Economics of industrial organization

First published in 1985 Industrial Relations in Europe examines the development of trade unions and their relations with the employers and employers' organisations in a number of Western European countries in the 1980s.

How are pharmaceutical technologies developed and controlled in our societies?

The innovation economy sets new standards for global business and requires efficient innovation management to plan, execute and evaluate innovation activities, establish innovation capability and coordinate resources and capacities for innovation on an intra- and inter-organizational level.

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This textbook looks at economic development at the local, community or regional scale.

In this book Harold L.

Originally published in 1977, this book examines the choice of new production techniques available to the publicly owned industries during their first thirty years and the effectiveness with which these techniques were put to use.

This Element describes the unique challenges faced by established firms when a new and disruptive business model enters their industry.

Foundations of Organisational Economics: Histories and Theories of the Firm and Production delves into a range of key topics to do with the history of the mainstream approach to the theory of production and the theory of the firm.

Employs microeconomic analysis and comparative institutional analysis to help provide answers to the challenges facing policymakers in regulating innovation.

Avoiding prejudice will be critical to economic success in the fourth industrial revolution.

Long-term supply relationships are of crucial importance in industrial organization.

First published in 1979.

The Quest for Oil (1970) examines all aspects of the oil industry - what oil is, where it is found, how fuels are produced, transported and sold, and the ways in which the fuels are used.

This book illustrates two approaches for firms to shape successful circular strategies, namely, the Circular Economy and Circular Districts.

Policy analysis is a dynamic process of discovery rather than a passive exercise of memorizing facts and conclusions.

In 2021 Coventry celebrates being the national City of Culture.

According to its proponents, the `new economy' is associated with sustainable growth, increased demand for labor and zero inflation.

This monograph analyses the role of border cities in promoting territorial development processes in border regions across the world.

This book analyzes the structural factors that underlie the persistent mass poverty and extreme inequality in South Asian countries.

Paper and the British Empire examines the evolution of the paper industry within British organisational frameworks and highlights the role of the Empire as a market and business-making area in a world of shrinking commerce and rising trade barriers.

Regional disparity is one of the current pressing social issues.

Through two World Wars and the Great Depression, this book explores the turbulent history of colonial Indian industry in the period immediately prior to independence.

From chatelaines to whale blubber, ice making machines to stained glass, this six-volume collection will be of interest to the scholar, student or general reader alike - anyone who has an urge to learn more about Victorian things.

Managerial Economics for Decision Makingis designed for MBA and final year undergraduates taking a module in Managerial Economics.

This book focuses on the process of designing a new business, known as entrepreneurship.

This book provides four African country studies that illustrate challenges to economic transformation and the politics of implementing industrial policies.

First published in 1999, this volume focuses on the impact of democratic bargaining on the process of oil policy-making in Venezuela, stressing the constraints posed by politics on PVDSA's efforts to expand its foreign operations.

First published in 1891, this seminal work examines the primary causes of poverty during the industrial age.

The central theme of this book is competition treated as an evolutionary process in which the focus is upon economic change and not economic equilibrium.

* New chapter on sports gambling, plus coverage of eSports, social justice issues in sports and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sports industry * More international examples and sports figure bios * The examples and applications are clearly presented, and the tone and writing make it accessible even for non-economics majors * Uses three major areas of economics to organise the text: industrial organization, public economics and labor economics * End-of-chapter questions and videos to support students * Instructor resources include PPT slides and instructor manual

Over 20 years ago Philip Sadler, then head of a leading British business school, wrote Managerial Leadership in the Post-Industrial Society.

This book identifies the effect of governance structure components on outreach and sustainability of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Bangladesh.

Published in 1984, this book reviews British industrial policy towards information technology within the context of the international trading system.

The economics of the movie industry has been curiously neglected by scholars, especially given the material circumstances in which film has been produced, distributed and exhibited in capitalist economies and its central importance in the lives of the huge numbers attracted to it as a commodity.

This book explores how African countries can convert their natural resources, particularly oil and gas, into sustainable development assets.

The first empirical analysis of leniency programmes implemented in Asian countries to enforce the anti-cartel provisions of their competition law.

This book is an annual research report on the cruise industry in China and throughout the world in 2021, contributed by Shanghai University of Engineering and Technology and Shanghai International Cruise Economic Research Center.

This book presents an original empirical investigation of the market structure of airline city pair markets, shedding new light on the workings of competitive processes between firms.

This edited book aims to address challenges facing the deployment of autonomous vehicles.

The Progressive Era was among the most volatile times for the economy and labor in American History.

This book provides an understanding of the concept of marketing and its role in business and public organization including the need for scientific marketing analysis.

Corporate governance is an important issue on the research agenda of financial economists.

This book provides an authoritative, inter-disciplinary, and up-to-date survey of relevant concepts, research areas, and applications of intellectual capital.

There is a growing concern among Chinese researchers and policymakers about China's industrial development being unsustainable and the irreversible depletion of natural resources and deterioration of the ecological environment.

A great deal of attention is focused on the problem of improving the working environment.

Aerospace is a major world industry.

Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) are becoming more and more relevant both for their innovative content and as innovation boosters for manufacturing firms and, with this scenario in mind, this book first offers an in-depth analysis of what innovation in KIBS is and its performance outcomes, and then synthesizes what we know about KIBS firms' innovation models, as well as their specific peculiarities and limitations.

This book explains how collective bargaining has changed in important and lasting ways over the past decade.