Economics of industrial organization

The work contains selected and thoroughly reviewed research papers of the topics Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Digitalization, Sustainability, Transportation Management, Process Management, Risk Management, Corporate Social Responsibility and Governance.

The cost of capital concept has myriad applications in business decision-making.

This book explores the principles of supply-side structural reform and current practices in the Chinese steel industry.

This book is the first to explore the application of system leadership to promote sustainable solutions for contemporary and future environmental and social problems.

Originally published in 1977, this book concentrates on the period since nationalisation in the history of the coal industry.

Originally published in 1994 this book undertakes a comprehensive study dealing with the effects of machine flexibility, tool magazine capacity, varying production demands and different oeprating policies on the production planning problems.

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The Routledge Handbook of Accounting Information Systems is a prestige reference work offering a comprehensive overview of the state of current knowledge and emerging scholarship in the discipline of AIS.

The past two decades have seen rapid development of micro-/nanotechnologies with the integration of chemical engineering, biomedical engineering, chemistry, and life sciences to form bio-MEMS or lab-on-chip devices that help us perform cellular analysis in a complex micro-/nanoflluidic environment with minimum sample consumption and have potential biomedical applications.

In recent decades, network industries around the world have gone through periods of de- and re-regulation.

This practical text/reference provides an exhaustive guide to setting up and sustaining software-defined data centers (SDDCs).

This edited volume discusses ethical issues raised by the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in business.

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

This insightful book analyzes the development of cross-border and cross-sector partnerships in a number of European cities and regions.

Transcending Capitalism Through Cooperative Practices identifies and analyzes sustainable alternatives to capitalism by examining five diverse enterprises, including the London Symphony Orchestra, the Green Bay Packers football team, and the Lusty Lady sex club.

This book addresses major issues facing postal and delivery services throughout the world.

This important new book, the first of its kind in the fire safety field, discusses the economic problems faced by decision-makers in the areas of fire safety and fire precautions.

Innovation is often understood exclusively in terms of the economy, but it is definitely a result of human labour and ingenuity, and of the relationships among individuals and social groups.

The world of construction is intrinsically linked with that of finance, from the procurement and tendering stage of projects right through to valuation of buildings.

The descriptive data in this book, first published in 1989, were obtained from participant observation and interviews with merchant seaman current and retired.

As the fourth largest military spender in the world, India has a huge defence economy supported by a budget amounting to nearly $67 billion in 2020-21.

This book expands on the argument that spectator sports, despite their problems, have become a central function of American universities.

This book explains how government support and institutional set up facilitated the evolution of the Indian pharmaceutical industry and provides an economic analysis of firm strategies due to recent policy changes.

This book discusses digitalization trends and their concrete applications in business and societal contexts.

This title was first published in 2002: Why do endogenous cycles persist in Spain?

First published in 1976, this book traces the development of the Yugoslav economy from the end of the Second World War to the beginning of 1975, which the author argues was a highly productive era of social innovation.

Advanced Construction Mathematics covers the range of topics that a student must learn in order to achieve success in Level 3 and 4 mathematics for the Pearson BTEC National and BTEC HNC/HND in Construction, Building Services, and Civil Engineering.

In times of global markets, increasing competition and short product life cycles the effective and efficient management of industrial research and development (R and D) activities is of central importance for companies as well as for the whole economy.

I have devoted myself to studying the economic organization of industries for thirty years.

Expanding Competition in Regulated Industries reviews the changing regulatory environment, notably incentive regulation and competition in regulated industries.

The Growth of Chinese Electronics Firms outlines the way firms grow in China at an organizational level.

From the mid-1980s, investors in the US increasingly directed capital towards the financial sector at the expense of non-financial sectors, lured by the perception of higher profits.

This book, first published in 1971, was the first comprehensive study based upon experience gained by operators and users of containers, both inland and for overseas trade.

This book accomplishes an analysis of critical aspects of managerial implications on the business with information.

This book draws on a neo-institutional theory to characterize service-oriented manufacturing firms in relation to more familiar organizational forms, such as lean and agile.

This book uses economic theory to argue that labor-managed firms are rare due to market failures rather than any inherent organizational defects.

First published in 1988, The Mexican Economy presents a comprehensive survey of the Mexican economy and its problems and argues that the crisis has more complex roots within the Mexican economy.

This is a succint and well-written book introducing a truly interdisciplinary approach to the study of copyright and related issues in contemporary popular culture in relation to the current development of Asian cinema, and questions how copyright is appropriated to regulate culture.

This book provides unique insight into Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa.

The financial system is currently confronted with tremendous challenges from the global economy, trade, politics, demographics, and most recently from enormous technological advancements.

This book is based on two seminars held at Rutgers on October 22, 1993, and May 6, 1994 entitled `Incentive Regulation for Public Utilities'.

Megaprojects, also referred to in the literature as Large Engineering Projects or Major Projects, are generally defined as large-scale investment initiatives worth 1b /$ or more and, facing similar problems independent of the country where they are implemented and the industry they belong to.

This book offers a strategic analysis of current and future perspectives of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows into the South East European media market.

Originally published in 1987.

In einer zunehmend komplexen Arbeitswelt ist effizientes Prozessmanagement unerlässlich.

This edited work attempts to 'make sense' of recent developments in the field of Human Resource Management in the People's Republic of China.

The Changing Industrial Map of Europe is a major study of the recent evolution of six key industries - information technology, pharmaceuticals, automobiles, retailing, transportation and insurance - and their response to the 'new Europe'.

This book draws on a neo-institutional theory to characterize service-oriented manufacturing firms in relation to more familiar organizational forms, such as lean and agile.