This book addresses the main issues within Islamic banking. It analyzes the experiences of Islamic banks worldwide, providing an objective assessment of their successes and failures while discussing the challenges and future of interest-free banking.
Based on papers from a Eurasian economics conference, this collection investigates the economic environment in Eurasian countries. It analyses the region from perspectives such as globalisation and economic integration, and economic growth and development.
Labour in the 21st Century
This compendium investigates and discusses the different aspects of the major transformations that have characterized the world of work in recent years. It claims that in order to propose solutions to cope with such changes, it is necessary to analyze their ongoing dynamics.
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.
Lemus explores resistance to the change from US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). He argues IFRS should act as a singular accounting language, promoting a better economic position in the world financial market.
The single market and trade policy are Europe’s major economic achievements and its best assets in times of increasing globalisation. This title addresses the various facets of these two pillars of European integration.
Towards a Sustainable Information Society
This volume represents an important voice in the scientific discourse on what constitutes a sustainable information society, and provides a new comprehensive and forward-looking approach to such a development.
Diversity Management and Identity in Organisations
Bizjak advances a conceptualisation of gender identity within Diversity Management in organisations that takes into account the linkages between individual and organisational identity, thus moving from liminality to inclusion.
Professional Ethics
This book addresses the ethical dimension of professional development. With contributors from a variety of fields, it explores inter-professional ways of working and developing an ethical response to changing contexts. Useful for practitioners, managers, and scholars.
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.
This work studies issues of company governance and management, in the context of the MER Model of Integral Management and Governance. It considers the fundamental aspirations for the enterprise’s existence and, thus, its quantitative, as well as qualitative, changes.
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.
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.
This book examines the link between individual entrepreneurship and the competitive performance of an industry, using Kenya’s leather industry as a case study. It refocuses attention from knowledge-based industries to primary sectors that are typical of African economies.
The EU at a Crossroads
This book summarises the dilemmas the European Union faces during its multilevel crisis. The first part concerns EU constitutional issues, the second is on public governance issues, the third details issues of the EU market and trade, and the fourth is on the Eurozone crisis.
Innovative Business Practices
In an era of turbulence where conventional business strategies fail, agility and innovation are key. This book presents research and paradigms that transcend classical theory, showing how any business can thrive in the new reality.
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.
In an era of volatile and integrated markets, regulators worry about economic growth and financial crisis. This book analyzes key issues from risk assessment, corporate governance, and debt’s role in crises to international investments and innovative solutions.
Unlocking Opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa
Emerging markets in sub-Saharan Africa present vast opportunities, but their volatility makes sustainable profitability a major challenge. This book provides a framework, using cases and illustrations, to help organisations navigate these markets and achieve lasting success.
This book explores technology business incubation in India. It maps the role of various actors in the incubation process, provides an overview of the innovation ecosystem, and examines how the country’s science and technology culture influences its overall development pathway.