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Project management, traditionally employed to implement projects, has developed into Organisational Project Management as organisations are increasingly using projects to deliver strategies. The emergence of program and portfolio management has also contributed to this move. PM researchers need to become more innovative in their research approaches. They need to connect with the broader currents of social science in relevant fields such as org...

Addressing the challenges associated with managing global offshoring strategies, this book aims to "put a face" on some Danish companies as they engage in offshoring projects. It is aimed at bachelor, master and MBA students taking courses on global strategy. It is also useful in conjunction with a set of articles on global strategy issues.

This book presents seven case studies of large Danish investment companies in India and China. The case studies provide intriguing perspectives on the strategic and managerial challenges and opportunities facing Western multinational corporations operating in these two Asian giants. The case studies encourage readers to adopt a decision maker's perspective, targeting students and managers interested in multinational corporation strategy in eme...

This book examines the social, psychological, legal, and ethical impact perceived or proven that may result from advertising in the booming Chinese market. The book provides readers with an understanding of the two-way relationship between advertising

Market Intelligence provides an overview of the most important tools and concepts relevant to intelligence analysis for strategic decision making. The book's focus is not only on competitors, but also on customers, suppliers, and a range of other stakehol

When businesses are required to send customer data to government, their systems and their employees become part of a wider security framework. Their commercial activities become shot through with insecurities and they are placed in a kind of double jeopardy: a failure to address these regulations can result in both national and commercial insecurity. The Private Security State? is the first full-length academic text to address the enrolment of...

Very little research exists on organisation and leadership of elite sports in the Nordic countries. This book is both an attempt to start filling this gap and to stimulate further research in the area.

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Human resources are the social capital of a firm or business, based on trust as well as on expertise, values, and cultural diversity. This calls for cross-cultural knowledge an understanding of gender issues and individual differences in the social capital of the firm and society. The dialogue between women entrepreneurship and social capital theory/ research strengthens the fragmented voice of women entrepreneurship, providing the landscape f...

The enjoyable nectar of grapes and the business of bringing wine to consumers has already had a long history, but never before has the wine industry seen so much change. The Business of Wine is aimed at anyone with an interest in broadening his or her view of wine to encompass some of the fascinating complexities of the business side of this international industry. The book provides substantive insight into the structure and economics of the i...

This book explores the challenges and future possibilities in the elderly care from a working life perspective.

The internationalisation of the world economy and the economic and political development in Europe are factors that have fostered new interest in the common economic heritage of the European countries. Spanning 500 years, this tale of the economic history of Western Europe seeks to unearth the roots of present day problems. Among its major themes are: the early industrial development, the spreading of industry up until World War One, the bad e...

In this third revised edition the following issues are discussed among others: To what extent are professional service firms (PSFs) different? When is a service (not) professional? What are particular challenges in managing PSFs? What are important strategic issues for PSFs? Hiring, training and keeping the right people. Competing for, gaining, delivering, and learning from the "right" client projects. Delivering the "right" kind of services t...

This book offers a selection of alternative approaches to the question of interculturality written from a range of theoretical perspectives including hermeneutics, phenomenology, semiotics, dialogic philosophy and social constructivism. It is intended as a source of critical ways of thinking and theorising about interculturality rather than as a 'quick fix' guide to getting around problems that can arise in intercultural encounters.

Almost 100 years ago, the French industrialist Henri Fayol claimed that organizations were so much alike that they should all be managed in a similar fashion. This book describes how Fayol's notion of general management has spawned a diverse management literature, including some fanciful genres. When it comes to actually managing, the notion of general management seems unrealistic. Managerial practice remains people-oriented, organization spec...

Understanding Knowledge Management presents an integrated critique of the Knowledge Management theory perspective, aiming at discussing the ontological, epistemological, and political qualities of concepts such as "knowledge" and "management,

This book deals with major financial decisions managers of the modern corporation are faced with. It uses financial theory and contemporary research to discuss strategies for handling these decisions. The book gives a background to financial theory and its main assumptions concerning for example rationality and market efficiency. At the same time it discusses how well financial theory fits to real-world financial decision making of business ma...

This book explores how powerful political and economic agendas in the national media environment influence the production processes. It shows how the outcome is planned and negotiated between correspondents on location, editors and popular anchors that express the local cultural and political heritage.

This book presents a comprehensive and dynamic understanding of cultural tourism. It examines cultural mediators and how they help tourists appreciate foreign cultures. It also shows how tourism experiences are strategically crafted by mediators. The mediation process is complex, and the various products are mediated differently. A number of different products are investigated, including destination brand identities, "living" cultures and ever...

This book is an exciting exploration of how firms in Vietnam have grown and developed their export strategies, contributing significantly to the country's amazing economic growth and poverty reduction. It is also a study of foreign firms' contributions, inter-cultural management, and strategies of linkages between local and transnational companies. The book provides new knowledge within international business and private sector development stu...