For too long, business has focused on short-term cost advantages through low-cost country sourcing with little regard for the longer-term implications of global sustainability. Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, Second Edition, not only fully addresses the environmental, social and economic challenges of how companies manage purchasing and supply chains, but also delves deeper into emerging areas such as modern slavery, digital technologies and circular supply chains. In addition to expl...

Digital Business and E-Commerce Management is an industry-leading text on the strategies and tactics of a Digital Business environment. Offering the latest knowledge in the field with case studies, activities, and exercises, this edition will equip students with the tools to review, plan and implement a digital business strategy successfully.

This book provides an interdisciplinary critical perspective regarding risk, uncertainty, and governance challenges of cryptocurrencies.

This new book of leadership narratives fleshes out the reality of working to achieve change in primary care and will be relevant to a wide primary care audience, empowering both clinicians and non-clinicians to recognize and use their leadership qualities.

Drawing on the most up-to-date and relevant research, this concise textbook is an accessible guide to harnessing the appropriate resources when launching a new start-up business. The focus is on the wide range of tangible and intangible resources available to entrepreneurs in the early stages of a new venture. This second edition brings in material on crowdfunding, digitalization and Covid-19, and dedicates new chapters to: lean start-ups and business models idea generation and opportunity de...

This book is a presentation of the study of the methods by which macroeconomics is researched, taught and communicated, and why specific theories, research strategies and teaching are preferred. A range of experts provide analysis of the concepts, ideas and principles to give a better understanding of the macroeconomics behind policies.

Examines whether the technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, such as AI, will lead to greater economic uncertainty, environmental collapse and social unrest, or whether they will help achieve shared prosperity and sustainable development, and successively the SDGs.

The book explores the discipline of project management from the perspective of the healthcare environment. The Third Edition features changes related to the PMBOK® Guide, 7th Edition and emphasizes tailoring, performance domains, and value delivery systems, all from the perspective of the healthcare field.

A manifesto for positive change, this is the perfect book to help turn the UN Sustainable Development Goals into action and to envisage a positive future for leaders at every level in organizations.