Université de Fribourg

Autochthony, ethnicity, indigeneity and nationalism : Time-honouring and state-oriented modes of rooting individual–territory–group triads in a globalizing world

Zenker, Olaf

In: Critique of Anthropology, 2011, vol. 31, no. 1, p. 63-81

Recently, proliferating discourses on autochthony and indigeneity have been noted as the flip-side of globalization. Against this backdrop, this article synthesizes insights from studies of nationalism and research on autochthony, explaining how identity formations literally ‘take place’ by conceptualizing ‘autochthony’ – the proclaimed ‘original’ link between individual, territory...

Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries

Corporate Legitimacy as Deliberation: A Communicative Framework

Palazzo, Guido ; Scherer, Andreas

In: Journal of Business Ethics, 2006, vol. 66, no. 1, p. 71-88

Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries

The Ethical Backlash of Corporate Branding

Palazzo, Guido ; Basu, Kunal

In: Journal of Business Ethics, 2007, vol. 73, no. 4, p. 333-346

Università della Svizzera italiana

Higher tourism education in English : Where and why?

Padurean, Loredana ; Maggi, Rico

In: Tourism review, 2009, vol. 64, no. 1, p. 48-58

Purpose – The future growth of international tourism is challenged by concerns of political instability, safety, socio-economics and environmental impact. Furthermore, globalization has increased competition in tourism markets, and destinations are exposed to tough price competition on homogenized products by rivals worldwide. Given these challenges and the desire by locales for sustainable...

Université de Fribourg

Migration, International Trade and Capital Formation: Cause or Effect ?

Felbermayr, Gabriel ; Grossmann, Volker ; Kohler, Wilhelm

(Working Papers SES ; 436)

In this paper, we provide an overview of the relationship between international migration and international trade as well as capital movements. After taking a brief historical perspective, we first investigate migration flows between two countries in a static, neoclassical context. We allow for a disaggregated view of migration that distinguishes between different types of labor and emphasizes...