Sociology: work and labour

In recent years, the profound impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on fostering new forms of entrepreneurship has become increasingly evident.

This book examines the relationship between neoliberalism and insecurity, beginning with the post World War II period and continuing up through the present.

In the evolving landscape of leadership, factors from both environmental and cultural dimensions play a crucial role.

This book presents an overview of national economic policies in the world's most important countries or groupings of countries.

The purpose of this study is to investigate interrelations between planning mechanisms and disequilibria in a case where the planning decisions are centralized and are exogenously given to enterprises.

The aim of this volume is to consider intertemporal and strategic issues in the formulation of economic policy so that dynamic game methodology is appropriate.

The institute of annual Tinbergen Lectures was established by the Royal Netherlands Economic Association in honour of one of its greatest members, Jan Tinbergen.

The aim of this volume is to examine and compare the trade policies followed by the most important trading nations of the world.

The aim of this book is to explain the post-war growth of the public sector in a number of developed economies.

The aim of the research described in this volume is to examine the behavior of private domestic investment in a sample of seven developing economies: Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Morocco, Turkey, and Zimbabwe.

The first edition of Innovation Renaissance was published just before the onset of Covid-19, begging the question: can innovation stand the test of a truly global crisis, such as the pandemic?

AI in Hospital Administration: Revolutionizing Healthcare is a groundbreaking book that explores the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in hospital administration and its impact on revolutionizing healthcare.

In recent years, the profound impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on fostering new forms of entrepreneurship has become increasingly evident.

Cases in Economic Development: Projects, Policies and Strategies presents cases on project analysis, sectoral planning, and macroeconomic policies.

Asakawa, Hashimoto and Hirahara explores the widening inequality and its social consequences in Tokyo Metropolitan area by using two approaches, one from social class and social stratification theory and the other from urban sociology.

This book aims to assist and encourage people into entering into a business and helps them to become a good businessman.

Leadership as a practice, and the development of leaders, has evolved significantly in recent decades, influenced by rapid changes in the business landscape, technology, social norms, and global challenges.

Although there are countless books about process improvement and business performance, there is a dearth of literature on how process improvement yields business performance results.

The book uncovers the nuances of the lives of unskilled migrant labourers in India.

Beginning with the Age of We in the 1950s and moving to the Age of Me to todaythe Age of Ithis book examines how polarization and anger has changed how companies must manage their brands.

Strategy and resilience are common terms, but most researchers and authors have come up short in defining what they mean and how to achieve them.

This book offers a timely exploration of the continuous training of individuals, a subject crucial to both business competitiveness and societal progress in today's rapidly changing world.

Digital supply chain management (DSCM) is emerging as one of the key innovative strategies ready to transform how supply chains are managed.

This book explores how economic and social values are created through dynamic, non-linear interactions within cooperative networks.

This research has implications for both industrial and academic readers.

En el marco de la creciente heterogeneización de las relaciones del trabajo y las condiciones laborales, la incertidumbre emerge como uno de los rasgos más evidentes en la proyección de la vida actual, y el trabajo –en tanto actividad que continúa signando las posibilidades y condiciones de reproducción de las grandes mayorías– aparece como una de sus manifestaciones centrales.

Most books on leadership are penned by thought leaders and experts, each with a distinctive, individual perspective.

Want to know how to build a great company?

Whether you are thinking about becoming an independent retailer or are already running your own business, there are some tricks you need to know.

Finding new people to do business with has been, and always will be, the single most important aspect of the sales game.

Entrepreneurship and innovation play a vital role in fostering sustainable development.

Human enhancement (HE) is considered one of the most profoundly impactful effects of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Traditional corporate financial theories and tools are based on matured companies with the assumption that the companies are going concerns.

***Shortlisted for the Deutscher Memorial Prize 2025***Reveals the causes and consequences behind the explosion of migrant care work.

In economic theory and in management studies, innovation is widely regarded as the motor of economic activities and as being the primary source of renewal in the economic system.

Project Management for Engineering, Business, and Technology is a highly regarded textbook that addresses project management across all industries.

In Template Analysis, Nigel King and Joanna Brookes guide you through the origins of template analysis and its place in qualitative research, its basic components, and the main strengths and limitations of this method.

In Template Analysis, Nigel King and Joanna Brookes guide you through the origins of template analysis and its place in qualitative research, its basic components, and the main strengths and limitations of this method.

In Analysing Quantitative Survey Data, Jeremy Dawson introduces you to the key elements of analysing quantitative survey data using classical test theory, the measurement theory that underlies the techniques described in the book.

In Analysing Quantitative Survey Data, Jeremy Dawson introduces you to the key elements of analysing quantitative survey data using classical test theory, the measurement theory that underlies the techniques described in the book.

In Case Study Research, Bill Lee and Mark Saunders describe the properties of case study designs in organizational research, exploring the uses, advantages and limitations of case research.

In Case Study Research, Bill Lee and Mark Saunders describe the properties of case study designs in organizational research, exploring the uses, advantages and limitations of case research.

This pragmatic, applied textbook showcases the potential and impact of qualitative research in business and management.

This pragmatic, applied textbook showcases the potential and impact of qualitative research in business and management.

In Conducting Research Interviews, Catherine Cassell guides you through conceptualizing the interview, preparing for the research interview, conducting the interview, examples, conclusions and next steps.

In Conducting Research Interviews, Catherine Cassell guides you through conceptualizing the interview, preparing for the research interview, conducting the interview, examples, conclusions and next steps.

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In Analysing Quantitative Data, Charles A.

In Designing Research Questionnaires, Yuksel Ekinci guides you through origins, types of questionnaire, basic components, types of questions and properties of measurement scales, how to design a questionnaire, sequence of questions, layout decisions and pilot testing, examples and strengths and limitations.