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Handbook of economics and ethics
Staveren, Irene van (contributor); Peil, Jan (contributor) - 2009
, though distinct, are closely interconnected in a variety of ways. From theory building to data collection, and from modelling …1. Altruism / Jonathan Seglow -- 2. Thomas Aquinas / Odd Langholm -- 3. Aristotle / Ricardo Crespo -- 4. Jeremy Bentham … K. Barker and Darla Schumm -- 23. Freedom / Nicolas Gravel -- 24. Game theory / Ken Binmore -- 25. Globalization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851481
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Darwinism and economics
Hodgson, Geoffrey Martin - 2009
J.W. Stoelhorst (2007), 'The Naturalist View of Universal Darwinism: An Application to the Evolutionary Theory of the … Altruism', Science, 250, December, 1665-8 -- Paul A. Samuelson (1993), 'The Economics of Altruism: Altruism as a Problem … Sciences, Evolutionary Theory, and the Origins of Reciprocity, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1-27, references …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852267
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The economics of non-selfish behaviour : decisions to contribute money to public goods
Meier, Stephan - 2006
In standard economic theory human beings are portrayed as selfish money-maximizing actors. This book investigates the … contribute and draws conclusions on how the empirical findings influence economic theory and policy. Academic economists …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474014
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Research handbook on employee turnover
Saridakis, George (contributor); Cooper, Cary L. (contributor) - 2016
1. Introduction / Cary Cooper and George Saridakis -- 2. Employee turnover / Harald Dale-Olsen -- 3. Understanding and measuring employee turnover / Kevin Morrell -- 4. Two decades of employee retention, tenure and turnover / Peter Urwin and Emma Parry -- 5. Analysing, monitoring and costing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419801
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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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850638
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The great migration : rural-urban migration in China and Indonesia
Meng, Xin (contributor) - 2010
This fascinating study compares and contrasts the immense internal migration movements in China and Indonesia. Over the next two decades, approximately two-thirds of the rural labour force is expected to migrate, transforming their respective societies from primarily rural to urban based
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851158
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Migration and human capital
Poot, Jacques (ed.); Waldorf, Brigitte (ed.);  … - 2009
Throughout the world, migration is an increasingly important and diverse component of population change, both at national and sub-national levels. Migration impacts on the distribution of knowledge and generates externalities and spillover effects. This book focuses on recent models and methods...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474081
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Blockchain + antitrust : the decentralization formula
Schrepel, Thibault - 2021
-- Part 2 best frenemies? -- 6. The theory of the firm -- 7. The theory of granularity -- 8. Collusion on blockchain -- 9 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012704219
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A research agenda for workplace stress and wellbeing
Kelloway, E. Kevin (ed.); Cooper, Cary (ed.) - 2021
Contents: Part I: Setting the scene -- 1. Introduction to a research agenda for workplace stress and wellbeing / E. Kevin Kelloway and Cary L. Cooper -- 2. Workplace stress and wellbeing: Pathways for future research advances / James Campbell Quick -- 3. The cost of stress to uk employers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012665638
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Handbook of research on creativity and innovation
Zhou, Jing (ed.); Rouse, Elizabeth (ed.) - 2021
qualitative methods to generate divergence in creativity theory / Elizabeth D. Rouse and Michael G. Pratt -- Index. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012665646