1. Editorial Introduction: The Requisite Bridge from Theory to Practice; Alkis Thrassou, Demetris Vrontis, Yaakov Weber, S. M. Riad Shams and Evangelos Tsoukatos -- 2. Theoretical Concepts and Practical Applications of Accounting-related Shared Service Centres in Medium-Sized Firms; Stefan...

This thoroughly revised and updated new edition of Mark Casson's modern classic The Entrepreneur presents a novel synthesis of the ideas of Joseph Schumpeter, Frank Knight and Friedrich Hayek, according to which the defining characteristic of the entrepreneur is the exercise of judgement in...

"This book revisits Kalecki's theory of the firm to show that it constitutes fertile theoretical ground on which to systematically understand the resultant indeterminacy when firms operate under conditions of radical uncertainty. Within Post-Keynesian economics there is a spectrum of approaches...

While characteristically "Austrian" themes such as entrepreneurship, economic calculation, tacit knowledge and the temporal structure of capital are clearly relevant to the business firm, Austrian economists have said relatively little about management, organization, and strategy. This...

Anstelle von bisher separierten Betrachtungsansätzen gegenüber Ostasien wird ein ganzheitlicher, d.h. quantitative Faktoren wie qualitative Kräfte umfassender Ansatz vorgeschlagen. Hierfür werden unterschiedliche Kultur- und Wirtschaftsregionen des Westens und Ostasiens gegenübergestellt....

This new book examines the relationship between agency theory and executive pay. It argues that while Jensen and Meckling (1976) were right in their analysis of the agency problem in public corporations they were wrong about the proposed solutions. Drawing on ideas from economics, psychology,...

Chapter1.Introduction -- Chapter2.Shigenobu Nagamori and Nidec Corporation-Realize No.1 Motor Company through Developing a Knowledge-Creating Company -- Chapter3.Jun Lei and Xiaomi-Build Amazing Products with Honest Prices and Let Everyone Enjoy the Fun of Technology -- Chapter4.Guotian Liu and...