Caldwell explains how and why leaders fail to earn the trust of others and why ethics, integrity, and moral behaviour are so critically important for leaders of both today and tomorrow.
This textbook covers 15 chapters on food, film, shopping, medical, ghost, and suicide tourism, and introduces students, researchers, educators, and tour operators to the demands of affluent tourists from the newly industrialized countries of East and Southeast Asia.
The Internationalisation Maturity of the Firm
The task of determining the impact of business relationships on performance poses a considerable challenge. In this text, business relationships are operationalised by a set of characteristics and determinants which influence a company’s competitive advantage.
With economics and finance now an interest for everyone, this book provides information on selected topics. It offers theoretical knowledge for academic studies across 22 chapters covering different subjects on the agenda for anyone interested in the field.
Leadership Theories and Case Studies
Effective leadership does not occur by chance; leaders must be trained for the daunting responsibility of leading organizations. McGiboney shows here that this is possible and illustrates why and how, based on research and case studies from an epidemiological perspective.
This anthology represents the work of theorists and practitioners from various Central and Eastern European countries who offer a multifaceted approach to security and safety issues which companies in international and domestic trade, as well as consumers, are facing nowadays.
Perspectives in Project Management
The research perspectives presented here focus on four key themes of project management theory and practice: namely, people and organisations; methodologies and practice domains; issues in application; and continuous improvement and benchmarking.
Aspects of Entrepreneurship
Gathering unique perspectives on developments in the field of entrepreneurship, the essays here present insights that unravel the mysteries of what lies behind the term ‘entrepreneurship’ that propels societies forward.
This comprehensive, core text covers all areas of marketing. It is written in a straightforward style, and is intended for diploma and degree level students who are studying the subject for the first time.
This collection of essays is dedicated to reviewing, exploring and reporting state-of-the-art virtual world and marketing issues in the broadest sense. It provides a comprehensive presentation of marketing issues, trends, data and likely future developments in the virtual world.
This text offers insights into the potential of rural tourism potential and its future development, through unique examples and case studies drawn from Turkey, and will appeal to both international academicians and tourism professionals and practitioners.
Communication and Work Systems
Pace provides a practical definition and explanation of “communicative behavior” for use in understanding interaction in work settings. He suggests a clear model of the elements of a work system, and describes how to solve both communication and organization problems.
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.
This monograph represents a tool for comparative analysis for researchers and academics dealing with the business environment. It discusses various facets of the Czech business environment, focusing on the quality and sustainability factors that influence Czech industries.
Fashion through History
This book analyzes fashion as a main indicator of social change. It explores issues from economy, copyright, and trademarks to the impact of globalization, new technologies, and social media on the dynamic fashion system in the virtual world.
Fashion through History
This collection analyses fashion as a key indicator of social change. It offers a comprehensive analysis of clothes across history, cultures, and disciplines, from ancient costumes and craft traditions to modern media and the styles of marginalized groups.
This journal provides a space for marketers, researchers, and scholars across the world to exchange perspectives on China in its dynamic market. It will appeal to those interested in the ever-evolving marketing practices and theories in China.
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.
This book explores the servant-leadership needed to transform EU Institutions to better serve its citizens. Through real-life interviews with EU civil servants, including Herman van Rompuy, it illustrates how this philosophy empowers professionals to face 21st-century challenges.
A Social and Solidarity Economy
This volume explores the social and solidarity economy in America, Europe, and Australia, with a focus on its development in Ukraine. The collection will be of interest to academic scholars, as well as political and public decision-makers.