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Profiting from Diversity

The Business Advantages and the Obstacles to Achieving Diversity

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  • © 2010

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Editors:
  1. Gloria Moss

    1. Bucks New University, UK

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. The Background

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Gloria Moss
      Pages 3-15

  3. Profiting from Diversity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Diversity, Innovation, and Corporate Strategy

      • Alan H. David
      Pages 19-44

    3. Eastward Enlargement, Cultural and National Identity, and Diversity in the European Union

      • Heather Skinner, Krzysztof Kubacki
      Pages 45-58

    4. Knowledge Management and the Positive Impact of a Collectivist Culture

      • Gloria Moss, Krzysztof Kubacki, Marion Hersh, Rod Gunn
      Pages 59-74

    5. Gender-Based Motives for Purchasing Fair Trade Products in France

      • Florence de Ferran
      Pages 75-90

    6. Women Managers in Latvia: A Universal Footprint for the Future?

      • Gloria Moss, David Farnham, Caryn Cook
      Pages 91-118

    7. Variety is the Spice of Life: How Design Diversity Can Enhance Profitability

      • Gloria Moss
      Pages 119-134

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 256-266
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About this book

The benefits of Diversity are frequently mentioned but rarely spellt out. This edited book highlights specific ways in which organisations can profit from Diversity, and a discussion of some of the obstacles that can stand in the way of doing this.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Bucks New University, UK

    Gloria Moss

About the editor

CARYN E COOK Senior Lecturer with the Business School at the University of Wales, Newport, UK ALAN DAVID Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management at the University of Westminster, UK DR MARION HERSH Senior lecturer in the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK KRZYSZTOF KUBACKI Lecturer in Marketing at the School of Economic and Management Studies, Keele University, UK ALISON PREECE based at the University of Wales, Newport as Equality and Diversity Manager, UK HEATHER SKINNER is Principal Lecturer in Marketing at the Glamorgan Business School, UK

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