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Change and the Modern Business

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Neil Harris

    1. Southampton Business School, UK

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  • Fills a gap in the market with its distinct emphasis on change and its impact on modern business
    Good integration of theory with uptodate case studies
    Wide range of areas covered, but with a common integrating theme

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Modern developments in business strategy

    • John Cross
    Pages 1-40

  3. The economics of organisational change

    • Neil Harris
    Pages 41-75

  4. Services management

    • Gary Akehurst
    Pages 76-109

  5. Information systems and business change

    • Richard Thomas
    Pages 110-138

  6. The marketing conundrum

    • Ashok Ranchhod
    Pages 139-175

  7. The human impact of organisational change

    • Brian Thornton
    Pages 176-203

  8. Lean production is only for the large?

    • Heather Stewart
    Pages 204-234

  9. EU environmental policy and business

    • Adrian Webb
    Pages 235-264

  10. Intellectual property law: providing protection for intangible business assets

    • Mark Wing
    Pages 265-293

  11. Change in the global market: a study of UK maritime industries in transition

    • Mervyn Rowlinson
    Pages 294-327

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 328-331
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About this book

The impact of change on the business environment has dominated business thinking over the past decade and continues to do so. This book focuses on the impact of change on modern business by making it the central and integrating theme through a number of areas including, marketing, human resource management, economics and law. Each is explored in terms of its theoretical basis and the application of this theory to case studies. It is particularly suitable for undergraduate business courses and for students on MBA programmes.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Southampton Business School, UK

    Neil Harris

About the editor

NEIL HARRIS is Head of Economics in the Business Finance Faculty, Southampton Business School. He is the author of Eurpean Business, also published by Macmillan.

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