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

Fawcett, Valerie (ed.), The Fluent Leader: Functional Fluency and Effective Leadership inspired by Transactional Analysis. 192 pp. 2023:4 (Routledge, UK) <691-348>
ISBN 978-1-03-238541-9 hard ¥34,188.- (税込) GB￡ 120.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-238540-2 paper ¥8,543.- (税込) GB￡ 29.99 *

In this insightful and comprehensive volume, leaders and managers can explore how they can use their power and choice of behavioural options more effectively to develop a positive and healthy working environment where people and the organization can succeed.Based on the Functional Fluency model as it was developed by Dr Susannah Temple, this book details the art and skill of interpersonal effectiveness, describing the behaviours that enable human beings to get along well together and to flourish and thrive. Fluent leaders make positive and flexible responses which help things turn out well, instead of repeating old automatic reactions that sometimes make things worse. By inspiring and motivating others, they manage and lead constructively, saving time, energy, and stress. Further, becoming functionally fluent will improve their problem-solving, decision-making, and communication skills, enabling them to cultivate successful relationships. Through engaging case studies and opportunities for personal reflection, The Fluent Leader addresses situations leaders face as managers, team leaders, senior executives, and change agents.The Fluent Leader guides leaders and managers, at all levels in any kind of organization, in how to use the most effective behaviours, and how to change ineffective behaviours, which are draining them or holding them back.

Fiet, James O., Informational Entrepreneurship in a World with Limited Insight. 345 pp. 2022:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <691-349>
ISBN 978-3-031-16531-3 hard ¥35,306.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This book organizes entrepreneurship theory in a way that constitutes a new body of knowledge, which is Informational Entrepreneurship. It can serve as a basis for teaching entrepreneurship and reducing performance uncertainty. Although entrepreneurship is not entirely about information, information determines how it can be systematically understood while depending less on luck. It also offers the only known, experimentally tested approach that incorporates decision support tools. Other known approaches rely on exposition for validation; whereas, Informational Entrepreneurship uses two-sample experiments that controlled for other explanations as well as experimenter bias. It will appeal to those studying and teaching entrepreneurship who are looking for a prescriptive approach, rather than a descriptive approach.

Guo, Bin, Decoding the Rise of Made-In-China: Why the Continuity of Catch-up Ladder Ultimately Matters. (Series on Innovation and Operations Management for Chinese Enterprises 8) 260 pp. 2023:2 (World Scientific, SI) <691-350>
ISBN 978-981-12-6521-1 hard ¥21,128.- (税込) US$ 98.00 *

This book provides a novel theoretical framework to explain the real source of competitive advantage of Chinese manufacturing. More importantly, such a framework can be generalized to analyze the potential of catch-up for large emerging economies in the globalization era. The book also provides insights for policy makers to rethink their design of policies.The rise of Made-in-China products has been widely attributed to low labour cost advantage and imitation advantage. However, as these two advantages are nearly innate to all late-developing countries, they cannot be regarded as the key factors that drive the rapid growth of China's manufacturing industry, or China's economy, over the past few decades. In this book, the author proposed a theory - 'the catch-up ladders theory', to explain the rise of China's manufacturing industry. The manufacturing advancement of any country is in essence a process of catching-up in both market and technology, during which enterprises will form a ladder-like holistic structure due to their differences in capabilities, technology and market positioning. In light of this, the continuity of the catch-up ladder will greatly determine the catch-up efficiency of an industry and even a country at large. Such a perspective is more applicable to large emerging economies, especially those with over one hundred million population and thus huge potential domestic market demand.

Gupta, Varun, Innovation Mechanisms in Start-ups: Practice, Strategies and Impacts. (Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management) 172 pp. 2023:1 (Springer, GW) <691-351>
ISBN 978-3-031-19740-6 hard ¥35,306.- (税込) EUR 149.99

Innovation Mechanisms in Start-ups: Practice, Strategies and Impacts serves as a practical resource for startups looking for innovating their business models in domestic and global markets. This book's main objective is to describe the innovative business practices adopted by startups during the pandemic, with a special emphasis on value proposition innovation and business model innovation more generally. In order to promote open innovation, this book emphasizes the value of strategic alliances with academic libraries, peer startups, and freelancers. Additionally, using actual startup case studies, it was shown how important technological innovation is for gathering feedback, prototyping, and conducting both secondary as well as primary market research. Startups can utilize the technology evaluation and adoption frameworks as a useful reference when choosing a technology to embrace strategically. The need of regularly experimenting with new approaches, learning from mistakes, and enhancing current processes is also emphasized in this book. The ability to dispel falsehoods, capitalize on technological advancements, and form strategic alliances will be essential for innovation even in times of pandemic. This book links theoretical insights with practical experiences of startups amid the pandemic. With a perfect balance of empirical research and assessment study types, this book is a source of quick knowledge for entrepreneurs, academics and researchers on how to enhance a company's innovative capacities and success rates. The BMI-Pandemic 2.15 model, which is an expanded version of the Odyssey 3.14 model, is presented in this book which highlight 15 guidelines to follow in order to innovate business models in pandemics. This book is suitable for Entrepreneurs, Academicians, Researcher and Technologists.

Hauser, Christian / Amann, Wolfgang (eds.), The Future of Responsible Management Education: University Leadership and the Digital Transformation Challenge. (Humanism in Business Series) 444 pp. 2023:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <691-352>
ISBN 978-3-031-15631-1 hard ¥40,014.- (税込) EUR 169.99 *

Business schools have been criticized for several things, such as lacking relevance, a too weak ethics orientation, dated paradigms, or commercialization. Simultaneously, there has been much positive change and accelerated dynamics toward forming future-ready companies and graduates. This book outlines how to better understand and master the digital transformation challenge. It is essential that business school deans, program directors, and faculty members embrace new opportunities to bring the UN-backed Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) to life successfully.Part of the Humanism in Business series, this book constitutes a valuable resource for leaders in universities and business schools, as well as individual faculty members aspiring to optimize how they respond to digital transformation. It can also be of use to those studying responsible management education, leadership and business ethics more generally.

Jakobus, Benjamin / Sena, Pedro Henrique Lobato / Souza, C., Leadership Paradigms for Remote Agile Development: How To Lead Your Team Remotely. 140 pp. 2023:3 (Apress, US) <691-353>
ISBN 978-1-4842-8718-7 paper ¥8,235.- (税込) EUR 34.99

If you are asking yourself Why are my engineers unable to deliver?, Why are so many engineers leaving? or Why is our software riddled with bugs?, then you've come to the right place. This book acts as a concise, practical guide on how to lead successful agile projects in a remote environment. The authors draw from industry experience and a wide range of fields and disciplines--from software engineering to criminology and sociology--to teach you how to maintain technical oversight, manage deadlines, and calibrate expectations, while also creating and maintaining a healthy remote work environment. You will gain both practical tips grounded in reality, while learning why such tips work by navigating the background on which they are founded--from Broken Window Theory, Labeling Theory to the Dunning-Kruger. Leadership Paradigms for Remote Agile Development will show you how to avoid the most common mistakes and pitfalls that cause engineering projects to fail while at the same time maintaining high ethical standards. What You'll LearnManage feedback, reduce bureaucracy, create and adapt processes Understand what to look for in new hires Carve out a solid road to success for any type of software project Who This Book Is For Anyone who is in, or wishes to move into, an IT leadership position, such as senior software engineers, founders, engineering managers, or team/tech leads.

Klikauer, Thomas, The Language of Managerialism: Organizational Communication or an Ideological Tool? 256 pp. 2022:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <691-355>
ISBN 978-3-031-16378-4 hard ¥35,306.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This book explains how management became Managerialism and how the language of managerialism was developed.Providing a comprehensive discussion of the managerialism-language interface, the book argues that firstly, managerialism itself has developed its distinctive language; and secondly, the two concepts of managerialism and language mutually depend upon each other. Written from the critical media studies perspective of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory, the book reaches beyond simple business communication, illustrating how the language of managerialism is colonising the non-corporate lifeworld. The book concludes by offering fresh ideas on how to move beyond the language of managerialism.

Koellner, Tobias (ed.), Family Firms and Business Families in Cross-Cultural Perspective: Bringing Anthropology Back In. 327 pp. 2023:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <691-356>
ISBN 978-3-031-20524-8 hard ¥32,952.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This edited volume provides an anthropological study of family businesses and business families. In previous research on family firms and business families, the comparative cross-cultural approach of anthropology has so far received little attention. As a result, family firms and business families are too often analyzed without considering cultural and kinship differences adequately. Similarly, although the topics of kinship and the economy are central to anthropological analysis, research on family firms and business families has been a marginal topic only that lacks in-depth discussions within anthropology. This volume breaks the mold by offering new empirical and theoretical insights into discussion about business families and family firms from a comparative cross-cultural perspective. It first addresses how the business family can be defined in different cultures and how kinship becomes understandable as a process and through 'doing family'. In this, the book provides a systematic comparison of the connections between family, kinship and economic activity in different cultures, whereas many of the previous studies have concentrated on only one or a few regions or cultures. It also shows the complexities and challenges when grounding the analysis of economic activity and entrepreneurship in cultural context.

Kumar, Payal / Culham, Tom Elwood et al. (eds.), Honing Self-Awareness of Faculty and Future Business Leaders: Emotions Connected with Teaching and Learning. 324 pp. 2023:4 (Emerald, UK) <691-357>
ISBN 978-1-80262-350-5 hard ¥23,716.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *

Addressing the topic of emotions in the classroom is largely done by education and psychology scholars, not those in management fields. Occupying this gap, the chapter authors emphasize self-awareness and management of emotions to strengthen student engagement, well-being and performance in complex and ambiguous societal and economic VUCA environments. Honing Self-Awareness of Faculty and Future Business Leaders prepares 21st century managers and teachers in business schools and other higher education institutions - not only be able to deal with emotions that arise in the classroom, but to emanate heightened emotional intelligence themselves - aiding personal and interpersonal development and forming the foundation of leader self-awareness.

プロジェクト管理ハンドブック　第2版
Kuster, Juerg / Bachmann, Christian / Hubmann, Mike et al., Project Management Handbook: Agile - Traditional - Hybrid. 2nd ed. (Management for Professionals) 484 pp. 2022:12 (Springer, GW) <691-358>
ISBN 978-3-662-66210-6 hard ¥25,890.- (税込) EUR 109.99

This practical handbook offers a comprehensive guide to efficient project management. It pursues a broad, well-structured approach, suitable for most projects, and allows newcomers, experienced project managers, and decision-makers to find valuable input that matches their specific needs. The Project Management Compass guides readers through various sections of the book; templates and checklists offer additional support. The handbook's innovative structure combines concepts from systems engineering, management psychology, and process dynamics. This international edition will allow sharing of the authors' experience gained in many years of project work and over thousands of project management and leadership seminars conducted for BWI Management Education in Zurich, Switzerland.This second, entirely revised edition of the Project Management Handbook is based on the fundamentals of the previous standard work and is aligned with the German 5th edition. It now covers a large number of new or updated topics. This work has also been updated to help with the IPMA certification and offers a comprehensive reference table for all competence elements of the Individual Competence Baseline of IPMA (R) (ICB4).

Midler, Christophe / Alochet, Marc / De Charentenay, C., The Innovation Odyssey: Lessons from an Impossible Project. 226 pp. 2023:4 (Auerbach, US) <691-359>
ISBN 978-1-032-45430-6 hard ¥34,188.- (税込) GB￡ 120.00 *
ISBN 978-1-032-38746-8 paper ¥12,247.- (税込) GB￡ 42.99 *

Affordable is not typically the first adjective used to describe an electric automobile. This book traces the history of an affordable electric car, from its genesis to its marketing. This history is more than a singular adventure. It is the analysis of a project that allows us to understand the key issues of strategy and management of contemporary innovation. The book features in lessons in:Strategy revealing the complexity of international product development and the conditions for its implementation in today's fragmented worldProject management showing what is required to succeed in the a priori impossible challenge of a design within an alliance between five partners from four different countriesInnovation demonstrating that the electrification of mobility can be combined with affordable pricesIndustrial policy using the emblematic domain of electric vehicles to illustrate the major role of public authorities in technology, the future direction of this role, and the importance in the competition between Western and Chinese industriesIntrapreneurship showing that a start-up is not the only context in which it is possible to attempt and experience breakthroughs.

企業、政府、SDGs－持続可能な将来の構築における官民の関与の役割
Mohieldin, Mahmoud / Wahba, Sameh et al., Business, Government and the SDGs: The Role of Public-Private Engagement in Building a Sustainable Future. (Palgrave Pivot) 162 pp. 2023 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <691-361>
ISBN 978-3-031-11195-2 hard ¥10,589.- (税込) EUR 44.99 *

This book seeks to revise and challenge the roles and traditional realms of influence that national and local governments, and businesses at a critical juncture in terms of achieving sustainable development, faces when tackling the dual challenges of climate change and post-COVID recovery. Using the broader lens of the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to assess the roles and responsibilities of each of these stakeholders and their relationships, the book offers policy, economic arguments, case studies and examples to argue that neither national or local governments, nor companies, could afford to deviate from the SDGs in the recovery from the current crisis, nor that the imperative of bold climate action should detract from the broader focus on sustainability. The analysis frames the debate of how a balance between people, planet, and profits can be achieved and how nations, regions and cities, and businesses, with their representative organizations, can achieve a sustainable recovery from the current global crisis, and contribute to climate smart, resilient and inclusive development.

Nogales Muriel, Rocio, Social Innovation, Social Enterprises and the Cultural Economy: Cultural and Artistic Social Enterprises in Practice. (ENCATC Advances in Cultural Management and Policy) 296 pp. 2023:4 (Routledge, UK) <691-362>
ISBN 978-1-03-237829-9 hard ¥35,612.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00 *

Faced with a depleted planet and a series of connected crises, socially minded agents and entities within the world of culture and the arts are reacting from within. With insights from sociology, economics, and cultural management and policy, this book aims to chronicle the journey of SMart - a cultural and artistic social enterprise now present in eight European countries - in order to illustrate such organisation's efforts to achieve its potential for social innovation and transformation. Tackling the endemic precariousness and intermittency of work through innovative arrangements for cultural workers and artists has been central to these efforts. In many cases, however, this activism not only had a direct impact at the level of individual and collective labour, but also has transformed the ways culture is 'governed'.Readers of this book will better understand the connection between social innovation and culture and the arts; gain awareness of the trends and transformations within the field of culture and cultural work and their connection with institutional arrangements; and critically engage with the processes, challenges and benefits of scaling up and diffusing social innovation. The debates presented will be of relevance to scholars and students across disciplines, policy makers at both EU and national levels, practitioners and social activists.

O'Callaghan, Miriam, Decision Intelligence: Human-Machine Integration for Decision Making: Human-Machine Integration for Decision Making. 194 pp. 2023:4 (Chapman & Hall / CRC, US) <691-363>
ISBN 978-1-03-238410-8 hard ¥25,071.- (税込) GB￡ 88.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-238409-2 paper ¥12,247.- (税込) GB￡ 42.99 *

Revealing the limitations of human decision-making, this book explores how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be used to optimize decisions for improved business outcomes and efficiency, as well as looking ahead to the significant contributions Decision Intelligence (DI) can make to society and the ethical challenges it may raise.From the theories and concepts used to design autonomous intelligent agents to the technologies that power DI systems and the ways in which companies use decision-making building blocks to build DI solutions that enable businesses to democratize AI, this book presents an impressive framework to integrate artificial and human intelligence for the success of different types of business decisions.Replete with case studies on DI applications, as well as wider discussions on the social implications of the technology, Decision Intelligence: Human-Machine Integration for Decision Making appeals to both students of AI and data sciences and businesses considering DI adoption.

Phillipson, Frank (ed.), Optimisation in Synchromodal Logistics: From Theory to Practice. (Lecture Notes in Operations Research) 280 pp. 2023:1 (Springer, GW) <691-364>
ISBN 978-3-031-15654-0 hard ¥37,660.- (税込) EUR 159.99

This book introduces the advances in synchromodal logistics and provides a framework to classify various optimisation problems in this field. It explores the application of this framework to solve a broad range of problems, such as problems with and without a central decision-maker, problems with and without full information, deterministic problems, problems coping with uncertainty, optimisation of a full network design problem. It covers theoretical constructs, such as discrete optimisation, robust optimisation, optimisation under uncertainty, multi-objective optimisation and agent based equilibrium models. Moreover, practical elaborated use cases are presented to deepen understanding. The book gives both researchers and practitioners a good overview of the field of synchromodal optimisation problems and offers the reader practical methods for modelling and problem-solving.

Popkova, Elena G. / Vovchenko, Natalia G. et al. (eds.), Climate-smart Innovation: Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development in the Environmental Economy. (Advances in Entrepreneurial Economics and Sustainable Development 1) 400 pp. 2023 (World Scientific, SI) <691-365>
ISBN 978-981-12-6424-5 hard ¥31,908.- (税込) US$ 148.00 *

This book studies smart green innovation through the prism of social entrepreneurship as a driver for sustainable development and the development of an environmental economy. It systematizes and analyzes the modern challenges of the environmental economy: climate change and environmental pollution. The tendencies and scenarios for the environmental economy are considered in the context of implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. Globalization and international trade are also considered factors in the sustainable development of the environmental economy.The book hones in on the international experience of ecological responsibility and fighting climate change through social entrepreneurship. The contribution of corporate responsibility in the fight against climate change is determined, and state regulation of corporate responsibility in the resource-based economies of developing countries is considered. The market mechanisms for stimulating the fight against climate change through social entrepreneurship in countries with developed environmental economies are also considered. The advantages of digitalization for fighting climate change through social entrepreneurship are offered.The book also reflects on the possibilities for the sustainable development of the environmental economy based on climate-smart innovation in social entrepreneurship. It presents a model of climate-smart enterprise and substantiates its advantages for corporate responsibility and sustainable development. The key climate-smart innovations in social entrepreneurship for sustainable development of the environmental economy-robots big data, AI, blockchain, and green finance-are determined. The book also develops policy recommendations to support climate-smart innovation in social entrepreneurship.

Rehn, Alf / Oertenblad, Anders (eds.), Debating Innovation: Perspectives and Paradoxes of an Idealized Concept. (Palgrave Debates in Business and Management) 416 pp. 2023:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <691-368>
ISBN 978-3-031-16665-5 hard ¥37,660.- (税込) EUR 159.99

Despite its complexity, innovation is often depicted within academic literature as a phenomenon that is innately good and always necessary. This thought-provoking volume presents a more nuanced view - through a number of paired chapters for and against, as well as more general critiques of innovation and several suggested new lines of inquiry, the book will be of interest to all with a broader interest in innovation.

Rostamkhani, Ramin / Ramayah, Thurasamy, A Quality Engineering Techniques Approach to Supply Chain Management. 177 pp. 2022:12 (Springer, GW) <691-369>
ISBN 978-981-19-6836-5 hard ¥25,890.- (税込) EUR 109.99

This book combines, for the first time, the operations management and operations research concepts in lean and agile supply chain management (SCM) for achieving decreased uncertainty, increased productivity, and sustainability through the use of quality engineering techniques (QETs). The book serves as a beneficial supplementary read for supply chain management and logistics courses in operations management/operations research for industrial engineering or management departments as the book uses practical examples of QET applications in SCM in a variety of industries, such as manufacturing, international shipping, and services. By reading this book, a wide range of audiences from general readers to students in industrial engineering or management fields will learn practical skills that can be utilized in the application of quality engineering techniques in lean and agile SCM.

Rothwell, William J. / Bakhshandeh, Behnam / Zaballero, A., Successful Supervisory Leadership: Exerting Positive Influence While Leading People. (The Agile and Empathetic Supervisory Leader) 192 pp. 2023:4 (Routledge, UK) <691-370>
ISBN 978-1-03-237061-3 hard ¥27,916.- (税込) GB￡ 97.99 *
ISBN 978-1-03-237060-6 paper ¥10,253.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99 *

Why Study Supervision?This book presents two compelling reasons to study supervision and supervisory leadership: Influential Position: Supervisors exert considerable influence on organizational settings. Supervisors have been schooled, developed, and trained for their responsibilities. They can function more effectively than if they learn through informal, sometimes haphazard means. It thus pays to learn about supervision because supervisors can influence how efficiently and effectively their organization functions. Career Path: Many career paths lead to supervision. Supervisors are everywhere. Supervisors are teachers, doctors, accountants, lawyers, plumbers, and electricians. If you aspire to advance within your occupation, you may find that one career path leads to supervision. Preparing for supervisory responsibilities can prepare you for advancement. You may thus have a personal stake - your own future - in learning about what supervisors do and how they do it.In addition, this book: Provides strategies for building solid relationships with team members. Uses positivity as a foundational practice to lead and encourage other employees. Provides guidelines on how to hold employees accountable and set high expectations. Presents strategies to engage, coach, and develop employees by creating a positive environment to influence attitudes and behaviors. Offers various approaches for managing time and increasing productivity.

Rzepka, Agnieszka (ed.), Innovation in the Digital Economy: New Approaches to Management for Industry 5.0. (Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology) 296 pp. 2023:4 (Routledge, UK) <691-371>
ISBN 978-1-03-246993-5 hard ¥35,612.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00 *

The rapidly changing world requires constant revisions and adaptations to existing business strategies and models. The emerging industry 5.0 reality is forcing companies to transition to a more sustainable, human-centric, and resilient industry through innovation. This book presents concrete business models and practical frameworks to assist managers in developing and implementing innovative and robust businesses, both globally and locally.This edited collection compiles an experienced team of contributing authors with diverse academic backgrounds who cover a range of topics on different aspects of innovation, from exploring the challenges associated with industry 5.0 to incorporating artificial intelligence in modeling consumer behavior. Based on the experiences and challenges posed by recent economic developments and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the book offers the reader a chance to read case studies from global companies that have successfully implemented new innovations. Thanks to a rigorous research methodology in accordance with principles and standards recognized by the DAC Network, the book provides an actionable road map on how to change one's innovation strategy techniques in light of changing business conditions.Innovation in the Digital Economy will be of direct interest to scholars and subject matter experts in the field of innovation management. Business leaders and reflective practitioners will find the content relevant and accessible.

Schwarz, Tilo / Liker, Jeffrey K., Coach or Tell - Transform the Way You Lead Your Team: A Novel About Learning to Coach the Toyota Kata Way. 224 pp. 2023:4 (Productivity Pr., US) <691-372>
ISBN 978-0-367-36553-0 hard ¥37,037.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-36228-7 paper ¥7,404.- (税込) GB￡ 25.99 *

Denise dreamed of being the kind of leader who empowered and engaged her people, but was becoming frustrated and disillusioned.Denise -- a fast-rising, young consultant at a large advisory firm -- lands a job as a manager in industry. Crisis strikes as low-cost competitors take market share and general chaos generates late shipments. Denise goes into Lean consulting mode but quickly learns her supervisors are not buying it. They're not engaged, and they find the Lean tools confusing and a distraction from their goals of getting product out. It's going to take some magic -- magic that's available to you, the reader, too!Come with Denise on a journey of discovery and skill development, as she moves beyond the tools and concepts of Lean and focuses on daily practice that helps her supervisors achieve their goals. It's about an approach called Toyota Kata that helps anyone develop and apply scientific thinking -- an exploratory mindset of curiosity and experimentation. A mentor from an unlikely place appears and shares with Denise how to coach her team. Once her supervisors dig into real problems they face every day, they begin to engage. Step by step, with insightful inputs from her mentor, Denise starts developing the skills to become a coaching manager. She watches her team meet their current challenges and be ready for more.When you teach and practice scientific thinking and coaching skills you give wings to your team, and new worlds of opportunity open up. If you're a manager you'll identify with how the team in this story goes beyond general preaching about best practices, to practicing how to get to where they want to be. If you're a Lean practitioner frustrated with applying tools with a limited half life, you'll learn how to develop people so they can achieve their most important goals and keep going. And if you're already a Toyota Kata practitioner, well ... you will love this book!

Sforcina, Kathryn, Digitalizing Sustainability: The Five Forces of Digital Transformation. 168 pp. 2023:4 (Routledge, UK) <691-373>
ISBN 978-1-03-203482-9 hard ¥35,612.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-203483-6 paper ¥9,113.- (税込) GB￡ 31.99 *

Digitalizing Sustainability outlines why 'business as usual' isn't working and sets out five Transformational Forces which can be used to innovate and scale sustainability solutions using digital means.This transformation will be powered by a range of digital technologies that have the potential to ideate, propel and scale sustainability solutions in an exponential manner over the next decade. This book introduces the Five Forces of Digital Transformation. These forces all share a common root - they are powered by digital technologies that enable them to operate at the speed and scale that we need to achieve global transformation for people and planet. Working together, these forces help overcome many of the barriers and pitfalls that humanity has faced in trying to achieve sustainability 2.0 and will help you tackle these questions:Why has sustainability 1.0 failed us?What are the bugs and bad code in our operating systems that we must address to have any hope of creating a sustainable civilization?What are the Five Forces of Digital Transformation that will forge a sustainable and resilient future for our people and planet?What are the core priorities going forward for coalitions of the willing to harness these forces for sustainability and resilience?Disruptive and innovative, this book provides readers with a clear path forward to a sustainable digital future. It will be of great interest to anyone interested in the adoption of digital technologies for driving solutions to global sustainability challenges.

Simon, Hermann / Echter, Adam, Beating Inflation: An Agile, Concrete and Effective Corporate Guide. 135 pp. 2022:11 (Springer, GW) <691-374>
ISBN 978-3-031-20092-2 paper ¥7,058.- (税込) EUR 29.99

Is unabated inflation the new normal? Inflation is back and here to stay. For companies, this means that the world in which they do business has fundamentally changed. This book examines inflation from multiple perspectives and offers actions and strategies for companies to cope with and manage it to ensure their survival. For businesses and consumers, it is not a question of eliminating inflation, but how to cope with it in order to suffer as little damage as possible. This includes not just price management, but also sales, finance, purchasing, cost management along with digitalization and innovation activities in equal measure. It also requires corporate cultural change, which if managed fast and successfully, the prospects of defeating inflation and thus ensuring the survival of the company are good.

Tan, Albert Wee Kwan / Balasubramanian, S. et al. (eds.), Essential Skills And Competencies for Supply Chain Professionals and Future Leaders in Asia: A Framework for Planning and Managing Supply Chain Talents. 188 pp. 2022:10 (World Scientific, SI) <691-376>
ISBN 978-981-12-5884-8 hard ¥8,192.- (税込) US$ 38.00 *

This book is the first of its kind in attempting to identify the skills and competencies required of supply chain leaders in Asia. In 2020, McKinsey reported that they believe leaders should not just fix their supply chains temporarily, but to transform them. Reimagining supply chains to avoid past traps and meet future needs will require a comprehensive approach in reskilling supply chain professionals to build new competencies for new norms.This book showcases the results of quantitative and qualitative research, including surveys and interviews with supply chain managers across Asia, highlighting the essential skills and competencies required to be a successful supply chain manager. A framework to plan and manage supply chain talents and strategies for recruiting and retaining supply chain talents are also included.The contributors of this book include Janya Chanchaichujit, Nguyen Thi Hong Hanh (Victoria), Sumit Mitra, Sherman Ong and Juliater Simarmata.

Veronesi, Vittoria / Schiavello, Martina, The Evolution of Made in Italy: Case studies on the Italian Food and Beverage Industry. 148 pp. 2022:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <691-378>
ISBN 978-3-031-15666-3 hard ¥10,589.- (税込) EUR 44.99

This book deep dives into emerging consumer trends in the food and beverage industry in Italy, particularly in light of the COVID-19 crisis, and explores how firms have evolved to meet consumer needs and succeed in this challenging context. Through a series of case studies, the authors explore the food and beverage industry's defining characteristics and how each particular sector has become so important to the Italian economy. Drawing on cases that feature small, medium and large enterprises, the authors reveal how firms have adapted their business strategies to meet new customer demands and market trends, highlighting the winning characteristics of the ever-evolving 'Made in Italy' brand, concluding with a recommended strategy of best practices for future implementation. Providing examples that can be studied, applied and analyzed by researchers, students, and practitioners, this unique book offers a detailed understanding of the different innovations and adaptations that companies in the food and beverage sector have put in place in response to ever evolving markets and trends, and how innovation becomes the key to success.

Visciola, Michele, Sustainable Innovation: Thinking as Behavioral Scientists, Acting as Designers. 238 pp. 2022:12 (Springer, GW) <691-379>
ISBN 978-3-031-18750-6 hard ¥25,890.- (税込) EUR 109.99

This book puts forward a new paradigm to understand and implement Sustainable Innovation (SI). Innovation without sustainability leaves out large swathes of the population or generates maladaptive or misappropriate behaviors. Innovative solutions will be sustainable if they can retain individual and group differences while offering greater benefits for the common good. When working together, designers, life, human and social behavioral scientists can add value, which promotes behavioral changes to the advantage of sustainable models in all fields. This volume presents a guide on how to set up sustainable innovation programs, as well as ideas on how to integrate multidisciplinary teams into innovation projects. Moreover, this book offers students a synthesis of non-academic thinking on the relationship between design and behavioral science.

Wankhade, Paresh / Murphy, Peter, Emergency Services Management: A Research Overview. (State of the Art in Business Research) 128 pp. 2023:1 (Routledge, UK) <691-380>
ISBN 978-1-03-205543-5 hard ¥13,102.- (税込) GB￡ 45.99 *

An expert guide to contemporary research in the field of emergency services management, this short-form book will help academics, scholars, and practitioners to appreciate the important role and contribution of these services.Contemporary emergency services have been rapidly changing in response to increasing demand, reducing resources, the impact of COVID-19 and the increasingly complex threats to public safety. Academics, practitioners, the emergency services and their key stakeholders all need to have a clear understanding of the changing role and contribution of these services as well as finding ways to improve their management and performance so that policy solutions to new and emerging threats may be efficiently developed and effectively implemented. The book looks at the application of public management theories to emergency services and the development of professionalism within the police, fire and rescue, and ambulance services. It examines the increasing need for better collaboration and identifies the nature and extent of the academic and practitioner divide and the research gap between the academic and professional communities in each of the services.This book will be invaluable to researchers, scholars, practitioners, and students in the fields of governance, leadership, and management, especially those focusing on emergency services and management during crises.

Woronkowicz, Joanna (ed.), Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation. 222 pp. 2022:10 (Springer, GW) <691-381>
ISBN 978-3-031-18194-8 hard ¥25,890.- (税込) EUR 109.99

This book is the third publication out of the Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation (AEI) Lab that focuses exclusively on research that empirically investigates crossovers between arts, entrepreneurship and innovation. This volume does so specifically by using the lens of cultural economics. The chapters in this volume have been chosen not only because they have clear implications for policy and practice, but also because they contribute to theories of value creation in the cultural and creative industries. As a whole, this book addresses relationships between arts, entrepreneurship and innovation for workers, firms, and industry to bring clarity to how value is created in the arts. Previously published in Journal of Cultural Economics Volume 45, issue 4, December 2021 Chapters "Direct Memberships in Foreign Copyright Collecting Societies as an Entrepreneurial Opportunity for Music Publishers - Needs, Challenges, Opportunities and Solutions" and "Do Museums Foster Innovation Through Engagement with the Cultural and Creative Industries?" are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Yildirim, Alp / Reefke, Hendrik / Aktas, Emel, Mobile Robot Automation in Warehouses: A Framework for Decision Making and Integration. (Palgrave Studies in Logistics and Supply Chain Management) 137 pp. 2022:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <691-382>
ISBN 978-3-031-12306-1 hard ¥10,589.- (税込) EUR 44.99

This book illustrates the applications of mobile robot systems in warehouse operations with an integrated decision framework for their selection and application. Mobile robot systems are an automation solution in warehouses that make order fulfillment agile, flexible and scalable to cope with the increasing volume and complexity of customer orders. Compared with manual operations, they combine higher productivity and throughput with lower operating costs. As the practical use of mobile robot systems is increasing, decision-makers are confronted with a plethora of decisions. Still, research is lagging in providing the needed academic insights and managerial guidance. The lack of a structured decision framework tailored for mobile robot system applications in warehouses increases the probability of problems when choosing automation systems. This book demonstrates the characteristics of mobile robot systems which reinforce warehouse managers in identifying, evaluating and choosingcandidate systems through multiple criteria. Furthermore, the managerial decision framework covering decisions at strategic, tactical and operational levels in detail helps decision-makers to implement a mobile robot solution step-by-step. This book puts special emphasis on change management and operational control of mobile robots using path planning and task allocation algorithms. The book also introduces focus areas that require particular attention to aid the efficiency and practical application of these systems, such as facility layout planning, robot fleet sizing, and human-robot interaction. It will be essential reading for academics and students working on digital warehousing and logistics, as well as practitioners in warehouses looking to make informed decisions.

Souza de Cursi, Eduardo, Uncertainty Quantification using R. (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science 335) 892 pp. 2023:1 (Springer, GW) <691-140>
ISBN 978-3-031-17784-2 hard ¥35,306.- (税込) EUR 149.99 *

This book is a rigorous but practical presentation of the techniques of uncertainty quantification, with applications in R and Python. This volume includes mathematical arguments at the level necessary to make the presentation rigorous and the assumptions clearly established, while maintaining a focus on practical applications of uncertainty quantification methods. Practical aspects of applied probability are also discussed, making the content accessible to students. The introduction of R and Python allows the reader to solve more complex problems involving a more significant number of variables. Users will be able to use examples laid out in the text to solve medium-sized problems. The list of topics covered in this volume includes linear and nonlinear programming, Lagrange multipliers (for sensitivity), multi-objective optimization, game theory, as well as linear algebraic equations, and probability and statistics. Blending theoretical rigor and practical applications, this volume will be of interest to professionals, researchers, graduate and undergraduate students interested in the use of uncertainty quantification techniques within the framework of operations research and mathematical programming, for applications in management and planning.

Chatterjee, Chirantan / Chakrabarti, A. S. et al. (eds.), Flattening The Curve: Covid-19 & Grand Challenges for Global Health, Innovation, And Economy. (World Scientific Series In Grand Public Policy Challenges Of The 21st Century 4) 350 pp. 2023:1 (World Scientific, SI) <691-147>
ISBN 978-981-12-6272-2 hard ¥36,220.- (税込) US$ 168.00 *

One of the key issues the world grappled with during COVID-19 was the distributional implications of lockdowns globally. The shadow of lockdown policies continues when nations still try to emerge out of the pandemic. Heterogeneity herein over time, country and even within nations in policy making resulted in unintended consequences and debates between citizens, scientists, policy makers and civil society. Responses to COVID-19 meanwhile tried to balance a long run approach which involved the health sector, built on an innovation-oriented mindset and kept in mind the broader economic implications of policy decisions for the future.Flattening the Curve is an effort to summarize these learnings from COVID-19, especially for future pandemics in this age of zoonotic diseases and the Anthropocene. Assembling scholars, scientists, innovators and entrepreneurs from across a variety of fields, this edited volume brings an interdisciplinary understanding to how the world can better respond socially to pandemics. It should be of immense value for students, scholars, policy makers and researchers in public policy, global health, economics, science and innovation policy, as well as regulation and business.

水谷文俊、浦上拓也、中村絵理編公共事業と公共政策における現代の諸問題－日本に焦点を当てた実証研究
Mizutani, Fumitoshi / Urakami, Takuya / Nakamura, Eri (eds.), Current Issues in Public Utilities and Public Policy: Empirical Studies Focusing on Japan. (Kobe University Monograph Series in Social Science Research) 370 pp. 2023:1 (Springer, GW) <691-154>
ISBN 978-981-19-7488-5 hard ¥40,014.- (税込) EUR 169.99 *

This book is novel in that it reveals significant issues of economics, management and business fields currently observed in network industries such as public utilities and transportation, and provides empirical evidence of their mechanisms and policy implications from various perspectives. This is a holistic collection of literature on public utilities economics and management, since the industries discussed include a wide range such as electricity, water supply, sewerage, transport, and postal service, which compound social infrastructure as public benefit service, and the issues examined contain not only economics topics such as cost, efficiency, and productivity, but also management topics such as governance, strategy and organizational restructuring. The book also investigates general private companies to derive future implications for policy and governance of public utilities, and covers multiple countries such as Japan, the US, and Vietnam. It demonstrates various empirical approaches and methodologies for public utility analysis through 17 chapters by experts in each field, which contributes to further cultivation of empirical studies in public utilities.

Jiang, Yanqing / Gu, Jiewei, Technology and Industrial Transformation of China. 203 pp. 2022:10 (Springer, GW) <691-167>
ISBN 978-981-19-7457-1 hard ¥30,598.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book explores how China's industrial transformation and development depend on technology and innovation and how considerations about issues associated with technology and innovation may affect China's development strategies. Market-oriented reforms initiated four decades ago have constantly fueled a high speed of development in China. The country's industrial structure has experienced rapid evolution. In the meantime, especially in the general context of globalization, the country has also opened to foreign trade and foreign direct investment, transforming itself from a virtually completely closed economy into a major trading nation and the largest developing country destination for foreign direct investment in the world. Technology is thought to be one of the key driving forces that shape the transformation of the Chinese economy. Owing to different speeds of innovation and technology diffusion, uneven development is one major issue in the process of China's industrial transformation under new trends of globalization. Substantial disparities across different Chinese regions, e.g., the gaps in regional industrial development and those in incomes and living standards, have been one prominent feature of China and are (needless to say) closely related to different speeds of innovation and technology diffusion. The relationship between technology diffusion, innovation, and industrial development is an important yet complicated issue that deserves careful study. Considerations related to technology and innovation play a crucial role in leading and shaping China's development strategies and routes. Sustainable development of China creates strong pressures for continuous transforming, upgrading, and restructuring of the Chinese economy, and in all of these processes, innovation and technology diffusion play a fundamental role. The book presents to the interested reader facts, thoughts, models, empirical results, and discussions that shed light on those issues.

木南莉莉、古澤慎一他著　持続可能性のための企業家精神と社会的イノベーション－バングラデシュのハオール地帯に焦点を当てて－
Rana, Sohel / Kiminami, Lily / Furuzawa, Shinichi, Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation for Sustainability: Focusing on a Haor Region of Bangladesh. (SpringerBriefs in Economics) 89 pp. 2022:11 (Springer, GW) <691-177>
ISBN 978-981-19-7114-3 paper ¥11,766.- (税込) EUR 49.99 *

This book aims to assess the roles of entrepreneurship and social innovation for socio-cultural changes. It also evaluates farmers' performance in disaster risk management at a community level toward sustainable regional development in a rural haor region of Bangladesh. To achieve the purpose of the research, both a qualitative method (Trajectory Equifinality Modeling, TEM) and a quantitative method (Structural Equation Modeling, SEM) are introduced, based on the results of case studies on local entrepreneurs, interview and focus group discussions with stakeholders, and questionnaire surveys of farm households. First, the results clarify that social capital is critically important both for male and female entrepreneurs in the haor region, and that education is more important to women for empowerment and technology adoption in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the haor region of Bangladesh. In addition, it makes clear that the Common Interest Group approach plays a role for women's empowerment in the target region. Furthermore, it identifies the multi-causal relationships among the factors affecting farm households' performance in disaster risk management at the community level. This book helps readers to understand regional development through social and cultural transformation in a rural community where poverty and gender discrimination are path-dependent problems.

Trukhachev, Vladimir I. (ed.), Unlocking Digital Transformation of Agricultural Enterprises: Technology Advances, Digital Ecosystems, and Innovative Firm Governance. (Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management) 300 pp. 2023:1 (Springer, GW) <691-237>
ISBN 978-3-031-13912-3 hard ¥40,014.- (税込) EUR 169.99 *

This timely book collects the latest research on digital transformations unfolding in agriculture across the globe, with a special focus on Russia and the member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The authors present a coherent framework for understanding the factors driving digital transformation of agriculture as a whole industry and agricultural enterprises in particular, through the prism of global trends, adoption opportunities, and barriers of economic digitalization and the ongoing transition to Industry 4.0. The volume serves as a unique source of cutting-edge research on the frontier digital technology available for agricultural enterprises, as well as it discusses predominant strategies, potential drivers of change, and responses to digital technology challenges faced by the industry. Such topics as intelligent systems, data analytics and machine learning, digital platforms, services and ecosystems, as well as the Internet of Things are extensively covered by the leading researchers, with numerous cases of industry technology applications. This volume makes a unique contribution to the study of digital technology applications for building innovative agriculture, capturing critical trends and benchmarks in digital transformation of the whole industry. Due to its practical focus, the book appeals to practitioners and policymakers, not just academics. This is also a valuable resource for graduate students interested in digital technology advances, firm competitiveness, and sustainable innovation.

Cantone, Luigi / Testa, Pierpaolo / Cantone, G. F., Strategic Outsourcing, Innovation and Global Supply Chains: A Case Study from the Aviation Industry. (Routledge-Giappichelli Studies in Business and Management) 230 pp. 2023 (Routledge, UK) <691-246>
ISBN 978-1-03-245539-6 hard ¥35,612.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00 *

Decision-making on outsourcing new product development (especially innovation projects), such as engaging and managing the supply chain, is far from easy. It may involve addressing strategic and operational risks that might cause longer development times and increase innovations costs. It is, therefore, imperative to select suppliers very carefully and set up an effective management strategy vis-a-vis the supply partners right from the inception phase. Supply chain management is facing enormous challenges, driven by interrelated disruptions that will have a vast and lasting impact.Based on a relevant case study, Boeing 787 Dreamliner programme, this volume offers a comprehensive overview of the decision-making models for outsourcing strategic activities. The proposed model suggests a valuable approach to outsourcing the decision-making strategies for new product development when the innovation is driven by technological innovation.

Raimi, Lukman / Oreagba, Ibrahim Adekunle (eds.), Medical Entrepreneurship: Trends and Prospects in the Digital Age. 331 pp. 2023:1 (Springer, GW) <691-308>
ISBN 978-981-19-6695-8 hard ¥37,660.- (税込) EUR 159.99

This book brings together conceptual, theoretical, policy-based, and empirical contributions from multidisciplinary lenses to bridge the existing knowledge gap in the field of medicine, entrepreneurship and health economics. This book serves as a much needed intellectual resource providing guidance to the entrepreneurial-minded medical doctors (Medipreneurs), social entrepreneurs, policymakers, academics on the subject matter with a view of applying the knowledge gained for reinvigorating the healthcare delivery system leveraging a business approach. The contributions serve as a guide to connect entrepreneurially with market opportunities, especially to provide relevant health-oriented products, services, technologies and other medical solutions for social impact in the developed and developing countries with the overarching goal of assisting policymakers to accelerate the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG3).

Amit, R. K. / Pawar, Kulwant S. et al. (eds.), Advances in Digital Manufacturing Systems: Technologies, Business Models, and Adoption. 265 pp. 2023:1 (Springer, GW) <691-329>
ISBN 978-981-19-7070-2 hard ¥35,306.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This book contains contemporary discussions on technology, business models, and the adoption of digital manufacturing systems. The book's initial chapters cover technological details underpinning the digital manufacturing systems, for example, cyber-physical systems and digital twins. Next, the book discusses how organizations modify their business models using concepts such as servitization and platforms to leverage digital manufacturing. The latter chapters focus on how a country's unique economic and infrastructural context influences digital manufacturing adoption in terms of technology and business models and frameworks to evaluate readiness for digital manufacturing. With perspectives from different continents, the book appeals to academic researchers and industry alike.

Bader, Martin A. / Suezeroglu-Melchiors, Sevim (eds.), Intellectual Property Management for Start-ups: Enhancing Value and Leveraging the Potential. (Management for Professionals) 478 pp. 2023:1 (Springer, GW) <691-330>
ISBN 978-3-031-16992-2 hard ¥21,182.- (税込) EUR 89.99

This book examines intellectual property (IP) as an important value driver for start-ups. Businesses of all sizes are inevitably confronted with intellectual property issues at some point, but start-ups and their collaborators face unique challenges and opportunities in IP management. Identifying, generating, and exploiting intellectual property can lead to sustainable competitive advantages and avoidance of risks. Many start-ups sense the complexity of IP management and therefore place their energy elsewhere. However, the clear conclusion to be drawn from this unique collection of contributions is that putting an IP management strategy in place is critical to the successful development of a business. Prof. Dr. Martin A. Bader and Prof. Dr. Sevim Suezeroglu-Melchiors have years of experience as consultants, entrepreneurs, business owners, and researchers where they saw firsthand the need for a comprehensive yet practical resource for start-ups and their key stakeholders.This book explores different perspectives in dealing with IP from six different angles: the start-up's view, the investor's view, the corporation's view, the university's view, the global IP office's view, and the advisor's view. Each section consists of chapters written by leading experts from around the globe including Silicon Valley, Canada, Israel, Switzerland, Germany, Finland, France, Australia, Brazil, India, Japan, Singapore, and South Africa. Contributors bring practical experience from a wide range of sectors, such as information and communication technology, software, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity, industrial automation, internet of things, life sciences, pharma, crop science, biotech, medtech, mining, sustainability, climate tech, and even quantum technologies. This timely publication serves as a guidebook for entrepreneurs and other key stakeholders in the start-up ecosystem. It empowers founders to develop their own IP management strategyto mitigate risk, create and capture value, and lay the groundwork for sustainable growth. An essential reference for start-ups to achieve business excellence."This edited book volume offers valuable insights, bringing together perspectives of key stakeholder groups from a wide variety of innovation ecosystems - an invaluable resource." -Carsten Fink, Chief Economist, World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva"A timely book for those wanting a clear overview of the issues the different players encounter in the start-up ecosystem. A useful resource indeed. Congratulations to the editors and team."-Audrey Yap, Managing Partner YUSARN AUDREY LLC, Past President LESI, Chairman Singapore Innovation & Productivity Institute, Singapore"A 'must read' for all innovators in the start-up world. It is truly a fantastic book and one I would recommend being bought and read (in full)!"-Laurence Freeman, Professor (Adjunct), CU Denver Business School, Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship, Denver, Colorado, United States

Bamford, David / Forrester, Paul / Reid, Iain, Essential Guide to Operations Management: Concepts and Case Notes. 2nd ed.. 272 pp. 2023 (Routledge, UK) <691-331>
ISBN 978-1-03-232427-2 hard ¥35,612.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-232426-5 paper ¥11,392.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

The revised and updated second edition of the popular and practical guide to contemporary operations management - now featuring a new chapter on managing sustainable supply networks.The Essential Guide to Operations Management explores fundamental operations management principles and shows how they are applied in real-life situations in both the services and manufacturing sectors. It adapts a strategic stance by providing a framework for effective decision-making: determining operations strategies; designing processes, products and work organisations; managing change through effective project management and technology transfer; exploring contemporary approaches to operations planning and control; and then managing quality and improvement strategies. As such, it addresses the needs of practising managers, postgraduate MBA and MSc students and final-year undergraduates in advanced operations management elective courses.The Essential Guide to Operations Management: Concepts and Case Notes, Second Edition, is supported by updated case studies throughout and online support materials for lecturers.

Bares, Franck / Cova, Bernard / Nemani, Anicet, Start-Ups and the Mobilisation of Social Interactions. 180 pp. 2023:4 (Emerald, UK) <691-332>
ISBN 978-1-80455-609-2 paper ¥6,468.- (税込) US$ 30.00 *

With this book comes a message that the authors have for management and entrepreneurship experts around the world. Beyond the myth of the 'start-up nation', 'hypergrowth', and speculation on future business value, there exists an alternative form of entrepreneurship that young entrepreneurs are embracing. They call it "entrepreneurial activism" and its philosophy is "community first, start-up second". Guiding entrepreneurs to reap the benefits of brand and market development, the authors present a five-step approach on how to develop a community and launch a start-up within it. This guide explores how best to define a cause and create a movement, to recruit volunteers and create opportunities within a community. The collaboration between the three authors creates an enticing mix of entrepreneurship and marketing perspectives that bridges the academic and professional worlds and shares a wealth of business expertise and experience from three continents.

グローバル・サプライ・チェーン管理　第3版
Basu, Ron, Managing Global Supply Chains: Contemporary Global Challenges in Supply Chain Management. 3rd ed. 448 pp. 2023:4 (Routledge, UK) <691-333>
ISBN 978-1-03-237676-9 hard ¥35,612.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-237675-2 paper ¥17,660.- (税込) GB￡ 61.99 *

What are the key factors affecting global supply chains today and how can we manage them? Starting from the concept that 'there is no point driving a Ferrari in a traffic jam', Ron Basu provides practical tools and techniques of good supply chain management to add value, deliver cost reduction and improve customer satisfaction.This new edition specifically focuses on seven contemporary challenges that have affected global supply chain management. Recent disruptions to global supply chains created by COVID-19 and the Ukraine conflict have resulted in significant geographical shifts in supply and demand. High inflation and the cost of living crisis have, in turn, created problems for finely-tuned global supply chains. The economic and business environment has also become more demanding, due in part to political pressures including nationalism and Brexit: for example, supply chain pressures caused by Brexit have resulted in increased red tape. Other factors have had a gradual and positive effect, such as climate change initiatives, Industry 4.0 and the digital revolution. The issues that affect the performance of global supply chains are sometimes interrelated, but all of them really matter because businesses have become increasingly global. This book addresses these challenges and explores how to deal with them. In addition, there are new and updated chapters on lean and agile supply chains, e-business, emerging markets, sustainability and green issues, global supply chains for services and event management, retail management and major project management.Managing Global Supply Chains is a practical and highly readable text with real-life examples and excellent coverage. It is an ideal companion for post-experience business students, learning professionals and anyone interested in supply chain management.

白肌邦生、小坂満隆他著　サービス化経営における知識－比較的視点
Belal, H. M. / Shirahada, Kunio / Kosaka, Michitaka et al., Knowledge in Servitization Management: A Comparative View. (Palgrave Pivot) 106 pp. 2023 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <691-334>
ISBN 978-3-031-18686-8 hard ¥10,589.- (税込) EUR 44.99 *

The last two decades have seen a shift towards service-based value in a process referred to as servitization. Manufacturers have been challenged to create relevant knowledge and adapt to this change. This book has two key purposes. First of all, the authors examine the theoretical underpinnings of knowledge management and servitization, before proposing a conceptual model for knowledge co-creation and organizational knowledge management processes. Then, the model is tested through a series of case studies from Japan and Malaysia, providing insight into experiences of business transformation from produce-centric to service-centric in developed and developing Asian economies. This book will be of interest to academics, students and practitioners in servitization, knowledge creation and knowledge management, especially those interested in Asian economies.

Belleflamme, Paul / Neysen, Nicolas, Platform Strategies: A Guidebook for Entrepreneurs in the Platform Economy. 270 pp. 2023:4 (Routledge, UK) <691-335>
ISBN 978-1-138-59070-0 hard ¥9,113.- (税込) GB￡ 31.99 *

Over the past decade, platforms have spread through many industries and generated an increasing share of the global economy. Many of the world's most valuable companies have adopted a platform-based business model and today, we find that platforms pervade our everyday lives. So far, however, the existing management literature has failed to provide professionals and students with appropriate tools to understand the business models that make those platforms successful. This book offers rigorous analysis of the complexity of platforms, as well as practical strategic guidance and tools to help you deal with this complexity.Written in an accessible style and based on a comprehensive approach, Platform Strategies is self-contained and does not require the reader to have specific prior knowledge. The book is both academically rigorous and a pragmatic and efficient guide, incorporating path-breaking insights from academic research on platforms with real-world applications of concepts and tools. The book engages with case studies and highlights important take-aways that can be implemented in practice. You'll learn how to use new tools of strategic management and how to adapt well-established ones.This book is an invaluable resource for entrepreneurs (experienced or aspiring), managers of existing platforms and businesses, professionals, and students in business, management, and economics.

Bendell, Tony, Time to Rethink Risk Management: Surviving Future Global Crises. 300 pp. 2023:1 (World Scientific, SI) <691-336>
ISBN 978-981-12-6448-1 hard ¥10,348.- (税込) US$ 48.00 *

The purpose of this book is to change thinking about crises and risk. Risk management is today both a great success, an impressive achievement, and a notable failure. It works, and it doesn't work. It saves lives and property, and it fails to save lives and property. It helps and it hinders. Like all such management approaches, this has a lot to do with how it is employed and practiced, but in the case of risk management there is also a much more fundamental issue. The risk management framework, the risk management model, is wrong. Many organisations today treat all risks as point events, when the real risks involve systemic threats inherent in the global economy, and the uncertain nature of global society.The book argues that risk management has come a long way, but that evidence of its more recent failure is now all around us and that it needs to now change dramatically if it is to accommodate current realities. Whilst there is a clear need for us all to manage risk through a crisis, there is a lack of understanding of the nature of crises that is impeding progress. As well as providing a conceptual basis for changing the way risk management is undertaken, the book provides a blueprint for managing at organisational level through a global crisis, and, to a more limited extent, at government and other levels; how to prepare, what to do when it's happening and how and when to emerge into the post-crisis world.

Bonomi, Angelo, Technology Innovation: Models, Dynamics, and Processes. 176 pp. 2023:1 (Routledge, UK) <691-337>
ISBN 978-1-03-237064-4 hard ¥13,102.- (税込) GB￡ 45.99 *

Technology Innovation discusses the fundamental aspects of processes and structures of technology innovation. It offers a new perspective concerning fundamentals aspects not directly involved in the complex relations existing between technology and the socio-economic system.By considering technology and its innovation from a scientific point of view, the book presents a novel definition of technology as a set of physical, chemical and biological phenomena, producing an effect exploitable for human purposes. Expanding on the general model of technology innovation by linking the model of technology, based on a structure of technological operations, with the models of the structures for technology innovation, based on organization of fluxes of knowledge and capitals, the book considers various technological processes and the stages of the innovation process. Explains a novel definition of technology as a set of physical, chemical and biological phenomena producing an effect exploitable for human purposesDiscusses technology innovation as result of structures organizing fluxes of knowledge and capitalsProvides a technology model simulating the functioning of technology with its optimizationPresents a technology innovation model explaining the territorial technology innovation processOffers a perspective on the evolution of technology in the frame of an industrial platform networkThe book is intended for academics, graduate students and technology developers who are involved in operations management and research, innovation and technology development.

Budhwar, Pawan / Pereira, Vijay (eds.), Doing Business in the Middle East: A Research-Based Practitioners' Guide. 296 pp. 2023:4 (Routledge, UK) <691-338>
ISBN 978-0-367-43782-4 hard ¥35,612.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-43785-5 paper ¥9,113.- (税込) GB￡ 31.99 *

The Middle East has for a long time been at the centre of global trade as well as political interest. Demographic and social change shifts in global economic power, rapid urbanisation, climate change and resource scarcity, and significant technological development make this region both complex and hugely important.Doing Business in the Middle East highlights both the opportunities and constraints confronting foreign investors in the region and proposes strategies on how best to overcome them. The book explores the existing and emerging political and legal frameworks, sociocultural patterns, national infrastructures, regulatory environment, conflict resolution and how to negotiate in the Middle East. It also provides useful insights into how to approach advertising and marketing, promotion and distribution, and also at the strategies for investing in the region and appropriate modes of entry. With a number of features such as case studies, examples of effective and ineffective practices, clear takeaways, and a note on a future agenda on each given topic, this book is highly practical.Based on robust research, this comprehensive guide to doing business in the Middle East is an ideal reference tool for potential foreign investors, those who are already doing business or intend to do so in the region, and for a range of business and policy decision-makers. The book is also suitable for students and researchers in the fields of international management and business, international and strategic HRM, cross-cultural management, and business communication.

Corbett, Andrew C. / Marino, Louis D. / Alsos, G. A. (eds.), The Age of Entrepreneurship Education Research: Evolution and Future. (Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth 23) 284 pp. 2023:4 (Emerald, UK) <691-341>
ISBN 978-1-83753-057-1 hard ¥28,459.- (税込) US$ 132.00 *

There have been significant advances in entrepreneurship education pedagogy over the last two decades. However, a gap remains with many questions about exactly what we should be teaching in the classroom and how we should be teaching it. Stakeholders of all types - students, parents, employers, accrediting bodies, and government officials - are all looking for clarity, transparency, and a stronger sense of exactly what should encompass an entrepreneurship education. What should the outcome of entrepreneurship courses and programs be? What are we currently teaching? What should we be teaching? And, how should we be teaching it, are just some of the foundational questions addressed in The Age of Entrepreneurship Education Research. The collection of renowned entrepreneurship education researchers explores topics such as the theory of ideation, how to develop an expertise approach, how to reimagine entrepreneurship education to promote gender equality, how to activate an entrepreneurial mindset for neuro-diverse students, and more. The volume is bookended with an opening chapter that traces the evolution of entrepreneurship education research and a closing one that looks toward the future. This volume is of great interest to both teachers and students and practitioners in entrepreneurship, business and education.

Crammond, Robert James, Entrepreneurship and Universities: Pedagogical Perspectives and Philosophies. 133 pp. 2023:2 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <691-342>
ISBN 978-3-031-18242-6 hard ¥10,589.- (税込) EUR 44.99

The presence of enterprising activity, which now permeates universities globally, leaves a notable legacy and impact on both individuals and institutions. This book explores the universal and growing relationship between entrepreneurship and higher education. Beginning with a general introduction to entrepreneurship education-related applications of pedagogy and educational philosophy, the book goes on to discuss institutional and stakeholder relevancy, followed by the cultural impact of entrepreneurship. In doing so, the book highlights the multifaceted nature of embedded entrepreneurship within institutions pedagogically, philosophically, socially, and structurally. Acknowledging several perspectives of entrepreneurship, the author addresses the core questions for higher education, reflects on thematic case studies concerning enterprise and entrepreneurship within the sector, and presents a new model for university-based entrepreneurship across teaching, research, and business development activities.

Desa, Geoff / Jia, Xiangping (eds.), Social Innovation and Sustainability Transition. 390 pp. 2022:11 (Springer, GW) <691-343>
ISBN 978-3-031-18559-5 hard ¥30,598.- (税込) EUR 129.99 *

This book uses a historical and modern lens to reimagine the role that Extension could potentially play in catalyzing reciprocal, co-learning relationships between Land-Grant Universities and their diverse local constituencies. The establishment of statewide extension systems was once seen as a way to ensure that Land-Grant Universities would be accessible and responsive to all of a state's residents. Extension systems continue to offer a front-door to a major public university in almost every county of the United States, but they tend to be viewed primarily as a way to translate science or distribute information from the university to the public. This books argues for the importance of Extension and shows that we are conceiving of this system too narrowly. Only by retelling the stories of the Extension and getting people to see themselves as part of the story can we imagine a different future in which state universities and land-grant colleges engage more authentically and equitably in two-way relationships with their local constituents.in catalyzing reciprocal, co-learning relationships between Land-Grant Universities and their diverse local constituencies.Chapter "Palatable disruption: the politics of plant milk", chapter "Feeding the melting pot: inclusive strategies for the multi-ethnic city", chapter "A carrot isn't a carrot isn't a carrot: tracing value in alternative practices of food exchange", chapter "Virtualizing the 'good life': reworking narratives of agrarianism and the rural idyll in a computer game" and chapter "'Workable utopias' for social change through inclusion and empowerment? Community supported agriculture (CSA) in Wales as social innovation" are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license via link.springer.com.