ISBN: 9780791463994 - petty capitalists and globalization: flexibility, entrepreneurship, and economic development (suny series in anthropological studies of contemporary issues) (10 Ergebnisse)

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Examines how small firms, like large ones, are mobilizing to compete in a global economy.Globalization is often seen as driven by large corporations and supranational organizations. Enterprises operated by petty capitalists may be small, but there is nothing petty about their significance for the operation of economies or our understanding of contemporary societies, families, and localities. Petty Capitalism and Globalization uses ethnographic research to examine how small firms in Europe, Asia, and Latin America have been compelled to operate and compete in a fast-moving transnational economic environment. From Nepalese rug makers to German bakers to Taiwanese memory chip designers, these fascinating case studies delve into the complex situation of petty capitalists, often ambiguously situated between capital and labor, cooperation and exploitation, family and economy, tradition and modernity, friends and competitors. Understanding the position of petty capitalists in a global economy provides lessons in the potential and limitations of promoting small firms and entrepreneurship as a route to sustainable development.…

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorAlan Smart and Josephine Smart are Professors of Anthropology at the University of Calgary. Alan Smart is the author of Making Room: Squatter Clearance in Hong Kong. Josephine Smart is the author of The Political Ec.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Petty Capitalists and Globalization | Flexibility, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development | Alan Smart (u. a.) | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch | 2005 | State University of New York Press | EAN 9780791463994 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.…

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