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Footwear for special needs

open access: yes, 1992
SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre- DSC:93/02796(Footwear) / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreGBUnited ...
British Footwear Manufacturers Federation, London (United Kingdom)
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Networks paving the way: Apprenticeship, guilds, and access to mastership in early modern Genoa

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper investigates how kinship and professional networks shaped labour market outcomes in the guild‐based labour market of early modern Genoa. Using a newly constructed dataset of more than 8,000 apprenticeship contracts (1451–1530), I examine the extent to which family and guild connections influenced apprentices' chances of attaining ...
Alessandro Brioschi
wiley   +1 more source

Banks and the economy: Evidence from the Irish bank strike of 1966

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper studies the macroeconomic impact of the Irish bank strike of 1966, which led to the closure of the major commercial banks for 3 months. We collect a variety of new evidence, such as high‐frequency macro data, economic forecasts, micro data and narrative sources.
Emma Horgan, Seán Kenny, Jason Lennard
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of the relationship between firm innovation and corporate social responsibility: A systematic literature review

open access: yesEuropean Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Firm innovation and corporate social responsibility (CSR) are key strategic considerations that shape a firm's competitiveness and sustainability. However, studies exploring the relationship between the two are heterogeneous and sometimes obtain contradictory results, making it difficult to draw clear conclusions.
Daniel Alonso‐Martínez   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“It Can't be Translated Into a Conventional English Phrase”: Crafting Academic Identities Through Translingual Writing

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This qualitative multiple case study explores multilingual postgraduate students’ academic identities through writing at an EMI university in Hong Kong, with a focus on how they gain legitimacy in knowledge‑making with their multilingual repertoires. Grounded in a poststructuralist understanding of identities as fluid and negotiated, the study
Siqi Song, Ken Lau
wiley   +1 more source

The shoe industry of Marikina City, Philippines: a developing country cluster in crisis [PDF]

open access: yes
I initiate the discussion with a few general remarks on industrial clusters and commodity chains. I describe the main features of the shoe industry in the Philippines.
Allen J. Scott
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Trade Exposure and the Decline in Collective Bargaining: Evidence From Germany

open access: yesIndustrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze how rising trade exposure from China and Eastern Europe affected collective bargaining coverage in German plants from 1996 to 2008. Using cross‐industry variation in trade exposure and instrumenting with trade flows from other high‐income countries, we find that higher import exposure increased the likelihood that plants exited ...
Daniel Baumgarten, Sybille Lehwald
wiley   +1 more source

Seeing the Forest–Communities–Trees: Exploring the Impact of Industry Agglomerations on Technological Innovations and Firm Performance within Ecosystems

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on agglomeration theory, embeddedness theory, and the community assembly metaphor, this study examines how regional industrial ecosystems (RIEs) shape firm performance in China's manufacturing sector. Using longitudinal data on 1012 listed manufacturing firms across China between 2008 and 2019, we combine input–output analysis with ...
Ling Zhang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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