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.
Sustainable Organizational Change: The Social Change Model for Systems
1st Edition
By Joshua D. Burton, Barbara Carter
September 25, 2025
The Social Change Model for Systems (SCMS) is a robust system for facilitating organizational change. SCMS integrates technical and social controls to ensure organizational effectiveness. This book introduces SCMS as an alternative to traditional control systems, emphasizing the interplay between ...
Digital Entrepreneurship and Disruptive Innovation: Intersections of Regional Development, Innovation Systems, and Sustainability
1st Edition
By Jordi Diaz, Daphne Halkias, Tatiana Harkiolakis
September 09, 2025
A new generation of entrepreneurs are leveraging artificial intelligence, data analytics, the Internet of Things (IoT) and other revolutionary technologies for greater social and environmental good. These digital entrepreneurs are developing disruptive solutions to the most pressing sustainability ...
Artificial Intelligence for Business Creativity
1st Edition
Edited
By Margherita Pagani, Renaud Champion
August 29, 2025
Artificial Intelligence for Business Creativity provides an in-depth examination of the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the business sector to foster creativity. The book explores the interplay between micro-level individual creativity and macro-level organizational innovation ...
Healthy Ageing after COVID-19: Research and Policy Perspectives from Asia
1st Edition
Edited
By Wang-Kin Chiu, Vincent T. S. Law
June 27, 2025
Written by researchers and experienced health professionals from Hong Kong, China, Chiu and Law identify and examine important issues of healthy ageing after COVID-19 from research and policy perspectives in the Asian contexts. This book opens with discussions of healthy ageing from personal, ...
Happiness and Wellbeing in Singapore: Beyond Economic Prosperity
1st Edition
By Siok Kuan Tambyah, Soo Jiuan Tan, Wei Lun Yuen
May 27, 2025
To present a multifaceted and holistic perspective of what makes Singaporeans happy, Tambyah, Tan and Yuen discuss the findings and insights from the 2022 Quality of Life Survey, which examines the perceptions and views of 1,905 Singapore citizens. This is the latest survey in a series of studies ...
Business Schools post-Covid-19: A Blueprint for Survival
1st Edition
By Andreas Kaplan
December 19, 2024
It all began when the world’s first business school, the European School of Commerce Paris (ESCP), was established in 1819. Criticism notwithstanding, business schools have since continued their path in higher education without facing existential metamorphoses. Covid-19, however, has accelerated ...
Knowledge Management and AI in Society 5.0
1st Edition
By Manlio Del Giudice, Veronica Scuotto, Armando Papa
December 19, 2024
Society 5.0 points toward a human-centred approach by the use of modern, advanced technologies and artificial intelligence. This book explores and offers an overview of knowledge management embraced in the current scenario of Society 5.0, shedding light on its importance in a society that is ...
Sustainable Governance in B Corps: Non-Financial Reporting for Sustainable Development
1st Edition
By Patrizia Gazzola, Matteo Ferioli
December 19, 2024
This book aims to develop the theme of non-financial reporting and the necessity of pursuing sustainable development with particular reference to Benefit Corporations and Certified B Corps. The research offers a systematic and exploratory analysis, with the goal of developing a conceptual framework...
Social Brand Management in a Post Covid-19 Era
1st Edition
By Patrícia Dias, Alexandre Duarte
November 29, 2024
As activity significantly reduced during mandatory lockdown periods aiming to contain the spread of Covid-19, the relationship between organizations and their stakeholders became almost strictly digital. While some brands already have developed digital channels and made a smooth transition, others ...
Women's Social Entrepreneurship: Case Studies from the United Kingdom
1st Edition
By Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos
November 29, 2024
Women’s social entrepreneurship has been proved to alleviate poverty and in parallel to promote gender equality. This book introduces a useful analysis of the field, investigating the emerging phenomenon of women’s social entrepreneurship from both a conceptual and empirical perspective. The book ...
Innovation Research in Technology and Engineering Management: A Philosophical Approach
1st Edition
By Marc J. de Vries
October 09, 2024
Philosophy may not seem to be an obvious source to discover methods for successful product innovation management. However, this book shows that systematic reflection on the nature of product innovation management, supported by insights from the philosophy of technology, can illuminate the ...
Systems Thinking and Sustainable Healthcare Delivery
1st Edition
By Ben Y.F. Fong
October 09, 2024
The Sustainable Development Goal 3 seeks to ensure health and well-being for all at every stage of life. This book discusses how to strengthen our healthcare systems and ensure sustainable community healthcare delivery by using systems thinking, an approach to understanding complex interactions of ...