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.
Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions: UK Dimensions
1st Edition
By Moshfique Uddin, Agyenim Boateng
June 08, 2018
Cross-border mergers and acquisitions (CBM&As) activity has become an important vehicle for firms’ internationalization and corporate restructuring over the past three decades. Despite the huge volume of global CBM&A activity, however, there are few books which carefully explore the ...
Decision-Making Groups and Teams: An Information Exchange Perspective
1st Edition
By Steven Silver
June 08, 2018
In recent years, there has been increasing implementation of group and team decision-making within organizations, much of it managed electronically, between members of what are "virtual" groups or teams. Recent research into effective team implementation emphasizes "trust" as an intermediary ...
Diversity in Multinational Corporations
1st Edition
By Roxana Maiorescu, Brenda Wrigley
June 08, 2018
Globalization, information and communication technologies, and the millennials who have entered the workforce, compelled corporations to change their resistant and defensive approaches to diversity and to proactively address differences. Companies determined that embracing diversity positively ...
Innovative Business School Teaching: Engaging the Millennial Generation
1st Edition
Edited
By Elaine Doyle, Patrick Buckley, Conor Carroll
June 08, 2018
Innovative Business School Teaching showcases the latest pedagogic innovations that actively engage the millennial generation in learning within the business domain. In the context of the contemporary macro issues facing higher education, this book presents the latest teaching practices and tools ...
Management, Society, and the Informal Economy
1st Edition
Edited
By Paul Godfrey
June 08, 2018
Informal economic activity, defined as exchanges made by individuals and organizations in extra-legal or non-bureaucratic contexts, represents a significant and growing share of global economic activity. The informal economy brings to mind images of street vendors in markets and bazaars throughout ...
Monitoring Business Performance: Models, Methods, and Tools
1st Edition
By Per Lind
June 08, 2018
The idea of using models to inform business practice seems appealing, as it suggests the abstraction and control of a large, complex subject by means of a smaller, easily manipulated mechanism. In reality, however, many models prove inadequate when translated into business methods. Monitoring ...
Management in Africa: Macro and Micro Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Terri Lituchy, Betty Jane Punnett, Bill Buenar Puplampu
May 31, 2017
This book offers a comprehensive look at the current literatures and research based on empirical data from across different countries in Africa. It focuses on the work of leading scholars of management in and around Africa and the African Context, exploring whether we can at this point refer to ‘...
Organizations and Working Time Standards: A Comparison of Negotiations in Europe
1st Edition
By Jens Thoemmes
May 31, 2017
Collective bargaining between employers and trade unions has profoundly changed working conditions in companies around the globe. But why do we start work at the age of 10, 16, 18 or 24? Why do we work 6, 8, 10 or more hours a day? These questions are becoming increasingly pertinent as working ...
Marketing without Advertising: Brand Preference and Consumer Choice in Cuba
1st Edition
By Emilio Morales, Joseph Scarpaci
August 03, 2016
In 1993, in order to stop an economic freefall on the island of Cuba, Fidel Castro’s government reluctantly instituted a series of reforms to compensate for the demise of foreign aid from Moscow. These policies ushered in a broad spectrum of national and international consumer products and services...
Economy, Work, and Education: Critical Connections
1st Edition
By Catherine Casey
July 27, 2016
Economy, Work and Education: Critical Connections addresses effects of neoliberal capitalism in particular regard to work and education. The book elaborates key aspects and problems of generalized policy models of knowledge-based economies and learning societies in contexts of liberalized firm ...
Middle Managers In Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By John G. Burgoyne, Yves-Frederic Livian
July 08, 2016
Based on research on the European Human Capital and Mobility Programme, this book provides an overview of the evolution of middle management in Europe, including: * comparative analysis of their changing role * analysis of the evolution of managerial practices * a study of the consequences of ...
Foresight in Organizations: Methods and Tools
1st Edition
By Patrick van der Duin
May 06, 2016
Foresight for Organizations will acquaint the reader with various foresight methods and tools, to show the reader how these methods are used, what the pitfalls are and how the methods relate to each other. This innovative volume offers the reader the ability to carry out a study of the future by ...