This chapter presents a different way of conceptualizing and visualizing trust dynamics by exploring how trust attractors influence trust relations at multiple analytical levels. Consistent with research on dynamical systems and conflict, we identify trust attractors as change-resistant attitude...

Abstract Governments of the developing countries across the globe have been serious in designing social protection policies to address vulnerabilities faced by workers in the informal sector. Such a form of public intervention is expected to preserve livelihoods of these workers while mitigating...

As an applied social science, business-to-business research is inherently cross-disciplinary. The general theories that provide insight into business relationships, systems, and markets have disciplinary foundations in the economics, psychology, sociology, and management disciplines. When...

This chapter provides a conceptual overview of social infrastructure targeted at unemployment and labor markets. Its main purpose is to categorize existing pillars of labor market policy and to illustrate them with cross-national comparisons across a representative sample of advanced economies....

Abstract In recent years, the retail landscape has undergone a seismic shift, transforming into a dynamic, interconnected ecosystem where consumers seamlessly traverse physical and digital realms. This shift has given rise to the omnipresent force known as Omni-channel retailing. This chapter...

Chatbot technology is growing swiftly across the banking and finance industry. The study aims to explore the influence of Task-Technology Fit (TTF), system suitability, perceived usefulness, social influence and satisfaction on respondents’ continuance intention among the chatbot-users. A...

Hazel Kyrk’s recognised contributions include a shift in analytic focus from production to consumption, pioneering work to measure household production as part of family income, empirical studies of family behaviour, and contributions to policy. But her account of ‘wise’ consumption and...

Abstract This chapter has briefly discussed the problems of defining development and underdevelopment, and Gustavo Esteva's opinion that ‘underdevelopment’ was invented. The Proposal for Action of the First UN Development Decade (1960–70), Mr Robert S McNamara's view (President of the...

Abstract Despite the high demand for certified public accountants, the supply of professionals produced by colleges and universities is insufficient. Contributing to the inadequate supply, which the profession refers to as a “pipeline challenge,” are students who major in accounting but do...