How can manufacturers of capital goods succeed in service business development? What are the potential network approaches for manufacturing companies planning on extending their service business? Over the last decade, the business environment of capital goods manufacturers has changed dramatically. Few capital goods manufacturers are able to outrun the competition with pure product-related technologies and innovation alone. For this reason they have added services to products as a way of resp...

Presented in the concise, modular, graphical form made popular in previous editions, Effectual Entrepreneurship is perfect both for those seeking to become entrepreneurs, and those already in the thick of things!

This is a book about payments, and how they are evolving, from centralised to decentralised, and the new opportunities that they present. It provides practical applications, offers insights into the key disciplines, and equips anyone in the payments industry with an understanding of the key issues and opportunities.

Presents developments in airline industry and business models. This book examines important elements in demand and traffic, price and yield, output and unit cost. It also probes into three critical aspects of capacity management: network management; fleet management; and revenue management.

Optimize staff performance with this handbook of performance management including guidance for remote workforces and the latest innovations in personnel development planning and pay.

Few enter the logistics management industry with experience in all aspects of the profession. This book provides clear, workable explanations and guidance on the fundamentals to achieve success. A Practical Guide to Logistics is a straightforward guide taking readers through all aspects of the industry, covering packaging, transportation, warehousing and exporting and importing of goods.

This fully updated second edition features a new chapter on Health and Safety in the field, and coverage o...

Learn how the circular economy enables businesses to thrive and make crucial sustainability improvements.

Now in its third edition, Qualitative Research in Business and Management has been fully updated to include a range of recent examples of aspects of qualitative research in action, and a new look at the methods and ethics of using social media data.

Public Finance and Public Choice provides a comprehensive analysis of the economics of the public sector, taking a diagrammatic approach to the subject. Particular emphasis is given to the public choice and behavioural economics schools of thought.

This book focuses on the interrelationship between nature and the human economy. This is an introductory account of the subject, including a wide-ranging guide to further and more advanced relevant literature.