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This book transposes the 'free-energy principle', as espoused by the neuroscientist Karl Friston, to strategic governance, and forming the new concept of Free-Energy Governance (FEG). This concept lays the foundation for a new logic of governing continuous transformation. In addition to guiding the structure, cognition, and capabilities of success in strategic renewal, FEG provides a systematic and practice-relevant approach to predicting a firm's potential for entropy.Using this new concept, the author shows that the success of continuous strategic renewal and business innovation, elements crucial for firm survival, are determined by the triplet of a firm's structure, cognition, and dynamic board capabilities. "e;How to govern large organizations in times of high uncertainty and permanent change? To answer this pressing question, ... Bijan Khezri has been the first to apply [the free energy] principle to management science ... This book is an eyeopener for every reflective leader.*Professor Oliver Gassmann, Director of the Institute of Management and Technology, University of St. Gallen"e;I really enjoyed reading this book. It was both exciting and reassuring to see how the same fundamental ideas can be found in fields as disparate as nonequilibrium steady-state physics and theories of governance."e;Professor Karl. J. Friston; Director of the Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging"e;Using a term often applied to best-selling novels, 'it is a page turner' in which I learned something new in every chapter! Every board member, all executives and scholars interested in strategic leadership and governance must read this book if they wish to remain relevant in the coming transformational decades."e;Michael A. Hitt University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Mays Business School, Texas A&M UniversityFormer President, Academy of Management, and former Editor, Academy of Management Journal"e;We could not ask for a better author to initiate this new conversation in the board research community and convey its merits to the world of board practice."e;Martin HilbProfessor Emeritus, University of St. GallenFounder and Managing Partner, International Board Foundation and President of Swiss Institute of Directors"e;Set against a wide swath of literature, the book impressively makes the case for a new logic of strategic renewal in which the board of directors plays a central role."e;Professor Constance E. Helfat, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

Latin American and Iberian entrepreneurship represents a special kind of innovation, risk-taking, and futuristic business activity based on a common cultural heritage. There has been an increased interest in entrepreneurship related to specific cultural groups, and this edited book will be among the first to provide a Latin American and Iberian perspective to the study of entrepreneurship, thereby acknowledging the role of the Spanish and Portuguese diaspora and language on the global economy. Each chapter will focus on a different aspect of entrepreneurship related to countries within Latin America and Iberia. By combining both geographical groups, the authors aim to provide a better understanding of how Latin culture permeates entrepreneurial business activities. 

In handicrafts and artisanal products, industry has witnessed both a technological shift and a renewed interest among customers, especially after the challenges and limitations of mass production became evident under the COVID-19 pandemic.

This edited book focuses on strategic aspects of innovation in the context of resilience during and after a crisis. The book thus extends current research on strategic entrepreneurship by integrating it with the field of resilience.

This book highlights a selection of cutting-edge research on decision making presented at the 25th International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM 2019), held in Istanbul, Turkey.

Managing Collaborative R&D Projects.- Part I: Literature Reviews.- A Systematic Literature Review of Open Innovation and R&D Managers.- Review of Collaborative Project Management Approaches in R&D Projects.- Part II: Industry Collaborations.- Co-creation of Innovation by Corporates and Start-Ups.- Open Innovation Strategy of an Early-Stage SME.- Overcoming Barriers of Systemic Innovations in a Business Network.- Framework Linking Open Innovation Strategic Goals with Practices.- The Collaboration Paradox: Why Small Firms Fail to Collaboratefor Innovation.- Part III: University-Industry Collaborations.- Managing a Major University-Industry Collaboration R&D Program.- Balancing Industry Value Proposition and Researcher Academic Interests.- Emergence of Governance Structure in Collaborative University-Industry R&D Programs.- Open Innovation Alliances in Technology Colonies.- Part IV: Collaborative Project Management.- Challenges in Managing Large-Scale Collaborative R&D Projects.- Critical Success Factors in Collaborative R&D Projects.- Developing Trust Between Partners in Collaborative R&D Projects.- Part V: Collaboration Impact and Value.- Do Perceptions of Academic Scientists Influence Non-Academic Collaboration?.- Demystifying Value Co-destruction in Collaborative R&D Projects.- Challenges in Measuring Performance of Collaborative R&D Projects.

This book devises an alternative conceptual framework to understand digital transformation in the cultural heritage sector. This book fills that gap and provides a perspective on the cultural heritage sector, which uses the new social and technology landscape to describe the digital transformation in cultural heritage sectors.

Using a variety of mathematical models and providing details for each category of business, EVI is measured as the ratio of the 'rate of entrepreneurial activities' to the 'rate of exit from the business', reflecting the sustainability, durability, business success, and status of entrepreneurial activities in a country.

This book explores the relationship between and the compatibility of lean management (LM) and value-based management (VBM) approaches at the systems level.

This book examines the effective and appropriate integration of project customers in intercultural settings.

Marketing in the emerging Islamic markets is a challenging business function since international companies must contend with unfamiliar customs, cultural differences, and legal challenges. This book provides marketers who want to reach this emerging and very lucrative consumer base with essential, research-based insights on these aspects and how to deal with them.This book redefines marketing practice and conduct and challenges conventional marketing wisdom by introducing a religious-based ethical framework to the practice of marketing. The framework opens a whole new array of marketing opportunities and describes the behavior of the consumer, community, and companies using a different approach than conventional marketing thought.  

This contributed volume analyses and discusses how atmospheric carbon emissions can be prevented using carbon capture and removal technology and how renewable energies can be used to reduce carbon emissions. Both approaches have their disadvantages. First of all, both involve high costs. Secondly, both require the use of advanced technology. As a result, many countries continue to use fossil fuels. The book seeks to address these problems by identifying strategies to increase countries' use of clean energy. The authors discuss the dilemmas of zero emission and competition in the energy industry and illustrate cross-country applications of the current trends in the form of zero-emission business projects.