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11. Developments in the Call Centre Industry

    Analysis, Changes and Challenges

    Edited by Julia Connell, John Burgess

    Series: Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks

    Over the past ten years there has been a massive growth in call centres worldwide. These centres are said to represent the most dynamic growth area in white-collar employment internationally since the mid 1990s. Yet the footloose and global nature of the industry means that jobs will always be...

    Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
12. Universities, Innovation and the Economy

    By Helen Lawton-Smith

    Series: Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks

    Universities are increasingly expected to be at the heart of networked structures contributing to society in meaningful and measurable ways through research, the teaching and development of experts, and knowledge innovation. While there is nothing new in universities’ links with industry, what is...

    Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
13. Deregulation, Innovation and Market Liberalization

    Electricity Regulation in a Continually Evolving Environment

    By L. Lynne Kiesling

    Series: Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks

    Over the past 50 years the US economy has experienced economic dynamism and technological change at a dizzying pace, driven substantially by innovation in digital communication technology. This dynamism has had limited effects in the electricity industry, and institutional change within the...

    Published March 13th 2012 by Routledge
14. Business Networks

    Strategy and Structure

    By Emanuela Todeva

    Series: Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks

    Although social, political, technological and business networks hold our modern world together, we still lack a good understanding of what business networks are, how they work, and the language of network analysis that we may apply to solve common, everyday problems. This book looks at such...

    Published November 15th 2011 by Routledge
15. Markets in Fashion

    A phenomenological approach

    By Patrik Aspers

    Series: Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks

    Interest in contemporary cultural industries has grown in the past decade, as they take on a greater significance in our increasingly consumer-led society. Focusing on the world of fashion photography, this book presents an interdisciplinary approach in which this and other aesthetic markets, such...

    Published November 15th 2011 by Routledge
16. Location Behaviour and Relationship Stability in International Business Networks

    Evidence from the Automotive Industry

    By Bart Kamp

    Series: Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks

    This new book investigates how the relationships of international business networks (one buyer-multiple buyers) develop over time, looking at the geographical angle as well as an actor composition point of view. Bart Kamp presents a framework that reveals what business-to-business (b2b)&...

    Published August 27th 2010 by Routledge
17. Organization and Identity

    Edited by Alison Linstead, Stephen Linstead

    Series: Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks

    Exploring identity as a contemporary concern in everyday life and in the social sciences, this book focuses on how ideas about identity can be applied to organization and management studies. The contributors, all respected authorities in the field, use and develop recent philosophical thought on...

    Published December 6th 2008 by Routledge
18. Thinking Organization

    Edited by Stephen Linstead, Alison Linstead

    Series: Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks

    Drawing on both analytical and continental traditions, this thought-provoking book takes a balanced look at the contributions philosophy can make to improving our understanding of what it means to organize. The essays consider three areas: representing organization, knowing organization, and the...

    Published October 6th 2008 by Routledge
19. Decisions: Risk and Reward

    By Johnnie E.V. Johnson, Alistair Bruce

    Series: Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks

    In recent years leading figures in a variety of fields - political, financial, medical, and organizational - have become acutely aware of the need to effectively incorporate aspects of risk into their decision-making. This book addresses a wide range of contemporary issues in decision research,...

    Published January 23rd 2008 by Routledge
20. Business Clusters

    An International Perspective

    By Martin Perry

    Series: Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks

    Clusters of specialized businesses are being promoted around the world, aided by high-profile examples such as Silicon Valley. Using evidence from high- and low-income economies, as well as detailed case studies that show the special conditions behind successful clusters, this book provides a new...

    Published May 18th 2005 by Routledge