Purpose – Highly‐skilled knowledge workers make location decisions in response to many determinants. This paper seeks to focus on life‐time earnings and the desire to pursue a personal research program – a life‐long pursuit of interesting puzzles. Design/methodology/approach – A...

Asks how hard should a small natural resource‐rich (NRR) country try to escape from a path of economic development which has been shaped by its physical resource endowments, a question relevant to Clem Tisdell’s own country, Australia and also New Zealand and Canada, among others. Comments...

INTRODUCTIO The title of this review is rather misleading and inaccurate. It is true that jobs are structured and work is organised, but very few papers are written advocating the status quo . Most academics and all consultants make their names and indeed their livings by recommending, proposing...

How can the benefits of maritime trade be increased for the companies and institutions directly involved as well as the port city-regions where the transfers take place? Tackling this question, the authors of this volume put into perspective the reality, opportunities and challenges facing...

To be able to make sense of “Learning for Leadership” it is necessary to understand each of these vast subjects i.e. Learning and Leadership. Details the results of a research programme over a umber of years that looks at leadership from a management development viewpoint to identify what...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Spread of Keynesian Doctrines and Practices in the United States -- 3. Ideas and Politics: The Acceptance of Keynesianism in Britain and the United States -- 4. Keynesian Politics: The Political Sources of...