Books written by Paul Burns

  • Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation

    Porter, M.E. and Kramer, M.R. (2006) 'Strategy and Society: The Link Between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility', Harvard Business Review, 12. Sirkin, H.L., Keenan, P. and Jackson, A. (2005) 'The Hard Side of ...

  • Butler's Saint for the Day

    His close friendship with the great canon lawyer Cardinal Pedro ( Peter ) de Luna led to his involvement in the ecclesiastical political upheavals surrounding the rival claims to the papacy that produced the Great Schism of 1378 to 1417 ...

  • New Venture Creation: A Framework for Entrepreneurial Start-Ups

    FREEDOM (CHAOS) Too little Too much Too few Too little Direction Space or slack Boundaries Support Too much Too little Too many Too much BUREAUCRACY (CONSTRAINT) Source: inspired by information in Birkinshaw (2003) is not just about ...

  • Entrepreneurship and Small Business: Start-up, Growth and Maturity

    He outlined the model used by BP to help guide and control entrepreneurial action: direction, space or slack, boundaries and support. All four need to be in balance. If they are too tight they constrain the business, but if too slack ...

  • Corporate Entrepreneurship: Innovation and Strategy in Large Organizations

    de Bono 35, 431 De Colle and Gonella 297 de Geus 11 Delmar 49 Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reforms ... and Leighton 45 F Fenton and Pettigrew Ferreira 89 Florida 441, 442 Florida and Tinagli Foster and Kaplan 282, ...

  • SBAs for the Final FRCR 2A

    Dupuis CS, Westra Sj, Makris j, and Wallace EC. Injuries and conditions ofthe extensor mechanism ofthe pediatric knee. RadioGraphics 2009; 29: 877-886. 42.A. Focal involvement. Whilst differentiating these conditions can be difficult ...

  • SBAs for the Final FRCR 2A

    Anderson J, Murchison J, and Patel D. CT guided lung biopsy: factors influencing diagnostic yield and complication rate. Clinical Radiology 2003; 58: 791–797. 15. D. Wegener's granulomatosis. The history of sinusitis, ...

  • ULMS 151 Organisations and Management: Custom Publication

    ULMS 151 Organisations and Management: Custom Publication

  • SBAs for the Final FRCR 2A

    Murphey MD, Choi JJ, Kransdorf MJ, Flemming DJ, and Gannon FH. Imaging of osteochondromas: variants and complications with radiologic-pathologic correlation. RadioGraphics 2000; 20: 1407–1434. 67. D. Sickle-cell disease.

  • Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation

    Ensuring these outcomes requires a supportive culture, and creating this can be challenging – not least in well-established, mature firms (Ernst and Chrobat-Mason, 2011). However, this is all part of the entrepreneurial architecture ...

  • Corporate Entrepreneurship: Building an Entrepreneurial Organization

    The secret to sustainable competitive advantage for large organizations in the changing business environment is not simply lowering costs or restructuring for efficiency. Companies need to be adaptable, flexible, speedy,...

  • Corporate Entrepreneurship: Innovation and Strategy in Large Organizations

    This innovative text considers the personal qualities of successful entrepreneurs and the manner in which they do business.

  • Entrepreneurship and Small Business

    Churchill, N. and Hatten, K. (1997) 'Non-Market-Based Transfers of Wealth and Power: A Research Framework for Family ... Crainer, S. and Dearlove, D. (1998) Gravy Training: Inside the Shadowy World of Business Schools, Oxford: Capstone.

  • Butler's Lives of the Saints

    ... should not be corrupted by ambition any more than involved in error . " The patriarch died on 3 July 458 . The previous edition of this work said it was unfortunate that we know nothing of Anatolius ' private life , " for his public ...

  • Business Finance: A Pictorial Guide for Managers

    Balance sheets, profit and loss statements, cash flow, working capital, depreciation, cash flow forecasting, budgeting, and gearing are all explained, making this the book to guide readers safely through the jargon jungle of financial ...

  • Favourite Patron Saints

    This book is a selection of saints presented chronologically and as Patrons.

  • 企业财务管理: 漫画读本

    Ben shu yi man hua de xing shi, Jiang shu le qi ye jia jie kePu lan de zai ta de cai wu jing li wei wei en de bang...

  • Butler's Lives of the Saints

    "This is indeed true: if the saints and blesseds collected here share one overarching characteristic it is to have put their love of God to work for their fellow men and women as they saw fit - through austerity of life, contemplative ...

  • Favourite Patron Saints

    The saints presented here are chosen for good reasons stemming from lives of heroic virtue and considerable achievement. This is a book about real people, heroes and heroines of twenty centuries.