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Nolo's Guide to Single-Member Llcs - How to Form & Run Your Single-Member Limited Liability Company (Paperback, 3rd ed.):... Nolo's Guide to Single-Member Llcs - How to Form & Run Your Single-Member Limited Liability Company (Paperback, 3rd ed.)
David M Steingold
R560 R460 Discovery Miles 4 600 Save R100 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Prediction Machines - The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence, Updated and Expanded (Hardcover, Revised edition): Ajay... Prediction Machines - The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence, Updated and Expanded (Hardcover, Revised edition)
Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, Avi Goldfarb
R584 Discovery Miles 5 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Named one of "The five best books to understand AI" by The Economist The impact AI will have is profound, but the economic framework for understanding it is surprisingly simple. Artificial intelligence seems to do the impossible, magically bringing machines to life-driving cars, trading stocks, and teaching children. But facing the sea change that AI brings can be paralyzing. How should companies set strategies, governments design policies, and people plan their lives for a world so different from what we know? In the face of such uncertainty, many either cower in fear or predict an impossibly sunny future. But in Prediction Machines, three eminent economists recast the rise of AI as a drop in the cost of prediction. With this masterful stroke, they lift the curtain on the AI-is-magic hype and provide economic clarity about the AI revolution as well as a basis for action by executives, policy makers, investors, and entrepreneurs. In this new, updated edition, the authors illustrate how, when AI is framed as cheap prediction, its extraordinary potential becomes clear: Prediction is at the heart of making decisions amid uncertainty. Our businesses and personal lives are riddled with such decisions. Prediction tools increase productivity-operating machines, handling documents, communicating with customers. Uncertainty constrains strategy. Better prediction creates opportunities for new business strategies to compete. The authors reset the context, describing the striking impact the book has had and how its argument and its implications are playing out in the real world. And in new material, they explain how prediction fits into decision-making processes and how foundational technologies such as quantum computing will impact business choices. Penetrating, insightful, and practical, Prediction Machines will help you navigate the changes on the horizon.

Fast Growing Firms in a Slow Growth Economy - Institutional Conditions for Innovation (Hardcover): Francesca Visintin, Daniel... Fast Growing Firms in a Slow Growth Economy - Institutional Conditions for Innovation (Hardcover)
Francesca Visintin, Daniel Pittino
R3,805 Discovery Miles 38 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Europe needs more innovative companies that grow quickly and end up big. This book examines SME growth, innovation and success, to suggest that fast growing firms could offer a major contribution to the recovery of a European economy. The contributors examine 11 case studies from Italian firms, breaking the book up into three parts: context, actors and strategy. The topics discussed include entrepreneurship and technological clusters, innovative start-ups and growth factors, and family firms as the incubators of new ventures. Students and scholars of entrepreneurship and other related disciplines will find this book to be of interest. It will also be of use to practitioners in the field, working with and alongside SMEs. Contributors include: S. Albertini, G. Antonelli, B. Balboni, A. Berni, S. Bonesso, G. Bortoluzzi, M. Brumana, D. Campagnolo, L. Cassia, A. Comacchio, S. Consiglio, F. Crisci, C.E. De Marco, C. Dossena, V. Finotto, A. Francesconi, D. Gamba, D. Giacomini, M. Gianecchini, P. Gubitta, M.P. Iacono, F. Izzo, G. Lauto, G. Magnani, M. Martine, B. Masiello, P.A.M. Mazzurana, T. Minola, C. Muzzi, A. Onetti, A. Piccaluga, A. Pisoni, D. Pittino, P. Pressiani, T. Pucci, M. Talaia, A. Tognazzo, A. Tracogna, F. Visintin, L. Zanni, A. Zucchella

The Rise of the Hybrid Domain - Collaborative Governance for Social Innovation (Hardcover): Yuko Aoyama, Balaji Parthasarathy The Rise of the Hybrid Domain - Collaborative Governance for Social Innovation (Hardcover)
Yuko Aoyama, Balaji Parthasarathy
R2,967 Discovery Miles 29 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

By conceptualizing the rise of the hybrid domain as an emerging institutional form that overlaps public and private interests, this book explores how corporations, states, and civil society organizations develop common agendas, despite the differences in their primary objectives. Using evidence from India, it examines various cases of social innovation in education, energy, health, and finance, which offer solutions for some of the most pressing social challenges of the twenty-first century. Yuko Aoyama and Balaji Parthasarathy position social innovation at the intersection of changing state-market relations, institutional design, and technological innovation. By demonstrating how corporations, social entrepreneurs, and social finance increasingly cross borders to devise local solutions with global technologies, this book illustrates how collaborative governance can serve as a useful alternative to blend economic and social objectives by overriding organizational boundaries which were previously considered ideologically incompatible and, therefore, unbridgeable. Engaging with the question of collective capacity building, this book will be of interest to a broad and multi-disciplinary audience, from those studying innovation, science and technology policy, and entrepreneurship, to those working in international governance and development.

The Carbon Almanac - It's Not Too Late (Paperback): Seth Godin The Carbon Almanac - It's Not Too Late (Paperback)
Seth Godin; The Carbon Almanac Network; Foreword by Seth Godin
R350 R280 Discovery Miles 2 800 Save R70 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

When it comes to the climate, we don’t need more marketing or anxiety. We need established facts and a plan for collective action.

The climate is the fundamental issue of our time, and now we face a critical decision. Whether to be optimistic or fatalistic, whether to profess skepticism or to take action. Yet it seems we can barely agree on what is really going on, let alone what needs to be done. We urgently need facts, not opinions. Insights, not statistics. And a shift from thinking about climate change as a “me” problem to a “we” problem.

The Carbon Almanac is a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between hundreds of writers, researchers, thinkers, and illustrators that focuses on what we know, what has come before, and what might happen next. Drawing on over 1,000 data points, the book uses cartoons, quotes, illustrations, tables, histories, and articles to lay out carbon’s impact on our food system, ocean acidity, agriculture, energy, biodiversity, extreme weather events, the economy, human health, and best and worst-case scenarios. Visually engaging and built to share, The Carbon Almanac is the definitive source for facts and the basis for a global movement to fight climate change.

This isn’t what the oil companies, marketers, activists, or politicians want you to believe. This is what’s really happening, right now. Our planet is in trouble, and no one concerned group, corporation, country, or hemisphere can address this on its own. Self-interest only increases the problem. We are in this together. And it’s not too late for concerted, collective action for change.

Second Stage Entrepreneurship - Ten Proven Strategies for Driving Aggressive Growth (Hardcover): Daniel J Weinfurter Second Stage Entrepreneurship - Ten Proven Strategies for Driving Aggressive Growth (Hardcover)
Daniel J Weinfurter
R1,484 R1,157 Discovery Miles 11 570 Save R327 (22%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Daniel Weinfurter, a successful serial entrepreneur who has started two businesses of his own and played major roles in several others, takes the reader through the most complex and challenging phase of the entrepreneurial journey. By covering topics from leadership to business strategy to smart hiring, he explains how to transform a successful start-up into an enterprise that can succeed past its early days into a much larger, sustainable business.


This book analyzes how notable companies have employed one or more of these strategies to become the successful businesses they are today. Each of these companies has unique attributes, but they share fundamental principles that apply to any business. Creativity, the right staff, unique corporate culture, proactive management practices, smart governance, strong leadership and new capitalization--all these tools are needed to steer businesses toward future growth and continued prosperity.

Ideaflow - Why Creative Businesses Win (Paperback): Jeremy Utley, Perry Klebahn Ideaflow - Why Creative Businesses Win (Paperback)
Jeremy Utley, Perry Klebahn; Foreword by David Kelley
R350 R280 Discovery Miles 2 800 Save R70 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

'A game-changer' | 'A must-read' | 'Simple yet powerful' The single best way to have a great idea is to produce lots of ideas. The number of new ideas your organization can produce is a metric for its ability to generate novel solutions to any given problem. Your ideaflow is the most crucial business metric that you've never considered. Every business problem is, finally, an idea problem. How well you can solve those problems is how well you and your business can perform, navigate uncertainty, and develop innovations. Drawing from their decades of teaching Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and Fortune 500 executives at the world famous Stanford d.school and leading innovative companies like Patagonia, Klebahn and Utley offer a battle-tested framework to exponentially boost your ideaflow. You'll learn how to: -- Establish a brief daily creativity practice -- Develop thousands of great ideas on demand -- Run cheap, fast tests to determine which ideas will work -- Persuade your team and organization on the importance of centering ideaflow Are you ready to supercharge your organization's creativity?

Research Handbook on Gender and Innovation (Hardcover): Gry A. Alsos, Ulla Hytti, Elisabet Ljunggren Research Handbook on Gender and Innovation (Hardcover)
Gry A. Alsos, Ulla Hytti, Elisabet Ljunggren
R4,443 Discovery Miles 44 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Innovation is seen as one of the main engines of economic growth. It is generally assumed to be gender neutral when, in fact, the gendered construction of innovation has been traditionally masculine. This Handbook explores the nexus between innovation and gender by providing a wide range of studies from different analytical and methodological perspectives and from various regional and industry contexts and draws implications for a gender-inclusive innovation policy. The multi-disciplinary group of contributors discuss topics such as gender and innovation in new and small businesses, and growth businesses; addressing innovation in different organizational contexts ranging from public sector health care to mining and forestry; researching gender in innovation policy and in design and materiality. This Handbook will be useful to researchers looking to understand parallels between research on gender and innovation on one hand, and research on gender and entrepreneurship or management on the other. It will also be invaluable to students looking for an overview of research in both areas. Contributors include: R. Aidis, G.A. Alsos, N. Amble, E. Andersson, L. Andersson, P. Axelsen, K.-E. Berglund, T. Bijedic, E. Boerjesson, S. Brink, K. Ehrnberger, K. Ettl, E. Fernandes, L. Foss, C. Henry, U. Hytti, S. Ilstedt, A. Isaksson, M. Johansson, A. Kovalainen, S. Kriwoluzky, T. Kvidal-Rovik, R. Leite, M. Lindberg, B. Ljunggren, E. Ljunggren, S. Martins, S. Poutanen, S.R. Sardeshmukh, R.M. Smith, L.K. Snerthammer, M. Tillmar, F. Welter

International Perspectives on Business Innovation and Disruption in Design (Hardcover): Robert DeFillippi, Alison Rieple,... International Perspectives on Business Innovation and Disruption in Design (Hardcover)
Robert DeFillippi, Alison Rieple, Patrik Wikstroem
R3,472 Discovery Miles 34 720 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Design is increasingly recognized as an important source of competitive advantage and an important element in innovation and new product development. In this third volume of the International Perspectives on Business Innovation and Disruption book series, editors Robert DeFillippi, Alison Rieple and Patrik Wikstrom focus on the role of design innovation in transforming industry practice. With an international cast of scholars and practitioners, this book examines how design innovation impacts the creation of new business models, innovative forms of service delivery, multinational innovation practices, the role of aesthetics and psycho spatial dynamics in fostering innovation and the types of design capabilities found in the most innovative businesses worldwide. Split into five unique sections, many chapters focus upon design thinking and conceptualize design as a user-centered, empathic and participative practice that allows diverse stakeholders to creatively contribute to business innovation. This instructive and insightful volume will be an essential resource for practitioners and managers across all organization types, both in the public and private sector, who wish to transform the ways they do business, as well as for design, management and social science students and scholars. Contributors include: M. Aftab, L. Andrawes, H. Berthold, S. Chillas, H.-P. Daae, T. Fife, A. Garrett, J. Gloppen, J. Jenkins, K. Leigh, B. Lindquister, L.H. Malinin, J. Matthews, A. McMurray, A. Moorthy, M. Mortati, E. Nusem, M. Pironti, P. Pisano, A. Rieple, N. Russell, M. Soila-Wadman, K. Straker, L. Svengren Holm, B. Townley, B. Villari, A. Williams, C. Wrigley, L. Wynn, R. Young

Do Open - How A Simple Email Newsletter Can Transform Your Business (Paperback): David Hieatt Do Open - How A Simple Email Newsletter Can Transform Your Business (Paperback)
David Hieatt 1
R277 R227 Discovery Miles 2 270 Save R50 (18%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How do you grow your business when you don't have a marketing budget? How do you stand out in a busy world? And what if the answer is right in front of you? For me, the newsletter is the most important tool I have in building a global denim brand. Second only to the sewing machine. So writes entrepreneur David Hieatt who has based his entire marketing strategy around a simple email newsletter. And it's worked. The company has grown into a creative global jeans business with a fiercely loyal community. Now, David shares his insight, strategy and methodology so you can do the same. In Do Open you will discover: Why giving is your secret to success How to get people's attention when time is your biggest competitor Why creating beats sharing How a small team can win. Build community. Build your brand. Build long-term growth. Discover why the humble newsletter is pure and utter gold.

Advanced Introduction to Marketing Strategy (Paperback): George Day Advanced Introduction to Marketing Strategy (Paperback)
George Day
R597 Discovery Miles 5 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. This visionary book presents a systematic, next-generation approach to marketing strategy, demonstrating how success is gained and sustained via continuous innovation to create new value for customers. George S. Day develops the outside-in approach to formulating strategy, while providing compelling insights into key market stakeholders to illustrate how to sustain customer value leadership in the face of mounting market turbulence. Key features: Provision of customer, consumer, and competitor perspectives to help innovate new customer value and grow faster than the market Advances in the outside-in approach to marketing strategy formulation, applying developments from supportive organizational cultures, dynamic capabilities, market orientation, and design thinking Deep insights into the evolution and progress of marketing over the past 50 years, to help marketers better anticipate and prepare for new organizational realities, emerging digital technologies, and proliferating market uncertainties The forward-looking marketing approaches explored in this Advanced Introduction ensure that the book will be an essential resource for students in MBA, EMBA, and Executive Education programs. Its innovative perspectives on strategy formulation and implementation will also benefit academics and practitioners in the fields of marketing, management, strategy development, and innovation.

Ready, Fire, Aim - Zero to GBP100 Million in No Time Flat (Paperback): M Masterson Ready, Fire, Aim - Zero to GBP100 Million in No Time Flat (Paperback)
M Masterson
R1,008 R730 Discovery Miles 7 300 Save R278 (28%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Whether you're thinking about starting a new business or growing an existing one, Ready, Fire, Aim has what you need to succeed in your entrepreneurial endeavors. In it, self-made multimillionaire and bestselling author Masterson shares the knowledge he has gained from creating and expanding numerous businesses and outlines a focused strategy for guiding a small business through the four stages of entrepreneurial growth. Along the way, Masterson teaches you the different skills needed in order to excel in this dynamic environment.

One Mission - How Leaders Build A Team Of Teams (Paperback): Chris Fussell, Charles Goodyear One Mission - How Leaders Build A Team Of Teams (Paperback)
Chris Fussell, Charles Goodyear 1
R280 R219 Discovery Miles 2 190 Save R61 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

In One Mission, former Navy SEAL Chris Fussell draws on his extensive experience of high-pressure team work to show how organizations can apply lessons from the field to successfully transform their way of doing business – becoming flatter, quicker, and much more collaborative across departments and divisions.

Whilst sharing his own military experience, Fussell explores examples of transition in companies ranging from industry titans like Intuit and Under Armour to small businesses, which have all adopted the ‘Team of Teams’ model in order to unite everyone around single compelling mission. The result is a ‘shared consciousness’ that drives consistently better results with less friction and inter-group rivalry.

One Mission is a practical handbook for any leader looking to evolve their workforce into a highly mobile and effective unit and inspire their teams to look beyond their narrow field of vision to understand – and effectively contribute to – the organization’s one true mission.

The steps of transition include:

· Achieving strategic alignment: communicating organizational priorities down the chain of command.

· Determining operating rhythm: organizing regular company catch up and feedback sessions.

· Setting up communication and decision-making processes: developing a hybrid decision-making structure to empower and inspire every person on the team.

· Shifting leadership behaviour: ensuring successful transition with radical humility by starting with the leader and continuing down the chain of command.

The Business Model Navigator - The Strategies Behind The Most Successful Companies (Paperback, 2nd Edition): Oliver Gassmann,... The Business Model Navigator - The Strategies Behind The Most Successful Companies (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
Oliver Gassmann, Karolin Frankenberger, Michaela Choudury, Michaela Csik 1
R748 Discovery Miles 7 480 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A strong business model is the bedrock to business success. But all too often we fail to adapt, clinging to outdated business models that are no longer promising the results we need. This new edition builds on the well-known methodology of the first edition to allow you to innovate, test and implement new business models within your industry. Discover the idea of business model innovation, from structuring the process of innovation of a company's business model to encouraging outside-the-box thinking. With expert authors, The Business Model Navigator combines learning research with evidence of high practical impact, allowing you to master the transformation journey and lead your business to success.

Innovating for Trust (Hardcover): Marika Luders, Tor W. Andreassen, Simon Clatworthy, Tore Hillestad Innovating for Trust (Hardcover)
Marika Luders, Tor W. Andreassen, Simon Clatworthy, Tore Hillestad
R4,199 Discovery Miles 41 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Innovation is a high-risk endeavor and success is dependent upon a firm's understanding of customer needs. A company's initial resistance to adopting innovation is mitigated with a solid foundation of customer trust in the firm. This book uniquely combines the work of scholars and practitioners to examine how trust and customer-centricity impacts every phase of the innovation journey. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, the contributions in this collection consider different aspects of innovating for trust. Beginning with the notion of trust itself, authors examine the importance of trust in futures thinking, business model innovation, service design, co-creation, the innovative organization and self-service technologies. The book also contains a valuable collection of case studies based upon innovation with major service providers, which supports the final emphasis on the importance of trust in commercializing innovations. Practical and engaging, Innovating for Trust will appeal to enlightened business managers aiming to build and maintain customer trust, as well as students and researchers of innovation, trust and strategy. Contributors include: T.W. Andreassen, K. Bentsen, J. Blomkvist, D. Chasanidou, S. Clatworthy, M. Filho, A. Fjuk, A. Folstad, J. Gloppen, D. Groenquist, R. Halvorsrud, W. Haukedal, T. Hillestad, M.T. Hossain, S. Jorgensen, A. Karahasanovic, T. Kobbeltvedt, P. Kristensson, S. Kurtmollaiev, K. Kvale, L. Lervik-Olsen, M. Luders, H. Nysveen, P.E. Pedersen, T. Saebi, S.E.R. Skard, B.A. Solem, C. Tepfers, H. Thorbjornsen, L.J. Tynes Pedersen, B. Yttri

Why Leaders Fail And What It Teaches Us About Leadership (Paperback): Willem Fourie Why Leaders Fail And What It Teaches Us About Leadership (Paperback)
Willem Fourie
R395 R373 Discovery Miles 3 730 Save R22 (6%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

In Why Leaders Fail and What it Teaches Us About Leadership Willem Fourie helps us make sense of leaders’ failures and why our expectation of leadership infallibility is misguided

Whereas some leadership failures can be rectified, others lead to the failure of teams, organisations or institutions. Using cutting-edge research and reflective practices, Fourie explores leaders’ failure at these personal, interpersonal, group, organisational levels and beyond.

He explores five factors that cause leaders to fail:

    Ignorance of personal weaknesses Overconfidence in their influence over others Destructive bias Bad fit in their organisation Misjudged risk

The author shows that our heroic bias – the expectation that leaders should be exceptional, charismatic individuals with a higher level of agency than other people – in many contexts increases the chances of leaders failing. The book offers readers with the tools to understand and respond to leader failure, distilled into seven lessons for post-heroic leaders.

This is an ideal book for students and researchers in leadership, leadership development and management as well as professionals seeking to enhance their leadership skills.

The Cooperative Economy - A Solution to Societal Grand Challenges (Paperback): Dovev Lavie The Cooperative Economy - A Solution to Societal Grand Challenges (Paperback)
Dovev Lavie
R1,245 Discovery Miles 12 450 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Societal grand challenges have taken a toll on humanity, which finds itself at a crossroads. The concentration of wealth and economic inequality, the dominance of Big Tech firms, the loss of privacy and free choice, and the overconsumption and abuse of natural resources have been reinforced by globalization. Regulation, legislation, international treaties, and government and corporate policies have fallen short of offering sufficient remedies. This book identifies the root cause of these problems and offers a bold solution: a new economic system, free from the design flaws that have contributed to these societal grand challenges. The proposed cooperative economy is an ethical community-driven exchange system that relies on collective action to promote societal values while accounting for resource constraints. Unlike the modern economic system that is predominantly driven by opportunistic behavior, the cooperative economy moves away from a materialistic orientation and follows a more balanced perspective that leverages prosocial behavior. The book explains how this new system adopts design principles that promote self-sufficiency of communities, sustainability and entrepreneurship while limiting overconsumption and excessive profit-making. It enhances economic equality by leveraging price subsidization and by restricting salary differences. The book describes how the system serves the interests of consumers, vendors, and employees while preventing the accumulation of power by the platform owner who operates this system. This book is invaluable reading for policymakers who have been searching for solutions to some of the grand challenges that our society faces, and to managers who have sought alternative ways to cope with platform ecosystems, resource shortages, and supply chain disruptions. It revisits long-held assumptions, offering a treatise and food for thought, as well as a plan for concrete action. The book is also highly relevant to scholars and students in the study of economics, strategy, innovation, and public policy and to all readers who are concerned about the future of our planet and society.

The Intuitive Customer - 7 Imperatives For Moving Your Customer Experience to the Next Level (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Colin... The Intuitive Customer - 7 Imperatives For Moving Your Customer Experience to the Next Level (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Colin Shaw, Ryan Hamilton
R1,907 Discovery Miles 19 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Building on the work of Daniel Kahneman (Thinking Fast and Slow), Dan Ariely (Predictably Irrational), Shaw and Hamilton provide a new understanding of how people behave, explain what it means for organizations who really want to understand their customers, and show you what to do to create exceptional customer experiences.

Digital Pricing Strategy - Capturing Value from Digital Innovations (Paperback): Stephan M. Liozu, Andreas Hinterhuber Digital Pricing Strategy - Capturing Value from Digital Innovations (Paperback)
Stephan M. Liozu, Andreas Hinterhuber
R1,250 Discovery Miles 12 500 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Digital Pricing Strategy provides a best practice overview of how companies design, analyse and execute digital pricing strategies. Bringing together insights from academic and professional experts globally, the text covers essential areas of the value and pricing of data, platform pricing, pricing of subscriptions and monetization of the global environment. Case studies, examples and interviews from leading organizations, including Zuora, Honeywell, Relayr, Alcatel Lucent, ABB, Thales and General Electric, illustrate key concepts in practice. To aid student learning, chapter objectives, summaries and key questions feature in every chapter, alongside PowerPoint slides and a test bank available online for lecturers. Comprehensive and applied in its approach, this text provides postgraduate, MBA and Executive Education students with an understanding of the capabilities, processes and tools that enable executives to effectively implement digital transformations and capture value from digital innovations.

International Management - A Stakeholder Approach (Paperback): Peter Stanwick, Sarah Stanwick International Management - A Stakeholder Approach (Paperback)
Peter Stanwick, Sarah Stanwick
R1,650 Discovery Miles 16 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This innovative textbook applies a practical and engaging approach to the rapidly evolving field of international management. Students will learn the many complexities that managers must address when making decisions in the global marketplace. Covering a range of leadership challenges, including environmental change, social responsibility, global strategies, communication organizational change and human resources. International Management identifies the responsibilities and obligations of managers in the age of globalization. Key features include: Critical chapters on global corporate governance, corporate compliance and global environmental issues, which invite students to consider some of the ways in which global businesses affect the world around us Thirteen global case studies exploring the mechanisms of some of the world's leading business performers, including Patek Philippe, Nestle, Adidas, Bombardier and the BBC, giving students the opportunity to further their understanding by identifying theory in practice Comprehensive opening vignettes framing each case study to facilitate classroom discussion. This is an ideal core textbook for use in undergraduate international management courses as well as an introductory text at postgraduate level. It also offers supplementary reading for strategic management or general management classes.

Business Models for Sustainability (Paperback): Peter E. Wells Business Models for Sustainability (Paperback)
Peter E. Wells
R815 Discovery Miles 8 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

With increasing awareness that innovative technology alone is insufficient to make sustainable lifestyles a reality, this book brings into sharp focus the need to create radical new business models. This insightful book provides a theoretically grounded but also realistic account of how the design of business models can be a critical component in the overall transition to sustainability, and one that transcends the usual focus on innovative technology.Weaving together key principles and components for business sustainability, the book highlights five very different pathways to the future for sectors ranging from microbreweries and printing through to clothing, mobility and plastics. Business has only just started the first few tentative steps towards a very different approach to creating and sustaining value, but this book concludes that enormous opportunities will emerge alongside new ways of creating and capturing value. Academics and postgraduate students in the fields of sustainable business, business organizations and industrial ecology will find this book brings a greater understanding of business strategy and structure to the discipline. While traditionally referenced and structured, this academic book is accessibly written with key principles that may also appeal to the consultant community. Contents: Preface 1. Business Models and Sustainability 2. Business Models: A Broad Perspective 3. Examples of Business Model Innovation in General Practice 4. The Principles and Components of Business Models for Sustainability 5. Case Study Sectors for Business Models for Sustainability 6. Conclusions References Index

Advanced Introduction to Scenario Planning (Hardcover): Paul J.H. Schoemaker Advanced Introduction to Scenario Planning (Hardcover)
Paul J.H. Schoemaker
R2,691 Discovery Miles 26 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. Providing a panoramic overview of the evolving world of scenario planning, this Advanced Introduction uses topical case studies to analyze the developing methodologies of scenario planning. Written by Paul J.H. Schoemaker, a leading authority on the topic, this book synthesizes rigorous theory and practical experiences including best practises, normative views, and future challenges or opportunities for scenario planning. Key Features: Explains why future uncertainties require more than traditional risk analysis when ambiguous unknowns or Black Swans are involved Illustrates scenario planning through an in-depth case analysis of the biosciences which, in the wake of global pandemics, are gaining in societal import Examines how historical thinking and historiography can enrich scenarios by revisiting future projections made for South Africa post-apartheid Shows why scenario planning fosters critical and creative thinking by overcoming myopic framing, overconfidence and other biases in organizations Examines methodological and statistical techniques in scenario planning, including model building and simulations, and their connections to strategy formulation Interdisciplinary in its approach, this Advanced Introduction will prove invaluable to students and scholars of public policy, business management, and organizational studies. Its tools and practical advice will also be a vital resource to practitioners and policy leaders involved in leading or implementing scenario planning in their organizations.

Innovation in China - The Chinese Software Industry (Paperback): Shang-Ling Jui Innovation in China - The Chinese Software Industry (Paperback)
Shang-Ling Jui
R1,063 R968 Discovery Miles 9 680 Save R95 (9%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A key question for China, which has for some time been a leading global manufacturing base, is whether China can progress from being a traditional centre of manufacturing to becoming a centre for innovation. In this book, Shang-Ling Jui focuses on China's software industry and examines the complete innovation value chain of software in its key phases of innovation, standards definition, development and marketing. He argues that, except for software development, these key phases are of high added-value and that without adopting the concept of independent innovation as a guiding ideology, China's software enterprises - like India's - would have an uncertain future. In other words, the lack of core competence in the development of China's software industry might restrain the industry from taking the leading position and drive it towards becoming no more than the software workshop of multinationals over the long term. Shang-Ling Jui contends that China's software industry should and can possess its own complete innovation value chain. Having worked in China's software industry for many years, the author provides an inside-out perspective - identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the industry and defining the challenges in China's transition from "Made in China" to "Innovated in China."

Financial Management and Accounting in the Public Sector (Paperback, 3rd edition): Gary Bandy Financial Management and Accounting in the Public Sector (Paperback, 3rd edition)
Gary Bandy
R1,073 Discovery Miles 10 730 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Accessibly covers public financial management and accounting for non-specialists Covers latest developments in post-crisis public sector management Addition of material on developing countries and more global content Includes discussion questions and a wealth of case studies for seminar use Practice-focused and ideal for public sector managers in higher and further education

Rhetoric and the Politics of Workplace Innovation - Struggling with Empowerment and Modernization (Paperback): Martin Beirne Rhetoric and the Politics of Workplace Innovation - Struggling with Empowerment and Modernization (Paperback)
Martin Beirne
R995 Discovery Miles 9 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides a critical insight into the ongoing debates and controversies that surround employee empowerment and workplace innovation. It highlights competing interests and conflicting values, and illuminates some basic tensions between confident rhetoric and everyday realities. Martin Beirne's contribution marks a contrast with established academic investigations in this area. It combines sober analysis with advocacy to claim space for a research-based activism among coalitions of critical researchers and like-minded practitioners that can anticipate and promote genuinely enriching and empowering ways of managing and organizing work. Advanced students of management and organization will discover an invaluable, thought-provoking resource. It offers fresh insights, stimulating arguments and applied knowledge that will also appeal to managers with responsibility for work and employee relations, and to educators and researchers in the areas of critical management studies, work and employment. Contents: Foreword Foreword to Empowerment and Innovation 1. Perspectives on Empowerment and Progressive Change at Work Part I: Contemporary Developments 2. Progressive Teamworking: Disputes, Promise and Practicalities 3. Technology and User Empowerment 4. Financial Participation 5. Gender and Empowerment 6. Culture, Management and Innovation Part II: Enabling, Enacting and Regulating 7. Sustaining a Voluntary Commitment 8. Public Policy and Regulatory Initiatives References Index

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