Business & Economics

In a world of disruptive change, uncertainty is the buzzword on everyone’s lips.

Disruptive change can throw everything into chaos unless leaders and teams have the skills to lead confidently through it. How do you lead complex change without burning out, disconnecting or losing your team?

Welcome to the age of Leading Through Uncertainty, where emotional responses to challenging situations are part of the human experience.

Drawing on numerous interviews with leaders from all walks of life demonstrating leadership in action, this new edition of the classic book on leadership and uncertainty has been revised and updated for the post-pandemic age. It explores these fundamental questions:

• How do you lead confidently and competently in uncertainty?
• How do you create human connection in a performance-driven culture?
• How do you adapt rapidly to technological advances and disruptive change without losing yourself or your team in the process?

**Business Book Awards 2024 Finalist**

The long-held notion of learning from our failures doesn’t work.

At best, it leaves us with a long list of what to avoid instead of giving us a way to accomplish our goals. Success isn’t achieved by not doing something; it requires a series of deliberate actions.

This book provides a practical framework for understanding our unique motivations, habits, and behaviors that enable us to accomplish anything and develop a personal framework for future success.

Using compelling research and engaging stories, international best-selling author and business coach Rob Hatch reveals how to go beyond the notion of strengths and what we do well to understand the specific decisions, behaviors, and actions enabling us to achieve our goals on our terms.

**Shortlisted for the The Leadership Book of the Year Award 2024**

You may think it’s small stuff, but it has a big impact.

Great leadership is about people: connecting with them and inspiring them to perform at their best. But leaders under pressure tend to focus on tasks, to-do lists and deadlines.

The result? Teams are disengaged, performance and productivity are below expectations, morale is low.

Building relationships isn’t a one-off task. It happens through every single interaction, and we aren’t paying those everyday moments nearly enough attention.

Do Sweat the Small Stuff challenges you to notice and own the profound impact of your micro-interactions. To explore how your speaking and listening, your habits and your behaviours affect those around you, whether you realize or not. Finally, it reveals how to reinvent those interactions to reshape how you show up as a leader and build trusting, productive relationships with your people.

Sarah Langslow distils more than two decades of hands-on experience building effective leadership skills and behaviours in the corporate and sporting world and as an executive coach into an actionable plan for sustainable transformation.

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Struggling? You’re in the right place.

In a world that’s obsessed with fast hacks, quick wins, and Instagram-perfection (cue “Everything is Awesome”) struggle has become a taboo. A sign that something’s gone horribly wrong. But what if we’ve got it all wrong about getting it wrong?

What if struggle isn’t a battle to fight, a trap to avoid, or a sign of weakness? What if struggle is precisely where the magic happens - where we do our best, most important work?

Whether you’re wading in treacle, waiting for the storm to pass or just damn tired of the hustle, this thought-provoking exploration will shine a surprising new light on the truth, beauty and opportunity hidden in life’s shittier moments.

Author of the award-winning ‘How to be Really Productive’, Grace Marshall is known for her “refreshingly human” approach to productivity. Featured in The Guardian, Forbes, Huffpost and BBC Radio, her work as a Productivity Ninja has taken her from Norway to New York, helping thousands of people - from startup founders to corporate managers, artists to engineers, students and CEOs - to replace stress, overwhelm and frustration with success, sanity and satisfaction.

**Business Book Awards 2025 Finalist**

The Bottom Line is No Longer a Number.

Burnout. Disengagement. Disconnection. The old models of leadership are cracking, and the most resilient, high-performing businesses are moving in a new direction.

This international bestseller is a rallying cry for leaders and companies ready to evolve. Return on Humanity shows that putting people first isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s the most competitive strategy for long-term success.

Drawing on powerful stories from Syrian human rights advocates, Brazilian psychiatric reform, UK prisons, global businesses and more, Philippa White reveals how empathy, adaptability, and courage drive innovation, resilience, and results.

As Founder and CEO of TIE Leadership, Philippa has spent over 20 years helping corporate leaders rewire how they work - for good. In this book, she blends lived global experience with practical insights and powerful data to prove that humanity is not a soft skill. It’s a business imperative. And will give us all a better future.

A finalist for the Business Book Awards in the Leadership category, Return on Humanity is more than a book. It’s a blueprint for a new era of leadership.

Because when we prioritise humanity, businesses don’t just perform better – they help build a better world.

This is a book for anyone who’s ever asked: "Can business - and leadership - really be a force for good?"

If you’re ready to spark engagement, ignite innovation, and lead with purpose, start here.

In How to Invest in Commercial Real Estate, authors Dowell and Stachenfeld have created the ultimate guide for anyone interested in getting smarter quickly on the complicated world of commercial real estate.

In an easy-to-read format, the authors dissect nearly every aspect of commercial real estate investment, from the basic to the more complex, including asset segmentation, market analysis, deal structuring, promote mechanics, capital stack construction, commercial underwriting best-practices, risk assessment and mitigation, joint venture dynamics, and best-in-class investment processes just to name a few.

But this book isn’t just for beginning investors. Even seasoned professionals will benefit from reading it, especially from the authors’ insights into the more intricate elements of the market.

The authors, a commercial real estate investor and a commercial real estate attorney, have over seventy years combined of invaluable industry experience. Their love for their subject is palpable, and they pass along their passion and enthusiasm to the reader.

So, whether you are taking those first steps into commercial real estate investment or want to upgrade your existing expertise, How to Invest in Commercial Real Estate will prove to be a much needed and frequently referenced resource.

Tax havens in offshore lands like Switzerland, the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas were once considered a rarity, the preserve of the super-rich. Today, they are big business available to the masses. Their goal? To avoid any form of accountability. Own nothing. Possess everything. Be answerable to no one. Where are these tax havens? What forms can they take? What future lies in store for them, and why should we care?

An Anatomy of Tax Havens: Europe, the Caribbean and the United States of America answers these questions, and more, in the first comparative study in one volume of European, Caribbean and United States tax havens.

It examines their simple origin to the extreme forms some take today, delving into the murky subculture that has deliberately made them impenetrably obscure. Uniquely, it combines detailed technical expertise (regulatory regimes, financial crime, legal and equitable structuring) with an analysis of their impact on domestic and global political, economic, environmental and social concerns.

An Anatomy of Tax Havens is a fascinating, informative read for a broad readership; from legal, accountancy and tax practitioners to compliance regulators, law enforcement agencies, and students and researchers interested in business studies, taxation, and crime.

Blockchain and artificial intelligence are perhaps the two most significant disruptive technologies this century and both will significantly rewire the world of global financial markets and the world in which we live. While blockchain offers a number of significant advantages over traditional forms of finance including lower cost and massive increases in operational efficiencies of traded markets, property records and a whole host of transaction processes, artificial intelligence is moving fast from basic structured machine learning doing menial yet important big data tasks like credit card fraud detection to predictive analysis and real-time real-world risk management and investment decision making.

As bankers incorporate more and more complicated and precise calculations and models, a solely mathematical approach will fail to confirm the viability of their business. This book explains how to combine ALM concepts with the emotional intelligence of managers in order to maintain the financial health of a bank, and quickly react to external environment challenges and banks’ microclimate changes.

ALM embraces not only balance sheet targets setting, instruments and methodologies to achieve the targets, but also the correct and holistic understanding of processes that should be set up in a bank to prove its prudency and compliance with internal and external constraints, requirements and limitations and the ongoing continuity of its operations. Bank Asset Liability Management Best Practice delves into the philosophy of ALM, discusses the interrelation of processes inside the bank, and argues that every little change in one aspect of the bank processes has an impact on its other parts. The author discusses the changing role of ALM and its historical and current concepts, its strengths and weaknesses, and future threats and opportunities.

Learn about the future of CIE learning and how to build your capacity to design an innovative and creative learning landscape.

Whether you are a student who wants to learn and acquire new capabilities for Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE), a teacher or lecturer trying to pass on the skills and capabilities of CIE to a new generation, or an industry professional responsible for skills development as part of a talent management strategy, learn how to create a supportive and useful learning environment for the future world of CIE.

The Future of Learning Playbook provides a rich set of easy-to-use canvases, specific examples, and invites readers to begin a journey of reflection to design their own futures.

In an easily accessible and visually appealing way, De Gruyter playbooks offer practical concepts for improving business performance. They are an extremely valuable resource for a wide range of business professionals.

Das Übungsbuch zum Bestseller „Mathematik – Lehrbuch für das Studium der Wirtschaftswissenschaften'' enthält 250 klassische Aufgaben mit ausführlichen Lösungen. Die Aufgaben sind jeweils mit einem Schwierigkeitsgrad versehen. Ferner beinhaltet das Übungsbuch 150 Verständnisfragen mit Lösungen, die den jeweiligen Kapiteln zugeordnet sind.

The Radical Innovation Playbook: A Practical Guide for Harnessing New, Novel or Game-Changing Breakthroughs

The only guide you will need on creating, planning, and launching a radical innovation project.

Innovation is a must if you want your company to adapt and overcome the market's rapid change in this highly competitive world. Innovation can drive growth and revenue, whatever the size of your business – whether a micro-company, SME, or multinational.

But while the more commonly tried and tested incremental innovation can save time, costs and enable a company to be more sustainable, breakthrough and radical innovation (the creation of new, far-reaching, and novel ideas) can generate between two to five times as much revenue within the same period.

The challenge is that breakthrough and radical innovation are hard: they require unique capabilities, structures, approaches, success metrics, and cultures to succeed. Launching radical projects without a strategic approach risks you burning through time and money without anything to show for it.

The Radical Innovation Playbook is a practical, how-to-do-it manual with tested advice and guidance on planning, creating, and successfully launching new innovative business ideas.

Authors Olga Kokshagina, an innovation practitioner, researcher, and advocate for open science and entrepreneurism and Allen Alexander, an Associate Professor with a focus on innovation and entrepreneurism, provide insight, practical solutions, and reusable business model canvases to show how to develop breakthrough and radical ideas while steering through the culture of the organisation to gain buy-in from peers as well as stakeholders.

In this playbook, you will learn how to:

Discover new innovative ideas and emerging market opportunities;
Find evidence that your innovation idea has business viability;
Make vital decisions about how to plan and design your innovation project;
Generate alternatives to your proposition;
Explore, collect and analyse information to influence and convince others;
Identify, navigate, and embrace uncertainty;
Engage with peers and stakeholders;
Reflect on how your organisation supports ideation processes;
Discover, explore and secure investment;
Gain confidence and skills for a successful launch;
Diversify into new markets and commercial channels;
Build a business structure that enables innovation to grow;
Inspire and support future generations to make an impact and achieve success.

This book is for you if:

You are a first-time innovator looking for guidance and help in understanding how to take your fledgling ideas forward;

A CEO or senior manager looking to invest in and devise your next-generation corporate innovation portfolio;

You need to tailor your organisational structure to explore and deliver successful innovations.

The Radical Innovation Playbook is a practical guide, presented in striking colour, with downloadable worksheets and canvases to help you collect, analyse, plan and launch a successful breakthrough or radical innovation project.

Events around the book

Link to a De Gruyter Online Event in which the authors Olga Kokshagina and Allen Alexander together with John Bessant, University of Exeter Business School, and Carina Leue-Bensch, Lufthansa Systems, talk about their own experiences in creating environments and models for radical innovation:
https://youtu.be/eTLhMi4rBqY

If we needed a reminder that the world is complex and in constant motion, then 2020 certainly delivered. Suddenly, the inherent uncertainties and ambiguities of leadership were starkly revealed for all to see as the dynamics of complexity and change played out intensively, and very publicly, on the global stage.

Leadership in Complexity and Change draws on complexity science to paint a picture of a world in constant motion, where leadership is enacted in the midst of complexity and continuous change. We must learn to engage with complexity. If not now, when?

Part I of this insightful book brings complexity science to life by considering the practical challenges of complexity and its implications for leadership. Part II considers how leaders can reinvigorate existing tools and approaches with a new mindset, before offering some new tools and practices for learning informed leadership. Part III concludes by considering the person in the practice of leadership in complexity and change. Key ideas are presented through mini-cases and practical examples embedded throughout the book.

This book will help executives, managers, and professionals

• recognise where some of the challenges come from
• understand why those challenges persist
• engage with the dynamic patterning of organisational life
• appreciate the scope for leadership
• recognise the choices that can be made
• choose how to manage themselves

Events around the book
Link to a De Gruyter Online Event in which the author Sharon Varney together with Jean Boulton, Leading authority on complexity theory and its implications for the social world, and Ian Rodwell, Head of Client Knowledge and Learning at Linklaters LLP, discuss what it means to be an effective leader in an uncertain world and that one should develop the ability to keep an eye on the emerging future:
https://youtu.be/vSi732fdqbc

Shortlisted for the 2024 Gourmand Awards (Category Drinks)

"No matter where you are in the world, you are at home when tea is served." -- Earlene Grey

Tea has its very own significance in every consumer’s life. However, above all, tea represents enjoyment, the ritual of preparation and the appreciation of the moment. In this sense, tea creates hospitality and peace, tea brings people together to talk and to make time for each other. Tea needs time, tea spends time.

In this pioneering book featuring hospitality embraced by tea culture, you will read of fascinating tea ceremonies, impressive tea china and comfortable tea houses as well as different national and regional tea-related habits in European countries.

Nearly 50 contributions provide unique insights -- Samowars in the East, Dresmer blue porcelain in Germany, tulip glasses in Turkey and around, silver tea pots in Great Britain and, many more. The first tea plantations in Portugal or Georgia are discussed, as well as tea in arts, tea events, tea flavoured signature products, tea pairing and, impulses for entrepreneurship and education.

Tea Cultures of Europe is written for tea lovers, educators and students, as well as industry practitioners (tea sommeliers, tea masters) and entrepreneurs.

One of the most significant management challenges in modern companies and organizations is dealing with unavoidable, complex paradoxes. Today’s world is multidimensional, multipolar, and multipurpose, and increasingly, classic management challenges such as leadership vs. management; exploitation vs. exploration, virtual vs. physical presence, economic sustainability vs. environmental sustainability, localization vs. globalization, etc. assume the characteristics of paradoxes rather than problems or dilemmas.

Leadership of paradox is not about making a decision once and for all or prioritizing tough trade-offs, but about navigating between opposing considerations. Navigating Leadership Paradox argues that academic knowledge pools can support leaders’ decision-making and sense-making in organizations and navigating paradoxes. The book outlines a practical pathway for management leaders and professionals for steering through paradox using 5 phases, 10 paradoxes, 15 tools, 20 cases, and 25 learning points. It delineates how to identify a paradox by assessing the nature of your challenge and discusses the appropriate courses of action individually as well in collaboration with other stakeholders. It also gives inspiration and advice for professional helpers assisting others in navigating paradox as part of organizational development or other educational purposes.

This book will be essential reading for practitioners and academicians in the fields of leadership paradox, complexity management, change management, leadership dilemmas and organizational paradox.

Shortlisted in the Startup/Scaleup category at the Business Book Awards in partnership with Pathway Group 2025

Winner CMI Management Publication of the Year 2024 (SME Growth category)

Learn how to scale your business or organization and overcome the challenges in moving innovation to scale.

The Scaling Value Playbook provides an overview of the challenges in moving innovation to scale, offering practical guidance on managing this process. It explores creating new ventures and discusses the road to realizing value at scale. It also provides a framework for developing and implementing a strategy for scaling up and scaling out of innovation, together with tools and templates to enable the reader to create a fit-for-purpose scaling strategy.

In an easily accessible and visually appealing way, De Gruyter playbooks offer practical concepts for improving business performance. They are an extremely valuable resource for a wide range of business professionals.

Although communicative and relational skills are currently in the greatest demand in organizations large and small, we are as educators, executives, and talent developers very far away from the kind of precision in identifying, measuring, selecting and developing these skills that we have achieved with cognitive and technical skills. At the same time, the relentless automation of swaths of human tasks has placed a sharp light on the ‘quintessentially human skills’ – those that cannot and in some cases should not be subject to algorithmic automation. This book aims to ‘change the soft skills game’ by introducing language for identifying and describing them, ways of measuring the degree to which a person possesses them and selecting those who possess them in the utmost from those less skilled, and ways of helping students and executives alike develop them, through a methodology that has been designed and practiced for the past ten years.

We need a ‘re-set’ in the way we think about human skill and in particular the ways we think about those human skills which cannot be sub-contracted to an algorithm running on silicon. This book aims to provide that re-set.

Shortlisted in the International Business Book category at the Business Book Awards in partnership with Pathway Group 2025

Finalist in the Leadership - HR and Employee Development category of the Goody Business Book Awards 2024

Toxic work culture is driving away 1 in 5 employees at an annual cost of US $44.6 billion to American organizations. Yet ironically, toxic leaders often achieve stellar financial profits, continue to get promoted and remain in their leadership roles.

In Toxic Leaders and Tough Bosses - Organizational Guardrails to Keep High Performers on Track, employment law attorney Teresa A. Daniel JD, PhD, draws upon numerous studies and interviews to show the real, devastating impact of toxic workplace culture and why leaders must care.

This book discusses what signs to look out for in a toxic workplace, factors that promote toxic behavior, types of leaders and how they impact their organization, the role of HR in managing employee wellbeing, and what to look out for in exceptional leaders. With evidence-based strategies for building stronger workplace culture, including tools to help organizations develop better leaders and managers, it makes a compelling case for eradicating toxic leaders as a priority.

Toxic Leaders and Tough Bosses is for organizational leaders, mid-level managers, supervisors, HR practitioners and anyone else invested in implementing new, tried and tested ideas to improve their organization's culture to create and sustain its optimum success.

Selling Your Way IN empowers those who want to go from a job with a set income to a sales career where they set their own income and own their lives. 

Author Kristie Jones goes deep into the often neglected, but hugely impactful practices embraced by sales “rockstars,” those elite professionals at the top ten percent of the earnings ladder.

Applying the principles in Selling Your Way IN will ensure readers reach their professional and financial goals by understanding their sales superpower, their secret weapons, how to pick the right sales role, and how to leverage mental memory, much like athletes rely on muscle memory, so that they can outperform and outearn their peers.

Selling Your Way IN provides readers a comprehensive understanding that there are jobs with a set income and jobs where one sets their own income, preparing them to pursue the latter. 

Professional Perspectives on Banking and Finance is a collection of cutting-edge articles written by practitioners for practitioners. Addressing core topics such as risk management, corporate governance, and strategy, but with the emphasis on recent developments and their impact on the industry. These gathered chapters reflect a diverse global outlook, addressing issues of importance and relevance for all bankers.

With 100% emphasis on accessible, clear, and applicable advice Professional Perspectives on Banking and Finance provides suggestions to instil best practice in any commercial bank.

The problem of forecasting future values of economic and physical processes, the problem of restoring lost information, cleaning signals or other data observations from noise, is magnified in an information-laden word. Methods of stochastic processes estimation depend on two main factors.

The first factor is construction of a model of the process being investigated.

The second factor is the available information about the structure of the process under consideration. In this book, we propose results of the investigation of the problem of mean square optimal estimation (extrapolation, interpolation, and filtering) of linear functionals

depending on unobserved values of stochastic sequences and processes

with periodically stationary and long memory multiplicative seasonal increments.

Formulas for calculating the mean square errors and the spectral characteristics of the optimal estimates of the functionals are derived in the case of spectral certainty, where

spectral structure of the considered sequences and processes are exactly known.

In the case where spectral densities of the sequences and processes are not known exactly while some sets of admissible spectral densities are given, we apply the minimax-robust method of estimation.

Aprende a cambiar tu forma de pensar y desarrolla el potencial que posees para generar la riqueza que siempre has deseado.

Este libro te llevará más allá de esos miedos y tropiezos que bloquean tu éxito financiero. La autora utiliza su propia vida, llena de calamidades y humor, para explicarte cómo tú también puedes comenzar a viajar, comer, y vestir como un verdadero millonario. Disfruta los lujos que mereces.

Con el estilo desenfadado que catapultó a su anterior libro (¡Eres un chingón!) a convertirse en un bestseller, Jen Sincero explica de manera sencilla cómo remover los bloqueos mentales que se interponen para que accedas a la verdadera riqueza.

Te ayudará a:

• Descubrir qué te detiene y te mantiene alejado del dinero.
• Exorcizar dudas, miedos y excusas.
• Relacionarte con el dinero desde un enfoque distinto y novedoso.
• Destapar tu habilidad natural para generar riqueza.

Lo único que necesitas es decidir ser rico. Casi todos crecemos en familias en donde se cree que la riqueza es la raíz de muchos males o que debemos trabajar muy duro en cosas que odiamos para conseguirla. En ¡Eres un@ chingón@ haciendo dinero!, conocerás cómo superar esos pensamientos y dar el primer paso a tu nueva vida.

¿Difícil? Sólo pon en práctica los consejos de Jen Sincero.

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From the author of ¡Eres un ching@n! /You Are a Badass, a life-changing guide to making the kind of money you’ve only ever dreamed of.

This book will launch you past the fears and stumbling blocks that have kept financial success beyond your reach.

Written for traders with a basic knowledge of trends and technical analysis, Practical Trend Analysis introduces advanced analytical tools for recognizing how risks evolve as trends proceed. Readers will learn how to use trend prediction to manage market risks far more effectively.

Michael C. Thomsett provides insights on technical signals such as candlestick reversals, price gaps, and movement through resistance or support; distinguishing between strong and weak trends; objectively evaluating the health of a stock’s current price levels, trading breadth, and technical condition; and anticipating plateaus, slowdowns, or price reversals. He presents detailed coverage of trendlines and channel lines; patterns and confirmations of both reversals and continuations; broadening and narrowing trends, price jumps; and trends based on volume, moving averages, and momentum. Practical Trend Analysis will enable traders, both amateur and professional, to go far beyond mere trend "following."

Michael C. Thomsett is a market expert, author, speaker, and coach. His many books include Stock Market Math, Candlestick Charting, and The Mathematics of Options.

PREMIO BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR DEL FINANCIAL TIMES 

MEJOR LIBRO DEL AÑO SEGÚN THE ECONOMIST

BEST SELLER DE THE NEW YORK TIMES

Si hay un conflicto que está definiendo ahora mismo la geopolítica mundial es la guerra de los chips. Todas las tecnologías actuales, de los misiles a los microondas, de los smartphones a los coches, funcionan con semiconductores. La economía mundial, el equilibrio de poderes, la supremacía militar y el desarrollo industrial dependen de su producción constante. Hasta hace poco, Estados Unidos era el principal productor de semiconductores, lo que le permitía mantener su liderazgo como primera superpotencia mundial.

Sin embargo, su posición dominante se ve cada vez más amenazada por competidores de Taiwán, Corea, Europa y, sobre todo, China, que inyecta anualmente miles de millones en un programa de fabricación de procesadores con el fin de alcanzar a su competidor estadounidense. No solo está en juego la prosperidad económica de Estados Unidos, sino también su superioridad militar. 

Chris Miller muestra cómo los microprocesadores han revolucionado el mundo y cambiado el curso de la Historia, y cómo la lucha por esta tecnología podría conducir no solo a su escasez mundial, sino también al nacimiento de una nueva Guerra Fría con una superpotencia hostil desesperada por cubrir la brecha que la separa de su rival. Esclarecedor, pertinente y cautivador, La guerra de los chips es una obra esencial para entender el papel vital de esta tecnología en la situación política y económica actual y el futuro que nos espera. 

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The book of the year. It defines the end of the era of globalization and explains the biggest geopolitical conflict since the Cold War.

FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR

AWARD BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ACCORDING TO THE ECONOMIST 

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 

If there's one conflict that's defining global geopolitics right now, it's the chip war. All of today's technologies, from missiles to microwaves, from smartphones to cars, are powered by semiconductors. The world economy, the balance of power, military supremacy, and industrial development depend on its constant production. Until recently, the United States was the leading producer of semiconductors, allowing it to maintain its leadership as the world's leading superpower. 

However, its dominant position is increasingly threatened by competitors from Taiwan, Korea, Europe and, above all, China, which annually injects billions into a processor manufacturing program in order to catch up with its American competitor. Not only is America's economic prosperity at stake, but so is its military superiority.

Chris Miller shows how microprocessors have revolutionized the world and changed the course of history, and how the struggle for this technology could lead not only to its global scarcity, but also to the birth of a new Cold War with a hostile superpower desperate to bridge the gap separating it from its rival.Enlightening, pertinent and captivating,The Chip Wars is an essential work to understand the vital role of this technology in the current political and economic situation and the future that awaits us.

MÁS DE 2 MILLONES DE COPIAS VENDIDAS. Un bestseller global que revela por qué el éxito financiero depende más de tus hábitos que tus conocimientos financieros.

En cuestiones de dinero, lo que importa no es lo listo que seas sino cómo te comportas. Un genio que pierde el control de sus emociones puede ser un desastre financiero. Y lo mismo vale en caso contrario: gente de a pie sin formación en finanzas puede enriquecerse si cuenta con unos cuantos patrones de comportamiento. Esto, impensable en otras disciplinas como la arquitectura o la medicina, es fundamental en el campo de las finanzas.

Este libro, llamado a convertirse en un clásico de las finanzas personales, nos provee del conocimiento esencial para entender la psicología del dinero y nos invita a hacernos una pregunta fundamental que raramente nos hacemos, cuál es nuestra relación con el dinero y qué queremos realmente de él.

A partir de 18 claves imperecederas, Morgan Housel nos enseña cómo funciona la psicología del dinero y cuáles son los hábitos y conductas que nos ayudarán no solo a generar riqueza, sino, más importante aún, a conservarla.

«Un libro imprescindible para cualquiera que quiera tomar decisiones más inteligentes y vivir una vida más rica.» Daniel Pink, autor de La sorprendente verdad sobre qué nos motiva

«Ideas fascinantes y consejos prácticos. Cualquiera que quiera hacerse rico debería tener una copia de este libro.» James Clear, autor de Hábitos atómicos

«Uno de los mejores y más originales libros de finanzas de los últimos años.» Jason Zweig, Wall Street Journal

«Housel es de esos escritores capaces de hacer digeribles conceptos financieros de lo más complejos. Este es un libro que se devora de principio a fin y que no solo nos explica por qué tomamos malas decisiones con respecto al dinero, sino que nos ayudará a tomar mejores.» Annie Duke, autora de Thinking in Bets

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OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD. A global bestseller that reveals why financial success depends more on your habits than your financial knowledge.

Doing well with money isn’t necessarily about what you know. It’s about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people.

Money―investing, personal finance, and business decisions―is typically taught as a math-based field, where data and formulas tell us exactly what to do. But in the real-world people don’t make financial decisions on a spreadsheet. They make them at the dinner table, or in a meeting room, where personal history, your own unique view of the world, ego, pride, marketing, and odd incentives are scrambled together. 

In La psicología del dinero, award-winning author Morgan Housel shares 19 short stories exploring the different ways people think about money and teaches you how to make better sense of one of life’s most important topics.

Genderwashing is the process whereby organizational rhetoric differs from the lived experiences of workers, creating the myth of gender equity in the workplace. Genderwashing in Leadership considers how the process of genderwashing highlights hidden biases in organizational policies and procedures, and patriarchal cultural practices.

International scholars from diverse areas such as leadership, organizational studies, sociology, and education explore how genderwashing occurs from various perspectives, including leadership, power and privilege, identity, and career recruitment and selection. Uncovering epistemological assumptions that underpin and sustain genderwashing practices, the ways in which genderwashing intersects with embodiment and intersectionality and how genderwashing policies and practices restrict women’s advancement into leadership, the editors host a space for dialogue and debate.

The Transformative Women Leaders Series is published in collaboration between the International Leadership Association (ILA) and Emerald Publishing. Celebrating women leaders and the leadership styles they employ to achieve success, the books in this series highlight successful context-specific leadership approaches and the moral qualities of endurance.

Steve Forbes, Nathan Lewis, and Elizabeth Ames reveal what is behind the inflationary storm that is wreaking havoc on American pocketbooks.

Inflation: What It Is, Why It’s Bad, and How to Fix It explains what’s behind the worst inflationary storm in more than forty years—one that is dominating the headlines and shaking Americans by their pocketbooks. The cost-of-living explosion since the COVID pandemic has raised alarms about a possible return of a 1970’s-style “Great Inflation.” Some observers even fear a descent into the kind of Weimar-style hyperinflation that has torn apart so many nations. Is this true? If so, what should be done? How should we prepare for the future?

Inflation answers these and other questions in an engaging discussion that draws on the singular expertise of Steve Forbes, chairman of Forbes Media, acclaimed for his insights on money and the economy; Nathan Lewis, internationally renowned expert on money and taxation; and author and journalist Elizabeth Ames.

The authors say that today’s problems can be solved by discarding longstanding beliefs that helped bring on the current crisis. They include the notion that central banks can create prosperity through artificially creating money “out of thin air,” and also that economic “stability” requires “a little inflation.” Such ideas for decades have been Holy Writ in official Washington. Inflation shows why they are misguided. The book also explains why the current rage for heedless money-printing advocated by left-wing advocates of so-called Modern Monetary Theory is likely to lead the nation—and the world—down the road to disaster.

Packed with examples from the headlines and from history Inflation is a unique, real-world exploration of the subject that addresses everyday concerns of Americans under siege by rising prices, including steps you should take to protect your wealth.

Inflation is essential reading for everyone seeking to navigate these tumultuous times.

Neoliberal restructuring has left individuals and families scrambling for survival and increasingly reliant on the under-funded and over-regulated non-profit sector to patch over the steadily growing fissures in our society. The book examines the creativity and resilience of nonprofits in maintaining and expanding their services. This book also delves into the vital role of non-profits in advocacy for human rights, anti-racism, Indigenous claims, and improved health and social services.

The decades-long turn towards marketized solutions to social needs has created the conditions under which privatized modes of service delivery have become the norm. The extraordinary rise of the non-profit sector is an under-analyzed consequence of neoliberal restructuring in Canada. In this timely corrective, Ted Richmond and John Shields analyze the place of the non-profit sector in neoliberal times in Canada. The authors take a critical political economy approach, providing a vital analysis of the significance of the non-profit sector, and bring clarity to its dimensions and roles in society. The book pays particular attention to the provision of social, human and health services in Canada’s changing welfare state system.

Economic anxiety and loss of trust in civic institutions are driving more and more people to political extremes. How did we get here, and how do we get our economic policies back on track before the democracies of the world derail?

From former Belgian minister of finance and bestselling author Johan Van Overtveldt comes a new analysis of the economic forces that have driven us to the brink of a democratic breakdown. The Icarus Curse offers a stark assessment of the current state of Western democracies, once celebrated as the pinnacle of political and economic success. With the demise of the Soviet Union and China's emergence onto the world stage, the Western model faced no viable challengers. However, three decades later, Western democracies find themselves under siege both externally and internally. Russia, Iran, and especially China openly challenge the liberal Western order, while internally, citizens increasingly question the democratic and free market system, leading to polarization and social unrest. The political elite in most Western democracies flew too close to the sun, and now they’re crashing.

In The Icarus Curse, Van Overtveldt argues that decades of Keynesian-inspired policies have led to policy exhaustion, with politicians fueling unrealistic expectations and accumulating debt. Despite central bankers' efforts to mitigate crises, the current policy model is unsustainable, leaving little room for significant change. Yet, there is hope for redemption: Van Overtveldt reviews the ideas of Adam Smith, John Maynard Keynes, and Paul Volcker to put forward ideas to redesign policies for a brighter economic future. 

Addressing the elements of reliability using a new and creative approach for the first time in one source, this book is intended to simplify the assessment of reliability by first identifying the current expectations then assessing the current practices to determine if expectations are realistic or if they are not supported by programs and practices. It combines the most effective and efficient of those approaches into a single activity that shows managers what they have a right to expect and what they do not. Most often, this discovery comes as the result of painful failures and production losses. This unique book and the process it describes will allow the discovery of this misalignment to take place at a more convenient and less costly time. Designed to be easy to read, this resource is perfect for busy people who have little time for long and tedious texts or courses that take them away from their workplace. Reliability Engineers, Maintenance and Reliability Managers, Engineering Managers, Plant and Corporate Senior Staff and Executives looking ways to enhance performance, and Consultants who may want to enrich their portfolio by adding this tool will all benefit from the information found in this resource.

Features

• Provides the reader with a clear description of the overall concept of Aligning Reliability Expectations.
• Contains both simple examples and the methodology needed to determine if the programs at each step during the lifecycle of a plant or system will adequately create or maintain reliability.
• Describes how to organize a Wide-Hart assessment.
• Describes how to conduct a Wide-Hart assessment.
• Describes how to communicate results of a Wide-Hart assessment.
• Describes steps in organizing for correcting weaknesses found during the Wide-Hart assessment.
• Contains the Control Document for organizing the assessment and corrective action and the Assessment form for organizing results from assessment and describing results

The Little Black Book of Reliability Management provides the reader with a fresh but comprehensive perspective on the subject of reliability management. It challenges the reader to consider "what he has a right to expect" based on his current reliability programs. And it describes the programs and discipline needed if the reader desires the "right to expect" a higher level of reliability performance. This unique resource is perfect for individuals working in plants and in other organizations that are dependent on the reliability of complex physical assets.

Features

• Provides much of the information needed to organize a reliability program at a company or in a plant that does not currently have one.
• Features a simple description of a number of reliability subjects and techniques in a mannerthat readers can easily understand.
• Describes the data that must be collected and the analysis that should be done at each phase during the lifecycle of a physical asset.
• Starts the user down the path of collecting data, mapping failures to causes and implementing the elements of a comprehensive reliability program in an order that best serves his needs.  
• Devotes a chapter to pattern recognition and identification of the relationships between identified patterns and failures.
• Provides real-life examples.
• Contains examples of documents and spreadsheets needed to apply recommendations at the readers own plants and shops.

Providing readers with a clear rationale for doing maintenance, this completely updated edition and unique guide is written in a language and style that practicing engineers and managers can understand and apply easily. Effective Maintenance Management examines the role of maintenance in minimizing the risks relating to safety or environmental incidents, adverse publicity, and loss of profitability. In addition to discussing risk reduction tools, it explains their applicability to specific situations so the readers can select the tool that fits their requirements. Aiding to bridge the gap between designers/maintainers and reliability engineers, this guide is sure to help businesses utilize their assets effectively, safely, and profitably.

Features

• Provides a risk reduction model which links maintenance to these risks.
• Enables readers to make the link between maintenance on one hand and safety, profitability, and asset life on the other.
• Examines risks faced during the life cycle of a process plant.
• Discusses a high cost, high downtime maintenance activity, namely plant shutdowns.
• Provides an in-depth look at qualitative and quantitative risks.
• Includes a table of codes that can be used directly or adapted for use in most maintenance management systems.
• Keeps mathematics to a minimum.
• Includes chapter previews and summaries, a list of acronyms, and a glossary of terms.

• Characteristics of individual leaders: The desire to be responsible and having a personal mission, vision, and values that align with the leadership position.
• Leadership roles: Expert/technician, manager/administrator, coach, systems thinker, and visionary.
• Leadership attributes: Consistent, attentive, respectful, motivational, and assertive.
• Leadership skills: Time management, communication, empowerment, giving and receiving feedback, and conflict management.
  
  

Reviews

Makes the complex subject of leadership easier to understand and pursue

“Tom Moriarty has taken the complex subject of leadership and made it easier to understand and pursue by creating a system that can be followed by anyone who desires to be a leader. From the very beginning of this book, he gives practical examples to drive the points home including defining leadership as — identifying and solving the right problem. (That is in my opinion the essence of leadership.) As part of the ‘Leadership System’, he demonstrates how very complicated processes are broken down into easy to understand directions for implementation.

The Productive Leadership System addresses the importance of accountability at all levels along with leadership standards, leadership development, and leadership sustainment through various models that are well described. Recognizing the importance of repetition, to move short-term memory to long-term memory, is key to creating habits essential in leading to the creation of a culture of reliability and empowerment of the workforce.

Tom’s personal mission statement, ‘helping others to lead full and satisfying lives’ is certainly achieved in this book by facilitating those people desiring to advance their own leadership and encourage it in others. I highly recommend this book and consider it to be an essential framework for developing and demonstrating leadership.”

—Winston P. Ledet

Not your average leadership book

“I have had the opportunity to read a lot of ‘leadership’ books and have enjoyed the personal stories of the authors, but rarely left with any lessons. When I first picked up The Productive Leadership System, I was expecting to read another story of Tom’s experiences in the U.S. Coast Guard. I was pleasantly surprised.

The book is a solid set of leadership means and methods with lessons. While focused on organizational reliability leadership, the lessons and processes go well beyond and into the how’s and why’s people both lead and follow, and a solid definition of the concepts behind leadership. In whatever position you are in, from not-for-profit, small business, manufacturing, to commercial, or any position that requires a solid, easily read, and straightforward text on leadership, I highly recommend this book.”

—Howard W. Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP, past chair Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals

Leadership insight for supervisors and CEOs

“This book is filled with practical tips on improving and refreshing your leadership techniques and skills. It is clear the author is passionate about leadership. He has built upon the foundation of leadership lessons learned in his USCG carer with lessons learned from assessing industry and years of studying effective leadership.

The book provides insight into how the brain works and what is required to create the good habits and behavior. I was especially drawn to the section on CARMA, read the book to figure it out, it was great reminder/refresher for me on the importance of staying ‘consistent,’ no matter the outside influences and pressures. Great examples, guidance, and practical tips throughout the book. It can provide the template for your personal or organizations leadership training.”

—Henry Kocevar

The perfect practical book to boost supervision, management, and productivity

“Great job! This book is the classic resource for the blend of supervision and management for leadership in first-class organizations. It brings together the critical organizational research and also makes the important application to what we are doing. This is a great book and should be required reading for managers and supervisors.”

—Richard  'Doc' Palmer, Author of The Planning and Scheduling Handbook

The ultimate guide for those who aspire to be leaders

“Author Thomas J. Moriarty has written the ultimate guide for individuals who aspire to be leaders in the field of reliability and maintenance of modern industrial complexes. Having stated that, the concepts and principles of leadership he describes, models, and depicts in easy-to-understand images are applicable to any position of leadership in any venue.

Starting with the premise that leaders are made, not born, he has laid out an organized approach to aid those who aspire to leadership positions to gain appreciation for where to concentrate effort, and how to organize and apply, with lasting effect, best practices in leading organizations in achieving personal and organizational objectives.

The book also contains a discussion of the anatomical basis for repository of key skills in the brains of those who become the best leaders. Coupled with this are brief summaries and discussions of the most well-known theories and studies that apply to leadership attempts at increasing organizational and individual performance.

Major sections of this comprehensive book have summaries at their ends that highlight points made in more detail in the body of the text. This is further supported by an extensive index and detailed table of contents that make this text more of a desktop reference on leadership rather than one that’s read once and thereafter languishes on a bookshelf full of other books about famous leaders and principles of leadership.

The author’s extensive experience in leadership while serving for years in junior and senior positions as well as extensive formal and informal academic study while consulting and teaching have been instrumental in development of a fine work on a subject that needs constant reinforcement and new ideas throughout the careers of today’s and tomorrow’s leaders.”

—Jack R. Nicholas Jr., P.E., CMRP, CRL, BS, MBA, CAPT USNR (Ret)

The RCM Solution is a straightforward, no-nonsense presentation of what RCM is and how it can be applied to maximize the productivity and safety of physical assets. It introduces and thoroughly embraces the proven power of RCM’s basic principles and follows a common-sense and practical approach to implementation.

A significant portion of this book is dedicated to SAE JA1011-compliant RCM. Yet, the author also introduces other asset management processes that embody RCM principles when the full rigor of RCM isn’t warranted. The RCM Solution therefore presents a total solution for implementing RCM in any organization. 

Features

This book will be an invaluable guide to anyone responsible for physical asset management, at any level of authority, from an organization’s maintenance manager to the organization’s leader.

• The principles are presented generically and are equally applicable to any industry that has physical assets to care for, such as defense, manufacturing, mining, plastics, and power generation.
• Besides, instructors teaching reliability engineering at colleges and universities will find this book a useful complement to their primary text.

Nobody likes to talk about endings. Here's why we need to.

Leaders spend a lot of time planning new initiatives. But what about the endings that go along with them? Most leaders are not taught how to manage themselves, let alone their teams and organization, through the messy, multifaceted discomfort of an ending. Making a team member redundant, merging two teams, cutting funding to a failed project: in all these situations we tend to focus on the new beginning, and rush past the ending that needs our care and attention. Dealing with endings well takes maturity and emotional intelligence. Leaders need to understand and process their own feelings before they can lead others through transition.

Why does this matter? Because poorly managed endings leave a scar on everyone involved. Discretionary energy and motivation are not so forthcoming. Change programmes don't get traction, resistance and cynicism take root. Change fails.

Leading Executive Coaches Alison Lucas and Lizzie Bentley Bowers provide this missing piece of the change leadership puzzle: a way of leading yourself and others through change in a respectful, emotionally agile way. Because better endings mean better beginnings.

‘Good Bye highlights a crucial yet often overlooked moment in leadership and organizational life, offering valuable tools and actionable guidance. It will undoubtedly benefit leaders seeking to handle moments of parting with clarity and care.' - Kirsty Devine, Head of US HR, Financial Times

‘I am adding this title to my recommended reading list!’ - Professor David Clutterbuck

Leading Executive Coaches Alison Lucas, of Randolph Partnership Ltd, and Lizzie Bentley Bowers, of The Causeway Coaching Ltd, are professionally accredited coaches and facilitators, working at board and senior level across all sectors to equip leaders to thrive in a complex and uncertain world.

Africa: Envisioning Tomorrow explores the major trends that will define the face of the sub-Saharan continent in the next three decades. The near doubling of Africa’s population by 2050 will lead to more than twenty million new job seekers entering the African labour market every year until then. Right now, Africa doesn’t seem armed to offer jobs to this many people, resulting in possible unrest and intra-African or intercontinental migration flows, including to Europe. Climate change creates additional migratory pressure as it threatens the future of agriculture and livestock.
The author explores the opportunities for increased job creation in Africa. Work provides income, and decent and meaningful jobs contribute to prospects and social stability. The evolution of the labour market is essential for the continent’s future. Fortunately, Africa has some major strengths. The continent has the youngest population in the world and represents a wealth of creativity and innovation. Moreover, Africans excel in ‘market-creating innovation’: the ability to see market opportunities and innovations that others do not. Africans create their own jobs through micro and small enterprises. A young well-trained middle class, familiar with digital technologies, is emerging. Africa’s abundant natural resources also attract global regional powers aspiring to secure access to critical raw materials, something the continent can use to its own advantage.
Special attention goes to the European Union’s Africa policy: the book takes a critical look at the European Union’s intentions and approach and formulates recommendations to the European Commission. The author combines economic analysis with stories from twenty-five years of experience with impact investments in Africa. He challenges the typical pessimistic stereotypes about the continent and provides an optimistic vision of Africa’s future.

Build innovative teams that drive business success today

In The CEO's Competitive Advantage: Harnessing the Power of the Hispanic Workforce to Drive Business Success, Marcela Manjarrez combines her professional experience, executive interviews, and current research to provide actionable, data-driven insights and definitive strategies for leveraging Hispanic and other nontraditional talent to achieve business excellence through:

• Identifying educational barriers and opportunities
• Expanding mentorship and sponsorship programs
• Repairing leaky pipelines to management, the C-suite, and the boardroom
• Holding leaders accountable for measurable progress across all these fronts

By embracing the strategies outlined in this book, senior leaders can establish a virtuous cycle of innovation, growth, and prosperity. As the Hispanic workforce becomes an increasingly critical engine of economic growth, companies that tap into this wellspring of talent will position themselves at a competitive advantage.

Manjarrez urges leaders to bring her winning strategy to the center of their vision, making it a core driver of innovation, market expansion, and long-term success. Filled with powerful insights and practical advice, this book is an essential read for any executive looking to build a workforce that reflects the world of today and is equipped to meet the challenges of tomorrow, outpacing the competition in the US and the world.

This book is designed to supercharge your leadership skills by triangulating winning leadership strategies from the U.S. Navy SEALs, professional sports, and executive business.

There is an undeniable demand for great leaders today. Individuals who excel as leaders are able to attract exceptional people to an organization and then foster a sense of connectedness within the team and to the company. The result is a more resilient organization in a fast-evolving world, a team that continuously strives for improvement, experiences lower turnover of valued personnel, and outperforms its competition.

Yet cultivating the next generation of exceptional leaders is an unmet challenge for most organizations. While they may recognize the need for developing the next leaders of their organizations, the training provided to those driven individuals is largely ineffective—or lacking altogether.

In Bullets, Basketballs & Boardrooms: Triangulating the Best Leadership Practices from Three Elite Disciplines, authors Dave Hubinger, Andrew Pence, and Jim Brogan share practical insights developed throughout their collective ninety years of experience in their individual professions—military special operations, professional sports, and executive business. These insights facilitate a leader’s better understanding of themselves and their ability to navigate the complex landscape of their role. That begins by having an intimate understanding of the values that drive an individual to excellence. With that deep knowledge of oneself, combined with an unconventional array of tools to effectively connect with their teams, leaders can create an organization that excels now and into the future.

Each chapter begins with three distinct “leadership truths” that the authors have found to be universally applicable to leaders and teams in each of their disciplines. The chapters then contain subsections of insights and tips from each author individually. Finally, chapters conclude with action items that challenge the reader to begin transformative measures to elevate and hone their leadership habits and abilities, personally and professionally. Chapter content also addresses insights for the reader to elevate the efficacy and performance of their teams and, ultimately, their organizations. The book concludes with the authors’ daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly “make it real” actions to execute for personal growth, greater leadership effectiveness, more connected relationships, and sustainable change.

A Publishers Weekly Most Ancitipated Book of Spring 2025

A bold call to abandon the myth of endless economic growth and embrace a sustainable, just, and thriving future. 

★ “Blistering debut... An urgent and elegant challenge to the status quo.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

One of the most deeply ingrained beliefs of our age is that perpetual economic growth is the solution to most, if not all, of society’s problem. In Slow Down or Die, French economist Timothée Parrique brilliantly challenges this myth, demonstrating how producing more won’t solve climate change, poverty, or inequality. In fact, our obsession with growth is accelerating social and ecological collapse. 

Parrique argues that we don’t need endless growth to prosper; instead, we must radically rethink how our economies are organized. He reveals that the GDP, the standard measure of progress, is blind to human well-being and environmental health, making it a poor—and indeed, dangerous—guide for the future. 

This book proposes a different vision, tracing a path toward a “post-growth” economy where decisions are made collectively and democratically. The goal is not the infinite accumulation of wealth but the creation of a just, equitable, and sustainable society. In this accessible and inspiring work, Parrique invites us to embrace a future of moderation and shared prosperity, proving that slowing down is the key to true progress and equality. 

Modern Science and R&D critically rely on teamwork. This completely revised and expanded book "Towards Scientific Leadership" offers a unique approach to helping young professionals transition from productive team members to effective team leaders. The authors provide innovative ideas and strategies for leadership development, setting the book apart from others in the field.

The basis of being a successful leader is authentic self-leadership – essential for all who want to control their own life. People who know themselves and realise what it takes to be productive and deliver results also understand how to lead others and inspire them to perform naturally and undertake initiatives. For scientists, who like to focus on knowledge and insight and how to transfer it to others, self-leadership is key to creating value and adopting it in practice. The book explains how to become a successful (self)leader, not with tricks, but with an inspiring vision and mission, the correct mindset, and effective teamwork.

The practice of management has experienced significant changes in recent years. Advances in technology, globalization, cultural shifts, competitive pressures, and the unpredictability of a fast-paced business environment have presented new challenges as well as opportunities for contemporary managers. The book Evolution of Management Practice has assembled the viewpoints of leading academics, management practitioners, and business consultants in order to uncover the most effective approaches pertaining to planning, leading, organizing and controlling. The book is poised to be an authoritative reference that will guide the practice of management for many years to come.

Technological evolution represents a potential threat for incumbent businesses while offering opportunities for potential new entrants to surf the wave of change to break-in.

Technology Strategies - Turning technological change into competitive advantage addresses the challenge of reaping the benefits of technological innovation, providing firms with sound concepts, frameworks, tools, and methods to develop technology strategies proactively to carve a viable path for their future.

The book recaps fifty years of research findings reported in academic literature, sieving through the many bits and pieces of what has been learnt and reorganizing them into an integrated framework. The book also contains a part dedicated to the practical implications of the overall framework presented.

The book delves into technological change and its strategic consequences, revisits technological substitutions beyond the classic though potentially misleading S-curve representation, and suggests buying insurance against technological uncertainty, using the concept of organizational competence and capabilities underlying technologies.

Technology Strategies is an excellent resource to help top-tier management craft an overarching technology strategy for the future success of their organization.

How do companies use location intelligence to achieve competitive advantage and business success?

We live in a digital, global economy, and businesses need to know where to source, operate, and market to grow their customer base. Through location analytics and location intelligence, a business can make better-informed decisions and ultimately add value to their organization, their customers, and society. But how do businesses integrate location analytics into their business development, marketing, and operations?

Spatial Business: Competing and Leading with Location Analytics examines how location is a key factor in intelligent business decisions and achieving success. Through varied, in-depth, real-world examples, readers learn how location analytics solutions can be designed, deployed, and managed from strategic and operational perspectives.

Each chapter of Spatial Business examines how real companies have integrated location into their business intelligence and decision-making. Some key concepts include:

• The fundamentals of spatial business and the technologies and methods by which businesses can understand the location value chain 
• The creation of spatial business architecture to facilitate location analytics in meeting business goals and needs
• The themes of spatial business and implications for practice

Written by experts in spatial business and designed for managers, professionals, and students at all levels, Spatial Business provides a road map for realizing the potential of geospatial data across the entire business value chain.

Also available in Spanish.

• updated references to international development policy process and goals
• substantial updates to several chapters with new and revised material to make the text both current and policy relevant
• replacement of several special features with new ones featuring widely cited studies

This book covers the science of measuring the invisible building blocks of thought processes that are useful for understanding humans, including technology users, media consumers, and consumers of goods and services. It provides:

• An explanation of what self-report measurement entails for beginners;
• A clear set of assumptions needed in order for self-report measures to yield valuable information;
• A mindset that needs to be adopted when using self-report measurement in the contexts of surveys and experiments;
• Guidance for extracting opinion from social media text content and integrating AI;
• A roadmap for quantifying the errors associated with self-report measurement.

Mark Bowling has had some incredible mentors - Cam Lanier and Regi Campbell top the list. Their impact on his life has been profound, for which he is extremely grateful. You probably have your own list. And chances are, you're on someone else’s. Gravitude provides you (and your organization) with the tools to grow that second list. 

Gratitude isn’t just a virtue - it’s a force that shapes the success of organizations. Gravitude reveals how leaders can harness this powerful force through six foundational pillars: Phileo Love, Trust, Teamwork, BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals), Legacy, and Identity. Just as gravity strengthens with mass, the presence of these pillars amplifies Gravitude—a measurable force that fosters engagement, loyalty, and organizational excellence.

Featuring exclusive insights from top executives - including Dave Katz (President & COO, Coca-Cola Consolidated), Glen Jackson (Co-Founder, Jackson Spalding), Tim Fisher (President, Jackson + Coker), Jeff Henderson (Executive Director, Leadership Strategy and Innovation, Chick-fil-A), Ben Tyson (CEO, No Longer Bound), and Horst Schulze (Co-Founder, Ritz-Carlton) - this book validates how gratitude transforms workplace culture.

Gravitude also distinguishes between fleeting thankfulness and deep, lasting gratitude, explaining why cultivating “grateful fans” leads to greater organizational success than simply creating “raving fans.” Finally, it introduces the Gravitude Quotient (GQ), a groundbreaking tool that enables leaders to measure and strengthen gratitude within their teams.

"I've often said gratitude completes the connection between an organization and its people. Mark Bowling successfully conveys this mission-critical message, empowering businesses to foster cultures of excellence. At the heart of such excellence - even in an age of automation - is the celebration of people. This is the essence of Gravitude - a much-needed call for organizations to prioritize their people, creating a thriving, purpose-driven workplace."-Horst Schulze, Co-Founder & Former President/CEO, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company

“Gravitude by Mark Bowling is a great read.   His insights about the power of gratitude can change the perspective of individuals, families, teams, and organizations.  Based on his own life experiences and the wisdom shared by multiple leaders he has interviewed, Mark shares both the principles and practices that make gratitude part of a healthy organization's DNA and lead to personal and professional growth for all.”-Tim Tassopoulos, former President & COO, Chick-fil-A

Hospitality fuels local economies, with dining out being a favorite activity of millions of Americans. Many people spend their early careers working in hospitality, and while some leave it off their résumé once they move on to new careers, the skills learned in hospitality can have a lasting impact.

Based on years of interviews with servers and bartenders across America, Turning Tables connects lessons from food service to professional success. The attributes that make a great server—organization, multitasking, upselling, and maintaining a positive attitude—translate directly to roles in sales, customer service, and leadership.

This insightful resource reveals how the work done behind the scenes to bring delicious, hot meals to diner’s tables neatly aligns with what it takes to be a top seller, customer service representative, or supervisor. The ability to deliver under pressure, think on one’s feet, and exceed expectations is as valuable in the office as it is behind the bar or in the kitchen. 

Whether hospitality is someone’s forever career, they’re looking to make a switch, or they’re responsible for hiring and managing a team, Turning Tables provides practical lessons to elevate any career. From nurses to real estate agents to Capitol Hill staffers, countless professionals got their start in food service—and their success is rooted in the skills they learned there.

With a behind-the-scenes look at restaurant life, Turning Tables shows how to apply hospitality-driven principles to thrive in business and beyond.

We are more “connected” than ever—yet paradoxically lonelier and more isolated. The need for meaningful connection has never been more profound. Orchestrating Connection: How to Build Purposeful Community in a Tribal World is a call to action for anyone concerned about this fragmentation, offering a compelling vision of how to weave genuine relationships that foster belonging, collaboration, and collective impact. The future belongs not to accidental collections of neighbors or aggrieved online groups, but to communities built with intention, guiding principles, and a give-and-give attitude.

Orchestrating Connection doesn’t just provide a new way to think about our social world—it’s a how-to blueprint for creating the DNA to build it. Weaving together the key principles of diversity, vulnerability, curiosity, generosity, and gratitude, the authors describe how consistent rituals, explicitly communicated values and expectations, and a carefully crafted culture help solidify each community’s collective identity.

But the work of building your community—whether growing your own network or shaping a global movement—begins with personal clarity. You can’t effectively participate in or lead a community without first understanding your own purpose. The journey thus begins at the individual level: identifying what you stand for, what you truly need, and how you can leverage that deep understanding to draw others into conversation with you.

Ultimately, this book is an invitation to redefine community. Whether you’re an activist aiming to mobilize a grassroots initiative, an executive reshaping a company’s culture, or an individual seeking personal transformation, this book provides a roadmap for forging intentional, empathic communities.

Orchestrating Connection is therefore poised to spark a larger movement—one that can inspire and empower us to replace isolation with purpose and genuine belonging.

“In team sports, you may excel as an individual, but you only win as a tight knit group. That group, in essence, is a community because what you bring to the game, and how you act off the court, all informs that subtle dynamic of what makes a group champions. Orchestrating Connection systematically creates the rituals for self-work to develop self-worth, and for how we master our network to create teams that champion us as we champion them.”-Candace Parker, former WNBA forward, Sports Anchor, and Author

“Wow. I haven't been this inspired about the future of human connection since I read The Art of Gatheringby Priya Parker. The prose shifts easily between gripping stories and practical insights on human connection. Required reading for anyone who loves bringing people together.”-Andy Dunn, best-selling author of Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind and founding CEO of Pie and Bonobos

“My life has been about family, bringing children joy and strengthening communities, both as a business leader and philanthropist. Our world needs a new perspectives on how to bring passionate, driven leaders together and this book delivers them. The work one must do personally and with whom one surrounds oneself is crucial to create ethical, accountable standards for the evolution of our society. Orchestrating Connection takes what we know and puts it together in a way that can bring about a systemic change in perspective.”-Alan Hassenfeld, former Chairmen & CEO of Hasbro

“Leadership in philanthropy is fundamentally about gathering and empowering others to help. This is whatOrchestrating Connection is about: the crucial insight that surrounding yourself with the "right" people starts with you and resonates outward based on integrity and your principles, like the concentric rings around a pebble thrown into a pond. 

David Homan's work on the board of the Arthur Miller Foundation (AMF) has given us invaluable insights into how giving can be contagious, given the right strategies. I endorse the benefits of this book's guidance because I have seen them in action.”-Rebecca Miller, Filmmaker, Activist, and Philanthropist

As society becomes increasingly digitized, the boundaries between the physical and virtual worlds blur, giving rise to a dynamic fusion of art, culture, and creativity within the creative industries. In the realm of visual arts, VR and AR have sparked a renaissance of experimentation and expression. The influence of VR and AR extends beyond art, extending its transformative touch to fields like music, literature, and even cultural heritage preservation within the creative industries. The book introduces readers to the roots and evolution of VR and AR, exploring the pioneers, breakthroughs, and influential developments that have paved the way for their integration into everyday life.

The book includes case studies and real-world examples showcasing how these cutting-edge technologies have revolutionized cultural experiences within the creative industries. From virtual museums that transport visitors to distant historical eras, to augmented reality installations that merge digital art with physical spaces, the book uncovers a myriad of innovative applications within the fields of design, media, fashion, gaming, and more.

The profound societal implications of these technologies within the creative industries are examined in detail and the research addresses the challenges and ethical considerations surrounding VR and AR within the creative industries. The book culminates with a compelling vision of the future, exploring how these technologies are set to reshape culture and creativity within the creative industries in the years to come.

In recent years, increasingly sophisticated metrics have been created to measure sustainability. First devised to address environmental concerns such as greenhouse gas emissions, they now also assess organizational governance, community benefits, and hiring practices, among others. The field of sustainability management uses these metrics to track and advance progress on environmental, social, and business goals. How can an organization incorporate sustainability metrics into performance measurement and decision making? Which metrics should different organizations adopt, and why? What should sustainability management do to adapt in the face of political hostility, economic volatility, and technological change?

This book is a comprehensive guide to sustainability metrics and management, introducing readers to key concepts and techniques. It details the measurement process needed to produce reliable and verifiable sustainability metrics and discusses the relationship to financial performance. The authors show how to integrate sustainability into the core of organizational management and make it a routine part of administration. They also emphasize the importance of metrics for measuring, assessing, and managing risk. Written for practitioners, students, and managers of organizations of all sizes, this book gives readers the tools and understanding they need to lead the journey toward sustainability.

In recent years, increasingly sophisticated metrics have been created to measure sustainability. First devised to address environmental concerns such as greenhouse gas emissions, they now also assess organizational governance, community benefits, and hiring practices, among others. The field of sustainability management uses these metrics to track and advance progress on environmental, social, and business goals. How can an organization incorporate sustainability metrics into performance measurement and decision making? Which metrics should different organizations adopt, and why? What should sustainability management do to adapt in the face of political hostility, economic volatility, and technological change?

This book is a comprehensive guide to sustainability metrics and management, introducing readers to key concepts and techniques. It details the measurement process needed to produce reliable and verifiable sustainability metrics and discusses the relationship to financial performance. The authors show how to integrate sustainability into the core of organizational management and make it a routine part of administration. They also emphasize the importance of metrics for measuring, assessing, and managing risk. Written for practitioners, students, and managers of organizations of all sizes, this book gives readers the tools and understanding they need to lead the journey toward sustainability.

Starting a business or ensuring a small business continues to operate successfully often requires taking out business loans, but are there systemic barriers to ethnic minority business owners in obtaining a loan? Focusing specifically on Scotland, the author draws on original research, including in-depth interviews and thematic analysis, the book highlights the systemic barriers such as education, language proficiency, interest rates, trust issues, and residency requirements that hinder access to finance. The research also examines institutional factors like credit ratings, information asymmetry, and strict loan processes that disproportionately affect ethnic minority entrepreneurs.

The book offers readers a comprehensive overview of the difficulties faced by this demographic but also offers practical recommendations for policymakers, financial institutions, and community organizations to foster a more inclusive lending environment. In addressing both the micro-level challenges and macro-level systemic issues, this text aims to contribute to the broader discourse on financial inclusion, economic equity, and the role of small businesses in sustainable development.

The International Studies in Small Business and Entrepreneurship Research Series opens a new chapter, as it seeks to advance discussions that consolidate conventional knowledge. The purpose of this initiative is to invite new reflections on the nature of entrepreneurship and small business across contexts. The collections in this series aim to improve the theoretical rigour and practical relevance of the field. The emphasis is to advance contemporary contributions that matter for small business and entrepreneurship, by directing us to underexplored and under-theorised contexts.

Design for Lean Six Sigma (DFLSS) is a powerful methodology adopted by many world-class companies today. It aims to build quality into products or services at the very early stages of the product development process. Ten Commandments of Design for Lean Six Sigma brings together the experience of six authors with more than 50 years of cumulative DFLSS deployment in the field.

The book covers key topics such as alignment of DFLSS with organizational strategy; top management support and involvement; listening to the voice of the customers (VOC); effective training programme for right project teams; project selection and prioritization; linking DFLSS with ISO international standards; effective use of DFLSS methodology and the integrated tools within the methodology and reward and recognition schemes.

The practical nature of the book makes this ideal reading for senior executives in all organizations with an interest in developing, implementing, and deploying DFLSS. It will be a great asset to many trainers and consultants who would like to deliver executive courses for senior managers in any organisation.

Del autor de La psicología del dinero, nuevas lecciones para aprender a gastarlo y vivir una vida más feliz.

La mayoría de nosotros no sabemos cómo gastar nuestro dinero. Perseguimos cosas que impresionan a los demás, aunque nos dejen insatisfechos. Ahorramos sin parar y tenemos miedo de gastar incluso en lo que realmente mejoraría nuestras vidas. Confundimos admiración con envidia, comodidad con exceso y utilidad con estatus.

El arte de gastar dinero no ofrece trucos, ni soluciones inmediatas o universales. En su lugar, expone cómo tu relación con el dinero afecta tus decisiones diarias y te enseña a transformarla para que este trabaje a tu favor.

Morgan Housel ha ayudado a millones de personas a reflexionar sobre lo que ganan, ahorran e invierten. Ahora te muestra el otro lado de la moneda: cómo gastar. Con agudeza y calidez, explica por qué el retorno más valioso que nos da la inversión es la tranquilidad, por qué las expectativas importan más que nuestros ingresos y por qué utilizar bien el dinero tiene menos que ver con hojas de cálculo y presupuestos mensuales, y más con el autoconocimiento.

Este libro no te hará rico, pero te ayudará a sacar el máximo partido a tus posibilidades económicas y a aprender a desear lo que realmente merece la pena para vivir con plenitud.

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From the author of The Psychology of Money, new lessons on how to spend it and live a happier life.

Most of us don’t know how to spend our money. We chase things that impress others, even if they leave us unsatisfied. We save endlessly and are afraid to spend even on what would truly improve our lives. We confuse admiration with envy, comfort with excess, and usefulness with status.

The Art of Spending Money doesn’t offer tricks, quick fixes, or universal solutions. Instead, it shows how your relationship with money shapes your daily decisions and teaches you how to transform it so that money works in your favor.

Morgan Housel has helped millions of people reflect on what they earn, save, and invest. Now he shows the other side of the coin: how to spend. With sharp insight and warmth, he explains why the most valuable return on investment is peace of mind, why expectations matter more than income, and why using money well has less to do with spreadsheets and monthly budgets, and more to do with self-knowledge.

This book won’t make you rich, but it will help you make the most of your financial possibilities and learn to desire what truly matters in order to live fully.

Artificial Intelligence in Hospitality and Tourism in Africa offers a timely and comprehensive exploration of AI’s transformative role in tourism and hospitality across Africa, and other emerging regions. As global industries rapidly adopt AI technologies, this timely volume addresses the critical gap in literature concerning AI integration in tourism sectors where infrastructural and technological limitations persist. Through regionally grounded case studies and empirical research, the book investigates how AI can enhance customer experience, streamline operations, and promote sustainable tourism practices, while also confronting challenges such as digital infrastructure, ethical concerns, and workforce readiness. Bringing together diverse perspectives from scholars and practitioners, this edited volume presents a balanced blend of conceptual frameworks and practical insights. Chapters examine fintech’s role in the visitor economy; AI-driven service personalisation; and industry preparedness for robotics and automation. It is an essential resource for academics, policymakers, and industry professionals seeking to understand and harness AI’s potential within the unique socio-economic contexts of emerging markets.

In an era of recurring financial crises, rising inequality, and environmental stress, Islamic Finance as an Ethical and Responsible Finance by Professor Dr. Muhammad Ayub offers a transformative vision for global finance. It critiques the excesses of interest-based, speculative, and profit-driven systems and advocates a shift toward finance rooted in justice, equity, risk-sharing, and sustainability.

Grounded in the prohibitions of ribā (interest), gharar (contractual uncertainty), and maysir (gambling), and supported by the social institutions of zakāt and waqf, this work shows how asset-backed and transparent financing can align with the UN SDGs. Blending rigorous theory with practical insights, it positions Islamic ethical finance as a universal model for advancing shared prosperity and promoting moral and social good. This work is an essential resource for academics, policymakers, and practitioners committed to building a just and sustainable financial order.

Emerald Studies in Islamic Economy and Finance (ESIEF) is a groundbreaking series published by Emerald Publishing dedicated to advancing the knowledge and understanding of Islamic economics and finance. In an era where the global economic landscape is constantly evolving, this series seeks to contribute significantly to the academic discourse surrounding Islamic economy and finance. It builds on the rich heritage of Islamic economic thought while embracing contemporary perspectives and challenges. The series is also committed to fostering rigorous academic inquiry promoting scholarly collaboration and ultimately enriching the understanding of Islamic economics and finance in the global context.

Marking the 50th anniversary of the European International Business Academy (EIBA), the 2024 Annual Conference in Finland was more than a celebration—it was a call to action. This volume captures the spirit of that milestone gathering, where scholars from around the world came together to reimagine the future of international business (IB) research. As the field enters a new era, contributors to this collection explore how we can challenge established thinking, reshape theoretical foundations, and pursue bold, impactful research that addresses the pressing needs of our time. Book B of this volume expands current knowledge on governance models, and introduces novel applications of research methods and frameworks that can help push the boundaries of IB.

In a world marked by deepening societal polarisation, mounting global challenges, and ongoing geopolitical uncertainty, international business must evolve. This volume advocates for a more transdisciplinary approach—one where academics, practitioners, policymakers, and creatives collaborate to produce knowledge that bridges disciplines and sectors. By rethinking what we study, how we study it, and why it matters, this volume offers a visionary roadmap for the next 50 years of IB scholarship—grounded in relevance, responsibility, and the pursuit of societal impact.

The integration of technology, sustainability, and education is crucial for the future in the era of digitalization; policymakers, industry leaders, and educators must adopt innovative and intentional transformation strategies to meet the opportunities and challenges of the digital age.

This volume provides expert insights into the intersection of technology and sustainability within the context of learning and business environments. Unlike existing literature that often explores these two fields separately, this proposed book offers a comprehensive perspective on how technology can facilitate sustainability across educational, corporate, and other sectors. The research also includes actionable frameworks and practical use cases that illustrate how theoretical concepts can be translated into practice. These examples serve as a blueprint for educational institutions, businesses, and government entities seeking to embed sustainable practices within their respective domains.

Technological Innovation and Sustainability for Business Competitive Advantage emphasizes the scientific exploration of business challenges faced by organizations while offering practical solutions. By contributing to the development and enhancement of business theories and practices and by promoting scientific research in technological innovation and sustainability the volumes facilitate meaningful dialogues among academics, practitioners and individuals.

Marking the 50th anniversary of the European International Business Academy (EIBA), the 2024 Annual Conference in Finland was more than a celebration—it was a call to action. This volume captures the spirit of that milestone gathering, where scholars from around the world came together to reimagine the future of international business (IB) research. As the field enters a new era, contributors to this collection explore how we can challenge established thinking, reshape theoretical foundations, and pursue bold, impactful research that addresses the pressing needs of our time. Book A of this volume addresses new perspectives on agency and the role of governments, knowledge creation and novel technologies in uncertain conditions, and sustainable transnational collaboration in global value chains.

In a world marked by deepening societal polarisation, mounting global challenges, and ongoing geopolitical uncertainty, international business must evolve. This volume advocates for a more transdisciplinary approach—one where academics, practitioners, policymakers, and creatives collaborate to produce knowledge that bridges disciplines and sectors. By rethinking what we study, how we study it, and why it matters, this volume offers a visionary roadmap for the next 50 years of IB scholarship—grounded in relevance, responsibility, and the pursuit of societal impact. 

Corporate Marketing Strategy: A Contemporary Curation of Branding, Identity, Image and Reputation Studies offers a comprehensive treatment of the nature of relationships between companies, brands, and stakeholders in different regions of the world. The timely collection will serve as an important resource for international marketing and brand practitioners, who require more than anecdotal evidence, on important aspects relating to companies’ strategy, brands, identity, stakeholders, and reputation. The authors have blended an interesting mix of theory, primary research findings, and practice that will appeal to students, academics, and practitioners of international branding, identity, marketing alike.

There is much research published on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); what it means, what it looks like, how to do it and the benefits for an organization. There is a lot less research on Corporate Social Irresponsibility (CSI) although people have experienced this facet more frequently.

This book offers a timely, interdisciplinary exploration of how corporate executives navigate the moral ambiguity between CSR and CSI. While CSR is often idealized as ethical and strategic, and CSI dismissed as aberrant or deviant, this work challenges that binary by showing how both can co-exist within the same organizations, leadership decisions, and legitimacy strategies.

Drawing from executive psychology and behavioral ethics the book advances a new conceptual framework: corporate social behavior is shaped not by fixed moral commitments but by the dynamic interplay between psychological characteristics, contextual pressures and the strategic management of legitimacy. The research offers a realistic, behaviorally grounded lens for scholars, practitioners, and educators seeking to understand the contradictions of modern corporate leadership. It is especially relevant in today’s climate of increasing scrutiny of corporate virtue signalling, reputational risk, and executive accountability.

As work environments evolve - under the pressure of digitalization, shifting employment norms, and changing social expectations - the meaning of employee commitment is being redefined. Nowhere is this transformation more striking than in the public sector, where loyalty must navigate tensions between professional ethos, bureaucratic constraints, and societal missions.

This book offers a compelling exploration of workplace commitment in contemporary public organizations. It proposes a multi-level framework—macro (institutional and policy), meso (organizational), and micro (individual)—to unpack the diverse forces shaping employee loyalty today. Drawing on cross-disciplinary perspectives, the chapters investigate how public servants relate not only to their employers but also to their professions and to the public interest itself.

With contributions grounded in real-world cases and theoretical rigor, the volume sheds light on how institutional configurations, policy domains, and organizational models intersect with individual meaning-making. It also asks timely questions: How does AI reshape commitment? What happens to loyalty in fluid, gig-like public jobs?

Essential reading for scholars, managers, and policymakers, this book invites a deeper understanding of what binds people to public service - and how that bond is being challenged and transformed.

The digital generation is working its way through the education system and into the workforce, the question for businesses, organizations and managers is how to successfully integrate this generation into the multigenerational workforce?

The main topic of this work has been developed following the concerns of organizations, who are facing the emergence of those born in an entirely digital world, these new individuals have a different paradigm, a unique culture, and their own perspectives about how to live their life and what to prioritize. Taking that into account the role of the new generations in organizations the following question arises: what does an organization have to do to make the most of the capabilities of this generation? The group of experts that participate in this book propose many actions that could lead to better organizational performance, along with the use of technological and digital tools to optimize processes, promote autonomy and empowerment to improve teamwork, and ways to reduce the issues of the generational gap.

Drawing on industry and academic research the thirteen chapters presented here allow for readers to discover methods and tools to better improve intergenerational ways of working.

This book has undergone external single anonymous peer reviewed before being accepted for publication.

Crowdsourcing and Value Co-creation in Human Resource Management explores the transformative role of crowdsourcing in human resources, highlighting how it enables value co-creation within organisations. Through practical insights, case studies, and best practices, the book offers actionable strategies for leveraging crowdsourcing to optimise talent management, foster innovation, and improve organisational performance.

This comprehensive guide provides HR professionals, researchers, and organisational leaders with the tools to integrate crowdsourcing across various HR functions—from talent acquisition to diversity and inclusion. By offering real-world examples and strategies, this contributed work empowers readers to address HR challenges, drive innovation, and enhance organisational success using the power of crowdsourcing.

In this issue of TD at Work, Lindsay Bernhagen and Al Dea explain how artificial-intelligence coaching can strengthen leadership development by giving more people more opportunities to reflect, experiment, and grow in the flow of work. You’ll learn:

• What AI coaching is and how it differs from traditional coaching approaches
• What it means for leadership development
• What to look for in a high-quality AI coaching solution
• How to implement the technology successfully in your organization

The Tools & Resources in this issue include a Worksheet: Ready to Launch AI Coaching? and a Checklist: Choose the Right AI Coaching Partner.

Sales Punks is a bold manifesto for a new era of B2B selling. In a world where buyers are savvier, more independent, and harder to reach than ever, traditional sales tactics are failing fast. Kyle D. Hegarty throws out the outdated rulebook and replaces it with a rebellious, practical framework designed for today’s market realities. Packed with real-world stories, sharp insights, and unapologetic advice, Sales Punks empowers sales professionals to break the mould, rethink their approach, and win more deals by being smarter, not louder.

At the heart of Sales Punks is a call to arms: re-skill, re-engage, and reimagine what it means to sell. With five transformative pillars—from consultative coaching to navigating complex ecosystems—this invaluable guide offers a fresh, actionable blueprint for building resilient, high-performing sales teams. Whether you're a sales leader, enablement strategist, or frontline rep, this book delivers the tools, mindset, and momentum needed to thrive in a buyer-first world. It’s not just a book—it’s a movement.

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online.

Listed Family Companies are a focal point of family business research on the management side. This is hardly surprising, as the data situation here is much better than for private family businesses. At the same time, one can ask how representative the listed family business is of the much more common form of private family business. The listed family business inevitably has non-family shareholders and is subject to more intensive regulation, particularly in terms of transparency. This specific legal framework is what makes the interdisciplinary perspective of law and management on the listed family business so useful.

The book addresses topics such as the status quo of, and gaps in, the management literature about Listed Family Companies; how family companies communicate with the capital market and how capital market participants view family companies; a stewardship perspective on the listed family company; an in-depth look at listed family companies in Turkey; and general and country-specific legal chapters on France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. The book concludes with a chapter on future research opportunities that emerged from the discussions at the conference.

The pioneering Law and Management of Family Firms series publishes volumes following the annual Hamburg Conference: Law and Management of Family Firms, the international and interdisciplinary forum for family business research. The conference is organized by the Max Planck Institute and the Institute for Mittelstand and Family Firms (HSBA Hamburg School of Business Administration). It brings together two distinct and previously disconnected disciplines of law and management, benefiting scholars, lawyers, consultants, and family office practitioners.

Enhancing the Dining Experience through Augmented and Virtual Reality Technology: An Indian Perspective explores the transformative impact of immersive technologies on food and beverage service operations. With a focus on the Indian hospitality sector, this book examines how augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are reshaping the dining experience by creating engaging, multisensory environments. It offers foundational knowledge in food and beverage service, departmental organization, and beverage management while contextualizing these elements within India’s diverse culinary landscape.

By integrating advanced technologies into traditional hospitality practices, the book highlights innovative strategies for enhancing guest satisfaction and competitiveness in a post-pandemic world. Drawing on recent research and industry trends, it provides practical insights for hospitality professionals, educators, and students. Topics include the cultural significance of food in India, the structure of service operations, and the adoption of AR/VR to enrich customer engagement. This timely resource equips readers to navigate and contribute to the evolving hospitality industry with a forward-thinking, tech-enabled approach.

The United Nations Agenda 2030 recognizes gender equality as a fundamental human right, with SDG 5 dedicated solely to this crucial issue. Achieving gender equality and empowering women is essential for the success of all Sustainable Development Goals. Gender Mainstreaming and Development delves into the integral role of gender sensitivity in policy and program design, highlighting the importance of transforming discriminatory social institutions across political, economic, legal, and social spheres.

This comprehensive volume brings together gender mainstreaming experiences from diverse sectors and regions, aiming to develop a shared understanding of current approaches and challenges. By adopting a nuanced analytical approach, it seeks to provide valuable insights and design a blueprint for truly inclusive and transformative gender mainstreaming policy and practice. Essential reading for academic researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and students in economics, development, and gender studies, this book offers a fresh perspective on gender and development issues.

Category Winner, 2025 PROSE Awards: Business, Finance, and Management Category

A guide for business leaders working to create socially conscious, sustainable companies—while pursuing profits

Amid growing international concerns about income inequality, labor abuses, racial injustice, and disinformation online, Conscience Incorporated examines the gaps in current corporate social responsibility measures and what more needs be done to address these challenges. The rise of new technologies such as smartphones and social media have made it easier than ever to document and spread awareness of corporate actions. Despite these developments, large corporations often fail to meaningfully address the human rights abuses linked to their business models and practices. In Conscience Incorporated, Michael Posner addresses what lies at the root of these challenges, drawing on his extensive personal experience as a human rights lawyer, State Department official under President Obama, chair of the Fair Labor Association and Director of the Center for Business and Human Rights at NYU Stern School of Business.

Drawing from research into the history of business ethics and anchoring his argument with examples of companies publicly accused of human rights abuses—Nike, Coca-Cola, Walmart, Meta, and more—Posner provides a blueprint for global business leaders to navigate human rights challenges and adopt sustainable corporate practices. Conscience Incorporated highlights the need for increased protections for outsourced workers in faraway nations, greater attention to harmful online content, and prioritization of human rights by investors. He argues that growing public awareness has not been enough to enforce ethical practices for global businesses. As a result, governments, especially in Europe, are becoming more involved in regulating global business practices in various industries.

Posner proposes a series of concrete reforms and argues compellingly for why businesses need to devote greater time and resources to protecting basic human rights. Conscience Incorporated is a powerful challenge to the status quo and advocates for a fundamental shift in the principles that govern global businesses.

Will we one day inhabit virtual worlds? From the buzz around Second Life in the early 2000s to Mark Zuckerberg’s much-hyped quest for the metaverse, there seems to be a clear pattern. After being touted as revolutionary, virtual worlds fail to meet expectations and fade into obscurity. Yet the dream of an immersive, independent, and interconnected virtual social universe still has the potential to transform the economy, reshape society, and profoundly affect the future of humanity.

This book contends that despite shifting trends, the virtual universe remains crucial to the technology of tomorrow—and might arrive sooner than we think. Through vivid examples and detailed case studies, Andreas Kaplan, a pioneering researcher of virtual worlds since the early 2000s, provides a comprehensive examination of the metaverse and its far-reaching implications. He delves into key technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and extended reality and discusses ethical issues around privacy, identity, and governance. Kaplan examines business models, digital ownership, and corporate strategies alongside applications spanning marketing, research and development, human resources, and supply chain management. The book concludes by contrasting potential futures, from utopian promise (the Petaverse) to dystopian peril (the Metaworse) and everything in between. Written in an engaging, reader-friendly style, The Virtual Universe goes beyond the hype—and the doubting—to uncover the true potential of the metaverse.

Finalist, 2025 SIM Outstanding Book Award, Social Issues in Management Division, Academy of Management

Dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral infection, is a scourge of tropical climates. An extraordinary project in Indonesia, however, brought together a vast diversity of partners to combat the spread of the disease through innovative methods. This book tells the remarkable story of the fight against dengue and explores the implications for all social enterprises and business families seeking to tackle the world’s biggest challenges.

R. Edward Freeman and Andrew Sell examine the contributions of the many stakeholders who worked together across national, regional, and local levels for more than a decade. A scientific breakthrough found that infecting mosquitoes with a bacterium could prevent them from transmitting dengue and other viruses. To reduce the toll of the disease, though, this discovery needed to go beyond the laboratory. In Indonesia, thousands of people across a broad swath of society—including a leading business family and its foundation, university and medical school faculty and staff, local volunteers, and the sultan of Yogyakarta—formed a multistakeholder partnership whose efforts ranged from funding and management to large-scale field studies through releasing mosquitoes in their own backyards. Freeman and Sell distill key takeaways about stakeholder engagement, multidisciplinary teamwork, and durable collaboration for readers seeking to implement transformative projects. Defeating Dengue is at once an insightful case study of the power of multistakeholder partnerships and a gripping story of scientific and social achievement.

Up to 85% of the Asperger's population are without full-time employment, though many have above-average intelligence. Rudy Simone, an adult with Asperger's Syndrome and an accomplished author, consultant, and musician, created this insightful resource to help employers, educators, and therapists accommodate this growing population, and to help people with Asperger’s find and keep gainful employment.

Rudy's candid advice is based on her personal experiences and the experiences of over fifty adults with Asperger's from all over the world, in addition to their employers and numerous experts in the field. Detailed lists provide balanced guidelines for success, while Rudy's "Interview Tips" and "Personal Job Map" tools will help Aspergians, young or old, find their employment niche. There is more to a job than what the tasks are: from social blunders, to sensory issues, to bullying by coworkers, Simone presents solutions to difficult challenges. Readers will be enriched, enlightened, and ready to work—together!

The e-commerce personalization industry has sold brands a lie. For years, vendors have promised that every business can replicate the one-to-one experiences of Amazon and Netflix. The reality? Most website visitors are anonymous, privacy regulations have eliminated traditional tracking methods, and the content required for true personalization demands resources most brands simply don't have.

Brian Anderson, founder of AI-powered commerce platform Nacelle, exposes why 63% of marketing leaders still struggle with personalization despite massive investments. The problem isn't the technology—it's applying retention strategies to acquisition challenges. You can't personalize for people you don't know.

This book introduces the Three-Stage Personalization Framework: Strategic Segmentation for anonymous visitors, Progressive Identification for engaged prospects, and Individual Personalization for known customers. Each stage employs different tactics matched to different levels of customer identification, all powered by AI that solves the historic content bottleneck.

Through detailed case studies and implementation guides, Anderson demonstrates how brands have scaled from $10 million to $120 million by embracing intelligent segmentation over impossible one-to-one approaches. Readers will learn to evaluate AI solutions, avoid vendor hype, build ethical data practices, and measure real ROI through metrics that matter—conversion rate, average order value, and customer lifetime value.

The AI commerce revolution is here. This book provides the framework to win it.

The Enduring Impact by Kris Erickson is a practical guide for leaders seeking to create lasting organizational change through the employee experience. Drawing from one of the world’s largest databases of employee feedback, this book offers a data-driven framework for building workplaces where people feel engaged, fulfilled, and inspired to do their best work.

Kris Erickson, cofounder of Workforce Science Associates, reveals six core drivers that consistently shape employee engagement across industries and cultures: Mission, Trust, Communication, Appreciation, Support, and Growth. These Six Tenets provide a clear blueprint for leaders to align daily experiences with long-term business goals.

This is not a book about perks or performance bonuses. It’s about designing meaningful experiences that connect people to purpose, foster trust, and drive performance from the inside out. With compelling stories, actionable strategies, and research-backed insights, The Enduring Impact helps you identify what really matters to employees—and how to act on it.

Through clear, practical steps, readers will learn how to use employee feedback effectively, lead with authenticity, and build cultures where people thrive. Whether you're a senior executive, frontline manager, or HR professional, you’ll find valuable tools to increase engagement, improve retention, and strengthen your organization from within.

In an era of rapid change and rising expectations, The Enduring Impact equips leaders to meet the moment—not just with strategy, but with empathy, clarity, and conviction.

Every experience shapes your culture. This book shows how to make those experiences matter—for your people and your business.

You can transform your life by redefining your concept of true wealth.

In his debut book, Become Your Own Sultan: The Transformative Power of Redefining Wealth, author Sultan Sobhi Batterjee shares his personal story of how his ascent up the ladder of success took him to the highest heights of business but failed to fully satisfy his desire for a life filled with meaning and purpose. Capping a years-long personal journey of self-development that took him from one corner of the globe to the other, in Become Your Own Sultan Batterjee shares the lessons that he learned through this experience as he eventually came to redefine true wealth and exchange conventional notions of success for a more satisfying life experience.

Become Your Own Sultan is required reading for those of us who are undergoing the existential struggle of our modern times, in which there’s never been more realized wealth, but which is also defined by escalating rates of depression, anxiety, and social alienation. To undertake a personal journey of your own, Batterjee sets out a definitive guidebook that shows the way to

• transform yourself into your ideal self by redefining the nature of wealth;
• create a personalized “investment plan” to
• create a fully satisfying life experience; and find meaning and purpose in everything you do.

From Startup Dreams to Real-World Lessons—A Fintech Founder’s Journey

One Venture, Ten MBAs reveals the unfiltered truth of building a startup through the eyes of Ksenia Yudina, CFA—a founder who navigated venture funding, market pivots, and boardroom battles to launch and grow a fintech company against all odds.

This essential guide for first-time entrepreneurs in fintech and ecommerce delivers high-impact insights and startup strategies drawn from her real-life experience—not theory.

You’ll learn how to:

• Go from idea to minimum viable product (MVP)
• Secure seed and growth-stage funding
• Pivot and scale in turbulent markets
• Build a high-performing team from scratch
• Navigate M&A and venture debt with confidence

Whether you’re launching your first company, preparing to pitch investors, or simply trying to survive your startup’s toughest days, this book offers the tools, perspective, and inspiration to stay the course and learn through every challenge.