The classic linear economy model based on extraction, processing, production and waste no longer seems to be functional in a world where natural resources are starting run out. For these reasons, the aim of this study is analyse transition from system circular economy, providing an example reuse sea urchin for creation new eco-sustainable products. From comprehensive literature review, it provi...

Modular product portfolio architecture to maximize shared systems/components among products is increasingly popular in product development for reasons of economy of scale and scope. Product development is no longer sufficient to consider only a single product. Instead, it must also consider the needs of a brand family or portfolio. One of the main challenges in designing multiple brands from th...

We contribute to the growing literature which aims to link product market regulation and competition to labor market outcomes, in an attempt to explain the divergent US and continental European labor market performance over the past two decades. The main contributions of this paper are threefold. First, we show that the choice of bargaining regime is crucial for the effect of product market com...

Trust in the New Economy by Avner Ben-Ner and Louis Putterman June 2002 Introduction What do trust and the economy have to do with each other? In a world of perfect and symmetric information, where all related economic actions are simultaneous and occur in one place, the economy runs in the familiar fashion of the perfectly competitive market. In such a world, trust among economic actors is not...