Routledge Focus on Business and Management
About the Book Series
The fields of business and management have grown exponentially as areas of research and education. This growth presents challenges for readers trying to keep up with the latest important insights. Routledge Focus on Business and Management presents small books on big topics and how they intersect with the world of business research.
Individually, each title in the series provides coverage of a key academic topic, whilst collectively, the series forms a comprehensive collection across the business disciplines.
Corporate Sustainability in Türkiye: The Perspectives of Policy, Governance and the Law
1st Edition
Edited
By Muzaffer Eroğlu, Duygu Demirel Özdemir
February 12, 2027
This co-edited volume examines the policies, regulations and effects on governance of corporate sustainability in Türkiye. Although legal developments in corporate sustainability in Türkiye are limited, they are gradually emerging. Considering Türkiye's international trade and investment potential,...
Scaling Startups Sustainably: The 6S Framework for Lean Growth
1st Edition
By Ananya Banerjee
February 04, 2027
This book provides a practical guide to scaling entrepreneurial ventures using a reimagined 6S framework, integrating lean operations and sustainability principles to navigate the challenges of growth and innovation. Readers will gain actionable insights into scaling startups effectively, supported...
Qualitative Research Methods for the Critical Marketer
1st Edition
By Chahid E. Fourali
January 18, 2027
There are many books on research methods, which combine both quantitative and qualitative methods with a view to applying them to a multitude of contexts. However, until now, there has been a scarcity of books on qualitative research methodology that focus on the need of the critical market ...
Organisational Flexibility in an Age of Chaos: Mismanagement, Disorganisation, and Strategy
1st Edition
By Andrés Hatum
December 28, 2026
This groundbreaking book challenges conventional management wisdom by arguing that mismanagement and disorganisation are not failures but endemic features of organisational life in turbulent times. Through rigorous theoretical analysis and rich case studies, including an in-depth examination of ...
Retiring in a New Age: Life after Paid Work
1st Edition
By Russell D. Lansbury, Marian Baird
December 28, 2026
This book examines the concept of retirement, how it has changed, and what the future holds for the next generation of retirees. The book analyses government data and university surveys of more than 1,000 retirees in Australia and 4,000 retirees in Sweden, as well as in-depth interviews with ...
A History of Business Bullshit: Uncovering the Profane Realities of Good to Great
1st Edition
By David Collins
November 11, 2026
Investigating the rhetorics and realities of popular management literature, this concise text offers a very distinctive challenge to the conventional wisdom that now underpins the theory and practice of managerial leadership. Taking the best-selling management book, Good to Great, as a starting ...
Realising the Learning Organisation through Systems Thinking: A Cyber-systemic Approach to Human Resource Development
1st Edition
By Louis Klein
October 07, 2026
This book revisits one of the management theory's most enduring aspirations, the learning organisation, through three decades of research, practice, and reflection. Structured in three temporal layers (1993, 2013, and 2026), this book traces the evolution of cyber-systemic human resource ...
Transformational Maturity: Bridging Adaptive Lag for Human-Centric Leadership
1st Edition
By Paweł Poszytek
September 14, 2026
This book offers a rigorous, multi-level empirical investigation into the adaptive lag – the systemic mismatch between exponential technological acceleration and linear human-organizational adaptation. Utilizing a robust multiple case study design and narrative synthesis of nine distinct datasets ...
The Business of Women's Football
1st Edition
By Spencer Fearn
September 11, 2026
This book provides a critical and timely examination of the commercial and organisational evolution of the women’s game. As the sport transitions from marginalisation to mainstream recognition, it explores how governance, investment, media, and market forces are shaping a rapidly expanding global ...
The K-Pop Content Strategy: Marketing Models for Creative Success
1st Edition
By Dominique Falla
July 21, 2026
In an era where digital algorithms dictate visibility, creative professionals are struggling to attract audiences and sustain long-term careers. Yet, K-pop has seemingly mastered the art of digital engagement, successfully leveraged global fandoms, and bypassed traditional media gatekeepers. This ...
Comparative Dynamics in the Comics Industry: Contrasting Cultures in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands
1st Edition
By Rudi de Vries
July 20, 2026
Due to the enormous cultural and economic impact of the Marvel movies, manga, and anime, research on the comics industry is growing, but has focused primarily on the US and Japan. This book focusses on the European comics industry to explore the complex impact of organizational and cultural ...
Enterprise Evolution, Survival and the Businesstype: From Research to Practice
1st Edition
By Gianpaolo Abatecola
July 20, 2026
The strategic journey taken by firms starts with entrepreneurial inception and can go all the way through adaptation to sustainable enterprise, exit, or failure. This book charts how new ventures grow through co-evolution and adaptation to get past the initial problems of being new, connecting ...