This book critically examines the concept of rationality, a central theme in economics and management theory, through the lens of an analytical philosophy framework. Alexander Styhre advocates for rationality to be grounded in practical reason, empha...Daugiau...
No professional is an island. Despite their capacity to monopolize and erect entry barriers in terms of either formal credentials or membership of certain organizations, professionalism is inextricably bound up with collective accomplishments on a da...Daugiau...
In Reproductive Medicine and the Life Sciences in the Contemporary Economy, Alexander Styhre and Rebecka Arman illuminate issues that have given rise to terms such as the bioeconomy and the baby business. The life sciences play an increasing role...Daugiau...
This book examines how business schools seek to honour the ambition to both teach scientifically verified theories and practically useful concepts and models, and how the tensions derived from this duality may be problematic to handle. ...Daugiau...
In economic theory and in management studies, innovation is widely regarded as the motor of economic activities and as being the primary source of renewal in the economic system. This view emphasizes how innovation work is organized in specialized t...Daugiau...
This book points at both the causes and the consequences of the shortage of affordable housing and provides an integrated economic and legal view of how housing production is dependent on housing finance, which in turn means that legal conditions and...Daugiau...
Despite the conventional wisdom that affordable housing, either in the form of home ownership or through access to rental units, has beneficial effects for households, society and the economy more broadly, there is a noteworthy lack of empirical stu...Daugiau...
In this compelling book, Alexander Styhre presents a comprehensive analysis of the role and purpose of theory within the university setting. Critiquing current university governance practices which assess research quality based on citation frequency...Daugiau...
This book examines social status as a social mechanism and a social fact that strongly shapes how markets and organizations are regulated, managed, and preserved over time.The first part of this book identifies a number of organizational...Daugiau...
This innovative volume uses a Swedish case study to explore how health and social structures including health services, regulatory bodies and patient groups are being developed and reconfigured to take into account the increased use of assiste...Daugiau...
With more than 14,000 business schools worldwide, what is included in their curricula matters for how the economy and the corporate system are managed. Business schools should be subject to scholarly inquiries and critical reflection. While many stu...Daugiau...
Social science theorists from various scholarly disciplines have contributed to a recent literature that examines how the finance industry has expanded and now wields increasing influence across a variety of economic fields and industries. In some...Daugiau...
The economic system of competitive capitalism has proven to be both resilient and flexible over time and has contributed to the economic welfare of citizens in liberal and coordinated market economies in a variety of regions and countries. At the sa...Daugiau...
This book examines social status as a social mechanism and a social fact that strongly shapes how markets and organizations are regulated, managed, and preserved over time.The first part of this book identifies a number of organizational...Daugiau...
Presenting a comprehensive overview of the changes in policies and economic doctrines of the American economy following the 2008 global financial crisis, this book critically examines the reformation of the corporate landscape. Observing the growth o...Daugiau...
This book presents a study of so-called indie video game developers that are widely regarded as the creative and innovative fringe of the video game industry. The video game industry is an exemplary entrepreneurial high growth industry that combin...Daugiau...
Social science theorists from various scholarly disciplines have contributed to a recent literature that examines how the finance industry has expanded and now wields increasing influence across a variety of economic fields and industries. In some...Daugiau...
The Institutional Theory of the Firm examines recent and previous organization theory literature to advocate what Evans (1995) refers to as the embedded autonomy of the firm, as well as its role in being simultaneously anchored in, for example,...Daugiau...
