This book provides a comprehensive outlook on long-term economic changes in the Western Balkans. It offers decision-makers ways to leverage the rise of digital technologies for sustainable growth based on green and clean solutions.
This book provides solutions for organizations to achieve competitive advantage. It reviews the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), considers the Six Sigma technique, and discusses the agile manufacturing (AM) approach.
These volumes explore significant questions about the use of ICT in fields like management, education, and science. Featuring research from European countries in transition, this is a major contribution to the discussion on the role of ICT in today’s world.
Communication and Information Technology in Society
This book discusses the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in management, economics, education, and psychology. With an interdisciplinary approach, it answers key questions and contributes to the discussion on the theoretical and practical use of ICT.
Communication and Information Technology in Society
This interdisciplinary volume explores communication technologies across fields like economics, education, and science. Adopting a psycho-pedagogical approach, it offers insights into Poland, a country in major transition regarding such technologies.
Competing on Talent in Today’s Business World
In a rapidly changing landscape, acquiring top talent is a competitive advantage. This book provides a roadmap to transform recruitment from a reactive process to a strategic program, learning from best practices to consistently source and recruit the very best people available.
Explore how marketing culture fuels economic growth through creative industries and tourism. By contrasting Western and non-Western theories, this book forges critical new methodologies for intercultural business, challenging conventional wisdom.
This book illustrates how global phenomena like digitalisation and climate change impact multinationals. As extant research does not fully explain emergent topics like digital business models and cleantech companies, this volume serves to fill this critical gap.
Climate change, over-indebtedness, and demographic aging put pressure on future generations. This book explores how corporate and financial social responsibility can leverage intergenerational harmony and ensure a sustainable future for humankind.
Corporate Governance and Board Performance
In Pacific Island Countries, board appointments are often based on politics and ethnicity, not merit. This book uses empirical evidence from the region to show how these factors influence board structure and ultimately damage their ability to perform.
Corporate Governance and Compliance with IFRSs
This is the first book to examine how corporate governance improves compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) in MENA stock exchanges. It identifies obstacles and suggests actions to globalize these emerging markets.
Corporate Social Innovation
This book explores Corporate Social Innovation as key to reshaping capitalism. By balancing profitability with purpose, companies can address social and environmental challenges, rebuild trust, and create shared value—providing a roadmap to redefine the purpose of business.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Shell in Ireland
An exposé of Shell in Ireland, this book reveals how weak regulation and political influence can turn corporate social responsibility into a tool for exploiting communities and the environment.
As the return on marketing often fails to justify the cost, this book introduces cost-effective strategies to achieve benefits with minimal resources. It explores human, product, and technological perspectives, like AI, to enhance employee performance and customer loyalty.
Countdown to the Global Financial Crisis
This book traces the pattern of crises in US investment banking to a culture established at the birth of the United States. Exploring the humble beginnings of Lehman Brothers, it offers a cautionary tale of how the mighty have fallen.
Crisis Communication in the Digital Age
In recent years, in countries with high crisis expectation and risk probabilities, a significant rise in the number of crises has been observed. This study discusses crisis management types and strategies, stressing the vital role of public relations in their resolution.
Customer-Centricity
Empowered customers have high expectations. This book presents a framework to understand the digital trends reshaping consumption, and analyzes the new skills and business models needed to succeed in the age of digital disruption.
Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a popular management tool for measuring performance. This book is a collection of contributions from DEA experts, covering theoretical developments and applications in various sectors. It is useful for researchers and practitioners.
Demand Articulation of Emerging Technologies
In today’s high-tech environment, how do you convert a vague set of wants into well-defined products? Through “demand articulation,” an important competency of market-driving firms. While most firms seek pre-articulated demand, this book analyzes how to create it.
Development Engineering
This research-backed guide shows innovators how to develop technological interventions for low-resource settings. Learn to create sustainable solutions that meet a real need, are affordable, and fit the cultural context to avoid common failures and achieve widespread use.