Supply Chains, Markets and Power takes resource-based thinking forward by stressing the need for a dynamic and entrepreneurial conception of resource acquisition and management. This book will be essential reading for all those with a professional or academic interest in supply chain management.
Supply Chains, Markets and Power takes resource-based thinking forward by stressing the need for a dynamic and entrepreneurial conception of ...
This collection draws on international comparisons from the main industrialized countries in a key field - the construction industry. One only has to walk around almost any major city in the industrialized economies of the world to see how well the construction industry is doing and this study is a timely analysis of a growing field. This genuinely internationally focused book has contributions from leading experts and academics in the sphere of construction. This well-written, informative collection is a must-read book for advanced students, academics and professionals who are serious...
This collection draws on international comparisons from the main industrialized countries in a key field - the construction industry. One only has to ...
This exhaustive study from an experienced and respected set of editors and authors looks at the impact that universities have on their surroundings, with particular reference to regional development. With contributions from such leading scholars as Peter Maskell and Gunnar Tornqvist, this book will be of great interest to students and academics involved in regional economics, economic geography and innovation studies.
This exhaustive study from an experienced and respected set of editors and authors looks at the impact that universities have on their surroundings, w...
Industrial issues are often inextricably linked with labour market concerns and policy approaches that attempt to consider production and employment separately are inherently flawed." This controversial statement sums up the heart of this important book. With contributions from such scholars as Keith Cowling, Malcolm Sawyer and Michael Kitson, Industrial and Labour Market Policy and Performance covers such topics as: * the increasing inequality between rich and poor * the links between innovation, competition and collaboration * education, skills formation and human resource...
Industrial issues are often inextricably linked with labour market concerns and policy approaches that attempt to consider production and employment s...
This book reviews the theory of the firm and the large modern corporation. Examining the process of entrepreneurial capitalism in which firms come into existence, then managerial capitalism and the changing motives of management in corporations - "The Corporation" is a thorough and thoughtful account. Of interest to students and academics in the area, this book will also prove to be an intriguing read for professionals.
This book reviews the theory of the firm and the large modern corporation. Examining the process of entrepreneurial capitalism in which firms come int...
Many novel approaches have been considered for dealing with computationally difficult discrete optimization problems. Such approaches include interior point methods, semidefinite programming techniques, and global optimization. More efficient computational algorithms have been developed and larger problem instances of hard discrete problems have been solved. This progress is due in part to these novel approaches, but also to new computing facilities and massive parallelism. This volume contains the papers presented at the workshop on Novel Approaches to Hard Discrete Optimization. The...
Many novel approaches have been considered for dealing with computationally difficult discrete optimization problems. Such approaches include interior...
This revealing book examines different types of network industries such as railways, telecommunications and new media, and investigates their economics with an accent on history makes it stand apart from others in the area.
Hans Gottinger's accessible writing style and knowledgeable research makes this book recommended reading for all those interested in industrial, innovation and micro policy economics.
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This revealing book examines different types of network industries such as railways, telecommunications and new media, and investigates their econo...
Clusters of specialized businesses are being promoted around the world, aided by high-profile examples such as Silicon Valley.
Using evidence from high- and low-income economies, as well as detailed case studies that show the special conditions behind successful clusters, this book provides a new vantage point on this high-interest topic, making it ideal for students of business location, policy-makers and managers seeking a real-world understanding of clustering.
Clusters of specialized businesses are being promoted around the world, aided by high-profile examples such as Silicon Valley.
Over the past ten years there has been a massive growth in call centres worldwide. These centres are said to represent the most dynamic growth area in white-collar employment internationally since the mid 1990s. Yet the footloose and global nature of the industry means that jobs will always be susceptible to outsourced operations, ICT developments, public sector subsidization of business restructuring and re-location, and cheaper operations elsewhere. This book conducts a thorough analysis of this modern phenomenon.
Over the past ten years there has been a massive growth in call centres worldwide. These centres are said to represent the most dynamic growth area...
This new book investigates how the relationships of international business networks (one buyer-multiple buyers) develop over time, looking at the geographical angle as well as an actor composition point of view.
Bart Kamp presents a framework that reveals what business-to-business (b2b) factors explain buyer-supplier co-location patterns, making it possible to predict the geographical behaviour of suppliers, and also assesses whether longevity is truly the deep-rooted feature of international b2b network relationships that it is often claimed to be.
This new book investigates how the relationships of international business networks (one buyer-multiple buyers) develop over time, looking at the g...
