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.
Enterprise Evolution, Survival and the Businesstype: From Research to Practice
1st Edition
By Gianpaolo Abatecola
April 03, 2025
The strategic journey taken by firms starts with entrepreneurial inception and can go all the way through adaptation to sustainable enterprise, exit, or failure. This book charts how new ventures grow through co-evolution and adaptation to get past the initial problems of being new, connecting ...
Comparative Dynamics in the Comics Industry: Contrasting Cultures in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands
1st Edition
By Rudi de Vries
April 01, 2025
Due to the enormous cultural and economic impact of the Marvel movies, manga, and anime, research on the comics industry is growing, but has focused primarily on the US and Japan. This book focusses on the European comics industry to explore the complex impact of organizational and cultural ...
Reimagining Organizational Change
1st Edition
By Richard J. Badham, Brenda M. Santiago
March 28, 2025
This engaging and thought-provoking book offers a rich, multifaceted approach to mastering leadership and driving organizational change. With its extensive, playful and insightful use of cartoons, thought-provoking debriefs, and practical self-assessments, the book is designed to be not only a ...
Digital Transformation of Performing Arts: Trends in the Classical Music Industry
1st Edition
By Salvino A. Salvaggio
February 27, 2025
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a combination of hybrid working and cultural consumption, alongside shifting audience tastes, performing arts organisations are dealing with significant challenges around digital transformation (DT). This book explores the DT of performing arts, taking readers ...
Emerging Market Multinationals in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Legitimacy Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Aleksandra Wąsowska
February 25, 2025
The successful entry and survival of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in foreign markets largely depend on how governments and other stakeholders perceive their legitimacy. How do emerging market MNEs legitimise their operations in distant markets? What legitimacy threats must they overcome? This ...
Globalization and Entrepreneurship: Cases from China, Japan and Bangladesh
1st Edition
By Mirjana Radović-Marković, Yao Ouyang, Md. Shajahan Kabir
February 07, 2025
Globalization and Entrepreneurship explores the transformative impact of digital technologies on entrepreneurship across three distinct, but interconnected nations. It presents a comprehensive analysis of how digital advancements and AI are reshaping traditional business models and fostering ...
Business Schools post-Covid-19: A Blueprint for Survival
1st Edition
By Andreas Kaplan
December 19, 2024
It all began when the world’s first business school, the European School of Commerce Paris (ESCP), was established in 1819. Criticism notwithstanding, business schools have since continued their path in higher education without facing existential metamorphoses. Covid-19, however, has accelerated ...
Knowledge Management and AI in Society 5.0
1st Edition
By Manlio Del Giudice, Veronica Scuotto, Armando Papa
December 19, 2024
Society 5.0 points toward a human-centred approach by the use of modern, advanced technologies and artificial intelligence. This book explores and offers an overview of knowledge management embraced in the current scenario of Society 5.0, shedding light on its importance in a society that is ...
Sustainable Governance in B Corps: Non-Financial Reporting for Sustainable Development
1st Edition
By Patrizia Gazzola, Matteo Ferioli
December 19, 2024
This book aims to develop the theme of non-financial reporting and the necessity of pursuing sustainable development with particular reference to Benefit Corporations and Certified B Corps. The research offers a systematic and exploratory analysis, with the goal of developing a conceptual framework...
Social Brand Management in a Post Covid-19 Era
1st Edition
By Patrícia Dias, Alexandre Duarte
November 29, 2024
As activity significantly reduced during mandatory lockdown periods aiming to contain the spread of Covid-19, the relationship between organizations and their stakeholders became almost strictly digital. While some brands already have developed digital channels and made a smooth transition, others ...
Women's Social Entrepreneurship: Case Studies from the United Kingdom
1st Edition
By Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos
November 29, 2024
Women’s social entrepreneurship has been proved to alleviate poverty and in parallel to promote gender equality. This book introduces a useful analysis of the field, investigating the emerging phenomenon of women’s social entrepreneurship from both a conceptual and empirical perspective. The book ...
Innovation Research in Technology and Engineering Management: A Philosophical Approach
1st Edition
By Marc J. de Vries
October 09, 2024
Philosophy may not seem to be an obvious source to discover methods for successful product innovation management. However, this book shows that systematic reflection on the nature of product innovation management, supported by insights from the philosophy of technology, can illuminate the ...