Digital Bookshelf

Thomas Davenport, the President’s Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management, along with co-authors Elizabeth Gardner and John Glaser, provide a comprehesive overview and explore the issues surrounding the implementation, governance, impacts, and risks of utilizing AI in health organizations. Edward Elgar, 2022. 

English Professor Mary Pinard was awarded the Ex Ophidia Press Poetry Book Prize for her manuscript of original poems. Ex Ophidia Press, 2022

In this ambitious book, Professor of Politics Kevin Bruyneel confronts the chronic displacement of Indigeneity in the politics and discourse around race in American political theory and culture. The University of North Carolina Press, 2021

Professor of Marketing Victoria L Crittenden, along with seven co-authors, examines direct selling, framed within the context of entrepreneurship and an historical overview of the long-term sustainability of the business model. Business Expert Press, 2021

Through in-depth stories, coaching breaks, and tools, Associate Professor Rob Cross illustrates how workers can reclaim close to a day a week in this highly influential book—named the Best Management Book of 2021 by strategy+business. Harvard Business Review Press, 2021

Professor of Economics Kent Jones explores the impact of populist regimes and the damage inflicted on global trade and trade policy institutions. The book traces the influence of populism on trade policy and explains the role of trade anxiety in a populist election strategy. Oxford University Press, 2021

Based on his interviews with startup founders in more than 120 countries he has visited, Associate Professor Adam J. Sulkowski explores how entrepreneurs are making their startups work in some of the most challenging contexts. Van Rye Publishing, LLC., 2021

Professor of Management Wendy Murphy, associate dean of the undergraduate school, and Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior Jennifer Tosti-Kharas edited this comprehensive guide to the methodologies that researchers use in career scholarship. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021

This comprehensive exploration—edited by Matt R. Allen, associate professor and founder of the Family Entrepreneurship Amplifier Program, and William B. Gartner, Bertarelli Foundation Distinguished Professor of Family Entrepreneurship—examines why entrepreneurial families are successful over generations. Palgrave Macmillan, 2021

Illustrating how global collaboration can foster entrepreneurship education, international contributors—led by Professor of Entrepreneurship Heidi Neck—share their experiences as educators, scholars and thought-leaders involved in the Babson Collaborative. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021

Peter S. Cohan, a lecturer of strategy and entrepreneurship in the Management Division, examines the current industry shift in the decades-long battle between ecommerce and large traditional retailers. Apress, 2020

Assistant Professor of Global Studies Nabaparna Ghosh explores how kinship ties have configured urban space in South Asia, crafting areas of self-government within colonial town plans. Cambridge University Press, 2020