Governance Networks in the Public Sector presents a comprehensive study of governance networks and the management of complexities in network settings. Public, private and non-profit organizations are increasingly faced with complex, wicked problems when making decisions, developing policies or delivering services in the public sector. These activities take place in networks of interdependent actors guided by diverging and sometimes conflicting perceptions and strategies.

As a result these net...

A powerful and inspiring book from the founders of IDEO, the award-winning design firm, on unleashing the creativity that lies within each and every one of us. Too often, companies and individuals assume that creativity and innovation are the domain of the 'creative types'. But two of the foremost experts in innovation, design and creativity on the planet show us that each and every one of us is creative.

In an entertaining and inspiring narrative that draws on countless stories from their wo...

How is practical change work carried out in modern organizations? And what kind of challenges, tasks and other difficulties are normally encountered as a part of it?In a turbulent and changing world, organizational culture is often seen as central for sustained competitiveness. Organizations are faced with increased demands for change but these are often so challenging that they meet heavy resistance and fizzle out. Changing Organizational Culture encourages the development of a reflexive app...

Taking a holistic and international perspective, this book critically examines the ethical challenges marketing faces and explores strategies marketers can use to respond to those challenges.

Studenten ervaren de wereld van de micro-economie vaak als zeer abstract. Deze uitgave slaat een brug tussen de concrete belevingswereld van studenten en de abstracte manier waarop in de micro-economie maatschappelijke vraagstukken worden geanalyseerd. De theorie is ruim geïllustreerd met grafieken. Van algebra wordt slechts beperkt gebruik gemaakt.De theorie wordt op de bijbehorende website toegepast op situaties uit het dagelijks leven zoals de sterke prijsdalingen op de woningmarkt, de ve...

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Waarom de markt niet zonder overheid kan

Zonder de jarenlange investeringen van de Amerikaanse overheid waren Apple en Microsoft, om twee topbedrijven te noemen, nooit zo groot geworden. De alom gewaardeerde econoom Mariana Mazzucato laat in De ondernemende staat zien hoe belangrijk een investerende en innoverende overheid is; onontbeerlijk voor slimme en duurzame groei.

Mazzucato ontkracht de mythe van een ingeslapen, bureaucratische overheid versus een dynamische, inno...