Critical Perspectives on Business and Management

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1. Business and the Natural Environment

   Edited by Susse Georg, Andrew Hoffman

   Series: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management

   Over the past four decades, the concept of corporate environmentalism has passed through multiple iterations. Prompted by landmark environmental events such the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring (1962), the Santa Barbara oil spill, the Cuyahoga River fire, Love Canal, Bhopal, the Exxon...

   Published November 20th 2012 by Routledge
2. Family Business

   Edited by Joseph Astrachan, Kristi McMillan, Torsten Pieper

   Series: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management

   Until the early 1980s, serious academic research on family businesses was sparse, to say the least. The scholarship that did exist was primarily based on anecdotal evidence, and mostly biased toward the negative effects of family involvement, particularly in terms of nepotism and family feuds...

   Published October 21st 2012 by Routledge
3. Business and Gender

   Edited by Alison M. Konrad

   Series: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management

   Serious thinking on business and gender has blossomed over the past few decades. What began as a tentative examination of the ways women and men might differ has evolved into a complex and vibrant field of international research and study. Edited by a leading scholar in the field, this new...

   Published April 19th 2012 by Routledge
4. Corporate Social Responsibility

   Edited by Jean-Pascal Gond, Jeremy Moon

   Series: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management

   Although the idea of social responsibility has a long and distinguished intellectual pedigree, Corporate Social Responsibility (or ‘CSR’) has re-emerged during the last fifteen years or so as a high-profile concept in both academia and business practice. This revitalized interest has come about...

   Published October 16th 2011 by Routledge
5. Evolution of Management Thought

   Edited by Arthur Bedeian

   Series: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management

   Because it is difficult—if not impossible—to understand contemporary management theory and practice without an appreciation of its historical heritage, this new one-stop reference resource from Routledge allows students and researchers readily to access the subject’s major works to enable a full...

   Published October 3rd 2011 by Routledge
6. Cross-Cultural Management

   Edited by Tim G. Andrews, Richard Mead

   Series: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management

   Cross-Cultural Management is a new five-volume collection in the Routledge Major Works series, Critical Perspectives on Business and Management. It meets the need for an authoritative, up-to-date, and comprehensive reference work synthesizing the increasingly diverse cross-cultural management...

   Published April 28th 2009 by Routledge
7. Marketing Research

   Edited by David F. Birks, Tim Macer

   Series: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management

   The essence of successful and sustainable marketing practice is founded on an understanding of existing and potential consumers. As marketing has grown around this principle, so the subdiscipline—and industry—of marketing research has flourished. This new four-volume collection in the Routledge...

   Published December 10th 2008 by Routledge
8. Brands and Brand Management

   Edited by Richard Elliott

   Series: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management

   The process of brand management originated in US consumer goods companies in the 1930s and is now firmly established as a core activity within the marketing department of any significant enterprise. In recent years, there has been a great surge of scholarly and popular interest in the subject....

   Published November 27th 2008 by Routledge
9. Supply Chain Management

   Edited by Steve New

   Series: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management

   The idea of a supply chain is one of the most important concepts to emerge in management research and practice in recent years. In simple terms, a supply chain might be defined as a sequence of organizations—such as suppliers, wholesalers, retailers, distributors, and transport and storage...

   Published May 26th 2008 by Routledge
10. International Financial Reporting Standards

    Critical Perspectives on Business and Management

    Edited by David Alexander, Chris Nobes

    Series: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management

    International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and the possibility of global accounting harmonization, have recently gained enormously in importance, both practically and from an academic and research perspective. Since 2005, European and Australian listed enterprises are required to use IFRS...

    Published May 19th 2008 by Routledge