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Private money and money market integration: The role of payments infrastructure in nineteenth‐century Switzerland

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Using newly collected discount rate data for six Swiss cities from 1846 to 1893, we find no evidence of increasing integration during a 30‐year period of lightly regulated free banking. We attribute this to two structural issues: banks had incentives to ward off competitors by protecting their local monopolies or forming cartels, and there was
Daniel Kaufmann, Rebecca Stuart
wiley   +1 more source

How do strategic leaders frame corporate purpose? Investigating competing frames and framing approaches in executive discourse

open access: yesEuropean Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Corporate purpose is gaining momentum in contemporary business communities, yet it often appears shrouded in ambiguity. Although research is growing in popularity, the analysis of corporate purpose from the perspective of strategic leaders remains an unexplored domain.
Chiara Pantalena   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identity Service - A future service for collecting, storing, and communicating personal identity, through wearable interfaces

open access: yes, 2004
Identity Service is a future service that allows users to store, collect and share Identity related information through wearable digital interfaces while on the move.
Francesca Rosella, Identity Service
core  

Astonishment instead of Scream. On Ida Fink’s Stories

open access: yes, 2013
The subject of analysis in the article is Ida Fink’s stories considered in the context of the poetics of minimalism. The author posits that a key function in this writer’s work is fulfilled by a strategy of astonishment, which allows us to speak about
Sokołowska, Katarzyna
core   +1 more source

Too good to be true? A systematic literature review about the ambivalent consequences and managerial challenges of purpose implementation

open access: yesEuropean Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Corporate purpose has rapidly gained prominence in management literature and is considered a highly influential concept in business, promising to enable businesses' transformative power. While most existing studies highlight the positive outcomes of incorporating purpose into organizational frameworks, some research highlights negative ...
Nicole Steller, Guido Möllering
wiley   +1 more source

Towards Privacy-Preserving and User-Centric Identity Management as a Service

open access: yes, 2017
Identification, authentication and the exchange of users’ identity information are key factors in protecting access to online services. Especially cost-effectiveness is a considerable incentive to move identity management models into the public cloud. As
Dash, Pritam   +3 more
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Dual‐aim purpose strategies and organizational design solutions

open access: yesEuropean Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper advances theory on the strategic dimensions of corporate purpose by exploring how organizations design for a dual‐aim purpose—pursuing both financial and pro‐social objectives that are inherently in tension. While earlier research highlights purpose as a unifying force that motivates action and guides strategic decision‐making, we ...
Johanna E. Pregmark   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trajectories of Care: Tracing the Social Genesis of Men's Participation in Low Paid Care Work

open access: yesGender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing on a study involving 41 men employed as support workers in the Australia Health Care and Social Assistance (HCSA) sector, in this article we investigate where in their lives and how men turn to caring roles. Documenting continuities of men's caring practices in their work lives and private lives, we present a series of men's care ...
Riikka Prattes   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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