This chapter explores the role of time in organizational continuity and change from communicative and discourse perspectives. Changing our conception of communication, it argues, also changes our insights into the temporal underpinning of continuity and change. Reviewing literature that sees...

This chapter applies data envelopement analysis to produce measures of efficiency which may support European Union larger role in healthcare policies. Overall, the authors do not find support for an increasing coordinating role of the EU in healthcare policies after considering the overall...

Supply of food from the early stages of societies was one of the most important needs of humans. Sustainable supply of food is a demand in modern societies. The agri-food market grows as the population rises every year. The increase in the demand side of the market is more than the growth of the...

This chapter analyzes the childcare market in New York City and the impact of COVID-19 on this sector. We leverage a novel dataset by Upfront augmented with publicly available datasets to calculate demand-supply gaps in childcare provision in the city. We find stark disparities of access in...

The scourge of terrorism has situated as one of the major risks and concerns for policy makers and authorities in the Western hemisphere. The attacks to WTC marked not only a first attack in the US soil but the prelude of a set of attacks perpetrated in the European urban metropolises. Over...

The zero-waste term in municipal solid waste management has been the utopian objective of every waste management authority in the cities in developing countries, even though it comes with different perceptions, which are sometimes misguided. People can produce no waste unless they live with no...

In this chapter, the relations between Muslim migrant women's bodily appearances at Western workplaces, their work choices and career development are examined through the lens of embodied intersectionality. This chapter draws on exiting research reports and empirical research to also reflect on...

Spirituality has long played an important role in conflict and crisis management at both individual and organizational levels, and the interest in spirituality is increasing day by day. Spirituality gives meaning or purpose to one's life and minimizes the potential for conflict, so spirituality...