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.
The Plastic Venuses
Consumerism and virtual reality are transforming archaeology. When ancient sites become theme parks and finds are exhibited in casinos, what is authenticity? This book is an innovative, critical, and stimulating appraisal of our relationship with the past.
From Traditional Attire to Modern Dress
These essays discuss how clothing, jewellery, and fashion are connected to political and social developments. Fabrics and colours are marvellous documents that bring to life our ancestors’ worlds, helping us understand sartorial appearances in the Balkans and Orient.
Remarkable Contributions
This insightful text explores the emergence of women leaders in India’s growing service industry, a topic long unexamined. Grounded in research, it brings their remarkable leadership to life through case studies and surveys that capture their real lives.
Research in Management Accounting
This book addresses the gap in management accounting research focused on Malaysia. It provides research-oriented articles on key issues and is an essential reference for researchers, academics, managers, accountants, and policy makers.
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.
“Show us what you’ve got”
This research addresses how owner/managers of Irish service small medium enterprises (SMEs) execute and manage brands. In an area of study in its infancy, this book provides evidence of the importance and relevance of branding to SMEs.
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.
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.
This book gives the latest information on advances in organic agriculture, with practical examples for farmers, engineers, and agroindustry people. Prepared by experts, it covers multidisciplinary approaches, environmental awareness, and novel ideas for future research.
This collection of research papers focuses on the challenges of SMEs and innovative solutions. Highlighting work in business and management, with micro and macro-economic aspects, it provides answers relevant to local contexts. This first volume is focused on economic issues.
Bandol is more than an idyllic town. It is the only French wine appellation where the Mourvèdre grape is dominant. Discover stories of celebrity residents and aged rosé, plus tasting notes and food pairings for over 50 wine producers and their best bottles.
In an information-driven world where data is the most valuable resource, technology is not simply a cost. This book provides insights into how technology impacts knowledge, collaboration, and performance, showing decision-makers how to use it to realise strategic goals.
This book offers HR practitioners and researchers a hands-on guide to measuring workplace diversity. It shows how to apply diversity indices and use regression methods to assess the organizational factors that influence age, ethnic, and gender diversity, with practical examples.
The Marketing of Works
The first book on a new type of marketing: the marketing of works. It describes activities like repair that change an object’s market value without transferring ownership. Distinguishing works from services, it provides marketing theorists with many opportunities for research.
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.
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.
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