Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Development - Business Development

For centuries, almost all economic activity was family-based. The family business rested on the division of labor among family members. Therefore the family was both socially and economically the foundation of the family business. Families were not only production units, but also education and consumption units that conveyed norm structures, values and professional identity to next generation. Although female family members have always been active participants in family businesses over the centuries, their role has often been neglected in previous studies.

-An appropriate design can be a significant competitive advantage, just as an inappropriate design can result in the failure of the organisation.-

Over the last 30 years, Michael Bellerby has worked in over 100 organisations designing strategies, implementing operational improvements and radically changing performance. This experience has taught him that organisation design remains pivotal to the success of a company.

Organisation Designs provides leaders with the knowledge needed to assess the appropriateness of their designs. The book helps...

Today's leaders are experiencing unprecedented turbulence. Trying to reduce or deny this uncertainty is a futile exercise. Leaders now need to acquire the capability to deal with uncertainty. Leadership coach, Kathy Bennet offers organisations a comprehensive guide to develop this capability in their leaders.

Her new book, Living and Leading Through Uncertainty offers an in-depth analysis of uncertainty coupled with self-reflective exercises to help leaders cope in a VUCA world. By weaving together practical techniques for enhancing...

The innovation management classic returns for today's fully digitized world

When legendary business thought leaders C.K. Prahalad and M.S. Krishnan first published The New Age of Innovation, the book was instantly lauded as one of the most forward-looking business guides of the year.

Now, ten years later, their predictions that advanced technologies would transform every business in every industry have been borne out. And their lessons for managing the software revolution are more critical today than ever.

The New Age of Innovation provides the...

The articles in this volume are selected from the contributions to two international conferences. Authors and teams tackle general economic approaches and developments with respect to new concepts for the production possibility frontier, the connection of development and exports diversification and improvements to the business process. Other contributors address economic sustainability with respect to an institutional path to sustainable growth, available financial instruments, behavioral models of economic expectations, solutions for waste treatment as well as to technological aspects...

It's very likely that best practices--ideas, processes, and strategies that are commonplace in your industry--are actually hurting your business.

Although best practices can help businesses operate more competitively and efficiently, they are often outdated, harmful, and a hindrance to innovation.

The problem is, managers and executives are usually blind to the negative effects of best practices, so they don't question their purpose or measure their effectiveness. As a consequence, outdated or harmful practices spread and persist without their knowledge.

In Breaking...