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This e-book contains six papers from the staff of the Leeds Business School involved in the new graduate entrepreneurship programme. One paper sets the UK national scene in this area of study and the rest explore various aspects of the course on offer. The problems of start-ups and marketing, the benefits of a residential course, using video of role models to teach the subject and identified personality traits of entrepreneurs are looked at. Useful for any academic involved in teaching entrepreneurship

Examines the problems and pitfalls of managing multi‐cultural organisations from a corporate perspective. The author, a practising HR director, makes use of his work experience of three companies to analyse the difficulties arising from different values, perceptions and cultures in MNCs. Language and communications play a significant role which are illustrated in the areas of European Works Councils, mergers and takeovers and HRM processes, particularly regarding international recruitment. Solutions to these problems include training management awareness and understanding of the cultural context within which the firm operates, and managers keeping an open mind with regard to the different values and perceptions held by others.

Social structures and processes are increasingly acknowledged and studied within the human factors/ergonomics (HFE) discipline. At the same time, social phenomena are rarely the focus of HFE work, leaving a knowledge gap. The present study directly addresses social and personal normative forces that influence technology use and performance. Social and personal normative influence to use electronic health records (EHR) were investigated using semi-structured qualitative interviews with 20 attending physicians at two US hospitals. Analyses used a comprehensive framework based on leading social scientific theories and revealed numerous sources of influence, including hospital administration, colleagues, patients, clinical and professional groups, government, and one's self. Influence was achieved through different means and invoked different psychological processes. Findings motivate a new view of professionals' technology use as a highly social process occurring in a social context, with implications for research, policy, design, and in general the development of a robust social ergonomics.

From Free to Fair Markets proposes a new vision of liberalism coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. An accessible articulation of a new economic path for liberal societies, this book addresses problems of economic disadvantage, stagnation, inequality, and climate change, and simultaneously emphasizes the importance of markets in ensuring the efficiency and sustainability of policy solutions. With concrete policies and practical steps, Rosalind Dixon and Richard Holden's proposal for future of liberalism offers a new way to think about economic policy that is fair and capable of responding to the challenges of a post-COVID world.

Abstract
Australia handled many aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic very well. The international border was closed early, contract tracing regimes were implemented quickly, and targeted lockdowns helped keep case and death rates per capita to relatively low levels. Yet in mid-2021, Australia's vaccine rollout was the slowest in the OECD. We estimate that an optimal vaccine rollout could have saved lives and averted at least A$31 billion in economic damage. The policy errors reflected a failure to heed basic economic concepts of portfolio diversification, option value, and dynamic optimization. We conclude with some policy lessons concerning pandemic preparedness for Australia and other countries.