| Bringing together specially commissioned and carefully edited
entries from an international team of the world's best scholars and
teachers the work is divided into 12 individual subject volumes and
an index. All of the volumes provide clear, concise, expert definitions
and explanations of the key concepts in each area. With entries ranging
from extended explorations of major topics, to short definitions of
key terms, each dictionary volume has been carefully designed to give
both the expert and the newcomer a multi-level guide and reference
source to the subject.
This will be the standard reference for students, researchers,
academics and practitioners in the field of business and management.
The content of the Encyclopedia has
been significantly enhanced throughout to feature:
- EXPANDED TWELVE VOLUME SET
Each devoted to, and providing authoritative coverage of, a central area of management including a brand new volume on Entrepreneurship PLUS a comprehensive index volume.
- OVER 6500 INDIVIDUAL ENTRIES
An increase of 30%, presenting fully comprehensive coverage of both traditional and contemporary issues and the latest advances in the field.
- MULTI-LEVEL EXPLANATIONS
Entries range from 50-word definitions of key terms to short essays reviewing areas of development and debate, making this a standard reference for students, researchers, academics and practitioners.
- INTERNATIONAL TEAMS OF OVER 1500 WORLD-RENOWNED SCHOLARS AND TEACHERS
Featuring an all-star cast of internationally editors and authors.
- EDITORIAL EXPERTISE FROM LEADING SCHOOLS OF MANAGEMENT
Including Harvard Business School, Babson College, Manchester School of Management, Warwick Business School, Thunderbird - The Garvin School of International Management, and Texas A&M University.
- EXTENDED BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Referring readers to the relevant wider international literature surrounding the items they are researching and directing them to the foremost global scholarship in their field.
- ENHANCED CROSS-REFRENCING
Flexible, multi-level use, maintained and further extended by sophisticated cross-referencing both among individual encyclopedia entries and between volumes and external sources.
- PRINT AND ONLINE AVAILABLITY
For the first time, the Encyclopedia will be available online via Blackwell Reference Online, widening the scope and reach of the whole project and providing users with a fully flexible resource linked to wider literature and to other Blackwell reference materials within business and management, including the renowned Blackwell Handbooks of Management. For more information on Blackwell Reference Online and the unbeatable functionality and content that it offers, visit www.blackwellreference.com.
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