The increasing casualisation of labour forces trade unions globally to deal with a growing number of unprotected and unrepresented workers in what is dubbed by the unions, even if critically, as the informal economy. This paper assesses the impact and further potential of a direct and indirect...

Zur Rekonstruktion der jungquartären Landschaftsentwicklung am Kilimanjaro werden Sedimente aus Paläoböden am Mt Kilimanjaro untersucht, um die lokale und regionale Ökosystem-, Klima-, Feuerdynamik in einem größeren Rahmen zu verstehen. Desweiteren soll die Reaktion der Ökosysteme auf...

Purpose – The last ten years have seen a gradual withdrawal of retail facilities frommany local areas and the consequent growth of ‘shopping deserts’, resulting in socialand health disbenefits. This paper examines the potential for e-shopping to fill thevacuum and to assist disadvantaged...

Purpose – This paper examines the purchase intentions of online retail consumers,segmented by their purchase orientation.Design/methodology/approach – An e-mail/web survey was addressed to a consumer panelconcerning their online shopping experiences and motivations, n = 396.Findings – It...

This report starts where the previous quarterly publication ended. This first publication of a new annual series contains most of the same data as the quarterly report, plus some new material, through 1991. It also presents historical data covering a longer period of time than the previous...

Micro-finance, which includes micro-credit as one it its services, has become big business with a range of models – from those that operate on a strictly business basis to those who come from a philanthropic base, through Non Government organisations (NGOs). Success is often measured by the...

Enterprise development and its contribution to societal and economic outcomes are well known. However, limited research into microenterprises and the practices of microfinance and microcredit in developing countries has been carried out. This chapter presents the findings of research based on...