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AI in the Automotive Industry
The transition to alternative powertrain systems and the increasing complexity of automotive software poses great challenges for the automotive...
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Critical Success Factors for the Future of Work in Gig Economy: Determinants for Gig Entrepreneurs
The gig economy provides a platform for work in the Fourth Industrial Revolution presenting the highest publicized form of work of the century. Gig...
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Art of innovating in the arts: definitions, determinants, and mode of innovation in creative industries, a systematic review
The creative industries have attracted the attention of both decision-makers and researchers since the end of the 1990s due to their economic,...
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Spain: Challenges and Perspectives in Times of Inflection on Career Guidance and Counselling in Spain
In the last few decades, a series of changes have been perceived in our society (demographic and sociological, technological, labour market, business...
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The embarking of COVID-19 and the perishable products’ value chain in Ethiopia
The aim of this paper is analyzing the impact of COVID-19 on the perishable products’ value chain in Ethiopia. As a methodology, both data sources...
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Borana Cattle Pastoralists in Southern Ethiopia Are Diversifying Their Livelihoods by Cultivating Land and Raising Camels
Borana are identified with cattle, which are important in their cultural, social, and ritual functions. Traditionally, the Borana relied solely on...
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Leading the Labour Market by the Laws of Supply and Demand
Our paper aimed at revealing and pinpointing the fact that labour market is guided and led by the laws of supply and demand. Moreover, it postulates...
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Diversity and Gender Issues in Hotel Management
The hospitality and tourism industry constantly evolves, with fast-paced changes, multidimensional challenges, fierce competition, generational and...
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The Role of Institutions, Social Actors and Public Policies to Support Sustainability in the Automotive Industry in Europe
What role are the national governments and the European Commission playing in addressing sustainability in European car production? The adoption of...
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Circular Economy and Social Upgrading in Global Value Chains: An Analytical Perspective on Social Upgrading in the Global South
This chapter presents a novel analytical framework that explores the potential role of Circular Economy (CE) strategies in promoting social upgrading...
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The Tragedy of the Compelling Hand
In the preceding chapter, you acquired knowledge about market forces and the strategies employed by companies to establish, sustain, and enhance...
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The Gig Economy in the Post-COVID Era
The economy worldwide undergoes tremendous changes due to the impact of various factors such as technological development, digitalisation, and...
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Enduring National Varieties Under Market Strain
This final chapter discusses the main findings drawn from the three countries—Italy, Denmark and Britain—in a comparative perspective and integrates...
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Higher Professional Technical Course in Portugal: The Case Study of the Polytechnic Institute of Guarda
This chapter contributes to assess the Higher Professional and Technical Courses (HPTC) in Portugal (Hasanefendic et al., Technological Forecasting...
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Recovery and exit of zombie firms in Portugal
The resources sunk in zombie firms have risen over the last two decades, hampering productivity growth in developed economies. In this paper, we...
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A Migrant/Minority Economy? Jewish and Greek Migrant Entrepreneurial Patterns in the Greek Interwar Clothing Industry, 1923–1940
This chapter surveys the development of the clothing industry that enabled mass production to develop in interwar Greece. The influx of over...
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Ireland: Access to Guidance Provision for Migrant Groups within Youth Information and the Further Education Sector
This chapter identifies and describes specific barriers and urgent challenges for career guidance practitioners working with migrants and refugees in...
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Nominal and real wages in the UK, 1750–2015: mean reversion, persistence and structural breaks
This paper analyses the stochastic properties of UK nominal and real wages over the period 1750–2015 using fractional integration techniques. Both...
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FDI and human capital development: a tale of two Southeast Asian economies
Middle-income economies must prioritise human capital development to ensure long-term sustainable growth and economic upgrading. While foreign direct...
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Lean Management in the Railway Industry
Rail transport (also known as train transport or railway industry) is a means of transferring passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on...