VOLUME 5(4) • 2010
THE HERITAGE OF THE 1975 EUROPEAN REFERENDUM FOR THE BRITISH TRADE UNION MOVEMENT
ABSTRACT. This paper utilises the 1975 UK referendum on continued membership of the Common Market (latterly the European Union) to examine the evolution of British trade union policy relating to the European Union. The referendum generated debate surrounding issues of national economic management, p..
SEX ROLE STEREOTYPING AND REQUISITE MANAGEMENT CHARACTERISTICS • AN EXAMINATION OF THE THINK MANAGER-THINK MALE PHENOMENON AMONG PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION STUDENTS
ABSTRACT. This research examines the relationship between sex role stereotypes and characteristics perceived as necessary for management success among public management students at a small southern public university. As with previous extant studies, three forms of the 92-item Schein Descriptive Inde..
DETERMINANTS OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE: FURTHER EVIDENCE FROM CHINA
ABSTRACT. This paper aims to provide empirical evidence for the relationship between a firm’s choice of capital structure and its productive environment using three basic hypotheses: efficiency risk, franchise value and political power. It considers the impact of a firm’s relative efficiency, market..
THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM AND GLOBAL IMBALANCES
ABSTRACT. In the aftermath of the global economic and financial crisis of 2007–09 and in the context of ongoing debates about the role of global imbalances as a cause of that crisis, attention has reverted to the desirability of reforming the international monetary system. This paper argues that tod..
THREE FORMS OF THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY: LEARNING, CREATIVITY AND OPENNESS
ABSTRACT. This paper outlines and reviews three forms and associated discourses of the ‘knowledge economy’: the ‘learning economy’, based on the work of Bengt-Ake Lundvall; the ‘creative economy’, based on the work of Charles Landry, John Howkins, and Richard Florida; and the ‘open knowledge economy..
THE CALCULATION PROBLEM AND THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS: TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN?
ABSTRACT. Ludwig von Mises and his students in the Austrian School identified the calculation problem with centrally planned economies. It involves the inability on the part of planners to figure out just what needs to be produced, how much of it, etc., without the price system as a guide. The idea ..
MANAGEMENT AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS (“WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND HE IS US …”)
ABSTRACT. The financial crisis of 2008-9 revealed that our broad model of corporate governance is broken, independent of the shortcomings in the regulatory system. Managers and boards of directors in scores of systemically important firms failed to protect employees, customers, or shareholders, and ..