The debate on the public sector has been central in structural adjustment programmes applied in developing countries during recent years. The common grounds of the discussion have been the size of the public sector, its role and its efficiency in delivering services. The common criticisms of the...

Purpose – A new era for development is needed and business needs to play a significant role in this era. This paper aims to provide insights into the necessary conditions for such a new era of development and specifically the potential contribution of business and academia....

State intervention is needed to dismantle the protective regime of “government failure” and expose the developing economies to the new rigour of global competition and technological advancement. In addition to standing the test of welfare consequences, a developing country′s agenda for...

Purpose The paper aims to unravel the congruence of entrepreneurship and India’s excellence in information technology (IT). Considering the fact that entrepreneurship is a multifaceted concept encompassing a complex set of contiguous and overlapping constructs, the study takes into...

Purpose This paper aims to analyse the pattern of structural transformation and productivity growth of 15 major Indian states at a ten-sector level of disaggregation from 1983 to 2017. Design/methodology/approach The analysis has been carried over in a ten-sector disaggregated level through...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine changes in the structures of US farms and lenders and identify prospective implications for federal credit. Design/methodology/approach Data from US farm operations for 1996-2014 were adjusted to 2014 values using commodity price indices. Farm size...

Abstract In dem Beitrag soll auf die Veränderungen und Herausforderungen eines sich wandelnden Arbeitsmarktes eingegangen werden. Zunächst wird der Blick auf Beschäftigungsformen gerichtet, die nicht dem klassischen Normalarbeitsverhältnis entsprechen. Im Anschluss wird, nach einer...

Zusammenfassung Die langfristige Entwicklung des Bruttoinlandsprodukts (BIP) marktwirtschaftlich organisierter Volkswirtschaften vollzieht sich nach traditioneller Auffassung trendstationär: Die zyklischen Schwankungen des BIP's um seinen deterministischen Trend bilden eine stationäre...