Economics of Industrial Organisation

Research on the topic of clusters and industrial districts is very extensive. However, most of it has focused more on understanding the past than o...

Research on the topic of clusters and industrial districts is very extensive. However, most of it has focused more on understanding the past than o...

Marx claims that unselfishness is a child of (workplace) culture, whereas the gene is selfish. If Marx is right then the prerequisite for overthrow...

First published in 1999. Firms in manufacturing industries are influenced by the market-oriented liberalization reform policies in many developing ...

Since the late 1970s, the spread of Neo-liberalism and the failure of socialist economies and systems in Eastern Europe have resulted in a practica...

Recently, attempts have been made to understand the patterns of corporate technological diversification and their implications in economic and mana...

The future of British manufacturing is of immense importance and topicality. As we slide towards a service sector economy based on finance and tour...

This revealing book examines different types of network industries such as railways, telecommunications and new media, and investigates their econo...

The future of British manufacturing is of immense importance and topicality. As we slide towards a service sector economy based on finance and tour...

Countries that spend scarce resources to import arms from abroad often require arms sellers to 'reinvest' part or all of the proceeds back into the...

This book deals with two key aspects of the history of steam engines, a cornerstone of the Industrial Revolution, specifically the road that led to...

Many of the central results of Classical and Marxian political economy are examples of the self-organization of the capitalist economy as a complex...

This book provides a unique view of the evolution of these industries, drawing out how technology and economic forces have worked together to creat...

The historical development of capital has produced a progressive increase in the demand for raw material and has consequently resulted in the conce...

Singapore might not have survived the 1960s and prospered thereafter had it not built its economy on the foundations of oil refining, trading and s...

Depsite the fact that Rubber is one of the world's major commodities, surprispingly little has been written about hte the subject. First published ...

In large cities in developed countries, the share of manufacturing has declined drastically in the last decades and the share of service has grown ...

In recent years, we have witnessed huge economic and socio-political change in the Gulf. This book examines the rapid industrialization of the regi...

The four sections of the book deal in succession with Marshall’s key ideas on the subject, the wider context of his thought in which they are to be...

Despite the fact that Rubber is one of the world's major commodities, surprispingly little has been written about hte the subject. First published ...

The entrepreneur is involved in the dance of two questions – what is needed and what is possible. The interplay of these two questions is an ongoin...

This book provides a unique view of the evolution of these industries, drawing out how technology and economic forces have worked together to creat...

First published in 1973, this volume concentrates upon contemporary issues of a theoretical and methodological nature in the study of organizations...

The historical development of capital has produced a progressive increase in the demand for raw material and has consequently resulted in the conce...

This volume examines the nature of interfirm networks and their role in promoting industrial competitiveness. Where previous work in this area has ...

The Progressive Era was among the most volatile times for the economy and labor in American History. Daniel E. Saros explores the institutional and...

Economists have long recognized the gains from international trade. The question is, does international trade – or more broadly, globalization – in...

Migration is conceived differently in Europe compared with countries like the US, Canada or Australia. International Innovation Networks and Knowle...

East Asia has led rapid economic growth in the last few decades with India joining them over the last five years. Automotive parts manufacturers ha...

This book addresses a range of issues relating to the nature and implications of growth of India’s services sector, including factors contributing ...

This book, first published in 1936, offers the conception of the dynamics of the Key Economic Area as an aid to the understanding of Chinese econom...

The theory of the firm did not exist, in any serious manner, until around 1970. Only then did the current theory of the firm literature begin to em...

Originally published in 1995, this book explores a number of subjects of significance for labor and economic policy, especially the role of U. S. t...

With the advent of the Internet, and the resulting interconnection within a city and among cities, internet innovation has led to a number of impor...

Originally published in 1994 this book examines problems related to investment planning, capacity additions, and choice of technology in dynamic ma...

The demand for economic inclusion has increasingly intensified, as manifested by the growing movements of farmers, workers and social activists. Th...

First published in 1998, this book introduces a new concept of profitability, called the 'efficiency rate of profit', which is defined as the ratio...

Originally published in 1987, this book brings together leading authorities from Germany and the USA who analyze how the East German economy actual...

First published in 1985, Prospects for Recovery in the British Economy examines the origins of the economic downturn of the early 1980s. The book e...

A robust and efficient tax administration in a modern tax system requires effective tax policies and legislation. Policy frameworks should cover al...

This book disentangles the foundations of coopetition (i.e., concurrent competition and cooperation) by exploring in-depth the intellectual legacy ...

Live music events are synonymous with fun but seldom associated with international trade. This book serves to transform this mindset, through descr...

Originally published in 1981 but now with a new preface, this volume provided the first detailed comparative analysis of how local authorities in t...

This volume, originally published in 1993 is based on extensive research and draws together a selection of detailed global case studies illustratin...

Originally published in 1992, this study looks at the ways in which company and campus can co-operate to spread the risk and cost of research. It a...

Originally published in 1995 this volume examines and analyzes the factors that have made the township-village enterprise (TVE) such a driver of gr...

First published in 1999, this book brings together the findings from research projects funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Department ...