To unleash entrepreneurship and innovation in welfare service provision, many countries have established quasi-markets. We argue that Austrian scholars should bring their analytical focus to such markets, to shed light on their workings and offer policy suggestions on how the institutional...

The debate on regulation and employment relations covers a variety of academic approaches. Regulation theory has been important to widening the way we perceive regulation; going beyond the focus on institutional manifestations to understand the purpose and form of regulation in any given...

This case presents several unique elements. First, it is a “case within a case,” meaning that it is a report on a study of various underutilized assets that developed a plan for urban reuse. The case also combines two emerging issues—faith-based social enterprise and the crisis in...

The futures we shape are deeply influenced by the imaginaries we create today. In the face of climate change, these imaginaries become even more critical, as millions of people will be affected by its impact in the coming decades. To craft adaptive strategies that truly reflect our diverse...

This chapter reviews the existing evidence on return migration and the diffusion of knowledge to migrants’ home countries. Improving total factor productivity is key to economic development, and return migration may potentially help developing countries catch up with advanced economies....

This case study explores the rise of Kremdu LLC, a Kuwaiti-founded online food delivery service that expanded into the UAE and thrived during the Covid-19 pandemic. The crisis accelerated digital adoption, enabling Kremdu to capitalize on increased demand for contactless delivery services....

This chapter looks at the potential of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in building social capital and raises questions about how social capital created by NGOs can impact economic development. The chapter analyzes different approaches to the functions of NGOs in the case of Slovakia. It...

Scaling an organization involves complex challenges intimately connected to its core identity – the central, distinctive characteristics that define it. This chapter examines the essential role of organizational identity across the distinct stages of scaling-up, scaling-down, and re-scaling,...