The past forty years have seen the development and growth of management and organizational history. Throughout this time there have been a wide variety of debates that pertain to how best to study the past in and around organizations. In this chapter we use the key terms from each of the...

The Scottish Enlightenment, which gave birth to classical liberal thought and political economy, developed out of a strong theological tradition and was marked by significant theological conflict. Most people understand the Scottish Enlightenment through the works of David Hume, Adam Smith, and...

The amount of external reserves that countries view as optimal generally differs across countries and over time. The vulnerability of small open economies to a range of international shocks and structural weaknesses implies that they are more exposed to capital flight and therefore need more...

Some fuzzy definitions such as gray collar workers (GCW) needs to be constructed by academic research in management and organization field. The authors propose a framework for researchers who are interested in studying gray collar workforce after the fourth industrial revolution (I4.0) with...

Digital platform ecosystems are at the core of value creation in the digital era and a vital part of the digital strategy of firms. The generative nature of digital technologies makes it difficult for a platform sponsor to conceptualize and produce all potential product variations. Hence,...

COVID has forced us to recognize the condition of extraordinary that has characterized our urban system for its entirety. Catastrophic events have always been with us. Our mature cities are highly imperfect in their structure and functioning, in the condition of permanent change and in...

Post-monarchical Ethiopia covers the period between 1974 and present-day Ethiopia. Ethiopia was ruled by the socialist government, the federalists, and the democrats. The socialists terminated the reign of the monarchs and instituted the Marxist ideology with the help of the former USSR and...

This chapter is aimed at providing insights into the work done and the challenges encountered by the Departments of Information Systems at the University of Muenster (Germany) and the University of Minho (Portugal) during the EQUAL-IST project (“Gender Equality Plans for Information Sciences...

LGBTQIA+ community members have a history of viewing public libraries as safe spaces. Having this resource is especially important as public policy has shifted away from supporting the LGBTQIA+ community. In this chapter, hear how public libraries have responded to this need. Learn about...