Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Management – serie

The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Accounting provides clear, concise and highly informative definitions and explanations of the key concepts in accounting.

The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management Information Systems has been updated with recent developments in the use of information systems in organizations and the information systems function that plans, implements, and operates the systems. Focuses new applications of information technology to organization systems, new processes enabled by the Internet, and new technologies applied by managers and their business implications; Provides coverage of technologies that are important to organization systems, including Radio Frequency Identification (RFID); Features entries from over 90 international academics and professionals working in the field; Edited by the pioneer of the academic field of management information systems; Contains over 300 entries.

This second edition of the The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Marketing has been revised and updated, with new content on aspects of cross cultural marketing, research in marketing methodologies, societal marketing and marketing strategy. The implications of developments in information and communications technologies are assessed while retailing has been extensively revised to embrace contemporary trends. Features over 250 entriesIncludes new content on aspects of cross cultural marketing, research in marketing methodologies, societal marketing and marketing strategyAssesses the implications of developments in new information and communications technologiesContains extensive revisions to the section on retailing to embrace contemporary trends

This new edition contains over 250 fully updated entries in operations management;All bibliographies have been significantly up-dated and extended;Features 93 new entries across a wide range of areas, including: service, strategy, technology and innovation;Expands on core entries such as the newsvendor model;Contains entries from 31 new, worldwide authors, featuring more than 50 international contributors in total.

This new volume in the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management volume set: The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurship, especially commissioned for the second edition from editors Michael A. Hitt and R. Duane Ireland, charts the key concepts and frameworks in the expanding field of Entrepreneurship. A brand new, state-of-the-art volume in the growing field of Entrepreneurship;Features 90 important entrepreneurship concepts written by 110 international contributors;Charts the key concepts and frameworks of the field, covering: 'creative destruction'; competitive dynamics; real options; social capital; corporate entrepreneurship; risk management; franchising; succession planning; location effects; spinoffs; and product innovation.

HANDBOOK OF DECISION MAKING This handbook offers a state-of-the-art overview of research and theories on decision making in organizations at the strategic level of analysis. Chapters are authored by leading international scholars, with some illustrative case vignettes from practitioners. Each contributor was selected for his/her special knowledge of the field. The Handbook addresses key questions confronting the decision making research of the past and the present, offers critiques, and suggests future research directions. Topics covered emphasize the classic decision theory perspectives while also incorporating recent insights from the fields of strategic choice, risk & uncertainty, scenario planning and complexity theory, with a broad social science perspective on the disciplinary roots of decision theory in economics, politics, and social theory. This is a landmark reference volume for the field, offering scholars and practitioners: Comprehensive, but accessible, coverage of classic and recent developmentsChapters by established international expertsCase analyses illustrating practical consequences of theoriesGuide to new research directions and theory