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Space Matters: Marketplace and Interactional Order in the Nepalese “Manpower Bazaar”

open access: yesEconomic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Spatial dynamics of market interactions are underexplored in the sociological study of markets. This ethnographically informed study dives into the intricate workings of a marketplace of migrant recruiters in Nepal, colloquially known as Manpower Bazaar.
Sandhya A. S.
wiley   +1 more source

Quantitative datasets of societal value, technology and policy for human-water system modelling. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Data
Wu S   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Sharing Debt and Houses: Strategies for Surviving Late Capitalism Among Aging Ghanaian Migrants in Canada

open access: yesEconomic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The appropriation of commodities, or decommodification, occurs alongside processes of commodification as part of the diverse economies coexisting with capitalism. Drawing on research among aging Ghanaian immigrants living in Canada, I examine their attempts to decommodify housing within unaffordable housing markets as part of cultural projects
Cati Coe
wiley   +1 more source

Stairway to impact or highway to failure? A cognitive perspective on business model design processes in nascent sustainable ventures

open access: yesStrategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Sustainable new ventures seeking to tackle grand challenges such as climate change or biodiversity loss through new business models face the difficult task of reconciling social and ecological goals with profit. To provide a better understanding of how founders balance such tensions and develop viable business models, this ...
Eduard Esau   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Welcome, stranger

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary How can organizations establish collaboration between their established members and a newly hired member? We address this question by studying firms undergoing scaling using a multiple‐case study. We find that widely involving the new hire into the established managers' activities backfires.
Jian Bai Li, Henning Piezunka
wiley   +1 more source

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