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...

Homelessness is still an ever-present problem in many towns and citiesin the UK today. This paper is part of a more in-depth study ofhomelessness and social exclusion. It presents the results of a small-scalestudy which illustrates the range of problems experienced by homelessyoung women and...

[...]Zu Beginn des Gutachtens wird das Verfahren, das zu einer Neuordnung vonAusbildungsordnungen führt, dargestellt und die Mitgestaltungsmöglichkeitenvon kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen in diesen Prozessen aufgezeigt. Anschließendwerden Hypothesen zur Handhabbarkeit modernisierter...

This paper documents some of the patterns in modern microeconomic data on youngpeople´s employment, attitudes and entrepreneurial behaviour. Among other sources, thepaper uses the Eurobarometer Surveys; the Labour Force Surveys from Canada and theCurrent Population Survey in the United States...

Vorliegendes Arbeitspapier stellt das angelsächsische Board-Modell am Beispiel Großbritannien vor.

This paper pinpoints the development of the Commission's policy on rail infrastructure charges through to Directive 2001/14.