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Competition and Conflict : Union Growth in the US Hospital Industry
Moody, Kim (2014-02)The combination of the changes in the US hospital industry and resulting pressures on the workforce with the relative immobility of hospitals has led to the growth of unions in this industry while unions are losing members ... -
Complex, but not quite complex enough : The turn to the complexity sciences in evaluation scholarship
Mowles, Christopher (2014-04-01)This article offers a critical review of the way in which some scholars have taken up the complexity sciences in evaluation scholarship. I argue that there is a tendency either to over-claim or under-claim their importance ... -
Complexity and Organizational Reality : Uncertainty and the need to rethink management after the collapse of investment capitalism
Stacey, Ralph (Routledge, 2010) -
A complexity approach to leadership development : developing practical judgement
Flinn, Kevin; Mowles, Christopher (Leadership Foundation for Higher Education, 2014-01)Over recent years, complexity perspectives have been taken up more broadly in scholarship and teaching about leadership with leadership development providers such as Ashridge Business School, Roffey Park, Harvard Business ... -
Complexity, habits and evolution
Hodgson, G. (University of Hertfordshire, 2009)This article addresses what are often described as ‘complex adaptive systems.’ Typically such systems involve populations of entities that store and replicate information. But these micro aspects are less fully explored ... -
The concept of a routine
Hodgson, Geoffrey (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010)The significance of routines in modern, learning, innovating economies is widely appreciated. Routines are vital to all organizations. Hence it is important to understand both how they can be built and how they can be ... -
The Concept of Subgame Perfection
Patokos, Tassos (2014)In mainstream game theory, the prominent solution concept for dynamic games is the “subgame perfect Nash equilibrium”. This concept combines the mathematical method of backward induction with the assumption of common ... -
The Concept of Subgame Perfection: Some Discontents
Patokos, Tassos (Nova Publishers, 2013)In mainstream game theory, the prominent solution concept for dynamic games is the “subgame perfect Nash equilibrium”. This concept combines the mathematical method of backward induction with the assumption of common ... -
Conceptualizing Capitalism : Institutions, Evolution, Future
Hodgson, Geoffrey (University of Chicago Press, 2015-08-01) -
Conceptualizing Capitalism – A Summary
Hodgson, Geoffrey (2016-02-01)This essay summarizes key parts of the book Conceptualizing Capitalism (Hodgson 2015a). It briefly explains why institutions must be central to a definition of capitalism, and what is the nature and role of such a definition. ... -
Conclusion to Social Inclusion and Usability of ICT-enabled Services
Tsatsou, Panayiota; Kurnia, Sherah; Choudrie, Jyoti (Routledge, 2017-11-03) -
Conclusion: The 'Crash' in Central and Eastern Europe
Hardy, Jane; Dale, Gareth (Pluto, 2011) -
The Consideration of Meta-Abilities in Tacit Knowledge Externalization and Organizational Learning
Choudrie, Jyoti; Selamat, M.H. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2006)This research is concerned with studying the elements that can encourage staff members to contribute inputs for learning-based systems development. To achieve this aim, this research developed a conceptual framework based ... -
Consultancy as Temporary Leadership : Negotiating Power in Everyday Practice
Mowles, Christopher (2009)Orthodox theories of consultancy address power relations between the consultant and their contractors. However, they can suggest that either the consultant should manipulate those they work with 'for the good', or they ... -
Consuming use orientated product service systems: A consumer culture theory perspective
Catulli, Maurizio; Cook, Matthew; Potter, Stephen (2017-01-10)Research suggests that product service systems (PSS) may usefully form part of the mix of innovations necessary to move society toward more sustainable futures. However, PSS implementation rates are disappointingly low and ... -
Consumption, Wealth, and Indebtedness in the Context of Uncertainty : The Consumption Function Meets Portfolio Theory
Gareth Thomas, David; Bywaters, David (2006)The ojective of this paper is to provide a sound theoretical framework for the empirical analysis of consumer indetedness, by integrating Portfolio theory with the Life-Cycle Hypothesis (LCH) model of consumption. Modern ... -
The containment of labour in accelerated global supply chains : the case of Piraeus Port
Hatzopoulos, Pavlos; Kambouri, Nelli; Huws, Ursula (2014)This article presents a case study of the sale of two of the three piers at the formerly state-owned container port of Piraeus, in Greece to a Chinese company, COSCO, formng a crucial hub in the transit of goods to European ... -
Contemporary workplace occupations in Britain : Motivations, stimuli, dynamics and outcomes
Gall, Gregor (2011-10-01)Purpose: This paper aims to examine the more militant response of a minority of workers to collective redundancy and restructuring in Britain since 2007. Design/methodology/approach: The paper deploys secondary sources to ... -
Contesting social space in the Balkan Region : the social dimensions of a 'red' joint venture
Maclean, M.; Hollinshead, Graham (Cambridge University Press, 2011) -
Contextualising migrant black business women's work-life balance experiences
Forson, Cynthia (2013)Purpose - Employing a feminist relational lens, the purpose of this paper is to explore the work-life balance experiences of black migrant women entrepreneurs, examining the relationship between macro, meso and micro levels ...