Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Decision Making & Problem Solving

In a world facing chronic and increasing shortages in food crops and natural resources, visionary leadership in agriculture becomes more and more critical for building and maintaining a sustainable future. It is of paramount importance that the dynamic and challenging evolution in agriculture over the last century and a half be met today with imaginative leadership in virtually all aspects of activities and organizations involved.

"Leadership in Agriculture: Case Studies for a New Generation" focuses on key characteristics and elements of leadership. Using case studies from research,...

Directors are key decision-makers in any organisation, whether it is in the public sector, a family business or a transnational company. The UK Companies Act 2006 codified directors' duties for the first time and describes the director as the 'most likely to promote the success of the company for the benefit of its members as a whole'.

This book addresses key tensions and problems involved in the duties and responsibilities of the director in promoting success, including corporate culture and credibility, trust, risk and uncertainty, collective responsibility, and the...

Uri Gneezy and John List are revolutionaries. Their ideas and methods for revealing what really works in addressing big social, business, and economic problems gives us new understanding of the motives underlying human behavior. We can then structure incentives that can get people to move mountains, change their behavior--or at least get a better deal.

But finding the right incentive...

Der Betrugsstraftatbestand gehort zu den meistdiskutierten Vorschriften des deutschen (Wirtschafts-)Strafrechts. Trotz der Fulle an Rechtsprechung und Literatur fehlt jedoch eine Erorterung aus okonomischer Sicht: Die juristischen Abhandlungen erschopfen sich in Fragen der Gesetzesauslegung, verbunden mit gelegentlichen rechtspolitischen Empfehlungen. Wird hingegen das Thema Betrug in den...