Helpman, Melitz and Rubinstein (2008) derive gravity equations to estimate effects of trade barriers on the intensive and extensive margins of trade. They exploit the frequency of zeros in aggregate bilateral trade data to identify effects on the extensive margin and to obtain controls for firm...

Historical materialism -- Marxism, class and the service industry -- Service labour and value theory -- Retail and the circulation of commodities -- Monopoly capital and the sales effort -- Two stages of production and realisation -- A Marxist analysis of outsourcing -- Cleaning workers and...

Cet ouvrage permet de redéfinir le périmètre et la place de la force de vente et de la fonction commerciale d'une entreprise ou d'une organisation. Dans un monde qui évolue pour faire face à de nouveaux enjeux d'entrepreneuriat ainsi qu'à une forte concurrence, il convient de mettre en...

Do Tupperware parties and Mary Kay sales empower individual women, or do they exploit personal relationships for corporate gain? Looking through the overlapping lenses of gender, work, and culture, Susan Williams and Michelle Bemiller critically explore the world of party plan sales. The authors...