scholarly journals Slavery and Athens’ Economic Efflorescence

Mare Nostrum ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Douglas Porter
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Economics ◽  
New Institutional Economics ◽  
Classical Period ◽  
Late Archaic ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Significant Growth ◽  
Milling Operations ◽  
Greek History ◽  
Greek Economy

Following a recent wave of literature arguing for significant growth in the ancient Greek economy, several ground-breaking books have sought to explain this phenomenon through the lens of New Institutional Economics (NIE). The undeniable prevalence of slavery throughout ancient Greek history, however, has not been substantially integrated into these new analyses. This essay intends to address this problem, by elucidating some of the ways in which slavery contributed to the economic efflorescence of Greece’s late archaic and classical period (600–300 BC) within an institutionally focused approach. Examining specifically the state of Athens, this study contends that not only did the system of slavery import a vast amount of labour from other areas of the Mediterranean into the Athenian polity, but it also directed labour towards economically productive aims that were otherwise  limited by Athens’ societal framework. The use of slaves in milling operations provides a key and often overlooked example, which will here be used as a case study.

The Economy of Ancient Greece: A Conceptual Framework

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Alain Bresson
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
Max Weber ◽  
Ancient Greece ◽  
New Institutional Economics ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Homo Economicus ◽  
Ancient Economy ◽  
Greek Economy

This chapter describes the conceptual framework used by the book to study the economy of ancient Greece. It begins with a discussion of the debate between “primitivists,” represented by Karl Bücher, and “modernists,” represented by Eduard Meyer, over the nature of the ancient Greek economy. It considers Bücher's adherence to the so-called German Historical School of Political Economy and goes on to examine the views of Moses I. Finley and Max Weber regarding the ancient economy, Karl Polanyi's use of institutionalism as an approach to the study of the ancient economy, and the main assumptions of New Institutional Economics (NIE) with regard to the genesis and evolution of institutions. The chapter also analyzes the transaction costs theory and concludes with an assessment of criticisms against the classical economists' economic agent, the homo economicus, and the influence of constrained choices and limited rationality on economic performance.

The Greek Kitchen

1962 ◽  
Vol 82 ◽  
pp. 121-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. A. Sparkes
Keyword(s):  
Complete Picture ◽  
Classical Period ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Greek History

The utensils which I am going to describe and discuss in the following pages are the ordinary utensils of Greek, mainly Athenian, households in the classical period; they have been found in abundance, are not special articles and may therefore serve to furnish a fairly complete picture of the classical batterie de cuisine. It is only in the last generation that material has come to hand which enables us to venture some way to understanding the methods of ancient Greek cooking. The Excavations of the Athenian Agora, in which the majority of the cooking pots on plates IV–VIII have been found, have produced evidence for the contents of Greek kitchens in most periods of Greek history, objects for the most part thrown away when broken as the result either of public or of private sacrifices. Rarely, in contrast with Pompeii, are the contents of the kitchen found in the places where they were used. Thus other evidence must be brought forward to supplement the archaeological, and this evidence is of two kinds: literary and artistic. Our literary knowledge of Greek cookery is derived in the main from the quotations preserved by Athenaeus; other authors refer to cookery incidentally and rarely provide a straight description.

scholarly journals Die fehlenden Fallstudien | The missing case study

2006 ◽  
Vol 157 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 123-124
Author(s):  
Martin Hostettler ◽  
Bernhard Pauli ◽  
Torsten Pudack ◽  
Oliver Thees
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
New Institutional Economics ◽  
Forest Economics ◽  
Forestry Management

The focus of the 2nd forest economics seminar that took place of 6th/7th June 2005 in Münchenwiler BE was the discussion pertaining to the efficient organisation of forestry management. The theoretical basis for the discussions was the numerous building blocks of new institutional economics. The discussion of four essays and seven co-referents reveal that there is a lack of socially oriented scientific case studies in Switzerland.

scholarly journals Transfer and Reception of New Institutional Economics: An Example of Two Universities in Serbia

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-142
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Jovanović ◽  
Aleksandar Stevanović
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Economics ◽  
Law And Economics ◽  
New Institutional Economics ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Western Influence ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The University ◽  
Research Analysis

The research “Transfer and Reception of New Institutional Economics: An Example of Two Universities in Serbia” was conducted in 2005/2006. In order to achieve the goals of the Serbian team of the DIOSCURI project, the main aim of the case study is analysis of the influence of Western institutions in the light of transfer and reception of new institutional economics in two academic institutions in Serbia: The Faculty of Law (The Department of Law and Economics) of the University of Belgrade, and The Faculty of Management of BK University. The title of the case study illustrates the focus of the entire research: analysis of Western influence, namely transfer and reception of new institutional economics, on the two institutions and possible obstacles caused by old-fashioned stakeholders and informal institutions. Bearing in mind that the Department of Law and Economics is the leader in the reception of the new institutional economics (NIE) in Serbia, the case study will be mostly about it. The Faculty of Management was chosen because of its “greenfield” character and the fact that from its very beginning it followed the experiences of North American universities. The research investigates whether and how the transfer and reception of the Western ideas and economic theory, particularly the NIE, is affected by the difference between an institution with a two-hundred-year tradition and a newly established one. The question is how a traditionalist institution like the Faculty of Law communicated Western economic thought and whether endurance in teaching the exclusively Marxian paradigm up until the 1990s, was an obstacle to the reception of Western economic thought, particularly NIE.

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
David A. Blome
Keyword(s):  
Social Organization ◽  
Third World ◽  
Military History ◽  
Classical Period ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Greek History ◽  
Greek World

This introductory chapter provides a background of the ancient Greek scholarship “beyond the polis.” At its broadest, third-world or beyond-the-polis scholarship encompasses all Greek polities aside from Athens and Sparta. In a more focused version, such scholarship concentrates on regions where the polis—that is, a self-governing community of citizens—coexisted with or was subsidiary to other forms of political and social organization. Instead of viewing the ancient Greek world through a single sociopolitical lens, beyond-the-polis scholars seek to contextualize the different state-forms that prevailed elsewhere in the Greek world. In this way, the focus of classical Greek history can shift beyond the polis. This book explores four military encounters during the classical period which document the collective capabilities of upland Greeks, bringing ancient Greek military history and beyond-the-polis scholarship into dialogue with each other.

scholarly journals Markets and institutional swamps: tensions confronting entrepreneurs in developing countries

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
MATTHIAS OLTHAAR ◽  
WILFRED DOLFSMA ◽  
CLEMENS LUTZ ◽  
FLORIAN NOSELEIT
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Study Data ◽  
New Institutional Economics ◽  
Market Exchange ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Formal Policy ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities

AbstractUnrealized potential of entrepreneurial activities in developing countries has often been attributed to missing formal market-based institutions. In new institutional economics, the concept of ‘voids’ is suggested to describe the absence of market-based institutions. In reality, however, ‘institutional fabrics’ are always and necessarily complex and rich in institutions. No societal sphere is institutionally void. In this article, we contribute to existing literature on entrepreneurship and institutional economics by presenting a framework for studying the richness and complexities of institutional fabrics, as well as ways in which entrepreneurs respond to institutions. Distinguishing four types of institutions relevant for entrepreneurs, we analyze case study data from Ethiopia, and discuss how ‘tensions’ between potentially incompatible institutions result in behavioral frictions. Some entrepreneurs play the complex institutional environment and benefit from the tensions in it, whereas others may drown into the institutional ‘swamp’ they face. Policy makers should acknowledge that institutions not only result from formal policy making and that in many cases a diverse set of institutions is needed to facilitate market exchange and solve constraining tensions. The diversity that results from initiatives of institutional entrepreneurs may create a more effective institutional environment for development.

scholarly journals MODAL SOSIAL DALAM DINAMIKA PERKEMBANGAN SENTRA INDUSTRI LOGAM WARU SIDOARJO

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 266
Author(s):  
Mit Witjaksono
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
New Institutional Economics ◽  
Paradigm Case ◽  
Interpretive Paradigm ◽  
Analytical Reconstruction ◽  
Narrative Interviewing ◽  
Five Phases

The new institutional economics paradigm, qualitative-interpretive paradigm, case study strategy, and narrative interviewing were applied in this research in reconstructing conceptually and theoretically how the existence and roles of social capital within the context of the dynamics of SILOW (Sentra Industri Logam Waru) development since its beginning through the development of ASPILOW (Asosiasi Pengusaha Industri Logam Waru). Four distinct social capital perspectives and MBCA (Mutually Beneficial Collective Action are used as two proxies in reconstructing the existence and roles of social capital on the dynamics of SILOW development. Based on analytical reconstruction found that structurally and cognitively the existence and roles of social capital contribute significantly to the industry development of SILOW in five phases: the embryo of blacksmith center, the blacksmith center, the metal works center (SILOW), the SILOW-Synergy I, and the SILOW-Synergy II.

Christian faith and economic development : a case study of some Christian workers in Ghana’s public sector in Kumasi

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-60
Author(s):  
Victor Selorme Gedzi ◽  
◽  
Ignatius Nti-Abankoro ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
New Institutional Economics ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Normative Values ◽  
The Public ◽  
Police Services ◽  
Group Interviews

This study assessed Christian faith in relation to economic development of Ghana using some Christian Workers in Ghana's public sector in Kumasi as a sampled case study. Sectors studied were the judicial service, the public education sector, the health and the police services. Christian faith used in the study referred to normative values that would inform activities of individual Christian workers in the public sector economy. Consequently, the framework of the study is obtained from New Institutional Economics that is employed for the analysis of the relationship between values and economic performance. The data came via unstructured individual and group interviews, supplemented by observation and related literature. The study has shown that apart from a few who actually translated their faith into productive lives, majority of Christians in the unit of analysis have participated one way or other in corrupt practices that to a large extent, undermined the economic development of Ghana.

scholarly journals Sustainable development: Innovations in business

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Evolutionary Economics ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
New Institutional Economics ◽  
Business System ◽  
Manual Classification

Innovation and sustainable development have become buzzwords in the 21st century with the idea of creative destruction launched by Joseph Alois Schumpeter being the base for evolutionary economics. However, new institutional economics helps to understand the necessity of support provided to entrepreneurs and innovators by science and administration to reduce the risk of launching the said innovations. This e-book is devoted to selected types of innovation. Every type of innovation is described with the use of theoretical background and is enriched by adequate case study. Traditional division into four types of innovation, proposed by J.A. Schumpeter (1934), containing product, process, organizational and marketing innovations, was widely accepted, including European Union institutions (OECD/Eurostat, 2008). The concept of innovation has long been dominated by a technical approach to the innovation process, despite the economic arguments exposed by one of the precursors of the theory of innovation and, at the same time, the school of evolutionary economics—Joseph Alois Schumpeter. Frequently, in the context of innovation, it is indicated that organizational and marketing aspects play a part in the successful introduction of innovation onto the market. The structure of the book is based on the typology proposed by Keeley, Walters, Pikkel and Quinn (2013), which focuses on the economic character of innovations. Ten types of innovation are directly related to Schumpeter’s and Oslo Manual classification. A new set of innovations emphasize the economic side of innovation process. The technical novelties are to support new configuration, offering or customers’ experience. This new approach is based on presumptions coming from design thinking idea, leading to user—driven innovation and on cooperation with institutions and entities supporting innovation process. The chapters are devoted to every type of innovation, grouped into three major parts: innovations based on configuration, offering and experience. In the book, configuration includes types of innovations focused on innermost workings of an enterprise and its business system. Offering part contains the types of innovations, that are focused on an enterprise’s core product (good or service), or a collection of its products. The last part, dedicated to innovations based on experience, is focused on more customer-facing elements of an enterprise and its business system.

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