The publication of submissions to the UK RAE2008 offers an opportunity to assess the location and relative standing of business historians and their journals in the UK's academic research community. Several ratings lists of journals are available that use data from submissions to the RAE2008...

After the Second World War, with the evolution of the welfare state, the higher education became one of the beneficiary social spheres that attracted additional resources. The expansion of mass higher education was the main feature of the entire post-war period. It is mostly during the 80's when...

Business networks (BN) are sets of repetitive transactions based on structural and relational formations that comprise of interconnected elements (actors, resources and activities). BN exhibit dynamic boundaries and accommodate the contradictory and complementary aims pursued by each member. BN...

This research addresses the question of whether the rise of blogs as a rich information source may create new opinion leaders that transform and challenge the traditionally held public views on drugs and European health care. We investigate blogs that discuss issues related to European...

The question of whether and how research quality should be measured, and the consequences of research audits such as the UK's Research Excellence Framework (REF) – formerly the RAE – are considered in relation to the role of journal ratings such as the Association of Business Schools...

In a period when the globalisation of the World reveals systemic problems on a global scale, a search for systemic solutions is on the agenda. This paper offers a critical analysis of the five co-ordination mechanisms proposed by Kornai (1992) (bureaucratic, market, self-governing, ethical and...

Our paper intends to take a broader view on the transition in Central and Eastern Europe, and to identify the current links and relationships between privatization policies, FDI in-flow in the region, and the effect of transition policies in general. Our review of alternative forms of...