Economics of industrial organization

Appropriate laws and regulations are an essential tool to direct the action of procurers toward the public good and avoid corruption and misallocation of resources.

This textbook responds to the increasing demand for practical, industry aligned, ethical practices in quantity surveying, construction management and related AEC professions.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and Big Data based applications in accounting and auditing have become pervasive in recent years.

Originally published in 1989 this book gives an overview of the empirical work on new technology objectives, together with an analysis of management strategies for adoption at the corporate, technological and people levels.

Worldwide, postal operators have been slow to address the threats from and opportunities created by electronic competition.

Digitalization is changing the world of work.

This book explores structural changes in Greenland's economy and labour markets due to the transformative effects of climatic changes and growing international attention.

First published in 1927, Hobson's treatise on industrial conflict analyses the nature and causes of industrial disputes with the aim of finding an equitable means of settling them.

This two-volume work provides a comprehensive overview of the Belt and Road Initiative, examining its impact on economic growth, trade, financial systems and international relations.

In an attempt to instil trust in their performance, credibility, integrity, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and good governance, many public organizations are in effect viewing tax-paying citizens as consumers.

The life sciences is an industrial sector that covers the development of biological products and the use of biological processes in the production of goods, services and energy.

This book, first published in 1984, analyses the institutions and decision-making processes that determined agricultural production in the Soviet Union.

New analysis and empirical evidence on several topics such as the determinants of shape and nature of the vertical relationships in the food system, the determinants of vertical co-ordination and competition, types and mechanisms of co-ordination as well as the consequences for competitiveness, consumer welfare and policy implications are provided.

Originally published in 1940, this book remains an illuminating and forceful survey of the economic development of modern Germany.

This book explores how small nations can mobilise and use productive activities to generate inclusive growth and rapidly move up the economic ladder.

This book is based on a study of 84 technological innovations that won Queen's Awards in 1966 and 1967.

There is a broad and long-standing debate on possible solutions to the regional vulnerabilities of globalisation.

This proceedings volume constitutes peer-reviewed full-length papers contributed by the Authors and tailored on various thematic areas of the 3rd International Conference on "e;Advanced Technologies for Industrial Pollution Control"e; (ATIPC - 2022).

Provides a comprehensive examination of the economic analysis of monopsony.

First published in 1998, the objective of this book is to provide a detailed examination of steel production, consumption and trade in East Asia.

Multinational Investment and Economic Structure examines the relationship between industrial development and foreign direct investment (FDI) activities, and the interaction between multinational (MNE) activity and economic structures.

Firms are a ubiquitous feature of the economic landscape, with much of the activity undertaken within an economy taking place within their boundaries.

This book introduces the main concepts of microeconomics to upper division undergraduate students or first year graduate students who have undergone at least one elementary calculus course.

First published in 1992, this volume brings together contemporary studies and reviews the research which established the study of networks as an area in its own right.

In a world where most international trade is carried by sea, each port can be seen as a unique chokepoint competing to attract ever more traffic and economic activities.

It is now accepted that the world's climate has warmed by about 0.

This book covers the issues related to human resource management (HRM) in an international context.

This book explores the dynamics of place, location and territories from the perspective of an experience-based economy.

This book sheds new light on the advancement of various industries in developing Asian countries through an application and re-examination of catch-up industrialization theory.

Digital currencies are a fairly new phenomenon brought about by the spectacular rise of the internet.

The book emphasizes research in economics and management of networks as an interdisciplinary field by offering new theoretical perspectives and presenting new empirical results on strategic and governance structure issues in cooperatives, franchising networks, alliances, joint ventures and venture capital relations.

Focussing on a period of rapid and significant change in the coal industry, this volume, originally published in 1936, sets out the economic facts of the industry and discusses the extent to which politics and industry became interwoven during the years 1910-1936.

Over the past thirty-five years, a substantial amount of theoretical and empirical scholarly research has been developed across the discipline domains of Transportation.

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.

This book puts forward a carefully crafted theoretical framework that makes a substantial contribution to the field of organizational resilience.

The Economics of Sport and Recreation provides a much needed and up-to-date analysis of sport's contribution to the global economy.

This Palgrave Handbook offers the first international comparative study into the efficiency of the industrial organization of the global wine industry.

This book explores the complex, multifaceted and contested subject of risk in the film business.

Social capital theorists have shown that some people do better than others in part because they enjoy larger, more supportive, or otherwise more useful networks.

This is a comprehensive book on infrastructure development and construction management.

This Brief sheds new light on three specific aspects of economic behavior - companies offering prize promotions, individuals making anonymous donations, and politicians creating political advertisements.

Explores the combination of capital''s changing composition and labour''s subjective agency.

The use of computers in archaeology is entering a new phase of unparalleled development, moving on from a specialist methodology on the margins to a powerful practical and analytical tool used across all areas of archaeological interest.

Paper and the British Empire examines the evolution of the paper industry within British organisational frameworks and highlights the role of the Empire as a market and business-making area in a world of shrinking commerce and rising trade barriers.

This book examines complex challenges in managing major strategic economic and social infrastructure projects.

This book examines the role of strategic visions of future technological development in the evolution of market structure.

This book sheds new light on the role businesses can play in contributing to sustainability objectives, and how governance actors can better encourage their contributions.