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Financialisation and the (De‐)Unionisation of Workers in Portugal

open access: yesIndustrial Relations Journal, Volume 57, Issue 1, Page 59-74, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Over the last five decades, the degree of unionisation of workers has been decreasing and, therefore, by inadvertently accepting the deterioration of labour relations, the loss of labour rights, and the increase in the exploitation of labour all over the world, workers have not genuinely contested the neoliberal agenda and the deregulation and
Ricardo Barradas
wiley   +1 more source

Apprenticeships and Firm Performance an Empirical Investigation Using “Big Data” for All English Businesses

open access: yesIndustrial Relations Journal, Volume 57, Issue 1, Page 87-101, January 2026.
ABSTRACT There are quite a few robust estimates of the earnings effects of successful apprenticeships for individuals, but there is a shortage of research concerning the relationship between apprentices and firm performance, and most of this study is qualitative or based on surveys.
Stefan Speckesser, Lei Xu
wiley   +1 more source

E‐Consumers' Perceptions Toward Retail Delivery Fees

open access: yesJournal of Business Logistics, Volume 47, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT As online shopping is driving the last‐mile operations landscape, the infrastructure and environmental impacts of last‐mile deliveries have prompted some US states to implement a retail delivery fee. This study explores how such fees influence consumer behavior.
Johanna Amaya, Trilce Encarnación
wiley   +1 more source

Maximal Differentiation or Minimal Differentiation? Signal Jamming in Location Competition in Duopoly

open access: yesThe Manchester School, Volume 94, Issue 1, Page 24-38, January 2026.
ABSTRACT In this study, we argue that the result of maximal differentiation by d’Aspremont et al. (1979) is not robust against all variations in qualities. The result that two firms are located at opposite ends of a linear city holds only when the product qualities are identical or similar.
Sawoong Kang, Jeong‐Yoo Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of COVID‐19 Vaccinations on the UK Stock Market

open access: yesThe Manchester School, Volume 94, Issue 1, Page 39-52, January 2026.
ABSTRACT This study sheds light on the interaction between COVID‐19 vaccinations and economic recovery from the pandemic crisis. Using London Stock Exchange data (Jan 10, 2021, to Feb 24, 2022) and fixed‐effects regression methods, this study assesses COVID‐19 vaccine effects on UK stock returns.
Chengyue Lu, Wojtek Paczos
wiley   +1 more source

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