In the last decade, the concept of diversity management has become popular in literature and business practice. Nevertheless, the issue of employee diversity is not a novelty, it originates back in the 60s, when the matter of gender equity emerged. Since the 80s, there has been generated quite a...

The book Strategic Approaches to Human Resources Management Practice is focused on the issue of diversity management. This concept fits well with the concept of HR strategy due to its ability to create longterm value for the organization. Nowadays, the diversity management is increasingly...

Rural Informatics for ASEAN Agribusiness Transformation is the collection of extensive research in the field of Technology Management. This book illustrates how technology strategies work in the agricultural sector. Information Communication Technology (ICT) does not just provide information to...

Cities and metropolitan areas have become the major centers of a new socio-economic order in the modern world. Their development determines the success of numerous national economies since it is large cities that integrate the key development processes, innovation and creativity, academic spirit...

Productivity has survived for more than one century due to the recognition of its impacts on long-term business competitiveness. From a simple definition of output divided by input established in the late 1800s, productivity has continuously gathered a lot of interests from researchers and...

We estimate the effects of technical barriers to trade (TBT) on machinery imports in international production networks. Using disaggregated detailed product data and the gravity model, we estimate the TBT notifications in two separate measures of TBT, namely cumulative TBT, and TBT dummy,...

Globalization, which has become a critical activity for many contemporary enterprises, is achieved primarily through collaboration and alliance with firms in different countries. In this respect, the government can play a vital role by providing an adequate infrastructure and competitive...

This paper is the first attempt to explore the impact of interest groups and transboundary pollution on the welfare effects of pollution taxes and pollution standards in the framework of strategic environmental policies. The main findings of this paper are as follows. First, without interest...

This paper is the first attempt to explore the impact of interest groups and transboundary pollution on the welfare effects of pollution taxes and pollution standards in the framework of strategic environmental policies. The main findings of this paper are as follows. First, without interest...