Economics of industrial organization

This book offers a new interpretative key, which we call 'a stage and eclectic approach', to the development of clusters.

The sports industry provides a seemingly endless set of examples from every area of microeconomics, giving students the opportunity to study economics in a context that holds their interest.

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.

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a global phenomenon which is gaining significant momentum across the world.

The relationship between natural capital and economic growth is an open debate in the field of economic development.

The proper role of government in the US economy has long been the subject of ideological dispute.

This book aims to guide researchers who are engaged in social science and built environment research through the process of testing the reliability and validity of their research outputs following the application of different methods of data collection.

Originally published in 1991.

This volume reviews the literature on productivity growth and relates it to the production function approach to technological change.

This book shows, first of all, that leadership plays a crucial role in reinventing regions and branching out from an old path to something new in order to create more balanced and sustainable regional development.

Unprecedented, broad coverage of downtown and community development topics from a practitioner's viewpoint!

Taking a multidimensional approach, this book sheds light on the evolution of organizational studies in a structured and systematic way, against the background of economic and social changes in recent decades.

Shows how cultural factors have influenced the development of competition law in China, Japan and Korea.

First published in 1979.

In recent years transaction cost economics have come to dominate the discussion of the nature and organization of firms.

This title was first published in 2002: The information revolution has deeply influenced the development of Europe's large cities.

Originally published in 1972, The University and British Industry examines the lively and controversial relationship between British industry and the university.

Competition policy-encompassing cartels, monopolies, mergers and state aid-is a hallmark of the European Union (EU).

This book explores how the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sector is affected by innovation, growth and public policy.

Originally published in 1982.

The Eastern Partnership (EaP) was launched in 2009 to strengthen institutional, economic and political relations between the European Union (EU) and the six Partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine).

Principles of Private and Public Planning (1951) looks at a key economic question: plan or no plan?

This book, first published in 1946, deals with the question of the history, development and likely future of the civil air industry.

For all engineers and practitioners, it is essential to have a fundamental understanding of cost structure, estimating cash flows, and evaluating alternative projects and designs on an economic basis.

The Future of Work in Asia and Beyond presents the findings and associated implications arising from a collaborative research study conducted on the potential impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR - or Industry 4.

This book explains the links between past and present oil crises, financial crises, and geopolitical conflicts.

This book provides a unique view of the evolution of these industries, drawing out how technology and economic forces have worked together to create platforms around which different companies interact.

Randall B, Lowe Piper & Marbury, L.

Tourist visits used to be a less common activity in the past.

This book examines China's digital transformation and its complex policy landscape, offering fresh insights into how the world's second-largest economy navigates the challenges of governing its rapidly evolving digital sector.

Deregulation of Electric Utilities reviews the main issues relating to the changing environment in the utility industry.

Expanding Competition in Regulated Industries reviews the changing regulatory environment, notably incentive regulation and competition in regulated industries.

This book seeks to enlighten two grey areas of industrial historiography.

After years of near 'disrepute' in official circles, Industrial Policy has made something of a comeback over the last few years and is now very much back on the agenda at national and EU levels, driven by concerns over globalisation, deindustrialisation, unemployment and perceived poor growth in the EU.

Regional disparity is one of the current pressing social issues.

The results of the 1959 Glasgow University investigation into British industrial profit, business saving, and investment are the subject of this book, originally published in 1965.

A circular economy perspective embraces a notion that we design everything to be reused for as long as possible, and then recaptured and repurposed when reuse is no longer possible.

Made to Work analyses the conditions of mobile knowledge work (MKW) in contemporary worklives, contrasting and drawing parallels among three highly significant sectors of the Knowledge Economy: academia, information communication technology (ICT) management, and digital creative work.

This book analyzes the economics of the food industry at every stage between the farm gate and the kitchen counter.

In this new volume it is argued that network effects are much more common than usually assumed, and that they have a profound impact on many aspects of economic systems, especially technological change and economic growth.

First published in 1937, this book examines the changes in working conditions and vast improvements on sugar plantations in 20th century Fiji.

Much has been made of the post-war Japanese economic miracle.

Winner of the European Association of Agricultural Economists Book AwardFood and agriculture have been subject to heavy-handed government interventions throughout much of history and across the globe, both in developing and in developed countries.

Agenda for Change (1991) examines the experiences of five industrialised market economies in a period of profound change in industrial relations.

This book provides a basic outline of the history of the American steel industry, a sector of the economy that has been an important part of the industrial system.

Planning and Productivity in Sweden (1976) examines the success of Sweden's economy and working arrangements, detailing how a resource-poor nation came to achieve such high living standards.

The biotechnology industry is an extremely important sector in the developed world's economies.

An updated revisting of the themes of Robin Marris' classic The Economic Theory of Managerial Capitalism (1964).

Originally published in 1991 this book brings together 9 essays which address a number of central issues relating to the nature of German industrialisation, including the role of foreign competition in fostering technological change, the importance of market integration for economic development and the response of German banks to industrialisation.

Originally published in 1973 this book discusses whether the ordinary manager can exploit the power of computers without being overwhelmed by them, a question which still has enduring relevance today.