Economics of industrial organization

This book provides students and line managers in organizations with the means to create better scenarios and to use them to create winning business strategies.

China is well-known as the largest recipient of foreign direct investment among developing countries.

This book explores Japan's efforts to promote the commercial benefits of science and technology.

This succinct overview of Marshall's life and work as an economist sets his major economic contributions in perspective, by looking at his education, his travel, his teaching at Cambridge, Oxford and Bristol, his policy views as presented to government inquiries and his political and social opinions.

This book critically examines the phenomenon and the consequences of the increasing inter-dependence between industry, universities and national laboratories.

A study of the actors and institutions that shaped decision-making on privatization in the Russian oil industry between 1992 and 2006.

This book provides a theoretical framework to explain the formation and growth of economic agglomerations and industrial clusters from the viewpoint of spatial economics, and goes on to present current examples of clustering and policy in different economies.

This book presents in its first part the financial determinants of innovation processes considered in a macro-economic perspective, which are limited by short-term constraints, and studies in its second part the linkages existing between the necessity to innovate in order to survive and the constant attention given to financial results.

Trade, Development and Political Economy takes fundamental issues in trade and development policy and subjects them to well-based economic analysis in a form that is easily accessible to the non-specialist.

This book provides a comparative study of the use of partnerships and new forms of governance to achieve policy goals that promote economic and social development.

This book synthesizes the existing quantitative evidence on organizational design, bringing together the growing stream of theoretical work on the economics of firms' organization and available empirical findings produced by qualitative work in management, business history and organizational sociology.

An examination of the form and character of recent transformations in the international automobile industry.

The central aim of The Industrial Experience of Tanzania is to explain why the Tanzanian manufacturing sector experienced a long period of stagnation after an initial phase of rapid industrial growth.

This is a book about the whole diverse range of firms that are found in the construction sector, about their decision-making and the economic environments in which they operate.

The economy has hit a soft patch.

This book will be of interest to built environment professionals and to students of the economics and management of the built environment.

China and Taiwan are two of the fastest growing economies of the newly industrialized countries.

Efficient measurement plays a vital role in any sort of production but there is a dearth of both applications and in-depth research relating to the container port industry.

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While the question to why work beyond sixty has now become obvious, the how and for whom questions are the real topic of this new study by one of the best European specialists in the area.

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.

This book analyses the management of human resources in Chinese industry, covering the period from 1949 to present, particularly focusing on the period of economic reforms in the 1980s and early 1990s.

Controversy continues about the ability of the state to promote international competitiveness of industry in general and of specific industries in particular.

This book takes a fresh look at the issue of job quality, analyzing employer behaviour and discussing the agenda for policy intervention.

The papers in this volume cover three major areas of International Business: Developments in Theory, The Foreign Market Servicing Strategies of Multinational Firms and Asia-Pacific Issues.

Privatization was the fundamental pillar of transition from plan to market in former socialist countries.

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

How are pharmaceutical technologies developed and controlled in our societies?

This book describes the adoption, growth and subsequent relinquishment of industrial subsidies in the UK, tracing their development back to the early years of this century and following their extension through to virtually every area of economic policy.

`The book is an excellent example of the application of modern econometric techniques to Chinese data, some of which was especially collected for the research.

This dynamic study of the business of football considers its income and cost drivers, its capital structure and its accounting policies through UK examples and international comparison.

`Miwa is one of the leading young Japanese scholars debunking the myths - all too common in the west but eagerly promoted in Japan also - about the distinctive Japanese way.

A challenge to superficial and mistaken assumptions about Japan's top management among foreign businessmen, such as Japanese management's supposed long-term outlook, slow decision-making, and strong desire for new technologies.

This book shows how a system theoretical concept of technology helps us to understand the paradoxes of control.

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

An analysis and exploration into the impact of Japan's 2011 nuclear crisis.

This anthology aims to explain why some Nordic shipping companies became world leaders while others failed to respond effectively to the challenges and opportunities of globalization.

This volume highlights the importance of interactive, practice-based learning as a means to promote more thorough innovation dynamics in regional and national economies.

This is the first book to explain the expansion of multinational enterprises (MNEs) into a transition economy from a technology accumulation perspective.

This book gives a detailed account of the primacy of the City of London, both as a domestic actor and as a global financial centre.

This book assesses the phenomenon of international framework agreements (IFAs), examining their implementation and impact around the world as well as their promotion of ILO standards.

Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Economic Policy are at the core of research and study in economics.

The financial crisis is destroying wealth but is also a remarkable opportunity to uncover the ways by which debt can be used to regulate the economic system.

This book is one of the first fully-fledged studies to examine the next world-class industrial leaders emerging from China and India; exploring the domestic and international factors that have led to their rise, and comparing their experiences with other East Asian late-comers such as Japan.

Regulating for Decent Work is a response to the dominant deregulatory approaches that have shaped labour market regulation in recent years.

Combining insights from leading academic research and experienced managers, this book provides a systematic framework to understand what innovation is, why it matters, how it can be managed and how it can help your organization to reach its objectives.

This book provides detailed empirical analysis of countries in Asia to examine various dynamic models that incorporate the impact of technology and innovations on the industry evolution and overall economic growth.

This book examines how to promote industrial development in low-income countries.

The globalized economy depends on local and context-specific factors.

This book outlines strategies and models for how to use technology and knowledge to improve performance, create jobs and increase income.