The company is a legal structure designed to bring together the different parties of a firm—its employees, investors, customers, and suppliers—in the delivery of its corporate purpose. Corporations were established as institutions with autonomous lives—self standing, legal entities...

PART I. GLOBALISATION AND THE GULF --. - The Gulf and the global economy --. - Small states in world politics --. - State capitalism and strategic niches --. - Gulf perspectives on the global rebalancing --. - PART II. CHANGING PATTERNS OF GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT --. - The internationalisation of Gulf...

The first section of the paper surveys the evidence relating to the hypothesis that the inner city acts as a nursery for new manufacturing firms and shows that there is little direct confirmatory evidence. The second and third sections report on two research studies of new firm foundation in...

Productivity and the workplace -- The changing labour market - myths and reality -- The global workforce -- The future workplace -- Better managers in the future workplace -- The future health of the workforce -- The future of pay & reward - the triumph of faith over evidence? -- The future of...

Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD BY LOUISE FISHER -- Introduction -- 1 Productivity and the workplace -- Introduction -- The productivity challenge -- The refocus on the workplace -- Managerial perspectives -- Employee perceptions -- What works...