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ABSTRACT Since the 1990s, environmental policy has shifted toward ecosystem protection and biodiversity conservation, a development often described as an ecological turn. This article argues that in practice this turn has taken the form of an ecological “U‐turn,” as environmental ambitions are subordinated to production‐oriented objectives.
Gisle Andersen +2 more
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Knowledge sourcing, geopolitics, and FDI: An empirical analysis on the US green and digital sectors
Abstract Research Summary This paper examines how foreign direct investment (FDI) shapes firms' sourcing of knowledge in the digital and green domains under rising geopolitical frictions. We assemble a firm–country dyadic panel (2013–2020) linking US patent backward citations to firms' FDI, enriched with bilateral geopolitical distance and host‐country
Alberto Maria Radici
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Phases of Cost Cutting: Downsizing is Dead; Long Live the Downsizing Phenomenon [PDF]
This downsizing research article presents a phase typology of job cutting which includes three distinct phases and three levels of argument. Conceptually, the paper draws heavily upon the seminal work of Littler and Gandolfi (2008) seeking to expand and ...
Franco GANDOLFI
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Equal opportunity and diversity management meet downsizing: a case study in the UK airline industry
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on case study research of employment downsizing and the implications for equal opportunity and diversity management conducted in the UK airline industry during 2002/2003.
Bajawa, A., Woodall, J.
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Research and development resilience of foreign MNE subsidiaries during the Great Recession
Abstract Research Summary This study examines the research and development (R&D) resilience of subsidiaries of foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs) during the Great Recession, defined as the ability to sustain R&D investment amid economic disruption.
Omid Aliasghar +3 more
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Abstract Research Summary Trade wars increasingly manifest in the contemporary environment for global business; thereby, calling for examination of MNE strategic responses. MNEs can respond to such shocks by leveraging their strategic flexibility and engaging in retrenchment and redeployment; that is, the respective scaling down (up) of subsidiary ...
Hyewon Ma, Joseph A. Clougherty
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The Effect of Downsizing on Survived Employees’ Performance: A Case of Pakistan [PDF]
This research examines the effects of downsizing on the performance of survived employees in context of Pakistan. Downsizing is used as an independent variable and attributes of survived employees’ performance such as employees’ loyalty, employees ...
Rashid SAEED +4 more
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How do Japanese and French firms in steel industry address the institutional change and the globalization? Employment adjustment and age management in a downsizing context [PDF]
Steel industry has been engaged for a very long time in a downsizing process which has deeply transformed social and industrial relations, work and employment management. Once, these industry was owned and managed by big national groups (sometimes public)
Emilie Lanciano, Michio Nitta
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ABSTRACT Background Although a complexity theory lens can help to understand national policy implementation at a local government level, application of this lens often remains at a metaphorical level. We illustrate how complexity concepts, such as adaptation, feedback, emergence and co‐evolution can be used practically in research on policy ...
Andrew Passey, Peter van der Graaf
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ABSTRACT A growing body of research demonstrates that purpose and meaning are significant to employee well‐being and organizational performance. Yet, increasing challenges in the workplace, including downsizing, layoffs, and job insecurity, can erode employees' sense of purpose and meaning.
Meera Alagaraja +2 more
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