6 Save up to 20% at e-elgar.com I For our electronic content, visit: elgaronline.com BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT TITLES, APRIL - JUNE 2023 Handbook of Transdisciplinarity: Global Perspective Edited by Roderick J. Lawrence, University of Geneva, Switzerland ‘An indispensable Handbook on transdisciplinarity that unifies conceptual, pedagogic and practical contributions from over 100 authors across five continents. Transdisciplinarity is a global approach to complexity that progresses “between”, “through” and “beyond” individual disciplines. It is an obligatory yet challenging process, helping us to understand the (unstable) current world and to generate novel transformative propositions.’ – Philippe Moreillon, University of Lausanne, Switzerland and President of SCNAT May 2023 c 698 pp Hardback 978 1 80220 782 8 c £255.00 / c $365.00 Cross-Cultural Consumer Behavior Katja Gelbrich, Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Stefan Müller, Technical University of Dresden, Germany and Stanford A. Westjohn, University of Alabama, US ‘This is a very much needed, well-thought, and well-written book on cross-cultural consumer behavior. The authors have done an excellent job in covering practically all topics relevant to understanding consumer behavior in a crosscultural context. Importantly, they have done so in a systematic and engaging way. A great addition to the literature and a great source for students and researchers alike.’ – Adamantios Diamantopoulos, University of Vienna, Austria May 2023 c 456 pp Hardback 978 1 80392 318 5 c £130.00c $185.00 May 2023 Paperback 978 1 80392 320 8 c £39.00 / c $58.00 How to Enable the Employability of University Graduates Edited by Saskia Loer Hansen, RMIT University, Australia and Kathy Daniels, Aston University, UK ‘How to Enable the Employability of University Graduates is a valuable and much-needed addition to the complex conversation around graduate employability. With its emphasis on shared responsibility and a genuine vision for improving graduate outcomes for nontraditional students, this book will appeal to practitioners, policy makers and students alike.’ – Caroline Rueckert, Griffith University, Australia May 2023c 402 ppHardback978 1 80392 650 6c £120.00c $170.00 How To Guides Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Developing Markets A Companion Edited by Joshua Yindenaba Abor, University of Ghana Business School, Ghana ‘This edited book provides a rich and comprehensive examination of sustainable and responsible investment in developing countries. The book fills many gaps in existing books on investments in developing economies. I strongly recommend the book to everyone interested in responsible investments.’ – Robert Lensink, University of Groningen, the Netherlands May 2023 c 442 pp Hardback 978 1 80392 705 3 c £165.00 / c $240.00 Personnel Management in Secret Service Organizations Barbara Czarniawska, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, Sabina Siebert and John Mackay, University of Glasgow, UK ‘This book provides a fascinating glimpse behind the curtain into the secret world of spies, viewed through the lens of personnel management. Based mainly on the biographies or autobiographies of former intelligence workers in a wide variety of agencies, it provides a valuable addition to the intelligence studies literature whilst opening up new vistas in management and organization studies. A highly readable, innovative and informative study which will appeal to a wide audience of academics and non-academics alike.’ – Christopher Grey, Emeritus Professor of Organization Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK May 2023c 160 ppHardback978 1 0353 0124 9c £75.00c $110.00 The Elgar Companion to Digital Transformation, Artificial Intelligence and Innovation in the Economy, Society and Democracy Edited by Elias G. Carayannis, George Washington University, US, Evangelos Grigoroudis, Technical University of Crete, Greece, David F.J. Campbell, The University for Continuing Education, Austria and Sokratis K. Katsikas, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway This book examines when, where, how, and why artificial intelligence and digital transformation can boost innovation and transform the economy, society and democracy. It is developed based on the Cyber-D4 nexus, which is a conceptual framework of Cyber-Defense, Cyber-Development, CyberDemocracy, and Cyber-Diplomacy. This nexus ties new national and industrial cyber strategies, including business strategies for smart cities and the Internet of Things, with the local, national, regional, and global security and economic objectives. May 2023 c 444 pp Hardback 978 1 83910 935 5 c £165.00 / c $240.00
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