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Proceedings of the 1st Brawijaya International Conference on Business and Law (Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research #251)
by Adi Kusumaningrum Airin LiemantoThis is an open access book.The advancement of science is an important basic for the country’s development. It should be supported by the analysis which could provide solutions of various problems and phenomena happened in society. One of the problems amidst the problems around the world is how to resolve the economics and social problem as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The complex problems due to pandemic are not merely believed to be bias if it is solved by a science so that it needs collaboration of other social sciences. Due to these issues of social science, we are conducting the 1st Brawijaya International Conference on Business and Law (BICoBL) 2022 on the 27th of October, 2022 in Bogor. The theme of the conference entitles “Collaboration of Business and Law After Pandemic to Enhance Sustainable Development”. We are looking forward to having you in our conference.
Mandatory Financial Disclosures and the Banking Sector: A Principal-Agent Framework (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions)
by Kumar DasguptaThis book explores mandatory disclosures. The book raises questions regarding the efficacy of market discipline and reaches a conclusion that seems to be borne out by the recent failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse. The book starts by asking the question why do we need mandatory disclosures. First, it develops a framework using a Principal-Agent model that provides an economic rationale for such disclosures. Second, it analyses the requirements outlined in Basel banking regulations over three decades and finds support for the propositions outlined in the developed framework in all key BCBS pronouncements. Last, the book empirically evaluates Pillar 3 disclosures and arrives at the surprising result that such disclosures do not seem have an impact on bond investors. The book concludes by outlining the policy implications regarding the design, efficacy, implementation, and limitations of regulation in an economy.
Europe in the Global Space Economy (SpringerBriefs in Space Development)
by Patrizia Caraveo Clelia IacominoThis book analyzes the policies and space economy programs of major space-faring nations and explores whether the present institutional set-up in Europe is adequate to address the challenges. At the core of the discussion are the relative roles of governments and markets in a highly dynamic panorama that involves advancements in science, modifications in technology and organization, and the introduction of new rules of behavior. After a close examination of the history of development of the space economy, and the shift from the centralized model to deregulation and the opening up of space activities to commercial companies, a wide-ranging overview of global space governance is provided. National and regional perspectives are discussed, and the current role of commercial actors in the global space system is elucidated. The various challenges faced by Europe are then examined, including the threat posed by institutional and market fragmentation to the emergence of European companies able to compete with companies of nations such as the USA. The final part of the book analyzes proposals for reforming of the space system in Europe and offers a vision for future European space policy.
Data Privacy and Crowdsourcing: A Comparison of Selected Problems in China, Germany and the United States (Advanced Studies in Diginomics and Digitalization)
by Lars Hornuf Sonja Mangold Yayun YangThis open access book describes the most important legal sources and principles of data privacy and data protection in China, Germany and the United States. The authors collected privacy statements from more than 400 crowdsourcing platforms, which allowed them to empirically evaluate their data privacy and data protection practices. The book compares the practices in the three countries and develops empirically-grounded policy recommendations.A profound analysis on workers´ privacy in new forms of work in China, Germany, and the United States. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Däubler, University of BremenThis is a comprehensive and timely book for legal and business scholars as well as practitioners, especially with the increasingly important role of raw data in machine learning and artificial intelligence.Professor Mingfeng Lin, Georgia Institute of Technology
Strategic Security: Forward Thinking for Successful Executives
by Jean PeroisStrategic Security will help security managers, and those aspiring to the position, to think strategically about their job, the culture of their workplace, and the nature of security planning and implementation. Security professionals tend to focus on the immediate (the urgent) rather than the important and essential—too often serving as "firefighters" rather than strategists. This book will help professionals consider their roles, and structure their tasks through a strategic approach without neglecting their career objectives. Few security management books for professionals in the field focus on corporate or industrial security from a strategic perspective. Books on the market normally provide "recipes," methods or guidelines to develop, plans, policies or procedures. However, many do so without taking into account the personal element that is supposed to apply these methods. In this book, the authors helps readers to consider their own career development in parallel with establishing their organisation security programme. This is fundamental to becoming, and serving as, a quality, effective manager. The element of considering career objectives as part-and-parcel to this is both unique to only this book and vital for long-term career success. The author delineates what makes strategic thinking different in a corporate and security environment. While strategy is crucial in the running of a company, the traditional attitude towards security is that it has to fix issues quickly and at low cost. This is an attitude that no other department would tolerate, but because of its image, security departments sometimes have major issues with buy-in and from top-management. The book covers the necessary level of strategic thinking to put their ideas into practice. Once this is achieved, the strategic process is explained, including the need to build the different steps into this process—and into the overarching business goals of the organisation—will be demonstrated. The book provides numerous hand-on examples of how to formulate and execute the strategic master plan for the organization. The authors draws on his extensive experience and successes to serve as a valuable resource to all security professionals looking to advance their careers in the field.
The Reinvention Formula: How to Unlock a Bulletproof Mindset to Upgrade Your Life
by Craig SiegelReinvention is ready when you areIn The Reinvention Formula: How to Unlock a Bulletproof Mindset to Upgrade Your Life, accomplished speaker and performance coach Craig Siegel walks you through the exciting process of fundamentally redefining your identity and how you choose to show up in the world. In the book, you’ll find a new level of clarity, feel more worthy, learn to grow from failure and pivot successfully, find what sets your soul on fire, and commit to changing the course of your life and finding the fulfilment you’ve been missing. The author explores lasting lessons, stories, and strategies drawn from his popular The CLS Experience podcast where he has interviewed countless celebrities, athletes, thought leaders, and bestselling authors. The material within is raw, real, and relatable to anyone, from any background, and in any industry. You’ll also find: Strategies for eliminating negative, unproductive thoughts and replacing them with constructive new beliefs that drive incredible results in your personal and professional lives Ways to balance making an impact, earning a lucrative living, and cultivating a new mindset Methods for reimagining how you present yourself to other people The Reinvention Formula is a step-by-step walkthrough for anyone ready to put in the effort to completely reimagine how they relate to the world around them.
Enterprise Information Systems: 24th International Conference, ICEIS 2022, Virtual Event, April 25–27, 2022, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #487)
by Joaquim Filipe Michał Śmiałek Alexander Brodsky Slimane HammoudiThis book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS 2022, This conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 crisis, during April 25-27, 2022.The 20 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 197 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Databases and Information Systems Integration; Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems; Information Systems Analysis and Specification; Human-Computer Interaction; and Enterprise Architecture.
Handlungsraum Media Management: Fallstudien und Analysen für Wirtschaft, Design und Technik
by Christoph Kochhan Alexander MoutchnikDieses Buch enthält Fallstudien und Analysen, die aus einem intensiven interdisziplinären Dialog zwischen Wissenschaft und Praxis im Studiengang Media Management (B.Sc.), Fachbereich Design Informatik Medien, der Hochschule RheinMain, Wiesbaden, entstanden sind.Die rasante Entwicklung von Social Media, Anwendungen Künstlicher Intelligenz sowie von modernen Medien- und Kommunikationskanälen hat in den letzten Jahren zu einer digitalen Transformation geführt, die nahezu alle Bereiche der Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft entscheidend geprägt hat. Die während der Coronapandemie notwendig gewordenen Remote-Work-Lösungen beschleunigten diese Transformation zusätzlich und haben die Art und Weise, wie Medien konsumiert werden, nachhaltig verändert. Gängige Prozesse wurden überdacht und neugestaltet, medienrelevante Entscheidungen in Bereichen wie „Wirtschaft“, „Design“ und „Technik“ modifiziert und umgesetzt. Vor diesem Hintergrund ist es umso wichtiger, den medienbezogenen Dialog zwischen Wissenschaft und Praxis mit neuer Akzentuierung zu führen.Die vielfältig positionierten Beitragsautor*innen betrachten Standortfaktoren und Organisationsformen von Medien sowie Kommunikations- und Marketingkonzepte. Darüber hinaus wird eine Einordnung der Bereiche Personal, Design und Technologie vorgenommen, die dem rasanten Wandel der Medienbranche in den letzten Jahren Rechnung trägt.
The Energy Sector and Energy Geopolitics in the MENA Region at a Crossroad: Towards a Great Transformation? (Perspectives on Development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region)
by Manfred Hafner Pier Paolo Raimondi Benedetta BonomettiThis open access book offers a holistic and interdisciplinary analysis of the energy sector in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and its ongoing transformation. Taking into account global decarbonization policies, it offers a comprehensive overview of the transition’s effects in the region highlighting socioeconomic, geopolitical and cultural aspects.The book is divided into four parts, the first of which illustrates the historical, cultural and socioeconomic heterogeneity of the MENA region. The second part assesses the region's energy sector, with a special focus on the energy mix and consumption evolution at the national level. The third part addresses the geopolitics and geoeconomics of the energy sector in MENA countries, including foreign interference, conflicts, investments and partnerships both related to hydrocarbons and energy transition. Lastly, the fourth part provides overall conclusions and key takeaways on all major aspects addressed by the book, highlighting various paths and strategies for decarbonization in the region.
Dilemmas of Weak States: Africa and Transnational Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century (Contemporary Perspectives On Developing Societies Ser.)
by Tatah MentanGiven the dramatic changes that have taken place in global politics in recent years (especially following September 11, 2001), it is time to examine a series of critical issues confronting the global political economy. One of the most important of these issues is terrorism and its relationship with weak states. This book examines the weak state-terrorism nexus with particular emphasis on Africa. Specifically, it provides an in-depth analysis of state weakness, poverty, and the opportunities offered by the latter for the breeding of terrorism and terrorists. It also looks at the part played by radical Islam in transnational terrorism in Africa. Emerging from this study is recognition of a need for the international system to analyze a wide range of issues that contribute to the weakening of African states.
The Costs of Crime and Justice
by Mark A. CohenThis book presents a comprehensive view of the financial and non-financial consequences of criminal behavior, crime prevention, and society’s response to crime. Crime costs are far-reaching including medical costs, lost wages, property damage and pain, suffering, and reduced quality of life to victims and the public at large; police, courts, and prisons; and offenders and their families who may suffer consequences incidental to any punishment they receive for committing crime. The book provides a comprehensive economic framework and overview of the empirical methodologies used to estimate costs of crime. It provides an assessment of what is known and where the gaps in knowledge are in understanding the costs and consequences of crime. Individual chapters focus on victims, governments, as well as the public at large. Separate chapters detail the various methodologies used to estimate crime costs, while two chapters are devoted to policy analysis – both cost-effectiveness and benefit-cost analysis. The second edition is completely updated and expanded since the first edition in 2005. All cost estimates have also been updated. In addition, due to a significant increase in the number of studies on the cost of crime, new chapters focus on the costs to offenders and their families; white-collar and corporate crime; and cost of crime estimates around the world. Understanding the costs of crime can lead to important insights and policy conclusions—both for criminal justice policy and other social ills that compete with crime for government funding. Thus, the target audience for this book includes criminologists and policy makers who are seeking to apply rigorous social science methods to assist in developing appropriate criminal justice policies. Note that the book is nontechnical and does not assume the reader is conversant in economics or statistics.
Der Weg zur Smart-Work-Experience: Die Zukunft der Arbeit zwischen HR-Tech und HR-Touch – 43 inspirierende Use Cases
by Daniel MühlbauerDie Expedition in eine bessere Arbeitswelt der Zukunft verläuft entlang der Verbindung von HR-Tech und HR-Touch. Die Herausforderungen dieser Expedition können weder allein technologisch noch allein menschlich gemeistert werden. Dieses Buch schlägt die längst überfällige Brücke zwischen zunehmend intelligenter Technologie auf der einen Seite und zunehmend vernetzter Arbeit auf der anderen Seite. Es beschreibt, wie durch die sinnvolle Verknüpfung technologischer und zwischenmenschlicher Aspekte des People Managements eine moderne Arbeitswelt gestaltet wird. Eine Arbeitswelt, die gleichsam individuelles Wachstum fördert, lebenslanges Lernen anregt und Teamerfolg ermöglicht. Es dient als Grundlage zur technologie-optimistischen und am Menschen orientierten Gestaltung der Arbeitswelt der Zukunft. Der Autor stellt sieben grundlegende Prinzipien vor, an denen das Personalmanagement jedes Unternehmens die Umsetzung der firmenspezifischen People-Tech-Strategie ausrichten kann. 43 Anwendungsbeispiele inspirieren zum sinnvollen Einsatz intelligenter Technologie entlang des gesamten People-Experience-Life-Cycle - von Pre-Hire bis Retire.Der InhaltKernelemente der Arbeitswelt der Zukunft: Intelligente Maschinen, Plattform-basierte Ökosysteme, Kooperation Gestaltungsprinzipien der Smart-Work-ExperienceAnwendungsbeispiele: Mensch-Maschine-Kooperation in der Talentakquise, -entwicklung und -bindungDer AutorDr. Daniel Mühlbauer ist Experte für HR-IT-Lösungen und beschäftigt sich mit dem sinnvollen Einsatz moderner Technologien im Personalmanagement eines globalen Großkonzerns. Er teilt sein Wissen auf seinem Blog und YouTube-Kanal namens “HR Datenliebe”. Seine Leidenschaft gilt der Kombination aus Datenanalysen, künstlicher Intelligenz und HR-Tech zur Wegbereitung in die Zukunft des Personalmanagements. Nach abgeschlossener Promotion am Institut für Personalwirtschaft der LMU München hat er ein Start-up für People Analytics mitgegründet.
Quick Guide Markteinstieg in Vietnam: Rahmenbedingungen, Rechtswesen und Steuerrecht für den erfolgreichen Geschäftsaufbau (Quick Guide)
by Wolfram GrünkornDieses Buch führt durch die wesentlichen Themen, die für die Geschäftstätigkeit in Vietnam von Bedeutung sind. Von der Durchführung eines einzelnen Projekts bis zur Gründung eines Unternehmens sind die rechtlichen und steuerlichen Voraussetzungen dargestellt. Vietnam hat eine zentrale Bedeutung für den Aufbau verlässlicher internationaler Lieferketten. Dies folgt aus dem Abschluss zahlreicher Freihandelsabkommen, den stabilen aussenpolitischen Beziehungen zu sehr vielen Staaten und den innenpolitisch stabilen Rahmenbedingungen. Vor allem aber aus dem starken Willen der vietnamesischen Arbeitnehmer, erfolgreich zu arbeiten. Allerdings sollten die Einzelheiten einer Investition oder einer geschäftlichen Zusammenarbeit sorgfältig geplant werden. Dieses Buch stellt die dafür notwendigen grundlegenden Informationen zur Verfügung.
Politik und Gesellschaft im Mittleren Osten: Eine Region im Spannungsfeld politischer und gesellschaftlicher Transformation (Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft im Spannungsverhältnis der Regionen Südosteuropa und Mittlerer Osten)
by Christian Johannes HenrichIn diesem Sammelband werden die historischen, politischen und gesellschaftlichen Facetten der politischen Systeme der einzelnen Länder des Mittleren Ostens analysiert. Auch die Transformationsprozesse in den Gesellschaften im Kontext des Arabischen Frühlings, des Krieges in Syrien, des Bürgerkriegs in Libyen oder des Putsches in Ägypten spielen eine zentrale Rolle. Ebenfalls wird Israel beleuchtet, das als unvollständige Demokratie der einzige Hoffnungsschimmer im Umfeld zahlreicher autoritärer und totalitärer Systeme ist. Die Region ist zudem aufgrund der energiepolitischen Abhängigkeit sehr wichtig für die Europäische Union.
Airline Operations: A Practical Guide
by Peter J. Bruce Yi Gao John M. KingWritten by a range of international industry practitioners, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the essence and nature of airline operations in terms of an operational and regulatory framework, the myriad of planning activities leading up to the current day, and the nature of intense activity that typifies both normal and disrupted airline operations. The first part outlines the importance of the regulatory framework underpinning airline operations, exploring how airlines structure themselves in terms of network and business model. The second part draws attention to the operational environment, explaining the framework of the air traffic system and processes instigated by operational departments within airlines. The third part presents a comprehensive breakdown of the activities that occur on the actual operating day. The fourth part provides an eye-opener into events that typically go wrong on the operating day and then the means by which airlines try to mitigate these problems. Finally, a glimpse is provided of future systems, processes, and technologies likely to be significant in airline operations. Airline Operations: A Practical Guide offers valuable knowledge to industry and academia alike by providing readers with a well-informed and interesting dialogue on critical functions that occur every day within airlines.
The Growth of Firms, Middle East Oil and Other Essays (Routledge Revivals)
by Edith PenrosePublished in 1971: At first glance it might seem that the three subjects dealt with in the essays written over the last twenty years and now collected in this volume could hardly be more diverse, beginning with the growth of the firm and moving from the international petroleum industry to the Middle East generally. Oddly enough, however, these subjects are connected by the same type of historical logic that characterizes the diversification of an industrial firm: the logic in the simple principle that one thing leads to another.
Design for Behaviour Change: Theories and practices of designing for change (Design for Social Responsibility)
by Kristina Niedderer Stephen Clune Geke LuddenDesign impacts every part of our lives. The design of products and services influences the way we go about our daily activities and it is hard to imagine any activity in our daily lives that is not dependent on design in some capacity. Clothing, mobile phones, computers, cars, tools and kitchenware all enable and hold in place everyday practices. Despite design’s omnipresence, the understanding of how design may facilitate desirable behaviours is still fragmented, with limited frameworks and examples of how design can effect change in professional and public contexts. This text presents an overview of current approaches dedicated to understanding how design may be used intentionally to make changes to improve a range of problematic social and environmental issues. It offers a cross-disciplinary and cross-sectoral overview of different academic theories adopted and applied to design for behaviour change. The aim of the volume is twofold: firstly, to provide an overview of existing design models that integrate theories of change from differing scientific backgrounds; secondly, to offer an overview of application of key design for behaviour change approaches as used across case studies in different sectors, such as design for health and wellbeing, sustainability, safety, design against crime and social design. Design for Behaviour Change will appeal to designers, design students and practitioners of behavioural change.
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Environment: Business Imperatives
by Ruth HillaryThis book tackles a largely neglected topic: small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their environmental impact. Over 90% of all firms are SMEs. Their importance to the health of national and international economies is recognized. But what of their environmental impact? Individually, this may be small but, collectively, they pose a huge and largely unregulated threat to national and indeed the global environment. There have been many failed attempts to engage SMEs in environmental stewardship. Why is this? And where are the success stories needed to set best-practice examples? Environmental protection is widely touted as being a win-win scenario for business with economic spin-offs in terms of energy and waste reduction quickly producing payback for capital expenditures. Why is the "good environmental management equals good business management" message not getting through? In Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Environment Dr Ruth Hillary brings together an outstanding international collection of experts from government, international and national support agencies, academics and the business community to present arguments about the key environmental business imperatives facing the small-firm sector. The book is divided into four sections:Attitudes and Perceptions of Small Firms to the Environment and SustainabilityEnvironmental Management in the Smaller FirmPractical Strategies for Reaching SMEsCase Studies from around the World. In these sections, the book examines the threats – such as trade, supply chain issues and legislative compliance – but is also solution-oriented, with considerable discussion of the management tools smaller firms can use to improve their environmental performance. It aims to provide practical strategies for smaller firms and to that end includes a range of informative case studies from around the world. Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Environment is the most comprehensive book on the subject available and will prove invaluable not only to SMEs themselves, seeking to understand a rapidly changing world, but to consultants and small-business advisors, local and central government and to all those in academia looking for ways to improve the environmental performance of small businesses.
Green CITYnomics: The Urban War against Climate Change
by Kenny Tang Lorraine TangToday, more than half of the world's population are living in cities that are now contributing 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions. They cover less than 3% of the earth's surface. And urbanization continues apace. With such a massive carbon footprint, it is vital that cities are part of the solution. Despite this, scarcely any consideration has been given to the potential impact of climate change on urban dwellers, especially in the developing countries and burgeoning megacities of Africa, Asia and Latin America, where a wide variety of environmental and development challenges are likely to further exacerbate their vulnerability to climatic effects. Green CITYnomics presents a rich set of contributions by a highly diverse group of 45 of the world's leading urban experts on climate change. In particular, it illustrates the desire some cities are already demonstrating in engaging in this war. Standing still is not an option. Budgets have to be fought for; minds have to be won over; old, untenable and unsustainable ideas and solutions must be challenged; green and sustainable solutions must be given the chance to develop and to prove themselves. Each of the cities and urban centres discussed – from Hong Kong to Dresden; from Mexico City to Qatar – are, in their own ways, heroes and examples to us all. This book provides a compelling manifesto for the world's cities in their "Urban War against Climate Change". It is essential reading for climate scientists, national and local policy-makers and scholars worldwide.
Studies in the Theory of International Trade (Routledge Library Editions: Landmarks in the History of Economic Thought #15)
by Jacob VinerIn this book, originally published in 1937, Jacob Viner traces, in a series of studies of contemporary source-material, the evolution of the modern orthodox theory of international trade from its beginnings in the revolt against English mercantilism in the 17th and 18th centuries, through the English currency and tariff controversies of the 19th century, to the late 20th century. The author offers a detailed examination of controversies in the technical literature centering on important propositions of the classical and neo-classical economists relating to the theory of the mechanism of international trade and the theory of gain from trade.
Oracle Business Intelligence and Essbase Solutions Guide
by Lakshman Bulusu Rosendo AbelleraThis book highlights the practical aspects of using Oracle Essbase and Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) as a comprehensive BI solution. It explains the key steps involved in Oracle Essbase and OBIEE implementations. Using case studies, the book covers Oracle Essbase for analytical BI and data integration, using OBIEE for operational BI including presentation services and BI Publisher for real-time reporting services, Self-service BI– in terms of VLDB, scalability, high performance, stability, long-lasting and ease of use that saves time, effort, and costs, while maximizing ROI.
Earnings Management, Fintech-Driven Incentives and Sustainable Growth: On Complex-Systems, Legal and Mechanism Design Factors
by Michael I. NwoguguTraditional research about Financial Stability and Sustainable Growth typically omits Earnings Management (as a broad class of misconduct), Complex Systems Theory, Mechanism Design Theory, Public Health, psychology issues, and the externalities and psychological effects of Fintech. Inequality, Environmental Pollution, Earnings Management opportunities, the varieties of complex Financial Instruments, Fintech, Regulatory Fragmentation, Regulatory Capture and real-financial sector-linkages are growing around the world, and these factors can have symbiotic relationships. Within Complex System theory framework, this book analyzes these foregoing issues, and introduces new behaviour theories, Enforcement Dichotomies, and critiques of models, regulations and theories in several dimensions. The issues analyzed can affect markets, and evolutions of systems, decision-making, "nternal Markets and risk-perception within government regulators, operating companies and investment entities, and thus they have Public Policy implications. The legal analysis uses applicable US case-law and statutes (which have been copied by many countries, and are similar to those of many common-law countries). Using Qualitative Reasoning, Capital Dynamics Theory (a new approach introduced in this book), Critical Theory and elements of Mechanism Design Theory, the book aims to enhance cross-disciplinary analysis of the above-mentioned issues; and to help researchers build better systems/Artificial-Intelligence/mathematical models in Financial Stability, Portfolio Management, Policy-Analysis, Asset Pricing, Contract Theory, Enforcement Theory and Fraud Detection. The primary audience for this book consists of university Professors, PHD students and PHD degree-holders (in industries, government agencies, financial services companies and research institutes). The book can be used as a primary or supplementary textbook for graduate courses in Regulation; Capital Markets; Law & Economics, International Political Economy and or Mechanism Design (Applied Math, Operations Research, Computer Science or Finance).
Total Responsibility Management: The Manual
by Sandra Waddock Charles BodwellAlmost every manager today knows that satisfying customers by meeting their quality demands is a critical component of business success. Quality management is a given in modern companies – a competitive imperative. Yet it was not always so. Back when the quality movement was getting started, few managers really understood either the importance of quality to customers or how to manage for quality. Much the same could be said today about managing responsibility. Why and how should responsibility be managed? What is responsibility management? Total Responsibility Management answers these questions while at the same time providing a systemic framework for managing a company's responsibilities to stakeholders and the natural environment that can be applied in a wide range of contexts. This framework uses managerial familiarity with quality management to illustrate the drivers for responsibility management. Companies know that product or service quality affects their customer relationships and the trust customers have in the company's products and services. So, too, a company's management of its responsibilities to other constituencies affects its relationships with those other stakeholders and the natural environment. But why bother? The answer is quite simple. Never has it been easier for employees, reporters, activists, investors, community members, the media and other critical observers to find fault with companies and their subsidiaries. A problem identified, even in a remote region or within a remote supplier, can instantaneously be transmitted around the world at the click of a mouse. Ask footwear, toy, clothing and other highly visible branded companies what their recent experience with corporate critics has been and they will tell you about the need to manage their stakeholder responsibilities (human rights, labour relations, environmental, integrity-related) or face significant consequences in the limelight of public opinion. Managers will discover that whether they do it consciously or not, they are already managing responsibility, just as companies were already managing quality when the quality movement hit. This manual makes the process of managing responsibilities to and relationships with stakeholders and nature explicit. Making the process explicit is important because too few of today's decisions-makers yet understand how they are managing stakeholder responsibilities as well as they understand how to manage quality. Managing responsibilities goes well beyond traditional 'do good' or discretionary activities associated with philanthropy and volunteerism, which are frequently termed 'corporate social responsibility'. In its broadest sense, responsibility management means taking corporate citizenship seriously as a core part of the way the company develops and implements its business model. The specifics of responsibility management are unique to each company, its industry, its products and its stakeholders, yet, as this manual illustrates, a general approach to managing responsibility is feasible – indeed, is increasingly necessary. Based on work undertaken by Boston College and the International Labour Office, Total Responsibility Management is the first CSR manual. Its original case studies add value to a range of tools and exercises that will make it required reading for all managers in need of a practical guide to managing responsibility and to students and researchers looking for an overarching framework to contextualise the changing responsibilities of global business.
Routledge Revivals: The Efficiency of New Issue Markets (Routledge Revivals)
by Kyran McStayFirst published in 1992, The Efficiency of New Issue Markets provides a theoretical discussion of the adverse selection model of the new issue market. It addresses the hypothesis that the method of distribution of new issues has an important bearing on the efficiency of these markets. In doing this, the book tests the efficiency of the Offer for Sale new issue market, which demonstrates the validity of the adverse selection model and contradicts the monopsony power hypothesis. This examines the relative efficiency of the new issue markets and in turn demonstrates the importance of distribution in determining relative efficiency. The book provides a comprehensive overview of under-pricing and through this assesses the efficiency of new issue markets.
Working in the 21st Century: Policies for Economic Growth Through Training, Opportunity and Education
by David I. Levine"More and better jobs" is the underlying theme of this insightful new book. David Levine analyzes the current labor market in the U.S. and concludes that social policy must change to cope with the realities of the new economy. Although market forces are now moving U.S. enterprise toward high-skill and flexible workplaces, there is a shortage of workers with adequate skills in problem solving and teamwork. To combat this problem, the author presents an ambitious agenda of lifelong learning that will enable American workers to take advantage of the opportunities afforded by the new economic realities. Levine's analysis recommends specific government policies to encourage early childhood education, to improve schools, to help parents finance college, and to help students make the transition from school to work. He also discusses policies that will improve the regulation of workplaces. The book concludes with policy recommendations for individuals changing jobs, as well as for the unemployed, the disabled, and the poor.