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Rothaermel synthesizes and integrates conceptual frameworks, empirical research, and practical applications with current real-world examples to help students make sense of a fast-changing and complex world. It is industry-leading in diversity and inclusion by featuring leaders with different backgrounds and companies that today’s students can relate to and thus internalize the knowledge acqui…
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments Key for symbols Introduction 1 The new world of management From the machine age to the information age F. W. Taylor: Management as science Henri Fayol: Defining managemenT Beyond scientific management The mythology of managerial work Peter Drucker: The prophet of change Knowledge management Decision theory 2 The new world of organizat…