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A Study on Quality of Work Life Among Workers in Textile Industries in Rajasthan

Jain, Sarika - 2016

The present study aims to study the Quality of Work Life of textile industries workers in Rajasthan. People are the common element in every organization, because without the support of people, machine remains idle and money tied up. Textile industries of Rajasthan are suffering from many...

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Beyond the Multi-Fibre Agreement: How are Workers in East Asia Faring?

Rasiah, Rajah - In: Institutions and Economies (formerly known as … 4 (2012) 3, pp. 1-20

This article provides critical coordinates for considering implications of the termination of the Multi-Fibre Agreement for employment, wages and working conditions in selected East Asian countries. It starts by discussing first the main arguments on greater liberalisation initiatives for...

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‘Cold, Calculating Political Economy’: Fixed costs, the Rate of Profit and the Length of the Working Day in the Factory Act Debates, 1832-1847.

Toms, Steven - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

The paper re-analyses the evidence presented by pro and anti-regulation interests during the debates on factory reform. To do so it considers the interrelationship between fixed costs, the rate of profit and the length of the working day. The interrelationship casts new light on the lobbying...

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People versus machines in the UK : minimum wages, labor reallocation and automatable jobs

Lordan, Grace - 2019

This study follows the Lordan and Neumark (2018) analysis for the US, and examines whether minimum wage increases affect employment opportunities in automatable jobs in the UK for low-skilled low-wage workers. Overall, I find that increasing the minimum wage decreases the share of automatable...

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Securities market automation from standards to self-learning machines : current state and future perspectives

Ehrenfeld, Jonathan - In: Journal of securities operations & custody 9 (2017) 3, pp. 245-251

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Preparing the Philippines for the fourth industrial revolution : a scoping study

Dadios, Elmer P.; Culaba, Alvin B.; Albert, Jose Ramon G.; … - 2018

Technological breakthroughs and the interplay of a number of fields, including advanced robotics, artificial … intelligence, nanotechnology, neurotechnology, data analytics, blockchain, cloud technology, biotechnology, Internet of Things, and …

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Robotics and Generation Z : apprehension or attachment?

Fenech, Roberta; Baguant, Priya; Abdelwahed, Ihab - In: International journal of business performance … 21 (2020) 1/2, pp. 245-259

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Continuous market growth beyond functional satiation: time-series analyses of US footwear consumption, 1955-2002

Frenzel Baudisch, Alexander - 2006

Market growth is driven by product innovation. Beyond functional satiation the marginal utility of product performance and variety decreases. We argue that social comparisons underlying innovation diffusion results in consumer motivations for upward assimilation toward the behavior of better...

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Continuous market growth beyond functional satiation : time-series analyses of US footwear consumption, 1955-2002

Frenzel Baudisch, Alexander (contributor) - 2006

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The clothing industry as a globalized sector: implications for work organisation, quality of work and job content

Moniz, António B.; Paulos, Margarida R. - Centro de Investigação em Inovação Empresarial e do … - 2009

The clothing sector in several countries is still seen, in many aspects as a traditional sector with some average characteristics, nevertheless is a very important sector in terms of labour market. Globalization and de-localization are having a strong impact in the organisation of work and in...

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