Economics of industrial organization

Beer is widely defined as the result of the brewing process which has been refined and improved over centuries.

Global competition is forcing reliability and other professionals to work closely during the product design and manufacturing phase.

This book analyses shipping markets and their interdependence.

This innovative book portrays the state-of-the-art of coopetition strategy regarded as a compelling mindset to exploit entirely the potential of actors' interdependencies (firms, governments, suppliers, customers, scientists and partners) in today's global scenarios.

This textbook presents an overview of how the activities of an organisation can be managed to satisfy the needs of stakeholders through the cost effective, operationally efficient and sustainable transformation of resources into outputs.

Essays on Microeconomics and Industrial Organisation aim to serve as a source and work of reference and consultation for the field of Microeconomics in general and of Industrial Organisation in particular.

A comprehensive and self-contained exposition of the applications of optimal control and differential game theory to industrial organisation and trade.

This book is based on a conference on `Regulation and the Evolving Nature of Postal and Delivery Services: 1992 and Beyond' held at Village PTT, La Londe les Maures, France, on March 18, 1992.

The proliferation of the internet has often been referred to as the fourth technological revolution.

The acquisition and management of information is central to the operation and marketing of many service-providing firms and other organizations.

Asian shipping entrepreneurship relies on strong ties between private entities and public institutions (i.

Industrial and Organizational Psychology Help the Vulnerable documents a new direction for industrial and organizational psychology.

This book provides unique insight into economic development within the ASEAN region and its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

This book addresses a wide range of issues relating to the theoretical substantiation of the necessity of Industry 4.

The world is at a critical juncture where our industrial and economic principles have to be reshaped.

This book seeks to fill the information gap on a key emerging real estate market and demystify the perception that the market in Ghana and indeed, across sub-Saharan Africa is opaque.

In recent years, a great deal of attention has been focussed on the undertaking of managing innovation.

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

More than any other area of regulation, antitrust economics shapes law and policy in the United States, the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

This book adopts a multidisciplinary approach to the issue of "e;local liabilities"e;, drawing on close analysis of the case of Chinese migrants and the Italian industrial district of Prato in order to elucidate the problems, or liabilities, that derive from the separation between natives and immigrants in local systems of people and firms.

Noonomy explores the effect of modern technological shifts on human society.

With growing concern about the conditions facing low wage workers and new challenges to traditional forms of labor market protection, this book offers a timely analysis of the purpose and effectiveness of minimum wages in different European countries.

Guides policy makers through implementation of public-private partnerships, legal frameworks, institutional arrangements, and mobilizing public and private finance.

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

This book explores how energy efficiency is a major component in the development of sustainable real estate.

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.

Artificial intelligence and the autonomous robots of the Fourth Industrial Revolution will render certain jobs and competences obsolete but will also create new roles, which in turn require new sets of skills.

Luxury, Fashion and the Early Modern Idea of Credit addresses how social and cultural ideas about credit and trust, in the context of fashion and trade, were affected by the growth and development of the bankruptcy institution.

Demand side management (DSM) is one of the most topical issues in regulating electric utilities, both in the United States and internationally.

Towards a Better Port Industry provides professionals in freight transport and maritime logistics, and specifically the port industry, as well as students in these fields, with a better conceptual understanding of the port industry.

This book presents state-of-the-art research, challenges and solutions in the area of cloud-based cyber-physical systems (CPS) used in manufacturing.

This book examines the vast and largely uncharted world of cultural/creative city-making in Asia.

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.

Wage Regulation under the Statute of Artificers (1938) is a study of the enforcement of the 1562 Statute of Artificers during the period of its operation, with particular reference to wage assessment and the contract of employment.

Port Economics is the study of the economic decisions (and their consequences) of the users and providers of port services.

The Scottish economy is at the heart of contemporary constitutional and public policy debates.

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection.

Innovating in Product/Process Development demonstrates how to achieve true innovation in product development, and how to launch a new product in the quickest and cheapest way.

Hobson's The Evolution of Modern Capitalism was first published in 1894, although this reissue is of the fourth edition, published in 1926.

During the final stages of Prohibition, the US government allowed the consumption and sale of "e;non-intoxicating"e; beer, which was at or below 3.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

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.

Public procurement affects a substantial share of world trade flows, amounting to 1000 billion euros per year.

Business networks are an important economic phenomenon of increasing practical importance throughout Europe.

Originally published in 1972, this book examines ten major areas of innovation with a view to seeing what factors have contributed to success or failure.

The changing manufacturing environment requires more responsive and adaptable manufacturing systems.

If a book needs a third edition, because the previous ones are sold out, one may well question whether an introduction is necessary.

The term innovation generally means 'something new' - and this monograph is an innovation in a sense that it provides the reader with some new insights into the consequences of innovation activities at the ?

Globalization affects urban communities in many ways.