Economics of industrial organization

This book contains the key-note lectures and a selection of papers that were presented at the 15th Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Econo- mics (EARlE) held under the auspices of GRASP at Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1988, plus an introductory chapter by the Editors.

This book explores the evolving relationship between fashion and transnational capitalism.

This practical guide to cost studies of buildings has been updated and revised throughout for the 6th edition.

Information & communication technology (ICT) and the automotive sector are two of the most important industries in the EU and the US.

The substantial prosperity that characterizes market economies at the beginning of the twenty-first century is relatively recent in human history.

This book discusses several product development strategies and tools employed by organizations around the world to implement frugal innovations.

Discrete stochastic models are tools that allow us to understand, control, and optimize engineering systems and processes.

First Published in 1998.

Research on the growth of the precarious economy is of signifi cant interest as the economy increasingly becomes dependent on gig work.

Louis Phlips The stabilisation of primary commodity prices, and the related issue of the stabilisation of export earnings of developing countries, have traditionally been studied without reference to the futures markets (that exist or could exist) for these commodities.

This book advances the international debate on the development of e-commerce with focus on emerging ASEAN economies.

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

With growing concern about the conditions facing low wage workers and new challenges to traditional forms of labor market protection, this book offers a timely analysis of the purpose and effectiveness of minimum wages in different European countries.

The Economics and Regulation of Digital Markets presents new findings and perspectives from leading international scholars on three critical areas of developing government policies.

The Brief explores the relationship between industrial dynamics, business strategies, and environmental regulations in the agrochemical industry.

This book, first published in 1946, deals with the question of the history, development and likely future of the civil air industry.

When trying to embed changes or new mindsets and behaviors, organizations tend to focus on following a particular methodology rather than clearly defining the underlying behaviors that will deliver the sustainable behavioral change and align the thought processes that drive the behaviors-whether their intent is to continuously improve safety or overall risk management or achieve a sustainable growth and improvement trajectory.

David Gabel and David F.

Explores the nature of corporate personhood and how it affects the rights, powers, and influence of corporations in society.

The fashion industry has a dynamic, ever-changing landscape.

The Toyota Production System (TPS) is regarded as a sophisticated concept that helps us understand the world of manufacturing.

Drawing on a mixture of theory, cases, and interviews, Startups and Crisis Management provides a valuable overview of how new ventures fared in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This book, first published in 1980, covers the employment of merchant seamen, principally from the perspective of a labour lawyer, but including a great deal of material not normally found in books on labour law.

The theory of networks aims at developing theoretical views on the design and management of alliances, franchise chains, licensing, joint ventures, cooperatives, and venture capital relations.

This book explains the basic and advanced aspects of engineering economics, cost estimating, cost control, cost forecasting, and planning and scheduling.

Die Lean Six Sigma Werkstatt beschreibt wichtige praxisrelevante Methoden und Werkzeuge in der Optimierung von industriellen Produktionsstrukturen.

Lean Project Delivery and Integrated Practices in Modern Construction is the new and enhanced edition of the pioneering book Modern Construction by Lincoln H.

Electric utilities throughout the world continue to face new challenges involving ownership, market structure, and regulation.

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

Dieses Lehrbuch befasst sich eingehend mit den Grundlagen der Wirtschaftspolitik.

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

This book looks at the transfer and further development of value management procedures, as practised in North America, in a United Kingdom and Commonwealth construction industry context.

Compiled by AECOM, the 2025 edition has been updated with the latest pricing information to help you manage your projects over the next 12 months through this challenging period of high inflation and financial uncertainty.

Spiritual Capital seeks to re-focus discussion on core social values, on individuals' value systems and the internal dynamics that impel human beings to live by truth, goodness and love.

The internet of things (IoT) has the potential to change how we live and work.

This book analyzes the structural factors that underlie the persistent mass poverty and extreme inequality in South Asian countries.

Engineering Asset Management 2010 represents state-of-the art trends and developments in the emerging field of engineering asset management as presented at the Fifth World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM).

The world, of late, has seen a productivity slowdown.

Internet and World Wide Web platforms, big data analytics, software, social media and civic technologies allow for the creation of smart ecosystems in which connected intelligence emerges and disruptive social and eco-innovation flourishes.

This is the first comprehensive book on Military Cost-Benefit Analysis and provides novel approaches to structuring cost-benefit and affordability analysis amidst an uncertain defense environment and cloudy fiscal prospects.

Taxonomy is the common name for an EU regulation that supports companies in sustainable environmental and climate action (Regulation [EU] No.

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

This edited volume includes original essays by prominent researchers and practitioners in the field of postal and delivery economics, originally presented at the 31st Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics held in Gdansk, Poland, May 24-26, 2023.

The role that small firms and entrepreneurship play in economic development has been particularly contentious.

This book begins by analysing the various corporate governance mechanisms explored in the extant literature and determining their effectiveness in enhancing the firm value using multivariate analysis.

Real Estate Economics: A point-to-point handbook introduces the main tools and concepts of real estate (RE) economics.

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of the changes and development of the civil international aircraft/aviation industry.

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