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Mujeres Públicas and women in public: Scrutinising the history of prostitution in eighteenth‐ and nineteenth‐century Mexico

Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 86-101, March 2026.
Abstract Past studies of prostitution have mislabelled Mexican women as prostitutes when it is not clear that they had engaged in transactional sex. Here, we examine the history of prostitution between 1750 and 1865, detailing both legal frameworks and judicial evidence to address the reasons for the inflation of prostitution's presence in Mexico ...
Nora E. Jaffary, Luis Londoño
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Exploration and Exploitation in Latin American Firms: The Determinants of Organizational Ambidexterity and The Country Effect

Journal of Technology Management & Innovation, 2019
In this article, we explore the determinants of organizational ambidexterity across Latin American countries -Chile, Ecuador, and Peru- from innovation surveys of 2,786 manufacturing companies.
Juan Acevedo, Iván Díaz-Molina
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Time, space and constructive capabilities. Translating paradoxical innovation requirements into comprehensive organizational arrangements: a socio-cognitive perspective. [PDF]

When innovating, interaction is beneficial for (1) exploring problem definition spaces and (2) exploiting them. The social processes in which both activities unfold, display paradoxical characteristics which can be addressed by introducing space and time
Bouwen, René, Debackere, Koenraad, Van Looy, Bart   +2 more
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Exploratory innovation, exploitative innovation and ambidexterity [PDF]

, 2005
Organizational ambidexterity (i.e., the ability to pursue exploratory and exploitative innovation simultaneously) is crucial to firm survival. In this study we explore how multiunit firms might develop ambidextrous organizational units in response to ...
Bosch, F.A.J. (Frans) van den, Jansen, J.J.P. (Justin), Volberda, H.W. (Henk)   +2 more
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South Asian Bodies at British Borders in the 1970s: From the Ugandan Asian ‘Stateless Husbands’ to ‘Virginity Testing’

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article looks at two critical moments in British immigration – the case of the ‘stateless’ Ugandan Asian husbands, whose wives successfully argued for their entry in Britain in 1973 and the ‘virginity test’ performed on Mrs K at Heathrow Airport in 1979.
Antara Datta, Jinal Parekh
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(Dis)trust in Digital Insurance: How Datafied Practices Shift Uncertainties and Reconfigure Trust Relations

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Trust is both a prerequisite and a product of insurance, as insurance contracts are built on and create trust relations that enable a risk‐averse perspective towards the future. At the same time, insurer‐policyholder relationships are characterised by a persistent distrust, rooted in insurance economics and industry reputation. In this article,
Maiju Tanninen, Gert Meyers
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Ambidexterity – A New Paradigm for Organizations Facing Complexity

Studies in Business and Economics, 2019
Complexity is rapidly and inexorably leading the global economy towards new configurations and new dynamics; within this (ever fluid and unstable) framework, the strategic dualities that govern organizations and shape their strategic choices are not only
Claudia Ogrean, Mihaela Herciu
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Teamwork Bricolage and HRM in a Time of Crisis: Workplace Strategies of Frontline Healthcare Professionals

Human Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates how healthcare professionals navigate relational dynamics within a frontline healthcare team in a time of crisis and with limited HRM support. Drawing on scholarship about work teams, HRM and bricolage, the paper analyzes research data from interviews with kinesiologists at an Accidents & Emergency (A&E) hospital in ...
Jenny K. Rodriguez, Stephen Procter
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Brook no compromise: How to negotiate a united front

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Negotiating factional conflict is crucial to successful coordination: Political parties, rebel alliances, and authoritarian elites must all overcome internal disagreements to survive and achieve collective aims. Actors in these situations sometimes employ hardball tactics to block outcomes they dislike, but at the risk of causing coordination ...
Elaine Yao
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US market entry by Spanish pharmaceutical firms [PDF]

This work explores the factors that spur firms’ propensity to enter in international markets. Among the whole population of Spanish firms active in the pharmaceutical sector (over the period 1995-2004), we identify those firms that have entered the US ...
Ester Martínez-Ros, Fabrizio Cesaroni, Marco S. Giarratana   +2 more
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