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Craftspeople and designer makers in the contemporary creative economy
This open access book explores the experience of working as a craftsperson or designer maker in the contemporary creative economy. The authors utilise evidence from the only major empirical study to explore the skills required and the challenges facing contemporary makers in an increasingly crowded marketplace. Drawing upon 180 interviews with peak organisations, established and emerging makers…
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- 9783030449797
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- xv, 259p. : ill.
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- 338.6425 LUC c
Entrepreneurial strategy : starting, managing, and scaling new ventures
This open access book focuses on explaining differences amongst organizations regarding various attributes, forms, and outcomes. By focusing on the “how” of new venture creation and management to produce well-established organizations, the authors aim to increase our understanding of the antecedents of most management research assumptions. New ventures are the source of most newly created j…
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- 9783030789350
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- xvii, 131p. : ill.
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- 658.4012 SHE e
Organizing for sustainability : a guide to developing new business models
This upper-level Open Access textbook aims to educate students and professionals on how to develop business models that have a positive impact on people, society, and the social and ecological environment. It explores a different view of how to organize value creation, from a focus on an almost exclusively monetary value creation to one that creates positive impact through multiple values. T…
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- 9783030781576
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- xxxv, 242p. : ill.
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- 332.673 JON o
Masterpieces of Swiss entrepreneurship : Swiss SMEs competing in global markets
This open access book focuses on Switzerland-based medium-sized companies with a longstanding export tradition and a proven dominance in global niche markets. Based upon in-depth documentation and analysis of 36 Swiss companies over their entire history, an expert team of authors presents several parallels in the pathways and success factors which allowed these firms to become dominant and oper…
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- 9783030652876
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- xxxiv, 561p. : ill.
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- 658.421 MAS m
The fundamental elements of strategy : concepts, theories and cases
This open access book clarifies confusions of strategy that have existed for nearly 40 years through the core thoughts of three fundamental elements. Unlike the traditional definition of strategy as "a plan to achieve a long-term goal from overall considerations”in a linear view, this book defines strategy from non-linear viewpoint as it is in the real world. The art of a strategy lies not on…
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- 9789813347137
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- xxviii, 193p. : ill.
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- 658.4012 YU f
Data science for economics and finance : methodologies and applications
This open access book covers the use of data science, including advanced machine learning, big data analytics, Semantic Web technologies, natural language processing, social media analysis, time series analysis, among others, for applications in economics and finance. In addition, it shows some successful applications of advanced data science solutions used to extract new knowledge from data in…
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- 9783030668914
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- xiv, 355p. : ill.
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- 006.312 DAT d
Sustainability standards and global governance : experiences of emerging econ…
This open access book focuses on the issue of sustainability standards from the perspective of both global governance frameworks and emerging economies. It stems from the recognition that the accelerated pace of economic globalization has generated production and consumption patterns that are generating sustainability concerns. Sustainability standards (and regulations) are increasingly being u…
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- 9789811534737
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- xxvii, 224p. : ill.
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- 338.927 SUS s
Implementing industry 4.0 in SMEs: concepts, examples and applications
This open access book addresses the practical challenges that Industry 4.0 presents for SMEs. While large companies are already responding to the changes resulting from the fourth industrial revolution , small businesses are in danger of falling behind due to the lack of examples, best practices and established methods and tools. Following on from the publication of the previous book ‘Industr…
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- 9783030705169
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- XXXIV, 429 p.
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- 650 IMP i
Craftpeople and designer makers in the contemporary creative economy
This open access book explores the experience of working as a craftsperson or designer maker in the contemporary creative economy. The authors utilise evidence from the only major empirical study to explore the skills required and the challenges facing contemporary makers in an increasingly crowded marketplace. Drawing upon 180 interviews with peak organisations, established and emerging makers…
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- 9783030449797
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- xv, 259p.: ill.
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- 338.642 CRA c
The future of service post-COVID-19 pandemic, Volume 1 : rapid adoption of di…
This open access book is geared towards providing insights and stimulating new thinking about the changing nature of services, service work and workers, and service experiences during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, particularly focusing on digital service technology. This book serves as a useful resource for business practitioners and academics in the areas of service and human resour…
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- 9789813341265
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- XII, 225 p
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- The ICT and Evolution of Work,
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- 330.9 FUT f
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