Routledge Focus on Business and Management
About the Book Series
The fields of business and management have grown exponentially as areas of research and education. This growth presents challenges for readers trying to keep up with the latest important insights. Routledge Focus on Business and Management presents small books on big topics and how they intersect with the world of business research.
Individually, each title in the series provides coverage of a key academic topic, whilst collectively, the series forms a comprehensive collection across the business disciplines.
Critical Thinking in Public Policy and Management
1st Edition
By Michael Macaulay
November 28, 2025
Critical thinking is a crucial skillset for policy and management scholars and practitioners. This book outlines the ways in which this skillset is sometimes overlooked and how it can be enhanced. It defines constructive critical thinking, outlining some common applications before looking more ...
Entrepreneurship Education, Innovation and Student Empowerment: Innovation in the EU
1st Edition
By Chiara Bartoli, Federica Brunetta
October 03, 2025
A scholarly work that explores the intersection of entrepreneurship education, innovation, and student empowerment within the European Union, this book investigates the transition from student to entrepreneur. It provides an in-depth analysis of the theoretical and empirical aspects of ...
Sustainable Organizational Change: The Social Change Model for Systems
1st Edition
By Joshua D. Burton, Barbara Carter
September 26, 2025
The Social Change Model for Systems (SCMS) is a robust system for facilitating organizational change. SCMS integrates technical and social controls to ensure organizational effectiveness. This book introduces SCMS as an alternative to traditional control systems, emphasizing the interplay between ...
Organisational Flexibility in an Age of Chaos: Mismanagement, Disorganisation and Strategy
1st Edition
By Andrés Hatum
September 16, 2025
This groundbreaking book challenges conventional management wisdom by arguing that mismanagement and disorganisation are not failures but endemic features of organisational life in turbulent times. Through rigorous theoretical analysis and rich case studies, including an in-depth examination of ...
Digital Entrepreneurship and Disruptive Innovation: Intersections of Regional Development, Innovation Systems, and Sustainability
1st Edition
By Jordi Diaz, Daphne Halkias, Tatiana Harkiolakis
September 12, 2025
A new generation of entrepreneurs are leveraging artificial intelligence, data analytics, the Internet of Things (IoT) and other revolutionary technologies for greater social and environmental good. These digital entrepreneurs are developing disruptive solutions to the most pressing sustainability ...
Artificial Intelligence for Business Creativity
1st Edition
Edited
By Margherita Pagani, Renaud Champion
August 29, 2025
Artificial Intelligence for Business Creativity provides an in-depth examination of the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the business sector to foster creativity. The book explores the interplay between micro-level individual creativity and macro-level organizational innovation ...
Retiring in a New Age: Life after Paid Work
1st Edition
By Russell D. Lansbury, Marian Baird
July 03, 2025
This book examines the concept of retirement, how it has changed, and what the future holds for the next generation of retirees. The book analyses government data and university surveys of more than 1,000 retirees in Australia and 4,000 retirees in Sweden, as well as in-depth interviews with ...
Healthy Ageing after COVID-19: Research and Policy Perspectives from Asia
1st Edition
Edited
By Wang-Kin Chiu, Vincent T. S. Law
June 27, 2025
Written by researchers and experienced health professionals from Hong Kong, China, Chiu and Law identify and examine important issues of healthy ageing after COVID-19 from research and policy perspectives in the Asian contexts. This book opens with discussions of healthy ageing from personal, ...
Happiness and Wellbeing in Singapore: Beyond Economic Prosperity
1st Edition
By Siok Kuan Tambyah, Soo Jiuan Tan, Wei Lun Yuen
May 27, 2025
To present a multifaceted and holistic perspective of what makes Singaporeans happy, Tambyah, Tan and Yuen discuss the findings and insights from the 2022 Quality of Life Survey, which examines the perceptions and views of 1,905 Singapore citizens. This is the latest survey in a series of studies ...
Nostalgic Branding in the Toy Industry
1st Edition
By Kamil Lubiński, Magdalena Grębosz-Krawczyk
April 24, 2025
In recent years, there has been a clear tendency to undertake marketing initiatives that appeal to consumers’ emotions, experiences, and memories. This book explores the essence of nostalgic branding by presenting the concept of nostalgia, analysing nostalgic attitudes and consumer behaviour, and ...
Grassroots Social Innovation: The Role of Collaboration and Experiential Learning
1st Edition
By Karolina Osterczuk
April 23, 2025
This book examines the transformative power of grassroots social innovations within dynamic urban landscapes. From addressing access to healthy food to navigating regulatory challenges, urban citizens are taking charge of their environments through collective action. This ethnographic exploration ...
Leadership in the Pharmaceutical Industry: From Theory to Practice
1st Edition
By Nataliia Aliekperova
April 20, 2025
Leadership in the Pharmaceutical Industry focuses on leadership in pharmaceutical organisations at three levels: individual, team, and organisational. At the individual level, it covers leadership basics, theories, types of leaders, differences between leaders and managers, leadership traits and ...