Subcontracting the accountant! Professional labour markets, migration, and organisational networks in the global accountancy industry
Expertise ; Firm strategy ; International migration ; Labour ; Labour market ; Labour migration ; Network ; Offices ; Skilled labour ; Sub-contracting
The notion of labour market is discussed within the context of international migration of skilled labour in the accountancy industry. The practices of large accountancy firms have restructured the demand for professional labour on a global scale
Employment ; Financing ; Housing ; Housing market ; Labour market ; Labour mobility ; Neo-classical model
Labour mobility as a concept has different meanings in different contexts. It was often confined to a discussion of geographical movement between labour markets and the constraints imposed by the tenure position. But it captures only one aspect
of job movement. An alternative explanation of labour and housing market interactions is provided. After a review of the debates over the last 50 years, the involvement of employers in the housing market is examined. The interaction is studied
Concept ; Determinism ; Labour ; Philosophy of sciences ; Theoretical geography
Basic theoretical problems in geography are discussed. The development of the subject is seen as a result of the division of labour among sciences. The subject's contextual dimension is made up of the different forces that influence the discipline
, and the theoretical dimension comprises the method of presentation, the object and the metatheory. An approach is discussed for the presentation of geography by the means of dialectical method, using the labour as the basic category.
This book is the result of a German-Dutch seminar on regional-economic issues. The central theme of this Garderen-seminar was Industrial organization: the firm and its labour market. The published papers deal with case studies situated
Automation ; Electronics ; Employment ; Exporting industry ; Industry ; Innovation ; Labour ; Malaysia ; Manpower ; Work organization ; Working conditions
The early growth phase of this industry coincided on the 1970s with high unemployment and accelerated rural-urban migration. The result was a very rigid exploitation of the labour force. This situation has changed in the 1980s and 1990s. Demand
for labour increased and unemployment declined, automation raised the need for skill of those hired to work in a sophisticated sector. Management practices changed with the introduction of flexible production techniques.
Organisations, recruitment and the local labour market: the case of the Sheffield metal sectors
Employment ; England ; Firm strategy ; Labour ; Local economy ; Local labour market ; Local policy ; Metallurgy ; Organization ; Professional qualification ; Sheffield ; United Kingdom
to the tenure and can be related to experiences in and expectations of the future of the economy as well as characteristics of the tenure. The basis of these attitudinal changes is to be found in the changing nature of work (insecurities of the labour market).
Agriculture ; Agroindustry ; Division of labour ; Food ; Food production ; System
in the literature on the political economy of agroindustrial development. This interdisciplinary literature is related to work on the agroindustrial labour processes.
Revisiting high-waged labour market demand in the global cities: British professional and managerial workers in New York City
British people ; Demand ; Financial services ; International division of labour ; Labour ; Labour market ; Large city ; New York City ; Skilled labour ; Social reproduction ; United States of America
A regional analysis of labour force participation rates across the member states of the European Union
Econometry ; Economic activity ; Educational level ; Employment ; Europe ; European Union ; Labour market ; Participation ; Regional disparities ; Working population
The impact of Toyota on Derbyshire's local economy and labour market
Car industry ; Derbyshire ; Economic impact ; Employment ; England ; Foreign investment ; Job creation ; Living standard ; Local economy ; Local labour market ; Multiplicator ; Regional economy ; United Kingdom
Competition ; Container ; Division of labour ; Germany ; Harbour ; Harbour traffic ; Hinterland ; Port infrastructure ; River port ; Transport
and services. The introduction of containers resulted in spiralling labour productivity, with a loss in jobs. The services offered towards value-added logistics are developed. The functional changes modify economic linkages of ports and regions.