This chapter examines Taylor Swift’s exceptional team-building and sustaining efforts that enhance her brand. Using social capital and Hackman’s team effectiveness model ( , , ), the chapter delves into how Swift surrounds herself with talented professionals and forms strategic relationships...

The commensurability of different realms of values is a long-standing and unresolved question in anthropological inquiry. Without aiming to find a definitive answer, this encyclopedia entry shows the power of the ethnographic method and the centrality of insurance products (and payout procedures...

This chapter offers an overview of the main theories about power relations and their application to the field of work and employment. It begins with some general definitions of power and where it is encountered in society and introduces the distinction between power as a capability to do things...

The tourist gaze takes on an especially personal slant when adopted for genealogical purposes. This leisure project is sometimes aided by a visit to the family’s “old country,” to the community from which some of the hobbyist’s ancestors emigrated. Touring here may well include dining...

Integrating marketing, technology, and healthcare service perspectives, this chapter develops a framework for enhancing user engagement, satisfaction, and health outcomes within Public Health Social Media Communities (PHSMCs), aligning with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3: Good Health and...

This chapter focuses on the monetary–structural needs to provide for payment finality at the international level within the euro area, in light of the flaws of the TARGET2 system as shown by the euro-area crisis that burst near the end of 2009. The first section explains the...

This chapter considers the future of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) revolution and how communication is influenced by the future in the human and professional realm. Transhumanists argue that the machine-based evolution of humanity is an advance; however, it comes with great risks, particularly...

Single and multi-factor asset pricing models are tools investors can use to select securities and build portfolios. These models fall at the intersection of the efficient frontier and investor objectives since asset prices ultimately reflect asset-specific features (timing, amount, and...

The chapter provocatively challenges the entrenched patriarchal norms in male-dominated sectors such as agriculture, spotlighting the journey of a highly educated woman entrepreneur who dares to redefine her role within her family's agricultural enterprise in Italy. It delves into the heart of...