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

Le, Son Thi Kim (ed.), Innovation in East Asia: Contexts and relevant cases. (Business and Innovation 37) 248 pp. 2024:9 (P. Lang, SZ) <736-292>
ISBN 978-2-87574-783-9 paper ¥12,540.- (税込) SFR 50.00

For decades now, the Asian region has been in the process of transforming from a manufacturing center of the global economy to an innovation booster for the knowledge and digital economy. Asia has emerged as an innovation powerhouse. Among Asian economies, the East Asia region has made great efforts to stimulate investment in innovation through numerous support policies aimed at fostering R&D investment, developing innovation ecosystems (in particular to support startups), training a highperformance workforce, and strengthening academy-industry-government collaboration. These efforts have resulted in “economic miracles”, transforming the East Asian region into home to some of the world’s largest economies. This book provides a detailed overview of the determinants of innovation systems in East Asia, including efforts from academia, industry, and government, as well as the evolution of innovation models towards sustainable development.

Mhlanga, David / Dzingirai, Mufaro (eds.), Sustainable Finance and Business in Sub-Saharan Africa. 488 pp. 2025:1 (Springer, GW) <736-306>
ISBN 978-3-031-74049-7 hard ¥47,076.- (税込) EUR 199.99

In the 21st century, the imperative for sustainable development has assumed a paramount role, echoing the pressing global concerns surrounding environmental degradation, social inequalities, and economic challenges. Within this context, Sub-Saharan Africa emerges as a region of particular significance, where the pursuit of sustainability holds immense promise and relevance. Despite being endowed with abundant natural resources and a vibrant entrepreneurial spirit, Sub-Saharan Africa grapples with enduring issues of poverty, inequality, and environmental harm. This book explores the innovative paradigms of sustainable finance and business within Sub-Saharan Africa, exploring how novel approaches can effectively tackle the region's most pressing challenges while simultaneously catalyzing economic growth and societal progress. The chapters presented here comprise a diverse array of cutting-edge financial strategies, circular economy initiatives, technological advancements, and business models that are revolutionizing sustainable development across the continent. Sub-Saharan Africa, characterized by its youthful demographic and rapidly expanding economies, is poised for transformation. Yet, it confronts formidable obstacles in the form of poverty, inequality, and environmental degradation. The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer a comprehensive framework to address these issues. However, realizing these objectives requires innovative solutions that can surmount the unique constraints of the region. Fortunately, Sub-Saharan Africa is a crucible of innovation, with a growing community of entrepreneurs, financiers, and decision-makers committed to sustainable development. Initiatives promoting circular economies are reducing waste and enhancing resource efficiency, while financial instruments like impact investing and green bonds are attracting new streams of funding. Simultaneously, technological breakthroughs such as mobile payment systems and renewable energy solutions are expanding access to essential services and driving economic expansion. Despite these encouraging advancements, Sub-Saharan Africa stands at a pivotal juncture in its journey towards sustainability. This book, with a focus on practical and scalable solutions, endeavors to showcase the most promising and successful models that can propel sustainable development across the region.

Amoo-Osae, David Kelvin, Jr., Self-Protective Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness: Exploring a New Organizational Model for African Start-Ups. (Palgrave Studies in African Leadership) 238 pp. 2024:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <736-417>
ISBN 978-3-031-61307-4 hard ¥35,306.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This book investigates and explores the impact of a self-protective leadership (SPL) style on the organizational effectiveness of start-up businesses within Africa, focusing on Ghana and Kenya. Self-protective leadership is defined as a leadership style that focuses on ensuring the safety and security of individuals and groups through status-enhancing and face-saving tactics. A typical self-protective leader can make decisions, and is free from political influences, but tends to be selfish, ritualistic, and self-centered. The author's study, presented in this book, demonstrates a surprisingly high preference for SPL among Confucian Asian, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Sub-Saharan African nations - all of which have a history of colonialism. If this is true, then SPL could be better suited to the business environment in Africa, but particularly amongst start-up enterprises. Examining this phenomenon, and using an explorative analysis of business and culture, the book investigates the extent to which the various dimensions or demonstrations of SPL impact organizational effectiveness in African start-up businesses. A valuable contribution to literature and research on African leadership styles, this is an ideal resource for students and researchers interested in leadership and organizational effectiveness within the African context.

Bernini, Francesca (ed.), Creating Value Through Sustainability: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. (SIDREA Series in Accounting and Business Administration) 202 pp. 2025:1 (Springer, GW) <736-418>
ISBN 978-3-031-74291-0 hard ¥37,660.- (税込) EUR 159.99

Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this book examines the interaction between ESG strategies and value creation. It highlights how sustainability is a wide-ranging concept capable of engaging the social sciences in various ways. Firstly, the study analyses how ESG initiatives can enhance value creation using a framework inspired by strategic cost management. Then, it takes an ethical perspective by investigating the ethics-washing phenomenon associated with the (ir)responsible use of artificial intelligence. Furthermore, the focus is on the integration of ESG factors into risk management and performance measurement systems through the lens of management accounting, and on the interplay between corporate social responsibility and tax avoidance. Moreover, the book proposes a constitutionally oriented reading of corporate sustainability from a legal standpoint. It also includes the perspective of financial companies, exploring the role of administrative controls in fostering banks' commitment to sustainability. The study focuses also on an organizational perspective by exploring how human resource management can support ESG strategies. Finally, the research underlines the corporate model "Societa Benefit" to examine its effect on default risk.

Braccini, Alessio Maria / Ricciardi, F. / Virili, F. (eds.), Digital (Eco) Systems and Societal Challenges: New Scenarios for Organizing. (Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation 72) 455 pp. 2025:1 (Springer, GW) <736-419>
ISBN 978-3-031-75585-9 paper ¥28,244.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This book presents a collection of research papers that aim to elucidate the pivotal role of digital systems in driving the formation and evolution of digital ecosystems, thereby shaping new scenarios for organizing in the digital age, by considering people practices, organizational processes, and system design issues. Each chapter offers insights into the ways in which digital systems and digital ecosystems contribute to addressing societal challenges, promoting sustainable development, enhancing collaboration and mitigating the negative effects of technological disruption. Using a multidisciplinary perspective and multimethodological approaches, it explores the impact of digital (eco)systems on governance structures, economic models and social dynamics and provides insights into the transformative potential of digitalization in shaping the future of societies worldwide. The diversity of perspectives makes this book particularly relevant for academics, businesses and public sector organizations. The content of the book is based on the revised versions of a selection of the best papers presented at the annual conference of the Italian Section of the AIS in October 2023 in Turin, Italy.

Brandmeier, Rupert A. / Rupp, Florian, Structured Innovation: Levers to Successful Innovation Beyond Benchmarking. (Management for Professionals) 253 pp. 2025:1 (Springer, GW) <736-420>
ISBN 978-3-031-76104-1 hard ¥20,005.- (税込) EUR 84.99

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of innovation management and its applications in various business contexts, providing an overview and comparison of the most promising approaches. It covers key topics such as the innovation management process, change management in SMEs, and competitive intelligence. The book discusses benchmarking techniques and network innovation models, addressing how to harness both individual and organizational innovation potential. It also explores fostering motivation and creativity, developing an innovative culture, managing change, and leveraging benchmarking partnerships. Additionally, it includes discussions on network management, open innovation, outsourcing innovation functions, and acquiring market knowledge through consultancy services. Designed for business schools and industry professionals, this resource combines theoretical frameworks with practical case studies, making it an essential guide for implementing effective innovation strategies.

Dent, David, The Nature of Scientific Innovation. Volume I: Processes, Means and Impact. 190 pp. 2025:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <736-421>
ISBN 978-3-031-75211-7 hard ¥35,306.- (税込) EUR 149.99

Innovation is a major driver of social, economic and environmental change and is researched extensively by academics from disciplines as diverse as, business, engineering, economics, sociology and psychology. On the whole, each discipline pursues its own pathway to understanding without an interdisciplinary framework that links diverse research outputs. This partite structure creates a remove from the practical realities of entrepreneurship, and the innovators who operate and perceive innovation in its entirety. This book delivers insights and creates a different framework, one that includes terminologies and typologies, greater understanding of paradigmatic influences in science, needs vs wants and demand, impact and value of knowledge, publications and patents and economic benefits. It challenges current approaches to education, research, creativity and skills development, infrastructure, investment and policy. This book addresses changes needed to better deliver innovation at a time when the world is desperate for solutions to global problems. It will be of interest to scholars and students of innovation from multiple disciplines, as well as practitioners, policymakers and all those with an interest in scientific innovation. The first volume focuses on the processes, the means and the impact of scientific innovation. It highlights the way scientific research came to the fore as an instrument of government policy for economic growth, the way research is undertaken, the structures and processes involved, the values, biases and limitations associated with them, and why these matter for innovation. Questions are asked about who innovation is for and whether value is being captured in ways that really matter, whether the systems are fit-for-purpose and how meaningful impact could be delivered to meet societal, economic and environmental needs and priorities.

Dent, David, The Nature of Scientific Innovation. Volume II: Those Who Deliver. 179 pp. 2025:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <736-422>
ISBN 978-3-031-75215-5 hard ¥35,306.- (税込) EUR 149.99

Innovation is a major driver of social, economic and environmental change and is researched extensively by academics from disciplines as diverse as, business, engineering, economics, sociology and psychology. On the whole, each discipline pursues its own pathway to understanding without an interdisciplinary framework that links diverse research outputs. This partite structure creates a remove from the practical realities of entrepreneurship, and the innovators who operate and perceive innovation in its entirety. This book delivers insights and creates a different framework, one that includes terminologies and typologies, greater understanding of paradigmatic influences in science, needs vs wants and demand, impact and value of knowledge, publications and patents and economic benefits. It challenges current approaches to education, research, creativity and skills development, infrastructure, investment and policy. This book addresses changes needed to better deliver innovation at a time when the world is desperate for solutions to global problems. It will be of interest to scholars and students of innovation from multiple disciplines, as well as practitioners, policymakers and all those with an interest in scientific innovation. The second volume focuses on those individuals who actually deliver innovation; the nature, traits, skills and behaviours that characterise inventors, intrapreneurs and entrepreneurs. How does a nation generate sufficient innovators to positively impact on the economy, and how can systems and organisations at all levels be best geared to meet their needs? The conundrum posed in providing a supportive leadership and organisational culture for innovators who naturally challenge prevailing orthodoxies and approaches, is addressed; along with the means to unleash and resource disruptive entrepreneurs to do what they do best - to innovate and underpin economic, social and environmental progress.

Deshmukh, Gaurav / Thameem Nizamudeen, Syed Mohamed, Decentralized Business: A Guide to Transforming Business Strategies with Distributed Ledger Technologies. 240 pp. 2025:1 (Apress, US) <736-423>
ISBN 979-88-688-0952-1 paper ¥12,943.- (税込) EUR 54.99

Embark on a journey to business evolution grounded in the real-world experiences and challenges faced by those at the forefront of the Web2 revolution. In a landscape where adaptability is paramount, this book is a guiding light amidst a sea of uncertainty. Crafted by seasoned Web2 professionals, it offers a unique perspective on transitioning from traditional cloud computing to decentralized technologies. Delving beyond theory, this book provides actionable insights and strategies to navigate the complexities of Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs). Rather than just discussing the implementation of DLTs, it explores the intricacies of execution, offering tangible guidance to facilitate a seamless transition to the decentralized landscape. Moreover, this book doesn't stop at transition-it's a blueprint for thriving in the Web3 era. By offering strategic perspectives and tactical advice, it equips businesses of all sizes to not only survive but flourish in the decentralized economy. Whether you're a startup poised for disruption or an established enterprise seeking innovation, 'Decentralized Business' empowers you to confidently embrace the future. The time for passive observation is over; the future of business is decentralized, and Decentralized Business is your guide to navigating this evolution. Join the ranks of forward-thinkers shaping tomorrow's economy-secure your copy now and begin the journey of transformation and opportunity. What You Will Learn Understand the foundational concepts of DLTs and their relevance to Web2 professionals.Review security considerations and best practices for implementing decentralized solutions.Apply strategies for integrating DLTs into existing cloud-based infrastructures. Who This Book Is For IT managers and executives looking to explore the potential of decentralized solutions; technology consultants advising businesses on digital transformation and cloud-based strategies; professionals and architects are seeking to expand their knowledge into the realm of DLTs

Dogan, Dino, Seven Building Blocks of a Successful Corporate Restructuring: A Practical Guide. 151 pp. 2025:2 (Springer, GW) <736-424>
ISBN 978-3-658-46358-8 paper ¥16,474.- (税込) EUR 69.99

The book offers a practical guide on how to successfully execute a fundamental strategic and structural realignment of a company. Since every company is unique in its core and structure, it is not a checklist to be followed step by step. Instead, the book provides an overview of specific areas of action that companies should adapt to their individual needs. The author describes an industry-based approach to corporate restructuring composed of seven building blocks (7P): Plan, People, Partitioning, Processes, Platforms, Portfolio, and Performance. The success of restructuring hinges on the situational and individual adaptation of each building block, enabling a company to implement necessary changes in a timely, swift, and efficient manner. Numerous examples from business practice offer readers insights into how to engage with and adapt the building blocks, as well as learn from the mistakes of others.

Dorjgotov, Battogtokh, Enhancing Organizational Effectiveness Through Knowledge Management and Transformational Leadership. 138 pp. 2024:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <736-425>
ISBN 978-981-9780-38-9 hard ¥9,412.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This book introduces the study of the impacts on organizational culture, strategy, technology, human resource development (HRD), transformational leadership, knowledge management, and organizational effectiveness using a hypothesis-driven model. The model posits that organizational culture, technology, strategy, and HRD are essential preconditions for effective knowledge management, which is further enhanced by transformational leadership. Focusing on Research and Development (R&D) organizations, specifically the research institutes of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, the study examines how these factors collectively improve organizational effectiveness. Concluding with practical recommendations for R&D specialists and managers, the book offers insights into enhancing organizational efficiency through strategic leadership and robust knowledge management practices.

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Goffin, Keith / Mitchell, Rick, Innovation Management. 4th ed. 496 pp. 2025:3 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <736-426>
ISBN 978-1-350-33797-8 hard ¥48,620.- (税込) GB￡ 170.00
ISBN 978-1-350-33796-1 paper ¥15,726.- (税込) GB￡ 54.99

Managing innovation is like competing in an Olympic Pentathlon-excellent performance in one sport will not win you the medal. Top performance in five key areas-ideation, prioritization, implementation, strategy, and people and organization-is essential to success in today's ever-changing business landscape.Structured around the authors' original Innovation Pentathlon framework, this textbook covers not only what innovation is, but why it is important and how it can be managed. Built upon the authors' extensive experience and with case studies covering companies from Tetley Tea to Singapore Airlines, this is a vital resource for students aiming to succeed in both their academic and professional lives. New to this edition: Embedded critical reflections on all aspects of management combined with practical 'management recommendations', ensuring the textbook is highly relevant to current practicing managers while preparing students for their management careers post-study. Extended chapter on innovation management in the service industries to reflect the increased importance of this sector. With a careful balance of both theory and practice, an improved structure and a new and updated companion website, this is the essential companion for upper-level undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA students of innovation management.

Kreutzer, Markus / Hettich, Erwin / Neudert, Pia Kerstin, Business Ecosystems: Strategizing in a Connected World. (Studies on Entrepreneurship, Structural Change and Industrial Dynamics) 279 pp. 2024:12 (Springer, GW) <736-427>
ISBN 978-3-031-70554-0 hard ¥18,828.- (税込) EUR 79.99

This comprehensive book provides decision-makers with clarity in navigating business ecosystems. It covers the history and drivers of ecosystem emergence and explores key concepts like complementarity and modularity. Various archetypes, including business, innovation, and platform ecosystems, are examined. The book details the design, set-up, and growth of successful ecosystems, including roles, building strategies, and growth levers. Further sections focus on ecosystem orchestration and participation, emphasizing the balance between engagement depth and breadth, cooperation and competition, trust and control, and openness and closedness. Ecosystem management within firms is addressed, covering leadership, commercial functions, communication, financial planning, risk management, legal compliance, and IT. Insights into assessing ecosystem performance, failure, and competition are provided. The book concludes with a discussion on the future of ecosystem evolution, environmental and social impacts, and how ecosystems are transforming work and management practices. This book is an essential resource for executives in the ecosystem-driven business landscape.

Liang, Decui / Wang, Mingwei / Xu, Zeshui, Collective Wisdom-Driven Three-way Decision in Risk Management. (Uncertainty and Operations Research) 230 pp. 2025:1 (Springer, GW) <736-429>
ISBN 978-981-9785-64-3 hard ¥35,306.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This book delves deeply into the research progress on three-way risk decision for risk management under complex social environment. From the new perspective of collective wisdom, it systematically explores three-way group decision-making methods and practical applications by considering group information fusion, consensus reaching process, group social network and group complex network. This book intends to provide a reference for researchers, practitioners and graduate students in the fields of risk management and decision analysis.

Marino, Alba, Innovation at the Peripheries: Firm Strategy for Enabling Regional Advantages. (Palgrave Studies in Democracy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship for Growth) 164 pp. 2024:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <736-430>
ISBN 978-3-031-71172-5 hard ¥9,412.- (税込) EUR 39.99

Innovation scholarship has traditionally leaned towards the analysis of innovation processes linked to conditions found in 'core' areas; well-functioning economic hubs and dynamic high-technology sectors. Although more recent work on innovation in emerging economies has begun to broaden the picture, innovation in the 'peripheral' regions and sectors of developed economies is still largely unexplored. This book is a unique exploration of how innovation processes operate in peripheral regions, while also looking at the key drivers and challenges organizations face in peripheral areas as they strive to innovate and compete globally. Adopting interdisciplinary approaches from management studies, economics and geography, this book blends theory-building and quantitative approaches to investigate the periphery and innovation nexus, with a focus on bibliometric approach, topic modelling, and patent-based analysis. It will be of great interest to scholars and students of innovation, strategic management, regional development and sustainability.

Marseglia, Giuseppe Roberto / Previtali, P. et al. (eds.), Socio-economic Impact of Artificial Intelligence: A European Management Perspective. (Progress in IS) 263 pp. 2025:1 (Springer, GW) <736-431>
ISBN 978-3-031-73513-4 hard ¥40,014.- (税込) EUR 169.99

This edited volume discusses ethical issues raised by the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in business. Written by academics and practitioners across Europe, this volume provides a regional management perspective on the consequences of AI, including potential effects on the business models of companies, strategic considerations regarding the construction of data-literate companies and workforces, and the limits and opportunities of proposed EU regulations. Providing a forum to hypothesise solutions for accelerating technology adoption while guaranteeing human dignity, this book will be valuable for researchers and students interested in management, AI, fintech, information systems, and sustainable business as well as managers and practitioners navigating the challenges of a data-driven future.

Schiuma, Giovanni / Santarsiero, Francesco, Open Innovation Labs: Unlocking Organizational Innovation Capacity. 132 pp. 2025:1 (Springer, GW) <736-433>
ISBN 978-3-031-72278-3 hard ¥23,536.- (税込) EUR 99.99

This book allows readers to discover the great potential of Open Innovation Labs (OILs). The book offers a practical and in-depth exploration of OILs, guiding readers through their establishment and management. Uniting academic research and actionable insights, this book equips professionals and researchers with the tools to unlock their organization's innovation potential. The book looks into the evolution of innovation spaces, from historic inventors' workshops to modern OILs, and uncovers their impact on organizational transformation. It explores the crucial role of OILs in fostering a culture of continuous innovation and driving collaboration with diverse stakeholders. Readers will benefit from a roadmap to help create, nurture, and optimize OILs to suit their unique organizational context. With its focus on practicality and applicability, this book is a key resource for helping readers build, manage, and succeed with OILs. From business leaders to educators and policymakers, it empowers readers to shape a thriving ecosystem of innovation, leading organizations toward a future of sustainable growth and positive change.

Steinhardt, Gabriel, Data-driven Decision-making for Product Managers: A Primer to Data Literacy in Product Management. (Business Guides on the Go) 101 pp. 2024:12 (Springer, GW) <736-435>
ISBN 978-3-031-74663-5 hard ¥8,941.- (税込) EUR 37.99

This book is an essential guide for product managers seeking to harness the power of data to drive their product decisions. It is a detailed resource for developing and maintaining data literacy, a core skill for product managers. Through a structured approach supported by practical insights and illustrative examples, readers will learn to prioritize decisions based on quantitative data rather than intuition, understand core data concepts, and analyze and leverage data effectively. Product managers will discover how data can transform decision-making processes, enabling evidence-based selection, prioritization, and resource allocation for product features. By using customer feedback, user behavior data, market research, and performance metrics, product managers can foster a culture that leverages data to create successful products. This introductory primer and reference guide is indispensable for product managers aiming to integrate data-driven methodologies into their practice, ensuring their decisions are informed, strategic, and impactful.

Tomczyk, Michael S., Neo-Innovation: Ideas, Insights, and Tools to Compete in a New Era. (Business Guides on the Go) 142 pp. 2024:10 (Springer, GW) <736-436>
ISBN 978-3-031-74302-3 hard ¥10,589.- (税込) EUR 44.99

As civilization rapidly evolves into a new radical post-pandemic era, organizations and leaders need to adapt, innovate, and reimagine the future. This guidebook offers insights and strategies for leaders to thrive in this new era, empowering them to embrace their roles as Neo-Innovators, Neo-managers, and Neo-futurists. It is a concise "how-to" guide for anyone who is (or wants to be) involved in the development of radical innovations that solve problems and exploit opportunities in the post-pandemic world. Featuring actionable advice and examples from generative AI and the influencer culture to humanoid robots, self-driving cars and age-slowing therapies, this book equips young and experienced innovators, innovation leaders, and practitioners with the essential tools and mindset to tackle challenges and explore opportunities in a dynamic innovative landscape.

Tsekrekos, Andrianos E. / Yannacopoulos, Athanasios N., Variational Inequalities in Management Science and Finance: Modelling, Analysis, Numerics and Applications. (EURO Advanced Tutorials on Operational Research) 158 pp. 2025:1 (Springer, GW) <736-437>
ISBN 978-3-031-74118-0 hard ¥23,536.- (税込) EUR 99.99

This book provides a rigorous introduction to the theory, computation, and applications of variational inequalities (VIs), with a focus on applications in management science and finance. It aims to bridge the gap between the abstract mathematical treatments of the subject and simplistic, non-rigorous approaches often used in financial economics or managerial literature. Building on fundamental examples of concrete applications drawn from management science and finance, the book gradually develops the connection between optimal stopping problems and variational inequalities. It provides precise results on their derivation, solution properties, and their use to derive optimal policies in general frameworks of stochastic factors driving the state processes. Emphasis is also placed on the numerical treatment and approximation of VIs. All technical results are illustrated in detail for the characteristic problems presented at the beginning as motivating examples. It also offers a brief introduction to more advanced topics, including VIs for multi-scale problems and VIs related to optimal stopping problems under model uncertainty. This book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers who wish for a quick, yet thorough introduction to the field. Practitioners who want to familiarise themselves with applications of VIs in management science and finance will also find this book useful.

Tursunbayeva, Aizhan, Augmenting Human Resource Management with Artificial Intelligence: Towards an Inclusive, Sustainable, and Responsible Future. (Contributions to Management Science) 171 pp. 2024:12 (Springer, GW) <736-438>
ISBN 978-3-031-75265-0 hard ¥30,598.- (税込) EUR 129.99

The potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to reshape Human Resource Management (HRM) practices is profound, but it also presents challenges that require careful consideration, particularly in terms of ethics, inclusivity, and sustainability. However, knowledge about whether and how this transformation is actually occurring remains limited. This book aims to provide a theoretically informed and empirically grounded examination of AI's role in shaping the future of HRM and work. The book explores HRM technologies using a configurational approach, which views HRM practices as a blend of operational, relational, and transformational elements. It consistently addresses the dual perspectives on AI-its transformative potential and the concerns surrounding its disruptive impact on the future of work and management. In doing so, the book draws on ongoing original research, including an analysis of vendors' value propositions and insights from scholars and experts. Real-life applications of AI in HRM are also thoroughly covered, offering insights into algorithmic management, AI-driven relational HRM configurations, and AI-augmented HRM. The book dedicates significant attention to the ethical implications of AI and how they can be addressed through Responsible AI principles. Ultimately, it establishes a framework for future research and practice, serving as a crucial reference for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers.

van der Wekken, Reitse, Project Objectives Management: Aligning Targets, Delivering Results, and Adapting to Changes. 190 pp. 2024:12 (Apress, US) <736-439>
ISBN 979-88-688-0955-2 paper ¥12,943.- (税込) EUR 54.99

Manage supplier objectives effectively to align project and organizational success within your organization. This book introduces a dedicated method for suppliers to follow to ensure that all relevant targets and expectations are successfully meet. The method integrates a day-to-day high awareness, urgency, and focus on the management of all relevant objectives within the supplier's project to provide maximum benefit for its organization. You'll learn that formal targets are routinely established at the start of a project and captured in a contract or project charter. Formal customer expectations, such as timelines, scope, and budget, have high focus and are often pitted against internal day-to-day challenges, such as cost increases and other unexpected changes. These challenges can seem even more daunting as a project progresses, especially when other stakeholders have expectations as well. When not managed properly, this can obstruct the focus of less urgent or informal objectives, such as employee development, process assets, and lessons learned, some of which provide a critical benefit for the supplier's organization and its future. To combat this, you'll follow detailed instructions on how to handle such potential roadblocks and how to focus on achieving all relevant project objectives by applying the established method. Each chapter expands the dedicated method itself and provides insight into this philosophy. In the end you'll have all the necessary prerequisites for a successful implementation of these principles within your organization. What You Will Learn Define organizational objectives aligned with the organization's purpose and valuesPrioritize and align project specific objectives with the organizational objectivesFacilitate to achieve the project objectivesHandle day-to-day challenges with managing the project objectivesBalance customer and supplier targets and expectations Who This Book is For Project management professionals with various levels of skill and experience working at small-to-medium sized project suppliers, both for-profit and non-profit organisations.

Yu, Sumin / Du, Zhijiao / Xu, Xuanhua et al., Consensus Modeling to Promote Group Wisdom: Methods and Applications. (Contributions to Management Science) 212 pp. 2025:2 (Springer, GW) <736-440>
ISBN 978-981-9793-15-0 hard ¥30,598.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book explores the latest theories, methods, and applications of consensus modeling. It proposes a variety of consensus modeling methods for different decision-making contexts, including conflict risk mitigation in group decision-making, integration with the failure mode and effects analysis technique, consideration of over-adjustment and flexible consensus, social network large-group decision-making environments involving multiple consensus costs, and multi-agent collaborative decision-making with consideration of trade-offs between revenue and reputation. In addition, this book discusses the application and implementation process of the proposed consensus modeling techniques in real-world decision-making, including collecting decision data, organizing decision-making groups, controlling the decision-making process, and evaluating the results. We encourage researchers, academics, students, business managers, and policy makers engaged in a variety of real-world decisions characterized by group decision-making (e.g., emergency decisions, public affairs decisions, and major corporate decisions) to pay attention to the proposals presented in the book. This book systematically describes the latest theories, methods, and applications of consensus modeling with a view to providing practical methodological support for corporate decision-making, governmental decision-making, and so on. Special emphasis is placed on the fact that this book can provide students, especially graduate students, with a comprehensive perspective on the study of consensus modeling. For businesses and governments, this book provides methodological support for how to merge inputs from multiple parties to obtain a majority-approved consensus solution (at minimal group cost) and ultimately develop group wisdom.

Senel, Cemil / Uenlueoenen, Burak / Kaya, M. V. (eds.), Innovations and Contemporary Trends in Business & Economics. 414 pp. 2024:9 (P. Lang, SZ) <736-258>
ISBN 978-3-631-91957-6 paper ¥13,041.- (税込) SFR 52.00

Our book called “Innovations and Contemporary Trends in Business & Economics” consists of 24 chapters. 62 authors have contributed to our book. This book contains trends and innovations in the field of economy and business. The target audience of this book is researchers, students and academics interested in business and economics. We think that it is a book in which you can find various topics and read with pleasure.