International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 26 Issue 5

Labour Market Theory: A Constructive Reassessment

Keynes and the Quest for a Moral Science: A Study of Economics and Alchemy

Riding the Waves of Culture: Understanding Cultural Diversity in Business

Economics as a Moral Science: : The Political Economy of Adam Smith

The Myth of Adam Smith

The problem of social cost: the role of the state

This essay presents a theory of the State as derived from the writings of Coase, Stigler, and Smith. It argues that the state may find a role in (1) lowering the level of…

Entrepreneurship and ethics

In business and the culture hospitable to it, not much is more important than the moral status of entrepreneurship. If the entrepreneur is a rascal, a rogue, the system that gives…

Payment for health in Thailand

Thailand, like a number of other less‐developed countries, has experienced a rapid rise in the share of its national product that is being devoted to health. This paper examines…

Entry modes of multinational corporations into China’s market: a socioeconomic analysis

The economic boom and liberalization make China a new focus of international investments by multinational corporations (MNCs). How to enter this huge market and what entry mode…

Ethics, community development and not‐for‐profit business: The case of New Dawn Enterprises

Many non‐metropolitan areas in developed countries suffer from problems of underdevelopment. Because the activities of traditional business firms and government have not met local…

The dynamics of corporate culture: conception and theory

This paper analyzes and explains the dynamics of corporate evolution in the context of anthropologist conception of culture. The multinational corporate characterizing the…

Are patients really consumers?

The British National Health Service (NHS) has experienced various phases of reform and reorganisation during the last 15 years. During this time it has been suggested that the…