Industrial Economics

Prevailing wage laws affecting the construction industry in the United States exist at the Federal and State levels. This book, for the first time, brings together scholarly research in the economics of prevailing wages placed in historical and institutional context...

In recent years, natural gas has become a major source of energy, with trade across borders increasing through both pipelines and as Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). Owing to this global development, this book traces the development of the gas supply industry, from localised to national industries and n..

In recent years, natural gas has become a major source of energy, with trade across borders increasing through both pipelines and as Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). Owing to this global development, this book traces the development of the gas supply industry, from localised to national industries and n..

Here Peter Johnson has put together a collection of his groundbreaking research. Now in one volume for the first time, it will be of great interest to those in every area of business and economics...

This book is about the global management of creativity and related international innovation management processes, and examines how especially multinational companies, organizations and institutions can foster the transformation of an original idea to its successful execution and international diffus..

First published in 1909 and reissued in 1910, J. A. Hobson’s The Industrial System provides a complex analysis of distribution and consumption. This is an important work by one of the most important economic thinkers of the twentieth century, which will be of particular interest to modern economic h..

First published in 1909 and reissued in 1910, J. A. Hobson’s The Industrial System provides a complex analysis of distribution and consumption. This is an important work by one of the most important economic thinkers of the twentieth century, which will be of particular interest to modern economic h..

This book explores how the application of mathematical decision-making tools could be used to manage maritime regulations. Performance management tools are proposed which would allow stakeholders to monitor the regulatory performance of their organization in order to reduce or eliminate those commer..

This timely new book explores Europe’s role in this evolving environment. It argues that on the one hand, in terms of sheer numbers, the role of the manufacturing industry in the EU is on a par with other major global economies. However, the book also states that Europe falls short of its global com..

Pearson reviews how management became a practice and body of understanding, the development of its crucial role in economic progress, and then how its corruption came about as a result of malign theory, leading to the dominance of the bonus payment culture and short term deal-making that plague us t..

Gordon Pearson offers this critical and informed protest against the absurdity and error of economic theory, shedding new light on the predicament faced in 2012. He highlights the dangers of using bizarre mathematical models to guide policy prescriptions, arguing that the global challenges of growth..

Agricultural economics encompasses a large sector of any economy and this Routledge Handbook compiles the latest scholarship on agricultural economics. The entries in this volume explore contemporary issues such as climate change, genetically modified foods, and rural poverty...