Economics of industrial organization

This book analyzes how and under what conditions collaborating corporations can effectively manage relationships with their suppliers in order to decrease the risk of suppliers' noncompliance with codes of conduct and standards.

Economic Models for Industrial Organization focuses on the specification and estimation of econometric models for research in industrial organization.

Winner of the Regional Studies Association's Best Book Award 2018.

This book identifies the effect of governance structure components on outreach and sustainability of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Bangladesh.

This volume looks at the critical issues of industrial policy and sustainability.

Smart specialisation is the new policy approach to the development of regional innovation systems across Europe and it involves fostering innovative and entrepreneurial initiatives which are well tailored to the local context.

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.

Originally published in 1983, this comparative study of day-to-day industrial relations in two closely matched factories in Britain and Germany, the author examines the causes of the disorder in British manufacturing industry.

This title was first published in 2003.

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

Originally published in 1985.

This book is a comparative study of the laws and regulations involving legal and ethical issues related to Artificial Intelligence (AI), in particular for self-driving cars or autonomous vehicles (AVs).

Regulation of the Power Sector is a unified, consistent and comprehensive treatment of the theories and practicalities of regulation in modern power-supply systems.

Universities have become essential players in the generation of knowledge and innovation.

Can a price ever be too low?

Among the key debates fought in developing economies is whether globalization through liberalization is the means by which economies can industrialize and provide their labour forces with tangible improvements in the material conditions of living.

The latest wave of European Union expansion has brought many central and Eastern European countries into the fold.

Marx claims that unselfishness is a child of (workplace) culture, whereas the gene is selfish.

The brewing industry, through its network of public houses, has a profound impact on the lives of much of the population of United Kingdom.

Aston challenges and reshapes the on-going debate concerning social status, economic opportunity, and gender roles in nineteenth-century society.

The book provides a picture of the increasing significance of Central Europe and especially Poland in global production networks, discussing the underlying economic, social, and political factors.

Adopting evolutionary and behavioral approaches, this volume presents the latest research advances in knowledge competencies and human capital, as well as the changing structural dynamics, highlighting their links with entrepreneurial activities.

Methods for raising awareness of how human's value the environment range from monetary valuation through to greater public participation in decisions.

The past century has witnessed profound transitions in Brazil's economy: from a surge of industrialization connected to export economy, to state projects of importsubstitution industrialization, followed by a process of neoliberal global market integration.

Where presidents or members of affluent families were previously seen, it is increasingly the case that car manufacturers are owned by banks and investment funds which have taken control of the entire economic life of these firms.

Modem industrial society functions with the expectation that electricity will be available when required.

What is the significance of entrepreneurship in an economy?

Offers a comparative and theoretical analysis of the new cross-sector competition law regime in Hong Kong.

Novel research in construction management is often distant from existing practice.

What is the nature of the firm?

Wages are a vital economic variable in their influence on employment and unemployment and as the main source of personal income, affecting both living standards and labour incentives.

First Published in 1952, Problems of Nationalized Industry presents the first serious discussion on the issues related to nationalization of industries in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century.

This book addresses the fundamental issues underlying the debate over electric power regulation and deregulation.

Recent decades have seen many economic history books and articles published about working men and women, small and big entrepreneurs, guilds and state manufactures, farmers and journeymen, and children and citizens.

This book considers a central issue of our time: the relationship between the macroeconomic objectives of political parties in democratic countries and the legal framework of market economies.

This book offers a comparative perspective on the technological, economic, and political aspects of Internet development in the post-Soviet countries.

This textbook is the first of its kind, designed exclusively for the training and professional development of engineering technicians and technologists on the quality concepts, tools, and skills necessary for today's industrial environment.

Increasing prescription drug cost-sharing by patients - in the form of increasing copayments - is one of the most striking, and controversial, developments in the health sector over recent years.

This book addresses a range of issues relating to the nature and implications of growth of India's services sector, including factors contributing to the rise of services, output measurement and heterogeneity, growth of services exports, and employment in services sectors.

The British countryside is a national institution; most people aspire to live there, many people use it for leisure and recreation and we can all watch rural life played out on our television screen, read about it in novels or consume its imagery in art and cinematography.

This book proposes a model of internal communication based on empirical research to demonstrate how contemporary organizations strategize, organize, perform, and measure it.

This book investigates the industrial agglomeration and dispersion within a country under trade liberalization and interregional integration by considering both economic forces and geographical elements.

This volume in essence continues my recent contributions towards building up a better understanding of the wide range of obstacles besetting the transitions away from administrative planning in the former communist regimes in the eastern part of Europe.

This book focuses on the theory and practice involved in the management of innovative activities that enhance the competitiveness of enterprises, industries and economies.

Inland waterways are a host for a mode of transport that is not as visible to the general public or as used as it once was.

Current debates about experts are often polarized and based on mistaken assumptions, with expertise either defended or denigrated.

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 publication provides an unparalleled comparative analysis of two "e;hot topics"e; in the field of antitrust and unfair competition laws with regard to a number of key countries.