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Contingent employment in Europe and the United States

Storrie, Donald W. (contributor); … - 2003

employment in the USA -- 8. Contingent employment in the Netherlands -- 9. Conclusions : contingent employment in Europe and the …

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Organizations and archetypes

Kostera, Monika - 2012

more general theoretical reflections, current management and organization theory literature, as well as practical examples …

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Organizational innovations and economic growth : organosis and growth of firms, sectors, and countries

Sanidas, Elias - 2005

Analysing the USA and Japan from the late 19th century to the present day, the book provides an accessible synthesis of …1. Introduction -- 2. Organizational innovations from the 1860s in the USA and Japan -- 3. The role of OIs in the … theory of economic growth -- 4. Contribution of specific OIs to economic growth and the three axes of OIs -- 5. The process …

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Financialization and the US economy

Orhangazi, Özgür - 2008

Özgür Orhangazi brings together a comprehensive analysis of financialization in the US economy that encompasses the historical, theoretical, and empirical sides of the issues. He explores the origins and consequences of the dramatic rise of financial markets in the US economy and focuses on...

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The living wage : lessons from the history of economic thought

Stabile, Donald - 2008

For the last decade a movement for providing workers with a living wage has been growing in the US. This book describes how great thinkers in the history of economic thought viewed the living wage and highlights how the ideas of the early economists such as Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill...

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Decision-making on mega-projects : cost-benefit analysis, planning and innovation

Flyvbjerg, Bent (contributor); Wee, Bert van (contributor); … - 2008

This book enlarges the understanding of decision-making on mega-projects and suggest recommendations for a more effective, efficient and democratic approach. Authors from different scientific disciplines address various aspects of the decision-making process, such as management characteristics...

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The economic crisis and occupational stress

Fotinatos-Ventouratos, Ritsa - 2015

'Does the economic crisis concern you? The highly competent Greek and British co-authors of this book answer in the affirmative. They demonstrate the close and vicious interrelationships between human attitudes and behavior on the one hand, and unemployment, overemployment, poverty, mortgage...

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City taxes, city spending : essays in honor of Dick Netzer

Schwartz, Amy Ellen (contributor); Netzer, Dick (contributor) - 2004

An illustrious group of economists contribute to this volume honoring Dick Netzer, the public finance economist well-known for his research on state and local taxation, the provision of urban public services, and non-profit organizations. Following in his tradition, the contributors apply...

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Pension fund governance : a global perspective on financial regulation

Evans, John R. (contributor); Piggott, John R. (contributor) - 2008

The academic literature on pension governance is sparse and this book will fill some important gaps by bringing together original contributions from around the world on subjects related to the area. The book initially lays out the main frameworks for pension fund governance and then goes on to...

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Public enterprise revisited : a closer look at the 1954-79 UK labour productivity record

Iordanoglou, Chrisafis H. - 2001

The book compares the 1954-79 labour productivity record of 5 expanding public sector industries to that of 24 expanding, capital intensive, mass-production industries in the British private sector. The author shows that the public sector industries' labour productivity growth was significantly...

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