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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451537003321

Autore

Kogut Bruce Mitchel

Titolo

Knowledge, options, and institutions [[electronic resource] /] / Bruce Kogut

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-34172-X

9786611341725

0-19-153607-5

1-4356-4223-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (387 p.)

Disciplina

338.6

Soggetti

Industrial organization (Economic theory)

Industrial organization - Social aspects

Organizational learning

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-362) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 Introduction: Knowledge, Options, and Institutions; PART I: KNOWLEDGE, COORDINATION, CATEGORIES, IDENTITY; PART II: VENTURES, VALUE, AND OPTIONS; PART III: PRACTICES AND INSTITUTIONS: THEIR DIFFUSION AND GEOGRAPHY; PART IV: LOOKING FORWARD; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Bruce Kogut's writing has sketched a theory of human motivation that sees managers as social, often altruistic, sometimes as selfish, who care about their colleagues and their status among them. For the first time this book collects together key pieces that show how this view works in application to practical managerial issues. - ;Bruce Kogut's writing has sketched a theory of human motivation that sees managers as social, often altruistic, sometimes as selfish, who care about their colleagues and their status among them. For the first time this book collects together key pieces that show how



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460985203321

Titolo

Exploring criminal and illegal enterprise : new perspectives on research, policy & practice / / edited by Gerard McElwee, Robert Smith ; contributors, Ian Cummins [and fourteen others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78441-551-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research, , 2040-7246 ; ; Volume 5

Disciplina

364.04199999999997

Soggetti

Corporations - Corrupt practices - Prevention

Corporations - Corrupt practices

Entrepreneurship

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Exploring Criminal and Illegal Enterprise: New Perspectives on Research, Policy & Practice; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Series Editor's Preface; Part I: An Introduction to Illegal Entrepreneurship: Some Theoretical and Philosophical Considerations; Towards a Nuanced Typology of Illegal Entrepreneurship: A Theoretical and Conceptual Overview; An Introduction and Overview; Assessing the Contribution of Baumol's Framework; How the Chapters Expand the Baumolian Typology; Some (Pre)Concluding Thoughts; References

Out of the Margins: Evaluating the Scale of Employment in Informal Enterprises in Developing and Transition EconomiesIntroduction; Informal Sector Enterprise: Definitions and Perspectives; Defining Informal Sector Enterprise; Perspectives towards Informal Sector Enterprise; Modernisation Theory; Neo-Liberal Theory; Political Economy Theory; Previous Evaluations of the Competing Theories; Methodology: Examining Variations in the Scale of Employment in Informal Sector Enterprise; Results: Employment in Informal Sector Enterprise in Developing and Transition Economies



Exploratory Analysis: Evaluating the Competing TheoriesEvaluating the Modernisation Hypothesis; Evaluating the Neo-Liberal Hypothesis; Evaluating the Political Economy Hypothesis; Conclusions; References; Part II: Criminal types and typologies: The role of context, places and spaces; Modelling Entrepreneurial Endeavour in the Nexus between Terrorism and Organised Crime: Does Supporting Terrorism Present a...; Introduction; Literature Review; Structural Similarities - Organised Crime Groups and Terrorists; Forms of Co-operation between Terrorists and Organised Criminals

Motivational DifferencesTensions; Entrepreneurial Considerations; Culture as a Facet of Criminal Entrepreneurship; A Potential Model; Distance; Reputation; Calculated Risk; Deception; World Events; Illustrating the Potential Model; Model Discussion; Conclusions; Understanding the 'Initial Nexus' from an Entrepreneurial Perspective; Potential for Further Research; Notes; References; White-Collar, Blue-Collar and Collarless Crime: The Complicity of Victims in 'Victimless Crime'; Introduction; Entrepreneurs and Moral Deviance; Crime and White-Collar Workers; What Is White-Collar Crime?

Entrepreneurs and a Lexicon of JustificationMaking Sense of and Illuminating the Moral Nature of Collared Crime; Social Conditioning and the Gullible Victim; Productivity and Street Level Entrepreneurs; New Markets and the 'Collared Criminals'; White-Collar Crimes; Blue-Collar Crimes; Collarless Crimes; Conclusion; References; Creative Compliance, Constructive Compliance: Corporate Environmental Crime and the Criminal Entrepreneur; Introduction; The Nature of Corporate Environmental Responsibility; Defining Corporate Environmental Responsibility and Environmental Damage

Failures in Voluntary Compliance

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the illegal behaviour of entrepreneurs and discusses how criminal entrepreneurs acquire information, learn from their entrepreneurial experiences, and utilize acquired knowledge to develop their organizations.