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The Skin of the System objects to the idea that there is only one modernitythat of liberal capitalism. Starting from the simple conviction that whatever else East German socialism was, it was real, this book focuses on what made historical socialism different from social systems in the West. In this way, the study elicits the general question: what must we think in order to think an other system at all? To approach this question, Robinson turns to the remarkable writer Franz Fühmann, the East German who most single-mindedly dedicated himself to understanding what it means to transform from fascism to socialism. Fühmann's own serial loyalties to Hitler and Stalin inform his existential meditations on change and difference. By placing Fühmann's politically alert and intensely personal literary inventions in the context of an inquiry into radical social rupture, The Skin of the System wrests the brutal materiality of twentieth-century socialism from attempts to provincialize both its desires and its failures as antimodern ideological follies.
In this new textbook, Andrea Colli gives a historical and comparative perspective on family business, examining through time the different relationships within family businesses and among family enterprises, inside different political and institutional contexts. He compares the performance of family businesses with that of other economic organizations, and looks at how these enterprises have contributed to the evolution of contemporary industrial capitalism. Central to his discussion are the reasons for both the decline and persistence of family business, how it evolved historically, the different forms it has taken over time, and how it has contributed to the growth of single economies. The book summarises previous research into family business, and situates many aspects of family business - such as their strategies, contribution, failure and decline - in an economic, social, political and institutional context. It will be of key interest to students of economic history and business studies.
Corporate governance around the world continues to develop rapidly and this new edition has been extensively rewritten to reflect these changes. The global financial crisis has led to a whole host of changes in corporate governance requirements, which are analysed by Bob Tricker.
Traditionally, books on business ethics focus on CSR, companies’ relations with their stakeholders, and corporate citizenship. More recently, green credentials and sustainability have been added to that agenda. Unconventionally, this book argues that business ethics are basic to running business, not a separate subject. They are inherent to the governance and management of every organization, not an optional exercise in corporate citizenship. Business ethics concern behaviour in business and the behaviour of business. Decisions at every level in a company have ethical implications – strategically in the board room, managerially throughout the organization, and operationally in all of its...
This is a guide for business owning families and their professional advisors. The authors argue that the single most important factor to the success of any business is relationship intelligence. The book aims to demonstrate how improved relationships translate into more effective leadership, ownership and ethics in business.
This book present the value school of corporate governance,outlining a multitude of areas where corporate governance could addreal worth, and showing how this can be put into effect. No “one-size-fits-all” model emerges as a solution.Rather, the insights in this book take idiosyncrasies and dynamicsover time into consideration. They consider the main issues andtheir real causes, ownership settings, country settings and newdevelopments in corporate governance research and practice. International focus places emphasises on typical patterns,predicament and solutions instead of national laws. Points are illustrated with in-depth case studies andhighlighted learning nuggets. Alerts the reader to typical dilemmas and traps in attainingthe goal of value creation, whilst also pointing to promisingavenues forward.
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Managing Live Innovation examines the innovation process from the line manager's perspective. This book identifies the skills needed to manage live 'real time' innovation in an environment where products and services are constantly refined, and where customer input is encouraged from an early stage. The New Skills Portfolio is a groundbreaking new series, published in association with the Industrial Society, which re-defines the core management skills managers and team leaders need to be competitive. Each title is action-focused blending 20th century management initiatives/trends with a new flexible skills portfolio for managers constantly experiencing and managing organizational and marketp...