Advances in Hospitality and Leisure (AHL), a double-blind, peer-reviewed journal published annually since 2004, aims to promote seminal and innovative research outputs related to hospitality, leisure, tourism, and lifestyle. Specifically, this journal encourages researchers to investigate new research issues and problems that are critical but have been largely overlooked, while providing a forum to disseminate singular thoughts that advance empirical undertakings both theoretically and methodologically.

In an economy increasingly shaped by ecosystems rather than standalone firms, marketing must evolve beyond persuasion toward facilitation, collaboration, and co-creation.

Offering a comprehensive roadmap for marketers and business leaders to design, scale, and sustain platform-driven ecosystems, this book is your essential guide to mastering the art of platform-driven growth in today's digital economy. With cutting-edge marketing strategies, this book redefines how companies can thrive in a world where success depends not on what they own, but on what they connect.

Covering topics such as value co-creation, actor integration, and technology enablement, the author demonstrates how to leverage AI, IoT, and cloud computing to deliver personalized experiences and break industry rigidities. With detailed frameworks, real-world case studies, and actionable strategies, The Platform Playbook equips leaders to navigate regional complexities and build resilient ecosystems. This book is a must-read for those looking to cultivate adaptive, inclusive, and innovative marketing organizations.

Our future is being dismantled in real time. Ecological collapse, climate breakdown, rising inequalities - and at the heart of it all: business as usual. More and more employees are beginning to realise that the organisations they work for, and often even the tasks they perform each day, are part of the problem rather than the solution.

The Green Handprint at Work is a guide for those who want to leave a positive environmental impact at their workplace by becoming an employee activist: someone who cares deeply about the environment and wants to create change from within their organisation.

It offers tools, not just inspiration, providing employee activists with insights into how power works and how change spreads. You don't need a formal role to make a difference. You need a strategy - and the courage to act. This book will help you find both.

Presents a framework for understanding and managing global water scarcity

Global Water Scarcity: Causes, Impacts, and Management Strategies explores the factors driving water shortages across the world while presenting actionable strategies for sustainable water management. Bringing together technical, ecological, and socioeconomic perspectives, this edited volume examines both the natural and human-induced causes of scarcity and outlines adaptive approaches to achieve global water security.

Expert contributors draw on case studies and the latest research to highlight diverse management strategies-ranging from desalination technologies and aquifer recharge to the restoration of aquatic ecosystems and rainwater harvesting. In-depth chapters address critical topics such as groundwater depletion, geogenic contamination, and the socioeconomic implications of water stress. Providing readers with an understanding of the interconnected systems that shape global water availability, Global Water Scarcity:

• Highlights innovative solutions such as desalination, aquifer recharge, and ecosystem restoration
• Examines socioeconomic and governance dimensions of water resource management
• Discusses emerging contaminants and their implications for water quality and security
• Offers geospatial approaches for assessing, monitoring, and managing groundwater resources
• Underscores the importance of aligning water management practices with the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Global Water Scarcity: Causes, Impacts, and Management Strategies is essential reading for researchers in environmental science, hydrology, and water resource management courses, as well as professionals working in environmental policy, sustainable development, and civil or environmental engineering.

Sustainable Supply Chains and Carbon Footprint Reduction explores how blockchain technology enables greener, more accountable supply chains by improving traceability, reducing inefficiencies and offering real-time visibility into resource use and carbon emissions.

This book examines how blockchain creates secure, tamper-proof records of supply chain activities, helping industries track products from origin to consumption while ensuring compliance with environmental standards. Through real-world case studies and practical strategies, it highlights blockchain's role in driving sustainable practices across sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing, logistics and energy.

Designed for business leaders, sustainability professionals and policymakers, this book provides actionable insights for leveraging blockchain to meet climate goals and support circular economy initiatives and demonstrates how digital innovation and sustainability can work together to create transparent, resilient and environmentally responsible supply chains.

An incisive discussion of the applications of digital technology to sustainable supply chain management

In Green Innovations in Supply Chain Management, a team of distinguished researchers deliver an up-to-date and authoritative account of contemporary green technology applications in supply chain management. This book discusses digital technologies that address longstanding development and supply chain challenges associated with sustainability.

Split into five sections - green tech logistics, sustainable packaging, sustainable harvesting, e-waste, and green investments - Green Innovations in Supply Chain Management dives into robotics, mobile applications, sustainability packaging initiatives, sustainable seafood sourcing, green health initiatives, business case studies, and other green investments critical to management of modern supply chains.

Readers will also find:

• A thorough introduction to green innovations in practice
• Comprehensive explorations of continental and regional case studies
• Practical discussions of green investments

Perfect for supply chain management professionals and policymakers with an interest in the field, Green Innovations in Supply Chain Management will also benefit students and researchers of green and sustainable technology, renewable energy, and a wide variety of engineering specialties.

APPLYING DECISION ANALYSIS FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT JUDGMENT ACROSS DIVERSE FIELDS

Sound decision-making is essential for success in today's complex organizational environments. Now in its sixth edition, Decision Analysis for Management Judgment provides students and professionals with the tools and insights needed to make informed, rational choices in the face of uncertainty.

Written for managers and students without advanced mathematical training, this leading textbook clearly explains a wide range of decision analysis techniques while addressing the psychological biases and pitfalls that often undermine judgment. Throughout the text, authors Paul Goodwin and George Wright combine behavioral insights with practical analytical tools, bridging the gap between foundational theory and real-world practice.

Presenting complex concepts in a clear, accessible style suitable for both students and professionals, Decision Analysis for Management Judgment is an invaluable resource for anyone tasked with evaluating alternatives, anticipating future scenarios, and balancing multiple objectives in professional contexts. It is ideal for upper-level undergraduate, MBA, and executive education courses in decision analysis, management judgment, strategic planning, and environmental planning.

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

• Introduces the role of artificial intelligence in decision-making, highlighting benefits, limitations, and future potential
• Provides a step-by-step guide to applying the Intuitive Logics method of scenario planning
• Demonstrates a streamlined approach for integrating scenario planning with multi-attribute decision analysis
• New practical examples illustrating successful applications of decision analysis and scenario planning
• Includes the latest psychological research on multi-attribute decision-making and behavioral "nudges"
• Incorporates the SPIES method for estimating probability distributions and expands coverage of the Delphi method with recommendations for robust implementation
• Adds Cooke's Classical Method for aggregating expert probability judgments and discusses the success of superforecasters

WILEY ADVANTAGE:

• Provides a reader-friendly introduction to decision analysis without requiring advanced mathematical knowledge
• Integrates behavioral insights to address psychological biases that can undermine managerial judgment
• Covers a wide range of qualitative and quantitative decision analysis techniques applicable to real-world problems
• Applies concepts to diverse contexts, including business, public administration, and environmental planning
• Encourages active learning through end-of-chapter exercises that reinforce understanding and critical thinking
• Supports flexible teaching approaches with a companion website containing additional exercises, case studies, quizzes, and simulations

This book reassesses the Eurozone financial crisis of the 2010s, and critically compares EU strategies for addressing it with those adopted during the Covid-19 and economic crises of the 2020s. Whilst it has been broadly accepted amongst academics and policymakers that the Eurozone turmoil originated in the banking sector and then deterritorialized towards peripheral Economic and Monetary Union countries, the mechanisms implemented for this transformation remain understudied. Using a non-performative reading of Deleuze and Guattari's concept of the assemblage, the book analyses the mechanisms used in Greece and the Economic and Monetary Union to transfer the financial and moral responsibility of the crisis from the private to the public sector. Combining insights from political economy, economics and social studies of finance, this investigation critiques the austerity policies imposed by European institutions, and identifies the 'green and just transformation' as the best way forward to address the ongoing Eurozone problems. The book will appeal to students and scholars of political economy, public administration, economics, and European politics.

This book examines how multinational agribusiness companies shape the regulation of agricultural value chains in Latin America. Focusing on Argentina-one of the world's largest agricultural exporters-it analyzes distributive conflicts across three policy arenas: seed intellectual property rights, foreign trade policy, and environmental regulation.

The book argues that trading and input MNCs exercise structural power that constrains governments' policy options and channels rents toward foreign rather than domestic actors. Departing from conventional accounts that emphasize the threat of disinvestment or exit, it shows that agribusiness power rests instead on control over access to technology and international markets-resources that farmers depend on for productivity and that states require for growth.

Set against the backdrop of the 2000s commodity boom, the book contributes to broader debates on the political economy of natural resource industries and the relationship between left-of-center governments and economic elites. Its analysis draws on more than fifty interviews with policymakers, business leaders, and association representatives in Argentina.

Sub-Saharan Africa faces a constellation of economic and geopolitical headwinds. Many economies in the region are fragile, and many are still developing the capacity to respond adequately to frequent shocks and policy challenges. Despite the region's significant potential, its future remains uncertain due to external conflicts and increasing climate-related shocks. Megatrends such as global demographic changes, digitalization, and the rise of Artificial Intelligence present both opportunities and the need for transformative policies going forward.

This book examines these challenges and opportunities through the lens of Sierra Leone's economy-a nation that, over the past twenty years, has been on a gradual path to recovery from the severe scars left by the civil war. While much has been written about Sierra Leone's civil war and the country's experience with an Ebola outbreak, less attention has been paid to its economic challenges over the past decade and the successes in, and barriers to, overcoming economic vulnerability. This book provides in-depth analysis and strategic policy advice to underscore the significant impact reforms can have in a country still finding its footing after periods of instability. The authors drill down into specific areas of economic policy which may offer lessons for countries grappling with similar issues, in the sub-Saharan African region and beyond.

This book draws lessons from a pivotal moment in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a time marked by both conflict and uncertainty. It explores how economic ideas, particularly bilateral trade contributed to the unprecedented breakthrough of the 1993 Oslo I Accord. A Special focus is given to the establishment of the economic relations between the conflicting sides as manifested in the 1994 Paris Protocol, the legal economic framework of the Oslo Accords. While the economic empowerment of Palestine within the Oslo Accord showed initial promise, in the decades to follow, increasing economic (inter)dependence coincided with rising tensions.

The book examines how both negative and positive economic incentives have been used to promote the peace process in the region, from the 1993 Oslo process to the 2020 Abraham Accords and the ongoing negotiations amid the Israel-Hamas 2023 war. Through a multidisciplinary approach, it explores the intersection of economic policy and diplomacy, offering insights into both the lessons of Oslo and the derailment of the peace process for practitioners, researchers, and students engaged with international relations, political economy, peace and conflict and Middle East affairs.

This book offers novel insights into how expert fund managers-those who demonstrate superior performance over the long term-make their judgments and decisions. It is often claimed that actively managed funds create value for investors by making more informed decisions. The general idea is that experts make judgments and decisions that will outperform passively managed funds, i.e., the market. Although such claims seem reasonable, many actively managed funds do not consistently beat the market. Additionally, it is argued that the fees charged by actively managed funds are too high relative to the value they provide. However, some assert that certain fund managers do outperform the market in the long term. Regardless of the position one takes, there is a clear need to critically examine and discuss the concept of fund management expertise.

The book also explores how recent and significant societal developments, such as sustainability, artificial intelligence, and multiple accountabilities, are shaping the nature of expertise today and how it might evolve in the future. The book draws on both earlier research on expertise and recent publications related to business and accounting, as well as insights from new empirical studies. It appeals to both scholars and professionals in finance wanting to learn about capital markets and fund management.

Unlock the potential of artificial intelligence to transform financial services for a new era

Deep Learning in Banking; Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Next-Generation Financial Services by Cristian Bravo, Sebastian Maldonado, and Maria Oskarsdottir is a compelling resource that highlights the critical intersection of AI and banking. It offers actionable insights and practical solutions for leveraging deep learning in lending institutions. With increasing regulatory challenges and the need for sophisticated models, this book provides essential strategies to navigate the evolving landscape of financial services.

Structured for both academic and professional use, Deep Learning in Banking delivers a comprehensive examination of the methodological frameworks of AI applications in lending. You'll learn to combine images, text, time series, graphs and structured data to develop multimodal deep learning and large-scale models, and how they relate to explainability and fairness, with practical examples and real-world case studies that ensure effective implementation.

Inside the book:

• Learn how to develop AI models within the modern regulatory environment.
• Explore multimodal data to develop deep learning models for financial institutions
• Discover case studies highlighting the application of advanced machine learning techniques in banking

Deep Learning in Banking is written for academics, financiers, banking professionals, and data scientists eager to revolutionize their approach to financial services. The book empowers its readers with the knowledge and tools needed to harness AI's full potential, paving the way for innovative and compliant solutions in the banking industry.

This book examines various stakeholder perspectives and actions that impact the performance of an acquiring firm. Among the perspectives that the book will explore are those of suppliers, customers, competitors, and society. By integrating information on stakeholder impacts and reactions to acquisitions, this volume offers insights into why acquisitions often fall short of their intended goals. For strategy researchers, it will identify paths of scholarly investigation to better understand why Navigating Stakeholder Dynamics Surrounding Acquisitions is critical for managers implementing firm strategies.

This book brings together a set of contributions through which it is possible to understand the recent evolution and the moment of disruption in which the textile and fashion industry finds itself.

Considered for a long time as a traditional industry with a reduced technological component, its competitiveness is now imposed by technological dominance, both in terms of new materials or processes based on biotechnology, and in terms of data processing and digitalization of processes, from production to omnichannel distribution, the use of metaverse and Artificial Intelligence.

In this book, the cases of the Zara and Shein brands, new materials and digitalization of processes along the entire value chain are analyzed. Everything is in transformation, including Fashion Education.

All these changes will lead to questions about the circularity and sustainability of the industry.

A fresh, sustainability-focused take on building organizations.

In a world facing growing social, political and environmental challenges, our organizations are no longer serving us well. This book offers a fresh framework for rethinking organizations. It is built on four generative dynamics-purposing, democratizing, cooperating and commoning- underpinned by a planetary mindset. Grounded in real-world examples and the latest research, it explores how these dynamics can spark new modes of organizing. With a focus on overcoming barriers and inspiring change, it's a compelling call to reimagine organizations for a future that sustains people and the planet.

This book offers a comprehensive guide to blockchain analytics, from foundational concepts to advanced applications, crafted for professionals, academics, policymakers, and students. It begins with an introduction to blockchain technology and analytics, highlighting the unique structure of blockchain data, collection methods, and distinctions from traditional databases. Analytical techniques are covered in depth, including statistical and machine learning methods, real-time analysis, and predictive modeling.

It contains numerous practical industry use cases that demonstrate how blockchain analytics transforms finance, supply chain, and healthcare, enhancing fraud detection, data security, and product verification. Sections on security and privacy address tools to protect blockchain data and manage risks, while global regulatory insights emphasize transparency and policy development. It provides actionable insights on emerging integrations with AI, IoT, and quantum computing.

As such, industry leaders will discover frameworks for integrating blockchain into business, while academics gain insights into the analytic methodologies that underpin blockchain technology. Policymakers and government officials can use this resource to develop policies promoting transparency and security. For students and educators, the book serves as an essential foundation in blockchain, data analytics, and fintech.

The book was selected as a Finalist in two categories at the prestigious 2026 International Book Awards-Business: Reference and Business: Technology.

Art, craft and design are powerful resources for shaping management education curricula and can help educators and managers meet the demands of the 21st century. This book offers a synthesis and comparative analysis of just how they may do so. It is a guide for those already doing so and suggests further avenues of exploration with a special emphasis on leadership and managing organizational change, providing a crisp overview of where specialised interests can be located and seen in context

The book begins with an outline of the current state of management education and the changing demands of the 21st century and then goes to provide detailed exploration and exemplars of how art, craft and design may be related to leadership, management and organization. It will be of great interest to scholars and students of management education and arts-based methods in business, as well as educators and practitioners.

This book examines London's eighteenth-century upholding trade. Primarily providing household furniture and upholstery goods and services at the beginning of the century, by mid-century upholders provided stylish and fashionable residential interior furnishings, funeral undertaking, and a secondary market for used household goods. Upholders were at the forefront of the development of Britain's material culture, and were important contributors to London's economic and social fabric. Providing context to the social and business lives of upholders, the author surveys key themes including apprenticeship, livery companies, empire, material culture, consumerism, taste and fashion, advertising, and credit. The book also explores how upholders came to dominate the funeral undertaking business, and integrated brokering, appraising, and auctioneering into their businesses.

Adapting to the economic changes and interior furnishing trends that took place in the first half of the eighteenth century, many upholders expanded their business lines. While consumer demand increased for household goods, so too did the widespread use of personal credit, which ultimately led to an increase in upholder bankruptcies after 1760. Through two case studies of financially successful upholders, the book sheds light on diverse topics such as the East India Company, banking, royal household tradesmen, and military contracting, to create an intricate understanding of their experiences. Offering new insights into the business, social, and personal lives of London's upholders, this book demonstrates how they were instrumental in creating a new domestic commerce in eighteenth-century Britain.

This book challenges the confusion and sensationalism dominating today's discussions about artificial intelligence by going straight to the root: we misunderstand AI because we misunderstand intelligence itself. The author reframes the debate, connecting the rise of AI to enduring questions of being, subjectivity, and play. Drawing on over thirty years of pioneering work on the nature of subjectivity and its connection to creativity and risk, the book argues that intelligence is not uniquely human-nor does it require consciousness. Instead, intelligence arises wherever play can sustain and evolve itself, be it in ecosystems, animal behavior, or cultural systems. The emergence of artificial intelligence is not metaphysically unprecedented; it is, rather, a shift in scale and context. Rejecting both optimism and pessimism, the book offers a balanced, incisive vision of what we are truly confronting in the age of AI. This book offers a thought-provoking account of AI's real implications and is of great interest to philosophers interested in epistemology and technology.

This is a ground-breaking book that aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the experiences of students with disabilities in universities in Australia. This book explores the literature of both university staff and students, shedding light on the challenges, barriers, and successes encountered by students with disabilities. It offers valuable insights for improving inclusive practices, enhancing support systems, and promoting the academic success and well-being of these students.

The book centers on the art of team coaching specifically for Scrum Masters or Agile practitioners leading teams. This topic remains largely unexamined by the literature as there is a lack of contemporary guidance about coaching Agile teams on acquiring qualities paramount for an adaptive organization - being self-organized and assuming ownership over their ways of working and its results. An Agile practitioner has to either study books on professional coaching that don't provide much information on working in the Agile context or try to implement Agile methodologies and frameworks with fragmented and limited guidance on dealing with teams and group dynamics.

By integrating coaching principles with the realities of an Agile environment, this book provides enough information and relevant case studies to equip a reader with the skills needed to organize coaching, confidently deal with emerging dynamics, and achieve the intended goals. It also connects Agile team coaching with the ICF (International Coaching Federation) Team Coaching competencies, professionalizing the practice.

In Agile ways of working, the team's strength significantly impacts the success of the products they work on. While Agile practitioners are adept at understanding methodologies, frameworks, tools, complementary practices and techniques, many lack coaching skills that address the human aspects of teamwork. This book fills that gap by empowering to effectively coach teams, leading to improved communication and cohesion, increased adaptability, and a culture of continuous improvement.

This book is practical, insightful, and it aims to support not only beginners but also seasoned professionals aspiring to elevate their practice.

What You Will Learn

Practical team coaching techniques for Agile contexts

Understanding and navigating complex dynamics

Systemic awareness and interventions

Who This Book is For

The primary audience for the book includes Scrum Masters and Agile practitioners aiming to improve their team's performance. These professionals typically hold roles such as Scrum Master, Agile Coach, or Team Lead.

This book offers a critical examination of the collaborative turn unfolding across the Nordic welfare states. Focusing on co-production-partnerships between citizens, public authorities, and civil society-the volume explores how this approach is reshaping policies, institutional arrangements, and the role of civil society in Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark.

While co-production is increasingly promoted as a solution to persistent challenges-such as policy complexity, democratic deficits, and fiscal pressures-the Nordic experience reveals important variations in its scope, forms, and implications. Is this shift a genuine transformation of the welfare state, or an adaptive strategy cloaked in collaborative rhetoric? Drawing on comparative perspectives, the book highlights how Nordic traditions of universalism, egalitarianism, and strong public institutions create distinct conditions for collaboration-conditions that differ markedly from those in liberal or residual welfare regimes where co-production theories have largely been developed. In doing so, it challenges dominant frameworks and argues for a reconceptualization of co-production through a Nordic perspective.

Aimed at scholars, policymakers, and practitioners, this volume offers a significant contribution to welfare state and civil society research and invites reflection on the promises and limits of collaborative governance in times of change.

A deeply researched look at how UK poverty levels skyrocketed, and how the crisis can be fixed.

Almost a third of children in Britain today live in poverty. But how did we get here - and what can be done to turn the tide?

Joanna Mack traces the roots of Britain's poverty crisis to political choices that have left millions unable to withstand the turmoil of the 2020s. Drawing on four decades of pioneering research, Mack offers a clear-eyed analysis of what it will take to rebuild Britain's social contract. She sets out bold, practical strategies to create a fairer society, alongside pro-poor policies to protect the most vulnerable. Urgent, evidence-based, and forward-looking, Impoverished is a blueprint for renewal.

Entrepreneurship is not a process of eliminating uncertainty, nor a simple journey from idea to execution. It is a lived experience shaped by persistent contradiction: between vision and doubt, control and surrender, individual ambition and social responsibility. This book argues that successful entrepreneurship depends not on resolving these tensions, but on the ability to inhabit them. It requires holding competing truths, navigating emotional complexity, and acting decisively within ambiguity.

Harnessing the Entrepreneurial Paradox explores eleven core paradoxes across the emotional, moral, and strategic dimensions of entrepreneurial life. Drawing on philosophy, psychology, identity theory, and organisational scholarship, Simon Adderley challenges linear, heroic narratives of the entrepreneur. Instead, he reframes entrepreneurship as an ongoing practice of tension management. This is a psychological, ethical, and existential endeavour in which paradox is not a threat to be overcome, but a condition to be embodied.

This book speaks to scholars, educators, and reflective practitioners who seek a deeper understanding of entrepreneurial resilience, identity, and complexity. It offers no formulas, only a richer map of what it means to create and endure within the contradictions that shape entrepreneurial practice.

This book is exploration into the forefront of digital evolution, presenting a compelling array of real-world case studies that underscore the transformative impact of emerging processes and services on asset management. The book goes beyond theoretical frameworks, offering a dynamic narrative that reveals how organizations across industries are strategically integrating cutting-edge technologies into their asset management practices.

With a keen focus on innovation, the book examines the key role of IoT, artificial intelligence, and other groundbreaking technologies in reshaping traditional asset management paradigms. Readers will gain valuable insights into success stories, challenges faced, and the strategic considerations that underpin these transformative journeys. The book's coverage highlights the tangible benefits of digital solutions, such as enhanced efficiency, heightened resilience, and strategic advantage.

Sustainable development is a dynamic field with continuous advancements. However, it also faces emerging challenges that require sparks of innovation to address them. There is a need to innovate and rethink solutions to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) by 2030.

To both inspire and educate, the editors have brought together a collection of case studies and systematic literature reviews on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that examine innovative social science, business, governance, and environmental policy practices to offer actionable insights for achieving global goals. Going beyond merely defining the 17 SDGs; the book examines the multifaceted ways innovation can be harnessed as an enabler for their attainment. It contemplates innovation as introducing new ideas, methods, approaches, or technologies that draw upon expertise and insights from diverse fields and disciplines.

This book is an invitation to embrace innovation as the vital catalyst for achieving the SDGs. It calls individuals, business leaders, policymakers, organizations, and governments worldwide to recognize that innovation is indispensable in our quest for a sustainable future. The real-world case studies and synthesis of existing research presented in the book exhibit the potential of innovation to address critical global challenges-from poverty and climate change to education and healthcare.

The book explores the pivotal role of the sustainable strategic consultant is in guiding corporations towards more sustainable business practices and provides them with the necessary knowledge and tools to effectively integrate sustainability into their advisory services. The author offers an in-depth coverage of sustainability assessment and reporting to provide consultants with a comprehensive toolkit for evaluating and communicating a company's sustainable performance. The book also presents a structured approach to sustainable strategic planning to guide consultants through the process of aligning corporate objectives with sustainability imperatives.

Overall, this book serves as a valuable resource for strategic consultants, empowering them to become key players in the transition towards more sustainable business practices, ultimately contributing to the broader goal of corporate environmental and social responsibility, granting, at the same time, profitability, resilience, compliance, and competitive advantage.

Enables organizations and managers to make strategic choices based on robust analytics supported by AI

The new edition of Strategic Analytics introduces AI as the natural transition from management science and analytics, explains how AI will shape the managerial capabilities and the process of strategic planning, and showcases the support AI can provide to the process of strategic planning. The text includes numerous updates to critical subjects including sustainability and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, stakeholder management, soft aspects of organizations (including people, culture, and values), and organizational change driven by analytics and AI.

This book discusses the three key types of analytics-descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive-together with multiple methods and frameworks from the field of strategic management. Multiple international real-life case studies, examples, and business issues for further research illustrate the combinations of analytics, AI and strategic management. Theory review questions and exercises are included at the end of each chapter.

Sample topics discussed in Strategic Analytics include:

• Managerial capabilities for a complex world-politics, economy, society, technology, and environment
• External environments known as exogenous factors (PESTE) and endogenous factors (industry)
• Industry dynamics, industry evolution, competitive advantage, dynamic resource management, organizational design, and performance measurement system
• The life cycle of organizations, from start-ups to maturity for maintaining profitability and growth and finally regeneration

Aimed at both academics and practitioners, Strategic Analytics is an ideal text for postgraduates and advanced undergraduate students of business and management.