The social sciences often fail to examine in any systematic way the nature of their subject
matter. Demonstrating that this is a central explanation of the widely acknowledged failings …

Exploring the new professional scenes in digital and freelance knowledge, this innovative
book provides an account of the subjects and cultures that pertain to knowledge work in the …

We argue that critical management studies (CMS) should be conceptualized as a profoundly
performative project. The central task of CMS should be to actively and pragmatically …

Business is the largest undergraduate major in the United States and still growing. This
reality, along with the immense power of the business sector and its significance for national …

We describe a hybrid relational bureaucratic form with structures that embed three
processes of reciprocal interrelating—relational coproduction, relational coordination, and …

Anyone who has spent time in an organization knows that dysfunctional behavior abounds.
Conflict is frequently avoided or pushed underground rather than dealt with openly. At the …

Initiatives to redesign cities so that they are smarter and more sustainable are increasing
worldwide. A smart city can be understood as a community in which citizens, business firms …

The principles of open collaboration for innovation (and production), once distinctive to open
source software, are now found in many other ventures. Some of these ventures are Internet …

This book offers a toolkit of methods and technologies to undertake qualitative research on
digital spaces. Unlike commonly used traditional methodological strategies, which are …

Energy transitions are high on political agendas. From a practical viewpoint, community
approaches are deemed essential in order to transition from a predominantly centralized …