Economics of industrial organization

Traditional microeconomic theory has much to offer a manager.

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.

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of tax consequences in an oligopolistic market.

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

There are few industries that have had a more profound impact on business and society over the last century than aviation.

Regions and cities are the natural loci where knowledge is created, and where it can be easily turned into a commercial product.

Advanced Microeconomics presents microeconomic problems in an intuitive way.

Research on the topic of clusters and industrial districts is very extensive.

The book, first published in 1977, contrasts new and older approaches to the history of transport and outlines a critical exposition of the methods used to quantify the contribution of railways to economic growth by means of counterfactual speculation and the measurement of social savings.

This innovative new book examines government approaches to Public-private partnership (PPP) formation.

This book combines theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence on open innovation and entrepreneurship as two essential ways to help entrepreneurial businesses grow and achieve a competitive advantage.

For decades, governments have tried to foster industrial competitiveness and economic growth.

Developing regions are set to account for the vast majority of future urban growth, and women and girls will become the majority inhabitants of these locations in the Global South.

Focusing on the formation of the Korean economic system, this book presents a fascinating and comprehensive analysis of economic development outside of the traditional neo-classical, developmental-state and dependency perspectives.

In recent years, there has been an increasing emphasis placed on local and regional integration in major planning projects and infrastructure development including roads, rail and waterways.

This book brings together thirty years of original empirical research on key aspects of the formation and development of small firms from selected articles authored or co-authored by Peter Johnson.

Provides a systematic theory and evidence-based answers to the question of how effective public managers are in shaping policy results.

Of interest to industrial and regional economists as well as those working in business schools, this book presents an in-depth analysis of the reasons and determinants of firm creation.

First published in 1999, this book offers a new study of local government in Japan.

The onset of the global crisis has emphasised the persistence of substantial differences in development and social progress within the euro area.

First published in 1955, this book offers a detailed history from the past to the mid-20th century on economic control.

Innovation Mechanisms in Start-ups: Practice, Strategies and Impacts serves as a practical resource for startups looking for innovating their business models in domestic and global markets.

Ernest Aves (1857-1917) was an influential social analyst and civil servant.

Algorithms will be what we want them to be: we must choose the world we want to live in.

Since the explosion of multimedia, the creation and promotion of multimedia clusters has become a target for regional development strategies across the globe.

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

Dozens of judicial opinions have held that shareholders own corporations, that directors are agents of shareholders, and even that directors are trustees of shareholders' property.

The failure of command central planning in the twentieth century has led to a general disillusionment within the socialist movement worldwide.

The service sector accounts for a huge proportion of global employment, and is the biggest driver of gross domestic product in developing nations.

Originally published in 1988.

This book assesses the performance of Indian industries from the perspectives of trade, investment, policy, and development incentives.

Originally published in 1984.

Industrial Relations (1968) discusses the impact of the changing industrial relations environment on the supply of labour, trade unions, management, collective bargaining, wage policy, factory level relationships, industrial social policy, the law, politics and public policy and its administration in the labour field.

Was the Industrial Revolution Necessary?

In recent decades, network industries around the world have gone through periods of de- and re-regulation.

This book analyses the historical context and progression of "e;significant innovations"e; beginning with the industrial revolution, starting around 1750 to the present.

This in-depth case study evaluates the recent evolution of the Italian real estate market, which has lately been subject to two interlocking phenomena: a serious devaluation of physical assets and, at the same time, a deep legislative innovation of the vehicles investing in this asset class.

Following drastic shifts in the spatial organization of goods production, increasingly fierce competition now forces firms also to look critically at how to organize the production of services.

The economic success of East Asia is often attributed to the relationship between state and business.

In most countries the economic structure and financial landscape are dominated by corporations.

The key approach taken in this book is that all local economic clusters have something in common - specific case-studies are thus put into wider perspective in a masterly study that will be of keen interest to both economists and geographers.

For decades governments, politicians, and trade unions have feared that firms investing abroad involved a loss of employment and a decline in wages for the home country, the implied assumption being that global production and consumption are somehow fixed.

Prevailing wage laws affecting the construction industry in the United States exist at the Federal and State levels.

This book is about the relationship between firm dynamics, innovation and globalization, the processes that are essential for long term economic growth and welfare creation.

The physical distribution of products is an important element in the marketing operations of all productive enterprises, and in many cases efficient distribution is the most important single factor leading to success.

The Evolution of Contemporary Arts Markets looks at the historical evolution of the art market from the 15th century to the present day.

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.