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Spatial versus social mismatch: The strength of weak ties
Zenou, Yves - 2011
The aim of this paper is to provide a new mechanism based on social interactions explaining why distance to jobs can have a negative impact on workers' labor-market outcomes, especially ethnic minorities. Building on Granovetter's idea that weak ties are superior to strong ties for providing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278389
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Cultural diversity, geographical isolation, and the origin of the wealth of nations
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2012
This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282579
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Cultural diversity, geographical isolation, and the origin of the wealth of nations
Ashrafy, Quamrul; Galorz, Oded - 2011
This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284033
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Die Organisation der Akteure: Macht, Mikropolitik und Reorganisationen in Unternehmen
von Willich, Georg - 2009
Reorganisationen sind seit vielen Jahren und unter verschiedenen Bezeichnungen ("Lean Management", "Reengineering" etc.) eines der Top-Themen in der Management-Szene. Die Umsetzung solcher Vorhaben sieht in der Praxis jedoch zumeist sehr ern?chternd aus. "Unwillen zur Ver?nderung" gepaart mit...
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Capitalism as a system of contingent expectations: Toward a sociological microfoundation of political economy
Beckert, Jens - 2012
Politische Ökonomie und Wirtschaftssoziologie haben sich relativ isoliert voneinander entwickelt. Während die … Politische Ökonomie vornehmlich Makrophänomene untersucht, konzentriert sich die Wirtschaftssoziologie zumeist auf die Ebene der … sozialen Interaktion in der Wirtschaft. Der Beitrag zeigt, dass die Wirtschaftssoziologie Grundlagen für eine Mikrofundierung …
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Protestant Ethic, Status Seeking, and Economic Growth
Rauscher, Michael - 1997
Commodities do not only serve the purpose of satisfying direct needs in the production and con-sumption process. Some of them can also be used to display social status and to affect the position of an individual in society. This paper addresses the question under which circum-stances...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319306
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Uncertainty Avoidance and the Rate of Business Ownership across 22 OECD Countries, 1976-2000
Wennekers, Sander; Thurik, Roy; van Stel, André; … - 2003
This paper deals with the influence of cultural attitudes towards uncertainty on the level of businessownership across countries. First, the concepts of uncertainty and risk are elaborated, as well as theirrelevance for entrepreneurship. Second, cross-sectional regression analysis using data for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324859
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From economic gains to social losses: How stories shape expectations in the case of German municipal finance
Fastenrath, Florian; Orban, Agnes; Trampusch, Christine - 2017
This paper analyzes how stories shaped treasurers' expectations in municipal swap activities and contributes to the sociological debate on the mechanisms of expectation formation. Employing a deductive variant of process tracing, it synthesizes the literature on expectations in economic decision...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011779500
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Overwhelmed by overflows? How people and organizations create and manage excess
Czarniawska, Barbara (contributor);  … - 2019
This book presents studies of ways in which people and organizations deal with the overflow of information, goods, or choices. The contributors explore two main themes. The first is the emergence of overflows: What is defined as overflow? Here the notion of framing as coined by Michel Callon has...
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