We are part of Nature, not separate from it. We rely on Nature to provide us with food, water
and shelter; regulate our climate and disease; maintain nutrient cycles and oxygen …

Reciprocal exchange, or gift exchange, remains a widespread means of obtaining goods
and services. This paper examines the persistence of reciprocal exchange by formalizing …

In May 1999, the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies at Princeton University
and the Open Society Institute held a jointly sponsored two-day workshop on corruption …

Discussions have appeared in the literature from time to time on differences among societies
in the number and role of personal networks, particularly between capitalist and communist …

" Gold Rush." These were the parting words of the high-profile U Ambassador to Budapest
when asked, at his last press conference describe his understanding of the recent changes …

In this chapter both theory and empirics are used to show that our picture of the processes of
economic development changes radically when nature is introduced as a capital asset …

This paper addresses two related questions: How has the transformation from a centrally
planned to a market economy affected the second economy and how has the second …

This paper contrasts the socio-cultural systems underpinning employment relations in the
West and in the Overseas Chinese case. The analysis centres on the norm of reciprocity …

People and organizations use networks everywhere, but they use them more in communist
and postcommunist countries than in capitalist countries. People relied on network capital …

International joint ventures (IJVs) have become an important source of critical knowledge for
multinational enterprises, but little is known about how knowledge can be effectively …