David Crowther Knihy

Focusing on research methodology in management and business, this guide offers concise, modular content to help students navigate their projects effectively. It introduces a new chapter on qualitative data analysis, addressing a common area of interest. The accompanying student website provides practical support for writing proposals, structuring dissertations, and data collection. With a step-by-step approach, the authors cover essential topics like observational methods and data analysis, making it an invaluable resource for MBA and degree program students tackling research for the first time.

This book examines various aspects of changes to business behavior through the lenses of the “twin pillars” of sustainability – responsibility and governance. It discusses whether the focus of corporate social responsibility has changed so much that we need to think about redefinitions of key concepts in the field, and analyses both the theory and practice in a variety of ways to enable conclusions to be drawn about the changes needed to any definitions. This approach is based on the tradition of the Social Responsibility Research Network, which in its 15-year history has sought to broaden the discourse and to treat all research as inter-related and relevant to business. This book consists of the best contributions from the 16th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility and 7th Organisational Governance Conference held in Derby, United Kingdom in August/September 2017.