This paper describes a search model with a continuum of worker and job types, free entry and transferable utility. We apply a second-order Taylor expansion to characterize the equilibrium, derive the "cost of search" and show that it is decreasing in the substitutability of worker types. This...

The purpose of this study is to examine how the promotion of active participation and teamwork within the firm contribute to business success and consequently helps firms to gain a competitive advantage. Initially, the emphasis is placed on employee participation approach, its characteristics...

Most aspects of strategic planning are well known and widely documented. Virtually all large organizations use a formal strategic planning process. While the benefits from effective strategic planning are evident to most businesses, small business owners/managers often plan poorly. Many contend...

Understanding how decisions are made plays an important role in strategic management. Exploration is conducted as to whether the classical approach or the Bayesian approach is more frequently used in the strategic management decision-making literature. A sample of 51 decision-related articles is...

The transition from school to work and the problems associated with it have recently hit centre stage in discussions of employment policy at National and International contexts. Recently coordinated efforts also at the international level have begun to make themselves felt. In particular, the...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): Richard Blundell, Alan Duncan and Costas Meghir (1998), 'Estimating Labor Supply Responses using Tax Reforms', Econometrica, 66 (4), July, 827-61 -- Sören Blomquist and Whitney Newey (2002), 'Nonparametric Estimation with Nonlinear Budget Sets',...

This authoritative two-volume set brings together the most important classic and contemporary papers on taxation and tax policy, written by the world's leading scholars and practitioners of taxation. Volume I reviews the effects of taxation, optimal taxation and tax reform. Volume II presents...