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Evaluating informal entrepreneurs' motives: evidence from Moscow

Williams, Colin C.; Round, John - In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 15 (2009) 1, pp. 94-107

Purpose – Recently, distinctions between “necessity‐driven” entrepreneurs who have limited options for work and “opportunity‐driven” entrepreneurs pulled into the exploitation of a perceived business opportunity have been transcended by commentators displaying the co‐presence of...

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The current and future impacts of the 2007‐2009 economic recession on the festival and event industry

“Shawn” Lee, Seungwon; Goldblatt, Joe - In: International Journal of Event and Festival Management 3 (2012) 2, pp. 137-148

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze and understand the impact of the global financial crisis during 2007‐2009. Furthermore, the paper seeks to identiy critical impacts upon the festival and event industry as a result of this crisis and to identify strategies to help members of...

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The governance of oil supply: an institutional perspective on NOC control and the questions it poses

Boscheck, Ralf - In: International Journal of Energy Sector Management 1 (2007) 4, pp. 366-389

to prevailing economic and political clichés that substitute for analysis, this paper takes an institutional economics … integrative approach. First, it introduces the language of institutional economics to broadly structure a review of NOC governance …‐owned, state‐run enterprises raise efficiency and broader regulatory concerns. The paper shows how institutional economics offers a …

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Using Agency Theory to Design Successful Outsourcing Relationships

Logan, Mary S. - In: The International Journal of Logistics Management 11 (2000) 2, pp. 21-32

Outsourcing affects thousands of companies and employees every year. Recent studies indicate that 85 per cent of all companies outsource at least one function generating billions of dollars in outsourcing contracts (ElmutiElute, KathwalaKithara & Monippallil, 1995). Transportation is one of...

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Evading economic reality

Gordon Brown, M. - In: International Journal of Law and Management 50 (2008) 6, pp. 285-300

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is too analyze what causes judicial decisions about access impairment in American eminent domain and police power cases to be based on subjective interpretations instead of objective factual evidence about the spatio‐material conditions of access....

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Introduction Personnel economics: theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence

Rullière, Jean‐Louis; Villeval, Marie‐Claire - In: International Journal of Manpower 24 (2003) 7, pp. 743-749

Introduces the special issue on personnel economics and outlines the themes discussed in the papers contained within. …

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Work and family programs and productivity

Clifton, Thomas J.; Shepard, Edward - In: International Journal of Manpower 25 (2004) 8, pp. 714-728

This paper provides statistical evidence about the effect of work and family programs on productivity using a sample of large Fortune 500 companies in 30 industries in the US economy. Cross‐sectional firm‐level data on work and family programs are combined with financial data on companies to...

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Efficiency and productivity of employment offices: evidence from Sweden

Althin, Rikard; Behrenz, Lars - In: International Journal of Manpower 26 (2005) 2, pp. 196-206

Purpose – This paper aims to measure the efficiency and productivity of Swedish employment offices. Design/methodology/approach – Using four inputs, five outputs, and two quality attributes the efficiency and productivity of 253 Swedish employment offices are evaluated using models of...

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New estimates of the risk and duration of registered unemployment in urban Russia

Nivorozhkin, Anton - In: International Journal of Manpower 27 (2006) 3, pp. 274-289

Purpose – This paper examines whether deregistration from the employment office decreases unemployment duration in urban Russia. Design/methodology/approach – Econometric methods of transition data analysis/duration modeling were applied to a dataset on unemployed individuals in order to...

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Worker centers: defending labor standards for migrant workers in the informal economy

Theodore, Nik; Valenzuela, Abel; Meléndez, Edwin - In: International Journal of Manpower 30 (2009) 5, pp. 422-436

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of day labor worker centers in improving wages and working conditions of migrant casual workers in the USA. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reports the results of a survey of worker center executive directors and senior...

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