Innovation Paradox
Venture Capital, Global Partnerships and the Struggle for Technological Sovereignty
ISBN: HB: 9781911723813,
Hurst Publishers,
August 2025
264 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
264 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
Explains how, against the odds, pioneering start-ups have taken on established firms and revolutionised global commerce – with huge implications for the future of business.
In a struggle between David and Goliath, the giant is always predicted to...
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Development Reimagined
Bold Directions Towards a Thriving World
ISBN: HB: 9781911723134,
Hurst Publishers,
April 2025
264 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
264 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
Can development remake itself for today's world? To do so, it must shed its colonial baggage, embrace diverse voices and prioritise genuine sustainability.
Imagining a better future is at the heart of development. But mainstream development models...
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Gunpoint Capitalism
Enforcing Industrial Order in Karachi
ISBN: HB: 9781911723783,
Hurst Publishers,
February 2025
384 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 15 illus.
384 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 15 illus.
Globalised manufacturing, multinational hegemony, street violence and urban securitisation come together in this eye-opening study of Karachi's economic "order".
On 11 September 2012, over 250 workers of Ali Enterprises, which produced jeans for t...
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Zero Sum
The Arc of International Business in Russia
ISBN: HB: 9781911723561,
Hurst Publishers,
November 2024
352 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
352 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
An insider's account of the rise and fall of Western business ventures in post-Soviet Russia.
When the hammer and sickle flag came down at the Kremlin at the end of 1991, a feverish new market opened for business: Russia. In 2022, as soon as Putin...
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Borderless Africa
A Sceptic's Guide to the Continental Free Trade Area
ISBN: PB: 9781787389441,
Hurst Publishers,
February 2024
296 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
296 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
From freedom of movement to customs-free commerce, two experts show how the AfCFTA could transform African economies and societies.
The African Continental Free Trade Area, established in 2018, represented a monumental step forward for Africa in t...
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20.00 GBP
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Bottled
How Coca-Cola Became African
ISBN: HB: 9781787389359,
Hurst Publishers,
July 2023
328 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
328 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
The astonishing true story of how shrewd marketing and high politics enabled a global beverage brand to conquer a continent – albeit not on its own terms.
Travel to virtually any African country and you are likely to find a Coca-Cola, often a cold...
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Gambling on Development
Why Some Countries Win and Others Lose
ISBN: PB: 9781805260080,
ISBN: HB: 9781787385627,
Hurst Publishers,
May 2023
360 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
360 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
In the last thirty years, the developing world has undergone tremendous changes. Overall, poverty has fallen, people live longer and healthier lives, and economies have been transformed. And yet many countries have simply missed the boat. Why have...
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Hungry Bengal
War, Famine and the End of Empire
ISBN: PB: 9781787389670,
ISBN: HB: 9781849044318,
Hurst Publishers,
April 2023
288 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
288 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
The years leading up to the independence and accompanying partition of India mark a tumultuous period in the history of Bengal. Representing both a major front in the Indian struggle against colonial rule, as well as a crucial Allied outpost in the...
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New Spirit of Capitalism
Toward More Sustainable and Inclusive Economies
ISBN: HB: 9781787387942,
Hurst Publishers,
July 2022
248 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
248 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
Examines the future of the world economic order in the context of major global trends such as climate change, digitisation and rising inequalities.
Capitalism represents the greatest engine of material well-being that the world has ever seen. But...
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Work Won't Love You Back
How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted and Alone
ISBN: PB: 9781787386822,
ISBN: HB: 9781787384644,
Hurst Publishers,
January 2022
400 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
400 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
A Times Business Book of the Year 2021
When you love your job so much that you'll work for next to nothing, then nothing is exactly what you'll get.
You're told that if you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life. Whether it's work...
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