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The Handbook first provides a grounding in key concepts, approaches, and frameworks before moving through four aspects of tourism and migration: consumption, production, regulation, and the future. Leading experts highlight the role of lifestyle in influencing voluntary migration, as well as the importance of political and market forces in shaping mobility and the effects of migration on destinations. Chapters investigate key aspects of the tourism-migration nexus, such as the impact of migrant workers, entrepreneurship, tourism governance, the function of short and long term migration, and sense of place. Emphasising the fluidity of tourism and migration, the Handbook advocates for a better understanding of the dynamic and increasingly contested nature of this interrelationship.

The Handbook on Tourism and Migration is a vital resource for scholars and students of tourism, migration studies, and human geography. Tourism policymakers will also benefit from its broad scope and actionable recommendations.

Chapters examine the underlying reasons for changes in services, such as worker-led adjustments, user contributions, formal development projects and new technologies including AI. Contributors explore innovation as a continuous, collective process that creates ongoing patterns of behaviour shaped by employees, users and wider society. The book advocates treating the topic as a social ontology, while emphasizing the importance of legitimacy, recognition and collective learning.

This is an essential resource for students and scholars of economics, political science and sociology looking to develop new approaches to service innovation. Policymakers, practitioners and managers seeking a better understanding of public value creation will also benefit from its deep insights into public sector innovation.

This book offers an integrated framework that actively leverages AI-driven analytics, empowering businesses to transform raw data into strategic insights, actionable intelligence, and informed decision-making. It expertly covers core AI techniques and presents real-world case studies from diverse industries. Furthermore, the book provides step-by-step methodologies for constructing effective AI analytics solutions, guiding readers through the practical application of these powerful tools.

The author empowers the reader to adopt strategies that actively increase predictive accuracy, automate complex analyses, and improve business processes, ultimately leading to better outcomes. The clear and structured chapters facilitate understanding, starting with the basics and progressing to advanced machine learning algorithms, equipping readers with hands-on skills for future practical applications. Key topics covered include neural networks, deep learning fundamentals, and convolutional and recurrent networks. The book illustrates this essential knowledge with real-world applications for solving complex business problems. Furthermore, it delves into Natural Language Processing (NLP) methods, sentiment analysis, text classification, and document analytics within the context of business cases like customer feedback analysis and market intelligence. By actively engaging with the material, the reader will learn and understand the tools for both predictive and prescriptive analytics, gaining valuable competitive insights and enhanced strategic decision-making capabilities. This comprehensive approach ensures readers can confidently apply AI to drive tangible business improvements.

This book is targeted at upper-level undergraduates and graduates in Business Analytics, Data Science, AI in Business, MBA in Analytics, and Digital Transformation. Industry professionals like business analysts, data analysts, data scientists, AI specialists, and decision-makers seeking strategic AI analytics implementation will also benefit.

The Entrepreneurial Journey: The Butterfly's Evolution From Story to Start-up is a narrative textbook that blends storytelling with entrepreneurial learning, guiding readers through the challenges, lessons, and transformations of building a startup.

This book uniquely combines storytelling with practical entrepreneurial education, offering readers an immersive experience into the world of startups. Through the journey of Nela, a visionary entrepreneur, readers are introduced to essential concepts such as opportunity recognition, business models, customer discovery, funding strategies, and leadership. The narrative approach transforms abstract theories into relatable, real-life scenarios, making it easier to understand and apply these principles.

Readers will witness the emotional and practical challenges of entrepreneurship, including resilience through setbacks, pivoting strategies, and balancing personal and professional ambitions. The book also emphasizes the importance of mentorship, team building, and leveraging technology to create scalable solutions. By following Nela's story, readers not only gain technical knowledge but also develop a deeper appreciation for the human side of entrepreneurship, inspiring them to embrace uncertainty and pursue their own ventures with confidence and creativity.

This book is ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying entrepreneurship, innovation, or business management. It is also suitable for practitioners and educators seeking an accessible yet theory-based guide to the entrepreneurial process. Supported by an instructor's manual and a companion digital ecosystem, the book provides teaching notes, glossaries, and interactive tools to enhance learning and collaboration for students and professors alike.

Master Fintech Innovation, AI, and the Future of Global Finance

Mastering the Future of Finance: How Data, Trust, and Tech Are Reshaping the Global Economy provides a structured learning journey through the forces redefining financial services. Written by Michelle Beyo, CEO of Finavator and a fintech leader with over 20 years of experience, this book maps the convergence of AI, open data, and digital identity into a strategic foundation for the digital economy.

This book cuts through the noise of Fintech, BaaS, embedded finance, open data, digital identity, cybersecurity, AI, blockchain, and the rise of digital currencies to give you the knowledge to understand, adapt, and lead. The book builds understanding step by step across ten comprehensive chapters, giving every reader the context to navigate the future of finance. Beyo introduces the 9 Influential Elements as core principles of transformation and examines how data rights, trust frameworks, and emerging technologies create both opportunity and responsibility for organizations.

Readers will also find:

• Financial Innovation. Practical analysis of the rise of Fintech, Banking as a Service (BaaS), and the shift from Embedded Finance to Agentic Payments.
• Trust as the New Currency. Exploration of Digital Identity, Data Rights, and Cybersecurity strategies underpinning consumer-centric financial system design.
• Groundbreaking Technology. Coverage of AI applications, Blockchain, and Digital Currencies, including Stablecoins and Wholesale CBDCs as transformative innovations.
• Global Perspectives. Insights drawn from the author's direct experience and interviews with a diverse roster of industry experts and visionary thinkers who are featured speakers at major global events.

Designed for leaders at financial institutions, fintech founders, and professionals seeking to understand where finance is heading, this book connects technology trends with trust principles to equip readers with the strategic perspective needed to lead in a rapidly evolving financial landscape.

This book offers contemporary insights into the intersection of sustainable development, leadership, innovation, and organizational performance within Vietnam. Featuring 25 selected papers presented at the 20^th Academy of Global Business Advancement (AGBA) World Congress held in Bangkok, Thailand, this book brings together research from scholars across Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, India, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States addressing real-world challenges in public governance, green management, digital transformation, and global business within Vietnam. Special attention is given to Vietnam's evolving business landscape and policy environment, while comparative insights from other regions help expand understanding of global trends in development and innovation. The work also highlights critical themes such as artificial intelligence in marketing and governance, internationalization of global firms, the post-pandemic effects on SMEs, and sustainable practices in hospitality and manufacturing. This book is a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and graduate students in the fields of business, economics, sustainability, innovation management, and public administration.

Why compliance programs fail-and how to build integrity-driven organizations that actually prevent misconduct

In Paper to Practice, Harvard Business School Professor and Founder of Integrity Lab, Eugene Soltes reveals why despite significant spending and time, companies continue to face major fines, reputational damage, and regulatory scrutiny from employee misconduct. Drawing on significant experience with multinational organizations, including more than two dozen Fortune 100 companies, global regulatory agencies, and more than a decade of research, Soltes exposes the fundamental problem with corporate compliance: measuring inputs instead of outcomes.

This book delivers a data-driven framework for transforming compliance from a "check-the-box" exercise into a measurable business activity that drives real behavioral change. You'll discover how leading organizations are moving beyond traditional compliance toward building integrity-driven cultures-where employees do the right thing that drives measurable value for the business.

Inside the book:

• How to measure compliance effectiveness using behavioral outcomes, not completion rates
• Proven methods for building and assessing organizational culture using both quantitative and qualitative data
• Strategies for proactive risk management that go beyond traditional risk matrices
• Evidence-based approaches to investigations, speak-up systems, and accountability that actually change behavior
• Frameworks for demonstrating ROI on compliance investments to boards and regulators

Essential reading for board members, chief compliance officers, and senior executives who recognize that managing integrity risk is as critical as managing any other business function. Paper to Practice, provides the tools to finally answer the question: Is our compliance and integrity program actually working?

Rapid advances in technology and digitalization have dramatically narrowed the boundaries that once separated us. We can join meetings or collaborate across time zones without leaving our homes; conversing with colleagues on the other side of the world has never been easier. So why do we still feel so disconnected?

Whilst we have never been so virtually close to each other, psychological boundaries stubbornly persist. In many ways, we have become more divided in recent years, with study after study pointing to rising social and political polarization. As a result, many leaders and professionals feel ill-equipped to meet the demands of today's workplace, struggling to motivate and engage an increasingly diverse and dispersed workforce.

In Proximity, Sebastian Reiche addresses these increasingly urgent questions, including:
- How do we connect with colleagues over distance?
- How do we deal with disruptions to the way we work?
- How do we build belonging without erasing our differences?
- How should we design teams to make them more collaborative and attractive to talent?

By broadening identities, reshaping work aspirations, and rethinking how influence is exercised, Sebastian Reiche shows how leaders and professionals can achieve proximity - that empowering sense of connection with their work and with others - in an increasingly distributed world. Proximity offers a practical guide to bridging divides in global and virtual teams, and it helps organizations align their workforce, redesign work, and connect people across radical change.

Murano has historically been one of the most important handicraft districts in Italy due to its tradition of glassmaking, giving rise to a unique local economy and highly specialised workers. While art historians have made numerous contributions to the study of this reality, less active have been scholars of economic history, business and management. With rare exceptions, the existing literature lacks an investigation of the factory, processes and workforce behind the creation of value in this ancient production tradition. Characterised as a work of oral history, this book is a prosopography based on the stories of four witnesses in various historic glassmaking factories, recorded through a series of long and repeated interviews.

The aim is not to provide an exhaustive description of the dynamics of glass making, but rather to offer an interpretation of certain aspects of the field through the experiences and reflections of people who have worked in it for a long time. This book puts the stories, as told by witnesses, at the centre, inverting the traditional role between collection and restitution of data that usually characterizes academic publications. It will be of great interest to scholars and students of crafts and creative industry studies, business history and organisation studies, as well as all those with an interest in Murano glass.

Build a seven-figure business without sacrificing motherhood or your ambition

Entrepreneur Like a Mother: How Female Founders Find Financial Freedom and the Magic in the (Mom)ents is the roadmap from two serial entrepreneurs who built and sold consulting firms worth $35 million while raising nine children between them. Beth Mazza and Victoria Sivrais deliver battle-tested frameworks for women ready to launch or scale profitable businesses on their own terms.

Entrepreneur Like a Mother introduces the Power Moves framework alongside tactical training on choosing the right business idea, building Kitchen Cabinets, financial decision-making, MVP methodology, strategic pivoting, and scaling. Drawing from their combined experience counseling Fortune 1,000 CEOs and participating in major M&A deals, Mazza and Sivrais challenge conventional wisdom about pricing, planning, and building businesses around caregiving realities.

Readers will also find:

• Strategies for designing business models around family life, creating flexibility without sacrificing profitability or long-term growth
• Frameworks for breaking through revenue ceilings that trap small businesses between $50K and $500K annually
• Practical guidance on financial decision-making that combines rigorous business planning with the realities of raising children
• Behind-the-scenes insights from building two seven-figure companies, including lessons from real M&A transactions and client engagements
• A clear path from first business idea to scalable venture, designed specifically for entrepreneurs managing caregiving responsibilities

Written for the estimated 15 to 20 million women in the US aged 45 to 50 sitting on unlaunched business ideas, and for current small business owners hitting revenue ceilings, Entrepreneur Like a Mother provides the strategic playbook for building wealth through entrepreneurship without choosing between career and family.

The definitive guide to building, managing, and scaling a venture capital firm

Now in its fourth edition, The Business of Venture Capital: Building a Venture Firm, Investing in Startups, and Driving Returns delivers human insight and wisdom that generative AI cannot replicate. Authors Mahendra Ramsinghani and Tim Hsia draw on decades of hands-on experience to explain the multiple facets of venture capital, from raising funds to structuring investments to evaluating exit strategies.

This updated edition features new coverage of global geographic trends in venture capital and comprehensively refreshed data examining ten-year, seven-year, and five-year investment cycles. The book walks readers through generating consistent returns, building portfolio management systems, and navigating the complex dynamics of limited partner and general partner relationships in today's evolving market landscape.

Readers will also find:

• Updated analysis of worldwide VC trends at the macro level, revealing what's happening in venture capital markets across different regions

• Practical guidance on fund formation, deal structuring, and portfolio construction drawn from the authors' combined experience investing in dozens of startups

• Insights into evaluating exit strategies including IPOs, SPACs, and strategic acquisitions based on real portfolio outcomes and current market conditions

• A framework for understanding investment cycles and timing decisions aligned with the typical six to seven year venture fund lifecycle

• Expert perspectives refined through speaking engagements, executive education programs, and contributions to leading technology and finance publications

Essential for aspiring and practicing venture capitalists, limited partners evaluating fund investments, entrepreneurs seeking to understand investor perspectives, and finance professionals transitioning into venture capital, The Business of Venture Capital provides an authoritative foundation for building a successful career in startup investing.

Offering a novel perspective on entrepreneurship that transcends geographical boundaries, this book amplifies the voice of the entrepreneur as a pivotal social actor, situating them within relevant theoretical and practical contexts. Employing aspects of visual anthropology as an analytical lens, the authors divide the book into distinct sections, each unearthing concealed narratives, processes, and challenges faced by entrepreneurs.

Unlike conventional entrepreneurship studies, which predominantly focus on business creation for innovation and economic development, this work advocates for the integration of anthropological perspectives, employing photographic material and direct narratives sourced from the everyday lives of entrepreneurs. These visual artifacts provide a rich tapestry of insights, allowing readers to engage actively in meaning-making alongside the authors. By weaving together the experiences of entrepreneurs, the research fosters a collaborative exploration of entrepreneurship's nuances.

Emphasizing the intricate interplay between entrepreneurial endeavors and the realization of social change across diverse global contexts, this work will enrich both theory and practice in entrepreneurship, fostering a holistic appreciation of entrepreneurship as a dynamic force for societal transformation.

Presence is the greatest gift we can give and the one we need most.

The Gift of Connection is a timely and practical guide to restoring human connection in two places people need it most: the workplace and the home. In a world where digital distractions dominate and loneliness is rising, Mark Ostach, a globally recognized speaker and author on human connection and digital wellness, helps readers reconnect with themselves, their coworkers, and their loved ones through intentional practices rooted in belonging, empathy, listening, and love

From boardrooms to living rooms, Ostach reveals how digital overload is quietly eroding our attention, relationships, and wellbeing. He introduces Mark's Law, which observes that every decade since the year 2000 our attention spans have decreased by two seconds-placing the future of our ability to focus in real jeopardy.

If you are tired of running on empty and ready to feel more grounded and connected, Ostach will help you slow down, reset your inner rhythm, and reclaim the power of human presence.

With masterful storytelling, simple reflection prompts, and actionable insights, this book empowers readers to restore what matters most through his transformative GIFTS framework. Readers will learn how to:

• Build teams where people feel safe, valued, and seen
• Strengthen relationships at home with courage and presence
• Practice daily habits that deepen human connection in a digital world
• Create cultures of belonging in both professional and personal spheres

Whether you're leading a company or a family dinner, The Gift of Connection will help you show up with more heart, humility, and humanity. Because no matter how advanced technology becomes, the greatest gift will always be the gift of one another.

A hands-on guide for building leadership teams and cultures that ignite business transformation.

In The Catalyst CEO: Why CEOs Can't Lead Transformation Alone-And What the Best Do Instead, veteran leadership advisor Constantine G. Alexandrakis delivers an insider's guide to leading systemic change across complex organizations. Drawing on decades of experience advising world-leading companies, he challenges the cult of the hero CEO and offers a powerful new paradigm on what it truly takes to make business transformation happen-and stick.

Through real-world stories of CEOs globally who have successfully transformed their organizations, Alexandrakis reveals why even brilliant visions and strategies fail if they're not owned, led, and executed by the right teams.

You'll learn how to turn your board, executive team, and leaders into force multipliers-creating the conditions required for transformation to scale and endure.

Inside the book:

• A complete blueprint for establishing a clear and compelling case for transformation, creating urgency that people understand, believe, and act on.
• Specific strategies to catalyze boards and senior leadership teams as active partners in transformation, aligning them around priorities, decision-making, and shared accountability.
• How to build and lead a senior leadership team capable of executing transformation, balancing capability, trust, and constructive challenge, so change is sustained at scale.
• Real-world insights into how CEOs recognize and respond to organizational resistance, course-correct when plans go off track, and keep teams engaged under pressure.

Perfect for aspiring and practicing executives alike, The Catalyst CEO is a must-read guide for leaders who want to move beyond vision alone-and build teams capable of carrying transformation forward, long after the initial spark is lit.

This proceedings volume contains selected papers from the 34th International Association for Management of Technology (IAMOT) Conference, held from June 16-19, 2025, in Montreal, Canada. It is the second volume of a two-volume set of conference proceedings focused on technologies for a sustainable future. This book fosters a critical dialogue on technology management as a catalyst for intelligent, open, and responsible organizations and ecosystems. In an era of complexity and rapid technological change, organizations cannot be understood in isolation. Building on the theme of this year's IAMOT conference, the proceedings present innovative ideas rooted in Industry 5.0 and ecosystem thinking. Contributors examine how human, artificial, and organizational intelligence can advance transparency, shared value creation, and systemic responsibility across networks. Covering topics from circular economy and inclusive innovation to data stewardship and collaborative foresight, the book offers technology managers practical insights for adaptive, ethical, and socially attuned interventions. It invites readers to rethink governance and embrace creativity, care, and collective intelligence in navigating complexity.

This second edition, following the successful English and German editions, provides a comprehensive and practical framework for mining project finance, capital structuring, and mine development strategy. Written by an experienced mining engineer and finance practitioner, the book delivers a clear approach for structuring mining projects for investment, making it an essential resource for developers, investors, lenders, and policymakers.

Readers will learn how capital is sourced, evaluated, and deployed across the commodity cycle and throughout the mine development lifecycle. Through real world case studies and actionable insights, the book explains how investors assess risk, project structure, sequencing, management capability, and timing-from early stage business case development to due diligence and capital commitment.

Covering global examples of mining project financing, investment strategies, and capital market expectations, this edition equips industry participants with the frameworks to navigate increasingly selective capital markets. Whether you are developing a new mining project, evaluating investment opportunities, or seeking to understand how capital flows into the mining sector, this book offers a practical blueprint for aligning mining projects with the requirements of institutional, sovereign, and strategic investors.

The author of this book discusses and addresses the issues of management and organizations by employing cross-culture and organizational culture perspectives. This approach, merging cross-cultural management and organizational culture research, advances the reader's knowledge of the role culture plays both inside and outside the organization in management and organizations. Despite a large volume of existing work on cross-cultural management and organizational culture, these cultural studies have focused on either societal culture or organizational culture. As a result, cross-cultural management and organizational culture research have developed separately, even though societal and organizational culture are closely connected and their interplay has a significant effect on management and organizations.

The author elaborates on the cross-culture and organizational-culture perspective and the gaps between them, which he views as a reason that the two streams of cultural studies in management have not converged into the cultural studies of management. He discusses managing multinational corporations, among other management and organizational issues, in terms of the cross-culture or organizational-culture perspective, or both, seeking to combine the separate cultural studies of management into the cultural studies of management.

How Asia's top owner-CEOs fueled the region's rise, and what every leader around the world can learn

Shapers and Founders: The Untold Stories of Asia's Extraordinary Owner-CEOs, written by a team of McKinsey partners, reveals the leadership strategies behind Asia's highest-performing entrepreneur-led companies. Drawing on rigorous empirical research, hundreds of hours of interviews, and deep personal relationships built over decades of advisory work, the authors distill the distinctive leadership playbook that has powered Asia's rise.

Shapers and Founders explores how, in boardrooms and backstreets alike, these founders have built national champions and global contenders, often from modest beginnings and in unforgiving markets. Through candid, in-depth conversations with founders across Mumbai, Shanghai, Tokyo, Bangkok, Singapore, Taipei and Sydney, the book articulates the six core behaviors and eighteen governing mindsets that truly sets these founders and CEOs apart.

Readers will also discover:

• Insights into Asia's emergence as one of the world's most dynamic regions, now accounting for the majority of global population and trade, with founder-led companies driving disproportionate value creation in the region
• One-on-one interviews with founders/CEOs of Asia's most successful businesses, revealing their own unique personal journeys and how they have shaped Asia into what it is today
• The six core behaviors of Asia's most extraordinary owner-CEOs, offering a fresh blueprint for building enduring institutions and leading with bold ambition, resilience, and purpose in any market
• Practical leadership mindsets that professional CEOs, aspiring and existing founders, family business executives, and next generation leaders can apply within their own organizations

Written for global entrepreneurs, professional CEOs, investors, and board members who are seeking what great stewardship looks like amidst tremendous growth and change, Shapers and Founders delivers research-backed insights into the leadership behaviors and mindsets driving Asia's most value-creating companies.

This book is dedicated to the four major types of return-to-work personnel movements: returning after time spent at another company, after long-term sick leave, after parental leave, and returning to an operational role following a period in a leadership position. These four reboarding scenarios are currently underrepresented in the professional literature. However, all four are essential for life-phase-oriented HR management and effective retention management. The book serves as a valuable practical guide for HR professionals and leaders, enabling them to implement these strategically important measures in a solution-focused way within their organizations.

This book is a comprehensive guide for business leaders, entrepreneurs, and professionals seeking to integrate sustainability into their operations while fostering innovation. As global challenges like climate change and social inequality become more pressing, businesses must adapt by prioritising environmental and social responsibility without sacrificing profitability. This book explores how businesses can innovate to achieve sustainability in a rapidly changing world.

The book covers essential topics that address the most significant issues facing businesses today while showcasing emerging trends and solutions. It begins with exploring sustainability's core concepts, emphasising the transformation of traditional business practices through technology, strategic collaborations, and changing consumer behaviours.

The book's central themes are Supply Chain Transparency and Strategic Supplier Partnerships. It examines how businesses can ensure ethical sourcing, reduce environmental impacts, and foster resilient supplier relationships. Transparency builds trust, reduces inefficiencies, and encourages innovation in sustainable logistics.

In the digital era, M-commerce and E-commerce Business Sustainability are crucial topics. The book explores how mobile commerce and online platforms can prioritise sustainability in a tech-driven retail landscape. It highlights how businesses can use technologies like AI, blockchain, and data analytics to enhance customer experience while minimising environmental impact.

This book offers actionable insights for corporate executives, start-up entrepreneurs, and policymakers, providing the tools necessary to create value through sustainable innovation. By presenting sustainability as a key driver of business success, it encourages readers to rethink how they operate and engage with the world, positioning sustainability as essential for the future of business.

A practical and accessible approach for how to plan for and complete a consumer insights research project from the initial request for proposal (RFP) to the final presentation of findings, this second edition handbook features new real-world examples and techniques and a new chapter on the uses of the latest research technologies and AI.

Danielle Sarver Coombs flips the typical model presented in research methods textbooks to emphasize that data should be used to understand people as thoughtful, deliberative audiences. As such, consumer insights research should be done with the goal of better understanding target audiences in a meaningful way. With this orientation in mind, these insight-driven research projects allow decision makers to tap into consumers' wants, needs, and desires through messaging and products designed to resonate.

Guided by the author's own experience in the field as well as guidance from current practitioners on the client, boutique, and agency sides, this book offers an accessible, thorough, and compelling perspective on how to plan for and complete consumer insights research projects from the initial RFP to the final presentation of findings. Each chapter includes a guide for how to conduct in-class research, quotes and recommendations from experts in the field, and case studies and real-world examples.

Contemporary Marketing Practices in Africa: Technological and Strategic Perspectives is the first volume in a series of two published to honor Professor Kofi Q. Dadzie's enduring contributions to African business and development scholarship and his leadership in advancing research capacity and elevating global visibility of African scholarship.

This first volume offers a context-rooted examination of how digital technologies, evolving consumer behaviour, and strategic decision-making are reshaping marketing practice and theories across African markets to create and deliver customer value. Departing from traditional Western-centric marketing approaches and drawing on contributions from leading African and international scholars, it presents multidisciplinary insights that address the continent's institutional complexity, cultural diversity, and uneven technological adoption, preparing readers for the ethical and sustainability debates addressed in Volume 2.

This volume will appeal to scholars, graduate students, practitioners, and policymakers seeking a grounded understanding of evolving consumer behaviour, shifting marketing strategies, and technology-driven marketing transformation in African contexts.

Technology, societal shifts, and policy reforms are redefining the foundations of business. Drawing on cutting-edge research and the best papers from the 18th EuroMed Academy of Business Conference, this second volume of a two-volume work brings together leading research to unpack these transformative forces and their implications for organizations worldwide.

From active inference theory and strategic adaptation, to AI adoption in SMEs and sustainability reporting in the oil and gas sector, this volume bridges theory and practice across diverse contexts. Chapters delve into governance narratives in healthcare, determinants of small firm growth, and barriers to global expansion for startups, while exploring emergent phenomena such as metaverse commerce and contactless payment adoption. The book also addresses critical themes of corporate governance, quality of life metrics, and policy-driven innovation.

Combining systematic literature reviews, bibliometric analyses, and empirical investigations, this volume provides a comprehensive resource for scholars, doctoral researchers, and policy experts. It equips readers with insights to understand and influence the interplay between technology, societal values, and regulatory frameworks in shaping the future of business.

'My view is that the future belongs to the minority of businesses that follow this advice.' Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman, Ogilvy Group

As fears of agentic obsolescence abound, organizations are struggling to implement AI in ways that enhance rather than replace human work. This unique book introduces a full-stack approach that balances technological capability with human values, ethics and practical applications.

AI at Work provides a framework that moves beyond scattered AI experiments toward a coherent strategy that will run throughout your entire company. Rather than focusing on technical capabilities or dystopian warnings, it utilizes a full-stack approach to harness AI's benefits while preserving what matters most - a firm's people, its values and its unique organizational identity.

The global AI market is projected to reach $1.8 trillion by 2030, with organizations across sectors racing to implement AI solutions. However, whilst 83% of executives report that AI is a top priority for their organization, only 23% have a comprehensive implementation strategy.

This book fills a critical gap between theoretical AI books and technical implementation guides by offering:
? A practical framework applicable across industries;
? Equal emphasis on technological capability, ethical considerations and real-world applications;
? A human-centred approach that addresses concerns about AI replacing workers; and
? Case studies and examples from diverse sectors.

Transform yourself from a trusted strategic advisor to a trusted strategic influencer. Become the advisor/influencer leaders rely on for strategic clarity and trusted counsel.

Executives face relentless pressure, ambiguity, and isolation, requiring advisors who deliver actionable counsel. In Influencing Leaders, James E. Lukaszewski and Helio Fred Garcia provide the proven framework for becoming a trusted strategic influencer partner that leaders turn to when facing critical decisions.

The book presents seven essential disciplines: establishing trustworthiness, mastering verbal influence, developing management perspective, thinking strategically, recognizing patterns, structuring constructive advice, and teaching leaders to apply counsel effectively. Practical tools include the Three-Minute Drill, Five Imperatives for Advisors/Influencers, Pattern Recognition techniques, and assessments for developing capabilities.

Readers will also find:

• The five components of trust and ten ways advisors commonly lose it, providing a clear roadmap for building and maintaining credibility with executives
• Frameworks for structuring advice that's clear, actionable, and strategically relevant
• Pattern recognition techniques that enable advisors and influencers to forecast future challenges by identifying recurring organizational and market dynamics
• Methods for developing a management perspective that allows advisors and influencers to see the world through the leader's eyes and understand executive priorities
• Communication strategies for delivering counsel with the clarity, brevity, and impact that time-pressured executives require

Influencing Leaders: The Seven Disciplines of the Trusted Strategic Advisor is perfect for mid-career professionals, external consultants, and anyone aspiring to influence organizational leaders. Influencing Leaders demonstrates that true influence is about mastering the disciplines of foresight, strategic thinking, and trust that make trusted strategic advisors and influencers essential to leaders making their most challenging decisions.

Becoming a trusted strategic advisor and influencer is a personal journey that requires discipline, self-reflection, and a commitment to serving leaders effectively. By mastering the seven disciplines and adopting a strategic mindset, advisors and influencers can achieve the six aspirations common among all trusted strategic advisors and influencers: acceptance, access, impact, inclusion, influence, and respect, all crucial to the leaders they serve.

Ultimately, the strategic influencer brings integrity based on truth and trust to everything they do.