Buyer Beware: The Hidden Cost of Labor in an International Merger and Acquisition

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Recent years have seen a huge growth in European cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and considerable attention has been given to how such deals arise and are completed. A U.S. investor must understand the basic difference in the principle of individual labor law in the U.S. and how it compares with the laws of the target country in an M&A.
In the U.S., under the employment at-will doctrine, the U.S. private sector employers can dismiss their non-unionized employees at any time for any reason or even no reason at all. In most European Union (EU) countries and Germany and Italy specifically, employees are presumed to have a basic right to keep their jobs indefinitely. One of the greatest labor cost disparity with the U.S. is not wages. It is the amount of paid time-off and other benefits. Employers in Germany and Italy will find it difficult to discharge employees without incurring substantial liability. For high-level, long-term employees, these severance payments can run into six or even seven figures.

Negotiating With Winning Words: Dialogue and Skills to Help You Come Out Ahead in Any Business Negotiation

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You are about to go into an important negotiation. You have done your homework and you have a plan and a strategy. But now you are face to face with the other person. What should you say, when should you say it, how should you say it?
That is what this book is all about. What do you say to gather the information you need, set expectations, build relationships, and create a win-win situation? How do you actually use negotiating tactics and strategies in a whole verity of situations?What should you say to close and wrap up the deal?
This book will guide you through the entire negotiating process and make sure that you have the right words at your fingertips for any negotiating situation that you encounter. The author also walks you through some key business negotiations, including a sales negotiation, a purchasing negotiation, and even how to negotiate salary and benefits for a new job. It is all here. A complete overview of the negotiation process and scripts you can use and modify to fit any situation.

A Practical Guide for Holistic Project Management

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Project management is a multidisciplinary profession requiring not only knowledge and experience but also a lot of personal skills. A project is defined as: A temporary organisation that is created for the purpose of delivering one or more business products according to an agreed business case (Prince2 [1]).
A project is executed on behalf of and by people. In fact it is all about people. This book is a holistic approach of project management which not only describes items such as risk management in a very practical way but also pays attention to the project impact and psychological part. Furthermore the challenges regarding outsourcing are described in order to reduce the amount of ‘surprises’.

When Business Kills : The Emerging Crime of Corporate Manslaughter

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This book aims to explain in clear, accessible language, the approach taken by government to corporate offending resulting in a fatality in both the United Kingdom and the United States. The key provisions of the statutory offense of corporate manslaughter, introduced into the United Kingdom in 2008, are examined, and set in context through a consideration of their relationship with prosecution for fatalities at work via the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
Further contextualization is made through comparison with the current position in the United States, highlighting both similarities and differences in approach to occupational fatalities. The range of potential penalties is discussed with particular focus on the sentencing guidelines that apply after February 2016. Concluded corporate homicide cases are reviewed in order to assess the current regime in terms of financial penalties and to shine light on the evolving approach of the prosecuting authorities and the courts to these offenses.

World Wide Data: The Future of Digital Marketing, E-Commerce, and Big Data

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The world is currently in the midst of a data revolution. Consumers now inhabit a digital world and companies have no option but to follow them there. Governments are reviewing the rules of usage for consumer data in marketing and advertising in order to take advantage of the huge economic opportunity that the data driven economy represents.
Companies, recognizing the opportunity, are hurrying to adapt by digitalizing their processes. They are putting pressure on their managers and working teams to learn how to make best use of the technology capabilities and their data resources. What is more, premier national companies have to compete in a global business field where their Silicon Valley-breed competitors have a substantial advantage in terms of digitalization and data usage.
Written in plain English with illustrative examples and cases, this book is for the general manager who seeks a better grasp of this fast-changing business world and a better understanding of what will be required from he/she, not just now but in five years’ time.

The Human Being’s Guide to Business Growth: A Simple Process For Unleashing The Power of Your People for Growth

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Every business owner looking for growth begins by thinking about new products and services, but that’s the wrong place to start. The place to start is inside their company, getting every employee to take responsibility for business development, regardless of their role. Employees need to think, “revenue is my business,” and this book will give readers a simple three-step process (called FIT) to unleash the power of their people for growth.

This book is for business owners who will learn:

  • How to set strategy in less than a day.
  • Where the term “strategic planning” goes wrong.
  • How to use self-identified strengths to unleash hidden sales talent.
  • Ways to overcome resistance from employees not used to thinking “revenue is my business.”A profitable approach to using technology in sales and marketing.

Readers of The Human Being’s Guide to Business Growth will benefit from this book because it shows them how to use the FIT process to stimulate their company’s growth.

Bioinspiration in Business and Management: Innovating for Sustainability

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Many organizations have found themselves well advanced in their sustainability strategies and reaching the limits of progress made through eco-efficiency measures and regulatory compliance. Looking for novel approaches and solutions, many managers are turning to bioinspiration and related fields such as biomimicry, nature-inspired innovation, circular economy, and cradle to cradle, as tools for sustainability-oriented innovation. This innovation paradigm has been gaining popularity across disciplines in recent decades as the world grapples with the challenge of sustainable development.
This book offers a succinct guide for managers and sustainability professionals who are interested in exploring various aspects of business inspired by nature. With applicability ranging from technological, organizational, and system-building innovations, there is a broad realm of possibilities that suit a manager’s scope of influence regardless of their position within the organization. This book aims to exhibit the applications of business inspired by nature that extend beyond the boundaries of the organization and encourage open innovation with novel partners in unlikely scenarios, with all partners aligned by the principles of natural systems.

Agile Management: The Fast and Flexible Approach to Continuous Improvement and Innovation in Organizations

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An environment that is changing ever faster and deeper;markets that are becoming more dynamic and complex;competitor and customer behavior that is increasingly unpredictable—these developments are affecting all organizations. Whoever wants to survive in the future needs to adapt with lightning speed. Increasing numbers of organizations recognize that traditional ways of working are no longer adequate. They lack agility.
In this book, agility expert Mike Hoogveld shows us what we can learn from smart start-ups and other successful, innovative organizations. Using many academic insights and practical examples, he describes how to make your organization responsive by focusing on continuous improvement. Thus, he gives a very concrete answer to the crucial question with which so many organizations are struggling: How do we increase our agility?
The book includes an agile assessment to determine the agility of your organization. The book remains a number-one bestseller in the Netherlands.

Major Sociocultural Trends Shaping the Contemporary World

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The current volume offers a concise and analytical portrait of the contemporary world. The author encompasses concepts and theories from multiple disciplines notably sociology, anthropology, international relations, and economics to examine the major sociocultural transformations of the modern world, their underlying causes, and their consequences. The volume is organized in 10 chapters dealing with a variety of topics including global demographic trends, globalization, culture, foreign affairs, emerging markets, environmental degradation, global security, global health, large corporations, and economic inequality. Each chapter is divided into separate sections examining the accompanying themes.
This book is a valuable reference for managers and business leaders, students, policy makers, and all those who are interested in acquiring a better understanding of the sociocultural trends that are shaping our world.

Accounting Fraud, Second Edition: Maneuvering and Manipulation

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Scandals relating to manipulation and fraud have dominated much of the history of business and the accounting profession in America since it’s founding. Crooks, corruption, scandals, and panics have been regular features of the business landscape, with regulations and the expansion of financial disclosure, auditing, and regulatory agencies following major debacles.
Prior to the creation of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the 1930s and the development of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), few accounting rules existed and it is difficult to identify “accounting” scandals. Beginning with the New Deal of the 1930s, regulations of financial markets (including the SEC); the creation of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and organizations to improve and keep GAAP current (now in the hands of the Financial Accounting Standards Board); and auditing (currently under the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board) improved accounting and audit practices and financial disclosures. Despite these efforts, accounting frauds continue—many in new and innovative ways.
This book brings to light the importance of incentive structures of key players, consideration of economic and psychological perspectives on behavior, and the need for increasingly effective regulation, which become more obvious by considering decades of abuse. Executive compensation, pensions, market values, special purpose entities, and derivatives continue to be problematic accounting issues as they have for decades. Inside, you’ll get exposure to financial disclosure issues and other accounting risks, plus additional knowledge of accounting fraud and risk areas.