Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Formica, Piero, Sciencepreneurship: Science, Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Economic Growth. (Emerald Points) 136 pp. 2023:3 (Emerald, UK) <697-92>
ISBN 978-1-83753-365-7 hard ¥11,682.- (税込) US$ 60.00

In Sciencepreneurship, author Piero Formica explores the symbiotic relationship between science, entrepreneurship, and sustainable economic growth. He argues that like artists, writers and educators, scientists and entrepreneurs foster social progress and provide opportunities to advance sustainable and environmentally friendly economic development. Innovative and future thinking entrepreneurs play a special role in the advancement of science and technology. They help guide scientific discoveries into our daily lives and reveal new opportunities for social innovation as they exploit the discoveries that scientists make of the natural world. Sciencepreneurship argues that forward-thinking scientific entrepreneurs are well placed to take advantage of recent breakthroughs ranging from genetic sequencing to smartphone applications-innovations that have entered our lives at breakneck speed. Taking a transdisciplinary approach, which is one that integrates the natural, social and health sciences in a humanities context, Formica teaches readers, from academic researchers to engaged entrepreneurs, how to valorise science and entrepreneurship by designing a context of close, long-term interaction between the two.

Tyagi, Pallavi / Grima, Simon / Sood, Kiran et al. (eds.), Smart Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Performance Management in a Global Digitalised Economy. (Contemporary Studies in Economic and Financial Analysis 110, Part A) 456 pp. 2023:5 (Emerald, UK) <697-232>
ISBN 978-1-80382-556-4 hard ¥32,125.- (税込) US$ 165.00

The Covid 19 pandemic has created chaos in the business world and forced leaders to rethink their operational status quo. Balancing the physical and virtual spaces of the global digital economy wherein economic, commercial, and professional transactions are enabled by information and communication technologies has called for additional support from data-driven technologies like smart analytics and artificial intelligence. Opportunities created within digital economies to leverage technologies to execute tasks better, faster, and often differently have found the desired prominence in the recent past. Though the benefits outweigh the risks, the challenges in digitalised economies are as sophisticated as the solutions they offer. Smart Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Performance Management in a Global Digitalized Economy presents various viewpoints on topics like artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, digitalisation in various sectors, technology issues like cybersecurity and financial inclusion, and technology-enabled banking issues like money laundering. The theme of sustainability forms the core of the book.

Tyagi, Pallavi / Grima, Simon / Sood, Kiran et al. (eds.), Smart Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Performance Management in a Global Digitalised Economy. (Contemporary Studies in Economic and Financial Analysis 110, Part B) 384 pp. 2023:5 (Emerald, UK) <697-233>
ISBN 978-1-83753-417-3 hard ¥28,815.- (税込) US$ 148.00

The Covid 19 pandemic has created chaos in the business world and forced leaders to rethink their operational status quo. Balancing the physical and virtual spaces of the global digital economy wherein economic, commercial, and professional transactions are enabled by information and communication technologies has called for additional support from data-driven technologies like smart analytics and artificial intelligence. Opportunities created within digital economies to leverage technologies to execute tasks better, faster, and often differently have found the desired prominence in the recent past. Though the benefits outweigh the risks, the challenges in digitalised economies are as sophisticated as the solutions they offer. Contemporary Studies in Economic and Financial Analysis publishes a series of current and relevant themed volumes within the fields of economics and finance. Both disciplinary and interdisciplinary studies are welcome.

Fernandez Perez, Paloma / San Roman, Elena (eds.), Collective Entrepreneurship in the Contemporary European Services Industries: A Long Term Approach. (Frontiers of Management History) 228 pp. 2023:7 (Emerald, UK) <697-338>
ISBN 978-1-80117-951-5 hard ¥20,443.- (税込) US$ 105.00

Collective entrepreneurship plays an important role in European service activities such as tourism, health care, leisure, trade, logistics and transportation. Collective Entrepreneurship in the Contemporary European Services Industries provides a historical account and a managerial approach on how companies in the service industry have grown, innovated, and internationalised along the last centuries in Western Europe. Using collective entrepreneurship and collaborative networks within firms and between firms and external associations and institutions such as governments, the authors contribute to a better interdisciplinary understanding of the long-term dynamics of European companies. Collective Entrepreneurship in the Contemporary European Services Industries borrows and applies existing concepts and theories from business history and from entrepreneurship. A multidisciplinary and inter-territorial approach, this collection combines business history and entrepreneurship theory to respond to recent calls for a historic turn in entrepreneurship studies, offering the opportunity to relaunch the dialogue between history and theory.

Akkaya, Buelent / Tabak, Akif (eds.), Two Faces of Digital Transformation: Technological Opportunities versus Social Threats. 260 pp. 2023:7 (Emerald, UK) <697-340>
ISBN 978-1-83753-097-7 hard ¥21,417.- (税込) US$ 110.00

The rapid advancement of digital technology in all spheres of modern life necessarily entails changes to the existing models of economic and social structures in our societies. Institutions of power and society, industrial and social culture, individual worldviews and values are all affected by the spread of digitalization. These lasting changes make it vital to understand both the opportunities and threats that digitalization poses to our future. Focusing on so-far unresolved questions about this new horizon of modernity, Two Faces of Digital Transformation provides insights into technological advancements with business administrative applications and examines forthcoming implementation strategies from a range of perspectives - community engagement, industry 4.0 opportunities and threats, human resource management, digital threats and agility, and organizational behaviours. The future of business management necessitates context-awareness and malleability, supported by the research presented in this volume. For policymakers and business leaders alike, technology cannot remain a mystery. Digitalization is an essential discipline that is here to stay. The examination of technological opportunities contrasted with social threats renders the research presented here indispensable for practitioners and researchers at any stage of their career.

Ceccarelli, Bertina / Tedrick, Susanne, Innovating for Diversity: Lessons from Top Companies Achieving Business Success through Inclusivity. 240 pp. 2023:5 (Wiley, US) <697-341>
ISBN 978-1-119-90989-7 hard ¥6,814.- (税込) US$ 35.00

Discover what business visionaries on the frontiers of diverse and equitable hiring are doing to drive change in their organizations In Innovating for Diversity: Lessons from Top Companies That are Disrupting Old Practices to Achieve Inclusivity, Equity and Business Success, renowned Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and tech specialists Bertina Ceccarelli and Susanne Tedrick reframe the DEI discussion and move it beyond a human resources issue. While it's well established that diverse teams help to advance innovation, the authors explain how principles of innovation can be applied to building highly effective and sustainable diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices embraced by executives across an organization. You'll be inspired by leaders at top companies who identified root causes of limited DEI progress and created smart, bold solutions for increasing representation, developing future talent, and advancing the careers of people often overlooked. In the book, you'll also find: Introductions to the people and companies who have innovated their approaches to diverse hiring, retention, and advancement, and enjoyed pronounced impact on their bottom linesProfiles of committed leaders driving the change towards a more diverse and inclusive workforceStrategies for breaking down the cultural and organizational barriers in companies that remain in place and prevent transformative change A critical resource for senior-level business professionals, managers, and executives, Innovating for Diversity will also prove to be invaluable for people seeking to build their careers from the ground up.

Chakraborty, Tanusree / Awan, Tahir Mumtaz et al. (eds.), Agile Leadership for Industry 4.0: An Indispensable Approach for the Digital Era. 356 pp. 2023:7 (Apple Academic Pr., US) <697-342>
ISBN 978-1-77491-187-7 hard ¥31,846.- (税込) GB￡ 131.00

This new volume explores the new paradigm that is Industry 4.0-the application of information-intensive technologies that integrate software, hardware, and biology (cyber-physical systems) for effective manufacturing and related industries, focusing specifically on leadership that can respond quickly and effectively to changing conditions. This volume applies these skills to leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic, skills that can be applied to many other changing conditions as well. This book effectively brings to the fore how the pandemic and Industry 4.0 are bringing agile leadership into focus.The book's main themes are theories of agile leadership and how technology and the COVID-19 pandemic have affected such theories; the role of virtual leadership in an age of working from home; case studies that provide valuable lessons for the agile leader; and the crucial role of human resources in providing agile leadership to an organization. The volume aggregates original theoretical, conceptual, and empirical research on challenges and opportunities in the context of Industry 4.0 and facilitates agility in management. The chapters investigate the new leadership styles and related frameworks for assessing a postmodern leadership style-agile leadership-in relation to the need for effective and work in 4.0 dynamic environment.This book encompasses various studies and frameworks in agile leadership in the context of Industry 4.0, dynamic leadership related issues, intent-based leadership, agile mindset, fostering collaboration, cross-functional team management, strategic implementations, strategies for diversity initiatives, workplace flexibility, knowledge management, and personalization in industry.The diverse topics explorerole of the internettechnological unemployment, leadership and entrepreneurshipbig datahuman resources in industry 4.0managing human capital and employee engagementvirtual leadershipthe power of empathyrole of leadership in sexual harassment in the workplacethe agile personality and management behaviormoreActing as a practical and theoretical guide in explaining and articulating agile leadership, this volume will be of interest and value to academics and practicing managers alike. Forward-thinking organizations find these chapters instructive in helping them evolve, along with their leadership resources.

Charles, Vincent / Garg, Pratibha / Gupta, N. et al. (eds.), Data Analytics and Business Intelligence: Computational Frameworks, Practices, and Applications. 260 pp. 2023:6 (Routledge, UK) <697-343>
ISBN 978-1-03-203904-6 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00

Business Analytics (BA) is an evolving phenomenon that showcases the increasing importance of using huge volumes of data to generate value for businesses. Advances in BA have offered great opportunities for organisations to improve, innovate, and develop existing or new processes, products, and services. BA is the process of transforming data into actionable insight by using statistical and mathematical analysis, descriptive, prescriptive, and predictive models, machine learning, information systems and network science methods, among others, along with a variety of data, expert knowledge, and fact-based management to support better and faster decision-making.BA and Business Intelligence (BI) generate capabilities for companies to compete in the market effectively and has become one of the main functional areas in most companies. BA tools are used in diverse ways, for example, to identify consumer behaviour patterns and market trends, to derive valuable insights on the performance of stocks, to find information on the attrition rate of employees, to analyse and solve healthcare problems, to offer insight into inventory management and supply chain management, to analyse data from social networks, and to infer traffic behaviour and develop traffic management policy, among others.BA and BI have become one of the most popular research areas in academic circles, as well as in the industry, driven by the increasing demand in the business world. This book aims to become a stimulus for innovative business solutions covering a wide range of aspects of business analytics, such as management science, information technology, descriptive, prescriptive, and predictive models, machine learning, network science, mathematical and statistical techniques. The book will encompass a valuable collection of chapters exploring and discussing computational frameworks, practices, and applications of BA that can assist industries and relevant stakeholders in decision-making and problem-solving exercises, with a view to driving competitive advantage.

Cross, Peter, Project Management Bootcamp: A Step-by-Step Guide. 492 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-344>
ISBN 978-1-03-252123-7 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00
ISBN 978-1-03-252122-0 paper ¥8,505.- (税込) GB￡ 34.99

Project Management Bootcamp is a pragmatic guide for those who need to understand how to deliver projects successfully. The reader journeys through a project stage by stage, discovering what project managers commonly need to achieve at each step. Each step is supported by tables, charts, tips, and tools, which the reader may adopt or adapt to their needs and different ways of organising and delivering projects, including agile approaches, are considered.Because theory can only get you so far, a key element of the book is learning from real projects drawing on the experience of project managers working across three continents. Each chapter ends with challenges to the reader to reflect on their learning, which can be based on a theoretical case study or their own project. The result is a reflective framework that charts their learning and their project management journey from initiation to closure.Project Management Bootcamp is essential reading for junior and mid-level career Project Managers, and any professional who finds themselves in charge of a project and unsure how to get the best result. Students on business and management courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level will also value its setting of theory into a practical context.

Fisher, Jenna C., To the Top - How Women in Corporate Leadership Are Rewriting the Rules for Success. 240 pp. 2023:5 (Wiley, US) <697-346>
ISBN 978-1-119-98808-3 hard ¥5,451.- (税込) US$ 28.00

Frett, Latanya Mapp, The Everyday Feminist: The Key to Sustainable Social Impact - Driving Movements We Need Now More than Ever. 240 pp. 2023:3 (Wiley, US) <697-348>
ISBN 978-1-119-89046-1 hard ¥5,451.- (税込) US$ 28.00

藤本隆宏著　自動車産業の進化
Fujimoto, Takahiro, Evolution of the Automobile Industry: A Capability-Architecture-Performance Approach. (Elements in Business Strategy) 2023:4 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <697-349>
ISBN 978-1-108-46894-7 paper ¥4,132.- (税込) GB￡ 17.00

J.ベサント他著　イノベーション管理のための創造性　第2版
Goller, Ina / Bessant, John, Creativity for Innovation Management: Tools and Techniques for Creative Thinking in Practice. 2nd ed. 316 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-350>
ISBN 978-1-03-212768-2 hard ¥36,465.- (税込) GB￡ 150.00
ISBN 978-1-03-212769-9 paper ¥10,450.- (税込) GB￡ 42.99

Creativity for Innovation Management is a rigorous yet applied guide, which illustrates what creativity is, why it matters, and how it can be developed at both individual and group levels. Unlike many technique-oriented books, this book combines theory with practice, drawing on the latest research in psychology, organizational behaviour, innovation and entrepreneurship. The text provides a range of opportunities to explore innovative and creative processes and develop them via activities linked to relevant tools and techniques, as well as real-life case studies. By working through key competence areas at personal and then team levels, the book demonstrates to students how to build entrepreneurial practices, strong, innovative teams, and organisations that encourage and facilitate innovative thinking. This 2nd edition has been updated throughout, including a new chapter exploring the impact of emerging technologies on creativity, further material on human-centred design, crowdsourcing and collaboration platforms, and cross-cultural differences in innovation management. This textbook is ideal for postgraduate students of Innovation and Creativity and Entrepreneurship, as well as professionals who want to excel by developing and applying their own creativity at work. Online resources complement the book, with access to key tools, techniques, and activities, as well as supporting video and audio material and cases, support learning and teaching.

Hair, Joe, Jr. / Page, Michael / Brunsveld, N. et al., Essentials of Business Research Methods. 5th ed. 444 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-351>
ISBN 978-1-03-242633-4 hard ¥65,637.- (税込) GB￡ 270.00
ISBN 978-1-03-242628-0 paper ¥18,229.- (税込) GB￡ 74.99

Essentials of Business Research Methods provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to research methods and analytical techniques for business students. The authors offer a straightforward, hands-on approach to the vital managerial process of gathering and using data to make relevant and timely business decisions.Covering both qualitative and quantitative analysis, the book explores critical topics, including ethics in business research, privacy matters, data analytics, customer relationship management, how to conduct information-gathering activities more effectively in a rapidly changing business environment, and more. This fifth edition has been fully updated throughout, covering emerging technologies such as machine learning and blockchain technology, as well as expanded coverage of secondary data, using examples from around the world.A realistic continuing case used throughout the book, applied research examples and ethical dilemma mini cases, enable upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students to see how business research information is used in the real world.This comprehensive textbook is supported by a range of online resources, including an instructor's manual, PowerPoint slides, and a test bank.

Hinson, Robert / Odame, Doreen / Twum, Kojo et al. (eds.), The Future of Entrepreneurship in Africa: Cross Sectoral Perspectives Post COVID-19. 176 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-352>
ISBN 978-1-03-229848-1 hard ¥29,172.- (税込) GB￡ 120.00
ISBN 978-1-03-229847-4 paper ¥10,936.- (税込) GB￡ 44.99

Entrepreneurial and Small Business Development in Africa focuses on entrepreneurial development and the development of small businesses in Africa. The central idea of this book is that entrepreneurial development and small business development are connected. Entrepreneurship is lauded as an engine of growth (economic development and job creation), with small businesses often contributing to new job creation. Also, entrepreneurship and small business development are the heart of many countries' economies. The decision to focus on entrepreneurial development and small business development is that first, there is a consensus that most entrepreneurial activities are aimed at creating small new ventures. Second, countries that give special attention to entrepreneurship stand a chance of industrialization. Third, Africa has been reported as having a rich entrepreneurial landscape as the continent's wealthiest individuals generated their wealth as trailblazing entrepreneurs. Fourth, small-scale entrepreneurs and businesses form the backbone of economic activities across the continent. A motivation to focus on entrepreneurial and small business development is the generally accepted view that start-ups in Africa are growing calling for understanding into how to enhance productivity, efficiencies, and application of new technologies. The book aims to enhance the understanding of stakeholders (business owners, governments, practitioners) to overturn challenges such as inadequate start-up capital, competition, lack of employees with the right skills, and low use of technology. The ability to develop entrepreneurship in Africa, and the role of small-medium enterprises cannot be underestimated. The promotion of entrepreneurship in Africa is crucial as it creates jobs, provides decent livelihoods, and contributes to GDP. Most entrepreneurial initiatives in developing economies entail identifying opportunities and new venture creation. It is worth recognizing that most new ventures created take the form of small businesses and the entrepreneurial processes involve entrepreneurs' knowledge and skills, identifying opportunities, involvement in setting up a business and managing the business. The various aspects of this book focus on many entrepreneurial activities that are undertaken on the African continent. This book is focused on African countries since there is a reason to be optimistic about the prospects for growth and entrepreneurship. To achieve entrepreneurial success in African countries, the African Development Bank (2021) proposes that there must be a link between macro and firm-level characteristics that will serve as the mix of entrepreneurship in societies. This book, therefore, considers some macro-level factors such as education, training, and skills development, technological developments, government programs, and entrepreneurial challenges and opportunities. At the firm-level, this book focuses on entrepreneurial initiatives such as branding and marketing.

Jaworski, Bernard / Cheung, Virginia, Creating the Organization of the Future: Building on Drucker and Confucius Foundations. 216 pp. 2023:7 (Emerald, UK) <697-354>
ISBN 978-1-83753-217-9 hard ¥6,619.- (税込) US$ 34.00

Eastern philosophy and Western management ideals offer a powerful set of wisdom on how to build and grow businesses. This can have lasting impact on employees, customers, financial performance, and society. The father of modern management - Peter F. Drucker - focused on how organizations can contribute to a functioning society. Confucius focused on how to build a functioning society, largely from a family and individual perspective. Despite these differing starting points, their collective work provides a remarkably consistent set of principles that can provide practical guidance for executives who want to both "win in the present" and create their own future. The purpose of this book is to help leaders and decision-makers successfully navigate their organizations through the stormy seas of the present, into the future. In the first section of the book, the authors demonstrate how executives can make five direction-setting 'big choices' for their firms. These five big choices are: defining the purpose of an organization, building a mission statement, setting an organization's vision, crafting organizational values, and shaping the firm's culture. In the second section, the authors tie these five choices to the foundational thinking of Drucker and Confucius. Here the concepts, principles, and real-world practice of Eastern and Western leadership are shown here to combine to compelling effect.

Kelan, Elisabeth, Men Stepping Forward: Leading Your Organisation on the Path to Inclusion. 128 pp. 2023:6 (Bristol U. Pr., UK) <697-355>
ISBN 978-1-5292-3002-4 paper ¥3,157.- (税込) GB￡ 12.99

How do men interested in gender equality become 'change makers' and lead their organisation towards inclusion? Directly addressing men, this innovative book reveals how they can be centrally involved in creating gender-inclusive cultures in their organisations. Using cutting-edge research, it suggests practical actions for men as leaders and managers to implement in order to make real changes . Ideal for the time-poor professional, it is essential reading for all men who want to make a difference but don't know where to start.

Kesharwani, Subodh / Dhusia, Devendra K. (eds.), Sustainable Business and IT. 318 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-356>
ISBN 978-1-03-251501-4 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00

As Information Technology continues to evolve as a key strategic enabler, many establishments feel the need to think more holistically about how IT can support corporate sustainability efforts.This book aims to recognize these efforts and best practices in numerous business settings. Sustainability is expensive, and requires collaboration between many different areas of the business. The solution to growing burden of carbon emission lies within the technology innovation as continued advancements in processes make businesses lean and smart.The multidisciplinary approach the book uses will be appreciated by students, academics and researchers in Information Technology, Management, Corporate, and Sustainability Champions. Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan)

Kokot-Blamey, Patrizia, Gendered Hierarchies of Dependency: Women Making Partnership in Accountancy Firms. 208 pp. 2023:8 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <697-357>
ISBN 978-0-19-968845-6 hard ¥17,017.- (税込) GB￡ 70.00

Accountancy is an elite profession, wielding its influence in every step we take in business and political life, from takeover to bankruptcies and from Brexit to war: we need accountants to help us see the bigger picture and to enable us to trust one another in public life. But for much of the profession's history, women were excluded from it and, while we have seen great advances in women's access to the profession, women remain significantly underrepresented at the top of the hierarchy and amid partnership ranks across the industry and globally. Importantly, there are noteworthy differences in the severity of this underrepresentation across national borders which remain underexplored. Gendered Hierarchies of Dependency considers this underrepresentation of women at partnership level cross-nationally and through a feminist lens, analysing interviews with female partners in Germany and the United Kingdom. In doing so, Kokot-Blamey innovatively merges insights from accountancy and organization studies, political economy, and the feminist ethics of care literature to contribute to contemporary debates about women at work, neoliberalism and the capitalist fiction of the autonomous self. Beyond career advancement to partnership, Kokot-Blamey examines several timely issues such as the persistence of discrimination and sexism at work, motherhood, and weathering recessions and economic crises in accountancy. Revealing important insights into the day-to-day working and private lives of modern elites, this book shows how hierarchies are negotiated differently across borders, but that the outcomes are always gendered.

La Torre, Davide / Appio, Francesco Paolo et al. (eds.), Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Business and Society: Opportunities and Challenges. (Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology) 288 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-358>
ISBN 978-1-03-230341-3 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00

Belonging to the realm of intelligent technologies, it is increasingly accepted that AI has evolved from being merely a development standpoint in computer science. Indeed, recent reports and academic publications show that we are clearly on the path towards pervasive AI in both business and society. Organizations must adopt AI to maintain a competitive advantage and explore opportunities for unprecedented innovation. This book focuses on understanding the wide range of opportunities as well as the spectrum of challenges AI brings in different business contexts and society at large. The book highlights novel and high-quality research in data science and business analytics and examines the current and future impact of AI in business and society. The authors bridge the gap between business and technical perspectives and demonstrate the potential (and actual) impact on society. Embracing applied, qualitative and quantitative research as well as field experiments and data analysis, the book covers a broad range of topics including but not limited to: human-centered AI, product and process innovation, corporate governance, AI and ethics, organizational performance, and entrepreneurship. This comprehensive book will be a valuable resource for researchers, academics and postgraduate students across artificial intelligence, technology and innovation management and a wide range of business disciplines.

Misra, Rajnish Kumar / Shrivastava, A. / Sijoria, C. (eds.), Technology, Management and Business: Evolving Perspectives. (Advanced Series in Management 31) 360 pp. 2023:6 (Emerald, UK) <697-359>
ISBN 978-1-80455-519-4 hard ¥28,815.- (税込) US$ 148.00

Advanced Series in Management: Volume 31 offers cutting-edge research from an international range of academics, who engage with the potential opportunities and challenges of digitization in the workplace. Contributors introduce fresh evidence and innovative ideas on the changing work environment to help business leaders shift to the digital mind-set. The book will throw light on what manufacturers, retailers, marketer brands, and consumers can do to secure value; digitally transform and/or innovate themselves in terms of design, production, and distribution as they move towards "next normal" business practices. Technology, Management and Business: Evolving Perspectives provides researchers, academicians, policymakers and professionals working in manufacturing, retail and consumer markets with a platform to uncover their experiences as they meet these challenges in various verticals of industry around the world.

持続可能な経営案内　第3版
Molthan-Hill, Petra (ed.), Sustainable Management: A Complete Guide for Faculty and Students. 3rd ed. (The Principles for Responsible Management Education Series) 1112 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-360>
ISBN 978-1-03-227920-6 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00
ISBN 978-1-03-225375-6 paper ¥8,505.- (税込) GB￡ 34.99

Sustainable Management: The Complete Guide for Faculty and Students is both a core textbook, and a guide for teachers in one convenient volume. It has become a go-to for undergraduate sustainability, green and CSR teaching, and this new edition builds on the success of the last, keeping the contents up to date with this important and fast-developing area. This unique text provides comprehensive materials to support staff wanting to integrate sustainability into their teaching and provides support to effectively embed sustainability into their curriculum. The chapters also offer a starting point in developing teaching units for master's and MBA students. The material is not just useful to people in business schools, but to those involved in wider scale curriculum change, and those looking to make links between different disciplines (for example, how to teach system thinking, corporate peace-making and the crowdsourcing of sustainable solutions), with each chapter following the same easy-to-use format.This third edition includes a new chapter on climate change education, as well as thorough updates to cover changes in the field and environment, such as resilient responses to crisis, the impact of COVID on sustainable management, social justice issues, AI and blockchain. It contains over 40 ready-made workshops which enable teachers and students to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into every discipline in business, including economics, operations, marketing, HR, and financial reporting. Each chapter follows the same easy-to-use format.Online Teaching Notes to accompany each chapter are available on request with the purchase of the book.

Mukhopadhyay, Debajyoti / Chougule, Archana / Vij, Sheetal, Decision Support System and Automated Negotiations. 232 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-361>
ISBN 978-1-03-252363-7 hard ¥21,875.- (税込) GB￡ 89.99

Decision support systems are developed for integrated pest and disease management and nutrition management using open-source technologies as java, android, and low-cost hardware devices like Arduino micro controller. This text discusses the techniques to convert agricultural knowledge in the context of ontology and assist grape growers by providing this knowledge through decision support system. The key features of the book are: Presents the design & development of an ontology-based decision support system for integrated crop management. Discusses the techniques to convert agricultural knowledge in text to ontology. Focuses on an extensive study of various e-Negotiation protocols for automated negotiations Provides an architecture for predicting the opponent's behaviour and various factors which affect the process of negotiation.The text is primarily written for graduate students, professionals, and academic researchers working in the fields of computer science and engineering, agricultural science, and information technology.

Percival, Jennifer, Autism Friendly Business: Serving Neurodiverse Customers. (Autism Friendly) 144 pp. 2023:7 (Productivity Pr., US) <697-362>
ISBN 978-1-03-202832-3 hard ¥29,172.- (税込) GB￡ 120.00
ISBN 978-1-03-202831-6 paper ¥8,019.- (税込) GB￡ 32.99

Designed as a guidebook for leaders at the beginning of their journey embracing neuroinclusion, Autism Friendly Business: Neurodiverse Customers will provide business owners, executives, managers, team members, and associates the tools to integrate strategies and techniques that will enhance their business, while improving the delivery of a quality experience for all. Autistic individuals often experience barriers when engaging with businesses. This book provides solutions and examples on how leaders can remove obstacles and develop supportive and inclusive environments.

Ravitch, Sharon / Herzog, Liza, Leadership Mindsets for Adaptive Change: The Flux 5. (Leadership: Research and Practice) 168 pp. 2023:8 (Routledge, UK) <697-363>
ISBN 978-1-03-239487-9 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00
ISBN 978-1-03-239486-2 paper ¥5,588.- (税込) GB￡ 22.99

This informative and practical book helps leaders develop adaptive leadership mindsets and skills to address the myriad intersecting challenges shaping today's workplace. Through the Flux 5 framework, organizational culture and systems experts Sharon Ravitch and Liza Herzog help leaders, teams, and organizations create the organizational conditions to drive and enact adaptive change.At a time of unprecedented workplace flux, leader roles are constantly being redefined, requiring more finely attuned leader mindsets, frames for leadership, and skillsets for moving the dial on individual and organizational sense-making for cultural and institutional excellence. Based on five mindsets - Inquiry Mindset, Humanizing Mindset, Systems Mindset, Entrepreneurial Mindset, and Equity Mindset - the Flux 5 framework teaches leaders to drive adaptive change as a tool of professional and organizational development. Using embedded leader learning activations and organizational practices, the book guides leaders to develop each mindset as they read. The book encourages leaders (and their organizations in diffusion effect) to cultivate a visionary and resonant leadership approach at the intersection of crisis leadership, professional and human development, systems thinking, entrepreneurial leadership, and organizational equity frameworks. Succinct, accessible, pragmatic, and inspiring, this useful guide will grab the interest of leaders, teams, and organizations across sectors, organizational types, and business contexts, and engage professors, students, and practitioners of leadership, management, organizational psychology, and organizational development.

Rogelberg, Steven G., Glad we Met: The Art and Science of 1:1 Meetings. 224 pp. 2024:1 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <697-364>
ISBN 978-0-19-764187-3 hard ¥5,441.- (税込) US$ 27.95

Rosak-Szyrocka, Joanna / Zywiolek, J. / Shahbaz, M. (eds.), Quality Management, Value Creation and the Digital Economy. (Routledge Advances in Production and Operations Management) 208 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-365>
ISBN 978-1-03-251965-4 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00

In the conditions of the modern market economy, in which globalization and competition is rife, quality is of great importance for determining a company's position on the market. The changing and complex economic reality is shaping new market patterns whilst modern technologies influence purchasing decisions. This book presents an effective and novel framework for creating value in industry 4.0 conditions by building a smart enterprise model using quality management theories. The book explores tools and platforms that can be utilised to contribute to the creation of the ideal quality for a demanding customers, using case studies from international contributors. It proposes novel architectures that drive economically viable production and services businesses, addressing unique industry 4.0 and 5.0 solutions in IoT that involve the entire spectrum of analysis, with a special focus on lean methodologies and cybersecurity. This original book will be valuable reading for researchers and scholars in the areas of quality management, manufacturing, production and operations management.

Sayer, Brad / Dumay, John / Guthrie, James / Corazza, Laura, Making Sense of Stakeholder Management. (Routledge-Giappichelli Studies in Business and Management) 130 pp. 2023:6 (Routledge, UK) <697-366>
ISBN 978-1-03-251696-7 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00

Drawing back on the ever-evolving stakeholder management theory, this book responds to calls for more empirical research into the managerial sense making of the stakeholder concept. The book explores how managers make sense of stakeholder management, especially in complex and challenging business contexts. Therefore, this book contributes to the advancement of the managerial branch of the stakeholder management theory focussing on managers' sense making intended as how they interpret and understand social interactions. With this book, the authors offer a contribution grounded on the what, why, when, who and how of stakeholder management, which are questions that still arouse considerable interest not only between academics, but also among practitioners.

Sharma, Ila / Dhiman, Rahul / Srivastava, Vimal, Effective Leadership and Organization's Market Success. 80 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-367>
ISBN 978-1-03-234118-7 hard ¥29,172.- (税込) GB￡ 120.00

Effective leadership and organizational performance are concepts that continue to receive widespread attention in the business world. This book explores the importance of strategic leadership and the value it adds to organizations.It focuses on strategies to achieve market success and organizational performance as well as the challenges of leading in a fluctuating market. The book looks at recent trends in leadership development and the different styles of leadership. It dispels existing myths about leadership and offers an understanding of principles which will allow leaders to be more adaptable and effective and steer businesses and organizations into a more stable future. This book will be of interest to researchers and students working in the field of business, organizational communication, business management, human resource management and business studies.

Vajjhala, Narasimha Rao / Strang, Kenneth David (eds.), Cybersecurity for Decision Makers. 432 pp. 2023:7 (CRC Pr., US) <697-370>
ISBN 978-1-03-233496-7 hard ¥26,741.- (税込) GB￡ 110.00
ISBN 978-1-03-233497-4 paper ¥10,936.- (税込) GB￡ 44.99

This book is aimed at managerial decision-makers, practitioners in any field, and the academic community. The chapter authors have integrated theory with evidence-based practice to go beyond merely explaining cybersecurity topics. To accomplish that, the editors drew upon the combined cognitive intelligence of 46 scholars from 11 countries, to present the state-of-the-art in cybersecurity. Managers and leaders at all levels in organizations around the globe will find the explanations and suggestions useful for understanding cybersecurity risks as well as formulating strategies to mitigate future problems. Employees will find the examples and caveats both interesting as well as practical for everyday activities, at the workplace and in their personal lives. Cybersecurity practitioners in computer science, programming, or espionage will find the literature and statistics fascinating and more than likely a confirmation of their assumptions. Government policymakers will find the book valuable to inform their new agenda of protecting citizens and infrastructure in any country around the world. Academic scholars, professors, instructors, and students will find the theories, models, frameworks, and discussions relevant to support teaching as well as research.

Wang, Echo Lei, Social Enterprise in China: State-Third Sector Relations and Institutional Effectiveness. (Routledge Contemporary China Series) 192 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-371>
ISBN 978-1-03-213958-6 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00

Wang offers an empirically-based exploration into Work-Integration Social Enterprises as a means for delivering social services in China. Focussing on the political economy of social enterprise development in China, Wang examines the nature of the relationship between the state and social enterprises and the implications of such relationships for their institutional effectiveness. She adopts a bottom-up approach that investigates indigenous practices embedded within the local political context. A common ground has been established internationally that the social enterprise model provides new ways of social service delivery that could potentially change and restructure the social welfare economy. However, the development path differs across social contexts, especially in an authoritarian country like China. This book will be of great interest both to scholars of China's political economy, and to those with an interest in the development of the social enterprise sector looking to see how this works in a Chinese context.

Jarzabkowski, Paula / Chalkias, Konstantinos et al., Disaster Insurance Reimagined: Protection in a Time of Increasing Risk. 176 pp. 2023:6 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <697-223>
ISBN 978-0-19-286516-8 hard ¥8,508.- (税込) GB￡ 35.00

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Academic and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. This book examines the growing role and importance of 'Protection Gap Entities' (PGEs), not-for-profit entities providing insurance protection that would otherwise be unavailable within a purely private sector context. Around the world, PGEs and the insurance instruments they use are becoming increasingly crucial in making sure that funds are available to rebuild after disasters. These PGEs, typically developed as collaborations between governments and the insurance industry, enable insurance to continue at a time when climate change, urbanization, global interdependence, and geo-political instability are making disaster insurance increasingly expensive or unavailable. Given their growing importance, understanding the role of PGEs in both insurance protection and their potential to create a more resilient society is critical. Disaster Insurance Reimagined uses practical examples from different countries to explain how PGEs step in to maintain disaster insurance and how their work can, but does not always, improve financial and physical resilience to disaster. Drawing on 5 years of research into 17 entities that provide insurance cover in 49 countries, the authors examine the strengths, limitations, and evolution of PGEs in providing disaster protection in the face of a growing insurance crisis. They provide an accessible discussion of disaster insurance, its complexities, and the transformation it needs to undergo in order to remain relevant and to contribute to meaningful disaster protection. PGEs and their work offer a path to re-imagining disaster insurance as a key tool in an ecosystem that has societal protection from disaster at its heart.

Harvey, William S., Reputations At Stake. 192 pp. 2023:3 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <696-267>
ISBN 978-0-19-288652-1 hard ¥7,293.- (税込) GB￡ 30.00

Reputation is important to all of us. Reputations at Stake provides evidence-based and engaging examples that reveal a compelling story about the phenomenon of reputation. Organisations cannot ignore reputation because it impacts the sales of its products or services, its share price if publicly listed, and the types of employees it can attract and retain. Reputation is relevant for governments and politicians because it influences public perceptions and voting. It also relates to us at an individual level and impacts on how we can operate and integrate within our home, work, and social lives. Reputation is not merely a macro-level strategic issue (e.g., for governments, corporations, or charities), a meso-level intermediation issue (e.g., for mass media, social media, and PR agencies) or a micro-level operational issue (e.g., for leaders, managers, or employees), but it is a multi-scale phenomenon that impacts everyone. The multiple ways that different and often conflicting reputations are playing out are articulated through research and examples, from the British royal family, libraries during lockdown, the world of influencers, Rio Tinto in Madagascar, white collar inmates in a US Federal Prison, and companies including BP, VW, and McKinsey & Company.

Mezzio, Steven / Stein, Meredith / Campitelli, Vincent, Cloud Governance: Basics and Practice. (Professor of Practice Series) 100 pp. 2022:11 (de Gruyter, GW) <696-268>
ISBN 978-3-11-075526-8 paper ¥5,902.- (税込) EUR 27.95

A fourth Industrial Revolution is underway globally; a digital revolution driven by the rapid, wide-scale deployment of digital technologies, such as in high-speed mobile Internet capabilities, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning. Cloud computing is at the vanguard of this disruption and transformation. As a result, organizations of all sizes, sectors, and geographies have substantially and rapidly increased their adoption and use of cloud computing, including reliance on third party cloud service providers (CSPs). One driver in this proliferation and widespread use of cloud computing is the wide range of unparalleled opportunities provided by the cloud. Such opportunities include streamlining and scaling storage, software, and application support; increasing the speed of data access processing and decision-analytics; more productive customer engagement and empowered employees; reducing costs, such as outsourcing costly and difficult-to-update and -manage in-house IT infrastructure. As a result, organizations of all sizes, geographies, and sectors, are developing their own private cloud or purchasing public cloud services from cloud service providers. While such potential benefits are compelling, cloud computing disrupts corporate governance.　 Market intelligence reveals critical data, applications and some important roles and responsibilities for policies, security, IT management are increasingly moving from traditional IT departments internal to the organization to the cloud and to the day-to-day management off third party cloud service providers (CSPs). As a result, cloud computing is stressing enterprise governance in a number of ways, including further extending the enterprise’s reliance on third party service providers, exacerbating existing risks, creating new and unexpected operational, cybersecurity and regulatory risks, and fueling an urgent need for more responsive and resilient enterprise risk management strategies and new skills. This disruptive paradigm is raising concerns and thorny questions from corporate boards, trustees, advisors, managers, regulators, and assurance providers about cloud governance, including strategy, performance, risks, controls, and skills. In this context, this book brings to life the diverse range of opportunities and challenges associated with governing the deployment and enterprise-wide use of cloud computing from a practitioner perspective. It will be a practical reference guide with chapter-based self-assessment questions and written in a user-friendly manner that should appeal to diversified cohorts of international students, operational and risk managers, boards, auditors, and advisors.

Nielsen, Rikke Kristine / Bevort, Frans et al., Navigating Leadership Paradox: Engaging Paradoxical Thinking in Practice. (De Gruyter Transformative Thinking and Practice of Leadership and Its Development) 175 pp. 2023:5 (de Gruyter, GW) <696-269>
ISBN 978-3-11-078885-3 paper ¥6,325.- (税込) EUR 29.95

One of the most significant management challenges in modern companies and organizations is dealing with unavoidable, complex paradoxes. Today’s world is multidimensional, multipolar, and multipurpose, and increasingly, classic management challenges such as leadership vs. management; exploitation vs. exploration, virtual vs. physical presence, economic sustainability vs. environmental sustainability, localization vs. globalization, etc. assume the characteristics of paradoxes rather than problems or dilemmas. Leadership of paradox is not about making a decision once and for all or prioritizing tough trade-offs, but about navigating between opposing considerations. Navigating Leadership Paradox argues that academic knowledge pools can support leaders’ decision-making and sense-making in organizations and navigating paradoxes. The book outlines a practical pathway for management leaders and professionals for steering through paradox using 5 phases, 10 paradoxes, 15 tools, 20 cases, and 25 learning points. It delineates how to identify a paradox by assessing the nature of your challenge and discusses the appropriate courses of action individually as well in collaboration with other stakeholders. It also gives inspiration and advice for professional helpers assisting others in navigating paradox as part of organizational development or other educational purposes. This book will be essential reading for practitioners and academicians in the fields of leadership paradox, complexity management, change management, leadership dilemmas and organizational paradox.

Smith, Paul / Monea, Alexander / Santiago, Maillim (eds.), Amazon: At the Intersection of Culture and Capital. 366 pp. 2022:12 (Rowman & Littlefield, US) <696-270>
ISBN 978-1-5381-6522-5 hard ¥24,337.- (税込) US$ 125.00

This collection offers the first up-to-date, book-length, academic study of Amazon. It is an indispensable tool for any researcher in the humanities and social sciences in the future looking to study not only Amazon, but also other capitalist platform systems, as well as the huge array of social, political, economic and cultural issues that they implicate. Amazon is too complex and multi-faceted a platform for any individual researcher to cover. Structuring the book as an edited collection allows the editors to incorporate a broad range of expertise, critical insight, and methodological depth adequate to the task of being the first comprehensive book to critically analyze Amazon as a technology platform.

Tsang, Eric W. K., Explaining Management Phenomena: A Philosophical Treatise. 250 pp. 2022:12 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <696-271>
ISBN 978-1-00-932313-0 hard ¥23,094.- (税込) GB￡ 95.00

One key objective of management research is to explain business phenomena. Yet understanding the nature of explanation is essentially a topic in philosophy. This is the first book that bridges the gap between a technical, philosophical treatment of the topic and the more practical needs of management scholars, as well as others across the social sciences. It explores how management phenomena can be explained from a philosophical perspective, and renders sophisticated philosophical arguments understandable by readers without specialized training. Covering virtually all the major aspects of the nature of explanation, this work will enhance empirical and theoretical research, as well as approaches combining the two. With many examples from management literature and business news, this study helps scholars in those fields to improve their research outcomes.

Chalaby, Jean, Television in the Streaming Era: The Global Shift. (Development Trajectories in Global Value Chains) 244 pp. 2023:2 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <696-188>
ISBN 978-1-00-919931-5 hard ¥19,448.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00
ISBN 978-1-00-919926-1 paper ¥6,560.- (税込) GB￡ 26.99

This ground-breaking study explores transformations in the TV industry under the impact of globalizing forces and digital technologies. Chalaby investigates the making of a digital value chain and the distinct value-adding segments which form the new video ecosystem. He provides a full account of the industry's global shift from the development of TV formats and transnational networks to the emergence of tech giants and streaming platforms. The author takes a deep dive into the infrastructure (communication satellites, subsea cable networks, data centres) and technology (cloud computing, machine learning and artificial intelligence) underpinning this ecosystem through the prism of global value chain theory. The book combines empirical data garnered over 20 years of researching the industry and offers unique insights from television and tech executives.

Abor, Joshua Yindenaba / Karimu, Amin (eds.), Sustainability Management in the Oil and Gas Industry: Emerging and Developing Country Perspectives. (Routledge Studies in the Economics of Business and Industry) 320 pp. 2023:6 (Routledge, UK) <695-512>
ISBN 978-1-03-231461-7 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00

The oil and gas industry is a complex sector with significant reach in terms of providing the energy needs of the global economy and the security, environmental and development consequences thereof. In particular, the sector is extremely important for the economic growth of emerging markets and developing countries. Furthermore, the life span of oil and gas resources is finite, with high health and safety risks and substantial environmental costs that require careful management and sustainability practices to ensure optimal extraction and utilisation of these resources. This book examines the challenges and opportunities in the oil and gas industry, in the context of emerging markets and developing economies.It provides comprehensive coverage of the management and sustainability practices of the sector, the environmental impact and sustainability of resources as well as the businesses that operate in the sector across the entire value chain. It addresses the current discourse on topics such as the Sustainable Development Goals, the Green Economy, the Paris Agreement and Glasgow Climate Pact and concludes with a chapter on the future of the oil and gas industry. The discussions around energy and energy transitions in particular continue to gain momentum and the book provides a wide-reaching and up-to-date overview of the industry. The book introduces readers to the concepts and formal models of analysis in the oil and gas sector and will serve as a useful resource for students, scholars and researchers in operations, marketing, procurement and supply chain management, project management, health and safety management, environmental economics, natural resource economics, development finance, and development studies. Researchers and practitioners working in these areas will also find the book a useful reference material.

Sylla, Philipp, Electronic Procurement of Transportation Services: An Evaluation Concept for Electronic Transportation Marketplaces. (Schriftenreihe der HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management) 310 pp. 2023:3 (Springer Gabler, GW) <695-542>
ISBN 978-3-658-40402-4 paper ¥17,949.- (税込) EUR 84.99

This book deals with the electronic procurement of transportation services. It provides an overview of the fundamentals for the procurement of transportation services, including the relevant objectives, involved parties, and processes. A focus is set on Electronic Transportation Marketplaces (ETMs) which offer main functionalities for the procurement of transportation services on the spot and contract market as well as additional functionalities to improve further processes (e.g., time-slot management). Even though such marketplaces are important from an economic and ecological perspective, previous research provides only little knowledge about the status quo of their use, the determinants of marketplace use and the link between this use and business value. To close these research gaps, Philipp Sylla builds a comprehensive conceptual research framework and conducts an empirical analysis based on a web survey of shippers in Germany. The empirical results build the foundation for the development of an evaluation concept that provides practical support for shippers in the assessment of marketplace use and the evaluation of potential business value impacts.

Incubating Indonesia's Young Entrepreneurs: Recommendations for Improving Development Programs. 46 pp. 2021:12 (Asian Development Bank, PH) <695-409>
ISBN 978-92-9269-171-4 paper ¥4,478.- (税込) US$ 23.00

This publication draws lessons and good practices from entrepreneurship development models and incubation centers designed for the youth in Indonesia.Several ministries in Indonesia are providing entrepreneurship training to the youth in a move to harness the demographic bonus amid persistently high unemployment rates among young people. Incubation centers in the country's three public higher education institutions and an entrepreneurship training model facilitated by a Swiss-Indonesian start-up accelerator program are explored in this publication. Recommendations focus on strengthening similar programs in other universities, such as management and resources, financial sustainability, mentorship and training, business services and facilities, graduation and post-incubation, and documentation and evaluation.

Adam, Patricia A., Agile in ISO 9001: How to Integrate Agile Processes into Your Quality Management System. (Business Guides on the Go) 70 pp. 2023:5 (Springer, GW) <695-646>
ISBN 978-3-031-23587-0 hard ¥8,023.- (税込) EUR 37.99

Do you ask yourself what this ‘agility hype’ is actually about and in what cases agility really creates benefits? Would you like to know how to make processes more agile? Do you fancy the idea of using agile methods but don't know how to explain it to your ISO 9001 auditor? This is the book you’ve been waiting for! Written from a quality management professional’s point of view, it offers useful solutions and practical advice concerning the use of agile practices in ISO 9001-based quality management systems. Agility for organisations is defined and described in a structured way. It is shown in detail how agile practices can be integrated into a QM system while maintaining the ISO 9001 certification. You will find out what needs to be considered when systemically incorporating agile practices, and how to balance the benefits and limitations of agility in organisations. Based on a qualitative, intersectoral research initiative, this book provides unique, state-of-the-art information and valid arguments for focused organisational development. It is intended for professionals such as quality managers, innovation managers, auditors of ISO management standards, organisational developers and managers who lead ISO 9001-certified companies.

Badiru, Adedeji B. / Tourangeau, Melinda L., Leadership Matters: An Industrial Engineering Framework for Developing and Sustaining Industry. (Systems Innovation Book Series) 144 pp. 2023:6 (CRC Pr., US) <695-647>
ISBN 978-1-03-231786-1 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00
ISBN 978-1-03-231780-9 paper ¥12,881.- (税込) GB￡ 52.99

This book presents in-depth case studies, from an industrial engineering perspective, of the rise and fall of selected industries around the world. Discussing what works and what doesn't work, from a systems approach, can help the industry avert problems of shutdowns and takeovers. Leadership Matters: Industrial Engineering Framework for Developing and Sustaining Industry discusses how industries face the birth and death of new manufacturing enterprises. Many of the disastrous outcomes can be prevented if proper industrial engineering tools and techniques are applied throughout daily operations. This book covers how product development, advancement, and international promotion are best accomplished through the practice of industrial engineering techniques. It illustrates how the discipline of Industrial Engineering has a proven track record of aiding the survival of the industry and discusses how new organizations are more vulnerable to the adverse global developments in the global supply chain. Real-world examples of managing products, services, and the results are offered along with a range of management tools. A template for operational excellence is also provided. This practical professional book should be on the reading shelf of all industry practitioners, industrial and manufacturing engineers, business management professionals, consultants, as well as those teaching industrial, mechanical, and business leadership courses.

Ben-Yosef, Aviv, Capitalizing Your Technology to Disrupt and Dominate Your Markets: Transforming Cost Centers to Innovation Centers. 192 pp. 2023:6 (Routledge, UK) <695-648>
ISBN 978-1-03-241517-8 hard ¥21,879.- (税込) GB￡ 90.00
ISBN 978-1-03-241516-1 paper ¥6,317.- (税込) GB￡ 25.99

Every business today has some technology as part of its strategy. Inevitably, it is becoming harder for many CEOs to effectively lead their R&D efforts at the same time that their investment in tech keeps growing. Even startup founders can find themselves flustered when trying to understand whether a particular issue is genuinely impossible, getting the team to provide reliable estimates, and having their top tech leaders speak in plain words as opposed to jargon. This book helps them bridge the culture gap between the C-suite and R&D, cover frequent tech-related decisions and issues, and provide a way to unlock tech as an offensive weapon and a strategic differentiator. To create an environment where technology is not merely an execution mechanism but acts as a fulcrum for strategic opportunities, one must put a particular leadership team in place and equip them with digital literacy. Based on the author's experience and discussions with hundreds of executives worldwide, he short-circuits common failure patterns and enables non-technical senior leaders to act with more certainty and clarity regarding their tech efforts. Startups and tech efforts initiated without enough understanding of the technical aspects often have to be scrapped and started from scratch within 18 months. This can make-or-break certain endeavors, and as the author has helped his clients avoid these problems, the book will help the readers establish a sturdy foundation to work from. The book covers clear guidelines for founders, executives, and senior leaders that are not tech-savvy. These include establishing a tech organization, making the first key hires, assessing the relevance and risk involved in different options, and creating a healthy connection as opposed to a tech silo. On top of that, it will include lessons and case studies that stem from my experience in the "Startup Nation," such as how to inject chutzpah into daily discussions and create an organization with habitual innovation.

Brown Leer, Joe / Eshkoli, Ilan / Goldratt, Eliyahu M., Isn't It Obvious? 232 pp. 2023:6 (Routledge, UK) <695-649>
ISBN 978-1-03-244966-1 hard ¥29,172.- (税込) GB￡ 120.00
ISBN 978-1-03-244516-8 paper ¥5,588.- (税込) GB￡ 22.99

Takes the fundamentals presented in the bestselling and critically acclaimed The Goal and applies them to a retail scenario.Highly engaging storytelling style is used to bring complex theory and its application to life for the author.An original book by the management guru, Eliyahu M. Goldratt, the originator of the Optimized Production Technique, the Theory of Constraints, the Thinking Processes, and Critical Chain Project Management.

Buys, Pieter W. / Oberholzer, Merwe (eds.), Business Research: An Illustrative Guide to Practical Methodological Applications in Selected Case Studies. 428 pp. 2023:4 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <695-650>
ISBN 978-981-19-9478-4 hard ¥17,949.- (税込) EUR 84.99

This book focuses on research methodologies that apply to business research, particularly for researchers and managers embarking thereon to support managerial decision-making in the industry. In doing so, the book's objective is to guide business researchers in identifying, defining, and applying rigorous academic methodologies that will enable them to formulate, design, and execute effective research that answers their specific management problems. Such guidance can empower organizational managers to understand that business research can contribute to practical solutions to actual problems experienced in the industry. In addition, by emphasizing the integrative nature between (1) academic research and (2) experienced industry problems, it becomes possible to foster an awareness of such research's potential impact on organizational performance management, sustainability, and resilience. With that, attention is given to narrowing the gap between theory and practice, which requires that fundamentals of scientific research be adhered to while maintaining the delicate balance between a practice-friendly guide to pragmatically sound and academically rigorous business research.

Comuzzi, Marco / Grefen, Paul / Meroni, Giovanni, Blockchain for Business: IT Principles into Practice. 328 pp. 2023:6 (Routledge, UK) <695-651>
ISBN 978-1-03-234248-1 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00
ISBN 978-1-03-234246-7 paper ¥8,505.- (税込) GB￡ 34.99

This is the book that discusses the up-and-coming blockchain technology in a structured way from the conceptual, technological and business perspectives, thereby providing the integrated insight that is essential for truly understanding blockchain applications and their impact. While most people may know about blockchain from Bitcoin and news about its price in the financial markets, blockchain is a technology that increasingly permeates the way in which modern businesses operate. However, its dynamics and functioning remain obscure for most people. This book gives readers the tools to understand the full extent to which blockchain technology is or can be used in business. First, the book focuses on the functioning of blockchain systems, introducing basic concepts such as transactions, consensus mechanisms and smart contracts, as well as giving a smooth introduction to the basic features of cryptography that underpin blockchain technology, e.g., digital signatures and hashing. Then, the book focuses on specific blockchain platforms (Bitcoin, Ethereum, private blockchain platforms) currently used for the implementation of cryptocurrencies and other blockchain systems. Finally, it introduces a set of tools to understand and analyse the suitability of blockchain technology in different business scenarios from the software architecture, business model, and business operation perspectives. Examples and case studies of blockchain applications currently in production are discussed extensively across the book. This book targets students and educators with an interest in blockchain technology providing a one-stop shop to obtain a deep and complete insight in blockchain technology and its applicability in different business scenarios. The textbook is designed primarily for 3rd and 4th year undergraduate students in industrial engineering, business and management, and information systems. However, it can be adopted also in the computer science majors, since it does not strictly require any specific pre-requisite knowledge. At the graduate level, this book can be used in courses for industrial engineering, information systems and management students. Finally, the book is also of interest to practitioners, like business analysts, process analysts and information system architects, to understand the enabling and transformative potential of blockchain in a given business scenario.

Cosgrove, Emily / Hope, Sara, Conversational Wisdom: Strengthening Human Connection through the Power of Conversation. 210 pp. 2023:6 (Routledge, UK) <695-652>
ISBN 978-1-03-228763-8 hard ¥29,172.- (税込) GB￡ 120.00
ISBN 978-1-03-228761-4 paper ¥7,289.- (税込) GB￡ 29.99

Conversation: the heartbeat of our organisations. Right now, we're at risk of losing the art of doing it well. We need to radically change how we talk to each other, to create workplaces where people feel they belong and can thrive. This book will help you understand how to grow your conversational wisdom to create more inclusive and collaborative environments and to make work more meaningful.Conversations carry the greatest potential to impact culture, performance, brand, and engagement. Yet conversation is an under-rated and under-developed skill. Emily Cosgrove and Sara Hope have spent the last 25 years helping people and organisations strengthen human connection through the power of conversation. Drawing on their experience of working with organisations from global jewellers to charities, professional services to B-Corporations, they share a wealth of tips, tools, stories, and case studies. Written in a style that is easy to understand, they offer advice on how to get the best out of conversations and get underneath some of the challenges we all face.This is essential reading for learning and development experts, people leaders, coaches and mentors, and HR managers.

Das, Subhankar / Gochhait, Saikat (eds.), Digital Entertainment as Next Evolution in Service Sector: Emerging Digital Solutions in Reshaping Different Industries. 255 pp. 2023:3 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <695-653>
ISBN 978-981-19-8120-3 hard ¥31,677.- (税込) EUR 149.99

The book showcases research on digital entertainment solutions in different sectors. In recent years, digital media have evolved to include bandwidth-rich, smart, and connected platforms accessed via computers, tablets, smart phones, social media, and video game consoles. The high connectivity and vast processing capacity of these platforms have allowed for platform-agnostic, streaming, always-on, entertainment-on-demand consumption of digital content in a way distinct from traditional models of entertainment consumption. Moving beyond the unilateral delivery of content, with fixed positions of the entertainers and the entertained, digital entertainment is now dynamically generated by users and providers, blurring the boundary between producers and consumers of entertainment. With the increasing accessibility of multimodal media that surround audiences with sensory-rich information, digital entertainment is becoming more immersive.

Durand, Alain-Philippe / Henseler, Christine (eds.), The Entrepreneurial Humanities: The Crucial Role of the Humanities in Enterprise and the Economy. 288 pp. 2023:6 (Routledge, UK) <695-654>
ISBN 978-1-03-246230-1 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00
ISBN 978-1-03-246226-4 paper ¥8,505.- (税込) GB￡ 34.99

With AI, cryptocurrency, and more in the news, it seems that being an entrepreneur means being in IT, but humanities graduates are launching new businesses every day, turning a profit and having social impact. This book explores how a humanities background can enable entrepreneurs to thrive. Across all levels of education, students are given the message that to change the world - or make money - the arts and humanities are not the subjects to study. At the same time, discussions of innovation and entrepreneurship highlight the importance of essential skills, such as critical thinking, storytelling, cultural awareness, and ethical decision-making. Here's the disconnect: the subjects that help to develop these vital skills are derided at critical points in any aspiring entrepreneur's education. This collection of perspectives from entrepreneurs in a range of fields and humanities educators illustrates what individuals, and the wider world, are missing when humanities are overlooked as a source of inspiration and success in business. Featuring a foreword by Sensemaking author Christian Madsbjerg, this is a thought-provoking guide for aspiring entrepreneurs in all sectors, and for educators, a window on the practical value of the humanities in an ever more mechanized world._