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Unlocking Strategic Innovation Competitive Success in a Disruptive Environment

This new book explores how firms achieve competitive advantage in a disruptive digital and globalized business landscape. An integrative framework ‘The Four Rs of Competitive Success’ is introduced which covers the four core pillars of global strategy: resources and capabilities technology and innovation (recombination) internationalization and international markets (reach) and physical and virtual location (roots). It then explains how competitive advantage is achieved through an interaction of these four drivers against the backdrop of a globalized and digitized world. It is uniquely practical in its approach combining theoretical understanding with international case studies and real-life examples throughout each chapter including Apple IKEA and Microsoft. Unlocking Strategic Innovation is concise applied reading for postgraduate students studying international business corporate strategy innovation and digital strategy as well as academics in the field. It will also be important reading for practitioners looking to gain further understanding of how firms compete and flourish in a global and technology-driven environment. | Unlocking Strategic Innovation Competitive Success in a Disruptive Environment

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All In The Future of Business Leadership

Written by three leading thinkers in the field of sustainability 'All In' defines the essential attributes of high-impact corporate sustainability leadership and describes how companies can combine and apply those characteristics for future success. All In draws on research involving thousands of experts globally as collected via the GlobeScan-SustainAbility Leaders Survey over two decades. The book also reveals insights from dozens of interviews with Chairs CEOs and Chief Sustainability Officers of pioneering companies including 3M BASF BP DuPont Google GE Huawei IKEA Interface Marks Spencer Natura Nestle acute; Nike Novo Nordisk Patagonia Shell Tata Toyota Unilever and Walmart explaining how they have gained recognition created value and boosted resiliency based on their sustainability leadership. All In also outlines what the private sector must do to lift sustainability performance protect business's license to operate and help deliver the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. This unique book rich with quantitative and qualitative insights offers current and aspiring business leaders a succinct overview of the most important developments and trends in corporate sustainability and responsible leadership. 'All In' will also appeal to others interested in why sustainability has become a critical mainstream business issue. With a foreword by Dan Hendrix Chairman Interface and afterword by Paul Polman CEO Unilever. | All In The Future of Business Leadership

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The Sustainability Grand Challenge A Wicked Learning Workbook

How do universities tackle wicked sustainability challenges faced by society? The Wicked Learning Workbook is a toolkit for setting up and running an interdisciplinary master-level course in the context of real-world problems such as food waste and loss. The book offers a new pedagogical approach that we call 'wicked' because it is unorthodox ambitious and tackles complex problems that won’t go away. The pedagogy is also international at the course level rather than the conventional exchange semester enabling institutions to embed international approaches to their core teaching. The Wicked Learning Workbook speaks directly to academics who are looking for solutions that provide stimuli for research and teaching while giving students an innovative international learning experience. The approach develops student understanding of the UN Sustainable Development Goals as broad-scale societal issues which are difficult if not impossible to ‘solve’. An important outcome of this approach is the laboratory-style classroom that creates opportunities for faculty students and companies to co-create solutions that are immediately implementable. The resulting methodology is based on industry–university collaboration (such as IKEA and Nestlé). The methodology is of interest to corporate leaders pursuing sustainability goals and business transformation. Achieving sustainability requires cross-boundary cross-disciplinary experimental approaches that allow for scalability. Wicked problems can only be tackled with wicked solution approaches. | The Sustainability Grand Challenge A Wicked Learning Workbook

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Disruptive Leadership Apple and the Technology of Caring Deeply-Nine Keys to Organizational Excellence and Global Impact

Disruptive leadership is a topic generating intense interest. Companies all over the world are trying to upend their industry through innovative products and services. Becoming a disruptive organization however is easier said than done. Even more difficult is being a company that continually disrupts. Is it possible to discern a code for how companies can achieve this? In this highly readable and engaging book a disruptive leadership framework is proposed in which caring deeply is placed at the center of the model. By turning care into a focal point a triphasic model is proposed that moves from the personal sphere (individual) to the corporate arena (organizational) and then to the global stage (impact). Nine keys are identified along this path for how companies can realize organizational excellence. While care may seem like a soft concept in the rough and tumble world of business it is argued how it is actually an inspired manner for providing direction structure and know-how that leads to powerful outcomes. Apple is profiled as a leading example of leveraging what is termed the technology of caring deeply. Other companies such as Nike IKEA Zappos Starbucks are also profiled. Finally a leadership canvas is provided to help activate the lessons shared in the book. | Disruptive Leadership Apple and the Technology of Caring Deeply-Nine Keys to Organizational Excellence and Global Impact

GBP 24.99

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She Took Justice The Black Woman Law and Power – 1619 to 1969

She Took Justice: The Black Woman Law and Power – 1619 to 1969 proves that The Black Woman liberated herself. Readers go on a journey from the invasion of Africa into the Colonial period and the Civil Rights Movement. The Black Woman reveals power from Queen Nzingha to Shirley Chisholm. In She Took Justice we see centuries of courage in the face of racial prejudice and gender oppression. We gain insight into American history through The Black Woman's fight against race laws especially criminal injustice. She became an organizer leader activist lawyer and judge – a fighter in her own advancement. These engaging true stories show that for most of American history the law was an enemy to The Black Woman. Using perseverance tenacity intelligence and faith she turned the law into a weapon to combat discrimination a prestigious occupation and a platform from which she could lift others as she rose. This is a book for every reader. | She Took Justice The Black Woman Law and Power – 1619 to 1969

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Unity on the Global Left Critical Reflections on Samir Amin's Call for a New International

This book brings together a collection of essays by progressive global activists in response to Samir Amin’s call for a new global organization of progressive workers and peoples. Amin’s proposal is applauded criticized and reformulated by these scholar-activists who are all proponents of ways forward toward a more egalitarian world society. Samir Amin a leading scholar and co-founder of the world-system tradition died on August 12 2018. Just before his death he published along with close allies a call for ‘workers and the people’ to establish a ‘fifth international’ to coordinate support for progressive movements. Amin an Egyptian economist was an intrepid intellectual and organizer of popular movements whose scholar activism provided inspiration to the global justice movement. The essays in this volume are by other prominent scholar activists who praise critique and reconfigure Amin’s proposal in order to help humanity confront the contemporary crisis of global capitalism and move toward a more egalitarian global society. The chapters in this book were originally published in the journal Globalizations. | Unity on the Global Left Critical Reflections on Samir Amin's Call for a New International

GBP 38.99

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Barbara Egger Lennon Teacher Mother Activist

Facets of Barbara Egger Lennon's life depict an ordinary white Midwestern woman of her time: teacher wife mother. Her work as a union organizer and political activist however complicate that picture. The way in which Egger Lennon balanced these roles illustrates how many women of her time shaped their lives in the face of three significant forces: work family and politics. Enriched by years of her detailed diary entries Barbara Egger Lennon: Teacher Mother Activist deepens our understanding of the ways in which work and political activism existed alongside the traditional role of women in the early 20th century. About the Lives of American Women series: Selected and edited by renowned women's historian Carol Berkin these brief biographies are designed for use in undergraduate courses. Rather than a comprehensive approach each biography focuses instead on a particular aspect of a woman's life that is emblematic of her time or which made her a pivotal figure in the era. The emphasis is on a 'good read' featuring accessible writing and compelling narratives without sacrificing sound scholarship and academic integrity. Primary sources at the end of each biography reveal the subject's perspective in her own words. Study questions and an annotated bibliography support the student reader. | Barbara Egger Lennon Teacher Mother Activist

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Functional Future for Bibliographic Control Transitioning into new communities of practice and awareness

The quest to evolve bibliographic control to an equal or greater standing within the current information environment is on-going. As information organizers we are working in a time where information and communication technology (ICT) has pushed our status quo to its limits and where innovation often needs the pressure of do or die in order to get started. The year 2010 was designated as the Year of Cataloging Research and we made progress on studying the challenges facing metadata and information organization practices. However one year of research is merely a drop in the bucket especially given the results of the Resource and Description and Access (RDA) National Test and the Library of Congress’ decision to investigate the possibility of transitioning the MARC21 format. This book addresses how information professionals can create a functional environment in which we move beyond just representing information resources and into an environment that both represents and connects at a deeper level. Most importantly it offers insight on transitioning into new communities of practice and awareness by reassessing our purpose re-charting our efforts reasserting our expertise in the areas that information organizer have traditionally claimed but are losing due to stagnation and lack of vision. This book was published as a double special issue of the Journal of Library Metadata. | Functional Future for Bibliographic Control Transitioning into new communities of practice and awareness

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Ho Chi Minh

Ho Chi Minh explores the life of this globally important twentieth-century figure and offers new insights into his lengthy career including his often-forgotten involvement with British intermediaries in 1945–46 and with the United States in 1944–45. Ho was the father of his nation a major protagonist in the Cold War and anti-colonial struggle and the promoter of a distinctive Vietnamese form of communism. This biography charts his life from his early years and education in Europe to his establishment of the revolutionary pro-communist movement the Viet Minh and his subsequent rise to power. Placing important emphasis on his role as a military organizer while stressing his preference for diplomatic solutions this book contains detailed analysis of the complex talks with France and failure to prevent the Franco-Viet Minh war in 1946. It also follows Ho’s complex relationships with America China France and Russia and explores the Vietnam War and his legacy. In addition to providing extensive coverage of the 1954 Geneva Conference the rivalry between Ho and First Secretary Le Duan and the 1968 Tet Offensive Ho Chi Minh is also the first English-language biography of Ho to pay close attention to his attitude to women and their role within the communist party. It is the perfect introduction for students of Vietnamese history and twentieth-century history more broadly.

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A Concise Guide to Writing a Thesis or Dissertation Educational Research and Beyond

A Concise Guide to Writing a Thesis or Dissertation provides clear succinct and intentional guidelines about organizing and writing a thesis or dissertation. Part I provides an overview for writing a thesis or dissertation. It describes the big picture of planning and formatting a research study from identifying a topic to focusing on writing quality. Part II describes the framework and substance of a research study. It models the pattern generally found in a formal five-chapter research study. Each chapter of a thesis or dissertation has a specific purpose and this book focuses on each in an easy-to-follow structure. Chapter One reviews the headings and contents expected in the introduction of a study. Chapter Two provides advice for writing a literature review. Chapter Three discusses what to include when describing the methodology. These first three chapters form the proposal section of a study. Two additional chapters present results (Chapter Four) and provide discussion and conclusions (Chapter Five). Appendices offer resources for instructors and students including a rubric for evaluating writing exercises to strengthen skills in APA format sample purpose statements a research planning organizer and a guide for scholarly writing. The book is designed overall to be a practical guide and resource for students for their thesis or dissertation process. Note to readers: Due to publishing limitations some of the titles within the book do not accurately conform with APA format. For precise APA format please see the APA manual (2010 pp. 62-63) or refer to Table 1. 1 (p. 8) or Table D. 1 (p. 107) in this book. | A Concise Guide to Writing a Thesis or Dissertation Educational Research and Beyond

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Transformative Civic Engagement Through Community Organizing

Maria Avila presents a personal account of her experience as a teenager working in a factory in Ciudad Juarez to how she got involved in community organizing. She has since applied the its distinctive practices of community organizing to civic engagement in higher education demonstrating how this can help create a culture that values and rewards civically engaged scholarship and advance higher education’s public democratic mission. Adapting what she learned during her years as an organizer with the Industrial Areas Foundation she describes a practice that aims for full reciprocity between partners and is achieved through the careful nurturing of relationships a mutual understanding of personal narratives leadership building power analysis and critical reflection. She demonstrates how she implemented the process in various institutions and in various contexts and shares lessons learned. Community organizing recognizes the need to understand the world as it is in order to create spaces where stakeholders can dialogue and deliberate about strategies for creating the world as we would like it to be. Maria Avila offers a vision and process that can lead to creating institutional change in higher education in communities surrounding colleges and universities and in society at large. This book is a narrative of her personal and professional journey and of how she has gone about co-creating spaces where democracy can be enacted and individual institutional and community transformation can occur. In inviting us to experience the process of organizing and in keeping with its values and spirit she includes the voices of the participants in the initiatives in which she collaborated – stakeholders ranging from community partners to faculty students and administrators in higher education. | Transformative Civic Engagement Through Community Organizing

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