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The economics of modern business enterprise

Ricketts, Martin (contributor) - 2008

Pay and Top-Management Incentives', Journal of Political Economy, 98 (2), April, 225-64 -- Joseph G. Haubrich (1994 …]1953), 'Industrial Organization, Continued. Business Management', in Principles of Economics, 8th Edition, Book IV, Chapter XII, New York …', Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 15 (2), Summer, 255-78 -- Benjamin Klein (2007), 'The Economic Lessons of Fisher …

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Research companion to corruption in organizations

Cooper, Cary L. (contributor); Burke, Ronald J. (contributor) - 2009

Corruption in organizations is creating an increasing number of victims and causing huge costs. This timely book brings together international researchers who address the causes and consequences of corruption in organizations and the action needed to reduce levels of corruption worldwide

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Temporary organizations : prevalence, logic and effectiveness

Cambré, Bart (contributor); Janowicz, Martyna (contributor) - 2009

This important and timely book provides a systematic treatment of temporary organizations--an increasingly prevalent organizational form in which organizations work together on a joint task--for example, a movie production, a rescue operation, development of a new product--for an ex ante limited...

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Management in Scandinavia : culture, context and change

Schramm-Nielsen, Jette - 2004

This book contributes to the expanding field of cross-cultural and comparative management, and addresses the issue of … whether the main Scandinavian countries--Denmark, Norway and Sweden--exhibit such similarities in management style and …

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Asian firms : history, institutions and management

Tipton, Frank B. - 2007

Frank Tipton's book is a comparative study of the management structures of Asian firms. As Asian economies continue to … expand, the management of Asian firms becomes ever more important, whether they are suppliers, customers, partners, or rivals …

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Business relating business : managing organisational relations and networks

Wilkinson, Ian F. - 2008

organisations and not just its own skill and resources. The book synthesises thinking from marketing, management, economics and … relations and networks. It develops the management and policy implications of adopting relationship and network perspectives and …

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Fair wages : strengthening corporate social responsibility

Vaughan-Whitehead, Daniel - 2010

Over the last decade the emergence of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has contributed towards better corporate governance by tackling such burning issues as child labour and basic human rights violations. However, as the author argues in this important new book, the time has now come to...

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Creating ecological value : an evolutionary approach to business strategies and the natural environment

Boons, Frank - 2009

Firms adopt a wide variety of ecological strategies, ranging from the development of innovative products with reduced environmental impact to lobbying against governmental attempts to set standards for the way in which firms deal with the natural environment. This book explores this variety and...

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Women on corporate boards of directors : international research and practice

Vinnicombe, Susan (contributor) - 2008

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Innovation in low-tech firms and industries

Jacobson, David (contributor); … - 2008

It is a general understanding that the advanced economies are currently undergoing a fundamental transformation into knowledge-based societies. There is a firm belief that this is based on the development of high-tech industries. Correspondingly, in this scenario low-tech sectors appear to be...

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