Business School Research : Excellence, Academic Quality and Positive Impact

This second book in the EFMD Management Education series explores business schools’ increasing focus on, and search for, meaningful societal and economic research impact. This involves, in particular, co-operation and collaboration in both knowledge creation and implementation of the findings of academic research in practice. Business schools have a critical role to play in ‘rewiring’ ou…

Glocal Pharma : International Brands and the Imagination of Local Masculinity

The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.tandfebooks.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. An exploration of how global pharmaceutical products are localized - of what happens when they become ‘glocal’ - this book examines the tensions that exist between a global pharmaceutical market and the local…

Regional Cooperation and Resilience in East Asia

This book argues that a resilient region should act reactively and proactively in the face of shocks and disruptions and asserts that the institutionalization of regional cooperation may be the answer to development challenges in times of uncertainty and instability. It considers regional, transregional, and subregional cooperation initiatives for building regional resilience and critically ex…

Social Justice Innovation in Africa

Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this book discusses the potential of social innovation in the pursuit of social justice in Africa. In the twenty-first century, social innovation and entrepreneurship have attracted renewed attention as a way of promoting social justice and addressing challenges of poverty and inequality. Drawing on perspectives from human rights, economics, business, dev…

Corporate Social Responsibility and the Supply Chain : CSR Collaboration with…

Due to the growing importance of global interdependencies, corporate social responsibility has become an important issue both for the business and the entire society. Customers expect corporate social responsibility, and if an organization is insensitive to these issues, it runs the risk of losing its key customers. The interaction and integration of corporate social responsibility and supply c…

The European Digital Economy Drivers of Digital Transition and Economic Recovery

The “digital economy” is a conceptual umbrella referring to markets, organizations and their networks that are based on digital technologies, communication, data processing and e-commerce. It is multidimensional and its dynamic structure must be analysed from various dimensions, such as economic – changes in the nature of resources, production factors and economic processes; technological…

Constitutional Discussions on Nuclear Energy in Germany

Robert Rybski begins with a presentation of energy security as a constitutional value and explores how it connects with nuclear energy. He also examines constitutional standards derived from the German Constitution, which directly regulates nuclear energy issues within the German system of power. The book presents the structure of sources of law that are binding in the area of security of nucle…

Understanding local economic development

This book offers insights into the process and the practice of local economic development. Bridging the gap between theory and practice it demonstrates the relevance of theory to inform local strategic planning in the context of widespread disparities in regional economic performance. The book summarizes the core theories of economic development, applies each of these to professional practic…

Managing sustainable luxury and digitalization :technology trends and ethical…

Defining luxury in the watch industry: exploring the gestalt of Swiss luxury watches -- Trends and challenges in the Swiss luxury watch industry: insights from an expert survey -- Luxury watches and ethical hubris: a comparative overview of illustrative cases -- Gestalt-switch of luxury products: exploring pitfalls of inconsistent value expressions in conspicuous consumption -- "Some of my cust…

Socio-economics of personalized medicine in Asia

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