Solar energy is a substantial global industry, one that has generated trade disputes among superpowers, threatened the solvency of large energy companies, and prompted serious reconsideration of electric utility regulation rooted in the 1930s.
Die Autoren Thomas Kühn und Kay-Volker Koschel geben in diesem Buch eine praxisnahe Einführung in Grundgedanken und Methoden der qualitativen Markt- und Konsumforschung.
Work-Life Advantage analyses how employer-provision of family-friendly working arrangements - designed to help workers better reconcile work, home and family - can also enhance firms capacities for learning and innovation, in pursuit of long-term competitive advantage and socially inclusive growth.
This editedcollection takes a multi-disciplinary approach to the Active Ageing agenda toenable readers to consider the implications of this phenomenon for the law, theworkplace, and for working lives from a holistic perspective.
The dramatic results of the 2014 European Parliament elections have highlighted the European Union's urgent need for a review of the scope and purpose of its social objectives and for a reordering of European priorities.
Considering language a relevant strategic instrument that entrepreneurs and managers can use to seek external resources, this book investigates and discusses whether and under which conditions language strategies can facilitate entrepreneurs' social support and legitimation as well as access to external resources.
This book, first published in 1992, sets out the belief that the placement element of courses should be designed from the start as a genuine educational experience.
In 21st Century Airlines: Connecting the Dots, Nawal Taneja addresses the challenges and opportunities facing the airline industry as it tries to innovate and create products and services that are radically different by 'connecting the dots' at four key levels: recognizing the implications of global events, improving cross-functional collaboration within the organization, working more closely with the travel chain, and providing much higher engagements with connectors within the social networks.
The literature on gender and professions shows that professional careers continue to be impacted by gender - albeit with important differences among professions and countries.
Many regard the ways in which paid work can be combined or balanced with other parts of life as an individual concern and a small, rather self-indulgent problem in today s world.
This book extends our understanding of how different cross- functional business and management disciplines, such as innovation and entrepreneurship, strategic management, marketing and HRM, individually and collectively underpin innovation in business management.
Many of the issues on which meaningful research is founded are seldom discussed; for example, the role of everyday experience, diversity and coherence of meaning in the world, the meaningfulness and wider mandate of research, the very nature and validity of theoretical thought, and the deep presuppositions of philosophy and how they undermine the success of research.
Disruptive Business is a provocative and insightful redefinition of innovation as an outcome of human behaviour, a dynamic in constant change requiring the shaping of new responses in business and the economy.
This book examines the intellectual and institutional transformations of four British think tanks in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis.
This book introduces the work of Yoshihiko Uchida (1913-1989), one of the most prominent Japanese thinkers on the topic of civil society in the post-World War II era.
Business information systems and business information technology are integral aspects of modern business, and managers in these areas are now expected to have knowledge of human and managerial issues, as well as technical ones.
This book explores what the American Civil Liberties Union calls the "e;third era"e; in cyberspace, in which filters "e;fundamentally alter the architectural structure of the Internet, with significant implications for free speech.
Where presidents or members of affluent families were previously seen, it is increasingly the case that car manufacturers are owned by banks and investment funds which have taken control of the entire economic life of these firms.
This report examines the operations of the APT, reviews its extensive assessment program, and provides NRC Committee findings concerning the ATP's operations and recommendations for potential improvements to the program.
In 2003, just before the start of the US invasion of Iraq, military planners predicted that the mission's success would depend on using diverse sources for their workforce.
Our socio-economic innovation ecosystem is riddled with ever-increasing complexity, as we are faced with more frequent and intense shocks, such as COVID-19.
Best Practice in Inventory Management 3E offers a simple, entirely jargon-free and yet comprehensive introduction to key aspects of inventory management.
This book focuses on Shenzhen, one of China's most globalized metropolises, a leading centre of high-tech industries and, as a melting pot of migrants from all over China, a place of vibrant cultural creativity.
The internet was envisaged as a decentralised global network, but in the past 25 years it has come to be controlled by a few, very powerful, centralised companies.
How organizations developed in history, how they operate, and how research on them has evolvedOrganizations are all around us: government agencies, multinational corporations, social-movement organizations, religious congregations, scientific bodies, sports teams, and more.
This timely and innovative book presents a critical exploration of how blockchain technologies may be useful in enhancing the sustainability, viability, and social responsibility of the tourism and hospitality sectors.
The COVID-19 crisis has proven that sustainability of an institution or organization requires a constant review of one's strategic positioning and the execution of pertinent plans in response to evolving externalities.
Digital Transformation in Accounting is a critical guidebook for accountancy and digital business students and practitioners to navigate the effects of digital technology advancements, digital disruption, and digital transformation on the accounting profession.
This book engages the reader in a critical and necessary examination of the nature and range of behaviours that comprise diversity and discrimination in business and society.
These proceedings summarize the best papers in each research area represented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the German Gesellschaft fur Arbeitswissenschaft, held at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) from February 26-28.
