Increasingly, scholars view reliability-the ability to plan for and withstand disaster-as a social construction. However, there is a tendency to evoke this concept only in the face of catastrophes, such as the British Petroleum oil spill or the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion. This book...

Mit der Wandlung des Personalmanagements hin zu einer als strategisch relevant erachteten Funktion innerhalb von Unternehmen ist das Personalmanagement zugleich gefordert, seinen Beitrag zum Unternehmenserfolg aufzuzeigen. Philip Eisenhardt entwickelt dazu ein umfassendes Untersuchungsmodell,...

Advancing organizational reliability / Karlene H. Roberts -- The multiple meanings and models of reliability in organizational research / Rangaraj Ramanujam -- Three lenses for understanding reliable, safe, and effective organizations : strategic design, political, and cultural approaches / John...

Energy and resource efficiency innovations (EREIs) are often seen as win-win opportunities for both the economic and the environmental performance of firms. It is thus worth asking how the innovation activities and performance of firms with regard to energy and resource efficiency look like: Do...