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.
Sustaining Competitiveness in a Liberalized Economy
This book shares research from the International Management Accounting Conference on the role of accounting in a liberalized economy. It explores challenges in sustaining competitiveness through themes of Cost Management, Performance Measurement, and Strategic Alliance.
Physiology of Organisations
Can we imagine organisations as human bodies? Organisational science today is fragmented. This book fills that gap by constructing a physiological theory of organising to treat organisations when they are ill and ensure they work at maximum efficiency.
The Leadership Imperative
This book combines e-tourism and strategic management to explore internet adoption in small travel firms. Examining firm, external, and personal factors, it finds leadership is a more significant determinant than previously thought and proposes a new model.
Tourism Marketing
This volume presents the best research from the Advances in Tourism Marketing Conference, focusing on tourist behaviour and managerial strategies. It covers image, satisfaction, ITC, innovation, and competitiveness. A compelling update for researchers and students.
This book consolidates state-of-the-art knowledge on distance learning methods, best practices, and research findings in online business education. It will help faculty, administrators, and course designers optimize distance courses for the best results.
Managing Innovation in SMEs
For small tech firms, new product development (NPD) is critical. This study of Irish electronics firms reveals how NPD at small firms differs from large ones, offering unique insights with implications for managers, policy makers, and researchers.
How India Found its Feet
Through frank interviews, thirteen business leaders explain the out-of-the-box strategies that fashioned globally competitive businesses in India. These stories of creativity and risk-taking will inspire future entrepreneurs worldwide to innovate and invent.
This book explains the links between human capital management and an organisation’s performance. Chapters provide an accurate picture of relevant topics in human resource management, including commitment systems, social networks, and happiness at work.
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.
Organisational Anatomy
Organisational Anatomy views organisations as live creatures. This biological perspective allows you to intuitively understand your workplace, classify different organisational archetypes, and recognise pathologies to achieve superior business performance.
The future of higher education depends on responding to rising costs, changing labour markets, and new technologies. Pervasive technology has transformed the sector, demanding new business models. A rupture with the past is needed to prepare learners for an uncertain world.
This collection deals with the connection between relationship marketing management and trade fair activity management. It investigates the role of trade fairs with regard to B2B relationship marketing management in the world economic crisis era.
Tourism Economics
This book examines tourism economics with specific case studies from countries across the world. Featuring contributions from international experts, it is useful for academics and tourism professionals seeking to update their knowledge at both micro and macro levels.
Taxation and Revenue Collection in Ancient India
In the first book to study taxation and revenue collection through an analysis of public finance and financial administration in four major Indian texts, Sharma shows how Ancient Indian writing can contribute to active knowledge today.
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Poverty Reduction in Africa
Why have SME interventions failed to reduce poverty in Africa? This book offers an innovative approach, moving beyond technical training to focus on mindset, system thinking, and spirituality to help policymakers and entrepreneurs achieve real change.
In a time of stagnating markets, resolving economic crises requires new solutions. This volume shows how stability is related to clustering, exploring the formation of modern economic clusters, their advantages and negative aspects, and the contradictions of the phenomenon.
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.
Synergies Created by a Strategic Fit between Business and Human Resource Strategies
How can HR demonstrate its value in unstable sectors like agriculture? This book uses empirical evidence to show how integrating business and HR strategies achieves sustainable competitive advantage, making it a useful tool for managers, consultants, and scholars.