... class theory. It argues for why a materialist perspective in economic theory is relevant today. Research limitations/implications The Western world should focus more on the production economy and less on the service economy. Originality/value To the author's knowledge, no other paper has...

...” in management is investigated by examining the theory/practice debate in three cognate fields–economics, nursing and marketing. Findings The relationship between theory and practice is actively debated in all three of the fields. In economics, criticism has been directed at the implicit ontological...

... 2007 Curricula Finance Academic staff Economics Education This paper presents a biographical sketch of Edward Sherwood Mead whose academic career extended from 1900 to 1944 at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Mead was a pioneer in the field...

..., making it easier for twenty‐first century organizations and practitioners to reach the right decisions. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Workplace training Learning organizations Knowledge management Economics There is a widespread view that existing management theory...

...Mário Augusto; José Figueira; João Lisboa; Mahmoud Yasin Purpose To propose a multi‐criteria approach for ranking the performance of the economic sectors of the Portuguese economy and to identify the most attractive sectors. Design/methodology/approach A multi‐criteria approach using ELECTRE...

... intense price pressure competition in China. The primary factor is due to the growing competitiveness of local Chinese competitors. Practical implications China is a complex market combining a transition economy, deflationary economic conditions and local competitors that learn about global products...

...Frances Hutchinson With industrialisation, man was liberated economically from traditional social ties, only to become enslaved by a money system operating beyond everyday comprehension. Rights and responsibilities associated with respect for the“commons” and social justice were swept aside...

.... An accurate concept of money will light the way to solve the present fiscal crisis. Perhaps, the chief failure of economics is its inability, from Adam Smith to the present, to define or discover a concept of money consistent with logic and history. Economists rarely define money, assuming...

...David Haenke © MCB UP Limited 2003 --> Economics Money supply Wealth Ecology Green issues David Haenke David Haenke is a pioneer of the green movement in North America. He is a writer and eco-forester based in Missouri, USA. Keywords: Economics, Money...

...Sanda Miller © MCB UP Limited 2002 --> Economics Art History Sanda Miller Keywords: Economics, Art, History Art and money have always made good bedfellows, or have they? This is the moot point I wish to address in this article. Thus during the Renaissance...

... – where even money would be denationalised.(Such a policy was even debated at one 1985 Tory student conference!) It suddenly seemed as though the Thatcherite "Right" had achieved what Marxism had failed to do: the withering away of nations and the triumph of man as an economically-determined unit...

...Richard Baldwin; Paul Krugman © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Economics Tax harmonization Richard Baldwin and Paul Krugman Richard Baldwin is at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, and the Centre for Economic Policy Research. Paul Krugman is at Princeton...

...Christopher Fildes © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Currency Economics Christopher Fildes A talk given at the Economic Research Council on Thursday, 5 October 2000 Keywords Currency, Economics Monopoly money I wanted tonight, if it is not thought too...

... --> Banking Economics Book reviews The Grip of Death Michael RowbothamJon CarpenterOxford352 pp.ISBN:1 897766 40 8£15 Creating New Money: A Monetary Reform for the Information Age James Robertson and John HuberNew Economics FoundationLondon92 pp.ISBN: 1 899407...

... socialism, and analyses the characteristics of central economic planning and bureaucratic control, highlighting inherent weaknesses and failures in socialist systems, such as the lack of legal frameworks, the absence of property rights and inefficient production. Peng states that while demand from...

... --> Competitive strategy Business strategy Economics Multinational companies pursue a diverse set of international strategies, according to a new study of the dynamics of international competition. On the surface, it may appear that worldwide players typically adopt a global strategy. Closer examination...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Internet Business Shopping Agents Economics Reports Agents will trigger huge increase in e-commerce Keywords Internet, Business, Shopping, Agents, Economics The volume of electronic commerce - which already accounts for around...

... Globalization Culture Economics For EBR readers concerned about the global marketplace, this review covers a number of important, related and recent publications, all of which are available for purchase through Internet bookstores .... The two cited above by Dr Carl A. Nelson are part...

... Culture Economics For EBR readers concerned about the global marketplace, this review covers a number of important, related and recent publications, all of which are available for purchase through Internet bookstores... The two cited above by Dr Carl A. Nelson are part of International...

... of production. The transnational firm (TNC), a globally integrated organizational network, has emerged in this global search for low‐cost production bases. Consequently the realm of European economic policy analysis is now very much couched within a political economy dimension which is determining the direction...