Research into flexible hours control systems has been largely confined to analyses of the impact of flexitime. This article argues that this aspect of management control is too important to be examined in simplistic and piecemeal fashion. There are a wide variety of potential hours control...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to give an overview of the work of the Dutch government's “Taskforce Part‐time Plus” set up to stimulate longer working hours for particularly Dutch women holding part‐time jobs of less than 24 h per week, to help counteract a predicted...

Purpose – This paper seeks to investigate the extent of the implementation of annual hours working in Britain and its impact upon employers, organisations and employees. Design/methodology/approach – The paper deploys secondary data and sources to establish an overview of the salient issues....

Less developed countries (LDCs) have seen considerable business cycles in recent decades. At the same time they have significantly increased their external‐debt‐to‐GDP ratios. It seems natural to suspect that increased indebtedness and the amplified cycles are linked. The paper presents a...

Purpose – This paper aims to understand how interest in the topic of knowledge management has evolved in the decade between 1998 and 2008 and to evaluate the claim that knowledge management is a management fashion. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses the academic publications...

Auctions of selected wines have regularly taken place internationally and from natural reasons they have mostly involved the finest wines as e.g. the top wines from Bordeaux. In order to analyse specific auction wine prices, the Mouton Rothschild (Medoc Premier Cru Classé) has been selected for...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to appraise the transition from bank‐based systems to universal banking. Design/methodology/approach – The Wynne Godley and Francis Cripps macroeconomic framework is used to structure the argument. Findings – It is shown that the activity of...

Discusses the ideas and theories of Professor F.A. Hayek and assesses their relevance to present day social economics. Opens with the theory of business‐cycles and compares Hayek′s ideas with those of Keyne′s in this area. Follows on with dynamic market theory and the theory of evolution...

Discusses the ideas and theories of Professor F.A. Hayek and assesses their relevance to present day social economics. Opens with the theory of business‐cycles and compares Hayek′s ideas with those of Keynes in this area. Follows on with dynamic market theory and the theory of evolution of...