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Platform Economics: Rhetoric and Reality in the ‘Sharing Economy’
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78743-809-5

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Publication date: 3 December 2018

Cristiano Codagnone, Athina Karatzogianni and Jacob Matthews

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Platform Economics: Rhetoric and Reality in the ‘Sharing Economy’
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ISBN: 978-1-78743-809-5

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Publication date: 1 March 1964

Noel Evans

The British Employers' Confederation describes the plan to raise the school‐leaving age to 16 in 1970–1 as a “welcome change”, and expresses the hope that the extra year of…

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The British Employers' Confederation describes the plan to raise the school‐leaving age to 16 in 1970–1 as a “welcome change”, and expresses the hope that the extra year of full‐time education might be spent either in a school or in a technical college. The BEC repeats its statement to the Newsom Committee to the effect that Industry expects its new entrants to have a sound knowledge of the basic subjects, rather than technical skills which could best be imparted by industry itself.

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Education + Training, vol. 6 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0040-0912

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Publication date: 1 April 1990

H.C Otokunefor and C.O. Nwodo

The history of book publishing in Nigeria is outlined and thedifferent kinds of publishing houses are reviewed. The quality of bookindexing by these publishers is reviewed and a…

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The history of book publishing in Nigeria is outlined and the different kinds of publishing houses are reviewed. The quality of book indexing by these publishers is reviewed and a study is reported which examines in detail the indexing practices of the publishers in relation to internationally accepted criteria. The results show a generally high standard.

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Library Review, vol. 39 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0024-2535

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Publication date: 1 April 1996

Stan Eakins and Chandrasekhar Mishra

Our theory asserts that at low levels of ownership institutions may support management to preserve other business relations. At higher levels of ownership, institutions more…

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Our theory asserts that at low levels of ownership institutions may support management to preserve other business relations. At higher levels of ownership, institutions more actively monitor management because the gains from equity ownership exceed the cost of management review and of possible lost business. Corporate performance first decreases and then increases with the institution's ownership. Furthermore, the institutional ownership‐performance relation, especially the critical ownership level that separates management aligned institutions from efficiently monitoring ones, varies with management specific parameters (managerial effort disutility), firm specific parameters (firm size) and whether or not the institutional owner is pressure sensitive.

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Managerial Finance, vol. 22 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4358

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Strategic Direction, vol. 24 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0258-0543

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Publication date: 11 July 2016

Dahiru Jafaru Usman, Nurli Yaacob and Aspalella A. Rahman

This paper aims to develop an instrument for measuring Consumer Protection and its Determinants (CP&Ds). This is because literature on an instrument to measure CP&Ds is scarce…

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Purpose

This paper aims to develop an instrument for measuring Consumer Protection and its Determinants (CP&Ds). This is because literature on an instrument to measure CP&Ds is scarce.

Design/methodology/approach

In Nigeria, 53 questionnaires were distributed to legal practitioners. The study used 24 items to operationalize the CP&Ds. The research data were coded and scored, and the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted using SPSS version 22. The Bartlett’s test of sphericity, Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin, Cronbach’s alpha and Pearson’s correlation coefficient were used for the EFA, internal consistency reliability and multicollinearity, respectively.

Findings

The EFA produced seven factors, and each determinant was found reliable with its measure of internal consistency.

Research limitations/implications

The research result may not be generalized across jurisdiction because of the limited sample size and the fact that the data were collected from Nigerian legal practitioners.

Practical implications

This study can be used by policymakers and even private electricity companies in the deregulated electricity sector in Nigeria for policy design and effective consumer protection.

Originality/value

From the extensive literature review none was identified on the scale development for measuring CP&Ds. This exploratory research is the first attempt to develop an instrument for measuring CP&Ds.

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International Journal of Law and Management, vol. 58 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1754-243X

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Publication date: 20 March 2017

Hongdan Zhao and Qing Xia

The purpose of this paper is to explore the curvilinear relationship between workplace ostracism (supervisor ostracism and co-worker ostracism) and knowledge hoarding by using the…

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The purpose of this paper is to explore the curvilinear relationship between workplace ostracism (supervisor ostracism and co-worker ostracism) and knowledge hoarding by using the conservation of resources theory. In addition, the paper predicts one possible situational context (political skill) that may influence employees’ reaction to ostracism.

Design/methodology/approach

Using a two-wave research design, the authors collected data from 240 samples in a Chinese diversified company. Hierarchical regression models were used to test the hypotheses.

Findings

The authors found that the relationship between workplace ostracism (supervisor ostracism and co-worker ostracism) and knowledge hoarding was U-shaped. Moreover, political skill moderated the linkage between workplace ostracism and knowledge hoarding such that the U-shaped association was stronger for people higher, rather than lower, in political skill.

Originality/value

By exploring a curvilinear relationship between ostracism and knowledge hoarding, the study enriches the knowledge hoarding literature by adding a substantive predictor of knowledge hoarding. The findings can also extend the workplace ostracism literature by providing a new conceptual analysis of interpreting the inconsistent findings involving the influence of workplace ostracism. Moreover, identifying political skill as a moderator can gain a better understanding of when and why an ostracized employee’s knowledge hoarding behavior can be less likely.

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Publication date: 1 January 1982

Arnold Deutsch

Observers of the Japanese phenomenon of maintaining a highly productive, highly innovative economy tend to see that country's philosophy of “life‐time” employment for some sectors…

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Observers of the Japanese phenomenon of maintaining a highly productive, highly innovative economy tend to see that country's philosophy of “life‐time” employment for some sectors of its work force as a particularly exotic aspect of the whole.

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Journal of Business Strategy, vol. 2 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0275-6668

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Publication date: 4 January 2016

Ghalib Khan and Rubina Bhatti

The study aims to explore the factors which influence collection development and management in academic libraries. In libraries and information centres, collection development is…

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Purpose

The study aims to explore the factors which influence collection development and management in academic libraries. In libraries and information centres, collection development is considered an essential element of the information life cycle. Collection development and management activities do not emanate from a vacuum. Several factors have a direct bearing on the way in which collections are developed and managed in the academic libraries. These factors are bridges and barriers for effective collection development and management.

Design/methodology/approach

An extensive review of the available literature was made to conduct the study.

Findings

The study found that several factors have a direct bearing on the way in which collections are developed and managed in the academic libraries. These factors include goals of collection development and management policies and procedures, user needs, collection development policies (CDPs), collection development budgets, collection evaluation to determine the strength and weaknesses of various subjects in the collections, selection of reading materials, formats in which materials are selected, the issues of access versus ownership, cooperative collection development, resource-sharing programs and legal issues in collection development and management.

Originality/value

This study provides an overview of various factors that influence collection development activities in the academic libraries. It provides an insight for the selectors of library resources to take these factors into account for building effective collections in the academic libraries of Pakistan and abroad.

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