We study the role of ethnic networks in migrants` job search and the quality of jobs they find in the first years of settlement. We find that there are initial downward movements along the occupational ladder, followed by improvements...

This paper draws on the policy transfer literature to examine a UK-based initiative topromote supplier diversity and provides insights to three areas neglected in currentresearch. Namely: the dynamics of non-governmental policy transfer; the factors thatmediate policy transfer in different...

This article has its origins in research indicating the promise supplier diversityprogrammes hold in empowering ethnic minority enterprises to achieve breakout tomainstream markets and business growth. From a realist evaluation perspective itreports on the first phase of SDEM (Supplier...

In recent years there have been important academic and policy-related developments in thefield of ethnic-minority entrepreneurship in the UK. It is a subject that is marked by increasingtheoretical sophistication and activity on the part of policy makers and practitioners. We investigatethe...

This paper presents some consequences of economic theory for the regulation of corporate accounting and disclosure under Geman accounting legislation (de lege lata) and in an international context. The following implications are discussed: (i) It is argued that the economic income conception...

This paper contributes to recent research on work organization as a key success factor.

Die schnell voranschreitende Entwicklung der Informationstechnik erfaßt - nachdem sie innerhalb der Unternehmen zu erheblichen Veränderungen geführt hat - zusehends unternehmensübergreifende ökonomische Zusammenhänge. Die breite Verfügbarkeit offener Informationsnetze wird in großem...

Can Japan mobilise enough venture capital to finance its promising venture firms and to support its advance into high-tech? The authors use institutional economics, and the principal-agent as well as the transaction cost approach in particular to answer this question. Firstly, a number of...

Aspiring to become a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) the Vietnamesegovernment is confronted with tremendous political, economic and institutionalchallenges. Issues to be addressed are not only technical questions such as the tariffregime, industrial and agricultural subsidies,...

Mit der Rückbesinnung der Marketingforschung auf seine ökonomischen Wurzeln hat eine Diskussion um die adäquate ökonomisch-theoretische Grundlagen begonnen. Unstreitig ist, dass die Marketing-Disziplin vor allem im Bereich der sogenannten Neuen Institutionenökonomik einen reichen Fundus an...