This work brings together two of the hottest issues in current management thinking in the 1990s: the impact of privatization on the performance and behaviour of the companies involved, and the increasingly important role of purchasing and supplier relationships. The notion that efficiency is improved with privatization is critically examined, as is the idea that privatized organizations have recognized the importance of the procurement role and developed both their procurement functions and supplier relationships so as to enhance competitiveness. The book should be of interest to students and...
This work brings together two of the hottest issues in current management thinking in the 1990s: the impact of privatization on the performance and be...
Mutuality has become a topic of debate recently for a whole range of academics and social commentators. The 'demutualisation' of banks and building societies has been partnered by the idea of a 'new mutualism', forming a set of social values and beliefs, and this collection looks at the manifestations of these trends and the implications for the future.
Mutuality has become a topic of debate recently for a whole range of academics and social commentators. The 'demutualisation' of banks and building so...
In his Ethics, Aristotle argued that human beings try to further a variety of values by balancing them, stating that people try to find a middle road between excess and deficiency. The author develops and applies this idea to the values of economics, arguing that in the economy; freedom, justice and care are also balanced to further ends with scarce means. Freedom is furthered through market exchange, justice through a redistributive role of the state, and care through mutual gifts of labour and sharing of resources in the economy. The book argues that economics is, and has always...
In his Ethics, Aristotle argued that human beings try to further a variety of values by balancing them, stating that people try to find a mid...
The rise to prominence of the service sector - heralded over half a century ago as the great hope for the twenty-first century - has come to fruition. In many cases, employment in the service sector now outnumbers that in manufacturing sectors, and it is accepted that in all developed countries, the service sector is the only one in which employment will grow in future. The reasons for this is the subject of much controversy and debate, the outcomes of which are not merely of academic interest but of decisive importance for economic policy and the quality of working and living conditions...
The rise to prominence of the service sector - heralded over half a century ago as the great hope for the twenty-first century - has come to fruiti...
Organization and Identity provides an exploration of identity as a contemporary concern in everyday life and as a key concept in the social sciences, particularly focusing on how ideas about identity can be applied to organization and management studies. The contributors to this volume use and develop recent philosophical thought on the nature of identity to ask questions about the key social divisions of gender, class and nation, such as whether we are able to write our own identity stories or do we remain bound by social constraints and...
Organization and Identity provides an exploration of identity as a contemporary concern in everyday life and as a key concept in the social ...
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 recent is their role as territorial actors. It is government policy in many countries that universities - and in some countries national laboratories - stimulate regional or local economic development.
Universities, Innovation and the Economy explores the implications of this...
Universities are increasingly expected to be at the heart of networked structures contributing to society in meaningful and measurable ways through...
The channels and mechanisms of knowledge flows define the links that make up production and innovation systems. As such, they relate directly or indirectly to all policies that affect such systems. Knowledge flows are also directly related to intellectual property protection policies and competition policies that create the infrastructure supporting various forms of formal interaction among economic agents in production and innovation systems.
Knowledge Flows in European Industry presents the results of an extensive research programme funded by the European...
The channels and mechanisms of knowledge flows define the links that make up production and innovation systems. As such, they relate directly or in...
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 becoming of organization. With originality and flair, the contributors make a powerful case for the need for a new philosophy of management and organization.
Drawing on both analytical and continental traditions, this thought-provoking book takes a balanced look at the contributions philosophy can make t...
Information Warfare in Business provides a significant and interesting perspective on the concept of the network organization. It illustrates the relations between information technology and organization, and in particular, between business organizations and the recent revolution in military affairs that has been called 'information warfare'. The main themes discussed include the network society, knowledge management, nomadic strategy, information warfare, power and identity.
Information Warfare in Business provides a significant and interesting perspective on the concept of the network organization. It illustrates...
The performance of current transport systems is inadequate when viewed in terms of economic efficiency, sustainability and safety. Drawing together key an impressive list of contributors from the vast field of transportation economics including Kenneth Button, David Banister and Juan Carlos Martin, this book investigates transport systems, and covers a wide range of topics such as:
airline markets
congestion charging
speed control.
This informative book, ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate students of economics, business and...
The performance of current transport systems is inadequate when viewed in terms of economic efficiency, sustainability and safety. Drawing together...
