Industrial Economics
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Measuring and Improving Productivity in Services
Faridah Djellal, Faïz Gallouj
The definition and measurement of productivity in services raises important conceptual, methodological and strategic problems. This book aims to provide a critical review of the main debates on productivity in the domain of services. The...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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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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Currency and Competitiveness in Europe
Edited by Klaus Liebscher, Josef Christl, Peter Mooslechner, Doris Ritzberger-Grünwald
This book combines currency matters with competitiveness considerations, with a view to raising the understanding of exchange rate dynamics and to analysing the role of exchange rates in reinforcing economic competitiveness.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Microeconomic Policy
Clem Tisdell, Keith Hartley
This thoroughly accessible textbook shows students how microeconomic theory can be used and applied to major issues of public policy. In this way, it will improve their understanding of both microeconomic theory and policy and also devel...eBook:Find out more$69.56
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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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International Competition Policy
Michael A. Utton
The book begins by setting out the principles of competition and trade policies, and then goes on to address the impact of market globalisation on what are usually thought of as traditional antitrust concerns. These include the analysis ...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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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$50.36
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Mergers and Merger Remedies in the EU
Stephen Davies, Bruce Lyons
Headlines are made when the European Commission prohibits a merger, but this is actually very rare. Clearances subject to conditions (i.e. remedies) happen ten times as frequently, but have received far less attention in academic literat...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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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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Productivity in Asia
Edited by Dale Jorgenson, Masahiro Kuroda, Kazuyuki Motohashi
The outstanding economic performance of East Asian countries has been investigated in numerous studies. However, most comparative studies analyze macro-level productivity. In this book, the productivity performance of China, Korea, Japan...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