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Economics and Finance (R0)

María Vázquez-Fariñas

Francisco Cabrera-Gallardo

Business Trajectories in the History of Spain

Sectors, Figures and Transformations

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Chapter 1. Companies and Entrepreneurs: An Economic History Perspective.- Chapter 2. The Spanish System of Grain Banks (Sixteenth-Nineteenth Centuries).- Chapter 3. Entrepreneurship and Spanish Bourgeoisie at the Start of the Liberal Revolution: Study of Antequera (Malaga), 1835-1836.- Chapter 4. Foreign Capital in the Gas Industry in Spain, Lebon et Cie. (1845-1925).- Chapter 5. A Century-old Coal Company: Hullera Vasco-Leonesa.- Chapter 6. The Business History of the Malaga Steel Industry.- Chapter 7. Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, businessman and politician: a technocratic president?.- Chapter 8. Hotel Companies and Entrepreneurs in 20th-century Spain.- Chapter 9. The Figure of the Executive in the Management of the Modern Company: Pedro Dur&amp;aacute;n Farell and Catalana de Gas (1950-1970).- Chapter 10. Business History in Times of Change: Cycles, Crises and Recovery at Construcciones Calder&amp;oacute;n.&lt;/p&gt;

Confident Series

Get across the basics of cybersecurity with this streamlined guide that provides clarity and confidence in a world where cyber security is changing so rapidly.

The Essential Insights and How to Protect from Threats

Confident Cyber Security

Sustainable business is no longer optional--it's the strategy that will determine who leads and who gets left behind.Climate change is not just a future threat--it's a current reality, reshaping markets, supply chains, and entire industries. Rising temperatures, resource scarcity, and mounting waste are driving regulatory pressure, investor scrutiny, and consumer demand for sustainable practices. For business leaders, this isn't just an operational challenge--it's a strategic disruption. Companies that fail to adapt risk being swept aside by forces they can no longer ignore.In The Ultimate Disruption: Rethinking Business in a World Transformed by Climate Change, INSEAD professors Atalay Atasu and Luk Van Wassenhove provide an essential road map for thriving in this new era. Drawing on decades of research and real-world case studies, they show why sustainability must be treated as a core business imperative, not a compliance exercise or marketing slogan. The authors introduce a framework for rethinking strategy, redefining value propositions, and reinventing business models to integrate environmental value alongside customer utility and profit.Through compelling examples--from Polygreen's zero-waste transformation on a Greek island to Schneider Electric's global decarbonization initiatives--the book illustrates how companies are turning environmental constraints into opportunities for innovation and growth. Each chapter tackles critical steps: building the business case for sustainability; revisiting value potential; overcoming operational and scaling challenges; and leveraging partnerships, tech, and new business models to deliver shared value and profitability.Sustainability is no longer a cost--it's a competitive advantage. The Ultimate Disruption equips leaders with the strategies and tools to navigate the climate-driven transformation of business ecosystems and emerge stronger than ever.

Rethinking Business in a World Transformed by Climate Change

The Ultimate Disruption

Accessible, comprehensive, and rigorous: Public Sector Economics provides the ideal balance of theoretical and applied coverage. In the only textbook to provide rigorous coverage of both economic theory and its applications to real-world policy, Vivien Burrows draws examples from a wide range of countries and encourages students to develop their own ability to apply the theory in new contexts. Key Features: · Provides comprehensive coverage of economic theory in an accessible manner. · Focuses heavily on analyzing applications of the theory to real-world policies. · Includes up-to-date policy examples from the UK, Europe, and a wide range of other countries. · Discusses the neoclassical theory for government intervention, along with critiques and alternative perspectives. · Explores how insights from behavioural economics can inform policy design. · Explains the intuition behind different theories and arguments, rather than abstract mathematical modelling. Digital formats and resources This title is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats: the e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support. It also contains case studies covering topics such as the Spanish wealth tax, water privatisation in England, and policies to reduce global plastic pollution. For more information about e-books, please visit www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks Teaching resources for adopting lecturers include: Data Exercises

Theory and Applications

Public Sector Economics

How the Apple Store changed shopping forever - one customer at a time.In The Apple Store: A Retail Story, visionary retailer Ron Johnson reveals the untold story of how he and Steve Jobs created the Apple store. From the first store's opening to a global empire of over 500 locations, Johnson shares a behind-the-scenes look at iconic moments, including the opening of their first UK store on Regent Street and the restoration of the ancient Covent Garden store.Part business memoir, part insider account, the book uncovers Johnson's philosophy - 'Good Things Happen When People Come to the Store,' 'You Can't Automate Service' - and offers timeless lessons on leadership, innovation and customer experience. Filled with personal stories, hard-won wisdom and reflections on working with Steve Jobs, this is an inspiring read offering insights that readers can apply in their own work and lives.Co-written with Zander Nethercutt, this is the definitive account of how Apple's 'houses of worship' became a retail phenomenon that forever changed how we shop.

A Retail Story

Shop Different

Rigorously revised, with brand new chapters on additional private sources of funding, due diligence, sustainable finance, and deep tech investing, the second edition of this successful textbook provides a cutting-edge, practical, and comprehensive review of the financing of entrepreneurial ventures. From sourcing and obtaining funds, to financial tools for growing and managing the financial challenges and opportunities of the startup, this engaging text will help entrepreneurs, students, and early-stage investors to make sound financial decisions at every stage of a business' life. The text is grounded in sound theoretical foundations with a strong European perspective and reference to the Middle East and Africa. New case studies and success stories, and up-to-date perspectives from experts and the media, provide real-world applications, while a wealth of activities give students abundant opportunities to apply what they have learned. A must-have text for graduate and undergraduate students in entrepreneurship, finance, and management programmes, as well as aspiring entrepreneurs and early-stage investors in any field.

The Art and Science of Growing Ventures

Entrepreneurial Finance

Seminal writing on personal finances for business owners, this book details a step-by-step guide how an entrepreneur can use their business as a springboard for acquiring and protecting exponential wealth.You've heard stories of successful businesses failing and their founder's undergoing personal financial hardship. This practical guide reveals how to build wealth that remains intact even when your company faces challenges. Every business owner undergoes significant periods of stress during inevitable business downturns or even changes to personal circumstances. While most entrepreneurs pour everything into their businesses, the wisest build financial resilience plans that can withstand inevitable downturns. This book shows you exactly how to do it through presenting a proven three-asset-class framework and step-by-step methods to acquire and maintain wealth during any economic condition. It outlines common financial pitfalls that derail even the most successful business owners and presents a decision-making framework for evaluating new financial opportunities as well as the small, consistent actions that combine into longer-term growth. In this book, you'll discover:· How to really understand your definition of success.· The dashboard you will reference regularly to keep you on course.· The step-by-step strategy to acquire impenetrable assets.· The stumbling blocks that trip up the unprepared entrepreneur.· How to process new information and understand if it fits in your plan.· How seemingly small decisions have big long-term payoffs.This book is essential reading for business owners and entrepreneurs who want to protect their personal finances from business fluctuations, seek to build intergenerational wealth beyond their primary business and need practical strategies to navigate financial stress during downturns.

Every Entrepreneur's Guide to Guaranteed Family Wealth Accumulation and Retention

Rethink Your Financial Purpose

Education often teaches us how to become good employees and specialized professionals, yet it rarely prepares us for the fast-changing, challenging world of entrepreneurship. We are surrounded by endless advice-some helpful, some expensive-on how to make money or build a business. But the real question remains: What do you want to create, and how do the ideas of others align with your own goals, values, and aspirations?

This book -'Your Path for Business Success', offers more than information. It provides inspiration, clarity, and a practical framework to evaluate your own ambitions and capabilities. It is both a guide and a workbook-designed to help you plan your entrepreneurial journey, understand the major drivers of success, and anticipate the hurdles you will face along the way.

Magellan Group Professionals and Investors are deeply committed to 
developing the entrepreneurial mindset and skills we believe are essential in the emerging era of AI. If you've ever wondered what entrepreneurship truly means-and what it could mean specifically for you-this book will help you discover it. It will sharpen your focus, strengthen your confidence, and empower you to move toward success with purpose and direction.

Business Beyond Self-Employment

Your Path for Business Success

Economic Perspectives on Institutions provides an introduction to the economic analysis of institutions, particularly with respect to the core issues of conflict, coordination and inequality, offering an essential synthesis of what we have learnt so far and highlighting the major gaps to be filled. Readers are introduced to some of the best ideas produced in the field of institutional economics and are provided with a critical assessment both of their ability to explain a number of crucial problems and to offer a guide to the choice of the best policies. This book will be essential reading to all those studying and researching in the field of institutional economics.

Economic and social institutions are more and more important in modern economic systems. Efficiency, equity and also economic evolution depend on them. Indeed, since the pioneering analyses of Coase, North and Williamson huge progress has been made in the understanding of the influence of institutions on the working of economic systems. However, institutions are still a rather disregarded topic both in the analysis of economic phenomena and in the design of economic policies. This book offers a critical assessment of the results achieved so far by the various strands of Institutional Economics that paves the way for further improvements.Economic Perspectives on Institutions provides an introduction to the economic analysis of institutions, particularly with respect to the core issues of conflict, coordination and inequality, offering an essential synthesis of what we have learnt so far and highlighting the major gaps to be filled. Readers are introduced to some of the best ideas produced in the field of institutional economics and are provided with a critical assessment both of their ability to explain a number of crucial problems and to offer a guide to the choice of the best policies. This book will be essential reading to all those studying and researching in the field of institutional economics.

Conflict, Coordination, Inequality

Economic Perspectives on Institutions

Research for Development

This book examines postwar Italian craft and design (1948-1962) through a multidisciplinary lens, reassessing its significance today. It explores the enduring appeal of artifacts within and beyond museum contexts, emphasizing their role as dynamic tools that transcend historical value. Addressing future challenges, the book highlights their relevance in enriching society, supporting creative industries, and aligning with UNESCO’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Building on seminal exhibitions such as "Il Design Italiano Degli Anni ’50" (Milan, 1981), "Anni Cinquanta" (Milan, 2005), and "Il Modo Italiano" (Montreal-Toronto-Rovereto, 2006-2007), the book underscores the pivotal role of 1950s design in shaping Italy’s postwar renewal. It testifies to the emergence of a vibrant creative world rooted in cultural heritage and sustained by networks of artisans, manufacturers, artists, designers, and architects – each contributing to an interconnected and territorially grounded design culture. Organized into three thematic sections, it explores the uniqueness of Italian design (Section 1: On the Uniqueness of Italian Design), archival practices (Section 2: Archives for Memory and the Future), and exhibition strategies (Section 3: Made in Italy on Display Inside and Outside Museums). The book advocates for innovative strategies in data and memory sharing to enhance the understanding and appreciation of Italy’s cultural assets, ensuring their continued relevance while maintaining their connection to local identities and production practices. Drawing on case studies, experts from diverse fields – including architecture, museums, decorative arts, craft, product and interior design – examine Italian craftsmanship’s heritage and its connections to local communities. Their essays illustrate how interdisciplinary enquiries converge into a unified narrative, benefiting from modern approaches to preservation, communication, exhibition, and promotion across physical, digital, and virtual experiences. The book also addresses practical concerns for individuals, industries, archives, museums, and cultural institutions. It provides insights into best practices for presenting design artifacts, leveraging social media for engagement, and fostering partnerships to amplify the impact of cultural initiatives. Emphasizing community participation and cross-sector collaboration, it emphasizes the importance of sustaining Italy’s design legacy. Beyond academia and professional circles, the book engages a wider audience by raising public awareness of Italy’s cultural heritage and its nature for future generations. It suggests strategies for mitigating overtourism, enhancing engagement with Italy’s design heritage, and developing sustainable tourism initiatives that support local communities. By demonstrating the lasting influence of Italian craftsmanship and design, the book positions heritage as a living tradition that continues to shape contemporary life.

Narratives for the 21st Century

Unfolding Made in Italy (1948-1962)

The first of its kind, this book shows that enterprises owned and managed by their own staff as cooperatives, estimated to be over 300,000 in the world and to employ over 15 million people, can be economically sustainable in the long term and substantially contribute to community development.Comprising 26 case studies, the book showcases how by providing membership and control to worker-member-owners and promoting community empowerment, worker-owned cooperatives have built sustainable businesses and fostered democratic decision-making across various sectors and geographies. The analysis emphasises the importance of education and training, capital accumulation facilitated by supportive regulatory frameworks and inter-cooperative systems (networks, agencies, federations, and peer groups), and the role of worker cooperativism in promoting equality, community development, and environmental sustainability. Worker and social cooperatives are well-positioned to address global challenges by promoting sustainable development, equality, and community-centric solutions. Worker cooperativism has shown a strong capacity to innovate socially, but also technologically, including over the past few years, while providing high levels of employment security and welfare.The book is of great use to practitioners within the cooperative movement, in particular the worker-members of worker and social cooperatives themselves, as well as developers of such cooperatives within the cooperative movement, but also among development NGOs and social movements.

Worker-owned Cooperatives Across the World

Cooperativism at Work

Most innovation advice breaks down when technology leads the market.
For decades, we've been taught that innovation starts with customer validation, empathy maps, and rapid feedback loops. That approach works when problems are well understood and solutions are incremental. But it quietly fails when feedback loops are slow, expensive, or nonexistent, when the technology itself must exist before customers can even imagine what is possible.
Build First, Market Later is a contrarian but practical book for engineers, technical founders, and system builders working at the edge of what is possible. It explains why breakthrough innovation rarely starts with market demand, why customers often cannot articulate needs for capabilities that do not yet exist, and why the most important innovations emerge from building first, then engaging the market when it is ready.
This book is not a rejection of Lean Startup or design thinking. It is an explanation of their limits, and a guide to when different innovation methods actually apply.
Drawing on examples ranging from lasers and semiconductors to software platforms, AI systems, medical technology, and open-source infrastructure, Farhad Abtahi shows how innovation fails not because of bad ideas, but because of misordered steps. Validation without physics. Stories without systems. Markets consulted before capabilities exist.
Build First, Market Later does not offer a recipe. It offers something more useful: a way to reason about innovation when the usual playbooks stop working.
If you are optimizing features, this book is not for you.
If you are building something that has never existed before, it is.

The Engineers Argument for Breakthrough Innovation

Build First, Market Later

Apply entrepreneurial thinking to build sustainable marketing strategies in resource-limited environments. Principles of Entrepreneurial Marketing by Paul Booth and Zach Thompson is designed for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying marketing, entrepreneurship and small business management. Aligned to core modules in entrepreneurial marketing and venture creation, this textbook equips students with the fundamental knowledge and applied skills required to design effective marketing strategies in start-up and growth-focused contexts. This textbook provides a structured framework that guides students through identifying market opportunities, developing new ventures and crafting marketing strategies that support sustainable growth. From understanding the customer journey to developing pricing strategy, brand purpose and digital presence across ecommerce platforms and social media, this book connects theory directly to entrepreneurial action. This textbook includes: - A step-by-step entrepreneurial marketing framework with defined learning deliverables - Guidance on pricing, digital marketing, customer journey mapping and growth planning - Activities such as building a content calendar, planning an ad campaign and developing a brand identity kit - Real-world examples and entrepreneur interviews linking theory to venture creation, including from BigBelly (USA), Inspired Bicycles (UK), Pauline Cosmetics (Kenya) and Mecado Libre (South America) &gt;Whether studying marketing, entrepreneurship or preparing to launch a venture, Principles of Entrepreneurial Marketing provides students with the strategic tools and practical confidence to build innovative, market-driven businesses.

Strategy and Applied Practice

Principles of Entrepreneurial Marketing

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