Controlling strategy

management, accounting, and performance measurement

Ideas about the role of management accounting systems in a firm's strategy have changed in recent years, and this book explores the ways in which this has happened. Management control systems have frequently been seen as irrelevant to strategy, or even damaging. Controlling Strategy ...

Think, play, do

technology, innovation, and organization

The book outlines a new way of thinking about innovation. Traditional definitions of 'research', 'development' and 'engineering', imply a progressive linearity which doesn't exist in reality. They are also associated with organizational departments, which are breaking down where once they existed, and are in ...

Integrating mission and strategy for nonprofit organizations

Today's nonprofit organizations face an environment characterized by higher levels of competition for funding, clients and audiences, talent, and recognition. In addition, they confront greater pressures from donors, government, and the public to demonstrate efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability, and accountability, while intense social needs and ...

Europe's advantage

banks and small firms in Britain, France, Germany, and Italy since 1918

Since the mid-1970s, the 'rediscovery' of small firms and of the important role they have played in the economies of continental Europe have occupied a substantial part of the literature on the sources of economic competitiveness. In Britain, the relationship between banks and industry has ...

Ética en la industria farmacéutica

entre la economía y la salud

The art and science of marketing

marketing for marketing managers

The art of marketing comes from the doing of marketing - implementing programs to attain and retain customers, and seeing what actually works. This is the province of marketing managers, direct marketers, advertisers, and consultants. The examples of good and bad practice used throughout this book ...

Economía, sociedad y formas de organización del trabajo en el siglo XX

En este libro se desarrolla un panorama general de las grandes etapas del capitalismo durante el siglo XX, con el objetivo de introducir al lector a la historia social y económica occidental. Más precisamente, ofrece una herramienta para la comprensión de sus principales fenómenos y ...

El capitalismo depredador

los escándolos corporativos del siglo XXI

Las quiebras en 2002 de Enrón, Adelphia y Worldcom y la caída de Parmalat en 2004 dejaron al descubierto la negligencia de las compañías auditoras y de los bancos. Los escándalos que ponen en la picota a empresas como Halliburton #vinculada al vicepresidente de Estados ...

Volatility and growth

It has long been recognized that productivity growth and the business cycle are closely interrelated. Yet, until recently, the two phenomena have been investigated separately in the economics literature. This book provides the first consistent attempt to analyze the effects of macroeconomic volatility on productivity ...

British philosophy of Law, 1832-1900

The international covenant on civil and political rights

cases, materials, and commentary

Now fully updated and in its second edition, this book provides a comprehensive collation and analysis of the jurisprudence of the Human Rights Committee, the monitoring body established under the ICCPR. The substantive articles of the ICCPR, as well as the admissibility provisions of the ...

National minority rights in Europe

National Minority Rights reviews the European inter-governmental approach in international law and politics through analysis of issues related to the moral recognition and ethical acceptance of national minorities. Examining issues of sub-state nationalisms, group recognition, identity, and political participation, Malloy reveals assumptions in international law ...

Blackstone's guide to the civil partnership Act 2004

The Blackstone's Guide Series delivers concise and accessible books covering the latest legislative changes and amendments. Published within weeks of the Act, they offer expert commentary by leading names on the effects, extent and scope of the legislation, plus a full copy of the ...

Reforming the world trading system

legitimacy, efficiency, and democratic governance

Table of Contents Foreword Notes on Contributors List of Abbreviations I WTO NEGOTIATORS AND ACADEMICS ANALYZE THE DOHA DEVELOPMENT ROUND OF THE WTO Overview and Summary of the Book II THE DOHA DEVELOPMENT ROUND AND THE FUTURE OF THE WTO: POLICY PROPOSALS 1. The Doha ...

Mujer y Constitución

la construcción jurídica del género

Lo que consideramos valores universales en realidad son los que se han impuesto históricamente por una parte de la Humanidad. De la misma forma con referencia a las mujeres, el pensamiento no es neutro, sino que responde a los universales masculinos. Este libro intenta la ...

Bill Gates

una biografía no autorizada

La última revolución de la humanidad ha venido dada por la aparición de la era digital y su consecuencia, el desarrollo de una sociedad global de la información. Uno de los personajes fundamentales en su origen y evolución es Bill Gates.

En torno al Quijote

adaptaciones, imitaciones, imágenes y música en la Biblioteca

INDICE: Introducción. Don Quijote de La Mancha: del libro al mito. La "Colección cervantina" de Gabriel Molina Navarro en la Biblioteca Histórica Municipal. Catálogo. Bibliografía. Índices.

La función directiva en las Administraciones Públicas

curso a distancia

INDICE: Cultura de las organizaciones. Toma de decisiones. Gestion Interna: gestión y análisis de proesos internos. Gestión interna: recursos humanos. GEstión externa: las Administraciones Públicas y su entorno. Gestión externa: conflicto y negociación, comunicación externa e imagen corporativa. Resumen de la función directiva.

La actuación de los representantes legales en la esfera personal de menores e incapacitados

La actuación de los representantes legales de los menores e incapacitados en asuntos que afectan a su esfera personal plantea en la práctica numerosos problemas, derivados, fundamentalmente, de la dificultad de establecer con claridad hasta dónde llegan las funciones de los padres y tutores en ...

El voluntariado y las Naciones Unidas

La dimensión universal que ha alcanzado el voluntariado no es un fenómeno reciente, ni mucho menos casual. Es cierto que en los últimos años han empezado a florecer numerosas muestras de apoyo y reconocimiento a las cualidades de este movimiento para combatir los desajustes que ...