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Operating Hours and Working Times : A Survey of Capacity Utilisation and Employment in the European Union

Delsen, Lei; Bosworth, Derek; Gross, Hermann; Muñoz de … - 2007

This book presents findings and results from the recent European Union Company survey of Operating hours, Working times and Employment (EUCOWE) in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom. The EUCOWE-project is the first standardised company survey covering all...

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Dynamic Innovation in Outsourcing : Theories, Cases and Practices

Willcocks, Leslie P. (ed.); Oshri, Ilan (ed.); … - 2018

This book is a guide for achieving innovation through outsourcing. Unpacking the various challenges faced by client … includes collaborative structures and metrics to measure outcomes. Written by leading figures in the area of outsourcing, this … beginning of the outsourcing journey to the successful delivery of transformative innovations …

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A Successful Transformation? : Restructuring of the Czech Automobile Industry

Pavlínek, Petr (contributor) - 2008

This is a brilliant examination of the complex processes of the post-1990 transformation in the Czech automotive industry and its selective integration into the West European system. The post-1990 restructuring of the industry is analyzed in the context of its pre-1990 development and in the...

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Regional Trajectories of Entrepreneurship, Knowledge, and Growth : The Role of History and Culture

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2019

This book offers a dynamic perspective on regional entrepreneurship, knowledge, innovation and economic growth, with a particular focus on the role that history and culture play. The authors provide comprehensive empirical analyses offering unique insights into the spatial patterns of long-term...

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Managing Sustainable Stakeholder Relationships : Corporate Approaches to Responsible Management

O'Riordan, Linda - 2017

As ‘disruption’ is currently becoming the new buzzword in boardrooms, this book advocates that the most striking opportunity for business today is making itself relevant to its stakeholders. By presenting a new route via innovative business models, a transformational corporate approach to...

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A Comparative History of Commerce and Industry, Volume I : Four Paths to an Industrialized World

McNabb, David E. - 2016

A Comparative History of Commerce and Industry, Volume I offers a subjective review of how the cultural, social and economic institutions of commerce and industry evolved in industrialized nations to produce the institution we now know as business enterprise

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Central Bank Independence, Regulations, and Monetary Policy : From Germany and Greece to China and the United States

Ray Chaudhuri, Ranajoy - 2018

This book examines the linkage between central bank structure, central bank autonomy-with respect to setting its monetary policy goals, choosing its policy mechanisms, legal independence, and financial independence-and monetary policy, both in select benchmark countries and at a broader...

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The Effects of Political Institutions on Varieties of Capitalism

Arsenault, Matthew P. - 2017

This book identifies and explores the mechanisms linking political institutions and variation in capitalist systems. A strong correlation exists between varieties of political regimes and varieties of capitalism: majoritarian political regimes are correlated with liberal market economies (LMEs)...

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Old-Age Provision and Homeownership – Fiscal Incentives and Other Public Policy Options

Eckardt, Martina (ed.); Dötsch, Jörg (ed.); … - 2018

In light of demographic change and the growing problems of traditional old-age security systems, this book discusses two essential instruments in connection with privately providing for old-age security: (1) savings in private pension schemes and (2) building up equity for home-ownership....

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German Economic and Business History in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Plumpe, Werner - 2016

German economic history in the industrial age has classically formed an important basis for the study of economic growth and industrialisation more generally. This book aims to introduce English-language readers to modern German economic history based on a selection of work by one of Germany's...

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