This book explores critical perspectives on ageing in organisations and offers both managerial and workplace practices for dealing with this prominent issue. The collection provides cross-disciplinary research on the discursive and mythological aspects of ageing at work as well as recent studies...

The quick recovery of Asian economies from recent recessions in comparison to the struggling American and European economies can be attributed in part to the positive aggregate-demand externalities of their self-employment sectors. This book presents a behavioural analysis of this effect, with a...

This book argues that the strength of our dynamic society is a market economy, which functions well only if positive and constructive marketing practices are performed. It offers innovative alternatives for achieving economic progress and outlines strategies to create conditions for equal...

This book is an ethnographic case study, based on first hand observation, of family businesses in the northern Vietnamese village of Ninh Hiệp along the Red River Delta, which became a major hub for textiles in the wake of the country’s shift towards market socialism. The author explores how...

Das Buch widmet sich Machern und Meistern, die mutig mit Aufbruch, Chancen und Veränderung umgehen. Es versammelt ihre wichtigsten Erkenntnisse und Einsichten, die sie auf ihrem Weg gewonnen haben und verbindet sie zu einem Big Picture. Aus ihrer persönlichen Perspektive wird gezeigt, was sie...

This book presents the reader a comprehensive understanding of the development of family business in transitional economies. Throughout eastern Europe, post-Communist countries transitioning to market-based economies are obtaining a variety of results due to diverse policy approaches. Expert...

Family Business Around the World -- The Complexity of Family Business -- The Role of Values in Family Business -- The Entrepreneurial Origins of Family Business -- Italian Migration to Australia and its Descendants -- The Families in the Case Studies and Their Business -- Capturing the Life...