Cooperation for innovation in liberal market economies: STI and DUI innovation modes in SMEs in the United Kingdom

AbstractThe rise in zero hours contracts in liberal market economies (LMEs) has recently received much attention with calls for regulation to protect workers. LMEs typically adopt flexible labour market policies that are less regulated than coordinated market economies (CMEs) as a competitive advantage. In this paper we examine nuanced differences in the nature and regulation of zero hours work in the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland. With an increased diffusion of zero hours work in both countries, we examine the different responses taken by these similar LMEs to this contemporary employment issue. We examine whether, as expected in an LME context, there is weak regulation in both countries and the factors influencing this. We find subtle but important differences between regulations of zero hours contracts. We conclude by discussing the possible implications of the UK’s exit from the European Union (EU) (Brexit) for the regulation of precarious work.

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Book Review: Collective Skill Formation in Liberal Market Economies? The Politics of Training Reforms in Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom

International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training ◽

10.13152/ijrvet.5.4.5 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 328-332

Author(s):

Fabienne-Agnes Baumann

Keyword(s):

United Kingdom ◽

Cultural Studies ◽

Continuing Education ◽

Skill Formation ◽

Market Economies ◽

University Of Osnabrück ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Liberal Market Economies ◽

The University

The book was published as the 16th volume of the series Studies in Vocational and Continuing Education. Series Editors-in-Chief are Philipp Gonon and Anja Heikkinen. Janis Vossiek is a post-doctoral researcher at the School of Educational and Cultural Studies of the University of Osnabrück, Germany.

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Regime de Formação Profissional Coletivo em Economias de Mercado Liberais? A Política de Reformas na Qualificação na Austrália, Irlanda e Reino Unido

Revista da ABET ◽

10.22478/ufpb.1676-4439.2019v18n1.45125 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Guilherme Lins De Magalhães

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

United Kingdom ◽

Continuing Education ◽

Skill Formation ◽

Market Economies ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Liberal Market Economies

Resenha do Livro:VOSSIEK, Janis. Collective skill formation in liberal market economies? the politics of training reforms in Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Bern Berlin Bruxelles New York Oxford Warszawa Wien: Peter Lang, 2018. (Studies in vocational and continuing education, vol. 16). ISBN 978-3-0343-2969-9 (brochura), ISBN 978-3-0343-2971-2 (e-book)

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