Business & Economics

The auditing profession stands at a crossroads. The gap between auditors' responsibilities as defined by professional standards and stakeholder expectations has never been wider. This disconnect has fuelled scepticism, eroded public trust, and intensified debates over the role of auditors in detecting fraud, preventing corporate failures, and providing assurance on non-financial disclosures. Auditing Reimagined: Navigating Stakeholder Expectations critically examines the root causes of this growing divide. From the perception of auditors as a self-interested profession, to the expansion of non-audit consultancy services and failures in communication, the authors explore the structural and systemic factors contributing to stakeholder dissatisfaction. It also considers how technological advancements, evolving regulatory landscapes, and increasing demands for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) assurance are reshaping the profession.

Through a rigorous analysis of these challenges and opportunities, Auditing Reimagined offers a compelling vision for the future of auditing—one that is more responsive, transparent, and aligned with the expectations of an evolving business environment. Educational institutions and professional bodies will find this work most useful as they reimagine audit training, equipping future auditors not only with technical expertise but also with the critical thinking skills necessary to navigate complex stakeholder demands.

Want to drive innovation with impact? Start here.

Innovating is no longer optional - it’s the difference between staying ahead and falling behind. Inside large companies, it often feels slow, complex, and risky. Meanwhile, agile startups are moving fast, taking bold bets and disrupting industries overnight.

This is where you come in.

INNOVATOR will help you:

• align innovation with company strategy, so leadership supports your projects
• lead innovative projects with confidence, knowing exactly which steps to take
• create solutions which delight customers, driving measurable business growth

At the heart of this book is the INNOVATOR Way™, the step-by-step system trusted by top companies in 40+ countries to turn innovation initiatives into business results. This robust roadmap takes the guesswork out of innovating, making it simpler, faster, and far less risky.

Innovation won’t wait. It's time to step up and be more INNOVATOR.

Conflict management is an overlooked area in leadership development. Mediation as an intervention method to use in conflict management can be productive for building leadership capacity and organizational development in higher education. Adults average five conflicts per day and people in titled leadership spend over two-thirds of their time engaged in managing conflict. This workbook offers conflict management strategies, models, and processes to support college and university personnel in recognizing and managing conflicts and how to build skill sets that can enhance effective communication and address conflicts.

Most pitches and presentations suck. Yours don’t have to.

Whenever you speak you’re not just sharing information, you’re asking your audience to buy into you and your ideas. In a world where attention is at a premium, you have to cut through the noise. Pitches and presentations aren’t something to wing. The best presenters prepare with purpose, crafting what to say and how to say it. Get it right and you will supercharge your influence, your impact and your results.

Cut-Through reveals a proven six-step process for developing your ideas and giving a winning performance. You’ll discover how to crystallise your thinking into ‘sticky’ key messages, shape them into a narrative your audience can’t ignore, then deliver your words with confidence. Packed with easy-to-implement tools and techniques, you’ll also have access to a library of powerful resources including a diagnostic scorecard, bite size videos, downloadable cheat sheets and more.

Dominic Colenso started his career as an actor, most famously playing Virgil Tracy in the Hollywood remake of Thunderbirds alongside Sir Ben Kingsley. He now works with businesses around the world, helping individuals and teams take centre stage and deliver outstanding results.

Behavioral Strategy: Emerging Perspectives contains contributions by leading scholars in the field of behavioral strategy research. The 9 chapters in this volume cover a number of significant topics that speak to the emerging perspectives in the area of behavioral strategy. The chapter topics cover both the broader issues, such as cooperative behavior in strategic decision making, cognitive orientation and biases of executives, dynamics capabilities in organizational change, and the development of metamanagement practices, and the more focused discussions on a behavioral view of business modeling, the tenets of agency theory and Austrian economics, and the temporal dimensions of strategic risk behavior. The chapters include empirical as well as conceptual treatments of the selected topics, and collectively present a wide-ranging review of the noteworthy research perspectives on behavioral strategy.

• Negotiate like a pro in high-stakes situations.
• Build unshakable confidence, defuse emotional triggers, and sharpen your instincts.
• Turn even the toughest setbacks into stepping stones for success.

Most pitches and presentations suck. Yours don’t have to.

Whenever you speak you’re not just sharing information, you’re asking your audience to buy into you and your ideas. In a world where attention is at a premium, you have to cut through the noise. Pitches and presentations aren’t something to wing. The best presenters prepare with purpose, crafting what to say and how to say it. Get it right and you will supercharge your influence, your impact and your results.

Cut-Through reveals a proven six-step process for developing your ideas and giving a winning performance. You’ll discover how to crystallise your thinking into ‘sticky’ key messages, shape them into a narrative your audience can’t ignore, then deliver your words with confidence. Packed with easy-to-implement tools and techniques, you’ll also have access to a library of powerful resources including a diagnostic scorecard, bite size videos, downloadable cheat sheets and more.

Dominic Colenso started his career as an actor, most famously playing Virgil Tracy in the Hollywood remake of Thunderbirds alongside Sir Ben Kingsley. He now works with businesses around the world, helping individuals and teams take centre stage and deliver outstanding results.

So you think you’re self-aware? Think again!

Most leaders believe themselves to be self-aware. But what does ‘self-awareness’ really mean? How is it different from self-knowledge or self-consciousness? Being self-aware starts with understanding what self-awareness is, so that’s where this book begins. It then goes on to explore why developing self-awareness is the route to developing deeper self-acceptance and self-connection, so that you can start to de-latch your self-worth and ego from outcomes, meaning that you become able to lead more powerfully through uncertainty.

Leaders are increasingly facing ‘wicked problems’ in this VUCA world so this book is primarily written for them; it is also highly relevant for coaches supporting those leaders and for anyone who wants to develop self-awareness more effectively.

The writing is underpinned and inspired by Julia Carden’s doctoral research into self-awareness and its role in the development of executive coaches, and includes questions and exercises for self-reflection to develop self-awareness at every step.

Behavioral Strategy: Emerging Perspectives contains contributions by leading scholars in the field of behavioral strategy research. The 9 chapters in this volume cover a number of significant topics that speak to the emerging perspectives in the area of behavioral strategy. The chapter topics cover both the broader issues, such as cooperative behavior in strategic decision making, cognitive orientation and biases of executives, dynamics capabilities in organizational change, and the development of metamanagement practices, and the more focused discussions on a behavioral view of business modeling, the tenets of agency theory and Austrian economics, and the temporal dimensions of strategic risk behavior. The chapters include empirical as well as conceptual treatments of the selected topics, and collectively present a wide-ranging review of the noteworthy research perspectives on behavioral strategy.

Behavioral Strategy for Competitive Advantage contains contributions by leading scholars in the field of behavioral strategy research. The 8 chapters in this volume deal with a number of significant issues relating to how behavioral strategy may serve to create competitive advantage, covering topics such as decision change timing, top management regulatory focus, cognitive foundations of pricing decisions, short-termism in HRM, and the effects of managerial role enactments on alliance performance. The chapters include empirical as well as conceptual treatments of the selected topics, and collectively present a wide-ranging review of the noteworthy research perspectives on the role of behavioral strategy in enhancing competitive advantage.

Behavioral Perspectives on Strategic Alliances is a volume in the book series Research in Strategic Alliances that will focus on providing a robust and comprehensive forum for new scholarship in the field of strategic alliances. In particular, the books in the series will cover new views of interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks and models, significant practical problems of alliance organization and management, and emerging areas of inquiry. The series will also include comprehensive empirical studies of selected segments of business, economic, industrial, government, and non-profit activities with wide prevalence of strategic alliances. Through the ongoing release of focused topical titles, this book series will seek to disseminate theoretical insights and practical management information that will enable interested professionals to gain a rigorous and comprehensive understanding of the field of strategic alliances.

Behavioral Perspectives on Strategic Alliances contains contributions by leading scholars in the field of strategic alliance research. The 14 chapters in this volume cover a number of significant topics that examine the increasingly prominent role of behavioral factors in alliance evolution and management. This behavioral perspective is only recently emerging in the literature but its roots lie in the impact of micro level variables on macro level outcomes. The chapters cover both the traditional behavioral issues, including the role of alliance managers and the dynamics of trust and cooperation, and the emerging research perspectives that deal with topics such as the enactment of alliances, sensemaking in interorganizational relationships, building an alliance culture, managing internal tensions, cognitive dissimilarities, behavioral responses to adverse situations, interpartner legitimacy, and interpretive schemes. The chapters include empirical as well as conceptual treatments of the selected topics, and collectively present a wide-ranging review of the noteworthy behavioral perspectives in the field of alliance research.

Break generational limits. Build wealth. Redefine success on your own terms.

If you’re the first in your family to navigate money, career, or independence, The Rich Hermana will show you that financial freedom is not just possible—it’s your legacy. Blending inspiring stories and practical money lessons for young minds, Ixamar Palumbo offers a step-by-step path to healing your relationship with money and building lasting prosperity.

Through heartfelt storytelling and actionable guidance, you’ll learn how to create a powerful wealth mindset guide that honors your roots while helping you grow. Designed especially for women of immigrant and first-generation backgrounds, this empowering read delivers essential financial education for women who want to stop surviving and start thriving.

Inside, you’ll :

• Discover practical tools for budgeting, investing, and rewriting your money story.

• Learn what it takes to achieve first gen success while overcoming financial fears.

• Design a life of choice, freedom, and lasting abundance.

• Explore actionable strategies for first gen personal finance.

• Gain insights tailored for personal finance for Latinas.

• Access guidance from an immigrant financial guide to help you thrive wherever you are.

With relatable lessons, practical exercises, and a bold mindset of wealth, The Rich Hermana proves that anyone can become better with money. Through self-trust and community, you’ll gain the clarity, courage, and systems you need to create personal finance lessons that lead to lasting freedom—for yourself, your family, and generations to come.

If you liked The Black Girl's Guide to Financial Freedom, Get Good with Money, or Financial Literacy for Young Adults Simplified, you’ll love The Rich Hermana: A First-Gen Guide to Money, Mindset, and Wealth (No Matter Where You Started).

***BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2022 SHORTLISTED TITLE***

Disruption is everywhere: it presents both great opportunities and significant threats.
Do you know how to shape your strategy to respond?
What if you had a game plan to navigate disruption?

The Disruption Game Plan presents a tried and tested framework to help senior leaders think differently about disruptive trends and emergent risks, and to act differently when making decisions, joining up thinking on innovation, risk, sustainability and strategy.

By revealing how we can more effectively deal with challenging business environments, this book will help any curious and ambitious senior leader to go beyond a short-term, fire-fighting response, and instead set out to ‘change the game’.

Ruth Murray-Webster is a consultant and expert in risk and organizational change. A former head of the Risk in the Boardroom practice for a major consultancy with extensive senior practitioner experience, Ruth now works with a wide range of public, private and third sector clients through her consultancy Potentiality UK to unlock the potential performance from uncertainty and change.

Eleanor Winton is a consultant and expert in disruption, innovation and foresight and the former head of the Future Institute for a major consultancy. She has extensive experience of working with senior teams to stimulate creative thought and action. Through her consultancy Foresightfully, Eleanor works with organizations to understand what the future might hold for them and to develop innovative strategies in response.

While employee relations investigations are an important part of organisational practice for managing workplace issues, there is growing evidence of the significant harm they can cause to individuals being taken through them. This harm can also spread further to those involved in their delivery, as well as impacting organisational culture and reputation, leading to financial and economic harm.

Under Investigation proposes a shift in mindset that prioritises employee wellbeing alongside the application of the process, reducing potential harm and creating healthier work environments. Based on a programme of work and research within NHS Wales, it explores the wider impact of employee investigations, considers new approaches to applying disciplinary policy and includes a call to the human resources profession for change.

Our future is being dismantled in real time. Ecological collapse, climate breakdown, rising inequalities – and at the heart of it all: business as usual. More and more employees are beginning to realise that the organisations they work for, and often even the tasks they perform each day, are part of the problem rather than the solution.

The Green Handprint at Work is a guide for those who want to leave a positive environmental impact at their workplace by becoming an employee activist: someone who cares deeply about the environment and wants to create change from within their organisation.

It offers tools, not just inspiration, providing employee activists with insights into how power works and how change spreads. You don’t need a formal role to make a difference. You need a strategy – and the courage to act. This book will help you find both.

Essential reading for anyone concerned with the future of our most vital resource.

Our water system is a mess. Rising bills and rivers full of sewage grab the headlines, but the greater threat is climate crisis, bringing increased drought and flooding.

This book exposes the many problems with our unsustainable water system. Unfair charges limit spending on infrastructure, while financial extraction has turned the water companies into debt-burdened zombies in an increasingly fragmented system.

Reforming regulation and tinkering with tariffs will not be enough, and public ownership is just the first step. Murky water shows that the system can only be made sustainable through a radical overhaul of how it is owned, managed, funded and planned. We need a new kind of water management, with national and catchment planning and coordinated action by landowners, local authorities and water companies.

Westminster and Whitehall currently stand in the way. To overcome their resistance and secure a sustainable future, we must ignite a social movement capable of challenging power.

Digital Disruption in Hospitality, AI and Emerging Technologies: A Roadmap to Personalized Experiences, Enhanced Operations and Revenue Growth offers a visionary exploration of the transformative power of artificial intelligence and cutting-edge innovations in the hospitality and tourism industry. From AI-powered travel apps and mixed reality immersion to blockchain-enhanced customer trust, this comprehensive guide unveils how technology is revolutionizing every aspect of the guest journey. Readers will discover how digital transformation is reshaping the foundations of hospitality, with in-depth analyses of AI applications in human resource management, digital advertising, and financial inclusion.

Drawing on case studies and practical applications, this book provides a clear roadmap for leveraging technology to create personalized experiences, streamline operations, and drive revenue growth. It delves into crucial topics such as data-driven customization, contactless food ordering systems, and the impact of Gen AI on workforce dynamics in growing tourism sectors. Whether the readers are a seasoned hospitality executive, a tech entrepreneur looking to disrupt the travel sector, or a professional seeking to understand the future of the industry, this book equips the readers with the knowledge and strategies to thrive in the digital age.

The book provides insights on managing legacy and change in organizations from some of the pioneering researchers in the field. It explores how past legacies both enable and restrict opportunities for organizational renewal, social change, and new forms of organizing. On the one hand, tangible and intangible legacies can be a source of authentication, legitimation, and strategy restoration; on the other hand, past legacies can restrict our imagination by enforcing path dependency.

Managing legacy is a vital process for both old and new organizations. Older organizations often find that their legacy is at odds with present realities or future directions. In contrast, newly formed organizations often feel they have a deficit in legacy compared with long-established organizations and seek to boost credibility by engaging in activities that can be retrospectively claimed as their legacy. In either case, when aspects of an organization’s raison d’être change, the organizational identity is threatened, and legacy can become an obstacle or an opportunity.

By bringing together varied perspectives on legacy, including heritage, collective memory, rhetorical history, storytelling, and imprinting theory, this volume contributes to a deeper understanding of the interplay of legacies and imagined futures as it pertains to organizational identity and change.

Essential reading for anyone concerned with the future of our most vital resource.

Our water system is a mess. Rising bills and rivers full of sewage grab the headlines, but the greater threat is climate crisis, bringing increased drought and flooding.

This book exposes the many problems with our unsustainable water system. Unfair charges limit spending on infrastructure, while financial extraction has turned the water companies into debt-burdened zombies in an increasingly fragmented system.

Reforming regulation and tinkering with tariffs will not be enough, and public ownership is just the first step. Murky water shows that the system can only be made sustainable through a radical overhaul of how it is owned, managed, funded and planned. We need a new kind of water management, with national and catchment planning and coordinated action by landowners, local authorities and water companies.

Westminster and Whitehall currently stand in the way. To overcome their resistance and secure a sustainable future, we must ignite a social movement capable of challenging power.

Published in Partnership with the David Suzuki Institute

How can we transform our society? What is the role of finance in this process? The book will provide unconventional answers to these questions. Currently finance is still driving sustainability, but it should be the other way around: Sustainability should drive finance. Finance does not follow natural laws, but resembles conventions and reflects one of the most powerful leveragers to transform our society. This book provides multiple 'out of the box' solutions for the financial and monetary sector to shift our society towards a more sustainable future. Finance is the 'missing link' in the overall transformational process we are experiencing right now globally.

Cases studies, descriptive tables and graphs and a variety of additional material on 'how the monetary system works' and 'how it should work' support the idea of a new and upcoming General Theory on financing our planetary commons, on money and a sustainable development for the 21st century and provides a compelling argument for the 'cheapest of all worlds'.

This is the reader for scholars in the field, for politicians who have to make decisions, for bankers, investors and regulators who work in the financial sector and for everybody who has a bank account.

Donald Sterling. Ray Rice. The Washington Redskins. The Miami Dolphins. NCAA Athletes.

These names, among countless others, have blanketed the headlines as the media has brought global attention to several recent sports controversies. Now, Kenneth L. Shropshire, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics and Director of the Wharton Sports Business Initiative, uses these stories as a prism for exploring the leadership challenges facing team owners, management, players, and fans.

In Sport Matters: Leadership, Power, and the Quest for Respect in Sports, Shropshire examines the need for diversity, inclusion, respect, and equality in sports, focusing on the need for leadership to embrace and deliver these principles in a real and tangible way within the sports industry. He also introduces the Sports Power Matrix, a framework for understanding power within the sports industry.

Sport Matters addresses what the Donald Sterling drama can teach us about race and the need for inclusion at the ownership level; the lessons learned from the NFL and Ray Rice case; the Washington Redskins name and the economics of change; what the Miami Dolphins matter tells us about respect in the workplace and beyond; and compensation and equality in "amateur" sports.

Sport Matters, filled with disturbing revelations and uncomfortable truths, also provides hope, revealing how obstacles to achieving an ideal culture of equality and respect within the sports industry can be removed. Shropshire argues that while change matters, continued emphasis on diversity, inclusion and respect is needed to create true progress.

Agile Marketing is a highly relevant and timely topic for the fast-moving world that today’s marketers work within, characterized by constant technological advancements and shifting consumer behaviors. Adopting Agile principles empowers marketing teams to be more adaptable, responsive, and effective in their strategies and campaigns. This approach enables teams to iterate faster, test more efficiently, and optimize continuously, which is crucial in a digital environment where consumer preferences and market dynamics can change overnight. Additionally, Agile Marketing promotes cross-functional collaboration and transparency, allowing for a more cohesive understanding of marketing objectives and customer insights. By breaking down silos and encouraging flexibility, Agile Marketing equips organizations to better meet customer needs, leverage emerging trends, and drive meaningful innovation, thus enhancing competitiveness and achieving sustainable growth.　Agile Marketing: Implementing Scrum in a Marketing Environment　is intended to provide marketing leaders and other marketing professionals with the best practices for adopting Agile principles and approaches in their marketing organizations. This book gives marketers of all skill levels the knowledge and understanding to begin implementing Agile Marketing in their organization, or improve the current implementation of Agile Marketing using Scrum.

A Harvard Business School professor's guide to thinking about thinking, using the creative power of the unconscious.

Gerald Zaltman's pioneering research methods for understanding the unconscious desires of customers are used by companies around the world. Dare to Think Differently draws on the same groundbreaking methods to explain the deep and innovative thinking used by highly successful executives.

Reflecting emerging viewpoints in neuroscience, Zaltman contends that multiple forces, not just a brain, collaborate to produce a mind. Highly effective decision-makers are able and willing to go beyond their conscious thinking and surface powerful, creative, unconscious thoughts and feelings. They candidly ask whether what they feel they "know" is actually warranted, opening their minds to new alternatives.

This book's insights emerge from a large number of one-on-one in-depth interviews with senior leaders around the globe, reinforced with research findings from scientific literatures. Zaltman presents six techniques he developed to help his students at Harvard, and his blue chip consulting clients, tap into the creative power of the unconscious: "befriending your ignorance," "serious play," "chasing your curiosity," asking the right "discovery questions," "panoramic thinking," and using the "voyager outlook." These techniques provide a research-based set of ideas for improving decision-making that go beyond the existing literature on "thinking smarter."

Mirroring Zaltman's Harvard Business School classroom practice, each chapter opens with a practical-thinking exercise that helps readers surface the mental processes and biases that unconsciously close minds and constrict thinking. This creative surfacing is the crucial foundation for any leader operating in a complex, uncertain environment, who needs unconventional solutions to challenging problems.

Business Education is considered a driver of change through integrating multidisciplinary skills and knowledge as part of teaching and learning. However, the nature of technological advancements used in teaching, learning and assessments varies in different contexts. Ethical Standards for Technological and Business Education Sustainability explores different uses of technology, including revising pedagogical standards, innovative teaching methods, inclusion of technological advancement as part of lifelong learning, and use of technology as part of formative learning and assessments. The chapters provide an insight into new policies and procedures to be developed to ensure academic integrity, quality of education and avoidance of academic misconduct specifically for technological and business education.

 The book will support policy makers, leaders of higher education, academics, and regulators to set a new dimension of policies and standards to support development of clear guidelines to maintain ethical use of technology in business education.

 The TISBCA series emphasises 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. The research presented connects traditional accounting, auditing and internal control practices with the cutting-edge technological advancements that are revolutionising the way business transactions are conducted.

Aaker on Branding distills the most essential branding principles from David Aaker’s extensive works, offering a comprehensive guide to building a strong, enduring brand.

This compact resource provides businesses with actionable insights on brand strategy, brand portfolios, and brand management, addressing key branding challenges and offering a road map to prioritize and apply Aaker’s concepts effectively.

Updated with seven new chapters on brand communities, disruptive innovation, the 5Bs, and more, the revised edition of Aaker on Branding will be indispensable for those looking to create agile, differentiated brands.

What’s it like to work in the male-dominated world of electronic music? How do women and gender-expansive music producers and DJs thrive despite clubland’s so-called ‘bro culture’? This book combines the author’s personal journey into DJing and music production with insights from a six year immersive research project and interviews with 63 global artists to explore the challenges women and gender-expansive artists face in the industry.

The book tackles common myths around gender, technology and cultural production head on, introducing the concept of ‘ameliorative work’ to recognise the continual and considerable additional work that minoritized genders do in order to succeed.

Engaging, accessible and thought-provoking, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in electronic music, the sociology of the contemporary club scene or diversity issues for workers in the creative industries.

Humanity is in a period of dramatic change—the risk of near-time impact from environmental degradation; political and socioeconomic challenges exacerbated by the manipulation of social media; and an interconnected, networked world where Artificial Intelligence and widespread computational science offer both peril and promise.

In The Second Renaissance, Robert Hacker argues that for the first time in history, AI’s functionality has surpassed human cognition, and can be used to advance scientific, economic and societal endeavors for humankind.

Walking us through the development of modern science from the nineteenth century to the AI of the twenty-first, the author reveals five pillars to reimagine the future; shows how two paradigms are shaping the technology and business models of the 21st century; and presents the wide-ranging benefits and applications of AI that signal the dawn of a new era, the Second Renaissance. He concludes with practical illustrations and real-world examples leaders can use as ‘fit-for-the-future’ constructs to innovate and exploit AI entrepreneurially.

This is a must read for corporate leaders, researchers in innovation and AI, policymakers, business and entrepreneurship students, and anyone invested in adapting AI for the exciting era that lies ahead.

A GLOBE & MAIL BEST BUSINESS BOOK OF 2021

Now with an updated introduction and a new afterword by the author

The COVID-19 pandemic forced an unprecedented experiment that reshaped white-collar work and turned remote work into a kind of “new normal.” A little over a year into the pandemic, with vaccines more widely available, employers began to think about bringing employees back to the office. Both employers and employees had great trepidation about what the future held.

Into this fraught moment stepped Wharton professor Peter Cappelli with The Future of the Office, which provided employers and employees with guidance as they faced urgent decisions with limited information. Cappelli’s insights have proven remarkably prophetic and provide valuable insights for those wrestling with these issues today.

In an updated introduction, Cappelli reminds readers where we were at that historical inflection point and what was at stake. He offers insight into what today’s readers can take away from the book and why the questions raised a year into the pandemic still apply today.

In an all-new afterword, Cappelli shares what we have learned since the book first published. Employers, he says, have failed to grapple with the hardest challenges about remote work and remain in a state of indecision, often prioritizing financial results over employee well-being. Employees want to keep remote work in the mix, but evidence shows that these arrangements are not working as well as the in-person alternative.He offers insights that have the potential to positively transform the way we work. But he cautions that the challenges—and our questions about what works—are sure to linger for a long time.

Whether you’re an executive crafting company policy, a manager leading hybrid teams, or an employee navigating this shifting landscape, The Future of the Office provides a unique lens for understanding the pandemic’s impact on work and the strategic choices that lie ahead.

So how do you find PROOF of REAL-WORLD IMPACT?

INTRODUCING: What Matters Matters Most, the latest book by international bestselling author and organizational growth strategist, Wendy Lipton-Dibner. 

What Matters Matters Most reveals Lipton-Dibner’s patent pending solution for building impassioned engagement, unrivaled loyalty, and boundless growth by capturing PROOF of the long-term, REAL-WORLD IMPACT of products and services.

Presented in an entertaining and relatable story, What Matters Matters Most invites you to follow the journey of new, established, and skeptical leaders as they discover and apply an unprecedented solution to get PROOF of their REAL-WORLD IMPACT across a wide range of industries.

Join Amy, Bob, Tameka, Ramesh, Mae, and more as they adopt a new paradigm of success that shifts their perspective on what really matters for building and proving success. 

The leaders soon discover the Five Components of Real-World Impact, how to infuse REAL-WORLD IMPACT into every area of their organizations, how to find the unique potential of each product and service, how to build meaningful rewards that show employees they matter, how to provide life-changing experiences for customers and patients, and so much more.

Their biggest surprise? They achieved unprecedented results in only five minutes a week, without adding any extra work for their teams or themselves! 

Through pilot studies and formulaic strategies, the leaders find their REAL-WORLD IMPACT touches multiple areas of people’s lives, creating changes, outcomes, results, and experiences they’d never envisioned—all because they shifted their perspective and saw, What Matters Matters Most. 

Reviewers called What Matters Matters Most: “GROUNDBREAKING” “IMPORTANT” “BRILLIANT” “COMPELLING” “MASTERFUL” “GAME-CHANGING” “ENGAGING” “TIMELY” and “ACTIONABLE.” 

Order your copy of What Matters Matters Most today and Prove Your Real-World Impact^® now!

While plenty of research has been undertaken on coopetition – the practice of organisations (of different sizes) collaborating with their competitors in informal and/or formal capacities – the wider business community is still learning about how and why companies join forces with their competitors, as well as the benefits and drawbacks of these strategies.

The De Gruyter Handbook of Coopetition is designed to showcase some novel studies about the ways that coopetition activities are managed by businesses (using a variety of contexts and research methods), the advantages of these strategies, and insights about what can go wrong when competing firms collaborate with one another. The contributors address certain under-researched issues, such as how coopetition operates in internationally oriented arenas (e.g., for exporters), the dark-side of coopetition strategies, measuring the coopetition construct in empirical research, methodological factors for investigating coopetition activities, and much more.

This handbook will benefit academics, postgraduate researchers, students, and practitioners that are interested in the interplay between cooperation and competition.

Winner of the National Ccommunication Association's Outstanding Monograph award, Organizational Communication Division, 2025

'Corporate purpose' has become a battleground for stakeholders’ competing desires. Some argue that corporations must simply generate profit; others suggest that we must make them create social change.

Leading organization studies scholar Timothy Kuhn argues that this 'either/or' thinking dramatically oversimplifies matters: today’s corporations must be many things, all at once.

Kuhn offers a bold new Communicative Theory of the Firm to highlight the authority that creates corporations’ identities and activities. The theory provides a roadmap for navigating that battleground of competing desires to produce more responsive corporations.

Drawing on communicative and new materialist theorizing, along with three insightful case studies, this book thoroughly redefines our understandings of what corporations are 'for'.

Künstliche Intelligenz, Digitalisierung, Nachhaltigkeit: Dieses Standardwerk für Managementlehre und Unternehmenspraxis bietet einen innovativen Lösungsansatz. Die steigende Unsicherheit stellt die Unternehmensführung vor höchste Herausforderungen. Agilität versus Planung, selbstorganisierte Teams versus klassische Hierarchie, Startups versus etablierte Unternehmen: Leser betrachten aktuelle Themen aus einer Vielfalt von Perspektiven und erhalten einen Kompass im digitalen Hype. Sie gewinnen vertiefte analytische Kenntnisse und denken in Alternativen und Handlungsspielräumen. Ein kompaktes, verständliches und praxisorientiertes Buch mit innovativer Herangehensweise, nun bereits in der 5. Auflage.

• Innovativer Ansatz mit neuen Abschnitten u.a. zu Nachhaltigkeit, Strategie, KI, Innovation, agile Organisation, Startups und globalen Risiken
• Mit vielen Quellen, Abbildungen und neuen Fallbeispielen zu Tech-Unternehmen
• Einzigartiger begleitender Videoblog: >>Selected Management Clips

Digital Disruption in Hospitality, Sustainable Hospitality: A Global Perspective on People, Planet, and Profit offers a revolutionary insight into the future of tourism and hospitality. This groundbreaking work explores the delicate balance between cutting-edge technology and ethical responsibility in one of the world's largest industries.

From the bustling streets of India to the serene eco-resorts of Karnataka, this book takes readers on a global journey through the transformative power of digital innovation in hospitality. Discover how social media is reshaping tourist decisions, how blockchain is personalizing guest experiences, and why the metaverse could be the next frontier for luxury travel. But this isn't just about profit – it's about purpose.

Delve into crucial discussions on sustainable culinary tourism in Bangladesh, the impact of fintech on customer loyalty, and the potential of telemedicine in addressing social health challenges. Whether the readers are a hospitality professional, policymaker, or conscious traveler, this book provides the insights and strategies needed to navigate the complex landscape of modern tourism. Join us in reimagining an industry where innovation drives success, sustainability ensures longevity, and every stakeholder - from guests to local communities - thrives. The future of hospitality is here, and it's sustainable.

Once a niche topic garnering only modest assets and a dedicated following, ESG investing has grown significantly, attracting substantial capital and heightened scrutiny. Today, ESG investments are pervasive, involving significant sums and influencing mainstream financial strategies. With this prominence has come greater complexity, oversight, and criticism.

This book explores this new phase of ESG investing, offering insights into its theoretical foundations, the methodologies and variations in ESG ratings, and the practical challenges of investing across various asset classes. It includes a discussion of historical arguments for maximizing returns, a review of financial theories and their limitations, the financial instruments available to investors, and presents an economic and financial rationale for ESG investing that extends beyond governmental mandates or activist-driven agendas.

A valuable resource for students, academics, investors, and practitioners, ESG Investing provides a comprehensive understanding of the evolving landscape of ESG finance.