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.
Artificial Intelligence and Project Management: An Integrated Approach to Knowledge-Based Evaluation
1st Edition
By Tadeusz A. Grzeszczyk
September 29, 2025
Although some people had doubts about the usefulness of such solutions in the past, artificial intelligence (AI) plays a growing role in modern business. It can be expected that the interest in it will also lead to an increase in support for the planning, evaluation, and implementation of projects....
Entrepreneurial Attributes: Accessing Your Inner Entrepreneur for Business and Beyond
1st Edition
By Andrew Paul Clarke
September 29, 2025
Everybody wants their employer to recognise and value the skills and attributes they have, but not everybody feels those skills are valued. Entrepreneurial Attributes: Accessing Your Inner Entrepreneur for Business and Beyond looks at the link between skills, actions and attributes, and the value ...
Global Digital Technology Convergence: Driving Diffusion via Network Effects
1st Edition
By Ewa Lechman, Adam Marszk
September 29, 2025
Since the 1970s, we have witnessed unprecedented diff usion of digital technologies in both speed and geographic coverage. These technologies are pervasive and disruptive, and lead to profound shifts and transformations in societies and economies. Many claim that emerging network externalities are ...
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 10, 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 24, 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 ...