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Segmented labor markets and labor mobility

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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Knowledge, inequality, and growth in the new economy

Nahuis, Richard - 2003

During the past two centuries, major technological breakthroughs such as the steam engine and electricity have acted as the catalysts for growth and have resulted in a marked increase in material well-being. The dominant technology today - information and communication technology (ICT) - does...

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Explaining the gender wage gap : the missing aspects of discrimination

Sielska, Alicja - 2023

"This timely book offers a fascinating contemporary analysis of research into the gender pay gap while also providing important nuanced observations. It illustrates the variant methodologies that have been employed by researchers who have attempted to elucidate this challenging topic. Explaining...

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Making and breaking gender inequalities in work

Rönnmar, Mia (ed.); Hayter, Susan (ed.) - 2024

"This timely book expertly analyses the persistence of gender inequalities in work. Despite the progress made through frameworks regulating work and employment relations, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed and exacerbated gender divides in labour markets. The authors present innovative ways to...

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Culture and the labour market

Austen, Siobhan - 2003

Culture and the Labour Market attempts to define the meaning of culture and the nature of its possible consequences on economic processes and outcomes. In particular, the book examines alternative theoretical and empirical approaches to the economic analysis of cultural effects in the labour...

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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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The emergence of entrepreneurial behaviour : intention, education and orientation

Santos, Susana C. (contributor); … - 2017

-- 10. Linking SME's strategic orientation and international performance: insights from an empirical investigation in Italy …

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The learning region : foundations, state of the art, future

Rutten, Roel (contributor); Boekema, Frans (contributor) - 2007

The aim of this book is to present a much-needed conceptualization of 'the learning region'. The editors scrutinize key concepts and issues surrounding this phenomenon, which are then discussed in the context of recent literature. This unique conceptualization of the learning region presents a...

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Industrial agglomeration and new technologies : a global perspective

Tsuji, Masatsugu (contributor); … - 2007

industrial disparity from the viewpoint of industrial agglomeration / Koichiro Kimura -- Agglomeration in Italy -- Italian …This book, a collaborative effort by researchers from Japan, Italy and the USA, seeks to explore the reasons for … China, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, the USA and Vietnam. Significantly, the book provides an interesting split between …

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The international handbook on financial reform

Hall, Maximilian (contributor) - 2003

-- 6. Financial reform in Hong Kong -- 7. Financial reform in Italy -- 8. Financial reform in Japan -- 9. Financial sector …

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