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Flexibility and employment security in Europe : labour markets in transition

Muffels, R. J. A. (contributor) - 2008

This book seeks to gain a better understanding of the paradoxical relationship between the alleged need of European labour markets to become more flexible and the way in which national policies pursue this aim without jeopardising existing high standards of income and employment security....

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The dynamics of full employment : social integration through transitional labour markets

Gazier, Bernard (contributor); Schmid, Günther (contributor) - 2002

Persistent unemployment is recognised as one of the main mechanisms of social and political exclusion. The Dynamics of Full Employment provides a new and fresh approach to the question of full employment in contemporary society. It offers an internationally comparative, interdisciplinary...

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Labour market adjustments in Europe

Messina, Julián (contributor) - 2006

The group of contributors in this book come from academia and international organizations in Europe and the USA. They focus on trade unions, which affect real-wage flexibility and the provision of training to workers. They also concentrate on employment protection legislation, which discourages...

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Segmented labor markets and labor mobility

Reich, Michael (contributor) - 2008

For this insightful collection, Professor Reich has selected some of the most significant published articles on labor mobility and segmented markets. The book investigates the development of this important field from the pioneering papers on labor market segmentation analysis of the 1970s,...

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New directions in the study of work and employment : revitalizing industrial relations as an academic enterprise

Whalen, Charles J. (contributor) - 2008

Charles Whalen's book identifies avenues leading to the revitalization of industrial relations as an academic discipline. The contributors, a stellar assemblage of the field's leading scholars, demonstrate there is much work to be done: the scope and intellectual content of industrial relations...

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The dynamics of innovation in Eastern Europe : lessons from Estonia

Högselius, Per - 2005

Building strong and dynamic systems of innovation constitutes a key challenge for the post-socialist economies of Central and Eastern Europe. This book develops a strong conceptual and empirical foundation for understanding how such dynamic systems may emerge. The Dynamics of Innovation in...

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Microfoundations of economic success : lessons from Estonia

Mayes, David G. (ed.) - 2009

This book explores the nature of the flexibility of Estonia's rapid growth, that enables it to swiftly seize … firms and households to explore the basis for Estonia's record as the most successful of all the EU accession countries over … Estonian economy, both in price setting in employment and wages, and in consumption. The book also reveals that Estonia is able …

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Flexible hybrid work

Vartiainen, Matti - 2024

"Despite hybrid work becoming increasingly relevant since the COVID-19 pandemic, exactly what the phenomenon entails remains a burgeoning field of research. Matti Vartiainen explores this shift in working culture and what it means for staff wellbeing and performance, as well as how remote work...

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Fast growing firms in a slow growth economy : institutional conditions for innovation

Visintin, Francesca (contributor); … - 2016

Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: innovation beyond national systems fragility: institutional bricolage for SMEs growth / D. Lauto G. Pittino and F. Visintin -- Part I the context -- 2. Entrepreneurship and technological clusters. the influence of contextual factors on the birth...

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Connecting Asia : infrastructure for integrating south and southeast Asia

Plummer, Michael G. (contributor); … - 2016

This book analyses how closer regional connectivity and economic integration between South Asia and Southeast Asia can benefit both regions. With a focus on the role played by infrastructure and public policies in facilitating this process, it provides a detailed and up-to-date discussion of...

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