Economics of Industrial Organisation

In this book David Wittner situates Japan’s Meiji Era experience of technology transfer and industrial modernization within the realm of culture, p...

This book provides an explanation of key underlying economic principles, allowing the reader to come to a better understanding of the critical fact...

This book brings together some of the world's leading experts to present an interdisciplinary, critical perspective on current issues surrounding t...

Part of the highly successful Studies in Global Competition series and written by an author based at the Max Planck Institute in Germany – one of t...

From the few tickets that were sold by Alaska Airlines and former British Midland in December 1995 via the industry’s first airline booking engine ...

This book examines discourses of knowledge and innovation in post-industrial societies and knowledge-based organizations. The author investigates t...

Women in the developed world expect to work in the labour force over the course of their lives. On finishing school more girls are entering univers...

The movie industry boomed in the twentieth century, and is still going strong today. However, the economics of movies has been curiously under expl...

Women in the developed world expect to work in the labour force over the course of their lives. On finishing school more girls are entering univers...

From the few tickets that were sold by Alaska Airlines and former British Midland in December 1995 via the industry’s first airline booking engine ...

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...

Mokyr provides a long term perspective on the economic impact of technological change, surveying developments in production technologies between 50...

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...

In this book, the author argues that a new form of capitalism is emerging at the threshold of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. He asserts that we ...

The day-to-day world of crude oil traders is not usually open to outsiders. Few non-specialists appreciate how oil traders approach the markets, wh...

Where presidents or members of affluent families were previously seen, it is increasingly the case that car manufacturers are owned by banks and in...

The day-to-day world of crude oil traders is not usually open to outsiders. Few non-specialists appreciate how oil traders approach the markets, wh...

Globalisation is associated with capitalist multinationals dedicated to the enrichment of wealthy, corporate shareholders. However, less well known...

With the beginning of the twentieth century, American corporations in the chemical and electrical industries began establishing industrial research...

Artificial intelligence will not necessarily create a super-intelligent “human robot”; however, it is very probable that intelligent robots and int...

The world, of late, has seen a productivity slowdown. Many countries continue to recover from various shocks in the macro business environment, alo...

First published in 1985 Industrial Relations in Europe examines the development of trade unions and their relations with the employers and employer...

First published in 1998, this organizational and professional socialization of trainee chartered accountants reports the findings of an ICAEW funde...

The Social Impact of Oil (1982) examines how the town of Peterhead in the UK, hitherto a remote fishing port, was changed by North Sea oil. It look...

Saudi Arabia (1986) is a major study of the political and administrative development of Saudi Arabia following its establishment as a leading world...

Presenting a thorough, comprehensive theory of spiritual capital based on solid academic research, 'Spiritual Capital' serves to reinforce and ampl...

Originally published in 1963, The Railwaymen recounts the struggle of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants from its foundation in 1872 until...

Originally published in 1981, Trade Unions in the Developed Economies is a collection of studies on the growth, structure and policies of trade uni...

In the complex world of finance, understanding the relationship between a company's capital structure and its overall performance is crucial. This ...

Originally published in 1968, and using official records, this book charts the history of the Railway Clearing House and shows the vital role it pl...

Technological change is not only a determinant of growth but is also a pivotal factor in international competition and the modernization of an econ...

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

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

Consolidation activities such as mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have been one of the major strategies adopted by Indian firms to withstand glo...

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

The notion that there is no alternative to capitalism emerged after the fall of the Berlin Wall and made rapid headway due to increasing economic g...

The 2008-9 financial crisis demands we look anew at the role of corporations, and the working of financial markets around the world. In this challe...

The 2008 credit crisis started with the failure of one large bank: Lehman Brothers. Since then the focus of both politicians and regulators has bee...

Firms are a ubiquitous feature of the economic landscape, with much of the activity undertaken within an economy taking place within their boundari...

Universities have become essential players in the generation of knowledge and innovation. Through the commercialization of technology, they have de...

This book offers an innovative examination of how ‘low–technology’ industries operate. Based on extensive fieldwork in India, the book fuses econom...

Due to the sharp declines in trade union density and collective bargaining coverage post-1979, the shift by trade unions towards political action h...

First published in 1999, this book offers a new study of local government in Japan. There is an enormous amount of information about Japanese local...

The passage of the Staggers Rail Act in 1980 led brought a renaissance to the freight rail industry. In the decade following, economists documented...

The Occupation era (1945-1952) witnessed major change in Japan and the beginnings of its growth from of the ashes of defeat towards its status as a...

The passage of the Staggers Rail Act in 1980 led brought a renaissance to the freight rail industry. In the decade following, economists documented...

Artificial intelligence will not necessarily create a super-intelligent “human robot”; however, it is very probable that intelligent robots and int...