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Social capital, institutional innovation and Atlantic trade before 1800 (2008)
Journal Article
Pearson, R., & Richardson, D. (2008). Social capital, institutional innovation and Atlantic trade before 1800. Business history, 50(6), 765-780. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076790802420336

The growth of the Atlantic economy during the eighteenth century has been associated with developments in business networking to mitigate the hazards of communication in long-distance trade. Such social capital-based mechanisms reduced transaction co... Read More about Social capital, institutional innovation and Atlantic trade before 1800.

Labouring and learning towards competitiveness: the future of local labour markets after Harker, Leitch and Freud (2008)
Journal Article
Nunn, A., & Johnson, S. (2008). Labouring and learning towards competitiveness: the future of local labour markets after Harker, Leitch and Freud. Local Economy, 23(2), 122-137. https://doi.org/10.1080/02690940801976190

In 1999 Geddes and Newman highlighted five key tensions in New Labour's adoption of the 'new centrist' approach to Local Economic Development (LED). This article reflects on the continuing relevance of these tensions in relation local labour markets... Read More about Labouring and learning towards competitiveness: the future of local labour markets after Harker, Leitch and Freud.

Purchasing and marketing of social and environmental sustainability for high-tech medical equipment (2008)
Journal Article
Lindgreen, A., Antioco, M., Harness, D., & van der Sloot, R. (2009). Purchasing and marketing of social and environmental sustainability for high-tech medical equipment. Journal of Business Ethics, 85(SUPPL. 2), 445-462. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-008-9740-1

As the functional capabilities of high-tech medical products converge, supplying organizations seek new opportunities to differentiate their offerings. Embracing product sustainability-related differentiators provides just such an opportunity. This s... Read More about Purchasing and marketing of social and environmental sustainability for high-tech medical equipment.

Regulatory regimes and multinational insurers before 1914 (2008)
Journal Article
Pearson, R., & Lönnborg, M. (2008). Regulatory regimes and multinational insurers before 1914. Business History Review, 82(1), 59-86. https://doi.org/10.1017/s000768050003751x

At the end of the twentieth century, the global diffusion of one important financial service, insurance, was encouraged by deregulation, but it also encountered difficulties where deregulation remained incomplete and where there were many nonregulato... Read More about Regulatory regimes and multinational insurers before 1914.

Government control, transaction costs, and commitment between the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) and the Chinese government (2008)
Journal Article
Lu, Q. (2008). Government control, transaction costs, and commitment between the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) and the Chinese government. Enterprise & society, 9(1), 44-69. https://doi.org/10.1093/es/khm106

We use the tools of transaction cost politics (TCP) developed from transaction cost economics and economic analysis, to analyze the business relationship building between the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), the largest and most succ... Read More about Government control, transaction costs, and commitment between the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) and the Chinese government.

Integrated rural tourism: a border case study (2008)
Journal Article
Saxena, G., & Ilbery, B. (2008). Integrated rural tourism: a border case study. Annals of Tourism Research, 35(1), 233-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2007.07.010

Within the context of debates about integrated and territorial approaches to rural development in Europe's lagging regions, this paper introduces the notion of integrated rural tourism, theorized in relation to the concepts of embeddedness, dis-embed... Read More about Integrated rural tourism: a border case study.