This book offers a pragmatic approach to the benefits of spirituality and sustainability for both individual and organizational success. It introduces sustainability and workplace spirituality as contemporary solutions to the challenging organizational environment. The first few chapters...

This book encompasses empirical evidences to understand the application of data analytical techniques in emerging contexts. Varied studies relating to manufacturing and services sectors including healthcare, banking, information technology, power, education sector etc. stresses upon the...

This volume critically analyzes the convergence of technology, business practices, public policies, political ideologies, and societal values for improving business performance at the global-local paradigm. It also enriches knowledge on contemporary business strategies against conventional...

This book examines the interplay between IT solutions and specific management methods in organizations. In particular, it assesses the impact of IT reliability on factors like employees’ commitment and organizational performance. After developing the necessary theoretical foundation, the book...

Open Innovation and Entrepreneurship: An Overview -- How the Diversity of Cooperation Partners Affects Start-ups’ Innovation Performance: An Analysis of the Role of Cooperation Breadth in Open Innovation -- Open Innovation Models for Increased Innovation Activities and Enterprise Growth --...

This book discusses the concept of sustainability valuation, a method in which corporate social responsibility (CSR) among other factors is embedded in the cash value of a given firm. It proposes a new, holistic way of representing sustainability in a theoretical framework, and discusses the...

1 Introduction -- 2 Theory and Hypotheses: The Effects of Using Soft Information on a Lender’s Performance, Specifically in Interbank Competition -- 3 Survey Data from Japanese Regional Banks and Using Soft Information in Lending Decisions -- 4 The Influence of Using Soft Information on Lender...

Title -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Author Biographies -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Chapter One: Perspectives on Transnational Entrepreneurship -- Chapter Two: Entrepreneurship in the Japanese Context -- Chapter Three: Japanese Self-Initiated Expatriate...

1. Introduction: Underdog Entrepreneurs Are Everywhere -- Part I The Outsider Problem -- 2. Being on the Outside of Powerful Mainstream Networks -- 3. Lacking Relevant Know-How -- 4. Being Subject to Stereotype-Driven Discrimination and Stereotype Threat -- Part II Code-Breaking Skills -- 5. A...

1. The Rational Homo Psychologicus: A Fundamental Assumption Revisited -- 2. The Value of Thoughtfulness? -- 3. The Growth of the Homo Psychologicus – Optimization Theory as a Replacement for Positioning Theory -- 4. 1000 Hamlets in the Evaluation of the Homo Psychologicus -- 5. BHI: A New...