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Dieses Buch begleitet Grunder in der Food-Branche von der Idee bis zum Geschaftsmodell, von der Lebensvision des Grunderteams bis zum erfolgreichen Vertrieb. Es vereint die betriebswirtschaftliche Seite mit der praktischen Umsetzung, um (potenzielle) Grunder Schritt fur Schritt ins Handeln zu bringen. Neben anregendem Input und Best Practices von uber 50 erfolgreichen Brands aus der Lebensmittelbranche gibt es den Lesern bewahrte Modelle zum Nachmachen an die Hand, u.a. basierend auf vielen Podcast-Interviews des Autors mit Food-Start-ups, -Investoren und -Institutionen. Illustrationen eines Apfelbaums vom Samenkorn bis zur reichen Ernte verbildlichen die Inhalte. So wird dieses Buch zu einer informativen Bildungs- und Business-Reise durch die Welt der Food-Grundungen - von auergewohnlichen Landwirten bis zu neu gedachten eCommerce-Konzepten mit dem Ziel, selbst ein ertragreiches Geschaftsmodell zu entwickeln. 

Auf Basis von 21 Experteninterviews mit Angehorigen von funf verschiedenen Verwaltungsorganisationen betrachtet Martin Giehrl die Digitalisierung verschiedener Verwaltungsverfahren und entwickelt einen konzeptionellen Bezugsrahmen fur die digitale Transformation in der offentlichen Verwaltung. Hierbei wird ersichtlich, dass sich die Verwaltungsorganisationen, ausgehend von individuellen Handlungsrahmen, mit ihren digitalen Verwaltungsverfahren in einem Hybridbereich zwischen den Idealtypen einer digitalen und einer analogen Verwaltung bewegen. Dabei nahern sie sich in ihren Transformationsergebnissen gemeinsamen Verfahrenstypen an und bewegen sich um diese herum. Zielgruppenbsp;     Dozenten und Studenten der Betriebswirtschaftslehre mit den Schwerpunkten ffentliche Verwaltung und digitale Transformation.nbsp;     Angehrige von Verwaltungsorganisationen

Digital technology is disrupting the prerequisites for most firms in the service industry and frequently forces them to reassess the ratio of human interaction and technology use in service encounters. To retain competitiveness, it seems mandatory to increase service encounter efficiency by embedding digital technology into the existing processes. However, there is little empirical evidence on how such technological implementations affect the sentiments, attitudes, and behaviors of frontline employees. Likewise, research on interrelated customer responses is scarce. To address this matter, this book presents four distinct yet related studies to investigate the impact of digital technology on frontline employees, customers, and ultimately service firms. The results and implications provide meaningful insights for theory and practice.

Der Leitfaden erlautert die strategischen und steuerlichen Grundzuge einer Familienstiftung und zeichnet die einzelnen wirtschaftlichen Schritte bei der Errichtung und der laufenden Tatigkeit einer solchen Stiftung nach. Dabei stehen unter anderem die laufende Besteuerung der Ertrage und Zuwendungen der Familienstiftung, die Besteuerung der Auflosung von Familienstiftungen sowie die Erbersatzsteuer bei der deutschen Familienstiftung und die steuerliche Behandlung von Immobilien im Mittelpunkt. Demgegenuber werden die Grundsatze einer Familienstiftung im Furstentum Liechtenstein mit Blick auf die Anforderungen des deutschen Auensteuergesetzes erlautert. Mit Fokus auf die steuerrechtlichen Pflichten werden daruber hinaus geltende Vorschriften fur deutsche Familienstiftungen zu Buchfuhrung, Bilanzierung und steuerrechtliche Gewinnermittlung dargestellt. Das Buch liefert einen umfassenden Uberblick fur Steuerberater, Rechtsanwalte, Vermogensverwalter, Family Officer, Stifter und Stiftungsvorstande. Weitreichende Informationen uber die komplexen steuerlichen Herausforderungen einer Stiftungserrichtung sowie der laufenden fiskalischen Behandlung einer Familienstiftung konnen diesem Buch entnommen werden.

Inwiefern hangen Finanzierungsinstrumente mit dem Erfolg von Unternehmungen in der Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft ("e;Cultural/Creative Entrepreneurship"e;) zusammen? Individuen und Firmen dieser Branche zeichnen sich durch eine hohe Schopfungskraft aus, die Innovation und Wertschopfung fur Wirtschaft, die Region und die Gesellschaft mit sich bringt. Cultural/Creative Entrepreneurs sind spezifisch, da ihre Orientierung am kunstlerischen Lifestyle mit Okonomie und Unternehmertum teilweise in Konflikt steht. Die Arbeit betrachtet Motive und Orientierungen von Unternehmer*innen als Erfolgsfaktoren, da sie in der Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft eine hohe Relevanz besitzen. Dabei liegt ein Fokus auf dem Zusammenspiel zwischen diesen hybriden Motiven und Kombinationen von Finanzierungsinstrumenten. Die konfigurative Mixed-Methods-Studie deckt schlielich die Intrahybriditat und die Interhybriditat von Finanzierungsinstrumenten auf und fuhrt zu Implikationen fur Kreativschaffende, Kultur- und Wirtschaftspolitik, Lehre, Beratung und Forschung an der Schnittstelle zwischen Kreativitat und Okonomie.

Der letzte Schritt eines Paketzustellungsprozesses, die sogenannte letzte Meile, steht vor wachsenden Herausforderungen. Aktuelle Entwicklungen und Trends, wie die Urbanisierung und die zunehmende Bedeutung der okologischen Nachhaltigkeit, erfordern eine Umgestaltung der letzten Meile. Daruber hinaus wachsen auch die Anspruche der Kunden. Die Empfanger erwarten zunehmend individualisierte und personalisierte Zustelloptionen, weshalb neue Zustellkonzepte erforderlich sind. In diesem Zusammenhang kann der Einsatz innovativer Technologien aus dem Bereich der Logistik 4.0 und ihrer Kernelemente Konnektivitat und Digitalisierung Chancen bieten, die Idee einer Last Mile 4.0 zu realisieren und die aktuellen Herausforderungen zu bewaltigen.

This book answers the question of how to manage service robots in brick-and-mortar dominated retail service systems to allow for key stakeholders' adoption and to foster value co-creation. It starts by demonstrating the scientific relevance of the topic as well as deriving a set of promising research questions. After introducing service-dominant logic as a theoretical research lens and elucidating service systems along with their underlying concept of value co-creation as relevant key concepts, five studies are presented. The author's findings show that understanding and differentiating between consensus, shared and idiosyncratic drivers of and barriers to the adoption of service robots in retail service systems by all key stakeholders, i.e. customers, frontstage employees, and retail managers, is crucial to be able to fully cope with the complexity inherent in the adoption of service robots in service organizations. Moreover, the designed and evaluated artifact fosters a paradigm shift from a one-time technology introduction to a continuous technology management approach including iterations of experimenting, piloting, and implementing.

Der vorliegende Sammelband mochte auf die Herausforderungen, die Chancen und auf die Erfolgspraktiken eines koordinierten Vorgehens im Aufbau von Resilienz aufmerksam machen. Der Herausgeberband bietet zudem eine Plattform fur beispielhafte Herangehensweisen und Handlungspraktiken in unterschiedlichen Systemkontexten, wobei er im Besonderen die Zusammenhange zwischen der organisationalen und der regionalen Systemebene adressiert. Anhand konzeptioneller Uberlegungen und gelungener Praxisbeispiele werden Weichenstellungen des bewussten Resilienzaufbaus auf kommunaler und nationaler Ebene skizziert.

In seinem Lehrbuch befasst sich Tobias Kollmann mit der Unternehmensgrundung, -entwicklung und -finanzierung von jungen Unternehmen in der Digitalen Wirtschaft. Die resultierenden Startups in und fur die Digitale Wirtschaft haben sich inzwischen als gesamtwirtschaftlich bedeutender Faktor etabliert. Vor diesem Hintergrund beschreibt das Lehrbuch die Grundlagen der Unternehmensgrundung auf Basis digitaler Geschaftsmodelle und -prozesse (Digital Business). Die Erfolgsfaktoren fur Startups in diesem Bereich werden konsequent in den einzelnen Phasen des Grundungs- und Wachstumsprozesses erklart, wobei die Besonderheiten der Digitalisierung eine Berucksichtigung finden. Neu in der 8. AuflageIn der 8. Auflage wurden alle Kapitel uberarbeitet und die Terminologie von E-Entrepreneurship"e; auf Digital Entrepreneurship"e; ebenso umgestellt, wie die zugehorige Basis von E-Business"e; auf Digital Business"e;. Aktuelle Themen wie z.B. Digital Innopreneurship, Startup-Typologien, Bricolage u.v.m. wurden einbezogen bzw. an neuere Entwicklungen angepasst. Ebenso wurden alle Praxisbeispiele und Medienhinweise auf einen neuen Stand gebracht.Der Inhalt* Grundlagen: Begriffe, Entwicklungen, Handlungsrahmen* Ideenfindung: Voraussetzungen, Methoden, Marktstrukturen* Ideenformulierung: Businessplan, Geschaftsmodelle, Prozesse* Ideenumsetzung: Produkt, Wettbewerb, Marktzugang* Ideenfortfuhrung: Kommunikation, Beteiligung, Exit* Praxistransfer: Digital Business Generator* Zu jedem Kapitel: Ubungsaufgaben, Klausuraufgaben und LiteraturDie ZielgruppenDozierende und Studierende, die sich mit den Themen (Digital) Entrepreneurship, Digital Business, Digital Commerce, Digitale Wirtschaft bzw. Innovationsmanagement beschaftigen; Grunder, Unternehmer, Berater und Investoren von bzw. in digitalen Startups erhalten wertvolle Anregungen.

Die vorliegende Arbeit thematisiert Herausforderungen unternehmerischer Entscheidungen unter Unsicherheit. Sie behandelt die in der aktuellen Forschung einseitige Fokussierung auf Effectuation und Causation und problematisiert deren unzureichende Mikrofundierungen. Die Arbeit greift die mangelnde Trennscharfe der genannten Entscheidungslogiken und deren erschwerten Praxistransfer auf und bearbeitet sie schwerpunktmaig wie folgt:- Umfassende Illustration und Beschreibung empirischer Arbeiten zu Effectuation und Causation zwischen 1998 und 2020 (N=93)- Revision gangiger Entscheidungsparadigmen (Effectuation und Causation) und Erweiterung (Improvisation, Bricolage, Trial & Error)- Rekonzeptualisierung des Unsicherheitsbegriffes und Erzeugung eines holistischen Kontingenzrahmens- Synthese von Wissenstypen zur Bearbeitung von Kontingenz- Ableitung eines Kontingenz-, Kognitions-, Strukturdeterminanten-Schemas (KKS-Schema) zur Einordnung von Entscheidungssituationen abhangig von Kontingenz und zur Ableitung idealtypischer Entscheidungslogiken

Megatrends und Disruptionen verandern die Organisationswelt radikal und erfordern neue Formen der Unternehmenssteuerung. Neben Strategiekompetenz werden die Verantwortungs- und Entscheidungskultur sowie die Lernfahigkeit von und in Organisationen essentielle Faktoren fur zukunftigen Erfolg sein. Systemische Strategiearbeit liefert hierfur Anregungen und Konzepte - zur Gestaltung einer modernen Zukunftsarbeit.

Dieses Buch beschreibt zahlreiche Erfahrungen, die in Produktionsunternehmen und in der Lehre mit der Umsetzung der Digitalisierung gesammelt wurden. Es werden unterschiedliche Entwicklungspfade aufgezeigt, die nicht alle beim Industrie-4.0-Musterunternehmen enden. Einbezogen werden dabei beispielsweise auch die neuen Anforderungen an Mitarbeiter und das Zusammenwirken mit anderen Unternehmen. Reifegradmodelle, Kennzahlensysteme sowie Praxisbeispiele bieten mogliche Wege, um die Digitalisierung in Unternehmen zu analysieren und neue Strategien umzusetzen. Zudem werden Kompromisslosungen und Manahmen beschrieben, die Wirtschaftlichkeit, Wettbewerbsfahigkeit und Weiterentwicklung bieten.

In this essential, Josef Gochermann provides a compendium of the essential elements of technology management and answers ten important questions on how to identify new technologies, properly evaluate relevant technologies, recognize opportunities and risks in time, and position yourself for technological success. He shows how to use technologies beneficially, make relevant technologies available at the right time, recognize the end of a technology's performance in time, and plan the use of technologies strategically and for the future.

Sustainable development is based on the idea that societies should advance without compromising their future development requirements. This book explores how the application of data analytics and digital technologies can ensure that development changes are executed on the basis of factual data and information. It addresses how innovations that rely on digital technologies can support sustainable development across all sectors and all social, economic, and environmental aspects and help us achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The book also highlights techniques, processes, models, tools, and practices used to achieve sustainable development through data analysis.The various topics covered in this book are critically evaluated, not only theoretically, but also from an application perspective. It will be of interest to researchers and students, especially those in the fields of applied data analytics, business intelligence and knowledge management.

This book examines the factors that shape the adoption and continuous usage of new technology by employees in organizations. While within an organization new technology adoption has evolved from its traditional role to a more strategic one, the appropriate adoption of new technology can only add value to organizations. Identifying the factors that influence this adoption process is crucial for successful adoption of new technology in organizations.The study presented in this book focuses on individual, organizational, social, and industrial factors and uses those to offer a comprehensive model of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application adoption. It contributes towards understanding employees' acceptance and adoption of enterprise-level technological innovation, allowing organizations to create a work environment conducive to individual implementation and acceptance of new technology. It appeals to researchers interested in studying the adoption of ERP and other innovative technologies in organizations.

This book offers a concise, yet comprehensive introduction to the engineering and other principles behind passenger cruise ships. It covers all the important regulations concerning cruise ship design and operation, as well as safety, stability, and environmental aspects. It describes principles of cruise ship hydrodynamics, structures, power plant and propulsion, as well as relevant machinery and control system. Further, it deals with key cruise ship hotel systems, such as air conditioning, freshwater, firefighting, garbage, wastewater and communication systems, and many more. Written in a concise, straightforward style, and including many original drawings, this book offers a unique, informative and inspiring guide, to students and professionals in the field of naval architecture and marine engineering, cruise ship owners and managers, and curious cruise ship passengers alike.

This book develops insights of digitalization and the future of financial services to originate an innovative approach to financial field, in order to underpin research and practice in the wide area of digital finance. The aim of this book is to extend our understandings on how digitalization and the future of financial services can be helpful in different business circumstances in many cross-functional financial areas, such as financial markets, financial risk management, financial technologies, investment finance, etc. Thus, the book aims at addressing the relevance of digital finance for different players, highlighting differences in tools and processes as well as identifying innovative practices in financial digitalization. This can result in some novel theoretical and practical insights that can foster financial players, in order to proactively explore and exploit opportunities in financial digitalization and  offset financial risks and increase efficiency.

This book explores how the U.S. has been in the throes of a startup revolution, fueled by a risk-taking culture. There has been a growth of young startup from 1994, accelerating after 2010 through the present day. Most entrepreneurial activity is in the professional and business services sector, which comprises technical services as well as research and development.However, new establishments face a low survival rate, suggesting that starting businesses is not the problem, sustaining their development and growth is the principal challenge. A paradox is presented by the simultaneous presence of declining labor force participation rate among prime working age adults, a decrease in productivity growth rates in the past decade and a startup revolution.There are five native skills that are acquired by experience rather than formal education: resourcefulness, practical intelligence, over-optimism and personal initiative. These are built on a foundation of attributes that form the culture of risk-taking and decision-making. Underlying values and beliefs include collaboration, openness to new ideas, an awareness of the environment and the needs of people in your radius of interaction. A strongly embedded community forms the essence of entrepreneurial culture, and its values cannot be taught, they must be learned through experience.  

This book explores multidimensional issues concerning digital resilience and analyzes how people and organizations maintain, enhance and protect value stemming from digital technologies. Society is now heading for a future in which organizations and people will increasingly depend on digital technologies, yet to date many are still unaware of the scale and risks associated with the digital transformation. As a result, there is an urgent need for digital resilience to drive a fundamental shift in the way people and organizations understand digital technologies, risks and opportunities.The book gathers a selection of the best papers presented at the annual conference of the Italian chapter of AIS, which took place in Trento, Italy, in October 2021. The diverse range of views put forward by the authors makes it particularly relevant for scholars and practitioners interested in organization, and for all of us living in the digital transformation era.

As the COVID-19 crisis comes to an end, leaders, organizations, and governments have to develop a "e;new normal"e; for doing business with a focus on protecting the environment, integrating new technologies and adapting to new social changes. Based on empirical studies and conceptual contributions from researchers and practitioners presented at the Griffiths School of Management & IT's 12th Annual Conference on Business, Entrepreneurship and Ethics (GSMAC), this proceedings volume provides a multifaceted perspective on the impact and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on various public and private systems including education, business organizations and consumer behavior. In particular, this book explores the impact of the pandemic on remote work and employee health, sustainable development, and economic growth, among others. It also highlights the role of data analysis in understanding trends, opportunities, and challenges in the above systems.

Brazil is a large country in terms of geographic land mass and population size. It's position in Latin America means that it contributes to much of the economic development within this area. Despite the importance of Brazil in the global economy, not much research has been highlighted about entrepreneurship in the country. This book aims to change this by focusing on Brazil in terms of entrepreneurial endeavours and pursuits. This includes focusing on the rural and urban areas in terms of entrepreneurial practices. Each chapter in the book will focus on a different aspect of entrepreneurship in Brazil including how culture, ethnicity and wealth influence entrepreneurship. Thereby taking a holistic perspective in terms of including both financial and non-financial forms of entrepreneurship. Interesting topics such as sustainable and environmental forms of entrepreneurship will be examined from a Brazilian perspective together with technological forms of entrepreneurship evident in the growth of smart cities within the region. This book will be amongst the first to holistically examine the contemporary hardships and successes of entrepreneurship in Brazil.

This book guides the reader through a design process that was tested and optimized in companies and design bureaus. It not only smoothly integrates modern product development techniques, but also addresses, for each phase, issues related to the management of intangible assets. There are several books on the product design process, as well as on the development of innovative products in general. However, none of them addresses how to integrate the engineering techniques with the necessary aspects of Intellectual Property Management. With a focus on software intensive products in general, the book presents a meta-process that adapts to product design in any area where the software element is an important factor in product functionality and innovation.

Innovation Mechanisms in Start-ups: Practice, Strategies and Impacts serves as a practical resource for startups looking for innovating their business models in domestic and global markets. This book's main objective is to describe the innovative business practices adopted by startups during the pandemic, with a special emphasis on value proposition innovation and business model innovation more generally. In order to promote open innovation, this book emphasizes the value of strategic alliances with academic libraries, peer startups, and freelancers. Additionally, using actual startup case studies, it was shown how important technological innovation is for gathering feedback, prototyping, and conducting both secondary as well as primary market research. Startups can utilize the technology evaluation and adoption frameworks as a useful reference when choosing a technology to embrace strategically. The need of regularly experimenting with new approaches, learning from mistakes, and enhancing current processes is also emphasized in this book. The ability to dispel falsehoods, capitalize on technological advancements, and form strategic alliances will be essential for innovation even in times of pandemic. This book links theoretical insights with practical experiences of startups amid the pandemic. With a perfect balance of empirical research and assessment study types, this book is a source of quick knowledge for entrepreneurs, academics and researchers on how to enhance a company's innovative capacities and success rates. The BMI-Pandemic 2.15 model, which is an expanded version of the Odyssey 3.14 model, is presented in this book which highlight 15 guidelines to follow in order to innovate business models in pandemics. This book is suitable for Entrepreneurs, Academicians, Researcher and Technologists.

The last two decades have seen a shift towards service-based value in a process referred to as servitization. Manufacturers have been challenged to create relevant knowledge and adapt to this change. This book has two key purposes. First of all, the authors examine the theoretical underpinnings of knowledge management and servitization, before proposing a conceptual model for knowledge co-creation and organizational knowledge management processes. Then, the model is tested through a series of case studies from Japan and Malaysia, providing insight into experiences of business transformation from produce-centric to service-centric in developed and developing Asian economies. This book will be of interest to academics, students and practitioners in servitization, knowledge creation and knowledge management, especially those interested in Asian economies.

This book argues that uncertainty is not really uncertainty at all but just demonstrates a lack of vision and willingness to think about the unthinkable - good and bad. The task of accepting that uncertainty is about exploring the possible, rather than the impossible has to be taken on board by strategists, policy developers, and political leaders, if we are to meet the challenges that an ever changing world is throwing at us. The term "e;unknown - unknowns"e; is ubiquitous, albeit the vast majority of future uncertain events do not fall into this category. However, it has been used to absolve decision makers from criticism post-event, whereas poor foresight is the prime culprit and that most future uncertainties are "e;known-unknowns"e; or "e;inevitable surprises"e;. This re-positioning of uncertainties can help mitigate the impact of such risks through better foresight aware contingency planning. The enemy is not uncertainty itself but our lack of imagination when trying to visualize the future - we need to transform our behaviour. To better understand uncertainty we have to deconstruct it and get to grips with its component parts. Three main questions are posed and practical approaches presented: What are the main structural components that make up the conditions under which uncertainty operates? What scenario lenses can be used when exploring uncertainty? What behavioural factors do we need to consider when analysing the human responses to uncertainty? Practitioners, having to deal with making better decisions under uncertainty, will find the book a useful guide.Endorsements for the book:"e;With this book, Bruce Garvey performs a great service for consultants, planners and, indeed, anyone whose job involves a degree of speculation about what will happen in the future. Through a comprehensive survey of methods, tools and techniques, he provides a practical guide to unpacking the uncertainty that besets all human endeavour. This is no dry academic treatise: it deals with highly contemporary topics such as "e;fake news"e; - part of a fascinating dissection of "e;dark data"e; - and how our biases and preconceptions shape our views. The book finishes with three case studies dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, social mobility and inequality, and achieving net zero - all topics that are sorely in need of the critical thinking and analysis skills described previously.No one can completely eliminate "e;20:20 hindsight"e; from all business decisions but readers applying the lessons of this book may find themselves saying "e;if only we'd known less frequently."e;-- Nick Bush, Director - CMCE (Centre for Management Consulting Excellence)"e;Academic literature and practical guides to uncertainty management are disparate: this exciting edition brings it all together.  Principal author, Bruce Garvey, recognises the erroneous attribution of many recent events to unforeseeable uncertainty ('unknown unknowns'), calling these out as inevitable surprises (or 'unknown knowns'), a category of uncertainty that is typically overlooked.  Garvey describes critical dimensions of uncertainty, before examining scenarios and behavioural aspects, the latter being a 'hidden influencer' which is too often neglected.  The guidebook contains a variety of methods, tools and techniques, including several that deserve more use, and contains a detailed glossary and reference list.  Practical advice covers topics such as identifying weak signals for use in scenario development and overcoming cognitive dissonance.  This well-structured and engagingly written guide should serve as a standard text for students, academics and practitioners across policy making, business, and industry."e;-- Dr. Geoff Darch, Water Resources Strategy Manager, Anglian Water. Co-Founder, Analysis under Uncertainty for Decision-Makers (AU4DM) Network"e;This is a valuable companion volume to John Kay and Mervyn King's Radical Uncertainty - and it is a necessary corrective to the physics envy of disciplines such as economics which achieve a false sense of certainty by creating highly plausible but unreliable simplifications of things through over generalisation - leading to simplistic proposals for interventions which can only rightly be judged through a lens of complexity and probability.I would like to be more optimistic about the ultimate effects of books of this kind - and in some fields, perhaps in military decision-making and defence I am quite optimistic. In such fields, people tend to approach decision-making through the assumption that things will go wrong, and that the effects of any mistakes will be very keenly, perhaps fatally experienced.In business and softer social policy-making, I fear the battle will be much harder. In such fields as politics and business, it is often better for the reputation "e;as Keynes remarked, "e;to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally."e; In such fields, it is more important to make defensible decisions than to make good decisions, so an artificial sense of logical certainty will perhaps always hold an unhealthy appeal.But here's hoping anyway!"e;-- Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman, Ogilvy Group"e;Here is a most insightful book, which holistically examines the 'world of uncertainty', particularly as it impacts sense- to decision-making processes for many different stakeholders. Both scholars and practitioners, strategists to operators, soon gain from reading.Journeying from theory to practice, we embark on a comprehensive definition of uncertainty to subsequently become better equipped for its greater contemporary navigation when going forward, all elucidated by several well-structured scenarios and case-study examples. How uncertainty relates to risk (both qualitative and quantitative) is systematically charted, articulating their close interactivity.Forming a successful guide, this book has much enduring reference value and is therefore deserving of being readily retrievable as events and developments benefit from their improved understanding. Uncertainty can demonstrably be negotiated much more effectively. Alternative situations and conditions of denial, lamented as 'we should have (fore)seen that', no longer stand as acceptable when it comes to anticipating futures ahead. With this book, further help is now at hand."e;-- Adam D.M. Svendsen, PhD, International Intelligence & Defence Strategist, Researcher, Analyst, Educator & Consultant

This volume represents a comprehensive state-of-the-art picture of family business and entrepreneurship issues in countries belonging to the Gulf Cooperation Council.  It provides major theoretical and empirical evidence which depicts the current processes in each GCC country including problems, faced by family business owners and entrepreneurs, such as succession, financial constraints, and conflicts. The chapters offer recommendations to policy makers on how to improve the general business environment and encourage potential investors, researchers, academicians, and professionals to be more involved in the region. The book is an outcome of a long-lasting endeavor and includes contributions from highly reputed authors and experts from the region and abroad.

Every organization faces the challenge of competing in the digital economy. An increasingly dynamic environment requires more flexible and resilient organizations. The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic revolutionized dormant concepts and standards, requiring innovative approaches to bring forth new scenarios. Redesigning the work environment is an issue that cuts across both academic and practical levels and involves reorganizing traditional business models.This book explores the potential of different approaches to work organization and proposes solutions to improve collaboration and efficiency in the work environment, while enabling a better balance between personal and professional life. The book includes an analysis of the public sector. By illuminating advantages and disadvantages, the research results contribute to discussion in the public organizations field, with the aim of proposing new strategic paradigms for sustainable and resilient future work environments.

This book explores different aspects of entrepreneurship from both an academic and a commercial point of view. The first chapter the university culture is considered. The nature of the technology or service is important. Some technologies are adaptive, in that they are developing products that are already in the marketplace, and these fit easily in academic institutions. Other technologies are disruptive and new products must be developed. These fit less easily into university structures since a commercial entity is required. Chapter 4 considers the important requirements of conflict of interest (COI). Either the university culture or COI can hinder or aid entrepreneurial faculty.  The second chapter deals with the reasons why an individual faculty might wish to become entrepreneurial. In many cases, a faculty member wants to see their technology in practice and not just a publication in a scientific journal. If a technology is disruptive, then a commercial entity is probably essential. If so, then funding must be obtained. There are "e;valleys of death"e; (1) where scientific discoveries to useful products and (2) the development, production and marketing of a commercially viable product. Chapter 6 deals specifically with methods of funding start-up companies. Chapter 3 describes several innovative programs in biology. These include genetic approaches, plant management systems and the author's own program that deals with microbial approaches to sustainable agriculture. Chapter 5 describes the crucial areas of agreements, contracts, regulatory affairs and patents. These legal documents are critical components of entrepreneurial efforts and must be understood and pursued correctly.  Finally, this book could have been entitled "e;things I wish I had known when I first started commercial activities."e; It is my hope that it can make the path of fledgling entrepreneurial smoother and more successful.  

This book covers a broad range of topics related to digitalization. Specifically, it views digitalization across different organizational levels, such as the level of individuals, teams, processes, firms, and ecosystems. It includes a collection of recent research and reflections on the topic that helps to understand the technological foundations of digitalization and its impacts. It also reflects on the process of digitalization and how it changes established ways of working, collaborating, and coordinating.With this book, the editors and authors honor Professor Dr. Armin Heinzl for his enormous and ongoing contributions to information systems research, education, and practice.

Digital transformation is one of the most discussed topics today because of its impact on society and the economy. This book explores how digital transformation can be made sustainable and how sustainability strategies can be integrated into the different phases of digital transformation development. It shows how ICT experts, managers, and policy makers can contribute to a sustainable digital transformation by examining the technological, organizational, and societal implications.  The book is based on a selection of  best papers on this topic presented at the annual conference of the Italian Chapter of AIS in Trento, Italy, in October 2021.The plurality of views offered makes the book particularly relevant for scholars, companies, and organizations in the public sector.