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Labor Market Institutions and Restructuring: Evidence from Regulated and Unregulated Labor Markets in Brazil
Hoek, Jasper - 2002
This paper compares patterns of hiring and separations in regulated and unregulated labor markets over the last two decades in Brazil, with an eye toward gauging the effects of employment protection on employment adjustment over the business cycle. Since the difference between the sectors is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476831
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Frameworks for the management of cross-cultural communication and business performance in the globalizing economy: a professional service TNC case study in Indonesia
Singleton, Helen Caroline Mackay - 2002
Globalization increases the integration and interdependence of international, national and local business and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434890
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The Resilient Economy: Integrating Competitiveness and Security
Debbie van Opstal - 2009
Globalization, technological complexity, interdependence, terrorism, climate and energy volatility, and pandemic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436227
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Global finance and the German model: German corporations, market incentives, and the management of employer-sponsored pension institutions
Clark, Gordon L.; Mansfield, Daniel; Tickell, Adam - 2002
Where there was a settled political geography of state power and responsibilities, the remarkable growth of global finance has put enormous pressure on national economic, political and social institutions. Furthermore, the looming crisis facing many continental European social security systems...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441380
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Unscripted and interconnected: What happens to some of us affects us all
DiPadova-Stocks, Laurie N; Kenworthy, Amy L. - 2009
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an introduction to the International Journal of Organizational Analysis special issue, “Shaping our unscripted future with service-learning: when technology, globalism, and community engagement collide.” Design/methodology/approach – The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441586
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Charging forward into the unscripted future: Following the script of interconnected action
Kenworthy, Amy L.; DiPadova-Stocks, Laurie N. - 2010
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a context for the compilation of papers and commentaries included in this International Journal of Organizational Analysis special issue on “Scripting the next wave of exigent issues for service-learning in our unscripted future: when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441705
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The role of globalization, time acceleration, and virtual global teams in fostering successful global product launches
Harvey, Michael G.; Griffith, David A - 2007
The present article presents a conceptualization of how firms can respond to the issues of globalization and time … product development and global product launch. It is further argued that the linkages between globalization and time … to the rapid pace of globalization, many multinationals in their global product launches require that products, services …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441734
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Modelling the policy challenges confronting globalising developing countries
Karunaratne, Neil Dias - 2008
diversification and currency crises models are reviewed to distil policy guidelines to promote the globalization of developing … countries. The overriding objective of promoting the globalization of developing countries is to reduce poverty and income … latest wave of globalization has bucked the past trend of increasing poverty and income inequality in developing countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441785
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Globalisation and corporate real estate strategies
Too, Linda; Harvey, Michael G.; Too, Eric - 2010
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of globalisation on corporate real estate strategies. Specifically, it seeks to identify corporate real estate capabilities that are important in a hypercompetitive business climate.Design/methodology/approach - This paper utilises a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441809
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Introduction
Gaston, Noel; Khalid, Ahmed M - 2010
Extract: Globalization is very much part of the modern vernacular. Arguably, it was first used by McLuhan and Fiore … (1968) when they introduced the concept of the ‘global village’. Globalization is characterized by the growth of the … in September 2008, the backlash to globalization now seems to be in full swing. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441816