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Perceptions of entrepreneurs among polish students

Starnawska, Marzena - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

The aim of this paper is to present how we can approach and explore the field of entrepreneurship phenomenon in an … management research. We hope to outline how we can approach topic of entrepreneurship using alternative, not mainstream method … entrepreneurship was Baumol (1990) who analyzed perceptions of entrepreneurs from historical perspective. He has distinguished three …

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The Elgar Companion to Social Economics, Second Edition

Davis, John B. (contributor); Dolfsma, Wilfred (contributor) - Edward Elgar

Social economics is a dynamic and growing field that emphasizes the key roles social values play in the economy and economic life. This second edition of the Elgar Companion to Social Economics revises all chapters from the first edition, and adds important new chapters to reflect the expansion...

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Governance of the Healthcare Industry

Keasey, Kevin (contributor); Veronesi, Gianluca (contributor) - Edward Elgar

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Handbook on the Economics of Discrimination

III, William M. Rodgers (contributor) - Edward Elgar

Discrimination’s dynamic nature means that no single theory, method, data or study should be relied upon to assess its magnitude, causes, or remedies. Despite some gains in our understanding, these remain active areas of debate among researchers, practitioners and policymakers. The specially...

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Gender Inequalities in the 21st Century

Scott, Jacqueline (contributor); … - Edward Elgar

Both women and men strive to achieve a work and family balance, but does this imply more or less equality? Does the persistence of gender and class inequalities refute the notion that lives are becoming more individualised? Leading international authorities document how gender inequalities are...

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The International Handbook of Labour Unions

Gall, Gregor (contributor); Wilkinson, Adrian (contributor); … - Edward Elgar

Since the 1970s, the spread of neo-liberalism across the world has radically reconfigured the relationship between unions, employers and the state. The contributors highlight that this is the major cause and effect of union decline and if there is to be any union revitalisation and return to...

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Innovation and Commercialisation in the Biopharmaceutical Industry

Rasmussen, Bruce - Edward Elgar

This path-breaking book addresses the ongoing implications for traditional pharmaceutical companies and biopharmaceutical start-ups of the realignment of the industry knowledge-base. The theoretical approach draws on the modern theory of the firm and related ideas in order to better define the...

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Women and Employment

Scott, Jacqueline (contributor); Dex, Shirley (contributor); … - Edward Elgar

How is women’s employment shaped by family and domestic responsibilities? This book, written by leading experts in the field, examines twenty-five years of change in women’s employment and addresses the challenges facing women today.

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The Sustainability of Cultural Diversity

Janssens, Maddy (contributor); Bechtoldt, Myriam (contributor) - Edward Elgar

This engaging book addresses the question of how diverse communities, whether in a nation, city or organization, can live together and prosper whilst retaining and enjoying their cultural differences. This is a particularly pertinent issue in the context of the modern world where mass migration...

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The Consequences of Information

Kallinikos, Jannis - Edward Elgar

This important book addresses the organizational and economic implications of the new technologies of information and communication. Jannis Kallinikos analyses the recent spectacular growth of information and the self-propelling processes through which technological information is increasingly...

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