Subordinated development

Focusing on the processes of accumulation, concentration, and centralisation of capital, Rubens Sawaya traces the transnationalisation of capital and its impact on Latin America and Brazil

Building an inclusive organization

Remove unconscious bias from business processes and create an environment of real inclusion where employees feel valued, able to be themselves and perform to their full potential while boosting company profits.

Adaptive markets

A new, evolutionary explanation of markets and investor behaviorHalf of all Americans have money in the stock market, yet economists can’t agree on whether investors and markets are rational and efficient, as modern financial theory assumes, or irrational and inefficient, as behavioral economists...

Digital renaissance

How digital technology is upending the traditional creative industries—and why that’s a good thingThe digital revolution poses a mortal threat to the major creative industries—music, publishing, television, and the movies. Cheap, easy self-producing is eroding the position of the gatekeepers and ...

The book on negotiating real estate

When the real estate market gets hot, the investors who know how to negotiate will get the deal. This book combines real-world experience and the science of negotiation to cover all aspects of the real estate negotiation process.

The winding road to the welfare state

How did Britain transform itself from a nation of workhouses to one that became a model for the modern welfare state? The Winding Road to the Welfare State investigates the evolution of living standards and welfare policies in Britain from the 1830s to 1950 and provides insights into how British ...

The european guilds

A comprehensive analysis of European craft guilds through eight centuries of economic historyGuilds ruled many crafts and trades from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution, and have always attracted debate and controversy. They were sometimes viewed as efficient institutions that guarantee...

Event sponsorship and fundraising

Receive a thorough introduction to the subject of event management and sponsorship with this upper level textbook, encompassing all the critical aspects in one resource.

The trump tax cut

In the tradition of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Obamacare Survival Guide Eva Rosenberg presents the first and most authoritative guide to making the most of the new tax code – the biggest tax cut in American history, .

Bankers and bolsheviks

A must-read financial history for investors navigating today's volatile global marketsFollowing an unprecedented economic boom fed by foreign investment, the Russian Revolution triggered the largest sovereign default in history. In Bankers and Bolsheviks, Hassan Malik tells the story of this boom...

Economics in two lessons

A masterly introduction to the key ideas behind the successes—and failures—of free-market economicsSince 1946, Henry Hazlitt’s bestselling Economics in One Lesson has popularized the belief that economics can be boiled down to one simple lesson: market prices represent the true cost of everything...

Radical markets

Revolutionary ideas on how to use markets to bring about fairness and prosperity for allMany blame today's economic inequality, stagnation, and political instability on the free market. The solution is to rein in the market, right? Radical Markets turns this thinking—and pretty much all conventio...

The wealth of religions

How religious beliefs and practices can influence the wealth of nationsWhich countries grow faster economically—those with strong beliefs in heaven and hell or those with weak beliefs in them? Does religious participation matter? Why do some countries experience secularization while others are re...

Evidence-based management

Make better organizational decisions using data and evidence from sources both inside and outside your business

Pricing lives

How society’s undervaluing of life puts all of us at risk—and the groundbreaking economic measure that can fix itLike it or not, sometimes we need to put a monetary value on people's lives. In the past, government agencies used the financial "cost of death" to monetize the mortality risks of regu...

A job to love

A practical guide to finding fulfilling work - by understanding yourself. The idea that work might be fulfilling rather than just necessary is a recent invention. These days, in prosperous areas of the world, we don't only expect to get paid, we also expect to find meaning and satisfaction. It's ...

The republic of beliefs

A leading economist offers a radically new approach to the economic analysis of the lawThe Republic of Beliefs argues that the traditional economic analysis of the law has significant flaws and has failed to answer certain critical questions satisfactorily. Why are good laws drafted but never imp...

How growth really happens

A groundbreaking study that shows how countries can create innovative, production-based economies for the twenty-first centuryAchieving economic growth is one of today's key challenges. In this groundbreaking book, Michael Best argues that to understand how successful growth happens we need an ec...

Creating signature stories

Creating Signature Stories applies the power of storytelling—a key to any digital program—to strategic messaging.

Straight talk on trade

An honest discussion of free trade and how nations can sensibly chart a path forward in today’s global economyNot so long ago the nation-state seemed to be on its deathbed, condemned to irrelevance by the forces of globalization and technology. Now it is back with a vengeance, propelled by a grou...

The infinite desire for growth

Why society’s expectation of economic growth is no longer realisticEconomic growth—and the hope of better things to come—is the religion of the modern world. Yet its prospects have become bleak, with crashes following booms in an endless cycle. In the United States, eighty percent of the populati...

What has nature ever done for us?

Essays on the great depression

From the Nobel Prize–winning economist and former chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, a landmark book that provides vital lessons for understanding financial crises and their sometimes-catastrophic economic effectsAs chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve during the Global Financial Crisis, Ben Bernank...

The shift

Ready to scale your business profitably without sacrificing your personal life? This book provides practical strategies for entrepreneurs to scale their businesses while maintaining a balanced lifestyle. You'll learn how to set boundaries, identify the right clients, and create compelling offers....

Social movements, stakeholders and non-market strategy

This edited collection brings together research that bridges the domains of stakeholder theory, non-market strategy and social movement theory.

Individual, relational, and contextual dynamics of emotions

This volume contributes to the ongoing study of the forces that shape the functioning of individual interpersonal workplace relationships, and it demonstrates the complex interplay between emotion, cognitive processes, brain functioning and contextual factors at multiple levels of workplace life.

Sustainability accounting

Advances in Environmental Accounting Management aims to advance knowledge of the management of corporate environmental impacts. It aims to increase the awareness of management accounting practitioners, investors, and other stakeholders of the financial and social consequences of corporate environ...

Indigenous management practices in africa

Africa is fast becoming an investment destination for firms operating outside the continent, and effective management is central to the realization of organizational goals. This volume evaluates the need for management philosophies and theories that reflect the peculiarities of the African contin...

Generational career shifts

Offering an overview of existing research and drawing upon the authors’ own study of approximately 3,000 students and knowledge workers, this book documents how careers have fundamentally shifted over the past five decades and offers crucial insights into what these shifts mean for employers and ...

Corporate social responsibility

Volume Two of Business and Society 360 focuses on research drawn from work grounded in 'corporate social responsibility' and 'corporate citizenship.'

Methodological challenges and advances in managerial and organizational cognition

Managerial and organizational cognition has sustained and gained the interest of researchers for over a quarter of a century. This volume takes stock of the methodological accomplishments of the MOC field in recent years, and it sets the agenda for the next phase of its development.

The trusted learning advisor

Use this practical guide to develop the skills you need to become a trusted learning advisor to the business and make L&D part of the wider company strategy.

Key success factors of sme internationalisation

This collective book offers a cross-country perspective on the internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Scholars from prestigious institutions in Europe, North America, Australia and China provide new insights on how SMEs develop and perform their international activities.

Sport business in leading economies

From a renowned group of international scholars, this new work examines how leading economic countries use sport business to drive and further economic development by raising brand awareness (country as a brand), transforming lagging communities, and enhancing travel and tourism in the country.

The agm in europe

Anne Lafarre combines wide ranging empirical legal and economic research to analyse and understand the real role of the AGM in the European businesses and corporate governance frameworks today.

Leadership now

Leadership Now: Reflections on the Legacy of Boas Shamir incorporates some of Boas Shamir’s most classic and significant works, and includes contributions from a group that represent the most influential leaders in the field, up and coming scholars, as well as students of Boas Shamir.

The paradox of debt

Wall Street Journal BestsellerUSA Today BestsellerAmazon BestsellerWhen we talk about debt and its impact on our economy, we almost always mean “government debt.” However, this is only a small part of the picture: individuals, private firms, and households owe trillions, and these private debts a...

Audit analytics in the financial industry

Split into six parts, contributors explore ways to integrate Audit Analytics techniques into existing audit programs for the financial industry. Chapters include topics such as fraud risks in the credit card sector, clustering techniques, fraud and anomaly detection, and using Audit Analytics to ...

Dynamics of financial stress and economic performance

This book primarily focuses on the dynamic relationship between the financial and the economic systems of twelve major economies in the world.

Managing the ageing workforce in the east and the west

This book brings together Eastern and Western perspectives to explore human resource interventions into extending working life, including phased retirement, healthy work environments and lifelong learning. It assesses issues of implementation in differing cultural, intergenerational, institutiona...

Rethinking the business models of business schools

Business schools around the world have grown and prospered in the last few decades, but what does the future hold for business schools? This book explores the potential future disruption of the business school tradition by considering funding, value chains, strategic groups, value orientation, in...

Customer experience innovation

This book outlines innovative processes used to research, conceive and develop innovations in the Customer eXperience (CX) space for both large and small companies.

Food retailing and sustainable development

This book is the result of research on major European food retailers and aims to describe and analyze these efforts in order to draw lessons, identify problems and opportunities and share knowledge. The book can help marketers and researchers to better understand retailers’ practices in different...