Books published by Emerald Publishing Limited

Responsible Firms: CSR, ESG, and Global Sustainability examines global contemporary models of the "responsible firm", investigating how broader social responsibilities are, or are not, integrated and proposing new concepts and frameworks to improve.

Navigating the context of welfare regimes undergoing transformation, Social Innovation and Welfare State Retrenchment examines the evidence and questions the capacity of Social Innovation initiatives to tackle social inequalities, especially when it comes to the domain of early childhood education and care.

Young Adulthood Across Platforms explores from a feminist and intersectional perspective, how young adults engage with mobile applications, incorporating them into their daily lives and everyday practices.

In this volume of Theory and Method in Higher Education Research, the international authorship stemming from the UK, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Norway and Italy provide rich and varied forum for higher education discussions around issues of theory and method.

In the ever-evolving realm of retail commerce, the confluence of groundbreaking technologies is not merely a trend but a transformative force reshaping the industry's very foundations. This work delves into this dynamic landscape, offering an insightful exploration of how cutting-edge innovations are revolutionizing the retail experience.

Drawing on research from around the world, this collection of essays explores key challenges, solutions and applications of business ethics, CSR, and corporate governance in the tourism industry.

The ultimate goal of Sustainable Tourism is to empower the industry to achieve a harmonious balance between conservation and progress, forging a responsible and resilient tourism sector that caters not only to contemporary travellers but also safeguards the well-being of future generations.

The Ark of Shared Value is a fundamental guide for those involved in designing and implementing sustainable business projects. The Ark is a one-page tool that is easy to use and presents the key elements of sustainable projects.

Strategies: Aviation and Tourism Perspectives offers a contemporary global vision of airport marketing strategies in the context of the aviation and tourism sectors.

Artificial Intelligence: Why and How it is Revolutionizing Healthcare Management identifies a roadmap for the appropriate introduction of artificial intelligence in healthcare organizations that responds to the need of decision-makers and managers to have a clear picture of how to move in the developing field of AI.

Leadership literature is dominated by Western paradigms, but what about the lessons of leadership from a cross-cultural perspective? In this highly readable volume, Sy Islam and Gordon B. Schmidt utilise examples from Avatar: The Last Airbender to bring this unique lens of perspective to a range of leadership behaviour themes.

Business Strategies and Ethical Challenges in the Digital Ecosystem acts as a forum for examining current and future trends related to management and technological adoption, from digital business strategy and industry 5.0, changing consumer behaviour and sustainability to marketing, ethics, data security, and much more.

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Offering the benefits of a systematic, philosophical encounter between cultures and scholarships which have yet to converge on this topic, Dario Mazzola presents a unique and original theory of citizenship.

Through a series of short, sharp chapters, Placemaking: People, Properties, Planning delivers a cross-disciplinary critique of placemaking, examining how placemaking occurs, the quality of the places produced, and the experiences of those living and working in them.

This volume serves as a forum for symbolic interactionists to demonstrate how/why their respective lines of research contribute to the quality and substance of symbolic interactionism. Authors advocate their lines of research, the historical development, the importance as well as the prospects of their lines of research.

Bringing together diverse perspectives, including those of destination managers, policymakers, tour operators, local communities, and travellers Sustainable Tourism fosters a collective understanding of sustainability in tourism and inspires a shared commitment towards responsible tourism practices.

Disruptive Business Strategies (DBS) that have reshaped many industries. Uber's use of new technologies allowed it to create a new business model for urban transportation, while Airbnb used online technologies to create a new market for short-term rentals. Both new technologies and new business strategies are changing our world.

Managing and Negotiating Disagreements shows how AI can both aid and complicate conflict resolution processes, offering readers a nuanced perspective on the intersection of technology and human conflict management.

Stress and Well-Being in Teams is focused on stress and well-being in the context of teams, focused on how inputs of team processes, such as team compositions, leadership, and broader organizational contexts can serve as antecedents of team members' stress and well-being.

Reimagining School Leadership critically analyzes the current conceptions of school leadership and school improvement, consider historical and contemporary problems confronting school leaders and presents new ways to reimagine school leadership with an emphasis on sustainability, learning, and inclusivity.

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. Written in the wake of the #MeToo movement and a subsequent shift in public awareness and discourse, this book compliments and challenges our understanding of sexual harassment in public spaces.

Digital Transformation in Higher Education is a pivotal reference through the transformative power of emerging technologies in academia. Addressing the dual nature of technology as both a challenge and an opportunity, this book presents a rich overview of strategies for integrating digital technology-driven advancements.

The theme of Volume 28 is emerging theory, methods, and applications towards behavioral research in accounting and audit. Chapters collected here examine topics ranging from CFO ethnicity and impact on financial reporting to career imprinting to safeguards in crowdfunding and more.

The chapters collected in Volume 27 include Budgetary Participation, Family Business Environment and Auditor Judgment, CSR as Insurance, IRS Job Characteristics Model, Early Job Attainment of Accounting Majors, Fairness in Cost Allocation and Work of Special Agents of the IRS Using the Job Characteristics Model.

Investigating theoretical frameworks, identifying problems, and discussing implications for managers, entrepreneurs, and policymakers, regulatory changes and compliance challenges are dissected in this book, providing a timely guide for managers to navigate the evolving regulatory landscape.

Digital Transformation in Higher Education is a pivotal reference through the transformative power of emerging technologies in academia. Addressing the dual nature of technology as both a challenge and an opportunity, this book presents a rich overview of strategies for integrating digital technology-driven advancements.

This first volume provides invaluable insights into the strategies employed by organizations as they navigate the complexities of our time, including a focus on new technology and AI.

This volume examines sustainable finance, green tourism, green marketing as a tributary towards sustainable development. The multidisciplinary chapters traverse the power of economic as well as financial policy, green investment, green insurance as well as green infrastructural development to ensure sustainable development.

Disability arts and the media are important tools in challenging problematic stereotypes of disability, as well as giving disabled people a platform for creating their own representations. Dwarfism Arts and Advocacy brings together the voices of people with dwarfism challenging ableist representations of condition.