Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management is a pioneering book in business studies, one of the most succinct and in-depth examinations of dynamic capabilities, explaining both their foundations and the strategic implications.
In Wisdom of Crowds, New Yorker columnist, Surowiecki, explores the question of whether the many are better than an elite few – no matter their qualifications – at solving problems, promotion innovation and making wise decisions.
William Whyte’s core idea in The Organization Man is that the Protestant Ethic that characterized financial and personal success in American history... Læs mere
Distance Still Matters is an influential Harvard Business Review article. In this work, Ghemawat proposes the... Læs mere
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction combats traditional art criticism’s treatment of artworks as fixed, unchanging mystical objects. For Walter Benjamin, the consequences of addressing a work of art in this manner have a wider resonance.
In this book, Benhabib argues that the transnational movement of people has brought to light fundamental dilemmas facing liberal democracies. Banhabib’s work goes to the heart of key issues faced in a world of forced displacement, Brexit, and increased protectionism.
Amartya Sen’s Inequality Re-Examined is a seminal text setting out a theory to evaluate social arrangements and inequality. By... Læs mere
This book outlines the creation of organisational knowledge through the constant conversion of the two types of knowledge, tacit and explicit, which Nonaka believes has the potential to guide managers’ knowledge creation strategies.
Tabbaa’s Transformation offers an innovative approach to understanding... Læs mere
One of the most widely read books in the social sciences, Purity and... Læs mere
Bourdieu questions the preeminent ideas of social anthropologists who stressed the structural principles governing human action rather than the actions themselves and, Bourdieu asserts, doesn’t account for all observable nuances of behaviour.
Gutiérrez’s 1971 book provides an inspiring argument as to how Christians and the Roman Catholic Church should support the poor. The Catholic Church had traditionally seen... Læs mere