Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies
About the Book Series
Management and business studies are firmly established as a popular, important and significant area of study in the academic world. Bringing together theories and thought from a wide range of disciplines, this series features cutting -edge research addressing all the major issues in business and management today, helping to define and advance the field.
Ethical Branding and Marketing: Cases and Lessons
1st Edition
Edited
By Hagai Gringarten, Raúl Fernández-Calienes
March 31, 2021
Ethical Branding and Marketing: Cases and Lessons provides current perspectives on fascinating global cases focusing on the specific combination of the two fields of "ethics" and "branding," on their relationship, and on how that joint perspective shapes brands, companies, business strategies, and ...
Transitions from Education to Work: Workforce Ready Challenges in the Asia Pacific
1st Edition
Edited
By Roslyn Cameron, Subas Dhakal, John Burgess
March 31, 2021
Labour markets are becoming more dynamic in response to pressures from globalisation, new technologies and trade agreements, as well as cross-border migration, inter-generation differences, changing education imperatives and employer expectations. By focusing on several Asia Pacific countries, this...
Decision-making for New Product Development in Small Businesses
1st Edition
By Mary Haropoulou, Clive Smallman
December 18, 2020
What goes on in a small firm that lives or dies by its capacity to innovate? How are decisions made on new product development, and how does that feed into the ecological, social and financial sustainability of the firm? This book answers the questions through an in-depth look at a small business ...
Happiness, Wellbeing and Society: What Matters for Singaporeans
1st Edition
By Siok Kuan Tambyah, Soo Jiuan Tan
December 18, 2020
As Singapore continues to grow as a nation, the happiness and wellbeing of Singaporeans and what matters to them also change. This book conceptualizes and measures the cognitive and affective aspects of subjective wellbeing from multiple perspectives and relates these to important factors such as ...
Operating Under High-Risk Conditions in Temporary Organizations: A Sociotechnical Systems Perspective
1st Edition
By Matthijs Moorkamp
December 18, 2020
Organizations increasingly use temporary designs. Many temporary organizations are assembled by "mixing and matching" building blocks from static, bureaucratic, parent organizations into a temporary configuration. At the same time, such "mixed and matched" temporary organizations often operate ...
Professions and Professional Service Firms: Private and Public Sector Enterprises in the Global Economy
1st Edition
Edited
By Mike Saks, Daniel Muzio
December 18, 2020
Professions are increasingly linked with enterprise at a number of interrelated levels. By considering the relationship of professions to the enterprise contexts in which they work, this book reveals the dilemmas posed to professional groups, and the opportunities and constraints that can arise in ...
Women in Business Families: From Past to Present
1st Edition
Edited
By Jarna Heinonen, Kirsi Vainio-Korhonen
December 18, 2020
For centuries, almost all economic activity was family-based. The family business rested on the division of labor among family members. Therefore the family was both socially and economically the foundation of the family business. Families were not only production units, but also education and ...
Frugal Innovation and the New Product Development Process: Insights from Indonesia
1st Edition
By Stephanie B.M. Cadeddu, Jerome D. Donovan, Cheree Topple, Gerrit A. de Waal, Eryadi K. Masli
September 30, 2020
This book explores the new product development process of firms developing frugal innovation for the base-of-the-pyramid (BOP) markets in developing countries. Frugal innovations are products characterised by an affordable price-point, durability, usability and core functionalities that are highly ...
Developing the Workforce in an Emerging Economy: The Case of Indonesia
1st Edition
Edited
By Kantha Dayaram, Linda Lambey, John Burgess, Tri Wulida Afrianty
May 15, 2020
This edited volume examines how forces of globalization, demographic and technological change are manifested and accommodated in an emerging economy such as Indonesia, which has a large workforce pool. Using the human resource development framework, the book explains the opportunities and ...
Navigating Through Changing Times: Knowledge Work in Complex Environments
1st Edition
Edited
By Anne Eskola
December 12, 2019
Complexity theory including the concepts of chaos and emergence has been considered one of the most revolutionary products of the 20th century having influence on science, technology and economics among others. Any complex systems, such as organisms, societies, stock market or the Internet, have ...
Automotive Global Value Chain: The Rise of Mega Suppliers
1st Edition
By Wilson Kia Onn Wong
September 25, 2019
Today, some suppliers have grown increasingly powerful and in certain cases, earn revenues that rival or even exceed that of their automaker clients. In the pre-globalisation period, automakers wielded absolute power over their significantly smaller suppliers. This book reveals the upending of this...
Strategies, Leadership and Complexity in Crisis and Emergency Operations
1st Edition
By Stig Johannessen
June 06, 2019
Strategies, Leadership and Complexity in Crisis and Emergency Operations will bring together the main themes of strategy, operational leadership, organizational dynamics and complexity in the context of crisis and emergency operations; creating a book that is timely and relevant for research and ...