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

Marwah, Reena / Goel, Anshi (eds.), Businesses: Resilience and Sustainability - Evidence from Emerging Market Developing Economies. 250 pp. 2023:4 (World Scientific, SI) <699-142>
ISBN 978-981-12-6652-2 hard ¥21,991.- (税込) US$ 98.00 *

In a world of unprecedented disruption and market turbulence, business transformation revolves around the need to generate new values, unlock new opportunities, drive new growth, and deliver new efficiencies.The world is witnessing volatility in the environment, in technology, in the economy and in society. 'Business as usual' is no longer acceptable, and the pertinent question is how long can humanity continue pursuing consumption and growth predicated on ever-increasing efficiency. The Coronavirus pandemic has amplified concerns about the highly digitized, interconnected, and vulnerable state of the global economy, the relationship with nature, and the prospects for each living being on this planet, including people, to survive and to thrive. To navigate and survive the coming decade of transformative change, every business will need to harness all the ingenuity, creativity and imagination they can muster. Corporate leaders and entrepreneurs will be required to steer their businesses towards a new model of prosperity, based on green and regenerative principles. It is time for leaders in business to overhaul their purpose, plans and strategies for this new context and explore different futures, engage with new partners and create space for experimentation. The only way to prepare for the future is to explore how companies, especially medium and small enterprises as well as women led businesses can transform their future strategies to be more compatible with challenges such as cyber security, human security, ethical principles and financial transparency.This book presents a collection of empirical and original research papers on evolving business strategies within a dynamic global environment to provide valuable insights to scholars, academicians, practitioners, policymakers and students.

Abdul Rahman, Nor Aida / Mahroof, K. / Hassan, A. (eds.), Technologies and Trends in the Halal Industry. (Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies) 240 pp. 2023:8 (Routledge, UK) <699-237>
ISBN 978-1-03-243705-7 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

With recent technological developments, touted also as Industry 4.0, numerous articles published over the years have emphasized the need to investigate the role of technology across all sectors including the halal industry. This book provides a greater understanding of the technologies, trends, and debates associated with the halal industry from different sectors such as food, logistics, pharmaceutical, tourism, medical, cosmetic, and the retail sector.The book adds substantial discussion to the issues and trends of technology applications in the halal industry as well as the theories underpinning halal technology studies. It is in four sections: an overview of the halal industry, selected theories, technology, and recent issues. The contributors explore how technology has evolved and been applied in industry, and also look at how Industry 4.0 technologies like blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT), automation, machine learning, and augmented reality are being integrated in the halal supply chain process. Written by well- regarded scholars and international academics from Africa, Europe, Middle East, and Asia, this book provides expert contributions from research, regulatory, and industry perspectives.This book will interest upper level students, scholars, academics, and practitioners in the various discipline of tourism and travel, hospitality, food studies, marketing, pharmaceutical and medical, logistics, management, Islamic studies and information technology in the halal industry.

Adeola, Ogechi (ed.), Casebook of Indigenous Business Practices in Africa: Apprenticeship, Craft, and Healthcare. Volume 1. 308 pp. 2023:8 (Emerald, UK) <699-238>
ISBN 978-1-80262-252-2 hard ¥24,684.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *

Africa's unique and diverse culture, embedded in age-long business practices, presents an interesting proposition for advancing indigenous knowledge and building sustainable structures. Casebook of Indigenous Business Practices in Africa is a collection of case studies across Northern, Eastern, Central, Western and Southern parts of Africa. Indigenous enterprises contribute to the economic prosperity of Africa and are an essential part of the continent's business ecosystem. Contributing authors to this two-volume edited work explore the inherent potential of indigenous practices in bolstering business performance and stimulating social and economic development. This first volume focuses on Apprenticeship, Craft, and Healthcare, while the second volume considers Trade, Production and Financial Services, in featured African countries. Indigenous business practices hold great prospects for economic advancement in Africa, despite the dominance of Western business methods, which, although beneficial, are yet to drive the continent's developmental agenda. By identifying and exploring the unique features of these practices, multiple actors, including entrepreneurs, policymakers, students, educators, and practitioners, are provided with context-based information that can foster social and economic empowerment across the continent. The book extends the frontier of knowledge on the role of cultural orientation, values, and traditions in achieving a more prosperous Africa through the development of indigenous business knowledge.

Adeola, Ogechi (ed.), Casebook of Indigenous Business Practices in Africa: Trade, Production and Financial Services. Volume 2. 300 pp. 2023:8 (Emerald, UK) <699-239>
ISBN 978-1-80455-763-1 hard ¥24,684.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *

Africa's unique and diverse culture, embedded in age-long business practices, presents an interesting proposition for advancing indigenous knowledge and building sustainable structures. Casebook of Indigenous Business Practices in Africa is a collection of case studies across Northern, Eastern, Central, Western and Southern parts of Africa. Indigenous enterprises contribute to the economic prosperity of Africa and are an essential part of the continent's business ecosystem. Contributing authors to this two-volume edited work explore the inherent potential of indigenous practices in bolstering business performance and stimulating social and economic development. The first volume focuses on Apprenticeship, Craft, and Healthcare, while this second volume considers Trade, Production and Financial Services, in featured African countries. Indigenous business practices hold great prospects for economic advancement in Africa, despite the dominance of Western business methods, which, although beneficial, are yet to drive the continent's developmental agenda. By identifying and exploring the unique features of these practices, multiple actors, including entrepreneurs, policymakers, students, educators, and practitioners, are provided with context-based information that can foster social and economic empowerment across the continent. The book extends the frontier of knowledge on the role of cultural orientation, values, and traditions in achieving a more prosperous Africa through the development of indigenous business knowledge.

Badiru, Adedeji B. / Omitaomu, Olufemi A., Systems 4.0: Systems Foundations for Industry 4.0. (Analytics and Control) 160 pp. 2023:5 (CRC Pr., US) <699-240>
ISBN 978-1-03-231918-6 hard ¥14,406.- (税込) GB￡ 49.99 *

The underlying premise for Industry 4.0 is a systems approach. This book introduces the concept of Systems 4.0 as a foundational requirement for the success of Industry 4.0 in the same way that Quality 4.0 has emerged to advance Industry 4.0.Systems 4.0: Systems Foundations for Industry 4.0 discusses the role of the professional engineer in advancing commerce and industry. It offers an introduction to Industry 4.0 and how to leverage the digital era to improve industrial operations. The book presents and describes the first industrial revolution on through to the fourth revolution and provides general systems engineering principles that can be used with Industry 4.0.This is a practical guide for professional engineers and consultants involved in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Operations Management and can also be used as a reference for students.

Boh, Wai Fong / Ravindran, Thara, Identifying Business Opportunities through Innovation. 250 pp. 2023:6 (World Scientific, SI) <699-241>
ISBN 978-981-12-6027-8 hard ¥10,771.- (税込) US$ 48.00 *

If you are an aspiring entrepreneur or a newly initiated one trying to figure out the path to traverse in the course of an uncertain entrepreneurial journey, then this book is for you. If you are a manager looking to innovate and improve your offerings, you will likely find some useful tips in this book.This book aims to guide entrepreneurs and managers on how to go about identifying business opportunities through innovation. It presents lessons and insights gleaned from original research, conducted amongst hundreds of global entrepreneurs, that explored how they went about identifying business opportunities and developing effective business strategies. Besides appropriate business examples from around the world that illustrate some important principles of ideation and execution, we also discuss how companies transform themselves in the face of challenges and difficulties.This book will equip aspiring entrepreneurs and business managers as well as students of entrepreneurship with the necessary skill sets to emerge successful in this turbulent economic climate. Effective tips on identifying potential business opportunities, systematic steps for developing business ideas, as well as strategies for sustaining a business through the adoption of emerging technologies are covered with examples in the book.In these pandemic ridden times, this book will no doubt be a useful resource for entrepreneurs and managers looking to ride out the key challenges and emerge as survivors.

Cooper, Cary L. / Finkelstein, Sydney (eds.), Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions. Volume 22. 240 pp. 2023:8 (Emerald, UK) <699-243>
ISBN 978-1-83753-861-4 hard ¥27,825.- (税込) US$ 124.00 *

Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions stands out from the competition due to its focus on three key characteristics: studies from scholars in different countries, with different research questions, relying on different theoretical perspective. Such a broad and inclusive approach to mergers and acquisitions is not easily replicated in academic journals, with much narrower mandates and metrics. Volume 22 of this annual series explores a range of issues relevant to a post-pandemic world- the cost-of-living crisis, energy insecurity, war in Ukraine and rising inflation are pushing many countries into recession, adversely affecting the global economy. This has led, and will continue to lead, to more downsizing, restructurings and inevitably to an increase in mergers and acquisitions. This collection of new and current research highlights interesting behavioural themes as well as timely practical solutions to the dilemma of mergers and acquisitions failures. Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions Volume 22 is of interest to scholars in strategic management, organizational theory and behaviour who are studying questions around mergers and acquisitions. Doctoral students will benefit from access to the diversity of research that can trigger new research questions and expanded research agendas.

Cornuel, Eric / Thomas, Howard / Wood, Matthew (eds.), Perspectives on the Impact, Mission and Purpose of the Business School. (EFMD Management Education) 80 pp. 2023:6 (Routledge, UK) <699-244>
ISBN 978-1-03-248758-8 hard ¥9,507.- (税込) GB￡ 32.99 *

With contributions from some of the leading thinkers in business school education, this book explores the impact and purpose of the business school, and addresses some of the most important questions facing management education today.The diverse perspectives brought together by the EFMD in this volume examine a number of common questions, themes and challenges. These include: whether business schools should be viewed as schools of management, given the complexity of the business environment; what is the positive impact of business school research, and the balance of relevant, practical impact and academic rigour; the strategic evolution of business schools and how they may evolve in a more purposeful direction; and why business school leaders compete strongly but are reluctant to collaborate, and how collaboration may encourage greater positive societal impact. With insightful commentary and illustrative case studies, this book serves as a landmark publication on the value and impact of business schools.The book will be of particular interest to those working in business schools, higher education leaders, policy makers and business leaders seeking insight into the value, impact and future of business and management education.

Covington Corbett, Frederique, Leadership on a Blockchain: What Asia Can Teach Us About Networked Leadership. (Leadership: Research and Practice) 192 pp. 2023:9 (Routledge, UK) <699-245>
ISBN 978-1-03-250632-6 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-250631-9 paper ¥10,371.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99 *

Leadership on a Blockchain: What Asia Can Teach Us About Networked Leadership is an authoritative text that goes to the foremost digitally connected markets of the world in Asia, and accounts for how leaders and teams are exercising leadership Darwinism to adapt for agility and connectivity.The book begins by offering a contextual grounding for new leadership ideas to emerge. It contends that a "new geography of leadership" is unfolding as the world shifts away from unified globalist ideology and a dominant Western view of leadership. It moves on to describe how Asia is uniquely placed to become the leadership sandbox for the future. It accounts for how leaders and teams are exercising leadership Darwinism to adapt for agility and connectivity. To facilitate learning for the readers, this book includes creatives features such as the following: An abbreviated history of significant leadership milestones in the last century A leadership manifesto for the digital age A practitioners' starter kit to reimagining leadership in their organizations.Leaving behind the typical discourse of leadership anchored in power, control, and hierarchy, it offers a provocative call to all businesspeople to apply the principles of one of the most innovative technologies - blockchain - to reimagine leadership for transparency, trust, and distributed decision-making. The book concludes by distilling critical lessons for global leaders to take forward and lead a revolution in their own organizations. Sharing first-person accounts from leaders and their teams in China, Singapore, India, and Indonesia, and combining this with insights from the author's own research, Leadership on a Blockchain will be of use to leaders around the world looking to transform their own leadership. It will also be of interest to academics and students of leadership, change management, organizational behavior, and cultural studies.

D.Crowther、S.Seifi編　経営研究の将来必携
Crowther, David / Seifi, Shahla (eds.), The Routledge Companion to the Future of Management Research. (Routledge Companions in Business, Management and Marketing) 392 pp. 2023:8 (Routledge, UK) <699-246>
ISBN 978-1-03-212634-0 hard ¥61,963.- (税込) GB￡ 215.00 *

The management of organisations continues to evolve as new priorities emerge and new approaches are developed. Thus, it is clear that research into business and management will also continue to evolve. This will be in terms of both what is researched and in terms of the techniques and methods used to conduct research. Such development will continue into the future and this book highlights evolving areas. It also suggests new topics which are emerging and new techniques to conduct such research - topics and techniques that will be of benefit to researchers. The unique focus on the future of research methods in management, the emergence of topics in contemporary management and sustainability research and practices, such as sustainability and circular economy, will set this volume apart.With coverage of new and emerging subjects in management studies such as sustainability, zero carbon, green market, and circular economy, and the international collaboration with contributors from all around the globe, this major interdisciplinary reference volume will be of interest and great value to researchers, academics, and advanced students in the fields of business and management research and appropriate methodologies.

Demir, Halil Ibrahim / Koekcam, Abdullah Hulusi / Erden, C., Integrated Process Planning, Scheduling, and Due-Date Assignment. 176 pp. 2023:8 (CRC Pr., US) <699-247>
ISBN 978-1-03-210426-3 hard ¥22,188.- (税込) GB￡ 76.99 *

Traditionally, the three most important manufacturing functions are process planning, scheduling, and due-date assignment, which are handled sequentially and separately.This book integrates these manufacturing processes and functions to increase global performance along with manufacturing and production cost savings.Integrated Process Planning, Scheduling, and Due-Date Assignment combines the most important manufacturing functions to use manufacturing resources better, reduce production costs, and eliminate bottlenecks with increased production efficiency. The book covers how the integration will help eliminate scheduling conflicts and how to adapt to irregular shop floor disturbances. It also explains how other elements, such as tardiness and earliness, are penalized and how prioritizing helps improve weight performance function.This book will draw the interest of professionals, students, and academicians in process planning, scheduling, and due-date assignment. It could also be supplemental material for manufacturing courses in industrial engineering and manufacturing engineering departments.

Flink, Cheryl / Gross, Liora / Pasmore, Bill, Doing Well and Doing Good: Human-centered Digital Transformation Leadership. (Digital Transformation: Accelerating Organizational Intelligence) 300 pp. 2023:5 (World Scientific, SI) <699-248>
ISBN 978-981-12-6841-0 hard ¥8,963.- (税込) US$ 39.95 *

Humans stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally change the way we live, work, and relate to one another. As digital transformation leaders, we have opportunities to shape that digital future to create both financial value and human value - balancing doing well and doing good. We must lead differently - but how? In this book, the authors introduce a new leadership model that surfaces the critical challenges digital transformation leaders encounter and the human-centered leadership capabilities that can be used to overcome them.Using case studies, business paradigms, and new capability models, this book explores the unique responsibilities of digital transformation leadership within five leadership levels:Digital transformation leaders wrestling with the human issues behind conceiving, developing, and implementing innovation and technology will find a wealth of practical advice, provocative questions, and new thinking about how we lead. How shall we create an equitable digital future for all humans?

Galbraith, Craig S. / Stiles, Curt H., Humane Entrepreneurship: Creating a New Economy, Venture by Venture. (New Teaching Resources for Management in a Globalised World 6) 200 pp. 2023:4 (World Scientific, SI) <699-249>
ISBN 978-981-12-7123-6 hard ¥19,747.- (税込) US$ 88.00 *

This treatise defines humane to mean that which is natural to human beings. It then suggests that much of the economic activity and many of the structures of modern business are inhumane. In response to this possibility, the book examines the nature of the humane in society and business and reviews the literature, beliefs, and standards of human behavior that would lead to the growth of a truly humane economy. Questions are raised about the virtue of current structure and practice. A strikingly positive proposition underlies the critique: new entrepreneurial ventures are by their nature humane. The way to make the economy and the practice of business more humane is not to encourage a routinized script of business ethics but instead to permit entrepreneurs to follow their desire to create and to build. This desire is natural to human beings and therefore deeply humane.

Hancock, Philip, Organizing Christmas. (Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society) 240 pp. 2023:8 (Routledge, UK) <699-250>
ISBN 978-1-138-63815-0 hard ¥30,261.- (税込) GB￡ 105.00
ISBN 978-1-03-255270-5 paper ¥10,660.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99 *

Organizing Christmas is an exploration of the organizational character of Christmas. Taking as its starting point the view that Christmas initially achieved popularity due to its potential to promote social cohesion and political stability, this book both charts and scrutinizes its global emergence as the year's preeminent economic and organizational event.Combining historical narrative, original interviews, and social scientific research and theories, it tells the story of how Christmas has come to dominate the festival landscape and how it emerged as an integral component of the global evolution of contemporary social and economic relations. From the pre-Christian celebrations and politics of the turning of the calendar year, through the power games of Elizabethan England and the wily reinvention of the season by industrious Victorians, to today's huge economic and logistical exercise that relies on everything from global supply chains to the domestic division of labour, Organizing Christmas demonstrates how the season exemplifies the spirit and practices of industrial, and now post-industrial, modernity.As well as documenting this fact, however, Organizing Christmas also critically interrogates what has become a vast festive-industrial complex. From low-paid factory workers in Yiwu to Santa Claus performers in Kingston, readers are given a chance to consider what the cost of this global festival might be and whether it is a price worth paying. Drawing on intellectual resources ranging from Adorno and Horkheimer's classic critique of the culture industry, thorough Boehme's analysis of the sociomaterial production of atmospheres, to Bloch's 'principle of hope', it paints a picture of Christmas as a profoundly important, if deeply contested historical, cultural and, most significantly, organizational phenomenon.Aimed at students and academics in Organization Studies, Cultural Studies, and the Sociology of Work and Employment, as well as the general reader interested in the festive season, Organizing Christmas offers a differing perspective on a subject so familiar and yet so often overlooked.

Hsieh, Tsun-yan / Kong, Huijin, Positive Influence: The First and Last Mile of Leadership. 200 pp. 2023:6 (World Scientific, SI) <699-251>
ISBN 978-1-944660-56-7 hard ¥6,719.- (税込) US$ 29.95 *

Positive Influence recognizes human connection as a universal and enduring need. In an evolving world facing crises of disconnection where loneliness, division, and polarization have become commonplace, Tsun-yan Hsieh and Huijin Kong offer a substantive, go-to guide to build a personal craft for nurturing human connection.'Laxman NarasimhanCEO, Starbucks We are a society shaped by influence. From Dale Carnegie's seminal book How to Win Friends and Influence Others (1936) to social media 'Influencers' affecting thoughts and behaviors, influence has permeated society, business and our lives. Like it or not, we are all influencing or being influenced by one another every day.However, we are getting more disconnected in our lives even as we get more digitally wired. This book is a bold attempt to reconnect us to our humanity and to each other by a type of influence the authors call +Influence (Positive Influence). In essence, +Influence effectuates mutually beneficial outcomes. With it, you can do well for yourself and do good to others.New York Times bestselling author and renowned leadership guru Tsun-yan Hsieh, together with his LinHart partner Huijin Kong, co-creator of high-impact programs, dive deep into how to master +Influence, an essential 'soft skill' of our times. Combining decades of experience from shopfloors to boardrooms, both in the West and the East, the authors have distilled the principles of '+Influence' to a repertoire of mindsets, habits and skills. Richly illustrated with real-life examples, this book will help you achieve an elevated level of empathy for where others are coming from, and better equip you to find mutually beneficial paths out of conflicts while promoting alignment around the goals that matter. Whether you are a CEO or professional, Positive Influence: The First and Last Mile of Leadership will inspire you to hone +Influence into a craft over time that will propel your career and personal relationships, with more of your humanity gaining greater expressions in every moment of influence.

女性の社会的企業家精神－英国の事例研究
Kyriakopoulos, Panagiotis, Women's Social Entrepreneurship: Case Studies from the United Kingdom. (Routledge Focus on Business and Management) 72 pp. 2023:6 (Routledge, UK) <699-252>
ISBN 978-1-03-252421-4 hard ¥14,406.- (税込) GB￡ 49.99 *

Women's social entrepreneurship has been proved to alleviate poverty and in parallel to promote gender equality. This book introduces a useful analysis of the field, investigating the emerging phenomenon of women's social entrepreneurship from both a conceptual and empirical perspective. The book is based on the premise that how gender is articulated within the entrepreneurial debate has to acknowledge context. Seven case studies are presented and, through them, the importance of women's social entrepreneurship for job creation is revealed. A complemented layout of activities is also provided to reinforce the business spirit of women's social entrepreneurship. Finally, the book provides suggestions and educational programmatical alterations for policy makers, which are needed to be invoked for the endorsement of women's social entrepreneurship. This book will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students who study social entrepreneurship, to social entrepreneurship scholars and to the international academic library market in particular.

Lawrence, Paul / Skinner, Suzi, The Wise Leader: A Practical Guide for Thinking Differently About Leadership Development. 208 pp. 2023:8 (Routledge, UK) <699-253>
ISBN 978-1-03-225672-6 hard ¥34,584.- (税込) GB￡ 120.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-225749-5 paper ¥8,642.- (税込) GB￡ 29.99 *

The Wise Leader offers readers a succinct perspective on wise leadership based on theory, practice, and the authors' own experience. The five sections of the book describe the Wise Leader model, five mantras that distil the essence of wisdom for leading. Each section has a theoretical component, theory that the authors seek to bring to life through everyday examples, followed by practical ideas and guidance as to what you can next do in service of becoming a wiser, more effective leader. Each mantra then includes fresh perspectives for leadership development, aimed at supporting organisations globally to maximize their considerable investment in this critical area.This book is written for leaders at every level of an organization, providing a perspective of wise leadership that lends itself to practical application. It can also be used by leadership development professionals, offering guidance on how to build practical programs to cultivate enhanced levels of wise leadership in your organization.

McKellar, James, Infrastructure as Business: The Role of Private Investment Capital. 274 pp. 2023:9 (Routledge, UK) <699-256>
ISBN 978-1-03-250116-1 hard ¥43,230.- (税込) GB￡ 150.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-249317-6 paper ¥17,000.- (税込) GB￡ 58.99 *

Infrastructure as Business brings new emphasis and clarity to the importance of private investment capital in large-scale infrastructure projects, introducing investors, policymakers, and other stakeholders to a key element that is surprisingly absent from the discourse on public-private partnerships. Despite the importance of modernizing infrastructure across the globe, governments often face challenges in securing the necessary capital to meet future need, as well as developing policy to meet these goals. Explaining the structure of the private investment universe and flow of private capital in such projects, this book ambitiously aims to bridge this "infrastructure gap" by elucidating shared terminology, conceptual frameworks, and an alignment of goals and objectives between public and private sectors-essential to meet increasing environmental, social, and governmental requirements for infrastructure in coming years. Appropriate for graduate-level courses in real estate, public policy, and urban planning that focus on infrastructure, project finance, and procurement and delivery models such as PPPs. Provides a clear understanding of private investment and PPPs to the investment community as well as professionals in real estate, project finance, and related fields, who often learn mostly on-the-job and from colleagues. Equips government officials and policymakers with key terms and concepts needed to "sit across the table" with private financers and explore opportunities for private capital investment in early project stages. Outlines communication strategies for both public and private sectors, which will increasingly need to collaborate to address climate change, respond to new technologies, and develop efficient ways to deliver services. Written to engage academic, private investment, and public policy/governance audiences alike, Infrastructure as Business: The Role of Private Investment Capital invites discussion and opens doors to advancing new business models, with international applications, to offer increased value for private investors as well as more efficient, flexible funding for innovative infrastructure development in the future.

Montalbano, Joe / Lehman, Brad, Human-Centered Agile: A Unified Approach for Better Outcomes. 224 pp. 2023:8 (Productivity Pr., US) <699-257>
ISBN 978-1-03-203690-8 hard ¥31,702.- (税込) GB￡ 110.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-203689-2 paper ¥9,219.- (税込) GB￡ 31.99 *

This book is a guide on how to apply Human-Centered Design (HCD) practices to an Agile product development model that is used widely throughout industry and government, where it is applied primarily to software and technology development efforts. This has been an ongoing industry challenge due to the fact that HCD prioritizes time spent understanding the problems to be solved (time spent in the problem space), while Agile prioritizes a fast hypothesize-and-deliver model (time spent in the solution space). Organizations that attempt an Agile transformation abandon it either because it was too difficult or because it did not deliver the hoped-for results. At the same time, efforts to improve the design and experience of their products using Human-Centered Design have a tendency to fall short because it can be difficult to see the ROI of design efforts, even while companies like McKinsey document design-driven successes. What's more, a company that successfully adopts Agile often seems to have an even harder time implementing HCD and vice versa. This is particularly disappointing since Agile and HCD should be mutually supportive.In practice, Agile teams often bypass HCD efforts in favor of finishing their goals and thinking they are doing well, only to have their work product fail to meet the actual end user's needs. At first the team will become indignant. "We followed the expert guidance of our Product Owner, the 'Voice of the Customer,'" they will say, followed by "but... it met all of the Acceptance Criteria, they should love it." It's a failure of Agile that this type of sub-optimal delivery happens so regularly and predictably. The fact that team responses can be so accurately predicted in advance (by those who've seen this movie many times before) point to a process failure or inefficiency that is widespread and desperately needs to be addressed. Alternatively, teams will invest too heavily in up-front discovery efforts that slow down delivery to an unacceptable point, often while also failing to capture research-based findings in a way that matures the overall strategic product or portfolio understanding. The cost of misfiring goes far beyond a bad delivery or an angry customer. Decreased team morale drives poorer future performance (cost), turnover if left unchecked (more cost), and non-productive blame sessions that lead to degraded faith in the Agile product development model itself. This book identifies solutions based on successful methods of integrating HCD practices by phase into an ongoing agile delivery model, from the discovery through implementation and evaluation, including: key success factors for an HCD/Agile engagement approach,critical points of delivery, andstrategies for integrating HCD into teams based on the existing design maturity of an organization or product team.

Nandkishore, Nandu / Chandra, Neeraj, Dance of Disruption and Creation: Epochal Change and the Opportunity for Enterprise. 176 pp. 2023:8 (Routledge, UK) <699-258>
ISBN 978-1-03-218478-4 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-218479-1 paper ¥9,507.- (税込) GB￡ 32.99 *

It's an exciting time to be alive! We are witness to an epoch of change, a dance of disruption and creation, that is re-imagining our world. Where are these disruptions coming from? What opportunities do they uncover? How can one make sense of them? And most importantly, how should one prepare and act? This book, written by two influential business leaders, unpacks these "epochal" changes and how they represent a defining moment of opportunity for the world of business.Nandu Nandkishore and Neeraj Chandra draw upon diverse sources, academic literature, discussions with CEOs, startup founders and experts, in order to understand the significant pivots of change emerging from a wide canvas and then stitch together a perspective of an exciting, brave new world. Unlike many other books that focus only on emerging technologies, the authors here look at disruption through several lenses: technology, demographics, economic change, the changing nature of institutions, and the interplay of technology as it fundamentally shapes consumers and society. The book goes beyond describing changes taking place. It explores the "why so" and "so what" to provide an understanding of the shifts taking place, and crucially, the implications for the world of enterprise. Using simple examples and frameworks throughout, the book provides specific, action-oriented solutions that businesses can employ.This book will be of specific interest to business leaders, strategists, investment professionals, as well as social scientists and public servants. It is for change-makers who are excited to seize the unique opportunity that this change represents - to build competitive advantage, re-invent markets and enterprise, and indeed, to make the world a better place.A selection of reference links and material for the book is accessible at www.routledge.com/9781032184791.

Petit, Vincent, The Next Industrial Revolution: A New Age For Innovation In Industry. 320 pp. 2023:5 (World Scientific, SI) <699-259>
ISBN 978-1-80061-365-2 hard ¥28,723.- (税込) US$ 128.00 *

In The Next Industrial Revolution, Vincent Petit builds on his earlier work, The Age of Fire Is Over (2021), where he explored how key transformations in consumption patterns impact our energy system in ways that have been seldom envisioned. He further develops this work here, and traces how these transformations apply to our modern industrial system, the bedrock of our global economic development and wealth creation.Petit argues that the world is on the cusp of the next centennial transformation of our industrial system, driven by major technological enhancements, considerable opportunities for productivity step changes, but also significant resiliency and environmental challenges.Through a deep and unique exploration of the innovation landscape and global context in each major sector of industry, the author sheds light on the key changes that will transform not only every sector of activity, but also the way they interact with one another to produce nothing short of a complete redesign of our industrial system.The way such transformation will unfold will, however, depend on the complex entanglement of technological progress, policy, business transformations and cultural evolutions. Through different scenarios, the author highlights some of the key decisions that need to be made today, in order to make the most of this opportunity.

Undheim, Trond, Eco Tech: Investing in Regenerative Futures. 224 pp. 2023:8 (Routledge, UK) <699-260>
ISBN 978-1-03-247394-9 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-247419-9 paper ¥9,507.- (税込) GB￡ 32.99 *

The book is a seminal contribution from a leading futurist who, over the past three decades, has explored each of the most disruptive forces shaping our world today, including emerging technologies, entrepreneurship, venture investments, and industrial manufacturing. Eco Tech brings all this thinking together, fusing insight from thought leaders with the author's own considerable experience, to explore scenarios for 2050 and discuss eco-effectiveness as an established practice for governments, corporations, startups, and individuals.Trond Arne Undheim begins by providing a brief history of sustainability and provides simple definitions for key terms including eco-efficiency, life cycle analysis, industrial ecology, cleantech, net zero, climate change, biodiversity, and carbon capture, which will enable the reader to engage confidently in eco-discussions. Undheim also explores the ambitions of regeneration and offers a new conceptual framework to facilitate future discussion around sustainable innovation. He applies this framework to green, ambitious startups and examines the way these ventures will lead the way towards an eco-effective society, drawing on stories from exciting founders who are already changing the world. Finally, the book takes a deep dive into emerging eco-innovations, including batteries, bioplastics, distributed energy, space tech, and futuristic megaprojects. The book contains clear directions on how to progress through adversity and avoid returning to the status quo.The book will be an essential guide for executives, sustainability professionals, and energy tech investors who are deeply concerned with the future and are prepared to both significantly invest in it and make behavioral changes to foster regenerative development. It will also be a great resource for students and scholars of sustainable investing and innovation.

van Wielink, Jakob / Fiddelaers-Jaspers, Riet / Wilhelm, L., The Language of Transition in Leadership: Your Calling as a Leader in a World of Change. 264 pp. 2023:8 (Routledge, UK) <699-261>
ISBN 978-1-03-253050-5 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-253049-9 paper ¥10,371.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99 *

In this book, the authors utilise their decades of experience in leadership and coaching for change to help leaders develop the necessary skills to lead people and organisations in transition. Combining a scientific and practice-based approach, they show readers how to develop and maintain their own impactful leadership style while creating psychological safety in their teams.Leadership that achieves sustainable results comes from connecting past, present and future. Describing leadership as a journey, the book invites the reader to discover their calling and realise the importance of examining the roots of their leadership, before thinking about its destination. It gives leaders access to a new dimension of unprecedented growth and demonstrates the ways these lessons and skills can transform change into lasting transitions. Accessible and written in a lively style, The Language of Transition in Leadership is an important book for leaders and executives. It will also be of interest to coaches, organisational advisors, management consultants, students of leadership and those transitioning into the workforce.

Verhezen, Peter, Making Wise Decisions in a Smart World: Responsible Leadership in an Era of Artificial Intelligence. 480 pp. 2023:4 (World Scientific, SI) <699-262>
ISBN 978-981-12-6805-2 hard ¥15,259.- (税込) US$ 68.00

Good and smart decisions should be distinguished from wise decision-making - especially in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) where algorithms are increasingly used to automate business processes or to augment the accuracy and speed of decisions. This book argues why specific forms of intelligence as well as consciousness and enhanced conscience are crucial to make wise decisions - with consciousness to be clearly distinguished from intelligence. It also addresses why machine learning and smart computers (AI) are plausibly able to make 'smart' (and thus to a certain extent 'intelligent') decisions but definitely unable to help us to become wiser. In essence, optimizing a desired output in a business context will require a balanced approach with cognitive awareness and ethical reflection - synthesizing intuitive and algorithmic thinking - encompassing short-term profit and longer-term envisioning, and aiming to optimize created and captured value for shareholders while taking the concerns of those who have a real stake in the organization seriously. If business is about creating and sharing value in a future that is both 'digital' and 'relational', then innovative technologies like AI will play an increasingly important role. Consequently, mindful executives and their responsible boards therefore need to acknowledge the limitations of AI in business - especially when the uncertain future is estimated to be rather volatile or ambiguous than stable.Student Edition

M.F.Oezbilgin著　多様性－ビジネスと社会のための重要概念
Oezbilgin, Mustafa F., Diversity: A Key Idea for Business and Society. (Key Ideas in Business and Management) 216 pp. 2023:8 (Routledge, UK) <699-263>
ISBN 978-0-367-42426-8 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-42360-5 paper ¥10,371.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99 *

Diversity: A Key Idea for Business and Society introduces an idea that proliferates business and society, having been incorporated into mainstream theory and practice. Beyond this multidisciplinary setting, how diversity is defined, framed, managed and regulated is also exposed to considerable social, economic, political and ideological interpretation and manipulation. This volume explores definitions of diversity, its various manifestations and interdisciplinary influences that shape how diversity is researched. The text turns to workforce diversity as a particular case of diversity and explores antecedents, correlates and consequences of workforce diversity. The author considers power, inequality and intersectionality to illuminate the subject from the key manifestations, including class, gender, ethnicity, sexuality and disability. With insights from an array of fields from economics, through management to biology, the author also highlights the various cases against diversity alongside analysis of how to navigate the diversity jungle in practice. This concise, authoritative book will be essential reading for students, researchers and reflective practitioners interested in workforce diversity as well as unique supplementary reading across the social sciences.

ビジネス・ストーリーテリング百科事典　第1セット：ビジネス・ストーリーテリングの企業・ビジネス戦略　全5巻
Boje, David M. (Ed.-in-chief), A World Scientific Encyclopedia of Business Storytelling. Set 1: Corporate and Business Strategies of Business Storytelling. 5 vols. 1400 pp. 2023:10 (World Scientific, SI) * Special-price until 15.12.2023 hard \170,324.- (税込) US$ 790.00 <699-1>
ISBN 978-981-12-7990-4 hard ¥219,912.- (税込) US$ 980.00 *

This set of multi-reference works is meant to be read together as the five volumes interlace one another like the laces of a shoe in the famous painting by Vincent van Gogh. Who will wear the shoes is a question long debated in art history and philosophy. If we take these five volumes from different points of view on the theory and practice of business storytelling then we have a crisscrossing, a new and impressive dialogue for the reader. This set is presented as a new way to lace up the laces of business storytelling.Volume 1 aims to recount narratives in a variety of ways so that the precepts of entrepreneurial storytelling can be made accessible to a variety of audiences - academic, practitioner, student, and community member. Entrepreneurship has a long history and tradition but there are disputed ways of doing business storytelling in entrepreneurship that the next four volumes articulate.Volume 2 provides insights into stories fostering the idea of business (and not necessarily business itself). It focuses specifically on history - contributing to the current debates within management and organizational history around the idea of 'the historic turn'. It reflects on the idea of business and beyond; could there be more to history and business storytelling than what has previously been accepted in the field? This book sets out to explore a diverse array of alternative modes and multiple ways of storying organizations. The editors intentionally sought to involve an international network of authors with diverse storytelling accounts of history as a way of helping build out this new storytelling paradigm in a diverse and inclusive ethic. As a result, this volume showcases a broad spectrum of critical storytelling from geographically diverse authors working in universities, small businesses, and public service throughout Brazil, Canada, Finland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. To reflect these dynamics, and for the stories in this volume to fit together, chapters were organized into three themes: stories of processing history, tales of history-as-method, and narratives of history through a business opportunity.Volume 3 features stories that reflect the exacerbated inequalities of race, gender, and income across the world. These inequalities and power relations remain continuously con-tested, particularly in these trying times, despite being captive to a particular economic ideology built on the premise of exploitation and subjugation. The stories told in this volume tell against the orthodoxy, the colonizer, and the (seemingly) powerful. They are organized as stories of resistance, emancipation, and transformation. They invite us to rethink the multiple ways to (re)structure power relations between the colonizer and the colonized, and open up spaces for the marginalized underprivileged voices.Volume 4 is designed to create a new business storytelling paradigm that critically approaches business narratives that have historically privileged a corporate agenda. It explores the various ways that images of the other in business are developed, presented, and accounted for through powerful and dominant narratives. The stories in this volume, collectively, help readers to understand, resist, and provide strategies for change through various analyses of how business narratives come to develop, get written, are legitimized, are challenged, and get changed over time.Volume 5 brings together the practices specific to the socioeconomic approach to management (SEAM). SEAM is a method of change management developed through research interventions carried out in more than 2,000 companies and organizations since 1975. This method is systemic, it considers the whole company, and tends to simultaneously increase social and economic performance by focusing mainly on the development of human skills and behaviors, making it possible to reduce dysfunctions and recycle hidden costs into added value.

Lent, Bogdan / Zhang, Changzheng (eds.), Economic and Business Management 2022: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Economic and Business Management (FEBM 2022). 580 pp. 2023:4 (Routledge, UK) <699-120>
ISBN 978-1-03-224482-2 hard ¥36,025.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00 *

Due to the impact of the epidemic in recent two years, the world economy has suffered great fluctuations. "Digital Finance", "Internet Finance" and "Science and Technology Finance" have gradually become hot spots in the industry, while enterprise development is also facing more challenges and difficulties. How should enterprises face the new situation and transformation? Economic and Business Management 2022 discusses the topics below: Economics: Marketing; Finance and Securities; Regional Economic; Tourism Economy; Economic Theory; Ecological Economy; Resources Economy; E-Commerce/Ebusiness; Finance and Tax. Business Management: Human resources; Market management; Sales management; Business management; Quality Management; Production management; Cultural system and mechanism; Fund management.The book is of interest to academics and professionals involved or interested in the fields mentioned above.