This chapter addresses the roles of anthropologists and anthropology in the World Bank. The Bank only began employing anthropologists as staff members in the 1970s. Prior to that, anthropologists, particularly cultural anthropologists or ethnographers, were utilized largely on an ad hoc basis in...

This chapter’s goal is to make the notion of digital business models more understandable by synthesizing current developments in this area of research from the standpoint of management sciences. A preliminary typology of digital business models is presented, along with an overview of...

We review the literature on performance measurement system design that draws on economic, psychological, and sociological theories of managerial and firm behavior. performance measurement design choices are influenced by assumptions about objectives, beliefs, judgments, and expectations of...

The work-family restrictions, a new construct to extend work-life balance, developed from the social harm of sustainable work perspective to explain work-related exhaustion that constrains employees to improve family domain specific wellbeing outcomes. The five-sample (total N = 1169) scale...

Abstract In Finland, tourism policymaking is centralised in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, without a specific tourism minister. Tourism policymaking and implementation are much influenced by networks and collaboration of tourism experts on governmental, regional, and local...

Organizational change is a key mechanism to ensure the sustainability of healthcare systems. However, healthcare organizations are persistently difficult to change, and literature is riddled with examples of failed change endeavors. In this chapter, we attempt to unravel the underlying causes...

Trust in science can have both an epistemic and an instrumental function: People use scientific knowledge to extend their knowledge about the world, and they also rely on scientific knowledge in personal decision-making. However, because of the division of cognitive labor, no single person can...

The case discusses the rise and fall of the Kago family as founders and owners of Tuskys, which began as a small-town retail store and later became a supermarket giant in Kenya. The business was started by Mzee Kago, who was later joined by his five sons. The death of Mzee Kago led to a series...