Economics of industrial organization

Brings economic regulation to life by tracing theoretical insights through to real-world applications in eight essential regulated sectors.

This book, originally published in 1999, provided the first comparative, in-depth analysis of workplace relations in east and west Germany.

In recent years, digital business models have frequently been the subject of academic and practical discourse.

In einer zunehmend komplexen Arbeitswelt ist effizientes Prozessmanagement unerlässlich.

This volume identifies and analyses the extent to which Russia and the other Soviet successor states are likely to attract inward foreign direct investment (FDI) to the turn of the century and beyond.

Regulation Under Increasing Competition brings together practitioners, regulators, and economists to examine the important policy and regulatory issues facing the telecommunications and electricity industries.

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Huang examines a recurring pattern of rapid economic growth in East Asia from 1951 to the present and explores how far a single East Asian Growth model can be said to exist.

In a rapidly changing world, with increasing competition in all sectors of transportation, railways are currently restructuring their planning, management, and technology.

Students and professionals encountering estimating for the first time need an approachable introduction to its principles and techniques, which is up to date with current practice.

First published in 1985, Prospects for Recovery in the British Economy examines the origins of the economic downturn of the early 1980s.

Studies investment, portfolio involvement and exit strategies of venture capital firms investing in high-technology early-stage start-ups in India.

Originally published in 1990.

This book draws on the expertise of both North American and European specialists of regional economics, evaluating the impact of economic policy in certain regions and considering alternative policies to foster regional economic development and improve the employment and income of the residents of these regions.

This book examines the linkages between exchange rates and India's merchandise trade since the 1990s.

In this book, Phelps and Parente explore the US health care system and set out the case for its reform.

Originally published in 1991, Financial Market Liberalization in Chile, 1973-1982, analyses the liberalization of the financial market which took place during the 1973-1982 monetarist experiment.

Across Europe, regional development agencies (RDAs) have become a central feature of regional policy, both as innovative policy-makers and as the implementers of programmes and initiatives originating from the national or European level.

East Asia has led rapid economic growth in the last few decades with India joining them over the last five years.

Students and professionals encountering estimating for the first time need an approachable introduction to its principles and techniques, which is up to date with current practice.

Economic restructuring has been a notable feature of so-called mature industrial economies such as the UK and Australia in the last two decades, with deregulation, privatisation, technological change and globalisation combining to reshape such economies.

Aviation is one of the most widely talked about industries in the global economy and yet airlines continue to present an enigma.

The strengthening of relations between Poland and Ukraine over the last 25 years is one of the most positive examples of transformations in bilateral relations in Central and Eastern Europe.

First published in 1978.

This book explores one of the most pressing issues of our time: development, a concern that has persisted from the past century through to today, and is increasingly intertwined with challenges related to environmental sustainability and growing inequalities.

A comprehensive picture of the effects of economic integration on industry location in less developed East Asia - particularly in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Myanmar - who pursued trade liberalization and economic integration after the 1990s.

Originally published in 1987 this book presents a comprehensive survey of the global natural gas industry: it looks at the problems of supply, the pattern of demand, the economics of the industrya nd how the industry in the 1980s was being affected by changes in other energy sectors.

Originally published in 1981.

This book provides 101 real-life construction management case studies from an author with over 40 years' experience in the construction industry and as a lecturer in construction management.

The interplay between smart urban technologies and city development is a relatively uncharted territory.

This book introduces the main concepts of microeconomics to upper division undergraduate students or first year graduate students who have undergone at least one elementary calculus course.

The aim of this book is to examine and compare the integration process in both Europe and Asia, and to draw some possible lessons for East Asia from the European experience, which culminated with the establishment of the economic and monetary union.

This title was first published in 2000: Providing a review and assessment of a number of the major features evident in regional planning and development in Europe, this volume contains a series of regional case studies, drawn from current research in various European countries.

Unequal distribution of income is one of the most important socio-economic issues.

In common with most other advanced capitalist economies of the Global North, the UK has experienced a decline in the manufacturing industry and an increase in the service sector in recent decades.

First published in 1980, this book considers the British motor industry over the period between 1945 and 1979, analysing the ways in which the industry suffered a considerable decline in the post-war era, when compared to motor industries of other countries or to most other British industries.

Traditional building economics has primarily been concerned with issues around project appraisal and cost management techniques.

Aircraft building is a major industry for many developed countries.

Twenty revealing tales of real-life rivalry between firms in diverse industries, including wine, skiing, opera, video games and cruise liners.

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.

The task of modelling the evolution of cities - the dynamics - is one of the major challenges of the social sciences.

This book is but the draft of a draft, as Melville said of Moby Dick.

Over the past two decades, several sudden, unforeseen, and significant changes have occurred in the world's political and economic landscape.

Originally published in 1976, this book discusses the management skills needed to evaluate, implement and control computer-based operation.

This volume celebrates the life and career of Gordon Rausser, pioneer and leader in natural resource economics, while critically overviewing the emerging literature in the field.

This edited volume describes the spatial diffusion of knowledge and innovation using a large dataset at the regional level, and presents scientific evidence on the role of knowledge and innovation on regional development.

Originally published in 1984, this volume examines the consequences of increasing energy prices on agricultural production.

In 1978, faced with the pressure to modernize and a declining budget, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) reluctantly agreed to join China's economic reform drive, expanding its internal economy to market-oriented civilian production.