This Brief explores school funding reform in the states of Kentucky and Tennessee. In 1990, Kentucky passed the Kentucky Education Reform Act designed to overhaul that state’s education system. Two years later, Tennessee passed the Education Improvement Act which included the Basic Education...

This book is open access under a CC BY license. In this book, Nika Gilauri reveals his formulas for government reform and economic recovery, including how to fight against corruption, reform fiscal policy and tax systems, privatize state-owned enterprises, build a welfare system for those most...

This book investigates the interrelationship between educational reforms and pedagogical and technological innovations, as well as the implications of this relationship for the quality of human capital. By analyzing recent educational reforms in Russia and the US, the authors shed new light on...

When Professor Morishima's book Why has Japan 'Succeeded'? (1982) was published, Japan was still a country of 'capitalism from above'. For the past ten years the country's economy has faltered and declined. It is turning towards 'capitalism from below' despite Japan's weak democracy. This...

This book investigates how businesses can adapt their executive and fiscal practices to adopt an ethical, equal-opportunity approach. The authors demonstrate how corporations can create sustainable work environments that embrace feminist care ethics and ground their research in a strong...

This insightful new study explores an emerging and growing interest in Sociology and Organization Studies which concerns the meanings and experiences of ‘dirty’ work. Based on a unique study of male street cleaners, refuse collectors, graffiti removers and butchers, and drawing on Bourdieu...

Historie des Maklers und Entwicklung des Berufsfeldes -- Analyse der verschiedenen Maklertypen -- Rechtliche Voraussetzungen zur Ausübung des Maklerberufs -- Die Maklerverträge und Voraussetzungen des Provisionsanspruchs.

Unternehmenszusammenbrüche, die oft mit fragwürdigen, teils kriminellen Bilanzierungsmethoden einhergingen, führten auch zu Kritik an Wirtschaftsprüfern. Hierauf reagierten die Gesetzgeber mit zahlreichen Reformen. Christopher Zilch untersucht, ob strengere Regulierungen zu einer...

Motivation und Inspiration im Job statt Langeweile, Frustration und Erschöpfung - ein Ziel, das viele Berufstätige anstreben. Abends erfüllt, begeistert und mit Freude auf den nächsten Arbeitstag nach Hause zu kommen, ist zumeist Menschen vorbehalten, die den Job gefunden haben, der ohne...