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A Multilevel Analysis of the Use of Individual Pay-for-Performance Systems
(2015-10-21)
Compensation systems, such as individualized pay-for-performance (I-PFP) schemes for employees, represent an important approach to aligning employer-employee interests. However, the adoption of I-PFP is much less common ...
Getting in, getting on, getting out? : Women as career scramblers in the UK film and television industries
(2015-05-01)
This paper looks at the predominance of freelancing in the film and television industries as a lens to examine the persistence of gender inequalities within these fields. Previous research has indicated that women fare ...
On fuzzy frontiers and fragmented foundations : some reflections on the original and new institutional economics
(2014-12-31)
These reflections are prompted by the papers by Ménard (2014) and Ménard and Shirley (2014). Their essays centre on the path-breaking contributions to the 'new institutional economics' (NIE) by Ronald Coase, Douglass North ...
Destination Marketing Organizations and destination marketing : A narrative analysis of the literature
(2014-04-30)
This article presents the first narrative analysis of the areas of research that have developed within the destination marketing field since its commencement in 1973. Given the broad extent of the field, and the absence ...
The evolution of morality and the end of economic man
(2014-01-01)
1871 saw the publication of two major treatises in economics, with self-seeking economic man at their center. In the same year Darwin published The Descent of Man, which emphasized sympathy and cooperation as well as ...
Common Territory? : Comparing the IMP Approach with Economic Geography
(2013-08)
The IMP research tradition has always been open to the cross-fertilisation of ideas with other social science disciplines that study similar phenomena. Recent years have seen a growing interest among IMP researchers in ...
From Crisis to Choice: Re-imagining the future in shrinking cities
(URBACT Secretariat, Paris, 2013-05)
This report builds on current research and practice concerned with the exploration of causes and consequences of urban shrinkage in Europe. It has been informed by a number of workshops with policy makers, politicians and ...
The Industrial/Consumer Dichotomy in Marketing : Can Formal Taxonomic Thinking Help?
(2013)
The question of whether or not there exists a dichotomy between industrial (business-to-business) and consumer marketing has never been satisfactorily answered. Prominent authors champion both sides of the debate. This ...
Asymmetric effects of interest rate changes: the role of the consumption-wealth channel
(2011)
This article examines the role of the consumption-wealth channel in explaining asymmetric effects of monetary policy changes. Towards this end, we draw upon available literature on the consumption function and behavioural ...
Boom to bust reconstructing the Spanish economy
(2010-10-01)
In 2008, a decade of strong and sustained growth in Spain came to an end as the economy fell into recession. This article charts the passage of the economy into recession and examines conditions in the financial system, ...