Economic institutions are undergoing radical transformations, and with these has come a reconfiguration of labor market institutions, managerial conceptions of work, and the nature of authority and control over employees as well. This volume addresses a wide array of questions to better...

"Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. A Research Agenda for Work and Employment critically...

In den siebziger Jahren des 20. Jahrhunderts wurden viele Staaten Westeuropas von einem beispiellosen Strukturwandel erfasst: Die Fabriken der alten Industrien verschwanden, Millionen von Arbeitsplätzen gingen verloren, vormals boomende Städte gerieten in die Krise und neue soziale Fragen...

This book combines elements of economic and business history to study business ethics from antiquity to the nineteenth century. This book begins with so-called primitive people, showing how humans began to exchange goods and commodities from trade as a way to keep peace and prosper. The ancients...