The editors and authors of economics journals: a case of institutional oligopoly?

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The Social Science Citations Index listed the 'top 30' economics journals using a 1995 citation impact factor. US publications made up most of the list at 21, followed by four each for the UK and the Netherlands and one for Australia. Similarly, 70.8% of the top journals' editors are US-based, where 489 out of 691 coming from institutions such as Harvard, Chicago, Berkeley and other major universities. This institutional and geographical concentration raises questions of greater effective diversity in economic research.

Reports, Economic research, Economists, Citation indexes

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Globalisation and the market for team-mates

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The globalization of firms involves cultural diversity that needs to be considered in the analysis of the theory of choosing teammates. This theory assumes that global firms are multicultural teams, composed of workers who possess different cultures, languages and legal systems that impose costs on business operations. Such costs would not be present if all workers conform to one standard. Hence, it is important to have complementarities between workers to overcome these costs.

Economics, Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Multinational Corporations, Social aspects, International business enterprises, Work groups, Teamwork (Workplace), International economic relations, International trade

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