The Leicester Business School Occasional Papers reflect the scholarship and research of staff, postgraduates and others associated with the school. Many of the papers take the form of preliminary reports of research in progress or explorations of theoretical ideas. Publication of such work in...

Since the 1950s our modern society has been in a stage of transformation. The grounds of economic action have been changed due to radical technological transformation in microelectronics, biotechnology, and the development of new manufacturing as well as socio-cultural changes. (...)