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Productivity dynamics among union locals in the United States

Economic Inquiry, EarlyView.
Abstract Using panel data on union locals in the United States we examine the dynamics of the union sector, investigating the impact of inter‐union competition on locals' productivity and survival. We find low entry rates, high exit rates and high levels of productivity dispersion in the sector.
Thomas Breda, Alex Bryson, John Forth
wiley   +1 more source

Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
wiley   +1 more source

The slow emergence of the rational investor: Grain markets and grain storage of rural estates in western Germany, eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We develop new datasets of monthly grain prices in 14 urban markets and of the storage and marketing of grain by 5 rural estates located in western Germany between the late seventeenth century and c. 1860. We explore whether observed patterns of monthly prices, sales, and storage of grain are consistent with the rational competitive storage ...
Matthias Hartermann, Ulrich Pfister, Friederike Scholten‐Buschhoff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nonmarket strategies, domestic institutional development, and internationalization: Evidence from MENA and sub‐Saharan African regions

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the impact of the adoption of nonmarket strategies in domestic markets that drive the internationalization of emerging multinationals (EMNCs) from the MENA and sub‐Saharan African regions. In this study, we consider corporate political activity (CPA) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) of EMNCs and examine their role ...
Nouhaila Ettalibi, Muhammad Saad Baloch, Abubakr Saeed, Hamad Aldawsari, Faris Alzughaibi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corporate Lobbying as Anticompetitive Behaviour in the EU

European Law Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the influence of ordoliberalism in EU law, the mutual feedback between market power and political influence of dominant corporations has not become an explicit consideration in competition law enforcement and has remained rather in the background as an implicit rationale. If the threats to competition posed by regulatory capture are to
Francisco E. Beneke Avila
wiley   +1 more source

Curatorial Ways of Making Cities and Navigating Futures Through Urban Experiments

The Geographical Journal, EarlyView.
Short Abstract Contemporary curation is profoundly relational, emphasising the importance of the interrelations amongst objects and the enhanced meanings generated through their dialogues with each other and with various publics. In this contribution, we outline a curatorial approach founded in relational geography to inform the co‐construction and ...
Miguel Valdez, Matthew Cook
wiley   +1 more source

Between Steel and Skin: Corporeal Colonization of Women Workers and Gendered Organizations in Heavy Industry

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT “I felt as if my body was being occupied by the factory.” The words of one woman working in Turkey's heavy industry were repeated in many accounts, capturing how industrial infrastructures calibrated to male norms press directly into women's bodies.
Esra Kasap, Janset Özen‐Aytemur, Cihat Erbil   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling Assessment of Aquifer Contamination by Sulfate and Uranium in the Upper Arkansas River Corridor in Kansas

Groundwater Monitoring &Remediation, EarlyView.
Abstract Groundwater in the upper Arkansas River corridor has been contaminated by elevated concentrations of dissolved solids in Arkansas River water. Most of the dissolved solids originate from the soils and bedrock in eastern Colorado, where river water is diverted for irrigation and storage systems, and evapotranspiration significantly increases ...
Gaisheng Liu, Don Whittemore, Erin Seybold, Sam Zipper, Brownie Wilson, James Butler   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Translating coexistence: Inside Japan's public multilingualism

Japanese Journal of Sociology, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 152-170, March 2025.
Abstract Provision of translated material for both international residents and tourists is a key part of the work of public offices around Japan. The way in which this translation is viewed and carried out, and its relationship to dominant modes of conceptualizing multiculturalism, has not received much attention in the literature.
Gregory Friedman
wiley   +1 more source

Building Legitimacy in the UK Platform Economy: Representative Strategies of Independent and Mainstream Trade Unions

Industrial Relations Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper we explore the representative strategies of different trade unions within the UK platform economy, and the efforts to build legitimacy among a disparate workforce. Using data from multiple in‐depth research projects, we find that independent unions and self‐organised groups are competing to build representative claims from the ...
Mathew Johnson, Morgan Rhys Powell, Eva Herman   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source