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From Higher Aims to Hired Hands
The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as a Profession
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2010
Is management a profession? Should it be? Can it be? This major work of social and intellectual history reveals how such questions have driven business education and shaped American management and society for more than a century. The book is also a call for reform. Rakesh Khurana shows that university-based...
Introduction to U.S. Health Policy
The Organization, Financing, and Delivery of Health Care in America
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
Health care reform has dominated public discourse over the past several years, and the recent passage of the Affordable Care Act, rather than quell the rhetoric, has sparked even more debate. Donald A. Barr reviews the current structure of the American health care system, describing the historical and...
Social Enterprise and the Third Sector
Changing European Landscapes in a Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
The concepts of social enterprise and social entrepreneurship are rapidly attracting increased attention in academic spheres and from policy-makers, as well as field workers who are setting up new initiatives or reshaping their organizations. These concepts are perceived as defining innovative and...
by Jill Dyche
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
Introducing a Powerful New Business Model for Today’s IT
Blogger, speaker, software executive, and bestselling author Jill Dyché has been thinking about leadership a lot lately. Having consulted with business and IT executives with Fortune 500 companies for most of her career, she has heard...
Business Ethics
A Critical Approach: Integrating Ethics Across the Business World
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
Events such as Trafigura's illegal dumping of toxic waste in Côte d’Ivoire and BP's environmentally disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have highlighted ethical issues in international business at a time when business leaders, academics and business schools were reflecting on their own responsibilities...
by Greg Kells
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
People who buy an established business have a much higher rate of success than those who start one. But business ownership is not for everyone. Insider Tips on Buying a Business in Canada will help you to decide if it is for you and if so, show you how to buy the right business for the right price...
Understanding Creative Business
Values, Networks and Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
From authors used to operating between the commercial, public and independent sectors of the mixed cultural economy, Understanding Creative Business bridges the gap between creative practice and mainstream business organisation, entrepreneurship and management. Using stories, case studies and exercises...
Corporate Social Responsibility
A Research Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Concepts of corporate social responsibility (CSR) are widely used by businesses, professional bodies and academics, but are also widely contested. CSR is usually described as comprising three elements: environmental, economic and social, though there is no serious consensus on how to go about translating...
by Professor Suzanne Benn, Dianne Bolton
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2010
Electronic Inspection Copy available for instructors here
Introducing the key concepts in corporate social responsibility, the authors bring together the essential issues relevant to the responsible management of businesses, not-for-profit organizations and government.
With...
by Andrew Keay
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Within corporate governance the accountability of the board of directors is identified as a major issue by governments, international bodies, professional associations and academic literature. Boards are given significant power in companies, and as a consequence it is argued that they should be...
52 Weeks to Financial Fitness
The Week-by-Week Plan for Making Your Money Grow
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2001
52 Weeks to Financial Fitness is your personal financial trainer -- a friendly and authoritative expert that will guide you week by week to manage your finances and make your money grow.
In the current frenzied market it's hard to know whom to turn to for solid advice. Into this void steps...
by Harris Interactive, The Staff of the Wall Street Journal
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2001
Most people return to business school for an M.B.A. degree to increase their marketability in a highly competitive business environment. How well they achieve their goal depends in large measure on how the business world views the schools they attended.
For the first time ever, The Wall Street Journal,...
Business Ethics
A stakeholder, governance and risk approach
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2014
Traditionally, books on business ethics focus on CSR, companies’ relations with their stakeholders, and corporate citizenship. More recently, green credentials and sustainability have been added to that agenda. Unconventionally, this book argues that business ethics are basic to running business,...
by Mark Warda
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2006
Simplify the Start-Up Process
Starting a new business can be one of the most exciting things you will ever do-as well as one of the most overwhelming. To ensure the future success of your enterprise, take the time to properly establish yourself right from the start. Let Start a Business in...