The staff scheduling problem in the retail business is considered for which a new mathematical model and new solution methods are introduced. The problem is formalized as a set covering type problem. Columns represent feasible weekly working time patterns of one sales clerk. Rows correspond to...

The goal of this paper is to provide the elements of a unitary analytical framework that incorporates the findings of two bodies of literature which, so far, havedeveloped independently: comparative models of the political economy that distinguish between coordinated and uncoordinated market...

Um gesellschaftlichen Wandel und neue Regulierungsformen von Arbeit adäquat zu beschreiben, ist es notwendig, der Frage nachzugehen, wie sich Regulierung von Arbeit konstituiert, in welchen Formen sie vorfindbar ist und welchen Dynamiken sie ausgesetzt ist. In diesem Arbeitspapier wird eine...