Industrial Economics

This book explores the uneven patterns of economic development within the EU, discusses the relative effect of investments on innovation and productivity growth and looks at the mechanisms involved in development and policy...

This book explores the uneven patterns of economic development within the EU, discusses the relative effect of investments on innovation and productivity growth and looks at the mechanisms involved in development and policy...

Of interest to a range of disciplines within business and management, economics and geography, this book, written by eminent scholars, explores changes in the international economic environment, their impacts on the strategy of firms and the spatial consequences of these changes in strategy...

Of interest to a range of disciplines within business and management, economics and geography, this book, written by eminent scholars, explores changes in the international economic environment, their impacts on the strategy of firms and the spatial consequences of these changes in strategy...

This book explains how international, domestic, economic and political factors interrelated to shape the world of modern industry in the thirty years before it was originally published in 1987...

This book confronts traditional views on migration with modern theories of brain circulation and innovation networks which lead to mutual benefits for both those countries that receive migrants and those that forcefully evict them. This new volume brings together several case studies and empirical i..

This book focuses on three main areas, each of which is central to economic theorising: firms’ organisation and behaviour, technological change and the process of globalisation. What this collection provides is a broad view of the three topics by concentrating on different aspects of each of them, a..

In this book the contributors trace the origins of the post-war Japanese economic miracle and its spectacular effect on the region as a whole...

This title was first published in 2002. Taking Japanese Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) strategy, arguably the model of FDI, Young-Chan Kim takes a revealing look at why the United Kingdom (UK) has dominated among the EU member states for FDI destination, while ironically losing its nationalized car..

This book presents case studies from the US, the UK and Japan. Packed full of vignettes from cases studies and subscribing to a socio-cultural approach rather than the often tacit assumption that knowledge and ‘technology transfer’ is a logistical problem, this excellent volume illuminates the often..

This book presents case studies from the US, the UK and Japan. Packed full of vignettes from cases studies and subscribing to a socio-cultural approach rather than the often tacit assumption that knowledge and ‘technology transfer’ is a logistical problem, this excellent volume illuminates the often..

The Progressive Era was among the most volatile times for the economy and labor in American History. Daniel E. Saros explores the institutional and economic conditions of this time, revealing new insight into the regulated nature of industry and the conditions of labor. ..