Precision Agriculture and Food Production
The world faces a dilemma of food scarcity and abundance, with massive waste. A cocoa farmer in Africa earns less than $1 a day, yet rich countries have easy access to food. This book studies the food system, from corporate models to the role of science and technology.
Relativity in Business
‘Relativity in Business’ reveals how physics shapes management science. It leverages concepts from quantum mechanics and chaos theory to forge a groundbreaking framework, translating intricate physics into actionable insights for optimising operations and spurring innovation.
Work Integrated Learning for Students
This book offers solutions to global challenges through work integrated learning (WIL). It shifts perspectives on building ethical businesses, engaging in the 4IR and gig economy, and embracing human-AI integration, propelling you to become an entrepreneurial lifelong learner.
The Mature Corporation
This book critiques concepts like CSR and traces capitalism’s malaise to the mantra of ‘shareholder value’. It provides a practical navigation chart for a new system where every stakeholder benefits, and true wealth creation and sustainability go hand-in-hand.
Exploring questions such as ‘What is the nature of leadership?’ and ‘What is entrepreneurship?’, this book is for the next generation of leaders in business, industry and society, for whom it is important to understand the principles which help society function best.
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.
Financial mathematics is the base for corporate finance, financial management, and investment. This textbook provides knowledge necessary for every financier, economist, and financial analyst. It is for students and specialists who want to master quantitative methods in finance.
This book analyzes the challenges in establishing new institutions of art and culture and provides recommendations for young managers. It is a study guide for managers’ training and self-education in the creative fields.
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.
This book documents the effort of Barbados’s black-nationalist political elite to take control of the island’s petroleum resources. In a direct challenge to the white planter class, this brazen and defiant stand against colonialism was filled with political risk for the island.
This book explores the foundations of Islamic investment, covering various products, their market application, and regulation. Its theoretical and practical approach offers a balanced overview of Islamic financial markets, their ethics, and their Shari’ah foundations.
This book provides practical, evidence-based strategies to cultivate diversity and inclusion. Learn to support employees’ sense of belonging and psychological safety, address harassment and microaggressions, and implement systemic change for vibrant, productive workplaces.
This book explores how Kuwait can convert its oil “resource curse” into a blessing. It considers the strategic points surrounding oil governance and its implication for growth, arguing that a planned investment in innovation is critical for development.
The Home Entrepreneur Systems Model
This book chronicles a PhD student’s research into home-based businesses. Using Grounded Theory, it develops the Home Entrepreneur Systems model, a new way to understand how home business meets our needs for security, autonomy, balance, meaning and community.
Egyptian industry bypassed quality control, creating a gap that hinders global competition. This book presents the Holistic Egyptian Quality Management Approach (HEQMA), a new model tailored to Egyptian culture to diagnose problems and strengthen quality.
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.
This book explores the personal and environmental factors affecting university students’ entrepreneurial intentions. It provides insights for policymakers, educators, and students on developing entrepreneurial knowledge, skills, and career choices.
In Singapore’s government-controlled economy, pro-business policies are vital. Yet, no comprehensive model exists to predict which firms will succeed or fail. This quantitative book attempts to fill this gap by testing the key factors for success.
Education Loan and Inclusive Growth
This book explores education loans as a tool for financing higher education in developing countries. Using India as a case study, it reveals how the system excludes the poor and formulates an action plan to make it an inclusive financing tool.
The Impact of the Subprime Crisis on Global Financial Markets, Banks and International Trade
This book analyzes financial stability risk across international financial markets, banks, and trade. It offers innovative research and suggests new policy approaches to deal with three major crises: the debt crisis, an ageing population, and climate change.