Wal-Mart's exit from the German market in 2006 after 10 years of attempting to achieve sustainable competitive advantage contributes an interesting case to the small but expanding literature on failure in international investment. The work on the disinvest decision in all its forms has been...

Introduction -- Firm strategies : resources, context and territory -- Labor markets and the regional project -- The evolution of the optics and imaging industry -- Runaway production : media concentration and the evolution of spatial competition -- The paradox of innovation : why regional...

As the population in OECD countries ages and requires longer periods of care and as more children are cared for outside their homes, there is growing recognition of the significance of caring services both economically and socially. Up to now the policy discussion has focussed mainly on two...

. In this paper I will make the argument that increasing labor flexibility and, particularly, the trend toward more part-time or contingent work represents a structural change rather than a cyclical fluctuation. I will then briefly describe the characteristics of the contemporary female...