Edited by Jean Hartley, Cam Donaldson, Chris Skelcher, Mike Wallace

How are public service organizations governed? How can their performance be measured, managed and improved? This book advances both theory and practice, beyond traditional public administration and "new public management," by considering the interrelationships between governance and public management.

Edited by John Kimberly, Gerard de Pouvourville, Thomas d'Aunno

The Globalization of Managerial Innovation in Health Care examines patient classification systems in fifteen different countries throughout the world. What motivated them to adopt these systems? What can we learn about introducing change into national health systems by comparing their experiences?

Amalya Lumerman Oliver

Scientists in the biotechnology sector are responsible for many inventions that have led to the development of a vast array of products and technologies. This has been possible through various intra- and inter-organizational collaborations between the academic and private sectors, and through the establishment of networks for learning.

Economic Value Analysis

Manuel Becerra

Strategic decisions deal with the long-term direction of the firm and its main activities, usually the responsibility of the top managers in an organization. Because the firm is the critical unit of analysis in strategy, we need to define what firms are, how they create value, and what their organizational boundaries are in a manner that is most useful for strategic analysis and decision making.

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Rethinking the Foundations of Global Corporate Success

Alain Verbeke

How can you best extend your knowledge of how multinational enterprises (MNEs) function? What does globalization mean for today’s managers? How do students turn the message from academic literature into effective business strategies within an MNE? This practical textbook shows how the key concepts from business strategy literature can be applied to multinational enterprise.

From Policy to Practice

Edited by Steven A. Y. Poelmans, Paula Caligiuri

This practical guide for policy design and implementation addresses the ever greater demand for more flexible patterns of employment, with a rising percentage of women in the active work population and the growing number of dual-income families.

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Ethics as the Everyday Business of Business

Mollie Painter-Morland

In many cases, ethics management programs are nothing more than insurance policies against corporate liability, designed merely to limit the fallout of scandals should they occur. Painter-Morland redefines the typical seven-step ethics management program from within, drawing on the insights of organizational theorists and sociologists to create the space for a morally responsive corporate ethos.

Conflict and Collaboration

Michael Yaziji, Jonathan Doh

We live in a period marked by the ascendency of corporations. At the same time, the number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has rapidly increased in the last twenty years. As a result, these two very different types of organization are playing an increasingly important role in shaping our society, yet they often have very different agendas.

Forthcoming