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The Economics of Services
Jan Owen Jansson
Despite the fact that services have overtaken industry in terms of employment and GDP in developed countries, rigorous economic study of the service sector remains seriously neglected. The first edition of The Economics of Services initi...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Transaction Cost Economics Project
Oliver E. Williamson
Transaction cost economics has and continues to be a fruitful area of research. There is still much to be done in the field with past research being used in conjunction with the vast number of contractual phenomena that have yet to be in... -
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Productivity Growth
Thijs ten Raa, Edward N. Wolff
Productivity growth is the main vehicle to increase the standard of living. This book explains the relationships between technological change, efficiency, productivity growth and performance. The emphasis is on the interplay between indu... -
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Information Technology and Productivity Growth
Theo S. Eicher, Thomas Strobel
Theo S. Eicher and Thomas Strobel present an industry-level account of the recent changes in German productivity growth and compare the trends to Europe and the US. The specific focus is on how differential investments in information and... -
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Technological Change and Mature Industrial Regions
Edited by Mahtab A. Farshchi, Odile E.M. Janne, Philip McCann
Technological Change and Mature Industrial Regions explicitly adopts an inter-disciplinary approach to analysing the structural transformation of mature regions. The major focus of the book is from an economics perspective, but it also e... -
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The Dynamics of Standards
Edited by Tineke M. Egyedi, Knut Blind
This book addresses the new field of standards dynamics. It focuses in particular on the tension between standards and change. Standards are points of reference and should therefore be inherently stable (at least to a certain degree). Ho... -
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Industrial Innovation and Firm Performance
Mario I. Kafouros
It has long been recognized that R&D plays a key role in the global battle for technological leadership. However, due to intense competition and rivals’ imitations, firms are not always able to reap rewards from their innovations. Mario ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Economics, Bounded Rationality and the Cognitive Revolution
Herbert A. Simon, Massimo Egidi, Ricardo Viale, Robin Marris
The purpose of this book is to publish the ideas of the late Herbert Simon and sympathetic economists, on the subject of bounded rationality, economics, cognitive science and related disciplines, and to reprint some of Professor Simon’s ...eBook:Find out more$48.00
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Entrepreneurship, Industrial Location and Economic Growth
Edited by Jopep M. Arauzo-Carod, Miguel C. Manjón-Antolín
This book examines the interrelations between entrepreneurship, industrial location and economic growth. Thus, it covers a wide range of topics, including: the economic impact of entrepreneurship; industry dynamics; growth and survival o... -
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Divergences in Productivity Between Europe and the United States
Edited by Gilbert Cette, Michael Fouquin, Hans-Werner Sinn
In the 1990s, labour productivity growth accelerated in the United States, yet slowed down in other industrialised countries, reversing a three decade long tendency of convergence. The book explores this phenomenon. It first identifies t...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Agglomeration, Technology and Business Groups
Giulio Cainelli, Donato Iacobucci
Agglomeration, Technology and Business Groups critically reviews the reasons for the creation of business groups and examines their main characteristics. It also explores the way in which structural variables influence their internal org...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Modelling European Mergers
Edited by Peter A.G. van Bergeijk, Erik Kloosterhuis
Modelling European Mergers presents a comprehensive and fresh perspective on the economic analysis of mergers by leading academics and competition policymakers from Europe and the US. The book frankly discusses the pros and cons of using...eBook:Find out more$40.00
