This chapter presents a systematic literature review of government expatriates, specifically focusing on diplomatic, military, intergovernmental, and non-governmental expatriates. The review encompasses 29 articles published between 2000 and 2023 from fields including business, management,...

This research explores career trajectories within the gig economy, identifying three distinct paths: antagonistic, non-committed, and entrepreneurial. Each trajectory is shaped by personal motivations, adaptability, and market pressures, intersecting with the inherent constraints of the gig...

Internal migration in Nigeria is driven by low agricultural productivity, low income, land scarcity, poor socio-economic structures, and more. Beyond the health implications of COVID-19, the pandemic brought additional complexity to internal migrants’ livelihoods. We assessed the extent to...

This chapter is a longitudinal study of a major U.S. military downsizing, restructuring, and closure process in the U.S. Department of Defense, which began on July 13, 1995, when President William J. Clinton sent the BRAC ’95 Order to the U.S. Congress. Included on the list was the San Antonio...

This chapter explores the relevance of polycentrism in governance debates within non-democratic societies, using Confucianism in East Asia as a case study. It considers how polycentrism, which claims to be pluralistic, might be perceived in a world where democracy's universal value is...

This chapter examines three years of current scholarship in six entrepreneurship-specific journals, three published in the USA and three published in Europe, and compares these with the research published in two benchmark journals. The findings are then compared with the review by Aldrich and...

A bstract : As the UK higher education sector recovers from the Covid pandemic, challenges around student engagement and inclusion remain key (Dixon, 2022). Additionally, the rise in tuition fees has reinforced the perception of students as ‘customers’, further shaping how their voices are...

This chapter explores the intertwined dynamics of knowledge diffusion and displacement effects in the context of migration and innovation. Drawing on recent advances in empirical economics, it highlights how these phenomena represent two sides of the same coin: while migration can foster...

This chapter reviews the recent developments of the literature on monetary/fiscal policy interaction, the Fiscal Theory of Price Level (FTPL), and the implications for inflation dynamics. There are already excellent reviews of the FTPL, such as Leeper and Leith's (2016) handbook chapter and...

The proliferation of reforms in the National Health Service (NHS), many based on the principles of the “New Public Management” (NPM), has created the conditions which have prompted England's healthcare system to become more intensively entrepreneurial through the adoption of market-style...