Ownership and organization of enterprises

Offshore outsourcing- the movement of jobs to lower-wage countries- is one of the defining features of globalization.

Creativity is at the vanguard of contemporary capitalism, valorised as a form of capital in its own right.

Creativity is at the vanguard of contemporary capitalism, valorised as a form of capital in its own right.

Although research on business model innovation is flourishing internationally, many important questions on the 'how', 'what', and 'when' of this process remain largely unanswered, particularly in regard to the role of top management.

Although research on business model innovation is flourishing internationally, many important questions on the 'how', 'what', and 'when' of this process remain largely unanswered, particularly in regard to the role of top management.

In an era of digital transformation, disruptive innovation, transient competitive advantage, and industry convergence, mergers and acquisitions have become more complex than ever.

In an era of digital transformation, disruptive innovation, transient competitive advantage, and industry convergence, mergers and acquisitions have become more complex than ever.

A dramatic change of ownership, regulation, and organisation of essential public services, such as electricity, gas, and telecommunications, has taken place in Europe in less than 20 years.

The end of bureaucracy has been anticipated many times throughout the history of management science, as well as in modern social and political theory.

Reinsurance is a financial market that trades in the risk of unpredictable and devastating disasters - such as Hurricane Katrina, the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, and the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre.

Life After Privatization offers a refreshing and original theoretical conceptualization of what happened to stateowned enterprises after they were privatized from the late 1970s onwards.

With its inception at the end of the nineteenth century as a means of consolidation and reorganization, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have since become quasi-institutionalized as one of the primary strategic options for organizations, as they seek to secure their position in an ever more competitive and globalizing market place.

With its inception at the end of the nineteenth century as a means of consolidation and reorganization, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have since become quasi-institutionalized as one of the primary strategic options for organizations, as they seek to secure their position in an ever more competitive and globalizing market place.

The last ten years have been a period of extraordinary change for law firms.

Corporate governance has become a major issue in business over the last decade.

There is a profound linkage between the quality of a university and its financial resources.

Firms in the clothing industry engage in global sourcing and operate in global markets.

It has long been an interest of researchers in economics, sociology, organization studies, and economic geography to understand how firms innovate.

The end of bureaucracy has been anticipated many times throughout the history of management science, as well as in modern social and political theory.

Each chapter of this book takes as its starting point a myth, a legend, a story or a fable, and explores its contemporary relevance for a world of globalization, organizations and, consumerism.

How much power does business exercise in Britain and the United States?

Today's firms are increasingly embedded in networks of alliances and other ties that influence their behavior and performance.

The last ten years have been a period of extraordinary change for law firms.

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The 'Resource-Based View of the Firm' has emerged over the last fifteen years as one of the dominant perspectives used in strategic management.

In this book Haridimos Tsoukas, one of the most imaginative organization theorists of our time, examines the nature of knowledge in organizations, and how individuals and scholars approach the concept of knowledge.

Some of the key questions in employment relations, comparative business, and globalization revolve around the extent to which businesses embody a national business system, and what happens when these employment models are exported to other national settings.

Understanding Industrial and Corporate Change contains pioneering work on technological, organizational, and institutional change from leading theorists and practitioners such as Joseph Stiglitz, Oliver Williamson, Masahiko Aoki, Alfred D.

Since the mid-1990s risk management has undergone a dramatic expansion in its reach and significance, being transformed from an aspect of management control to become a benchmark of good governance for banks, hospitals, schools, charities and many other organizations.

This book explores current thinking on corporate governance by way of a detailed study of the governance practices of fourteen Japanese companies.

Japanese manufacturing firms established in Britain have often been portrayed as carriers of Japanese corporate best practice for work and employment.

There is a profound linkage between the quality of a university and its financial resources.

Nils Brunsson is one of the leading European organization theorists who has written and researched decision-making in organizations.

Twenty-first century capitalism has been marked by an increasing international economic independence, and considerable differences between dominant economic systems of coordination and control.

Our economies face constant challenges from many different directions.

This book addresses two important areas of concern for managers and management researchers.

Business Strategy is becoming increasingly 'pluralist', drawing on the insights of different disciplines, and business practice in different parts of the world.

'Critical Management Studies', or 'CMS', describes a diverse group of work that has adopted a critical or questioning approach to the traditional concerns of Management Studies, and the growing interest in CMS has produced a vibrant and exciting body of research.

The Supply Chain concept is one of the most important ideas to emerge in management research and practice in the last twenty five years.

The book addresses the concept of knowledge in a work and organizational context, professional or knowledge work, and knowledge-intensive firms.

Firms are at the very heart of modern day life.

Recent years have seen a lively debate over the role of tacit knowledge and interactive learning in privileging the local over the global.

As a consequence of aggressive competition, Chinese industries have become increasingly consolidated.

In this much anticipated sequel to the legal bestseller, The Future of Law, Susskind lays down a challenge to all lawyers to ask themselves, with their hands on their hearts, what elements of their current workload could be undertaken differently - more quickly, cheaply, efficiently, or to a higher quality - using alternative methods of working.

Organizations turn to multistakeholder partnerships (MSPs) to meet challenges that they cannot handle alone.

De-industrialization, accelerated by the financial crisis, is a long term process.

The business of reinsurance developed at the fringe of financial services and, for most of its existence, went largely unnoticed outside the expert community.

Offshore outsourcing- the movement of jobs to lower-wage countries- is one of the defining features of globalization.

In this book Haridimos Tsoukas, one of the most imaginative organization theorists of our time, examines the nature of knowledge in organizations, and how individuals and scholars approach the concept of knowledge.

The legal services marketplace has become ever more competitive.