"Modern risk management as practiced today faces significant obstacles-we argue-primarily due to the fundamental premise of the concept itself. It asserts that we are mainly dealing with measurable, quantifiable risks and that we can manage the uncontrollable by relying on formal control-based...

Das Buch aus der Chefsache-Reihe zeigt auf, welche Bedeutung und Auswirkungen die digitale Transformation auf unser persönliches, gesellschaftliches und berufliches Umfeld hat. Praxisnah lernt der Leser Chancen und Perspektiven kennen, die so offen sind, dass er sie jederzeit für sich...

Die digitale Transformation von Unternehmen ist aktuell eine zentrale Herausforderung im betriebswirtschaftlichen Kontext. Einen Handlungsrahmen, der das vielschichtige Thema strukturiert, einfach erklärt und eine systematische Anleitung zur Digitalisierung bietet, gibt es bisher nicht. Diese...

Strategic choices made by entrepreneurs have major consequences for SME performance. This book explores the factors that influence entrepreneurial strategic decisions using a cognitive theoretical framework

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...

This book focuses on current cutting-edge research concerning the increasing strategic importance of subsidiary networks to the multinational firm. It combines contributions from three major related areas of inquiry: the changing theoretical conception of networks and the structure of the...

This in-depth book explains how institutional changes such as the privatization and liberalization of network industries, for example transport, energy or telecommunications, can frequently be disappointing. The expected benefits such as lower prices, innovation and better services fail to...

This groundbreaking book explores whether, how and why firms may generate value from social assets. Based on original empirical evidence, this is the first book that systematically integrates different approaches to social capital and develops a new and more comprehensive framework that relates...

This fresh and enlightening book offers a rounded overview of operations strategy with a particular focus on implementation. The premise of the book is that developing an effective operations strategy without its subsequent implementation will render the strategising process a waste of time and...