Books

In this booklet, several authors take a retrospective look at the developments in the field of material handling both in practice and in research over the last twenty years, and make some predictions for the future. Also included are some key representative papers used in courses on warehousing and material handling that highlight what we have learned and taught during this period.

This latest volume of Progress in International Business Research explores novel ways in which international business is organized. Contributions to our understanding of our organizational structure and organizational structures in MNCs and other organizational forms across borders and geographies. Authors ask challenging questions: will the traditional MNC as we know it be replaced by other dominant designs, and what new forms of global organizing can we expect in the future? What do contemporary digital and technological developments, eg social media, virtual worlds, and cloud services, imply for the international organization of work, communication, and management practices?

Over the past 30 years, interest in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate community involvement (CCI) has reached new levels, in research as well as practice, with an emphasis on the positive outcomes of such initiatives. Most researchers and practitioners used to focus on the business case of CSR and CCI. The focus is now on a comprehensive understanding of how to organise such initiatives to make the most out of it for all involved parties; which will improve the business case.

Since the first edition of this book, the world's financial system went through its greatest crisis for a century. What made this crisis unique is that severe financial problems emerged simultaneously in many different countries and that its economic impact was felt throughout the world as a result of the increased interconnectedness of the global economy.

Zelfinzicht en sociale intelligentie vormen de geheime kracht achter iedere succesvolle verkoper. Sociale intelligentie stelt verkopers in staat te kijken vanuit een ander perspectief: dat van de klant. Deze verkopers zijn als kennisbrokers die niet alleen haarfijn aanvoelen w t hun klanten nodig hebben maar ook waar m.

It is widely accepted that a large proportion of acquisition strategies fail to deliver the expected value. Globalizing markets characterized by growing uncertainty, together with the advent of new competitors, are further complicating the task of valuing acquisitions. Too often, managers rely on flawed valuation models or their intuition and experience when making risky investment decisions, exposing their companies to potentially costly pitfalls. Playing at Acquisitions provides managers with a powerful methodology for designing and executing successful acquisition strategies. The book tackles the myriad executive biases that infect decision making at every stage of the acquisition process, and the inadequacy of current valuation approaches to help mitigate these biases and more realistically represent value in uncertain environments.

Geld en macht zijn belangrijke drijfveren in het handelen van ondernemers en bedrijven. Recent wordt er veel gesproken over de vraag welke rol kapitaalmarkten, banken en netwerken in de financiering van bedrijven moeten spelen en hoe bedrijven het best bestuurd kunnen worden. Over geld en macht, het zevende en laatste deel uit de BINT-serie, gaat in op de vraag hoe bedrijven aan hun financiële middelen kwamen en op welke manier bestuurders verantwoording aflegden over hun bedrijfsvoering.

The Yearbook Corporate Governance 2015-2016 was compiled by an editorial team consisting of Prof. Dr. Mijntje Lückerath-Rovers (Tilburg University / TIAS), Prof. Barbara Bier (Nyenrode Business University), Prof. Dr. Hans van Ees (University of Groningen) and Prof. Muel Kaptein (Erasmus University / RSM). Corporate Governance remains an important topic of discussion in the Netherlands. In this already fifth yearbook Corporate Governance, various aspects of Corporate Governance are discussed by leading writers from different disciplines. The Corporate Governance Yearbook contains business economic, legal, business ethical and organizational oriented articles.

Wereldwijde bevolkingsgroei, toenemende spanningen tussen bevolkingsgroepen, klimaatverandering en de daarmee gepaard gaande risico’s voor de energie-, water- en voedselveiligheid. Deze maatschappelijke trends maken dat ‘business as usual’ niet meer volstaat. Niet alleen overheden, maar ook de civil society en het bedrijfsleven hebben een verantwoordelijkheid om bij te dragen aan een duurzamere samenleving en een duurzamere wereld. Er is daarom behoefte aan nieuwe manieren van organisatie-inrichting, die bijdragen aan zowel de economie als de oplossing van maatschappelijke vraagstukken. Denken in de geest van sociaal ondernemerschap met de beweging naar meer hybride modellen past heel goed in deze context.

The organization of interfirm networks, such as alliances, cooperatives, franchise and retail chains, has become an important research topic in the field of economics, marketing, strategic management, and organization theory. This book contributes to the literature on formal and informal inter-organizational governance by providing new insights on contract design, ownership, evolution of cooperation, role of social capital and performance in franchising networks; includes topics of loyalty, reputation and organizational form as well as performance of cooperatives, and discusses the relationship between formal and relational governance in alliances, governance structures of innovation activities, dynamics of interfirm conflicts, and network externalities and alliance formation.