English | 2026 | ISBN: 1264704488 | 641 pages | PDF | Rothaermel combines conceptual frameworks, empirical research, and practical applications with real-world examples to help students navigate a rapidly evolving and complex landscape. Strategic Management stands at the forefront of AI integration and strategy education, highlighting cutting-edge advancements and innovative methods that empower students to understand and apply AI’s transformative impact on industries. This resource equips students with the essential foundation to grasp how companies achieve and maintain competitive advantage while honing the skills needed to become effective leaders capable of making strategic, well-informed decisions. As the sole author, Rothaermel ensures seamless alignment between concepts, cases, and teaching notes for an unparalleled learning experience.

English | 2026 | ISBN: 0226828700 | 264 pages | PDF| A surprising look at the big business of owning small businesses and what America’s franchise economy means for its workers. Walk into a McDonald’s anywhere in the United States, and it will be identical to every other McDonald’s in the country. Yet, that particular store is almost certainly owned and operated by an “independent” franchisee. While McDonald’s presents an image of centralized uniformity to the consumer, it shows a different face to the small business owners operating its stores under its control and the workers preparing its product to its standards. How then does McDonald’s—and its big business peers—manage to be two things at once? In this revelatory work, economist Brian Callaci shows how franchisors have altered the legal treatment of corporations in their favor through a decades-long crusade of lobbying and litigation. Their efforts subsequently unleashed a slew of legal and economic sins upon the US economy and labor force, allowing multinational corporations to control continent-spanning empires while outsourcing employment and scapegoating legal responsibilities onto small businesses. The result: the unfettered growth of some of America’s most recognizable businesses, at the aggregate expense of America’s workers. Remarkable in both its scale and synthesis, Callaci’s story is the first chronicle of this business movement—initially resisted by US courts before experiencing a dramatic reversal of fortune after decades of campaigning by some of America’s most established entrepreneurs. An urgent and erudite history, Chains of Command reveals how the US labor market was tamed one small business at a time.

English | 2026 | ISBN: 1041115059 | 454 pages | PDF | The Right Call is for leaders who recognise that ethics is not an afterthought but the architecture of every meaningful decision. As choices become embedded in systems, policies, and technologies, the quality of an organisation’s ethical reasoning shapes outcomes long before a dilemma becomes visible. This book shows how to strengthen that capability. It begins by translating the four major ethical traditions into decision tools leaders can use in real time. Virtue, duty, consequences, and care become practical ways of diagnosing tensions, clarifying what is at stake, and understanding how values guide judgement under pressure. The book then examines the organisational infrastructure of decision-making, showing how language, power, and informal norms shape what people call the right thing to do. Through diagnostic templates and research-based insights, readers learn to surface assumptions, identify cultural blind spots, and create conditions where integrity can scale. The INTEGRITI™ model, a disciplined nine-step approach to leading values-based conversations, provides a clear method for turning intent into action, navigating stakeholder tensions, and embedding integrity into everyday practice. This is a book for anyone responsible for choices that carry consequences.

English | 2026 | ISBN: 1265234124 | 801 pages | True PDF | Brealey's Fundamentals of Corporate Finance introduces students to the core principles of financial management through a clear, consistent framework. The text explores how companies invest in assets, raise capital, and create value, while providing a broad view of today's financial landscape. Organized around the key concepts of modern finance, it simplifies complex ideas and demonstrates their practicaluse in real-world decision-making. Students learn not just the theory, but how to apply financial tools to the critical choices faced by managers and individuals alike.

English | 2026 | ISBN: 1032417943 | 283 pages | PDF | The environmental markets have never been more important or more widely discussed. But who exactly are the individuals that trade in the carbon markets, or who trade biofuels, biomass and water? Few non-specialists appreciate how traders approach the environmental markets, what their strategies are, and how they make money. The trading world is not usually open to outsiders, but this book brings the environmental markets to vivid life by introducing the reader to 40 real-life trades or strategies that were carried out by named market participants. The 40 chapters cover different geographies and different markets, providing an unparalleled insight into how traders in the environmental markets work and think. Environmental trading developed in its current form in the early 1990s and the chapters cover these early beginnings through to the present day. Sections cover compliance and voluntary carbon; ethanol, biodiesel and feedstocks; biomass; environmental finance trades; water markets; and trading as a project developer. 40 Classic Trades in the Environmental Markets provides plenty of inspiration for current or prospective environmental market traders, project developers or analysts. It will also be valuable for academic researchers, business school case studies, and for anyone wanting to learn more about the individuals that are shaping some of the fastest growing and most significant commodity markets of the 21st century.

English | 2026 | ISBN: 1265519129 | 433 pages | True PDF,EPUB | Managing Organizational Change: A Multiple Perspectives Approach, by Palmer, Dunford, and Buchanan, offers managers a multiple perspectives approach to managing change, which recognizes the variety of ways to facilitate change and reinforces the need for a tailored and creative approach to fit different contexts.

nglish | 2026 | ISBN: 1788608526 | 326 pages | True EPUB | For years, leadership books have been fixated on WHY? This is no longer enough. Whether you succeed or fail, thrive or burn out all comes down to HOW you lead when the pressure is on, HOW you manage your energy, and HOW you show up when the stakes are high. When you reach senior level, you’re expected to have leadership nailed: clarity on your role, emotional regulation, sustainable drive and a leadership style you've actively future-proofed. In reality, you’re a work in progress. And you’re busier than ever: how do you even start to fill the gaps? Sally Henderson, High-Stakes Leadership Mentor, guides you through The REAL Method, a toolkit created from 25 years of real-world research and used by C-suite executives to master how they lead. Accelerate your growth, gain true clarity, greater inner confidence and set work-life boundaries that work. You’re a high performer, but even the best can get better. Master your HOW.

English | May 26, 2026 | ISBN-13: 978-1606496459 | 107 pages | True EPUB | Rethinking Business and Management offers a timely and critical examination of how business and management are being reshaped by digitalization, globalization, and deep socio-economic change. As contemporary capitalism becomes increasingly driven by intangible assets, data, digital platforms, and financial power, this book challenges conventional assumptions about how markets, organizations, and managerial authority operate. Bringing together insights from political economy, organization studies, and marketing, the book explores the rise of the intangible and sharing economies, shifting patterns of work marked by flexibility and precarity, and the growing influence of moral and political discourses such as woke capitalism. It examines how multinational corporations adapt within a fragmented yet highly interconnected global system, and how platform-based organizations and data-driven personalization are redefining both management practices and consumer identities. The book also addresses the intensifying entanglement between digital technologies and finance, showing how fintech, platforms, and digital infrastructures are transforming investment, payment systems, and the distribution of economic power. Throughout, it foregrounds the implications of these transformations for inequality, governance, and the future of capitalism itself. Combining analytical rigor with a critical perspective, Rethinking Business and Management provides readers with a coherent framework for understanding the forces reshaping business today. It is an essential resource for scholars, students, and practitioners seeking to navigate—and rethink—the contemporary business landscape.

English | July 17, 2026 | ISBN-10: 3032224020 | 184 pages| Epub PDF This book offers a comparative analysis of how Special Economic Zones (SEZs) shaped the early trajectories of market transition and development in China, Russia, and Vietnam. It investigates how variations in institutional capacity, governance structures, and state-market relations conditioned the ability of SEZs to serve as catalysts for reform and engines of growth. Conceived as experimental arenas within broader transformation processes, SEZs showcase both the possibilities and limitations inherent in systemic change—succeeding where coherent institutions, adaptive governance, and investment converged, and faltering where these foundations were weak or absent. By discussing these experiences, the book draws broader lessons for contemporary emerging economies navigating the challenges of structural transformation and offers analytical insights on institutional dynamics underpinning sustainable development and deeper economic integration.

English | 2027 | ISBN: 1041303254 | 189 pages | True PDF EPUB | In today’s dynamic and complex business environment, integrated facilities management has become an essential function for organizations navigating decentralized and often overlooked departments across multiple real estate properties and diverse geographical locations.The demand for a cohesive and strategic approach to construction, facilities management, finance, real estate, and supply chain, has shifted from being merely advantageous to being a critical necessity. Such an approach mitigates risk, optimizes resources, and enhances cost efficiency. This book is relevant to all enterprises in every industry, but it continually highlights the healthcare industry because that environment is arguably the best example of the complexity, challenges and pressures in creating and maintaining facilities management unity. The premise of the book presents facilities management practices are the rule rather than the exception, and details how disjointed operations, uncoordinated vendor management, and insufficient oversight can lead to inefficiencies, increased organizational risk, and potential threats to continuity and financial performance. Given this, the author offers operational, managerial and technological solutions for the reader.

English | 2026 | ISBN: 139438727X | 227 pages | True PDF EPUB | Proven blueprint to master the art of sponsorships and start signing million-dollar deals The Sponsorship Bible: The Proven Framework for Winning Marketing Partnerships Across Any Industry shatters the mystery surrounding lucrative partnerships with a revolutionary methodology that transforms sponsorship from haphazard logo-slapping into a precision-engineered revenue machine. Drawing on strategies implemented by thousands of real-world clients, this book reveals the exact framework that propels organizations from sending ignored proposals to closing substantial six- and seven-figure deals. Written by Chris Baylis, the undisputed authority in the sponsorship industry, this book is packed with word-for-word scripts, plug-and-play templates, and battlefield-tested frameworks that eliminate guesswork and replace it with a methodical system for partnership success. Readers will gain insights on The astonishing raw numbers behind sponsorships, the ultimate untapped goldmine in modern marketing―a $200+ billion industry exploding at 9% annually, where budgets outperform traditional advertising three-to-one The entire process of securing sponsorships, from initial audience identification to proposal creation, prospect outreach, discovery calls, negotiation strategies, and renewal tactics The psychology, language, and tactics that consistently drive seven-figure deals in today's most competitive markets The Sponsorship Bible is required reading for professionals across every conceivable sector―festival organizers, museum directors, esports producers, nonprofit executives, podcast creators, university development officers, and beyond―seeking to unlock transformative revenue using proven techniques.

Deutsch | 2026 | ISBN: 3658512962 | 181 Pages | PDF Das Fachbuch befasst sich mit den aktuellen Herausforderungen und Trends im Supply Chain Management und insbesondere in der Supply-Chain-Planung. Es zeigt auf einfache Weise, worin diese Herausforderungen bestehen und wie Technologien wie Künstliche Intelligenz, Maschinelles Lernen und Data-Science-Lösungen für Themen wie Lieferengpässe, Risikomanagement, Personalmangel, Bestandsmanagement, Variantenvielfalt und hohe Variabilität bieten können. Es gibt einen Ausblick auf zukünftige Megatrends in der Supply Chain und beschreibt ausführlich, welche Rolle KI und Data Science dabei spielen werden.

English | 636 pages | Springer; 2nd edition (November 25, 2004) | 3540209662 | PDF | A new edition of a successful, well-established book that provides the reader with a text focused on practical rather than theoretical aspects of financial modelling Includes a new chapter devoted to volatility risk The theme of stochastic volatility reappears systematically and has been revised fundamentally, presenting a much more detailed analyses of interest-rate models

English | 2017 | ISBN: 0300206364 | 256 Pages | PDF | A lively, inviting account of the history of economics, told through events from ancient to modern times and the ideas of great thinkers in the field. What causes poverty? Are economic crises inevitable under capitalism? Is government intervention in an economy a helpful approach or a disastrous idea? The answers to such basic economic questions matter to everyone, yet the unfamiliar jargon and math of economics can seem daunting. This clear, accessible, and even humorous book is ideal for young readers new to economics and for all readers who seek a better understanding of the full sweep of economic history and ideas. Economic historian Niall Kishtainy organizes short, chronological chapters that center on big ideas and events. He recounts the contributions of key thinkers including Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, and others, while examining topics ranging from the invention of money and the rise of agrarianism to the Great Depression, entrepreneurship, environmental destruction, inequality, and behavioral economics. The result is a uniquely enjoyable volume that succeeds in illuminating the economic ideas and forces that shape our world.

English | 2026 | ISBN: 1032968699 | 463 pages | True PDF,EPUB | This comprehensive reference work provides students, researchers and professionals with a solid foundation in the field of international law and responsible business. Edited by a leading expert, the book is organised into five thematic sections and contains 35 chapters. Each chapter explores crucial aspects of international law and business, from foundational principles and comparative methods to functional fields like technology, agriculture and human rights. With an emphasis on the interplay between law, globalisation and geopolitics, this volume offers a holistic and contemporary perspective on the legal frameworks that govern global trade and commerce. This book combines theoretical insights with practical applications, making it an indispensable resource for understanding the complexities of international business law and responsible business. Key benefits include a multidisciplinary approach that integrates international law with business practices, comprehensive coverage of both fundamental and emerging topics, and contributions from renowned scholars worldwide. Readers will gain not only a deep understanding of legal principles but also insights into future trends and debates in global trade regulation, corporate responsibility and ethical business practices. This book is ideal for students and researchers in international business law, corporate social responsibility and related fields. This volume also serves academics new to the topic, and established scholars seeking an authoritative guide to current knowledge and debates in the field.

English | 2018 | ISBN: 1138617687 | EPUB | pages: 210 | This book, first published in 1978, analyses the underlying structure of the Indonesian mass-based economy and its problems, and goes on to show how the hectic economic activity after 1965 failed to come to terms with the real needs of the people. It divides the new Indonesian economy into endogenous and exogenous parts in order to highlight the gulf between ‘growth’ and ‘development’.

English | 2026 | ISBN-10: 3032242983 | 261 pages| Epub PDF This book provides a comprehensive and practical guide to Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) methods, with a strong focus on their industrial applications for solving complex real-world challenges. It bridges the gap between theoretical foundations and practical implementation, offering clear, actionable insights for professionals and researchers in engineering, operations management, and business analytics. By combining rigorous methodology with practical relevance, the book equips readers to make informed decisions in environments where trade-offs between cost, quality, and sustainability are critical. Exploring advanced techniques such as AHP, TOPSIS, DEMATEL, and PROMETHEE, the book situates MCDM within industrial contexts like supply chain optimization, sustainability assessment, and risk management. It addresses the growing need for structured decision-making frameworks in data-driven settings and integrates Industry 4.0 technologies, including AI and IoT, to enable dynamic and adaptive strategies. Through real-world case studies from manufacturing, logistics, and energy sectors, it demonstrates how MCDM enhances transparency, resilience, and adaptability, making it an essential resource for academics, practitioners, and graduate students seeking to master decision analysis in modern industrial landscapes.

English | 2026 | ISBN: 1394346484 | 368 pages |PDF Bridge the gap between academic theory and industrial reality with this case-driven guide, featuring real-world applications to help master the future of finance and insurance. Blockchain technology has rapidly evolved from a theoretical innovation underpinning cryptocurrencies to a foundational tool reshaping financial systems, governance models, and digital infrastructure. Its core attributes, decentralization, transparency, immutability, and security, position it as a transformative force across industries, especially in finance and insurance. In recent years, banks and financial institutions have increasingly adopted blockchain to streamline operations, reduce fraud, and enhance transactional trust. This book explores the practical implementation of blockchain technology across finance, insurance, and sustainable development sectors. Unlike theory-heavy texts, this book takes a case-driven approach―presenting real-world applications from leading institutions such as ICICI Bank, Tata Consultancy Services, and Ernst and Young. Divided into three parts, the book covers the foundations of blockchain in financial systems, innovations in the insurance industry, and emerging uses in sustainability and policy frameworks. It also examines AI-powered tools, privacy-enhancing protocols, and governance transformations. Ideal for students, professionals, and decision-makers, this volume offers a bridge between academic rigor and practical relevance, equipping readers with both knowledge and real-life examples to understand the evolving role of blockchain in the global economy. Readers will find the volume Uses in-depth case studies of blockchain implementations for finance, healthcare, supply chain, and more, showcasing tangible outcomes and lessons learned; Provides insights from industry leaders and innovators, including strategies, challenges, and best practices for leveraging blockchain technology in diverse sectors; Introduces predictions, emerging trends, and expert perspectives on the evolving landscape of blockchain and digital finance; Explores the potential of blockchain with inspirational stories of transformative projects, empowering entrepreneurs, investors, and technologists to drive positive change. Audience Finance professionals, blockchain developers, fintech entrepreneurs, academic researchers, policy analysts, and graduate students in business, law, and technology, particularly those involved in digital finance, banking innovation, insurance technology, and sustainable development initiatives.

English | 2026 | ISBN: 3032084881 | 367 Pages | PDF In the context of the global trend toward digitalization, it presents the results of innovative, high-quality research in the field of information systems and digital transformation. The book covers a broad range of topics, including smart cities, digital government, service innovation and practice-track contributions, each of which has and will continue to have significant impacts on companies, individuals and societies alike.

English | 2013 | ISBN: 146148183X | PDF | pages: 164 | In this volume, the authors apply insights from a variety of perspectives to explore the alignment among strategy, organization design, process and human resource management, and e-business practices on developing successful social networking programs―with particular regard to applying such initiatives against the backdrop of the global financial crisis and challenges to traditional business models. Showcasing in-depth case studies, the authors present emerging approaches to analyze the impact of investment in social networking sites, aligning internal resources, and measuring effects on positioning, branding, and new business creation. The fact that a growing proportion of the world population has a relationship with social networking sites could prove very valuable for companies. The question is whether this represents a business opportunity, whether companies know how to make the most of it and if they will make the necessary efforts to adapt to these new platforms. In the modern world, social networking sites have enormous potential for large as well as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); most companies are aware of the need for a presence on social networking sites, but at present their e-business strategies are part of their medium and long-term strategic planning and only a small percentage have been put into practice. In short, this book attempts to answer the following questions: Is there a business opportunity for companies on social networking sites? Do they know how to make the most of it? Are they willing to make the necessary effort to adapt? Can e-business strategies contribute to company creation and the success of already existing businesses? And if so, how?

English | April 11th, 2017 | ISBN: 0446568813, 1612680178 | 336 pages | EPUB | April 2017 marks 20 years since Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad Poor Dad first made waves in the Personal Finance arena. It has since become the #1 Personal Finance book of all time... translated into dozens of languages and sold around the world. Rich Dad Poor Dad is Robert's story of growing up with two dads — his real father and the father of his best friend, his rich dad — and the ways in which both men shaped his thoughts about money and investing. The book explodes the myth that you need to earn a high income to be rich and explains the difference between working for money and having your money work for you. 20 Years... 20/20 Hindsight In the 20th Anniversary Edition of this classic, Robert offers an update on what we've seen over the past 20 years related to money, investing, and the global economy. Sidebars throughout the book will take readers “fast forward" — from 1997 to today — as Robert assesses how the principles taught by his rich dad have stood the test of time. In many ways, the messages of Rich Dad Poor Dad, messages that were criticized and challenged two decades ago, are more meaningful, relevant and important today than they were 20 years ago. As always, readers can expect that Robert will be candid, insightful... and continue to rock more than a few boats in his retrospective. Will there be a few surprises? Count on it. Rich Dad Poor Dad... • Explodes the myth that you need to earn a high income to become rich • Challenges the belief that your house is an asset • Shows parents why they can't rely on the school system to teach their kids about money • Defines once and for all an asset and a liability • Teaches you what to teach your kids about money for their future financial success

English | 2026 | ISBN: 9819826772 | 692 pages | True PDF | This book provides a comprehensive introduction to financial valuation and financial data analysis using econometric methods. It is intended for advanced finance undergraduates and graduate students, offering detailed guidance on applying econometric techniques to real-world financial problems. Most chapters in the book would contain one or more finance application examples where finance concepts and theory are taught. This book weaves together the three important domains of financial valuation theory, econometrics modelling, and the empirical analyses of financial data using common programming languages and statistical software. The pedagogical approach in this book employs various suitable econometric methods such as multiple linear and panel regressions, time series analyses, cointegration, maximum likelihood, the generalized method of moments to perform estimation and testing of popular financial models using appropriate financial data. It provides for very effective learning by a finance professional or student who wants to be well equipped in both theory and the ability to investigate the models using appropriate econometrics and statistical techniques. Learning these econometric methods is also important in complementing prediction and classification techniques in AI and machine learning.

English | 2026 | ISBN: 9819825903 | 288 pages | True PDF | An up-to-date introductory textbook, Focus on Finance offers a concise, enthusiastic and highly focused approach to introducing finance to the uninitiated student. It integrates theory with practice in an easy-to-read and concise style and covers a variety of topics ranging from financial forecasting to new technologies such as fintech and cryptocurrencies and their implications for the future of finance. Designed to be used by students of all backgrounds, this book requires no preliminary knowledge of finance. It is a must-read for readers eager to get a better understanding of the financial realm.

English | 2026 | ISBN: 3119142166 | 241 Pages | EPUB | In this timely book, Eamonn Molloy examines how organisations are being transformed by AI, automation, blockchain, and the Internet of Things. As these technologies advance, companies are beginning to operate with significantly reduced direct human intervention in core processes and decision making, moving toward more autonomous, self-driving ways of working.