Take an in-depth look into the gig economy to see how tech professionals and entrepreneurs can earn a living as freelancers and contractors. Build your own business. The pros and cons of the lifestyle and what to expect from it are discussed. In this book, author Adam Sinicki explains the impact...

‘What motivates contemporary workers who can no longer rely on a stable employment in corporations? Alexander Styhre offers unique insights into this question in his book. Having taken a close look at venture work, contract work and freelancing, Styhre throws a new light on the changing...

This book examines the new conditions under which professional work, often referred to as “knowledge-intensive work,” is organised and how professional groups who have traditionally been granted jurisdictional discretion now have their work routines renegotiated. In the new economic regime...

Introduction -- Part I: Non-Standard Employment, Labour Supply and Living Conditions -- Part II: Non-Standard Employment, Workers' Mobility and Labour Market Structure -- Part III: Part-Time Employment, Working Conditions and Job Attributes -- Part IV: Non-Standard Employment, Quality of Work...

Introduction -- Ethical Premises and Values -- Technical Progress in Economics, Market and Democracy and Informational Revolution -- The End of Communism and the Beginning of an End of Capitalism -- A Vision of Informed Society and a Sustainable Redistribution System -- Who will be Adverse? --...

"Ein wichtiger Aspekt für die Erhaltung und Steigerung der Lebensqualität ist das Balancieren grundlegender Bereiche des täglichen Lebens, zu denen neben der Erwerbsarbeit auch Partnerschaft, Familie, Hobbys, gemeinnützige Arbeit und die Gesundheit gehören. Zusammengefasst wird dies in dem...

Interim Management, ein vorübergehender Einsatz von Führungskräften in Unternehmen, wird im Zuge der Flexibilisierung der Arbeitsbeziehungen zunehmend eingesetzt. Irma Rybnikova analysiert die Frage, inwiefern diese marktorientierte Gestaltung von Managementpositionen ein effizientes...

Expansion of non-standard employment under globalization is widely observed in all of the newly industrializing countries. This book explores the deregulation of labour markets, social protection for nonstandard workers, and social security reforms in accordance with the transformation of employment

Einführung -- Arbeitsverpflichtungen im internationalen Vergleich -- Empirische Evaluationen von Arbeitsverpflichtungen -- Modelltheoretische Grundlagen -- Theoretische Analyse -- Politische Implikationen -- Schlußbetrachtung.

This book discusses the concepts, types, models, and patterns of crowdfunding to provide a comprehensive portrait of this newly developed market-based financial tool. In addition, it examines a number of economic theories to help readers understand the proliferation of crowdfunding, reviews...