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Rural Capitalists and Development in Colonial Africa: A Comparative Analysis

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the emergence and role of rural capitalists in colonial Sub‐Saharan Africa by comparing three peasant‐based economies: Bechuanaland, the Gold Coast and Tanganyika. Using social tables, we estimate the population and income shares of better earning agricultural producers and assess their impact on rural inequality and ...
Prince Young Aboagye, Ellen Hillbom, Sascha Klocke   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From the imperial household to the state: The establishment of the protection concept of intangible cultural property (part 1)

Japan Architectural Review, 2019
Before World War II (WWII), the Imperial Household of Japan played an important role in the protection of intangible cultural properties, for example, by granting subsidies to traditional artists, and employing performers of the classical arts and ...
Daigo Osajima, Sayumi Manabe
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Farmers and Capitalism [PDF]

Most analyses of modern capitalism focus on bargains struck between workers, managers, and owners (and the different types of firms they inhabit). But considering the substantial influence of institutional inertia on modern outcomes, it is necessary to ...
Carney, Richard
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When Great Powers Struggle: How Geopolitical Alignments of Small States Are Influenced by Their MNEs

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Comparing two distinct deglobalization periods, this study shows how Finnish multinational enterprises (MNEs) used corporate diplomatic activities (CDA) to influence Finland's alignment with a struggling great power. Drawing from hegemonic stability theory and new institutional economics, we argue that the power's collapsing global networks ...
Saara Matala, Christian Stutz
wiley   +1 more source

Recovered Cities.

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series, 2007
There is a large group of cities in Poland, which lost and re-gained their urban status. Many of those cities lost their urban status as the result of administrative reforms introduced by partitioning states in the 19th century, and after WWII ...
Barbara Miszewska
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Wars and Markets: How Bond Values Reflect World War II [PDF]

Historical events are reflected in asset prices. In this paper, we analyse government bond prices of Germany and Austria traded on the Swiss bourse during WWII.
Bruno S. Frey, Marcel Kucher
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Attacking Multiple Fronts: The Tuskegee Airmen as Pioneers of Military Integration [PDF]

, 2016
Military service has long been associated with citizenship, and blacks have been part of every American war since the founding of this nation. Five thousand fought in the Revolutionary War, 180,000 fought in segregated units during the Civil War, and 380,
Sawyer, Kaylyn L.
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How Do SMEs Respond to Deglobalization? Insights from Italian SMEs in the Interwar Period (1936–1943)

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates how small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) respond to deglobalization and economic nationalism, using historical evidence from fascist Italy, a period of autarky and restricted international trade. While prior research has focused primarily on larger firms, especially multinational enterprises (MNEs), the strategic ...
Valeria Giacomin, Francesco Romagnoli
wiley   +1 more source

Make Social Media Social Again: How Platform Interoperability Can Fix Social Media and Future‐Proof Democracy

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay argues that social media document (rather than fuel) the decline of political democracy while helping revive organizational democracy, including through ‘decentralized autonomous organizations’ (DAOs). Yet, despite giving everyone a voice and the ability to organize across borders, social media could over‐concentrate power if, in ...
J.P. Vergne
wiley   +1 more source

Deníky Viktora Fischla z jeho londýnského exilu v době druhé světové války

Acta Universitatis Wratislaviensis. Slavica Wratislaviensia
Viktor Fischl byl česko-izraelský spisovatel a diplomat. Na začátku německé okupace emigroval z Československa do Anglie, kde se aktivně zapojil do československého zahraničního odboje.
Bohumil Jiroušek, Martina Halamová
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