Rob, Age of Invisible Machines: A Practical Guide to Creating a Hyperautomated Ecosystem of Intelligent Digital Workers. 256 pp. 2022:11 (Wiley, US) <684-488>
ISBN 978-1-119-89992-1 hard ¥6,036.- (税込) US$ 28.00 *

Cut through the hype and unlock the game-changing potential of conversational AI. In Age of Invisible Machines, celebrated tech leader Robb Wilson delivers an eye-opening and startlingly insightful blueprint for leveraging conversational AI in order to make your organization self-driving-with a growing ecosystem of interconnected automations accelerating all aspects of your business. Conversational AI is changing the nature of every job at every company (starting yesterday) and this book is relevant for anyone who will be affected by the acceleration of these technologies. You'll learn how to develop a strategy for hyperautomation by identifying the outdated processes and systems holding your organization back. You'll discover ways of internalizing and orchestrating new technologies that are force-multipliers for rapid growth. A must-read for every business leader, Wilson's book debunks common myths about conversational AI while laying bare the inevitable complexity of restructuring your business to unlock the massive opportunities this new era affords. You'll also find: Compelling discussions of the ethical dilemmas that lie in wait as mass adoption of conversational AI takes holdFascinating explorations of what a self-driving organization looks like and how you can use conversational AI to create a durable competitive advantageStrategies behind creating an ecosystem for hyperautomation that any company can begin implementing immediatelyQR links to ongoing, interactive online discussions of the material covered in each chapter An essential and practical discussion of the future of conversational AI and hyperautomation, Age of Invisible Machines belongs in the hands of founders, entrepreneurs, business leaders, designers, tech enthusiasts, and anyone else with a stake in the future of business.

複雑なプロジェクトの組織化研究ハンドブック
Winch, Graham M. / Brunet, Maude / Cao, Dongping (eds.), Research Handbook on Complex Project Organizing. (Research Handbooks in Business and Management series) 400 pp. 2023:1 (E. Elgar, UK) * paper 2024 <684-489>
ISBN 978-1-80088-027-6 hard ¥55,555.- (税込) GB￡ 195.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-533735-4 paper ¥13,091.- (税込) GB￡ 45.95 *

This Research Handbook provides a cutting-edge review of complex project organizing (CPO), and suggests fruitful avenues for future research with a focus on grand challenges and a sustainable future.Split into four sections, this Research Handbook addresses transitions within the field of CPO that could, and should, take place to achieve our shared aspirations for a better future. Featuring a team of contributors that is both interdisciplinary and geographically widespread, chapters provide a clarification of core concepts of complex project organizing, comprehensive coverage of leading theoretical perspectives for CPO, as well as a discussion of key empirical research themes. In particular, special attention is given to the implications of Industry 4.0 for complex project organizing.The Research Handbook on Complex Project Organizing develops a guiding path to help academics - both established and early career - and research students in the fields of business leadership, operations management, and knowledge management navigate through these important topics, and envision how to respond to the grand challenges we all face.

Zhang, Hao (ed.), Models and Methods for Management Science. (Management for Professionals) 419 pp. 2022:9 (Springer, GW) <684-490>
ISBN 978-981-19-1613-7 hard ¥40,014.- (税込) EUR 169.99

This textbook introduces systems science as an entry point to present a basic introduction to research models and methods in management science (operation research). This textbook selects the classic quantitative models and methods as well as rich cases and detailed examples, which are suitable for students with a certain management and economics knowledge for further study, and helps to develop the abilities of using the basic models in real life.

Ogunyemi, Kemi / Atanya, Oreva / Burgal, Vanessa (eds.), Management and Leadership for a Sustainable Africa. Volume 1: Dimensions, Practices and Footprints. (Palgrave Studies in African Leadership) 249 pp. 2022:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <684-299>
ISBN 978-3-031-04910-1 hard ¥37,660.- (税込) EUR 159.99

To effectively deliver sustainable management in practice for Africa, we need responsible leadership. We need to deepen our understanding of sustainability in the unique socio-political and economic context of the continent. The roles of various actors across public, private and non-profit sectors as enablers of sustainable development need to be explored to understand the social, economic and environmental (SEE) trends in Africa and its emerging and developing economies, as well as to chart the way forward for the continent.This first volume focuses on the African understanding of sustainability and its dimensions within its unique historical, social, environmental and political contexts. Through the lens of responsible leadership, the authors reflect on the implementation and extension of the SEE sustainability triad in ways unique to the African continent, especially in relation to the development of well-thought-out, healthy and enduring policy frameworks and the promotion of good governance. The African scope of the book is hinged on collaboration from authors across Africa and the inclusion of case stories from emerging economies in the five African subregions (East, West, North, Central and Southern Africa) within the chapters. The core message is that, to achieve effective and sustainable management and development for Africa, the practice of responsible leadership is critical.

Ogunyemi, Kemi / Atanya, Oreva / Burgal, Vanessa (eds.), Management and Leadership for a Sustainable Africa. Volume 2: Roles, Responsibilities, and Prospects. (Palgrave Studies in African Leadership) 285 pp. 2022:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <684-300>
ISBN 978-3-031-04922-4 hard ¥37,660.- (税込) EUR 159.99

To effectively deliver sustainable management in practice for Africa, we need responsible leadership. We need to deepen our understanding of sustainability in the unique socio-political and economic context of the continent. The roles of various actors across public, private and non-profit sectors as enablers of sustainable development need to be explored to understand the social, economic and environmental (SEE) trends in Africa and its emerging and developing economies, as well as to chart the way forward for the continent.This second volume explores the roles and responsibilities of the players-leaders and followers-in the core, public purpose and business spheres in delivering sustainable development outcomes for Africa. Drawing on interviews, cases and extensive literature, this volume contributes to reflection on the leadership values and practices required for a sustainable Africa and the crafting of new policy approaches to address the development challenges such as environmental degradation, economic inequities and social exclusion in Africa. The African scope of the book is hinged on collaboration from authors across Africa and the inclusion of case stories from emerging economies in the five African subregions (East, West, North, Central and Southern Africa) within the chapters. The core message is that, to achieve effective and sustainable management and development for Africa, the practice of responsible leadership is critical.

Ogunyemi, Kemi / Atanya, Oreva / Burgal, Vanessa (eds.), Management and Leadership for a Sustainable Africa. Volume 3: Educating for Sustainability Outcomes. (Palgrave Studies in African Leadership) 185 pp. 2022:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <684-301>
ISBN 978-3-031-05283-5 hard ¥37,660.- (税込) EUR 159.99

To effectively deliver sustainable management in practice for Africa, we need responsible leadership. We need to deepen our understanding of sustainability in the unique socio-political and economic context of the continent. The roles of various actors across public, private and non-profit sectors as enablers of sustainable development need to be explored to understand the social, economic and environmental (SEE) trends in Africa and its emerging and developing economies, as well as to chart the way forward for the continent. This third volume focuses on education as a tool to build a sustainable Africa. It explores the use of pedagogical approaches, learning resources, and policy implementation to develop African leaders and managers with a sustainability mindset that feeds into leadership decision-making, systemic change management, and efficient and sustainable transfers of knowledge and practice. The case stories from various academic institutions present practicable and innovative ideas for educating those who will lead sustainable development for Africa's future. The African scope of the book is hinged on collaboration from authors across Africa and the inclusion of case stories from emerging economies in the five African subregions (East, West, North, Central and Southern Africa) within the chapters. The core message is that, to achieve effective and sustainable management and development for Africa, the practice of responsible leadership is critical.

Velez, Sophia, Operational Risk Management in Banks and Idiosyncratic Loss Theory: A Leadership Perspective. 264 pp. 2022:12 (Emerald, UK) <684-328>
ISBN 978-1-80455-224-7 hard ¥22,638.- (税込) US$ 105.00 *

A systemic risk event that leads to significant losses in banks that are significant financial institutions can expose them to insolvency, significant volatility and impose serious negative impact on a country's economy, as witnessed during the 2008 financial crash. The viral spread of operational losses through global markets by interconnected multinational banks can be referred to as idiosyncratic viral loss theory. Operational Risk Management in Banks and Idiosyncratic Loss Theory: A Leadership Perspective identifies important considerations that can bolster effective risk management practices in comprehensive enterprise-wide risk, fraud control, going beyond minimum risk assessment required by banking regulators as well as independent risk identification and management. These considerations towards improving risk management practices may help reduce systemic operational losses spread virally in banks. Operational Risk Management in Banks and Idiosyncratic Loss Theory is a useful tool for scholars, bank practitioners, regulators, and accountants to understand the behaviour of idiosyncratic viral losses in banks and in the use of effective risk management practices. Bank practitioners and regulators can leverage the suggestions made by the panel of sector experts and bank leaders to construct action plans and training programs.