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

Narozna, Dominika / Adamska, Justyna, Innovation Ecosystems and the Role of Communication: Insights from European science, technology parks and areas of innovation. (Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology) 160 pp. 2024:10 (Routledge, UK) <729-422>
ISBN 978-1-03-269778-9 hard ¥38,610.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book analyses the role of communication in creating the value of innovation ecosystems from the perspective of the international network of technology parks and areas of innovation. It explores the relations and interactions between different stakeholders (administration, universities, business, innovation agencies), highlighting the important role of communication within successful innovation ecosystems.The role of communication is explained using different levels of communication approach. The authors present communication as a complex process, involving all the ecosystem stakeholders who are as well motivated and involved in different roles, norms, business models, environments, organizations, cultures, etc. The book proposes novel and interdisciplinary research (management, social communication and journalism, political science and administration) focused on the potential of communication in order to design the paradigm and indicate practical implications. The authors take into consideration modern IT tools, which provide the ground for redefining the connections between stakeholders, as well as sustainable development and ESG values, which change the perspective and priorities of the ecosystem.Innovation Ecosystems and the Role of Communication is written for scholars and researchers in the fields of innovation studies, management science, and communication studies.

Ribbens, Geoff / Abraham, Mark / Cumming, Alistair, Team Leadership: How to Define, Apply, and Measure It. 112 pp. 2024:11 (Productivity Pr., US) <729-423>
ISBN 978-1-03-275774-2 hard ¥32,890.- (税込) GB￡ 115.00
ISBN 978-1-03-275770-4 paper ¥9,148.- (税込) GB￡ 31.99

A small group of experienced business leaders and academics have teamed up to create an innovative and potentially disruptive approach to developing leadership in the 21st Century. The result is a unique, people-centric, and scientifically researched, theory of leadership linked to an accurate data-based assessment and diagnostic product. This book is the result of several years of study and development as well as many years of curiosity and experience.The book presents a new approach to leadership development. The authors use a combination of leadership experience, research, and science to move away from unprovable theory and subjective judgment to deliver a definable product with unlimited application. For individual leaders looking to maximize personal development and results or for organizations wanting to analyze leadership and its effects across an entire structure or business, this book will redefine understanding and development.The authors' work has proved that team members' perceptions of a leader and leadership behaviors will define their motivation, willingness, loyalty, output, and mental health far more than the actual leadership behaviors themselves. The authors' application of Emergent Team Leadership Theory, why and to what degree team members attribute leadership to their leaders, directors, or managers, leads to accurate assessments of how leaders and leadership are viewed in teams, businesses, and organizations.Importantly, the book is so accurate that individual leaders can define precisely where to focus their personal development to get the most from themselves and their teams. Even for leaders and managers of the same grade in the same role, personal leadership development and training will be different. The authors developed the Leadership Pathway Audit (TM) that measures the effectiveness of leadership for any leader or any team and will, over time, chart how leadership changes as any factor of the leader, the team. or the situation changes. Each leader, director, or manager gets a unique representation of the perception of their leadership at any time and a detailed report on the data and perceptions behind this representation. There are limitless options for following this with bespoke analysis of an individual's leadership and for personal development programs tailored to their profile and organization. Equally, reviewing the entirety of a business or organization's leadership profiles gives an incredibly accurate view of leadership across an entire company organization, or sector.

Roy, Pierre / Pellegrin-Boucher, Estelle (eds.), Business Model Innovation in Creative and Cultural Industries. (Routledge Research in the Creative and Cultural Industries) 196 pp. 2024:10 (Routledge, UK) <729-424>
ISBN 978-1-032-71442-4 hard ¥38,610.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

Business model innovation occurs when an organization discovers a new way of creating revenues or profits via its products or services. This book examines the concept as it applies across the creative and cultural industries in practice.This book examines market, social and political environments which impact creative and cultural organizations' business models, such as sustainability, new forms of competition, digitalization and data management, emerging technologies like AI, and shifting social trends and lifestyles. This book not only analyses these influences but also presents best practices, key success factors, and compelling case studies. Employing a case study format, a range of creative or cultural sectors are analysed, including fashion, architecture and gaming.The result is a book which delivers value for researchers, advanced students, and reflective practitioners involved in the creative economy around the world.

Rudolph, Thomas / Schweizer, Markus, Successful Business Model Transformations in Disruptive Times: A conceptual framework for established corporations. VIII, 208 pp. 2024:6 (de Gruyter, GW) <729-425>
ISBN 978-3-11-077208-1 paper ¥7,049.- (税込) EUR 29.95 *

The authors offer solutions for established corporations facing disruptive challenges. Based on extensive research and discussion, a unique management approach, the High 5 approach, has been developed to promote successful self-disruption in established corporations. At the center of this approach is the transformation of the core business. The book supports the idea of permanent self-disruption as the key to success for established players. Successful Business Model Transformations in Disruptive Times is aimed at the management of various industries. This book provides managers in established corporations with a theoretically sound and practical guide.

AIの時代のリーダーシップ
Salisbury, Mark, Leadership in the Era of AI: How to Grow Organizational Intelligence. 104 pp. 2024:11 (Routledge, UK) <729-426>
ISBN 978-1-032-82837-4 hard ¥38,610.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-032-82071-2 paper ¥9,434.- (税込) GB￡ 32.99 *

What will be the right place for humans in the new economy of AI, avatars, automation, and 3D virtual worlds? Our job will be to bring wisdom to our workplace and the marketplace, working with intelligent machines, and this book is the roadmap.Though it addresses growing fears about the future of work, The Future of Leadership is about more than specific technologies. It's about building organizational intelligence (OI): the capability of an organization to comprehend and create knowledge relevant to its purpose. To increase organizational intelligence requires a new kind of knowledge worker-a wisdom worker-who requires a new kind of leadership. Written in an engaging business novel format, this book is the story of how to become a leader of wisdom workers and be successful in the emerging wisdom economy.Seasoned and emerging leaders in all industries, as well as talent development professionals, will value this book's insights into how to step confidently into the developing work paradigm, bringing human values and wisdom together with the latest AI in the real and virtual worlds.

Seiler, Helene, Group Coaching for Women Leaders: Belonging and Thriving Through Collective Leadership Development. 160 pp. 2024:11 (Routledge, UK) <729-427>
ISBN 978-1-032-73302-9 hard ¥37,180.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00 *
ISBN 978-1-032-72324-2 paper ¥8,576.- (税込) GB￡ 29.99 *

This book is an invaluable resource for those looking to lead high-functioning women groups, and a testament to the power of group coaching for women leaders.Dr. Helene Seiler advocates for the expansion of group coaching to support the fulfilment of women leaders, providing a comprehensive review of the relevant academic literature on group coaching for women leaders and an in-depth analysis of her reflective notes over the last 15 years. This book shares the author's experience as an international group coach and an executive coach for women leaders, and echoes the voices of her former group members. Using case studies and practical tips, the author offers recommendations when forming a new collective of women leaders, shares best practices in high-functioning groups, provides solutions when dealing with breakdowns within a group, and provides guidelines to lead change when a group composition evolves. This book also addresses the potential impact of technology and artificial intelligence on the stakeholders of group coaching. Each chapter contains key points, multi-cultural case studies, and ends with reflective questions to enrich and personalize the reader's learning experience.Group Coaching for Women Leaders is an essential resource for group coaches working with women leaders internationally, for academic leaders looking to extend their offerings for student coaches, and for corporate sponsors interested in augmenting the power of women leadership development initiatives in their organizations.

Simpson, Barbara, Diffracting Collaborative Leadership: A Pragmatist Project. 176 pp. 2024:11 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <729-428>
ISBN 978-0-19-285602-9 hard ¥24,024.- (税込) GB￡ 84.00 *

Leadership, as an area of research, seems to be a source of endless fascination. So much has been written about it, and yet the questions keep coming. It is almost as if we are asking the wrong questions. In Diffracting Collaborative Leadership, Barbara Simpson takes a novel approach to tackling this problem, proposing that leadership in organizations may be understood as a complementary duality of 'leaders' and 'leading'. Whereas questions about 'leaders' are already well researched, the same cannot be said for the social processes of 'leading'. Familiar research methodologies, and the theories that inform them, seek to represent 'reality' as stable, or at least temporarily stabilized structures and entities, but as such, they are not well equipped to deal with the performative fluidities of 'leading'. Grappling with the slipperiness of a world-on-the-move requires a serious commitment to ontologically processual research that can participate with the flow of lived experience. The author draws on Pragmatism as a systematic, ontologically processual philosophy, using it to diffract the experiences of the senior management team in an arts-based company. This analysis explores 'leading' as a creative, collaborative process of future-making that arises from uncertainties. Leadership then, is what we do when we don't know what to do.

Singh Sengupta, Sunitha / Jyothi, P. et al. (eds.), Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Creating Value-Based Sustainable Organizations. 545 pp. 2024:5 (Routledge, UK) <729-429>
ISBN 978-1-03-278287-4 paper ¥37,180.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00 *

The benefits of high integrity and high-responsibility organizations are well[1]established conscience mechanisms based on the principles of inclusion that emphasize justice, care, and fair practices at workplaces. Superrich Amazon investor Nick Hanauer writes in Oxfam's state of wealth inequality report published on Monday (January 21, 2019) "I am a practitioner of capitalism," ... The most important lesson I have learned from these decades of experience with market capitalism is that morality and justice are the fundamental prerequisites for prosperity and economic growth (Singh Sengupta, 2021). When leaders and organizations operate from a deep awareness of their consciousness-they naturally behave responsibly beyond what appears to be their own self-interest...The managers who integrate spiritual values with their managerial styles in the entire operations management system bring integrity and oneness to the organizations...

Skalna, Iwona / Gasior, Aleksandra (eds.), Start-up Strategy and Entrepreneurial Development: Evolving Business Models and Economic Trends. (Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies) 226 pp. 2024:10 (Routledge, UK) <729-430>
ISBN 978-1-03-277532-6 hard ¥38,610.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

The emergence of start-up companies and new forms of entrepreneurship has become a significant challenge for entrepreneurs and decision-makers who shape the businesses and economies of the future. This book presents the results of international research, analyses, and experiences with start-ups, delving into their strengths and weaknesses as well as the challenges and attitudes that drive their quest for success. It identifies and analyzes various determinants that shape entrepreneurship, shedding light on new conditions that inspire and affect running a business in a new dynamically changing economic reality. It also presents strategies and concepts used by novice entrepreneurs to overcome market challenges and build thriving enterprises from scratch. Through an analysis of start-ups from various industries and countries, contributions showcase patterns and best practices that determine their growth, and the secrets of their extraordinary achievements are discovered. The power of cooperation between the academic environment and enterprises that jointly create innovations is also highlighted, as well as the impact of the educational systems and cultural norms that support networks on promoting ecology and an environment that encourages and supports entrepreneurial ventures. By analyzing the success of entrepreneurship in various regions and countries, this edited collection reveals the relationships among policy frameworks, access to resources, and the development of dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystems. It will be of interest to researchers, academics, and advanced students in the fields of entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic development.

Soniewicki, Marcin, Market and Technical Knowledge Integration in R&D Intensive Companies. 216 pp. 2024:10 (Routledge, UK) <729-431>
ISBN 978-1-032-63500-2 hard ¥35,750.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00 *

Market and Technical Knowledge Integration in R&D-Intensive Companies explores the integration of market and technical knowledge within R&D-intensive companies. The crux of the book's theoretical premise is the importance of integrating market and technical knowledge within organisations. Drawing from the resource-based view (RBV) and the knowledge-based view (KBV) of organisations, this premise stresses the need for knowledge integration. After an analysis of the literature on R&D, the book presents qualitative evidence from interviews of R&D professionals who elucidate knowledge integration methods.The book provides theoretical as well as practical insight on market and technical knowledge integration. Presenting a new approach to understanding how R&D intensive companies operate, the book gives researchers and practitioners practical advice on improving market and technical knowledge integration. It explains the critical role of efficient market and technical knowledge integration in innovation. It also examines how knowledge management contributes to superior business performance of R&D intensive companies.

Spinley, Aarron, The Customering Method: From CX Dogma to Customer Science. 302 pp. 2024:11 (Routledge, UK) <729-432>
ISBN 978-1-032-84542-5 hard ¥37,180.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00 *
ISBN 978-1-032-82308-9 paper ¥8,576.- (税込) GB￡ 29.99 *

Despite the promise of enhanced customer engagement through new technology, consumer trust has suffered widespread collapse and annual corporate losses are in the trillions. This book exposes the faulty foundation of the populist Customer Experience (CX) movement, upturns long-held beliefs in its effectiveness, and details an alternative - industrial - approach to the customer asset base.Aarron Spinley is recognized as a foremost mind in the realm of customer science and strategy. His work helps us to understand - and extract - customer value based on evidence, and in so doing, influences our relationship with technology for better results. The Customering Method marries the sciences and managerial precedent with contemporary capability: optimizing the intersection with marketing, mitigating risk and attrition rates, increasing sales propensity, and restoring profitability. Throughout, Spinley provides practical examples that are relatable, actionable, and defensible.These concepts have already influenced senior leaders, CEOs, chief marketing officers, and directors of customer experience across many organizations. Now in published form, this is perhaps the most important book in the field for decades.

Taylor, Claire, Social Media, Work and Organisations: Narratives of Identity, Power and Control. (Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies) 254 pp. 2024:10 (Routledge, UK) <729-433>
ISBN 978-0-367-68376-4 hard ¥38,610.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00

Social media use is a confounding aspect of organisations, aiding interconnection, communication, and productivity. Its use has undoubtedly impacted on human resource management and the establishment of harmonious contemporary employment relationships. Its use challenges the traditional boundaries which existed between work and privacy and, in doing so, seemingly increases organisational power and management control. This book discusses the impact social media has on work; how it is used to stage the organisation, self-identity, power, and control using four conceptual themes: adoption, shaping, and staging of social media in organisations; digitised regimes of power, control, and surveillance; evolving identity, employee voice, and dramaturgical performance online; and employee forms of resistance, sousveillance, and social media misbehaviours. These themes are brought to life through the lived experiences and narratives of workers who hold roles in human resources, management, and frontline operations. This approach highlights a unique multi-perspective on social media use by giving voice to these workers. The book uses these individual narratives to reposition the ways employees utilise social media for sousveillance, dissent, and resistance purposes. In doing so, the book encourages wider debate, critical reflection, and self-reflexivity on rarely discussed management approaches or (mis)behaviours associated with social media use and their profound implications for power dynamics in organisations.

Thomas, Asha, Knowledge Management, Leadership, and Innovation in Digital Transformation: Navigating the Future of Organizations. (Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology) 150 pp. 2024:9 (Routledge, UK) <729-434>
ISBN 978-1-032-61468-7 hard ¥38,610.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

Digital technologies have created an opportunity to bring together knowledge management, leadership, and innovation. Any business that wishes to thrive in today's competitive digital landscape must prioritize knowledge management. Leadership in the digital era is about leveraging digital tools to manage knowledge to attain a strategic advantage effectively. Thus, leadership is an essential and central element for knowledge creation, acquisition, utilization, and integration. As a result, this book will focus on knowledge management, leadership, and innovation, all intertwined but not covered in existing research. The book integrates knowledge management, leadership, and innovation into a unified framework in the era of digitization, exploring the benefits knowledge management can bring to organizations adapting to new digital requirements in a dynamic environment. It presents both theoretical and empirical research to synthesize these distinct disciplines in a cohesive body of work. The resulting model will create a useful framework to be applied to future research and further add to practical and theoretical implications. The book is primarily written for scholars, researchers, and advanced students with an interest in the three disciplines and associated fields.

Bak, Sylwia / Jedynak, Piotr, From Risk Profiling to Enterprise Resilience: Interdependencies in Management. (Routledge Focus on Business and Management) 86 pp. 2024:9 (Routledge, UK) <729-404>
ISBN 978-1-032-84691-0 hard ¥14,010.- (税込) GB￡ 48.99 *

From Risk Profiling to Enterprise Resilience introduces readers to a new approach to risk profiling theory and methodology, as well as relationships between an enterprise's risk profile and its resilience to crises.Given the need to reflect on changes in approaches to risk and risk management in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the book attempts to characterize the interdependencies between risk profiling processes and the processes of shaping and improving enterprise resilience. After reading the book, the readers will firstly gain theoretical knowledge of risk management in non-crisis and crisis conditions, risk mitigation and risk profiling. Secondly, they will also acquire the practical skills of performing risk profiling, identifying risk mitigation actions, perceiving relationships between individual enterprises' risk profiles (and their changes), and the building and improving of their resilience. The inclusion of graphics, tables, diagrams, charts, instructions and recommendations will make the content is also easy to understand for a non-specialist audience.This book will be of great interest entrepreneurs, managers and risk management professionals, who can use the content included in the book in their management processes, as well as stakeholders of various enterprises, business and academic communities and students of all levels.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.

Barnett, Jonathan M., The Big Steal: Ideology, Interest, and the Undoing of Intellectual Property. 304 pp. 2024:11 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <729-405>
ISBN 978-0-19-762952-9 hard ¥7,726.- (税込) US$ 34.95

In The Big Steal, Jonathan Barnett documents the unusual confluence of ideological commitments and business interests behind the across-the-board dilution of legal protections for inventors and artists under U.S. patent and copyright law. Concurrently with the rise of the digital economy and platform-based markets, the Supreme Court, Congress, and antitrust regulators significantly weakened legal protections against the unauthorized use of technological inventions and creative works. Under the popular slogan that "information wants to be free," significant portions of the scholarly and tech communities advocated and welcomed the erosion of property rights in knowledge markets. This policy shift often relied on incomplete or premature findings that concerning the impact of robust intellectual property rights on innovation markets. Through a rich analysis that draws on law, economics, and political science, and using evidence from a wide range of technology and creative markets, Barnett shows that the depropertization of intellectual assets poses a risk to the U.S. and global innovation ecosystem by shifting economic value toward digital intermediaries and vertically integrated entities and away from the technology and content originators that drive the most robust knowledge economies.

Belasen, Alan / Pfeffermann, Nicole (eds.), Brilliant Leadership: Unlocking the Power of Innovation-Communication. 216 pp. 2024:11 (Productivity Pr., US) <729-406>
ISBN 978-1-032-80076-9 hard ¥38,610.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-032-80075-2 paper ¥11,150.- (税込) GB￡ 38.99 *

The need for restructuring and transforming business practices for the benefit of humanity and the environment is a major theme of this book. Interactivity and connectedness of people and things/data is transforming everything. Many organizations, even the traditional ones, have entered a process of transformation through innovation and rethinking their business models, which affects the way leaders communicate, lead, and co-create.Brilliant leadership is a new intellectual framework to guide strategists, gamechangers, senior executives, and aspiring leaders. This new framework is based on our current work on leadership development and focuses on what it means to become a brilliant leader. Brilliant leaders have an authentic personality, the willingness to engage people/teams, inspire others, facilitate (co-)innovation, and commit to making significant contributions (humanity, environment, ethics), and be relevant. The framework is also consistent with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education, fostering innovation, and developing a lifelong learning mindset.Each chapter of the book is more than a collection of ideas. It is a part of the new intellectual framework that describes 'Brilliant Leadership'. Each chapter includes a distinct contribution by experts and that at the same time is connected to other chapters through the book's organizing schema, paralleling how the different facets of leadership are inseparable from one another. Together, the chapters present a holistic view of what it means to become a brilliant leader in the transformative digital age. The framework demonstrates this connectivity through a theoretical framework (our model) and a plan (book chapters) of how to approach the specific research inquiry, the tenets of brilliant leadership.What makes this new edition unique? The book is aimed at providing practical strategies and becoming a source of inspiration for what it means to have a new leadership mindset - a brilliant leader who understands how to communicate with empathy and authenticity, engage and inspire others, shift responsibility into shared-commitment, and spark learning in a purpose-driven innovation culture.

Bennett, John L., The Manager's Guide to Coaching for Change. 300 pp. 2024:5 (de Gruyter, GW) <729-407>
ISBN 978-3-11-100186-9 paper ¥7,049.- (税込) EUR 29.95 *

We live and work in a world of change. Helping individuals and teams prepare for, respond to, and learn from change are critical for thriving. Managers and leaders at all levels play a vital role in developing talent, increasing performance, and supporting transitions and transformations. This book is about effectively coaching others in your role as a manager-coach. A manager-coach is a person who uses coaching-related knowledge, approaches, and skills to coach team members in the organization who report to them or who have sought their coaching. In 16 chapters, leaders at all levels, human resource professionals, and graduate students will find research-based, practical approaches to developing talent, improving performance, and supporting transformation. Topics include the change coaching process, theoretical foundtions of coaching, use of self in managerial coaching, six coaching skills, how to coach across differences, specialty coaching (peer, team, and executive), ethical considerations for coaching, and continuous development for manager-coaches. Provides models, frameworks and tools that can be used to coach team members.

Brooks, Edward / Lamb, Michael (eds.), The Arts of Leading: Perspectives from the Humanities and the Liberal Arts. 320 pp. 2024:12 (Georgetown U. Pr., US) <729-409>
ISBN 978-1-64712-482-3 hard ¥19,886.- (税込) US$ 89.95 *
ISBN 978-1-64712-483-0 paper ¥6,620.- (税込) US$ 29.95 *

A deeply insightful approach to cultivating leaders of character centered on the arts and humanities What does it mean to lead? Whom do we consider to be leaders? And how might viewing leadership through the many lenses of the humanities expand our understanding of how it is imagined, represented, and enacted? Drawing on insights from eminent scholars in the classics, philosophy, religion, literature, history, art, music, and the theater, The Arts of Leading reveals the power of the arts and humanities to unsettle common assumptions about leadership and offer new contexts. Rather than instrumentalizing the arts and humanities or reducing them to mere management resources, this series of thoughtful and refreshing essays engages a litany of diverse and nuanced perspectives to uncover alternative ways of imagining and embodying leadership across different historical, moral, political, and cultural contexts. By exploring how a wide range of disciplines can illuminate and humanize complex aspects of leadership that are often obscured in a discourse hooked on reductive paradigms and quick fixes, The Arts of Leading invites leaders, scholars, and citizens to expand their practice of leadership in our ever-evolving world.

イノベーションと企業家精神　第2版
Brueggemann, Ralph / Matthews, Charles H., Innovation and Entrepreneurship: A Competency Framework. 2nd ed. 486 pp. 2024:11 (Routledge, UK) <729-410>
ISBN 978-0-367-46856-9 hard ¥38,610.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-89803-8 paper ¥15,440.- (税込) GB￡ 53.99 *

This book presents a new model, the competency framework, for students, innovators, entrepreneurs, managers, and anyone who wants to better understand the dynamic world of innovation and entrepreneurship.Focused on both the individual and strategic organizational level, this book is about people and the competencies each person needs to learn to be successful in creating a more dynamic future. The framework for innovation and entrepreneurship competencies empowers individuals to excel at innovation and new venture creation.It provides a practical guide and clear and concise understanding of the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and experiences that are needed to increase imagination, creativity, innovation, and new venture creation capability. Innovation and Entrepreneurship will be attractive for students of entrepreneurship, innovation, management, and cross-disciplinary classes, such as design thinking.Presented in a modular format, Innovation and Entrepreneurship informs the future direction of people and technology, as well as the educational systems producing the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs.Based on extensive academic research, this book is organized into two sections: 12 innovation elements and 12 competency categories. The elements are the foundation and the competency categories are the building blocks that inform our path toward a more precise understanding of how innovation and entrepreneurship play an important role in economic development and our daily lives.

Chaudhary, Alka / Sharma, Vandana / Alkhayyat, Ahmed (eds.), Intelligent Manufacturing and Industry 4.0: Impact, Trends, and Opportunities. (Intelligent Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering) 264 pp. 2024:11 (CRC Pr., US) <729-411>
ISBN 978-1-032-62761-8 hard ¥28,596.- (税込) GB￡ 99.99

The use of intelligence in manufacturing has emerged as a fascinating subject for academics and businesses everywhere. This book focuses on various manufacturing operations and services which are provided to customers to achieve greater manufacturing flexibility, as well as widespread customization and improved quality with the help of advanced and smart technologies. It describes cyber-physical systems and the whole product life cycle along with a variety of smart sensors, adaptive decision models, high-end materials, smart devices, and data analytics.Intelligent Manufacturing and Industry 4.0: Impact, Trends, and Opportunities focuses on Intelligent Manufacturing and the design of smart devices and products that meet the demand of Industry 4.0, manufacturing and cyber-physical systems, along with real-time data analytics for Intelligent Manufacturing. The usage of advanced smart and sensing technologies in Intelligent Manufacturing for healthcare solutions is discussed as well. Popular use cases and case studies related to Intelligent Manufacturing are addressed to provide a better understanding of this topic.This publication is ideally designed for use by technology development practitioners, academicians, data scientists, industry professionals, researchers, and students interested in uncovering the latest innovations in the field of Intelligent Manufacturing.Features: Presents cutting-edge manufacturing technologies and information to maximise product exchanges and productionDiscusses the improvement in service quality, product quality, and production effectivenessConveys how a manufacturing company's competitiveness can increase if it can manage the turbulence and changes in the global marketPresents how intelligence production is essential in Industry 4.0 and how Industry 4.0 offers greater manufacturing flexibility, as well as widespread customisation, improved quality, and increased productivityCovers the ways businesses handle the challenges of generating an increasing number of customised items with quick time to market and greater quality Includes popular use cases and case studies related to intelligent manufacturing to provide a better understanding of this discipline

Dusek, Sarah, Thinking Bigger: A Pitch-Deck Formula for Women Who Want to Change the World. 192 pp. 2024:9 (Georgetown U. Pr., US) <729-413>
ISBN 978-1-64712-508-0 hard ¥6,620.- (税込) US$ 29.95

A guide for women entrepreneurs to help them get the financing they need to build big businesses and change our world The lack of female representation among top-earning business founders is surprising when compared with the number of women who start businesses. Fewer than thirty women in history have taken companies they founded public on leading stock exchanges. Although consistent references to "women and small business" dominate global development strategies and influence public policy, women are granted less than 2 percent of all venture capital investments annually. Thinking Bigger is designed to provide women with the keys to unlocking capital and thinking bigger. Its author, Sarah Dusek, an entrepreneur and a venture capitalist, shares personal anecdotes highlighting obstacles that women face in business and how to overcome them. She reveals the metrics that really matter to venture capitalists and how to pitch them successfully. Her book delves into the art and science of creating a winning "pitch deck"-the standard formula for pitching to investors, from crafting a compelling story to using data and design to make a lasting impact. Thinking Bigger positions women to get the financing they need-to build big businesses, to scale their endeavors, and to make a positive impact on our world.

Fisher, Greg, The Principles of Entrepreneurial Progress: How to Create and Sustain Momentum When Launching a Startup. 200 pp. 2024:10 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <729-414>
ISBN 978-0-19-766981-5 hard ¥21,888.- (税込) US$ 99.00
ISBN 978-0-19-766982-2 paper ¥6,178.- (税込) US$ 27.95

Entrepreneurship is messy, uncertain, complex, and risky. It's virtually impossible to devise a recipe for success when developing a new venture. But it need not be. In The Principles of Entrepreneurial Progress, business school professor and entrepreneur Greg Fisher breaks entrepreneurship down into twelve concrete, actionable, easy to understand principles. These principles can be applied across a diverse range of entrepreneurial endeavors, ranging from high-growth, venture capital funded, technology ventures to self-funded, slower growth, more lifestyle oriented new business enterprises. For each of the principles, Fisher shares intriguing stories and examples that illustrate the principle, distills research that validates the principle in easy-to-understand terms, and describes how the principle can be implemented in practice. Conveying decades of expertise and practical wisdom, this engaging book provides entrepreneurs with a practical, evidence-based guide for making meaningful progress on their entrepreneurial journey.

Gefen, Omri, The Power of Collaboration: From Ego-System to Eco-System. 256 pp. 2024:11 (Productivity Pr., US) <729-415>
ISBN 978-1-032-84801-3 hard ¥38,610.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-032-84602-6 paper ¥9,434.- (税込) GB￡ 32.99 *

The future of human society depends on us. The only way to secure our children's future is by Collaboration and trust. This world can be a better place for us and for all, and this is the main challenge and mission of leaders from all sectors and nations.This book is based on a new paradigm which can create the change we need. It reveals how to understand, analyze, create and improve all forms of Collaborations, with one central and powerful roadmap.Demonstrated by many examples from organizations, and based on a unique and innovated model, Gefen defines the "Architecture of Collaboration". He attempts to create a shared language - simple, structured and efficient - for one of the most significant challenges of this era.Gefen presents a warning mixed with a vision: the only chance for human society to deal successfully with the challenges of our time is by empowering Effective Collaboration, facilitated by the transformation from "Ego-System" to "Eco-System". Isn't it clear that the only way to manage climate crises, pandemics, poverty, terrorism and other global concerns is together?Transformation is in the hands and is the responsibility of leaders and managers. This book is for them, in all sectors and roles.

Gulbrandsen-Dahl, Sverre / Dreyer, Heidi C. et al., Digitalization and Sustainable Manufacturing: Twin Transition in Norway. (Routledge Advances in Production and Operations Management) 356 pp. 2024:10 (Routledge, UK) <729-416>
ISBN 978-1-032-69336-1 hard ¥38,610.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

The manufacturing industry is facing massive changes driven by digitalization and sustainability. It is being redefined to meet the UN SDGs with the creation of new materials, processes and machinery. The drive for digitalization in order to use resources more effectively and efficiently adds to the complexity of this twin transition. This book presents results from 8 years of research with 15 industry partners, following the transition towards a digitalized industry 4.0 manufacturing and sustainable manufacturing paradigm.The selected chapters demonstrate how globally competitive manufacturing in high-cost countries such as Norway is enabled by AI-supported intelligent and flexible automation and the use of digital twins, as well as human-centred manufacturing. This book describes the interactions in innovative and sustainable organizations and changes in materials, products and processes, digital twins and AI-supported automated manufacturing processes. Supported by case studies and reflections from the manufacturing industry, this book evaluates how the combination of digitalization and sustainability enables competitiveness. With a focus on multi-material products and processes, robust and flexible automation and innovative and sustainable organizations, it provides a multi-disciplinary insight into the challenges and opportunities faced by manufacturing industries over time.This book serves as an ideal reference for researchers, scholars and policymakers in manufacturing, production and operations, with a particular interest in technology and sustainability.

Hollnagel, Erik, From Safety to Safely: Principles and Practice of Systemic Potentials Management. 192 pp. 2024:11 (Routledge, UK) <729-417>
ISBN 978-1-03-266471-2 hard ¥38,610.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00
ISBN 978-1-03-266470-5 paper ¥9,434.- (税込) GB￡ 32.99

The conventional interpretation of safety, known as Safety-I, denotes a condition where as little as possible goes wrong, and the focus of practical efforts in management or analysis is on the occurrence of unacceptable outcomes and on how to reduce their number to an acceptable level, ideally zero. The emphasis is therefore on how to manage safety as such, as seen in the ubiquitous safety management systems (SMS). As Professor James Reason astutely points out, this raises the interesting question of how it is possible to learn about something, let alone manage it, if it is studied only in situations in which it is absent? The solution proposed by and described in this book is to stop using safety as a noun, and instead use it as an adverb: safely.Now often referred to as Safety-II, this solution is the logical consequence of resilience engineering and will require new methods, several of which already exist and have proved their worth in practice for years. The question ceases being what to manage and becomes how to manage. Managing safety is protective, hence a non-productive cost, which at best avoids a loss. Conversely, managing safely is productive and can generate revenue in addition to preventing or avoiding losses; aviation and mining are prime examples.From Safety to Safely provides a practical perspective on managing safely, illustrating a practical form of synesis. It offers a new understanding of safety, combining concerns for productivity and safety rather than juxtaposing them, and shows how to manage complex industrial and social systems in the spirit of Resilience Engineering and Synesis. It is the first book to completely dispense with the loaded term 'safety' while offering a practical and viable alternative. Spoiler alert: This book does not mention or analyse any celebrated accidents.This book is for all middle and senior managers, board members and independent consultants seeking to ensure safe, revenue-generating operations.

Jamader, Asik Rahaman / Selvam, M. / Acharya, B. (eds.), Blockchain and Cryptocurrency: Management Systems and Technology Challenges. (Big Data for Industry 4.0) 248 pp. 2024:11 (CRC Pr., US) <729-418>
ISBN 978-1-032-58897-1 hard ¥30,030.- (税込) GB￡ 105.00

Blockchain and cryptocurrency have become the most revolutionary technologies of the 21st century, potentially transforming how we conduct business, manage assets, and exchange value. The emergence of these technologies has challenged traditional systems of management and has presented new technology challenges for businesses and organizations.Blockchain and Cryptocurrency: Management Systems and Technology Challenges explores the latest developments in blockchain and cryptocurrency and how they are changing the way we manage systems and technologies. The book delves into the technical aspects of blockchain, including its underlying architecture and consensus mechanisms, and examines the various use cases for blockchain technology, such as supply chain management, digital identity, and smart contracts. It also discusses the challenges of managing and implementing blockchain and cryptocurrency systems, including regulatory compliance, security, and scalability. Looking at the impact of these technologies on various industries, such as finance, healthcare, and energy, the book examines how they are changing how businesses now operate.A comprehensive guide for professionals in engineering management, business leadership, and technology that provides a comprehensive understanding of blockchain and cryptocurrencies' potential impact on organizations.

Keeley, Michael, Mirrors for Princes: How "Tips for Tyrants" Became Cliches of Leadership. 408 pp. 2024:9 (Georgetown U. Pr., US) <729-419>
ISBN 978-1-64712-453-3 hard ¥19,886.- (税込) US$ 89.95 *
ISBN 978-1-64712-553-0 paper ¥6,620.- (税込) US$ 29.95 *

A historical look at the roots of management theory reveals its flaws and offers important lessons for today's leaders For four thousand years, kings and queens ruled the known world, while management experts-in the guises of sages, clerics, and courtiers of all kinds-told them how to do it. These proto-experts in leadership, ethics, and strategy wrote books describing the perfect prince. In such books, rulers could seek and polish their own reflection, as in a looking glass. These books were called mirrors for princes. Mirrors for Princes documents the cliches of this genre of literature. Typical mirrors taught the same formula, over and over: that people behave badly because of their pursuit of self-interest, which needs to be harnessed to a common goal by the ruler or leader. Eighteenth-century revolutions spelled the demise of princes and led to books that sought instruct them. Today, the cliches of mirrors for princes live on in modern mirrors for managers. The rhetoric of common goals and transformational leadership has a pleasing resonance for top managers, affirming their authority, just as it did for kings and queens in mirrors for princes. Keeley's goal is to sensitize readers to these cliches and to provide today's business leaders with the tools to think more critically when reading business books. Mirrors for Princes concludes with advice for writers of management literature, suggesting how organizational theorists and business ethicists might avoid replicating the cliches of mirrors for princes by adopting a social-contract model of organizations.

Klinger, Edgar / Sievert, Hans-Wolf / Bierbrauer, G. et al., Trust in German-Chinese Business Cooperation: Insights and Lessons to be Learned. XX, 180 pp. 2024:7 (de Gruyter, GW) <729-420>
ISBN 978-3-11-134440-9 paper ¥8,226.- (税込) EUR 34.95 *

What makes international joint ventures successful? Among other key success factors such as strategic fit, material and political-relational incentives, and the cultural compatibility of the joint venture partners, the role of one factor in the successful establishment and management of joint ventures is critical: the mutual trust among the managers involved. This book explores how to establish, develop, and continue to nurture mutual trust between the managers of German and Chinese joint ventures. A series of guided interviews conducted by the authors reveals assessments of Chinese and European executives about their mutual trust in the context of the cultural differences between the two countries, the worldviews characterizing China and Germany, and their impact on the behavior of their executives. The authors then use these judgements from the interviews to make recommendations for action to build more successful cooperation in German-Chinese business cooperation in future joint enterprises. Trust in German-Chinese Business Cooperation is essential reading for managers of international companies and students of business management, business psychology and intercultural management.

Kohut, Matthew, Speaking Out: The New Rules of Business Leadership Communication. 176 pp. 2024:10 (Georgetown U. Pr., US) <729-421>
ISBN 978-1-64712-473-1 hard ¥6,620.- (税込) US$ 29.95

A new lens for understanding how to navigate political and social issues in business leadership communications Corporate leaders are increasingly expected to issue statements on a range of complex and controversial political and social issues as they arise. As a result, chief executives run the risk of falling into the "talking trap," and thus needing to comment on every issue du jour. However, those whose only strategy is to avoid risk by saying nothing do so at their own peril. Speaking Out offers a new framework for understanding how to manage corporate communications challenges with a shared emphasis on actions and words. Case studies of leaders who have spoken out and backed their words with action are contrasted with those of others who have had mixed records on accountability, failed to show progress in public commitments or faced consequences for taking a stance. These real-world examples demonstrate the difference between public relations efforts that can be easily dismissed as spin and authentic communication that enhances credibility and trust. Speaking Out demonstrates that managing risk today involves knowing not just when to speak and what to say but also what to do. Providing much-needed guidance, this book will be an invaluable compass for effective corporate communications for established and aspiring C-suite leaders alike. Professionals working in corporate and executive communications, marketing and branding, government relations, corporate social responsibility, and public relations will also benefit from the wisdom within Speaking Out.

開発のための社会的企業家精神　第2版
Brindle, Margaret, Social Entrepreneurship for Development: A Business Model. 2nd ed. 352 pp. 2024:10 (Routledge, UK) <729-257>
ISBN 978-1-032-65077-7 hard ¥38,610.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-032-61874-6 paper ¥16,298.- (税込) GB￡ 56.99 *

Social Entrepreneurship for Development, Second Edition, presents a fresh approach to poverty alleviation by bridging the fields of international development and social entrepreneurship. The authors present a six-step model for developing an IP business positioning strategy that allows developing country producers to position themselves better as owners of retail brands in foreign market countries. Readers will learn how producers can control the supply chain, including distribution to retail stores.Focusing on Africa and least developed countries (LDCs), the authors demonstrate methods of utilizing intellectual property tools, producer ownership, market positioning, and branding for lucrative outcomes. Extensive research provides readers with a thorough understanding of what it means to work smarter in a developing business, while a rich set of international cases offers insight into the practical applications of brand positioning, trademarks, and licenses. This new edition features brand new chapters on funding and environmental, social, and government goals (ESGs).With a dozen online workbooks to outline methodology, skills, tools, and case studies, Social Entrepreneurship for Development, Second Edition, remains a valuable resource for any student of social entrepreneurship or international development.

BRICSにおける企業家精神
Tshikovhi, Ndivhuho / Netswera, Fulufhelo et al. (eds.), Entrepreneurship in the BRICS: Economic Development and Growth in the Post-Pandemic World. (Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies) 354 pp. 2024:10 (Routledge, UK) <729-264>
ISBN 978-1-032-75508-3 hard ¥38,610.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

Entrepreneurship is a tool of innovation promotion that supports sound economic environments as it stimulates economic growth and development. The BRICS nations, i.e., Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, are a group of emerging countries comprising the highest developmental block of the emerging nations. It is imperative to assess the entrepreneurship policies, strategies, and promotional programmes and their implications for, among others, entrepreneurship funding, economic growth, and employment trends. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the entrepreneurship environment and equally steered state funding priorities away from entrepreneurship development support worldwide. This research book assesses the effect that COVID-19 has had on government funding priority, policy interventions and resultant implications on the entrepreneurship environment, economic growth and employment with a focus on BRICS. Readers will gain insight into what entrepreneurship looks like in the BRICS context and how it has been affected by COVID-19, indicating how the BRICS nations are likely to move forward to further strengthen entrepreneurship. This edited volume will be of interest to researchers, academics, practitioners, and advanced students in the fields of entrepreneurship, innovation, strategy, international relations, multilateralism, and economic development.

Cruz, Marcio (ed.), Digital Opportunities in African Businesses. (International Finance Corporation Research Series) 145 pp. 2024:6 (World Bank, US) <729-278>
ISBN 978-1-4648-2088-5 paper ¥9,039.- (税込) US$ 43.95 *

The International Finance Corporation identifies how shortfalls in African firms' adoption and use of digital technologies prevent them from realizing their full potential, and how the private sector can help resolve the region's 'incomplete digitalization,' harnessing the investment opportunities it presents.