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Innovation and Capacity Building

Cross-disciplinary Management Theories for Practical Applications

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Provides analysis of theoretical perspectives in order to understand their practical implications in business
  • Contributions from authors around the world ensures that global perspectives are represented
  • Suggests new directions in future research as well as contemporary real-life practice-based applications

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
  2. Editorial Introduction

    • Alkis Thrassou, Demetris Vrontis, Yaakov Weber, S. M. Riad Shams, Evangelos Tsoukatos
    Pages 1-9
  3. Neuromarketing in Customer Behaviour—Customers’ Diencephalic and Mid-Brain Implications in Purchase Dynamics

    • Lino Barbasso, Giuseppe Tardivo, Milena Viassone, Francesca Serravalle
    Pages 11-29
  4. Linking Motivational Leadership with Creativity

    • Alkis Thrassou, Dimosthenis Orfanos, Evangelos Tsoukatos
    Pages 77-108
  5. Impact of Innovation and Change Management on Employees’ Performance

    • Demetris Vrontis, Sam El Nemar, Bernard Al Osta, Joseph Raymond Azizi
    Pages 131-150
  6. Customer Data: Contemporary Issues of Privacy and Trust

    • Christos Themistocleous
    Pages 167-185
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 293-296

About this book

This book explores how contemporary organisations are abandoning conventional tactics in order to survive and grow in an incessantly shifting business landscape, analysing fundamental aspects of management, marketing and strategy from an interdisciplinary perspective. Focusing on the paradigms of neuro-marketing, innovative change management, motivational creativity, and customer data management, to name a few, the authors provide practical learning outcomes which reflect how organisations are seeking to adopt innovative means to innovative ends, targeting capacity building in multiple ways. Ultimately, this edited collection implicitly defines an organisational philosophy that incorporates functionality, but also embraces business notions pertaining to wider contextual transformations and environmental developments. Theoretical and practical contributions highlight the importance of multidisciplinary research to practical business success, making this book an invaluable readto both scholars and business executives.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Business, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Demetris Vrontis, Alkis Thrassou

  • School of Business Administration, College of Management, Rishon Lezion, Israel

    Yaakov Weber

  • Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia

    S. M. Riad Shams

  • Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Applied Sciences Crete (T.E.I. of Crete), Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    Evangelos Tsoukatos

About the editors

Demetris Vrontis is a Professor and an Executive Dean at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus (EU), the Editor-in-Chief of the EuroMed Journal of Business (EMJB), and the co-President of the EuroMed Research Business Institute (EMRBI). He has published over 200 refereed articles and books.

Yaakov Weber is a Professor at the College of Management Academic Studies, Israel.  His publications have received more than 5000 citations and he has served in various editorial positions for leading journals. Yaakov is the founder and co-President of the EMRBI.

Alkis Thrassou is a Professor at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus (EU) and is a Senior Research Fellow of the EuroMed Academy of Business (SFEMAB-EMRBI). He has published over 120 refereed articles and books.

S. M. Riad Shams is a Senior Research Fellow at the Ural Federal University, Russia. He has authored many papers which have been publishedin various internationally-reputed business and management journals.

Evangelos Tsoukatos teaches Management at the University of Applied Sciences, Crete, in Greece, and is adjunct faculty at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus and the Hellenic Open University. He is currently Vice President of the EMRBI.


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