The chapter examines the unethical nature of outsourcing, mostly on the exploitation of cheap labour and the use of unethical practices in the context of outsourcing. Also, it should focus on the necessity to consider ethical factors, regulatory frameworks, and accountable practices to reduce...

Why did enduring socio-economic inequality emerge between the 4th and 3rd millennium BCE, after millennia of substantial egalitarianism? We test the hypothesis of inequality being a by-product of state formation in an archeological panel covering Southern Iraq between 3900 and 1900 BCE. We...

Healthcare systems worldwide face increasing nurse shortages, but the consequences remain poorly understood. This paper studies how nurse scarcity in hospitals affects care provision and patient health. I exploit the 2011 Swiss franc stabilization, which increased the salience to cross-border...

Wind energy is a natural source of energy which is renewable in nature and eco-friendly in nature if used properly. However, in the recent centuries, humans used non-renewable energies for their development and support urbanization, which was a harmful decision in the long run. In the recent...

This study explores how investor behavioural biases influence sustainable (high-ESG) and non-sustainable (low-ESG) firms in the United States, using the behavioural three-factor model introduced by Daniel, Hirshleifer and Sun (2020). The model includes two behavioural factors: limited attention...

The medical tourism industry, valued at over $100 billion in 2025, facilitates access to cost-effective, high-quality healthcare but often neglects the psychological challenges faced by patients, such as culture shock, treatment-related anxiety, and post-procedure isolation. This study...

The chapter tries to understand the significance of work in digital age, encompassing digital transformation in all processes in the organisations. Furthermore, remote work and virtual workspaces are studies in detail to explore about the challenges and outcomes of virtual environment. In order...

The problem of identification of efficient economic conditions, arising from the «horizontal» agents’ relationship, is considered. It’s shown that the application of classical concept of market failure is insufficient. The alternative concept of disbalances are examined. The greater...

This chapter investigates the impact of people analytics (PA) on the relationship between managers and employees. It examines the benefits of people analytics in various HRD topics, including employee well-being, behavior, relations, and employee engagement (EE). Specifically, it focuses on four...

Albeit heat pumps are viewed as a key technology to decarbonize buildings, their upfront costs exceed investment costs for fossil boilers. These excess investment costs for heat pumps over fossil boilers are heterogeneously distributed across and within income groups, depending on building...