The present chapter provides a historical reappraisal of labor-saving technologies. It reviews and systematizes theoretical contributions and empirical findings documenting the presence of labor- and time-saving heuristics in innovative efforts back since the First Industrial Revolution. More in...

This paper, relying on a still relatively unexplored long-term dataset on U.S. patenting activity, provides empirical evidence on the history of labour-saving innovations back to early 19th century. The identification of mechanisation/automation heuristics, retrieved via textual content analysis...

This paper, relying on a still relatively unexplored long-term dataset on U.S.~patenting activity, provides empirical evidence on the history of labour-saving innovations back to early 19th century. The identification of mechanisation/automation heuristics, retrieved via textual content analysis...

Commonly used industry classifications do not reliably predict stock co-movement because companies change their core structure quickly relative to the slow and haphazard updating of widely used subjective industry classifications. We construct an objective industry classification that clusters...

Popularity of study of clusters in economic research grows. Thus, researchers direct their efforts for study of this economic phenomenon and practitioners – for realization of cluster approach in economies of particular regions. Territorial concentration is not always a condition for the...

The research examined the impact of social media; social networking theory, word of mouth¸ feedback loop, and creditability content on the consumer buying behavior in Pakistan. The structured questionnaire was shared using convenience sampling between 650-700 participants. However, received 392...

We examine changes in inequality in socio-emotional skills very early in life in two British cohorts born 30 years apart. We construct comparable scales using two validated instruments for the measurement of child behaviour and identify two dimensions of socio-emotional skills: 'internalising'...

This paper investigates the presence of explicit labour-saving heuristics within robotic patents. It analyses innovative actors engaged in robotic technology and their economic environment (identity, location, industry), and identifies the technological fields particularly exposed to...

The way of working is evolving constantly, and in the last year, the changes have been major under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even before the pandemic, the work flexibility was encouraged and stimulated in Romania by the promotion of the telework law, becoming an important factor...

The process of digital transformation and teleworking are some of the most debated topics in the specialized literature of the last decade due to the major impact they have on the stability, the evolution and the efficiency of the economy. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the competitive...