Countries in the developing world were led to believe that education would put them on the path to becoming modern economies—and they responded enthusiastically. Education for All was a powerful message that has led to a veritable transformation of schooling throughout the world.

Abstract This paper provides an analysis of the funding structure of the railways in eight European countries. It updates and expands the well-known database on public contributions to rail, which has initially been published by [NERA (2004) Study of the Financing of and Public Budget...

Purpose This paper aims to review the auditing procedures and structure in an emerging economy's public sector by explaining the recent changes and developments in the auditing process, its structure and the responsibilities of its underlying actors. Design/methodology/approach This paper traces...

Abstract Der Artikel untersucht die Auswirkungen von Privatisierungsprozessen auf UNISON, eine Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft, die nach den Gewerkschaftszusammenschlüssen der 1990er Jahre Großbritanniens größte Gewerkschaft ist. Er leistet einen Beitrag zu der Diskussion um die Wirkung von...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to benchmark the use of process improvement techniques among US health care organizations that won the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Design/methodology/approach – The applications from 13 Baldrige award winning health care organizations were...

In culturally homogeneous groups there is a greater likelihood that values, including ethics values, of individual group members will coincide. Due to globalisation, changing demographics, and a desire for increased diversity, corporate cultures are becoming less homogeneous, thus increasing the...

Presents the empirical findings regarding the ethical attitudes of business people in four culturally and economically different countries (Russia, Slovenia, Turkey, and the United States) based on the assumptions of integrative social contracts theory. Given the quality of institutions in the...

Borrowing from earlier contributions in the cross‐cultural management and international human resource management literatures, firstly we conceptualise expatriate adjustment as a multifaceted construct encompassing work, general, interaction and overall adjustment and then we examine the...