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Philosophy and Business Ethics: Organizations, CSR and Moral Practice
By Edoardo Mollona, Guglielmo Faldetta, Massimiliano Matteo Pellegrini. 2022
This book explores the relationship between philosophy and business ethics. Academics and practitioners often muse about the ethical and moral…
aspect of management and business actions, but these studies can lack a deeper philosophical grounding. Contributors to this volume challenge this gap by applying different philosophical paradigms and theories to business management issues. The territory covered by the contributions collected in this book spans from the foundations of business management literature itself, to the role of philosophy in new business models and technology; from the way philosophical theory can explain – and encourage – ethical firm behaviour, to the political stance that an organization takes. Contributors take a holistic approach to business and management, bringing together real-world examples and rich academic theory, creating an interdisciplinary volume, with international authors. Covering important topics such as corporate social responsibility, sustainability, leadership, and stakeholder relations, this book will be of interest to academics working in the field of business ethics, philosophy and management studies.Arbeiten in der neuen Normalität: Sieben Trilogien für die neue Arbeitswelt (IBE-Reihe)
By Jutta Rump, Silke Eilers. 2022
Die Corona-Pandemie und die damit verbundenen Entwicklungen haben eine neue Normalität in der Arbeitswelt entstehen lassen. Diese neue Normalität beinhaltet…
unter anderem sieben Trilogien, die auch als die 7x3er-Regel bezeichnet werden. Hier ist zunächst die Transformations-Trilogie zu nennen, bestehend aus der digitalen, der ökonomischen und der ökologischen Transformation. Hinzu kommen drei limitierte Faktoren: eingeschränkte finanzielle Mittel, Zeit als knappes Gut sowie der Nachwuchs- und Fachkräftemangel. Die drei Währungen der neuen Normalität, die nahezu gleichberechtigt nebeneinander stehen, sind Geld, Zeit und Purpose. Im organisatorischen Bereich besteht die Trilogie aus agilem Arbeiten, Mobile Work und flexiblen Arbeitsformen. Dabei gestaltet sich die Zusammenarbeit wahlweise stationär, hybrid oder virtuell. Drei Merkmale der Führung, die es zu beachten gilt, sind die Prinzipien Transparenz, Partizipation und Krisenstab. Nicht zuletzt lassen sich drei Ebenen der Beschäftigungsfähigkeiten identifizieren: Kompetenzen, Identifikation und Gesundheit. Das Buch greift zentrale Aspekte dieser sieben Trilogien auf und erläutert sie anhand praktischer Beispiele, aktueller wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse und Studien sowie Experteneinschätzungen. Dabei behalten die Herausgeberinnen und Autor*innen stets den Bezug zur betrieblichen Personalpolitik im Fokus und geben praxisorientierte Empfehlungen und Handlungshinweise.Der Inhalt- Die sieben Trilogien der neuen Normalität- Digitalisierung, Ambidexterity und Employability- Agilität, Mobilität und Flexibilität- Purpose, Employee Experience und Führung 4.0The Age of Clean Label Foods
By Charis M. Galanakis. 2022
In recent years, "clean label" has become a trendy term in the food industry, spurring innovations in food product development.…
While the concept of "clean label" is relatively new, without any legal definition, it has a high market appearance and industrial relevance. Consumer demands are leading food and beverage manufacturers toward removing synthetic additives (e.g., emulsifiers) and incorporating natural ingredients. Indeed, many big food companies have committed to eliminating artificial food additives from their products altogether. However, the substitution of chemical preservatives for natural ingredients without compromising food safety, convenience, and sensory quality is a challenge for food technologists.The Age of Clean Label Foods offers a guide to this approach with a thorough exploration of "clean label" ingredients in foods and the development of these food products. All aspects of clean label foods are covered in this essential reference, including recent developments in "clean label ingredients," technologies for producing or enhancing the functionality of ingredients, the interaction of ingredients with emerging food processing technologies, legislative frameworks, and consumer attitudes. Particular emphasis is given to trendy topics in the clean label industry, such as products with reduced-fat or reduced salt content, modified starches, natural emulsifiers, antioxidants, flavorings and antimicrobials, and fermented foods, as well as active and intelligent packaging for clean label foods. Through this text, the authors hope to promote a better understanding from which food technologists and food microbiologists can operate in the "clean-label" arena, taking into consideration all the key aspects of food quality, sensory characteristics, and food safety.The Ministry of Truth: BigTech's Influence on Facts, Feelings and Fictions
By Vincent F. Hendricks, Camilla Mehlsen. 2022
The Ministry of Truth scrutinizes the information market in the era of the attention economy calling on citizens, public educators…
and politicians to action in averting the role of BigTech in critical infrastructure. Through phenomena such as influencers, ‘fake news’, and covid conspiracies, the authors reveal how social platforms control facts, feelings and narratives in our time to such a degree that they are the de facto arbiters of truth. BigTech seemingly controls the information infrastructure and also decides what we pay attention to. The authors suggest hope for a more democratic internet through their systematic analysis of the largest players of the information age. The aim is to amplify human agency for a robust deliberative democracy — not version 2.0 — but a lasting version with staying power. This book appeals to the general interest reader and professional invested in the mobilization of responsible technological development.Vincent F. Hendricks is Professor of Formal Philosophy at The University of Copenhagen. He is Director of the Center for Information and Bubble Studies (CIBS) funded by the Carlsberg Foundation.Camilla Mehlsen is Digital Media Expert and Spokesperson for the Danish child organization Children’s Welfare. She is author of several books on digital literacy and her work on digital media has been published in various newspapers and magazines.Languages of Discrimination and Racism in Twentieth-Century Italy: Histories, Legacies and Practices
By Davide Lombardo, Marcella Simoni. 2022
This volume represents one of the first extensive studies that investigates the persistence of questions of race and racism in…
Italy from the liberal age to the present, through colonialism, Fascism and post-war Italy. It adopts an interdisciplinary perspective to investigate the intertwining of the cultural, social, legislative and political dynamics of discrimination in Italy’s past and present. Drawing upon the expertise of historians, political scientists, sociologists, scholars of literature and experts in cultural studies, the original essays collected in this volume show a remarkable continuity and the persistence of racism in the Italian cultural and political discourse, in society and in the representation of Others. They also speak of the shifting of practices of Othering from one group to another in different historical contexts.Hidden Champions in the Chinese Century: Ascent and Transformation
By Hermann Simon. 2022
“Hidden Champions” are medium-sized, unknown companies with annual revenues under $5 billion that have quietly, under the radar, become world…
market leaders in their respective industries. In this new instalment to his worldwide bestselling Hidden Champions volumes, Hermann Simon takes readers on in-depth exploration of the ever changing operating conditions and the greater uncertainty and volatility that defines the global business sphere over the next ten years. In particular, in this book he focuses on China’s continued impact on the business world since its rise in the global business and economic sphere over recent decades. In this regard, Dr. Simon shows the reader how the current status evolved, and then offers concrete and actionable recommendations. New driving forces such as digitalization, business ecosystems and sustainability receive special attention. While the main focus is on companies in German-speaking countries as they comprise 56 percent of the world’s Hidden Champions, the success factors mentioned in this book can be applied globally to mid-sized companies in other regions as they strive to become global market leaders. Whether a company is a “Hidden Champion”, aspires to be one, or wants to emulate their success model, Dr. Simon’s new book provides essential food for thought as executives and managers chart their course into the future.Health threats pose significant dangers to humankind and form a major source of human suffering and sorrow. Responsible leadership and…
reasoned decision making can significantly improve the arenas that are affected by health threats, through establishing a better allocation of very scarce resources for building health capabilities and for increasing health preparedness, responsiveness and resilience.This book examines how public health leaders can use the cutting-edge research from Decision Sciences to better manage emerging and re-emerging health threats, with a focus on enhancing health security. While these decisions must be informed by the best available evidence, they must also address competing priorities and key uncertainties and must mitigate critical risks, albeit in a cost-effective manner which seeks to maximize societal value.This is a book about how decisions on health security can be improved, both in terms of the content that is utilized in a health decision analysis and the decision processes that are employed in reaching a decision. This decision-focused perspective can help public health leaders and public health experts to increase the health preparedness of health systems, the task of which involves improving health capabilities, increasing the robustness of health systems against health threats, as well as strengthening health resilience and the responsiveness of these systems against disease outbreaks.Perspectives on Inclusive Policies for Development in India: In Honour of Prof. R. Radhakrishna (India Studies in Business and Economics)
By Rahul Mukherji, Saiyed Raza Hashim, Brajaraja Mishra. 2022
This book presents perspectives by eminent economists, social scientists and policy makers, exploring in depth the post-reform developments in India,…
including issues pertaining to growth and equity, issues which have been at the core of life-time work of Prof. R. Radhakrishna. The book brings out how some public policy instruments created to promote growth have turned out to be regressive, promoting inequalities and creating a highly asymmetric federalism in India. It examines the efficacy of fiscal and monetary reforms and also emphasises the need for strengthening the institutions of governance, particularly judiciary and police, in order to boost investors’ confidence. It presents exercises in econometric modelling for explaining factors in growth and vetting policies, and explores the issue of governance and institutions. The book provides insights into the working of an emerging economy and a large democracy which has to strive for public acceptability of the tensions of its negotiations between equity and growth. With its depth of academic excellence and breadth of topics covered, it is a ‘must read’ for researchers, policy makers, industry watchers, think tanks, and NGOs.Was Projektleiter wissen müssen (essentials)
By Bernd-J. Madauss. 2022
Bezugnehmend auf das Buch „Projektmanagement – Theorie und Praxis aus einer Hand“, das 2021 in der 8. Auflage erschienen ist,…
sind in diesem essential die wichtigsten Themen, die Projektleiter zur erfolgreichen Projektabwicklung kennen müssen, konzentriert und leicht verständlich zusammengefasst. Von der Zieldefinition bis zur Kostenermittlung werden alle maßgeblichen Managementprozesse beschrieben..Advances in National Brand and Private Label Marketing: Ninth International Conference, 2022 (Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics)
By Francisco J. Martínez-López, Juan Carlos Gázquez-Abad, Marco Ieva. 2022
This proceedings volume highlights the latest research presented at the 9th International Conference on Research on National Brand & Private…
Label Marketing (NB&PL2022). The topics covered include: retailing, private label portfolio and assortment management, private label pricing and promotion, national brand strategies, among other related issues. The volume specifically addresses the needs of researchers and students of advanced marketing courses.Strategic Public Relations Writing: Proven Tactics and Techniques
By Jim Eggensperger, Jeanne Salvatore. 2022
Putting strategy front and center, this public relations writing textbook coaches students to readiness for a career as an effective…
strategic communicator. The book focuses on the strategic aspect of public relations writing that distinguishes it from other writing, such as journalistic or academic. It highlights the essential types of writing necessary for effective public relations in multiple media channels, demonstrated by contemporary cases direct from practitioners working today. Overviews of the various tactical formats that must be mastered for powerful, strategic public relations—ranging from social media posts and website updates to podcasts, speeches and infographics—prepare students to be effective and up-to-date professionals. Full of examples and exercises, the book’s strength is in its practical utility for career preparation and success. This text is suited to public relations writing courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate level, particularly those with a focus on strategy or that combine strategy and writing into one course. Online resources include chapter outlines; a testbank; sample homework, paper and portfolio-building assignments; and lecture slides. They can be accessed at www.routledge.com/ 9781032163871.Marketing Artificial Intelligence: AI, Marketing, and the Future of Business
By Paul Roetzer, Mike Kaput. 2022
Artificial intelligence is forecasted to have trillions of dollars of impact on businesses and the economy, yet many marketers struggle…
to understand what it is and how to apply it in their marketing efforts. The truth is, AI possesses the power to change everything.While AI-powered marketing technologies may never achieve the sci-fi vision of self-running, self-improving autonomous systems, a little bit of AI can go a long way toward dramatically increasing productivity, efficiency, and performance.Marketing AI Institute&’s Founder & CEO, Paul Roetzer, and Chief Content Officer, Mike Kaput, join forces to show marketers how to embrace AI and make it their competitive advantage. Marketing Artificial Intelligence draws on years of research and dozens of interviews with AI marketers, executives, engineers, and entrepreneurs. Roetzer and Kaput present the current potential of AI, as well as a glimpse into a near future in which marketers and machines work seamlessly to run personalized campaigns of unprecedented complexity with unimaginable simplicity. As the amount of data exponentially increases, marketers&’ abilities to filter through the noise and turn information into actionable intelligence remain limited. Roetzer and Kaput show you how to make breaking through that noise your superpower.So, come along on a journey of exploration and enlightenment. Marketing Artificial Intelligence is the blueprint for understanding and applying AI, giving you just the edge in your career you&’ve been waiting for.The Palgrave Handbook of Africa’s Economic Sectors
By Evelyn F. Wamboye, Bichaka Fayissa. 2022
This handbook provides a reference resource to showcase insightful and nuanced perspectives on Africa’s agriculture, industry, services, and manufacturing sectors;…
factors affecting the sectors’ competitiveness; and the sectors’ contribution to employment, economic growth, and sustainable development. It also addresses the potential benefits that the sectors could harness from the planned Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA), and in particular how CFTA could increase the efficiency and competitiveness of these sectors.This book provides evidence-based holistic analyses of the past and current state of Africa’s economic sectors, with a strong emphasis on tangible and specific policy recommendations for the purpose of enhancing future economic growth, employment, and sustainable development of the continent. It also assesses the impact of the first-ever Continental Free Trade Area in Africa, and its potential implications for Africa’s integration into regional and global economy and competitiveness relative to other fast developing economies (such as those in Asia). This handbook gives an in-depth analysis of fundamental domestic factors that have relevance on the sectors’ expansion and growth and their contributions to employment, economic growth, and sustainable development in Africa with differential effects across the continent.Prognose von Wohnungseinbrüchen mit Hilfe von Machine-Learning-Algorithmen (BestMasters)
By Daniel Haake. 2022
Das Buch beschäftigt sich mit der Möglichkeit der Prognose von Wohnungseinbrüchen mit Hilfe von Machine-Learning-Verfahren. Die Analyse beschränkt sich auf…
die Fragestellung, ob nach einem erfolgten Wohnungseinbruch mit einer Nachfolgetat, den sog. Near-Repeats, zu rechnen ist. Dabei wird untersucht, welche Faktoren zu guten Prognoseergebnissen beitragen. Zur Verfügung stehen Daten zu Wohnungseinbrüchen aus Baden-Württemberg aus den Jahren 2010 bis 2017. Ergänzt werden die polizeilichen Daten um geografische Daten, die den Tatort beschreiben. Hiermit wird geprüft, ob kriminalgeografische Faktoren gute Indikatoren zur Prognose von Wohnungseinbrüchen, genauer gesagt Near-Repeats, darstellen. Als Machine-Learning-Verfahren kommen die Verfahren Random Forest, XGBoost, Support Vector Machines, Neuronale Netze und ein Soft-Voting der Modelle zum Einsatz. Mit Hilfe dieser Verfahren kann eine Präzision der Prognosen von über 60% erreicht werden. Es wird außerdem erstmalig gezeigt, dass auch Prognosen für den ländlichen Raum möglich sind.Fourth Generation Biofuels (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology)
By Pratima Bajpai. 2022
This book examines the background of fourth-generation biofuel production, use of genetically modified microalgae for production of fourth-generation biofuels; cultivation…
and harvesting of genetically modified microalgae; residue from biofuel extraction; health and environmental concerns of fourth-generation biofuels; regulations on cultivation and processing of the genetically modified algae; carbon dioxide sequestration; water footprint and current status and key challenges. The topic caters to academic researchers and industrial experts, who work in the field of biofuels as source of alternative fuel to achieve environmental and economic sustainability.This book analyses and proposes solutions to one of the core challenges faced in the Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO)…
supply chains in the oil and gas industry, a field that is currently impacted by low oil prices, emerging technologies and a societal transition to cleaner energies. It describes the end-to-end nature of the oil and gas supply chain, and challenges paradigms and accepted ways of working within the industry – such as wastes driven by broken interfaces, naivete regarding supply chains, and the practice that considers re-organisation to be the answer to these challenges – and identifies opportunities to shift this paradigm towards reliability and value. Moreover, the book shares the authors’ front-line experience and encourages readers to consider deploying the solutions presented in their own contexts. The insights from the book’s 12 modules are based on personal experiences and are industry-generic, allowing them to be transferred to other MRO supply chains. Readers are encouraged to use this book as a reference for their own supply chain transformations. The book is primarily intended for practitioners, including chief operating officers, chief financial officers, chief supply chain officers, engineers and heads of procurement, purchasing, operations, and materials management.Regenerative Oikonomics: A New Perspective on the Economic Process (Springer Studies in Alternative Economics)
By Andri Werner Stahel. 2022
This book presents a unique real-world-centred approach to economic life from a phenomenological approach. It offers a much-needed alternative to…
conventional economic thinking, giving a transdisciplinary depiction of the economic process’s social, cultural, technological, political, and ecological dimensions. Doing so appeals to students and researchers in economics aiming to get an alternative to the reductionist model-based approach.Written in a jargon-free and non-technical way, it appeals to non-economists alike and those seeking a more profound and living understanding of the economic process. What is the role of nature in the economic process? Is there more to economics than we have been told? Do we have infinite needs? What are these needs? Can we keep on growing forever? Does economic growth improve our wellbeing? Why is the income gap widening? What is the role of financial capital in our current world? Are there other forms of producing, distributing, and consuming wealth beyond markets? What are the functions of markets, and how do they work in the real world? These and many other aspects are discussed in living and holistic ways in this book. It is a must-read for all those interested in gaining a more profound and genuine understanding of our current reality and those looking for ways out of our current crises.How Big-Tech Barons Smash Innovation—and How to Strike Back
By Ariel Ezrachi, Maurice E. Stucke. 2022
Two market experts deconstruct the drivers and inhibitors to innovation in the digital economy, explain how large tech companies can…
stifle disruption, assess the toll of their technologies on our well-being and democracy, and outline policy changes to take power away from big tech and return it to entrepreneurs.Silicon Valley’s genius combined with limited corporate regulation promised a new age of technological innovation in which entrepreneurs would create companies that would in turn fuel unprecedented job growth. Yet disruptive innovation has stagnated even as the five leading tech giants, which account for approximately 25 percent of the S&P 500’s market capitalization, are expanding to unimaginable scale and power. In How Big-Tech Barons Smash Innovation—and How to Strike Back, Ariel Ezrachi and Maurice E. Stucke explain why this is happening and what we can do to reverse it.While many distrust the Big-Tech Barons, the prevailing belief is that innovation is thriving online. It isn’t. Rather than disruptive innovations that create significant value, we are getting technologies that primarily extract value and reduce well-being. Using vivid examples and relying on their work in the field, the authors explain how the leading tech companies design their sprawling ecosystems to extract more profits (while crushing any entrepreneur that poses a threat). As a result, we get less innovation that benefits us and more innovations that surpass the dreams of yesteryears’ autocracies. The Tech Barons’ technologies, which seek to decode our emotions and thoughts to better manipulate our behavior, are undermining political stability and democracy while fueling tribalism and hate.But it’s not hopeless. The authors reveal that sustained innovation scales with cities not companies, and that we, as a society, should profoundly alter our investment strategy and priorities to certain entrepreneurs (“Tech Pirates”) and cities’ infrastructure.The Illusion of Control: Why Financial Crises Happen, and What We Can (and Can’t) Do About It
By Jon Danielsson. 2022
A challenge to the conventional wisdom surrounding financial risk, providing insight into why easy solutions to control the financial system…
are doomed to fail Finance plays a key role in the prosperity of the modern world—but it also brings grave dangers. We seek to manage those threats with a vast array of sophisticated mathematical tools and techniques of financial risk management. Too often, though, we fail to address the greatest risk—the peril posed by our own behavior. Jón Daníelsson argues that critical risk is generated from within, through the interactions of individuals and perpetuated by their beliefs, objectives, abilities, and prejudices. He asserts that the widespread belief that risk originates outside the financial system frustrates our ability to measure and manage it, and the likely consequences of new regulations will help alleviate small-scale risks but, perversely, encourage excessive risk taking. Daníelsson uses lessons from past and recent crises to show that diversity is the best way to safeguard our financial system.This book presents the essential knowledge and legal practice for establishing and operating companies in China. The book includes 6…
chapters: Establishment of a Company; Shareholders, Directors, Supervisors, Senior Executives; Investment, M&A and Creditor's Rights; Financing and Guarantee; Alteration, Liquidation and Cancellation; Malfeasance Most Likely to be Overlooked. The end is a summary of the laws and regulations involved in the chapters above. From a professional perspective, this book explains and analyzes the key points, practical difficulties and potential risks that an enterprise may encounter in the process of establishment and operation, describes in detail the key points for handling various businesses and matters, the notes for selection of different administrative procedures, and conducts multi-dimensional comparison and case analysis to facilitate readers' understanding. This book is a practical guide for everyone to understand how to establish and operate a company in China, which is not only suitable for readers who want to start a business or have already started a business, but also suitable for overseas investors to fully understand how to establish and operate a company in China. It is also helpful for investors and entrepreneurs to lead the enterprise to be more standardized and more compliant so as to achieve better operation and development. In addition, this book could be used as a reference book for legal and financial professionals to help professionals become more professional.