Friction and inertia: business change, corporate real estate portfolios and the UK office market [PDF]
, 1998 It has been asserted that business reorganisation and new working practices are transforming the nature of demand for business space. Downsizing, delayering, business process reengineering and associated initiatives alter the amount, type and location of
Gibson, V., Lizieri, Colin
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Methods for the Study of Downsizing: A Review [PDF]
There has been a world-wide increase in the incidences of downsizing practice across economies and across organizations. This has been considered as the basis for coping with increasing competition. The present paper looks into some studies on downsizing.
Saxena, Richa
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Privatization and labor force restructuring around the world [PDF]
Some critics of privatization argue that poor labor force restructuring is a key concern and that governments should establish better retrenchment programs.
Chong, Alberto +1 more
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From Bureaucracy to Enterprise? The Changing Jobs and Careers of Managers in Telecommunications Service [PDF]
, 1995 This paper analyzes how organizational restructuring is affecting managerial labor markets. Drawing on field research from several Bell operating companies plus a detailed survey of managers in one company, this paper considers how organizational ...
Batt, Rosemary
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Does downsizing improve organizational performance? An analysis of Spanish manufacturing firms [PDF]
The objective of this study is to examine the effect of downsizing on corporate performance, considering a sample of manufacturing firms drawn from the Spanish Survey of Business Strategies during the 1993- 2005 period. No significant differences in post-
Fernando Munoz-Bullon +1 more
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Stuck Between Surplus and Shortage: Demand for Skills in the Russian Industry [PDF]
In order to remain competitive, firms need to keep the quantity and composition of jobs close to the optimal for their given output. Since the beginning of the transition period, Russian industrial firms have been widely reporting that the quantity and ...
A. Lukiyanova +2 more
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Recruiting Older Workers: Realities and Needs of the Future Workforce [PDF]
, 2013 This chapter examines literature pertaining to the recruitment of older workers. It begins by addressing the question of relevance and why older worker recruitment matters.
Adams, Gary A., Rau, Barbara L.
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Downsizing: Personnel Reductions at the Swedish Tobacco Monopoly, 1915-1939
, 2008 Downsizing is a phenomenon that remarkably seldom has been the subject of historical inquiry. This study investigates how a state-owned enterprise, the Swedish Tobacco Monopoly, reduced its labour inputs because of changed consumer preferences and mechanization in the 1920s and 1930s.
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FM contract relationships: from mobilisation to sustainable partnership [PDF]
, 2010 Purpose / theory Outsourcing is a fundamental business model for the Facilities Management (FM) industry. To enable sustained mutual success the parties involved must seek to understand the unique, socially constructed, and often highly complex ...
Ellison, I., Owen, S.
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Downsizing and purchases of psychotropic drugs: A longitudinal study of stayers, changers and unemployed. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 Blomqvist S +4 more
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