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The life cycle of clusters : a policy perspective

Fornahl, Dirk (ed.); Hassink, Robert (ed.) - 2017

pt. I. Ideas - how should a policy be designed? -- pt. II. Smart specialisation - what can we learn for cluster policy …? -- pt. III. Case studies - how does cluster life cycle policy take place? …One-size-fits-all cluster policies have been rightly criticized in the literature. One promising approach is to focus …

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Business relating business : managing organisational relations and networks

Wilkinson, Ian F. - 2008

Business Relating Business argues that business performance depends on the way a firm is connected to other firms and organisations and not just its own skill and resources. The book synthesises thinking from marketing, management, economics and international business with evolutionary biology...

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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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Changing stocks, flows and behaviors in industrial ecosystems

Ruth, Matthias (contributor); … - 2008

Industrial ecology provides a consistent material and energetic description of human production and consumption processes in the larger context of environmental and socioeconomic change. The contributors to this book offer methodologies for such descriptions, focusing on the dynamics associated...

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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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Research handbook on the globalization of Chinese firms

Julian, Craig C. (contributor) - 2014

across the U.S. / Chen Cheng and Xiaohong He -- 4. Global optimal values of enterprise cluster fitness for Chinese firms …

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Entrepreneurship as social change

Steyaert, Chris (contributor); Hjorth, Daniel (contributor) - 2006

This book-- the third in the Movements in Entrepreneurship series-- examines entrepreneurship as a societal phenomenon. It provides an in-depth study of the social aspects of entrepreneurship, illustrating how entrepreneurship affects society. The need to move beyond economy to disclose...

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