Conceived by Chris Grey as an antidote to conventional textbooks, each book in the 'Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap' series takes a core area of the curriculum and turns it on its head by providing a critical and sophisticated overview of the key issues and debates in an informal, conversational and often humorous way.

Taking a holistic and international perspective, this book critically examines the ethical challenges marketing faces and explores strategies marketers can use to respond to those challenges.

A clear and concise introduction to statistics for business and management students, demonstrating how important statistics are in the business decision-making process and covering everything from conducting a survey and collecting data, to summarizing statistical data, and presenting findings.

Making a case for a reflexive approach to leadership that is informed by in-depth studies of managers. The book aims to facilitate reflexivity in terms of challenging one's position - understanding of leadership - and considering alternatives.

A detailed and critical analysis of the multiple types of entrepreneurship, helping students to understand the practical skills and theoretical concepts needed to create their very own entrepreneurial venture.

Combining a strong theoretical underpinning with a wide range of case studies and practical examples, this authoritative textbook provides a deep understanding of career systems, on both an individual and an organizational level.

Uniting industry experience with academic expertise, the authors combine marketing communications and advertising with the branding perspective to provide students with a practical planning system and a seven-step approach enabling them to create a consistent and comprehensive marketing plan.

An invaluable guide to using digital research methods in business and management dissertations at Masters level, with practical guidance into how to use these approaches in your own research project.

An exciting new textbook examining big data and business analytics to look at how they can help managers become more effective decision-makers.

From the author of Doing Business in Europe (SAGE, 2018), Gabriele Suder has teamed up with Sumati Varma based in India, and Terence Tsai from China to bring this comprehensive solution for Asian business teaching and learning. The book offers a highly productive mix of international business and marketing theory, and is packed with pedagogical tools to engage and develop understanding, including two full-length corporate case studies per chapter. This is a unique volume covering the most rel...