Economics of Industrial Organisation

Principles of Private and Public Planning (1951) looks at a key economic question: plan or no plan? By examining the economic theories of both plan...

The innovation economy is the driver for the development of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and consequently, there is a growing focus on innovati...

The Saudi Arabian Economy (1986) is a comprehensive analysis of the late-twentieth century Saudi Arabian economy. It examines the key oil sector, c...

The main novelty of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is the entry of robots and Artificial Intelligence into the production process. This phenomeno...

Training and Promotion in Nationalised Industry (1951) is the results of a study made into the personnel department and into certain aspects of per...

By 2009, reverberations of economic crisis spread from the United States around the globe. As corporations across the United States folded, however...

Vietnam has officially admitted its failure to achieve industrialized economy status by 2020. This failure is partly due to its inability to grow a...

The German banking system is characterized by high fragmentation, low profitability and low foreign ownership. Main reason for this is its particul...

Due to globalization and increased competition, many international firms have been adopting outsourcing strategies in order to cut costs by decreas...

The creation of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) has accelerated the harmonization process of regulation and governance in Europe. However, th...

This book focuses on general developments in the service sector and their consequences for the competitiveness of EU countries. It aims to identify...

Zum 65. Geburtstag von Norbert Eickhof, Professor für Volkswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Wirtschaftspolitik, an der Universität Potsdam, haben sic...

This book explores the efficacy of costly redistributive measures taken by the European Union in the form of structural funding within the context ...

Much has been made of the post-war Japanese economic miracle. However, the origins of this spectacular success and its effect on the region can act...

This is the first comprehensive book on Military Cost-Benefit Analysis and provides novel approaches to structuring cost-benefit and affordability ...

Cycles, Growth and the Great Recession is a collection of papers that assess the nature and role of the business cycle in contemporary economies. T...

"This provocative book applies law and finance theory to a wide range of issues bearing on corporate governance and business history. Brouwer's ana...

This book provides a survey of the theory and of the empirical knowledge about the links between market structure and technological change.

This book, first published in 1985, tackles simultaneously three major questions about the course of industrial evolution: what are the features of...

Originally published in 1989 Defence Industries presents a worldwide survey of defence industries. It argues that modern weapon systems and electro...

This book focuses on three main areas, each of which is central to economic theorising: firms’ organisation and behaviour, technological change and...

As firms increasingly rely on knowledge as a key factor for innovation, the ability to innovate is increasingly perceived as a key asset for being ...

For most of the twentieth century tin was fundamental for both warfare and welfare. The importance of tin is most powerfully represented by the tin...

Originally published in 1972, The University and British Industry examines the lively and controversial relationship between British industry and t...

First published in 1991, this book offers a thorough examination of the decline of heavy industry in industrialised countries in the West, which fo...

Innovation is the means by which organizations survive and thrive in uncertain and turbulent conditions. Innovation management has become a well-es...

The air transport industry has high economic impact; it supports more than 60 million jobs worldwide. Since the early years of commercial air trave...

Originally published in 1989 Defence Industries presents a worldwide survey of defence industries. It argues that modern weapon systems and electro...

Originally published in 1988, this book explores how new technologies, industrial innovation and the growth of high technology industry have affect...

First published in 1937, this book examines the changes in working conditions and vast improvements on sugar plantations in 20th century Fiji. By t...

Originally published in 1972, this book examines ten major areas of innovation with a view to seeing what factors have contributed to success or fa...

First published in 1991, this book offers a thorough examination of the decline of heavy industry in industrialised countries in the West, which fo...

This title was first published in 2001. Significant changes have occurred in the Brazilian economy over the last decade yet this is one of the firs...

This title was first published in 1979

The economics literature on industry dynamics contains a wide array of empirical works identifying a set of stylized facts. There have been several...

The pharmaceutical industry faces a well-documented perfect storm: on the one hand, the patent cliff; the lack of new blockbusters and, on the othe...

This book offers a comprehensive examination of the factors affecting corporate capital structures across 12 European Union countries, focusing on ...

Originally published in 1994 this book undertakes a comprehensive study dealing with the effects of machine flexibility, tool magazine capacity, va...

The Saudi Arabian Economy (1986) is a comprehensive analysis of the late-twentieth century Saudi Arabian economy. It examines the key oil sector, c...

There are few industries that have had a more profound impact on business and society over the last century than aviation. This book is an accessib...

Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is the systematic and analytical process of comparing benefits and costs in evaluating the desirability of a project or...

Business retention and expansion (BRE) is regarded as the most practical and accessible method for economic development at the city, town, or neigh...

These proceedings compile selected papers from presenters at the Conference: Managing Digital Industry, Technology and Entrepreneurship 2019 (CoMDI...

This book, first published in 1985, tackles simultaneously three major questions about the course of industrial evolution: what are the features of...

Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is the systematic and analytical process of comparing benefits and costs in evaluating the desirability of a project or...

This book examines ten major fields of innovation to see what factors have contributed to success or failure. In each field, it compares 3 or 4 com...

In easily accessible language, this book analyses the impact of Economic and Monetary Union on Small and Medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe....