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- Corporate Finance and Governance
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- State Capitalism and Financial Governance
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Western University
2015-2025
Cranfield University
2023-2024
University of Bath
1989-2024
Trinity College Dublin
2019-2024
City, University of London
2005-2024
University of Buckingham
2015-2024
University of Nottingham
2005-2024
University of Reading
2012-2022
European Corporate Governance Institute
2012-2022
American University of Beirut
2022
Abstract ChatGPT and its variants that use generative artificial intelligence (AI) models have rapidly become a focal point in academic media discussions about their potential benefits drawbacks across various sectors of the economy, democracy, society, environment. It remains unclear whether these technologies result job displacement or creation, if they merely shift human labour by generating new, potentially trivial practically irrelevant, information decisions. According to CEO ChatGPT,...
Abstract As businesses and society navigate the potentials of generative artificial intelligence (GAI), integration these technologies introduces unique challenges opportunities for human resources, requiring a re‐evaluation resource management (HRM) frameworks. The existing frameworks may often fall short capturing novel attributes, complexities impacts GAI on workforce dynamics organizational operations. This paper proposes strategic HRM framework, underpinned by theory institutional...
Abstract At the heart of debates around internal diversity within specific national contexts lie questions social action and relative impact institutional concentrations at spatial, industrial hierarchical levels. Internal represents product historical legacies uneven nature change, effects transnational players regulation, operation complementarity, regional sectoral dynamics. This article introduces a range perspectives on conceptualizing manifestations capitalism, provides framework for...
There is considerable debate as to the determinants of human resource policies management: do they reflect national institutional or cultural realities, emerging common global practices, parent country effects dual transnational and realities? We use an extensive international database explore these differences, assessing variations in a range practices. find new evidence differences manner which indigenous firms manage their people, but also similarity practice amongst multinational...
State interventions in markets assume varieties of forms different economic systems. To capture this variety, we consider state capitalism as a multidimensional concept, first reviewing its historical evolution from both practical and scholarly vantages. We describe several dimensions demonstrate how cross-national variations can be captured through positioning countries along these dimensions. use cross-sectional data for large sample to derive factors that represent key capitalism....
Conventional wisdom holds that there is a global trend toward liberalization of markets, yet the role state has expanded or shifted in certain areas rather than being generally pushed back. We explore common forms which this "new statism" manifested itself, specifically focusing on sovereign wealth funds, military–industrial and penal complexes, public–private partnerships, private finance initiatives. In each case, we systematically review key strands existing literature, highlighting...
Summary Because making progress on sustainability‐related challenges will require organizational change for most organizations, understanding sustainability dynamic capabilities is of utmost importance. In this theoretical paper, we aim to identify the microfoundations such one hand but, consistent with recent work in research stream, do so a way that sensitive dynamism environment. We propose take different forms contexts. contrast moderately contexts characterized by frequent yet...
Abstract This study explores how local managers, in practicing Human Resource management (HRM), may pursue their own interests that are out of line with the agendas headquarters multinational companies (MNCs). It is widely acknowledged informal networks have an impact on HRM practices emerging markets. While these often regarded as beneficial for organizations compensating institutional shortfalls, they also lead to corruption, nepotism, or other ethical transgressions. Indigenous...
The institutional basis of economic failure: anatomy the segmented business system Get access Geoffrey Wood, Wood Correspondence: g.t.wood@sheffield.ac.uk; g.frynas@mdx.ac.uk Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jędrzej George Frynas Socio-Economic Review, Volume 4, Issue 2, May 2006, Pages 239–277, https://doi.org/10.1093/SER/mwj034 Published: 20 October 2005
Banks can differ markedly in their sources of income. Some focus on business lending, some household and fee-earning activities. Increasingly, however, most banks are diversifying into Such diversification is either justified (by the bank) or welcomed commentators), both, as reducing bank's exposure to risk. Diversification across various earnings for, it claimed, reduces Whether does course depends how independent each other are. Traditionally fee income has been very stable; but, also...
Abstract This paper uses longitudinal survey data from Britain, Germany and Sweden to examine whether, as some researchers have suggested, there has been a convergence internationally towards individual forms of employee voice mechanism and, if so, measure the extent trajectory change. The begins by examining importance issue. It then reviews competing accounts utility different their manifestations within varieties capitalism. is hypothesized that general trend away collective mechanisms;...
During the heyday of neoliberalism, employment protection was widely believed to be one main causes Europe's poor economic performance and high unemployment. We challenge this view instead argue that is crucial preserving export success in higher value-added industries. In particular, we explore relationship between skills development.
This paper explores the relationship between national institutional archetypes and investments in training development. A recent trend within literature on comparative capitalism has been to explore nature extent of heterogeneity coordinated market economies (CMEs) Europe. Based a review existing development, firm‐level survey evidence differences development practices, we both support critique country clusters argue for more nuanced flexible categorization.