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31. Cooperatives and Community Development

    Edited by Vanna Gonzales, Rhonda Phillips

    Series: Community Development – Current Issues Series

    In celebration of cooperatives’ contributions to community development processes and outcomes worldwide, the United Nations designated 2012 as the Year of the Cooperative. Today, as in the past, cooperatives have proved effective in bringing people and organizations together to accomplish a broad...

    Published April 18th 2013 by Routledge
32. Fiduciary Law and Responsible Investing

    In Nature’s trust

    By Benjamin J. Richardson

    Series: Routledge Research in Finance and Banking Law

    This book is about fiduciary law’s influence on the financial economy’s environmental performance, focusing on how the law affects responsible investing and considering possible legal reforms to shift financial markets closer towards sustainability. Fiduciary law governs how trustees, fund managers...

    Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge
33. Popular Manufacturing Myths

    Eliminating Widely Held Beliefs That Reduce Competitiveness

    By Douglas B. Relyea

    Addressing the beliefs and attitudes that can be detrimental to your organization’s competitiveness, Popular Manufacturing Myths: Eliminating Widely Held Beliefs That Reduce Competitiveness offers time-tested insight into the most common myths encountered in manufacturing environments. It...

    Published April 17th 2013 by Productivity Press
34. Knowledge, Innovation and Internationalisation

    Essays in Honour of Cesare Imbriani

    Edited by Piergiuseppe Morone

    Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

    As firms increasingly rely on knowledge as a key factor for innovation, the ability to innovate is increasingly perceived as a key asset for being competitive in international markets. This new volume argues that innovation, knowledge and internationalisation should be viewed as tightly related...

    Published April 16th 2013 by Routledge
35. Community Economic Development

    Edited by Rhonda Phillips, Terry Besser

    Series: Community Development – Current Issues Series

    The role of economic development in communities is multi-faceted, having an array of antecedents, impacts, and implications. This volume explores the relationships between economic development and community development, focusing on the aspects that impact communities such as social capital,...

    Published April 16th 2013 by Routledge
36. How to Outthink, Outmaneuver, and Outperform Your Competitors

    Lessons from the Masters of Strategy

    By Norton Paley

    Supplying you with a firm grasp of the roots of strategy, How to Outthink, Outmaneuver, and Outperform Your Competitors: Lessons from the Masters of Strategy explains how to develop the skills and strategies needed to compete in today’s volatile marketplace. It interweaves the classic works of the...

    Published April 16th 2013 by Productivity Press
37. The Political Economy of State-Business Relations in Europe

    Interest Mediation, Capitalism and EU Policy Making

    By Rainer Eising

    Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies

    The delegation of policy-competencies to the European Union has changed the context in which national actors form their interests and represent them. Shaping European markets and societies, EU regulation has important effects in the member states. This book analyses how business interest...

    Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
38. Cultural Studies and Anti-Consumerism

    Edited by Sam Binkley, Jo Littler

    Anti-consumerism has become a conspicuous part of contemporary activism and popular culture, from ‘culture jams’ and actions against Esso and Starbucks, through the downshifting and voluntary simplicity movements, the rise of ethical consumption and organic and the high profile of films and books...

    Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
39. Consumer-Citizens of China

    The Role of Foreign Brands in the Imagined Future China

    By Kelly Tian, Lily Dong

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    This book presents a comprehensive examination of Chinese consumer behaviour and challenges the previously dichotomous interpretation of the consumption of Western and non-Western brands in China. The dominant position is that Chinese consumers are driven by a desire to imitate the lifestyles of...

    Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
40. Prospects for the Professions in China

    Edited by William P Alford, William Kirby, Kenneth Winston

    Series: Routledge Studies on Civil Society in Asia

    Professionals are a growing group in China and increasingly make their presence felt in governance and civil society. At the same time, however, professionals in the West are under increasing pressure from commercialism or scepticism about their ability to rise above self-interest. This book...

    Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge