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1. Innovative Business School Teaching

   Engaging the Millennial Generation

   Edited by Elaine Doyle, Patrick Buckley, Conor Carroll

   Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

   Innovative Business School Teaching showcases the latest pedagogic innovations that actively engage the millennial generation in learning within the business domain. In the context of the contemporary macro issues facing higher education, this book presents the latest teaching practices and tools...

   Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge
2. Recession at Work

   HRM in the Irish Crisis

   By Bill Roche, Paul Teague, Anne Coughlan, Majella Fahy

   Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

   How has the recession affected the conduct of human resource management? How have HR departments and managers fared? Have leading firms taken measures to sustain and revive their businesses through innovative HR measures? How have union representation and influence been affected? Is the recession...

   Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
3. Rethinking Public Relations

   The Spin and the Substance

   By Dr Kevin Moloney

   Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

   PR is a £2.3 billion UK industry with up to 50,000 jobs, a poor reputation and yet a pervasive influence on politics and markets. Historically, it has been mostly weak propaganda and market boosterism, yet it escapes sustained academic scrutiny. This topical book analyzes all aspects of public...

   Published January 10th 2013 by Routledge
4. Organizations and Working Time Standards

   A Comparison of Negotiations in Europe

   By Jens Thoemmes

   Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

   Collective bargaining between employers and trade unions has profoundly changed working conditions in companies around the globe. But why do we start work at the age of 10, 16, 18 or 24? Why do we work 6, 8, 10 or more hours a day? These questions are becoming increasingly pertinent as working...

   Published November 27th 2012 by Routledge
5. Management in Africa

   Macro and Micro Perspectives

   Edited by Terri Lituchy, Betty Jane Punnett, Bill Buenar Puplampu

   Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

   This book offers a comprehensive look at the current literatures and research based on empirical data from across different countries in Africa. It focuses on the work of leading scholars of management in and around Africa and the African Context, exploring whether we can at this point refer to ‘...

   Published November 5th 2012 by Routledge
6. Strategic Management and Online Selling

   Creating Competitive Advantage with Intangible Web Goods

   By Susanne Royer

   Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

   Focusing on Business to Customer (B2C) internet business, and on firms that offer intangible products and/or services that can be directly consumed via the world wide web, Strategic Management and Online Selling also covers immaterial products and online news information or home banking....

   Published November 1st 2012 by Routledge
7. Mergers and Acquisitions

   The Critical Role of Stakeholders

   Edited by Helén Anderson, Virpi Havila, Fredrik Nilsson

   Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

   A merger or acquisition is usually a challenging endeavor with a single ultimate aim: to create value for the owner. However, stakeholder theory shows how such a narrow and one-sided focus is detrimental to value-creation in general – not only for other stakeholders within and outside the...

   Published October 28th 2012 by Routledge
8. Business, Government and Sustainable Development

   By Gerard Keijzers

   Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

   The range of sustainability objectives has now developed from relatively simple issues of environmental protection to a full array of interwoven social, economic and ecological issues, nationally and internationally. The involved process of sustainable development has now become a permanent and...

   Published September 11th 2012 by Routledge
9. Flagship Marketing

   Concepts and places

   Edited by Tony Kent, Reva Brown

   Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

   Flagships are the physical apogee of consumerism, places where brand experiences are most defined and interactions with consumers are highly refined. This book marks the first comprehensive study of the concept of the flagship, bringing together a range of scholarly insights from the field,...

   Published September 4th 2012 by Routledge
10. Challenges and Controversies in Management Research

    Edited by Bill Lee, Catherine Cassell

    Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

    Challenges and Controversies in Management Research explores the history and cultural context, current issues and controversies and potential development of research in the field of management. The collection of essays is written by scholars of international standing, and the chapters address the...

    Published July 10th 2012 by Routledge