Manufacturing companies have recently been seeking differentiation and profit enhancement through the servitization of products. The service economy, with the increase in its proportion of service sector in the total employment and values added, is also accelerating in the developed countries....

Dieses Discussion Paper ist ein Plädoyer für eine dringend notwendige Perspektivverschiebung: Von der Konzentration der sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung auf die im Alltagsleben allgegenwärtigen Plattformen des konsum- und kommunikationsbasierten Internets hin zur Untersuchung der weit...

The aim of this article is to investigate two external flexible forms of employment-the leasing of workers through Temporary Work Agencies (TWAs) and the contracted workers employed through Business Service Providers (contractors). Undoubtedly, these two forms of employment are complex and often...