In light of the periodic malfunctions in important sectors of the finan- cial services industry in recent years, such as commercial banking, thrift institutions, and the securities market, numerous proposals have been developed for restructuring the financial system to improve both its safety and efficiency.
The original impetus for this research was provided several years ago by a request to assist Counsel for Fidelity Management and Research Corporation in analyzing the mutual fund industry, with particular emphasis on money market mutual funds.
This book contains the key-note lectures and a selection of papers that were presented at the 15th Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Econo- mics (EARlE) held under the auspices of GRASP at Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1988, plus an introductory chapter by the Editors.
The actual organization and use of information systems in American, European and Japanese firms are investigated and compared with theoretical conclusions.
This book provides a strategic blueprint for understanding how pioneering emerging markets are leveraging the digital economy to challenge global economic hierarchies.
The broad spectrum of topics surrounding what is termed the 'knowledge economy' has attracted increasing attention from the scientific community in recent years.
Through analysis of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), this book demonstrates how to use a variety of econometric techniques to analyze the evolving and expanding carbon markets sphere, techniques that can be extrapolated to the worldwide marketplace.
This volume explores corporate governance from three perspectives: a traditional economic, a philosophical, and an integrated business ethics perspective.
The Dynamics of Industrial Conflict (1980) focuses on the workings of industrial relations in the British motor industry, presenting the first joint retrospective analysis of industrial relations in a major multinational.
This book provides empirical insights into the relationship between capital and equity-ownership structure of Indian manufacturing companies and their financial performance.
Questo Minibook è una guida sintetica che, grazie alle sue nozioni teoriche ma anche ai suoi spunti pratici, costituisce un utile e prezioso vademecum di facile e rapida consultazione per le Green Belt durante la gestione dei progetti Lean Six Sigma o per il Kaizen Leader durante l’attività di process improvement.
Questo Minibook, per Green Belt, vuole essere una guida sintetica, con nozioni teoriche e spunti pratici, facilmente consultabile durante la gestione dei progetti Six Sigma.
Amb un enfocament crític i de gran angular, Roger Vinton estira els fils adequats per descosir les versions oficials i posar al descobert els orígens i els moviments d'alguns dels lobbys empresarials i familiars amb més poder del nostre país.
What changes are occurring at the macro and the sectoral levels, how the labour market changes are taking place and what impact is felt on the low income households are some of the questions that the present volume focuses on.
This book offers a selection of the best papers presented at the annual International Scientific Conference "e;Digital Transformation in Industry: Trends, Management, Strategies,"e; held by the Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Ekaterinburg, Russia) on October 25-27, 2023.
The book provides a comprehensive examination of patterns and determinants of production networks in East Asia, a key driver in the region's global success.
This book provides an economic analysis of various aspects of 'market quality', a new concept which emerged in the 21st century, using the tools of 'oligopoly theory' and 'auction theory' that evolved over the 19th and 20th centuries.
This book is one of the first comprehensive works to fill the knowledge gap resulting from the limited number of empirical studies on interfirm networks.
Selecting a suitable production control policy is a challenging task for managers because the superiority of one control over the other is controversial.
This book integrates the concept of design into the existing framework of industrial performance, international trade and comparative advantage in trade and industrial phenomena, which increasingly have been affected by design characteristics of tradable goods.
This book takes a comprehensive look at Japanese firms engaging in export and foreign direct investment (FDI) and develops new methods and data to investigate the internationalization of firms, which is a focus issue in international trade.
