Do values and social responsibility have any place in the profit-driven corporate world? Just ask the employees and stockholders of Enron. Even before the Enron disaster, however, the business sections of newspapers were filled with stories about companies such as Bridgestone, Sotheby's, and Microsoft, whose reckless or irresponsible practices and standards had jeopardized both their profits an…
This book recounts ING Direct's–the successful Internet-based direct bank with over 20 million customers–intriguing story and explains the philosophy of its founder Arkadi Kuhlmann and his long-running partnership with Bruce Philp, the branding consultant who helped him make ING Direct a cause to its own people and a household name across North America. In an entertaining and inspiring…
What Should I Do? This is the cornerstone question for a multitude of ethical considerations - and the basis for this text. How we function when ethical challenges arrive in our "real" lives is the framework for Andrew Ghillyer's Business EthicsNow.This application-basedtext takes the theory ofbusiness ethics andapplies it to the realisticscenarios that studentsmay encounter at allstages of the…
M:Organizational Behavior, 5th edition by McShane and Von Glinow delivers essential Organizational Behavior knowledge in an accessible, student-focused style. This book's concise presentation of the latest OB concepts and practices is built on the main textbook?s solid literature foundation, informative exhibits, relevant real-world examples, global connections, and excellent readability. It al…
Business historian Nancy F. Koehn begins Brand New -- her critically acclaimed examination of the means by which six aspiring entrepreneurs created viable and enduring products -- with the story of Josiah Wedgewood, the 18th-century potter whose name, after two centuries, is still synonymous with finely made china. Koehn also considers the achievements of H. J. Heinz (food production), Marshall…
This text is aimed at those studying entrepreneurship as part of any degree or management course. The book presents a clear style, coherent and logical organisation of themes, and a critical discussion of key ideas to facilitate students' learning and lecturers' course planning and delivery.Strategic Entrepreneurship provides comprehensive coverage of this dynamic field, which is growing fast i…
This book is about three interrelated topics: small business, enterprise development, and entrepreneurship. Each of the three has many definitions. The emphasis of this book, is on identifying opportunities and strategic strengths, om applying them to venture formation and development, and on transformaing entrepreneurial small firm, with their hands-on operations, to entreprises with more prof…