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This Handbook deepens and extends the engagement between research concerned with work and employment and labour … with the world of work …
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The role of social capital in regional development is a multifaceted topic which is studied all over the world using … original chapters, written by leading scholars from around the world, combine theory and new empirical research to analyse …
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challenges accepted views on Japanese production methods in the world car industry. The book argues that the 'lean and flexible … stresses of globalization. To illustrate this, Dan Coffey provides individual studies of process flexibility, labour …
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examines how the concept has emerged through Toyota's real-world practices. Chapters are divided into 5 succinct sections: lean …
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European labour markets, the European workplaces, in (flexible) working patterns, changing preferences for working hours and in … gender relations at work. With a focus on future developments, this book will be of interest to labour market researchers and …
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This book contributes to the expanding field of cross-cultural and comparative management, and addresses the issue of whether the main Scandinavian countries--Denmark, Norway and Sweden--exhibit such similarities in management style and practice as to constitute a country cluster
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world trading system -- 7. corporate alliances and competition policies -- 8. alliance capitalism in Europe -- 9. EU growth …
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This book provides rigorous analysis of the wide range of questions surrounding the role of international institutions in governing global business, especially multinational enterprises (MNEs). The analysis, both theoretical and empirical, focuses on the corporate governance of MNEs and to what...
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The current paradigm shift in the world economy is challenging the traditional competitiveness and growth theories with … efficient due to the current transformation of the world economy. His empirical data from 22 OECD countries in the 1980s and …
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In this enlightening book, John Berdell addresses the widely-held belief that classical economics distanced itself from policy issues and public debates regarding the effects of international trade on economic growth in advanced economies. He argues, through a detailed consideration of the...
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