Economics of industrial organization

Examines upgradation and innovation by firms in GVCs through case studies of China, India, South Korea, the Philippines and Sri Lanka.

Explains how innovation happens and which factors can help or hinder, by treating innovation as a systemic phenomenon, or ecosystem of players and processes.

Presents a new framework for Austrian capital theory, starting from the notion that capital is value.

A critical assessment of the theory and evidence concerning the sources of scale effects.

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

With discussions on economic theory, cases, law, and policy, this book gives a well-rounded view of exclusionary practices and monopolization.

With discussions on economic theory, cases, law, and policy, this book gives a well-rounded view of exclusionary practices and monopolization.

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

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

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

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

A theoretical, practical approach to the field of lean production from multiple perspectives: five disciplines, ten industries, and seven countries.

A theoretical, practical approach to the field of lean production from multiple perspectives: five disciplines, ten industries, and seven countries.

This Handbook compiles leading international research on the regulation of the sharing economy from a range of academic disciplines.

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

This Handbook compiles leading international research on the regulation of the sharing economy from a range of academic disciplines.

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

Aimed at political sciences students and teachers, Ferreras presents the new idea of ''economic bicameralism'' to redefine firms as political entities.

Guides policy makers through implementation of public-private partnerships, legal frameworks, institutional arrangements, and mobilizing public and private finance.

Guides policy makers through implementation of public-private partnerships, legal frameworks, institutional arrangements, and mobilizing public and private finance.

A theoretical and empirical investigation of how economics can contribute to our understanding of entrepreneurship.

This book explains the links between past and present oil crises, financial crises, and geopolitical conflicts.

This 2005 book describes in much detail both how and why franchising works.

This book expands the explanatory scope of econophysics to the real economy.

This book challenges the idea that development is synonymous with ''upgrading'' global value chains through an institutional theory of trade and development.

Provides a clear, concise and practical overview of the key economic techniques and evidence employed in European merger control.

This book challenges the idea that development is synonymous with ''upgrading'' global value chains through an institutional theory of trade and development.

Provides a clear, concise and practical overview of the key economic techniques and evidence employed in European merger control.

This second edition studies the economic reasons for the existence of a variety of agglomerations arising from the global to the local.

This second edition studies the economic reasons for the existence of a variety of agglomerations arising from the global to the local.

The global financial and economic crisis starting in 2007 has provoked the exploration of alternatives to neo-liberalism.

This new edition of the seminal textbook The Economics of Urban Transportation incorporates the latest research affecting the design, implementation, pricing, and control of transport systems in towns and cities.

This new edition of the seminal textbook The Economics of Urban Transportation incorporates the latest research affecting the design, implementation, pricing, and control of transport systems in towns and cities.

The cultural sector plays an important role in sustainable economic development and creates economic activities, opportunities for entrepreneurship and jobs, adding to the attractiveness of cities and contributing to the development of tourism.

The cultural sector plays an important role in sustainable economic development and creates economic activities, opportunities for entrepreneurship and jobs, adding to the attractiveness of cities and contributing to the development of tourism.

Successful industrial policy has relied on public-private sector cooperation in the financing of recent and past technological innovations.

Successful industrial policy has relied on public-private sector cooperation in the financing of recent and past technological innovations.

The first empirical analysis of leniency programmes implemented in Asian countries to enforce the anti-cartel provisions of their competition law.

The first empirical analysis of leniency programmes implemented in Asian countries to enforce the anti-cartel provisions of their competition law.

Increased concentration and rising market power require new rules.

Increased concentration and rising market power require new rules.

The Economics of Health and Health Care is the market-leading health economics textbook, providing comprehensive coverage of all the key topics, and balancing economic theory, empirical evidence, and public policy.

Intensive study of small firms in industrial clusters and locations on how to create jobs and achieve Make in India goals.

A nuanced examination of how antitrust law must change to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century economy.

This book explores the twists and turns in Argentina's modern economic history and the debates that raged there around a problem common to all former colonies: how to achieve a level of economic growth for its population in a world characterized by unequal economic relations between the industrialized nations of the north and the commodity producers of the south.

This book explores the twists and turns in Argentina's modern economic history and the debates that raged there around a problem common to all former colonies: how to achieve a level of economic growth for its population in a world characterized by unequal economic relations between the industrialized nations of the north and the commodity producers of the south.

This book offers an in-depth insight into the Indian concept of swaraj--self-rule--both in theory and practice and posits it within the larger context of development.

This book offers an in-depth insight into the Indian concept of swaraj--self-rule--both in theory and practice and posits it within the larger context of development.

This book investigates the relationship between the firm and the territory, emphasizing the micro-organizational dimension and the interactions between actors at territorial levels.

This book investigates the relationship between the firm and the territory, emphasizing the micro-organizational dimension and the interactions between actors at territorial levels.