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Contemporary organisations, from across the typological and geographic spectrum, are increasingly pressured to survive and grow in an incessantly changing business context, one characterised by the constant shape-shifting of the industry and market forces. At the same time, businesses are progressively questioning conventional theories and practices and are seeking to adopt innovative means to innovative ends, with innovation and capacity building being targeted in within multiple modes and contexts.
This chapter presents the book’s philosophy and its business propositions and paradigms through a mix of empirical and conceptual works representing a balanced array of disciplinary, geographic and typological foci. The chapters collectively reflect contemporary business management philosophy, attitude and practice, and provide direction and/or food for thought for international consideration, development and application.
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All references pertaining to the subjects of the changing business environment and the corresponding shifts in business philosophy, theory and practice have been explicitly or implicitly drawn from the works of Chebbi et al. (2013, 2015, 2017), Rossi et al. (2014), Thrassou et al. (2014, 2018) and Vrontis et al. (2017).
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Thrassou, A., Vrontis, D., Weber, Y., Shams, S.M.R., Tsoukatos, E. (2018). Editorial Introduction. In: Vrontis, D., Weber, Y., Thrassou, A., Shams, S., Tsoukatos, E. (eds) Innovation and Capacity Building. Palgrave Studies in Cross-disciplinary Business Research, In Association with EuroMed Academy of Business. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90945-5_1
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