Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

ファイナンスとサプライ・チェーン・マネジメントにおけるデジタル・プラットフォーム
Lasak, Piotr / Wycislak, Slawomir, Digital Platforms in Finance and Supply Chain Management: Governance, Ethics, and Industry 5.0. (Routledge Open Business and Economics) 222 pp. 2025:7 (Routledge, UK) <748-204>
ISBN 978-1-032-88521-6 hard ¥40,991.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of digital platforms as the driving force of the modern economy, exploring their evolution, governance, and integration across financial and supply chain ecosystems. It presents a synthesis of theories, strategic models, and empirical insights to address the complexities of platform economies, making it an essential resource for scholars, policymakers, and industry practitioners.The book is structured around core principles of digital platforms, including their definition, key features, and transformative impact on value creation. It delves into governance and ethical considerations, examining global regulatory frameworks and the emerging paradigms of Industry 5.0, where digital platforms intersect with economic, social, and environmental sustainability. The theoretical foundations are rooted in network effects, New Economic Geography, Platform Economics, Agency Theory, and Systems Theory, offering a robust analytical framework for understanding scalability, competition, and strategic decision-making in platform ecosystems.Two important areas -finance and supply chains-are explored in depth. The book investigates the digitalization of financial services, the risks and benefits of fintech innovations, and governance strategies within financial ecosystems. In parallel, it examines digital supply chain platforms, their integration challenges, and governance models that drive efficiency and value creation. The book culminates in a forward-looking synthesis, identifying synergies between financial and supply chain platforms while forecasting future trends in digital transformation.By integrating theoretical insights with practical case studies, this book provides a holistic and interdisciplinary approach to digital platforms, bridging gaps between economic theory, strategic management, and technological innovation.

航空における革新的リスク・リーダーシップ
Flouris, Triant / Kuecuek Yilmaz, Ayse / Malagas, K., Innovative Risk Leadership in Aviation: Industry Insights and Cases. (Managing Aviation Operations) 206 pp. 2025:8 (Routledge, UK) <748-231>
ISBN 978-1-032-84523-4 hard ¥40,991.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-84521-0 paper ¥12,435.- (税込) GB￡ 43.99

This book focuses on the perspective of risk leadership strategy in view of human resources, diversity management and inclusion projects in the multicultural business environment of aviation operations. It will enable the reader to successfully develop strategies and manage their sustainability with sound risk leadership, organizational behavior and ergonomic-focused approaches, to achieve corporate objectives within their aviation industry context.Innovative risk leadership is the essential driver in diversity, ethical, and inclusion-based global management strategies which are affected by digitalization and Artificial Intelligence (AI). This book showcases many contemporary management issues grounded in the innovative risk leadership concept and will serve as a useful resource for managers and professionals as well as researchers of enterprise management and strategy. It examines the successful integration of innovative risk leadership into business management with diversity and inclusion shaped by AI with an emphasis on aviation issues, recognising that aviation enterprises operate in a hypercompetitive environment, applying digital technologies to achieve smooth operations and efficient performance, and that the effective management of multiculturalism is a key priority in this global industry. Such realities result in higher risk and as such aviation managers must always strive to find ways to mitigate this risk. Practices and policies that the aviation industry applies to handle these issues are shown to be adopted from other sectors as well as adapted to other sectors.Written for aviation industry managers, professionals, students, and researchers interested in risk management, the book could also be utilized as a handbook for MROs, airlines, airports, and aerospace manufacturers.

Adjei, Steven N., Chasing Permanence: How Businesses on our High Streets Can Adapt and Thrive. 200 pp. 2025:9 (Routledge, UK) <748-316>
ISBN 978-1-032-94226-1 hard ¥40,991.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-90226-5 paper ¥9,325.- (税込) GB￡ 32.99

The UK's High Streets are at a tipping point: 13,500 businesses close each year, mirroring trends in the US and parts of Europe.Nevertheless, some shining exceptions continue to thrive. This book explores these success stories and demonstrates how High-Street businesses can prosper. While many reports cite external influences, this book focuses on how High-Street businesses can drive their own lasting success. True permanence may seem an unreachable ideal, yet this book outlines seven mindsets, five determinants, and four strategies necessary for a lasting, ethical, and sustainable business. Owners, managers, policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and employees of brick-and-mortar businesses will discover insights and models for a strategy that leverages community and fosters long-term success.

Armstrong, Thomas E., Members, Methods, and Measures: Unlocking the Secrets of IT Leadership. (Security, Audit and Leadership Series) 224 pp. 2025:8 (CRC Pr., US) <748-317>
ISBN 978-1-032-91054-3 hard ¥31,097.- (税込) GB￡ 110.00
ISBN 978-1-032-91254-7 paper ¥12,718.- (税込) GB￡ 44.99

Stepping into an IT leadership role for the first time? Feeling overwhelmed by the transition from technical expert to people manager? You're not alone.In Members, Methods, and Measures, Thomas E. Armstrong delivers the guide he wishes he had when he was thrust into management-without a roadmap, training, or support. Drawing on years of experience leading high-performing technology teams, Armstrong breaks down the challenges of IT leadership with real-world insights, practical frameworks, and battle-tested strategies.This book is your crash course in mastering IT Management. Learn how to:? Build and manage a high-impact IT team-from hiring and onboarding to retention and career development.? Navigate the shift from doer to leader-avoid the common pitfalls that derail new managers.? Set priorities, delegate effectively, and drive results without micromanaging or burning out.? Manage up, down, and across-communicate with executives, gain stakeholder buy-in, and earn your team's trust.? Measure what matters-ensure your team's work is recognized and valued by the business.Packed with actionable advice, real-world examples, and insights from industry leaders, Members, Methods, and Measures is the ultimate playbook for IT professionals making the leap to management. Whether stepping into leadership for the first time or looking to refine your skills, this book will equip you with the tools, confidence, and strategies to build a thriving, high-performing team.

Aven, Terje, A History of Risk Science: Concepts and Principles of Risk Analysis. (Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies) 438 pp. 2025:8 (Routledge, UK) <748-318>
ISBN 978-1-032-86797-7 hard ¥45,232.- (税込) GB￡ 160.00

Risk has been handled as long as there have been humans on earth. However, the risk field is a young discipline; systematic attempts to access and handle risk - explicitly conceptualizing and expressing risk - in society is a recent endeavour. This book presents a history of risk science and risk analysis highlighting concepts and principles for understanding, assessing, communicating, managing and governing risk.The author presents and discusses key contributions to risk science using a historical lens and from the perspective of a risk scientist. The book strengthens our understanding of what risk science is and how it has evolved by exploring fundamental topics such as risk characterization, risk perception, risk communication, risk handling and decision making and concludes with reflection on the future of risk science, and in particular what we can learn from its history.A History of Risk Science will be essential reading for risk researchers and graduate students as well as scholars from associated fields applying risk-related analysis to their work.

Cornuel, Eric / Kleyn, Nicola / Thomas, H. et al. (eds.), Women In, and Beyond, Business Schools. (EFMD Management Education) 176 pp. 2025:8 (Routledge, UK) <748-319>
ISBN 978-1-041-06551-7 hard ¥9,043.- (税込) GB￡ 31.99

This important book in the EFMD series shines a light on women (and sometimes the absence of them) within business schools, as well as their contributions and impact across multiple spheres within and beyond their schools.Despite the clear rationale for promoting sustainable gender equity, the experiences of women in business schools differs relative to male counterparts across geographies, student populations, faculty, professional staff and leaders in business schools. In this book, contributions from leading business school thinkers provide deep insight on gender equity to determine what hinders and accelerates progress in creating gender diverse and inclusive schools. Chapters both celebrate the progress of women in business schools and provide rich narratives that deepen insights into the lived experiences of women contributing both to, and beyond, business schools. At the same time, the volume serves as a sobering reminder business schools still have a long way to go before they can be used as exemplars in attracting diverse talents in all their forms and creating inclusive, equitable environments that role model the ideals that we advocate for business and society.The breadth and depth of contributions made by women as leaders, scholars and practitioners serve as an inspiration and guide as to how business schools can become more gender equitable for business school deans and professors.

Cross, Peter, Management Consultancy: How to Win. 214 pp. 2025:7 (Routledge, UK) <748-320>
ISBN 978-1-032-79085-5 hard ¥40,991.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-79083-1 paper ¥9,891.- (税込) GB￡ 34.99

Many professionals are now working on a consultancy basis. Management Consultancy: How to Win is a practical guide for both those new to consultancy and experienced consultants seeking formal accreditation. The reader journeys through every stage of a consultancy operation, discovering what commonly needs to be achieved at each one. Every stage is supported by tables, charts, tips and tools, which the reader may adopt or adapt to their needs. It also delves into the emerging trends in consultancy and its markets, ensuring the reader is up-to-date and in tune with the industry. Yet theory will only take you so far. A key element of the book is learning from consultancy engagements and the problems common to all consultants, irrespective of the location or culture in which they work. The reader learns from real-life situations faced by consultancies from the largest international names to solopreneurs. This is an essential guide for aspiring, junior, and mid-level career consultants, including those aiming to become Certified Management Consultants, gain the UK's Chartered Management Consultant status or equivalents elsewhere. Students on executive education programmes and business and management courses at the postgraduate level will also value its deft mixture of theory and practice.

Damani, Zohra / Bakshi, Neal A., Seven Chakras of Leadership: How to Create a Holistic Workplace. 194 pp. 2025:8 (Routledge, UK) <748-321>
ISBN 978-1-041-06533-3 hard ¥40,991.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-041-06298-1 paper ¥7,629.- (税込) GB￡ 26.99

Seven Chakras of Leadership is a transformative guide for leaders seeking to align their inner energy with their professional impact. It connects ancient wisdom with modern leadership science, offering a powerful framework for navigating the complexities of today's workplace while staying grounded in authenticity and purpose.At the book's core is the concept of The Journey-a practice inspired by shamanism, inviting leaders to explore their inner world and align their energy centers, or chakras, to unlock their fullest leadership potential. The authors provide actionable tools rooted in ancient traditions-such as meditation, breathwork, energy healing, and chakra alignment-tailored to the demands of modern leadership. Using the chakra system as a framework, the book maps each chakra (root, sacral, solar plexus, heart, throat, third eye, and crown) to critical aspects of leadership development. By linking chakra principles to evidence-based practices such as emotional intelligence, mindfulness, and transformational leadership, leaders will gain practical insights into how balancing their energy centers can enhance decision-making, foster resilience, and improve team dynamics. Addressing both the empowering and shadow aspects of these energy centers, the book equips leaders with practical tools, reflective exercises, and action steps to navigate challenges, build self-awareness, and drive meaningful transformation in their organizations.With templates for energy management and chakra assessment, whether you're a corporate executive, manager, or entrepreneur, this book equips you with practical strategies to balance your inner compass and develop conscious, compassionate leadership.

Dunne, Stephen, Persuasion: A Key Idea for Business and Society. (Key Ideas in Business and Management) 172 pp. 2025:8 (Routledge, UK) <748-322>
ISBN 978-1-032-51409-3 hard ¥40,991.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-51410-9 paper ¥11,304.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

Persuasion. Philosophers have worried about it. Political and economic actors have weaponized it. Psychologists have measured it. Prose writers have required it. We're all subjected to it. And some have even mastered it. Of them, we are often very suspicious. Why is that? Persuasion: A Key Idea for Business and Society asks the disciplines of philosophy, politics, psychology, and prose analysis - the 4 Ps of persuasion - to answer this important question. The book is written for students and teachers of business and marketing but will also guide researchers across the social sciences and humanities.

Foley, Rider W., The Myths of Regional Innovation: Sustainability Challenges and Responsible Innovation. (Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology) 316 pp. 2025:8 (Routledge, UK) <748-324>
ISBN 978-1-032-99124-5 hard ¥40,991.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

Billions of Dollars, Euros, Yen, and Yuan in public funds are spent annually to promote innovation in metropolitan regions, attempting to transform the economy by attracting technology-based companies and supporting small start-ups to secure high-paying jobs. The impacts of those investments are typically assessed in terms of economic growth, venture capital, and jobs. Regional innovation is assessed with financial measures that do not account for the distribution of wealth, nor do they evaluate if innovation addresses broader sustainability concerns. This book draws on evidence from 144 interviews with civic leaders in three urban regions-Atlanta, Phoenix, and the Twin Cities-to illuminate three commonly accepted but flawed myths about innovation that misdirect policymakers and civic leaders and perpetuate the idea that innovation is solely about economic growth. This book draws offers evidence of the social networks, labor divisions, and conditions enabling innovation to dispel those three myths and propose more nuanced and realistic ways of thinking about regional innovation.This book is not an argument against innovation. Rather, it critically reflects upon investments in innovation and showcases laudable efforts to create a livable and sustainable city. The book offers a novel method to assess the processes and outcomes of innovation in a manner that can complement economic approaches. The author lays bare the human values that motivate city staff, corporate officers, and academic partners and highlights the efforts of organizations that often remain underappreciated. The evidence presented in this book puts forward a means to assess if (and how) innovation contributes to an equitable and sustainable future or if it perpetuates injustices and economic stratification.The Myths of Regional Innovation will appeal to scholars across broad fields, including innovation studies, technology management, entrepreneurship, economic development, and public policy.

Kao, Rich, Disruptive Leadership: Apple's Revolution of Care and Nine Keys to Organizational Excellence and Global Impact. 2nd ed. 192 pp. 2025:9 (Productivity Pr., US) <748-325>
ISBN 978-1-032-75519-9 hard ¥38,164.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00
ISBN 978-1-032-75518-2 paper ¥7,346.- (税込) GB￡ 25.99

Companies all over the world are trying to upend their industry through innovative products and services. Becoming a disruptive organization, however, is easier said than done. Even more difficult is being a company that continually disrupts. Is it possible to discern a code for how companies can achieve this? In this highly readable and engaging book, a disruptive leadership framework is proposed in which caring deeply is placed at the center of the model. By turning care into a focal point, a triphasic model is proposed that moves from the personal sphere (individual), to the corporate arena (organizational), and then to the global stage (impact). Nine keys are identified along this path for how companies can realize organizational excellence. This second edition updates all the facts, data, and history around Apple since the first edition, and calls out how its revolution of care continues to not only validate it success but astound with its seemingly unfettered upside. Its ability to disrupt seems to have no limits thus challenging business leaders, present and future, to incorporate the DNA of care as they build and scale businesses. New case studies that supplement Apple's story are provided. New application questions and assignments are provided for each chapter so it can now be readily used as a training tool for leadership development in companies, post-graduate programs, and in MBA programs.

Kemmerich, Florian, On Vocation: How to Align Your Purpose with Your Profession. 126 pp. 2025:9 (Routledge, UK) <748-326>
ISBN 978-1-041-08084-8 hard ¥38,164.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00
ISBN 978-1-041-06728-3 paper ¥9,325.- (税込) GB￡ 32.99

On Vocation: How to Align Your Purpose with Your Profession, explores the transformative journey of aligning one's passion and purpose with their profession to create meaningful impact.Instead of a career guide, this book is more of a blueprint for aligning personal values with professional endeavours in a way that fosters resilience, innovation, and systemic impact. Many professionals feel disconnected from their work, grappling with dissatisfaction, burnout, and a lack of purpose. Traditional career advice often fails to address the deeper alignment between an individual's values and their professional contributions. This book fills that gap by providing a structured, actionable process to help readers transform their careers into vocations that bring both personal fulfilment and systemic impact. In this highly practical book, Florian Kemmerich introduces the concept of "vocating," a structured seven-step process that helps readers discover their true calling, align it with global challenges, and build a sustainable vocation that contributes to both personal fulfilment and societal good. On Vocation offers readers actionable tools, reflective exercises, and inspiring narratives to help them navigate their own path toward a purpose-driven vocation.Readers learn not only how to discover their purpose but also how to implement it within their professional lives in a way that benefits both themselves and the world.

Kempster, Steve / Barnes, Stewart / Townsend, S. et al., Realising Good Growth: A Practical Guide for Business Leaders. 307 pp. 2025:8 (Routledge, UK) <748-327>
ISBN 978-1-032-80311-1 hard ¥40,991.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-75395-9 paper ¥10,173.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99

Realising Good Growth is a practical and purposeful guidebook for leaders wishing to take a different path on a journey towards collective purpose and a better world, where profit is not the destination, just one of the sturdy pillars that supports the journey.Values to shape your journeyOur blueprint is drawn with values of sustainability, long-term vision, mutual enhancement and cooperation.Digital supportThe guidebook is supported by a range of integrated, tried-and-tested digital tools and accompanying website for practical use.What's in it for you and others?For businesses, the regenerative opportunity is about greater competitive advantage, retaining and attracting the best employees, enhanced innovation and productivity, and a greater return on all assets......But that fades into the shade in comparison to enhancing lives and enabling humanity to flourish.True success is measured not by profits alone, but by the lives we enrich and the future we create for all.Humanity has a big problem. Growth! More precisely the nature of growth and its consequences.We are passengers on a runaway train, hurtling toward a fractured and barren landscape. If we do not pull the emergency brake soon, we will leave our children stranded in a desolate wasteland, where the fertile fields of today are but a distant memory.But imagine a different outcome if this is resolved.Imagine a different path to follow, one less travelled, where businesses are a force for good.Imagine a regenerative economy led by businesses of all sizes pursuing an agenda of Good Growth - where employees have a deep sense of engagement and ownership in helping to grow businesses that deliver social value.Now, it is about experience, fulfilment and community - not one of self-centred endless consumption.

Kumar, Nitendra / Dhillon, Lakhwinder Kaur et al. (eds.), Intelligent Business Analytics: Harnessing the Power of Soft Computing for Data-Driven Insights. (Advances in Computational Collective Intelligence) 312 pp. 2025:8 (Auerbach, US) <748-328>
ISBN 978-1-032-75178-8 hard ¥45,232.- (税込) GB￡ 160.00

Intelligent Business Analytics: Harnessing the Power of Soft Computing for Data-Driven Insights explores the transformative role of soft computing methods in improving business analytics. It looks at how intelligent analytical methods can be applied to complex business data to derive meaningful insight. It focuses on integrating such intelligent technologies as neural networks, fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms, AI, machine learning, and deep learning, to data analytics. The book examines:Fundamental concepts of soft computing and its role in data analysisHow neural networks and deep learning techniques can be used to analyze complex data patterns to make more accurate predictionsSwarm intelligence techniques that can help identify hidden patterns in customer data and optimize marketing strategiesCombining multiple soft computing techniques to create hybrid models for business recommendation systemsUsing machine learning techniques to analyze user behavior and brand interactions to provide personalized brand recommendationsAdvanced visualization techniques to interpret the complex results of soft computing models.Other topics include predictive analytics, customer segmentation, real-time decision support systems, and soft computing to handle uncertainty, ambiguity, and dynamic data environments. Each chapter provides theory as well as an applied example, making the book a roadmap on how to leverage computational intelligence in diverse areas of business decision-making.

責任あるビジネス必携
Markovic, Stefan / Lindgreen, Adam / Maon, F. et al. (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Responsible Business. (Routledge Companions in Business, Management and Marketing) 478 pp. 2025:8 (Routledge, UK) <748-330>
ISBN 978-1-032-44642-4 hard ¥65,021.- (税込) GB￡ 230.00

Contemporary companies are expected to behave ethically and responsibly toward their stakeholders and to provide social and environmental good. Key stakeholder groups, including employees, consumers, investors, and public authorities, increasingly demand that companies deliver products and services in responsible yet economically sound manners and act in accordance with moral obligations and financial requirements. Such mounting societal expectations and institutional pressures relate to complex concerns, including environmental and climate impact, working conditions, and human rights, both locally and oversees. In this context, as companies now appear to commit to comprehensively tackle ethical, social, environmental, and economic challenges, concerns increasingly are raised as to whether most companies in the end can indeed contribute to societal and environmental good and transform how they operate to create value responsibly, considering the success and impact of so called corporate social responsibility or sustainability policies.In recent decades, while some companies have advanced on their social and environmental responsibility journey, other companies have engaged in ethical, social, and environmental initiatives in manipulative and insincere way, or merely as a rhetorical tool to maintain legitimacy. Together with governments and business partners, these companies are largely failing to deliver for society and the environment. Subsequently, more than ever before, understanding what it means to do business responsibly and how business actors can engage constructively in ways that support the development of resilient business practices, forms, and organizations that contribute to generate positive impact for society and the environment and generate the type of economic value needed to address the key challenges of this century is central.On this background, this edited volume sheds light on different crucial themes and approaches spanning historical, conceptual, operational, critical, practical, and prospective considerations that have animated the field of business and society in the last decades, and that are instrumental or have the potential to drive constructive research discussions and business efforts.The central aim of the book is to set the research agenda for the next five to seven years, to redefine existing areas within the context of international research, and to highlight emerging research areas in need of further investigation, representing a prestige reference work providing an overview of the subject area of responsible business, primarily for academics, researchers, postgraduate students, as well as reflective practitioners.

Miller, Kathy, More Is Better: Leading Operations with Meaning, Optimism, and Relationships for Excellence. 304 pp. 2025:9 (Productivity Pr., US) <748-331>
ISBN 978-1-032-94478-4 hard ¥40,991.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-94476-0 paper ¥10,173.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99

In a world where efficiency often overshadows the essential human elements that drive success, this book offers a revolutionary perspective. With her extensive background in industrial engineering, applied positive psychology, and a proven track record in leading operations and driving transformative business initiatives, Miller presents a compelling new approach that marries the rigor of manufacturing with the principles of human flourishing.This book marks a bold step toward building workplace cultures that are not only productive but also nurturing and inclusive. Drawing from decades of hands-on experience in global manufacturing leadership, Miller lays out a detailed blueprint for transforming the manufacturing landscape.At its core, "Efficacious Manufacturing" advocates for the integration of positive workplace relationships, meaningful work, and a spirit of optimism into the fabric of manufacturing practices. She argues convincingly that the real engine of a factory is its people, and that recognizing and harnessing this human potential through positive leadership can lead to continuous improvement and innovation. This book is not merely a collection of business strategies; it is a manifesto for rethinking industrial leadership in the modern age.Leveraging her deep experience from the factory floor to the executive suite, Miller makes the case that true operational excellence and competitive advantage come from valuing every team member. By blending research, real-world examples, and practical advice, she provides a robust rationale for adopting a holistic approach to manufacturing that is efficient, effective, and uniquely powerful.This book is essential reading for anyone in leadership within the manufacturing sector, from executives to operational managers. At a time when the manufacturing sector is navigating global competition and technological upheaval, this book serves as a hopeful roadmap. It shows how embracing the science of positive psychology can help organizations not just survive but thrive, leaving a legacy of excellence.

Moore, Karl / Hartshorne-Mehl, Gabriele, We Are All Ambiverts Now: Introverts, Ambiverts and Extroverts in the Executive Suite. 164 pp. 2025:9 (Routledge, UK) <748-332>
ISBN 978-1-041-00911-5 hard ¥40,991.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-041-00910-8 paper ¥9,043.- (税込) GB￡ 31.99

Based on real-world evidence from senior executives and successful entrepreneurs, this book argues that an effective leader must act like an ambivert: an introvert at times and an extrovert at others.Thanks to landmark books such as How to Win Friends and Influence People, many professionals think that only extroverts can be standout leaders, but Karl Moore's interviews with over 750 CEOs from around the world prove that introverts make excellent leaders too. These insights make clear that the optimal leadership style is ambivert, with senior leaders combining introversion-being excellent listeners and thinking before they speak-and extroversion-inspiring and connecting with their teams. This book teaches how introverts and extroverts work, manage, and lead effectively and how readers can be better leaders regardless of their natural communication style. It empowers leaders to celebrate the strengths of their personality type while being flexible and to understand when to incorporate the strengths of other types into their leadership approach to be more effective. While showing how to identify and utilize the approach that is best for a given situation, it also highlights the potential weaknesses of the ambivert's chameleon nature and emphasizes the importance of leaders staying true to themselves in any situation.Current and aspiring leaders, as well as entrepreneurs and MBA and executive education students, will understand how to develop and maximize the perfect blend of introversion and extroversion as this book guides them through a range of potential situations encountered in the workplace.

Oh, Alvin / Loh, Jennifer, MindPowered Coaching for Professionals: Unlocking Innovation through Cognitive Mastery. (Routledge-Solaris Applied Research in Business Management and Board Governance) 248 pp. 2025:7 (Routledge, UK) <748-333>
ISBN 978-1-032-98574-9 hard ¥40,991.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-98578-7 paper ¥10,173.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99

In an era where digital transformation reshapes every industry, the greatest competitive advantage isn't technology-it's the power of the human mind. MindPowered Coaching (MPC) revolutionizes how leaders and organizations approach innovation, revealing the profound connection between mindset and breakthrough thinking.Drawing from extensive research and real-world applications, this book unveils 22 core principles that form the foundation of the MindPowered Coaching framework. Through detailed case studies of successful implementations across global organizations, readers will discover how to cultivate environments where innovation thrives naturally. The book delves deep into the psychology of creative problem-solving, exploring how mindset shifts can trigger organizational transformation. It presents practical strategies for developing cognitive resilience, enhancing collaborative thinking, and building sustainable innovation practices. Each chapter combines theoretical insights with actionable techniques, providing a comprehensive roadmap for implementing MPC within any organizational context. Perfect for CEOs, business leaders, and professionals navigating the digital age, this book provides the tools to transform how your organization approaches innovation. Whether you're leading a digital transformation or seeking to amplify your team's creative potential, MindPowered Coaching offers the blueprint for turning cognitive capabilities into competitive advantages.

Polec, Marta, Street Performance and Alternative Organization: Aesthetics, the Arts and Humanistic Management. (Humanistic Management) 224 pp. 2025:8 (Routledge, UK) <748-334>
ISBN 978-1-032-82994-4 hard ¥40,991.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

The book presents a description of the phenomenon of organising street performances, both informal and within formalised structures, as well as its interpretation from the point of view of humanistic management. The book is a result of ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Polish and European cities from 2014 to 2024.The central focus is the aspects of organisational aesthetics of the activities of street performers and street festivals' organisers. The dynamics of street performances are structured and emerge as a type of alternative organisation. The book aims at throwing light on these processes from the point of view of humanistic management, which is a relatively new topic in organisational studies and overlooked in other academic fields. The book also identifies and outlines some research implications for the combined area of humanistic management and arts management. It offers a model of the management of street performance embedded in a theoretical context of 1) humanistic management, 2) arts management, and 3) organisation informed by values (such as community and social entrepreneurship). Ultimately, the organisation of art in the urban sphere can gain from lessons from the alternative organisational practices depicted in this book, which, in turn, can inform broader humanistically oriented managerial visions.

Schwartz, Barry / Schuldenfrei, Richard, Choose Wisely: Rationality, Ethics, and the Art of Decision-Making. 320 pp. 2025:11 (Yale U. Pr., US) <748-335>
ISBN 978-0-300-28399-0 hard ¥6,756.- (税込) US$ 32.50

A leading psychologist and philosopher challenge the shortcomings of rational choice theory-and propose a new framework for understanding decision making For many decision scientists, their starting point-drawn from economics-is a quantitative formula called rational choice theory, allowing people to calculate and choose the best options. The problem is that this framework assumes an overly simplistic picture of the world where different types of values can be quantified and compared, leading to the one "most rational" choice. Behavioral economics acknowledges that irrationality is common but still accepts the underlying belief from economics of what a rational decision should look like. In this book, Barry Schwartz and Richard Schuldenfrei offer a different way to think about the choices we make every day. Drawing from economics, psychology, and philosophy-and both inspired by and challenging Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow-they show how the focus on rationality, narrowly understood, fails to fully describe how we think about our decisions, much less help us make better ones. Notably, it overlooks the positive contribution that framing-how we determine what aspects are most important to us-contributes to good decisions. Schwartz and Schuldenfrei argue that our choices should be informed by our individual "constellation of virtues," allowing for a far richer understanding of the decisions we make and helping us to live more integrated and purposeful lives.

Tiwari, Saurabh / Goel, Richa (eds.), Sustainable Supply Chains and Digital Transformation. (Emerging Trends in Technology in Management and Commerce) 352 pp. 2025:8 (CRC Pr., US) <748-336>
ISBN 978-1-032-76048-3 hard ¥29,683.- (税込) GB￡ 105.00

This book focuses on the impact of digitalization on supply chains and how it is affecting every aspect of people's lives. It covers the operational changes that are happening in organizations due to the use of technologies such as IoT, cloud computing, smart sensors, electric vehicles, blockchain, AI, drones, smart factories, smart logistics, and smart warehouses. Additionally, it explores how digitalization is helping organizations achieve sustainability through methods like life cycle costing, carbon emission, reduction, green supply chains, and recycling technologies.Sustainable Supply Chains and Digital Transformation includes case studies, and exploratory studies utilizing quantitative analysis, scientific and qualitative studies to demonstrate how innovation and technology in supply chains contribute to business sustainability in emerging economies and the global economy and discusses the impact of digitalization on supply chains from both operational and sustainability perspectives. It also highlights the role of various stakeholders in achieving digital transformation through sustainability.Corporate executives, entrepreneurs, government officials, professionals, academics, postgraduate students, and research associates will undoubtedly find this book to be a valuable addition to their libraries.

Tranter, Megan, Clarity in Chaos: Lead with Purpose in Disruptive Times. 156 pp. 2025:9 (Routledge, UK) <748-337>
ISBN 978-1-041-04194-8 hard ¥40,991.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-041-03386-8 paper ¥9,325.- (税込) GB￡ 32.99

With its fresh and deeply personal perspective on what it takes to lead with resilience and authenticity, this book challenges the traditional playbook on leadership by placing purpose at the core of every decision and action.In a world increasingly defined by uncertainty and rapid change, leadership grounded in purpose is the compass that transforms uncertainty into impact, stagnation into growth, and vision into a legacy. Drawing on her extraordinary journey from technical safety expert to global executive, Megan Tranter weaves together compelling personal anecdotes, cutting-edge research, and practical tools to show how leaders can redefine success. But the book goes beyond strategies to invite readers into an authentic dialogue about vulnerability, growth, and the kind of leadership that transforms lives-not just spreadsheets. Readers will be left feeling understood, inspired, and empowered to take courageous actions in their careers, solving the pervasive problems of burnout, disconnection, and lack of fulfilment.This book is the roadmap for seasoned executives and aspiring leaders to unlock their potential and lead with clarity and conviction.

Tyagi, Pankaj Kumar / Singh, Ajit Kumar et al. (eds.), Business Transformation and Digital Innovation in the Service Sector. 328 pp. 2025:9 (Auerbach, US) <748-338>
ISBN 978-1-032-76414-6 hard ¥43,818.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00

Business Transformation and Digital Innovation in the Service Sector explores the profound effects of digital innovation on the service sector, especially its potential for driving business transformation. Providing a technical examination of the various ways in which digital technologies are revolutionizing service-oriented industries, the book offers insight and strategy for organizations looking to leverage these business solutions. Case studies focusing on industry trends and emerging technologies help readers navigate the digital landscape and discover ways to achieve sustainable success in the service sector. The bookOffers practical guidance and actionable strategies for implementing digital innovation in the service sectorAddresses the ethical considerations associated with digital innovation in the service sector, such as privacy, data protection, and responsible use of technology.Presents real-world examples and case studies of service businesses that have successfully undergone digital transformation.The book covers core concepts, technologies, and trends that are reshaping industries and that enable business leaders to make informed decisions and strategies. Emphasizing the technical aspects of digital innovation, the book explores applying such technologies as artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud computing, and IoT. It also addresses the ethical and legal implications of digital transformation, including privacy, data protection, and intellectual property rights.Going beyond theory, it offers practical insights with real-world case studies that illustrate successful digital transformation initiatives. The book provides lessons learned, best practices, and implementation strategies to illustrate how to adapt business models, enhance customer experience, leverage data and analytics, and build agile organizations.

Ward, Ralph, Hacking the Boardroom: Tips and Tools to Make Your Board Survivable. 246 pp. 2025:9 (CRC Pr., US) <748-339>
ISBN 978-1-032-99831-2 hard ¥50,886.- (税込) GB￡ 180.00
ISBN 978-1-032-99856-5 paper ¥14,131.- (税込) GB￡ 49.99

It's scary in the boardroom. Global board members now face punishing hand's-on oversight demands for risk, technology, liability, diversity and sustainability. Yet the "board of directors" system, our universal governance model, was never designed for such a demanding, tactical role. Board members urgently need solid tips, tools, and advice to make this exploding governance transition survivable.Ralph's new book gathers these first-hand, best-practice "boardroom hacks" from around the world -- intelligence that boards must have now to do a better oversight job, with less time, less effort, and fewer legal dangers. These are "how to" insights from front-line board members, CEOs, corporate staffers, top consultants and legal advisors. Such intelligence is learned the hard way, through trial and error in most boardrooms. Now, readers can discover this valuable boardsmanship insight, collected in a single volume. Topics include...What are the hottest new demands on boards (tech oversight, risk, ESG, etc.), and how are boards managing them? How on earth does a director absorb the huge amount of data, reports and research required for governance now? How board committees are taking on the heavy lifting of oversight, and blueprints for committee management. How smart boards and staff are turning technology, online board portals and meetings, and AI into practical tools to shake up meetings. What sticky "behind boardroom doors" leadership, liability, personal and process flashpoints bring the most danger, and how are directors resolving them?

Zhai, Cynthia, Develop Your Leadership Voice: How to Speak with a Powerful Voice that Assures, Unites and Influences People. 144 pp. 2025:9 (Routledge, UK) <748-340>
ISBN 978-1-032-97985-4 hard ¥40,991.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-97983-0 paper ¥10,173.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99

Speaking with a powerful voice is the backbone of successful leadership. A leader needs his/her voice to calm people down, reassure people with certainty and hope, foster connection, build trust, convey the vision, inspire teams, and drive results. This book shows you that the voice you were born with can be changed.Through proven, step-by-step exercises, readers will learn how to: Project gravitas and exude executive presence Cut through the noise and command people's attention Convey credibility and certainty through one's voice Project calmness in times of anxiety and panic Speak with passion and conviction to inspire and influence. Readers will be able to develop a powerful voice that articulates thoughts with power and presence, that cuts through the noise and distractions, that navigates people through uncertainties with ease and hope, that motivates and inspires people through chaotic situations, and that leaves a lasting impact on people and your organisation.Written by a professional speaker and voice coach, this book gives you the tools to speak and lead with assurance and confidence.