Revolt in the boardroom

the new rules of power in corporate America

Murray is the assistant managing editor of the Wall Street Journal and has written two books covering investing and the relationship between corporations and politics. Here he examines how CEOs, once the rock stars of the 1990s, are now being put under the microscope by ...

El corazón de las empresas

responsabilidad social corporativa y conciliación de la vida profesional y personal

El libro analiza los cambios sociales que se están produciendo y tras los cuales emergen ciudadanos más concienciados y consumidores mucho más exigentes, que obligan a las empresas a replantearse cual debe ser su compromiso social. Con una técnica narrativa muy ágil se ofrece una ...

Corporate fraud

a manager's journey

Bill Reynolds was just starting to relax. He'd engineered a momentous implementation of internal controls and enterprise risk management systems within his company, making an indelible mark upon his organization. Now, coming off the heels of his father's death, his CEO tells him ...

Indecent disclosure

gilding the corporate lily

Indecent Disclosure: Gilding the Corporate Lily captures the concerns of the business community when misleading financial disclosures of a public corporation result in an unexpected corporate collapse. Here, the authors present four main themes underpinning the crisis in a company's financial disclosures: A company ...

Tinker faker spinner spy

corporate PR and the assault on democracy

Bringing together leading activists and writers from the US and beyond, this book unmasks the covert and undemocratic world of corporate spin. Wherever big business is threatened or corporate advantage can be gained, spin doctors, lobbyists, think tanks and front groups are on hand to ...

Responsabilidad social empresarial

fundamentos y aplicación en las organizaciones de hoy

El presente libro contempla de manera muy completa las distintas concepciones, corrientes y enfoques que han surgido en torno a la Responsabilidad Social Empresarial (RSE), tema que ha adquirido gran relevancia a nivel internacional y aun cuando no se ha llegado a un consenso en ...

Corporate governance and accountability

Recent years have witnessed an exponential growth in corporate governance. Improvements in corporate governance practice are being orchestrated at a global level. Scandals such as Enron and Parmalat have driven home the need for constant reform. "Corporate Governance, Second edition" has been written in response ...

tras la RSE

la responsabilidad social de la empresa en españa vista por sus actores

El desarrollo de la RSE requiere diálogo pçublico y reflexión compartida. Requiere generar conocimiento sobre qué es la RSE, cuáles son sus implicaciones y qué expectativas legítimas incluye. El libro que el lector tiene en sus manos contribuye a estos objetivos.

The debate over corporate social responsibility

Should business strive to be socially responsible, and if so, how? The Debate over Corporate Social Responsibility updates and broadens the discussion of these questions by bringing together in one volume a variety of practical and theoretical perspectives on corporate social responsibility. It is perhaps ...

The embedded corporation

corporate governance and employment relations in Japan and the United State

Is there one best way to run the modern business corporation? What is the appropriate balance between shareholders, executives, and employees? These questions are being vigorously debated as layoffs, scandals, and restructurings rattle companies around the world. The common assumption is that globalization is merging ...

Political power and corporate control

the new global politics of corporate governance

Why does corporate governance - front page news with the collapse of Enron, WorldCom, and Parmalat - vary so dramatically around the world? This book explains how politics shapes corporate governance - how managers, shareholders, and workers jockey for advantage in setting the rules by which companies are ...

Los laberintos de la responsabilidad

Los textos recopilados aquí nos invitan a explorar los múltiples laberintos que plantea la polimórfica noción de "responsabilidad", una categoría que se ha vuelto central e impresincindible en nuestro horizonte actual. Ciertamente, se impone introducirnos y avanzar por los vericuetos, a veces pobremente iluminados, de ...

New strategies for reputation management

gaining control of issues, crises and corporate social responsabbility

"New Strategies For Reputation Management" shows you how to take the initiative in strategically managing your business' reputation. Author Andrew Griffin shows that standard thinking on reputation management is often inadequate for today's information age, and reveals a host of new and robust techniques ...

How

why how we do anything means everything... in business (and in life)

The flood of information and unprecedented transparency reshaping today's business world has dramatically changed the rules of the game. It's no longer what you do that sets you apart from others, but how you do what you do. Whats are commodities, easily duplicated ...

Sistemas de información gerencial

La séptima edición amplía el legado de O'Brian, al presentar los sistemas de información desde una perspectiva administrativa, apoyado por casos y ejemplos prácticos. Este enfoque facilita observar cómo las compañías utilizan la tecnología para hacer reingenieria de los procesos de negocio, apoyar la ...

Fundamentals of financial accounting

E-Success is the name for the brand new CDs produced by CIMA Publishing for students taking CIMAs new Certificate in Business Accounting. The Certificate is announced in March 06 and computer based assessments (CBA) start from Autumn 2006. This CD which includes all the CBA ...

Fundamentals of management accounting

"E-Success" is the name for the brand new CDs produced by CIMA Publishing for students taking CIMAs new Certificate in Business Accounting. The Certificate is announced in March 06 and computer based assessments (CBA) start from Autumn 2006. These CDs simulate the CBA with questions ...

Contratos mercantiles más frecuentes en la empresa

Muchos son los abogados dedicados al asesoramiento de empresas bien externa, bien internamente. Este libro aborda el estudio de una serie de contratos mercantiles seleccionados por el autor por su especial incidencia en el mundo de la empresa. La obra estudia contrato por contrato, su ...

El Zen de la empresa

soluciones sencillas para un mundo complicado

En las corporaciones surgen diariamente dificultades y encrucijadas que exigen un grado de sentido común nada común en realidad. Por otra parte, los automatismos desarrollados por los trabajadores promueven la unidireccionalidad, una inercia lenta y pesada que excluye valiosas alternativas para optimizar la marcha de ...

Optimizar la vida

claves para reconocer la felicidad

Esa felicidad que tanto buscamos parece un pez raro y escurridizo. ¿No será que nos cruzamos con ella más a menudo de lo que pensamos sin reconocerla? El cerebro responde al entorno con oleadas de transmisores que producen placer, dolor o ansiedad. Nos enamoramos, nos ...