This guide to cluster development in Central Europe maps and compares conditions in Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, and Austria. It analyses good practices, proposes a development framework, and explores trends like inter-cluster cooperation and World-Class clusters.
This book is relevant to agricultural extension theory and practice. It identifies the background, personal, and environmental factors influencing achievement motivation in the leadership role of extension agents, based on an original study in Iran.
Management Footsteps and Foundations
For the first time, the foundations of management are brought to life through historical analysis. This daringly innovative book takes the reader on a journey through human history from a management perspective, utterly transforming our understanding of the subject.
Tax Reform in Uganda
Kwagala-Igaga employs political economy and optimal theory to explain the weaknesses evident in the tax system in Uganda since the introduction of extensive reforms in 1997, highlighting the constraints imposed upon tax design and tax reform in the country.
Internationalisation of Cluster Organisations
This book explores how international collaboration increases cluster competitiveness. Focusing on the Czech Republic, its findings and recommendations can enrich cluster development in other countries, serving as a guide for practitioners, policy makers, and academics.
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.
Islamic Economics
Co-opted by the existing system, “Islamic economics” has become limited to finance, its potential overlooked. This book examines the debate from various perspectives to lay a firm foundation for contemporary socio-economic issues.
Qualitative Research in Business
Many professionals lack the skills to apply powerful qualitative research methods. This practical guide provides effective, “how to” advice for using these tools in business decision-making. Assuming no prior background, it is an invaluable resource.
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.
Intellectual Property Rights for Geographical Indications
Insights are given here into the potential impacts future Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreements could have at national, European and international levels. Policy setting, implications for trade and consumer perception and food safety are also covered.
A Clinical Guide to Organisational Health
Is your organisation healthy enough to survive? This book treats it like a living organism, using a holistic diagnostic model to explore its core functions—Survival, Protection, Operations, Information, Language and Strategy (SPOILS)—and build fitness.
Project Management Research
This book presents the latest thinking in project management from leading international academics and practitioners. Essays focus on themes of project maturity, governance, portfolio management, and new techniques, concluding with the future of the profession.
The Rise and Fall of Wessex Asset Management and the 2008 Crash
In light of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, Weir highlights the fundamental weaknesses of the financial system, and examines issues such as women in hedge funds, pay in the finance sector, and the future of the Eurozone.
National Economies
After WWI, the collapse of the global economic system led to racist cleansing and mass murder. This book explores the fault-lines that deepened in European economies, asking: who decided who was to be excluded, and where did the boundaries lie?
This collection from the 3rd CIREG conference offers innovative solutions to the challenges facing SMEs. It features leading research contributions focused on the critical fields of marketing and human resources, providing insights relevant to today’s economic landscape.
How do organizations learn to face the challenges of our turbulent age? This book dispels uncertainties and provides a better understanding of organisational learning, knowledge, and capabilities, focusing on practice, knowledge transfer, and ambidexterity.
Social Capital in Organizations
This study interprets networks as social capital. It fuses socioeconomic exchange theory with social network analysis and puts the resulting synthesis to the test by examining cooperation among equal members of an organization.
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.
This book explores logistics, distribution, and supply chain management through theoretical analysis and practical heuristics. It features eight case studies on designing distribution systems, location problems, and inventory management for students and professionals.
This book analyzes fraud as a global process from an interdisciplinary, international perspective. It covers financial, tax, and academic fraud, presenting methods for prevention with empirical evidence from Brazil, Canada, France, and Portugal.
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