This book broadens the research on the underworld of precarious and not-represented workers, through a selection of original case studies from across the globe written by leading experts. The book unveils the working conditions affecting this vast labour force that is so important to capital...

Redefining Financial Services explores the fundamental redefinition of the role of financial intermediaries in the new century. Combining empirical knowledge with a historical approach, the author reveals that seven centuries of advances in technology have changed the nature of financial...

Zusammenfassung -- Summary -- Einführung und Grundlagen -- Digitale Wirtschaft: I&K-Dynamik, Konvergenz alternativer Kommunikationsplattformen und makroökonomische Fundierung -- Internationale Erfahrungen mit der Internetexpansion, technischer I&K-Fortschritt, Strukturwandel und Regulierungen...

Networks of firms have been in the focus of management research for several years. Recently, special attention has been paid to so-called business webs. Business webs are networks of firms which provide complements to a common product architecture. In the past, research focused on management...