Economics of industrial organization

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

A new approach to the analysis of technological process, emphasising the tailoring of formal modelling to historical context.

A new approach to the analysis of technological process, emphasising the tailoring of formal modelling to historical context.

This book uses a series of high-profile case studies to examine the processes by which auto companies fail or survive.

This book uses a series of high-profile case studies to examine the processes by which auto companies fail or survive.

This book offers the first theoretical analysis of the determination of quality standards and their effects along the value chain.

This book offers the first theoretical analysis of the determination of quality standards and their effects along the value chain.

This book provides four African country studies that illustrate challenges to economic transformation and the politics of implementing industrial policies.

This book is a generalist history of electricity policy from the 1978 Energy Policy Act to the present.

This book provides four African country studies that illustrate challenges to economic transformation and the politics of implementing industrial policies.

This book is a generalist history of electricity policy from the 1978 Energy Policy Act to the present.

Updated according to classroom feedback, this comprehensive textbook blends theory and formal models with real-world applications and take-away lessons.

Studer shows that institutional, geographical, political, and technological factors account for Europe''s rise to undisputed world economic leader.

Studer shows that institutional, geographical, political, and technological factors account for Europe''s rise to undisputed world economic leader.

Miwa analyzes how the Japanese government prepared itself for the Second World War and the war with China preceding it.

Miwa analyzes how the Japanese government prepared itself for the Second World War and the war with China preceding it.

This text presents statistical methods for studying causal effects and discusses how readers can assess such effects in simple randomized experiments.

This text presents statistical methods for studying causal effects and discusses how readers can assess such effects in simple randomized experiments.

This book studies how the knowledge society has created new conditions of marginalities while empowering people through new age connectivity.

Fully updated, this ninth edition remains the definitive source on the economics of entertainment in the United States and overseas.

Lu Zhang explains how labor relations in the auto industry and broader social economy can be expected to develop in China in the coming decades.

Lu Zhang explains how labor relations in the auto industry and broader social economy can be expected to develop in China in the coming decades.

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.

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.

Modern advertising was created in the US between 1870 and 1920 when advertisers and the increasingly specialized advertising industry that served them crafted means of reliable access to and knowledge of audiences.

Modern advertising was created in the US between 1870 and 1920 when advertisers and the increasingly specialized advertising industry that served them crafted means of reliable access to and knowledge of audiences.

This study looks at union responses to the changes in the Latin American car industry in the last 15 years.

This study looks at union responses to the changes in the Latin American car industry in the last 15 years.

In 1978, faced with the pressure to modernize and a declining budget, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) reluctantly agreed to join China's economic reform drive, expanding its internal economy to market-oriented civilian production.

In 1978, faced with the pressure to modernize and a declining budget, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) reluctantly agreed to join China's economic reform drive, expanding its internal economy to market-oriented civilian production.

This collection examines the evolution of the philosophy and practice of human resource management (HRM) and industrial relations (IR) over the twentieth century.

This collection examines the evolution of the philosophy and practice of human resource management (HRM) and industrial relations (IR) over the twentieth century.

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

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

This is the story of a dedicated group of foreign and Chinese reformers who tried, but failed, to solve China's intractable industrial problems over the three decades prior to 1949.

This is the story of a dedicated group of foreign and Chinese reformers who tried, but failed, to solve China's intractable industrial problems over the three decades prior to 1949.

Can we really use economic thinking to understand our health care system?

Policy analysis is a dynamic process of discovery rather than a passive exercise of memorizing facts and conclusions.

Policy analysis is a dynamic process of discovery rather than a passive exercise of memorizing facts and conclusions.

Ever since Schumpeter's groundbreaking work there has been a plethora of new research seeking to extend the direction and dynamics of innovation.

Ever since Schumpeter's groundbreaking work there has been a plethora of new research seeking to extend the direction and dynamics of innovation.

First published in 1988, this book sets out to reinterpret the changing place of working-class association in capitalist Britain.

First published in 1988, this book sets out to reinterpret the changing place of working-class association in capitalist Britain.

This book examines the decline of the cotton textiles industry, which defined Britain as an industrial nation, from its peak in the late nineteenth century to the state of the industry at the end of the twentieth century.

This book examines the decline of the cotton textiles industry, which defined Britain as an industrial nation, from its peak in the late nineteenth century to the state of the industry at the end of the twentieth century.

Aviation is one of the most widely talked about industries in the global economy and yet airlines continue to present an enigma.

Aviation is one of the most widely talked about industries in the global economy and yet airlines continue to present an enigma.

From chatelaines to whale blubber, ice making machines to stained glass, this six-volume collection will be of interest to the scholar, student or general reader alike - anyone who has an urge to learn more about Victorian things.

From chatelaines to whale blubber, ice making machines to stained glass, this six-volume collection will be of interest to the scholar, student or general reader alike - anyone who has an urge to learn more about Victorian things.