This book showcases an interdisciplinary and comprehensive study of the issues related to communication in corporate environments. Including perspectives from psychology, sociology and management science, Communication in Organizational Environments analyzes original quantitative and qualitative...

“This book is essential reading for anyone interested in cross-border mergers and acquisitions. It offers exclusive insights into Japanese overseas acquisitions obtained from extensive research into over 100 actual outbound transactions. The author explores why many of these deals have failed...

The main goal of this book is to explain the core ideas of process mining, and to demonstrate how they can be implemented using just some basic tools that are available to any computer scientist or data scientist. It describes how to analyze event logs in order to discover the behavior of...

The world of M&A has always been complex and nuanced. Corporations encounter their toughest business problems during a divestiture or a merger. At the same time, optimal execution of divestitures can also create high value for the seller as well as the buyer. This book is a collection of leading...

This thesis analyzes the motivation and performance of 403 acquisitions made by emerging multinational corporations (EMNCs) in Western Europe and North America between 1994 and 2013. The findings indicate that most EMNCs were motivated to acquire in order to obtain access to the upstream and...

This book examines the effectiveness of communication between chief information officer (CIO) and chief executive officer (CEO) and its impact on the role of information technology (IT) in an organization. The book is empirically based on interviews with CIO/CEO pairs from twelve organizations...

This book presents the findings, applications, and theoretical underpinnings of a unique leadership communication model: motivating language theory. Drawing from management, social science, and communication theories, motivating language theory demonstrates how leader-to-follower speech improves...

"This powerful, practical and highly relevant book is a must read for both communication scholars and practitioners." - Donald K. Wright, College of Communication, Boston University, USA "This book provides a compelling case that effective communication for an organization is as much about the...

This book provides corporate leaders a roadmap for bridging the hierarchical gaps between management and employees to gain company-wide acceptance of transformative strategic initiatives. Serial entrepreneur Hayes Drumwright demonstrates how to take responsibility for uncovering and fusing the...

This book investigates the intuitive application of strategic knowledge arbitrage and serendipity (SKARSE) principles by CEOs in their use of mobile electronic devices. CEOs of small to mid-sized organizations are responsible for the income, expenses, and profitability of their respective...