This book offers deep insights into the functioning of humanitarian organizations (HOs) from a managerial perspective. Presenting an in-depth case study on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), it demonstrates how HOs can professionalize the management of their operations by...

1. NATO at 70: Achievements -- 2. The need for NATO? -- 3. Burden Sharing -- 4. NATO: An Economics, Politics and Public choice analysis -- 5. NATO and Europe: Improving Efficiency -- 6. Future Challenges.

Chapter 1. Introduction: Governance, Rent-seeking and Upgrading in Global Value Chains -- Part I: Interdisciplinary Theoretical Contributions – Framing The Debate -- Chapter 2. Contemporary Globalization and Value Systems: What Gains for Developing Countries? -- Chapter 3. Global Value Chains...

1. A roadmap to economic violations of sport rules and the law -- 2. Sport manipulations: breaching the sport rules to gain advantage -- 3. Economic dysfunctions of sport: violating managerial rules and the law -- 4. Economic distortions: infringing human rights in sport -- 5. Conclusion

1. From Small is Beautiful to The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Management “as if people mattered” -- 2. A Paradigm Shift in Management Philosophy: Future Challenges in Global Organizations -- 3. 21st Century Global Human Resource Management; Strategic Business Partner and Servant...

Introduction -- Energy Access in Sub-Saharan Africa: General Context -- Risk Analysis and Mitigation Strategy Identification -- Public Policies and Initiatives in the Energy Sector -- Direct and Indirect Investments in the Energy Sector -- Capital Markets for the Financing of Clean Energy Access...

Vorwort -- Einführung - Soft Power von NGOs in der humanitären Hilfe und Entwicklungszusammenarbeit -- Teil I: Die Würde des Menschen in den Mittelpunkt stellen - Die Perspektive „Mensch“ -- Teil II: Lebensgrundlagen bewahren - Die Perspektive „Planet“ -- Teil III: Wohlstand für alle...

This volume explores the ways in which knowledge and innovation impact business and economic sustainability, offering a wide-ranging and richly illustrated study of knowledge, innovation and sustainability of organizations from a dynamic capabilities perspective. In organizational theory,...