This book is about the processes of innovation at the global, national, and corporate levels. It explores the contexts, complexities, and contradictions of innovation from a range of disciplinary perspectives and is divided into three main sections.…
Competitiveness in Trade of BRICS Countries examines various aspects of competitiveness including an extensive historical overview of competitiveness in trade of BRICS countries and related issues. It includes measuring the globalization of cities f…
"Somewhere out there is a bullet with your company’s name on it. Somewhere out there is a competitor, unborn and unknown, that will render your business model obsolete. Bill Gates knows that. When he says that Microsoft is always two years awa…
A practical and comprehensive review of the many factors businesses must consider when they approach a foreign market...[A]n important tool for any business contemplating operations abroad.-William Colby, former director, U.S. Central Intelligence A…
Kun kamppailu internetin herruudesta alkoi vuoden 1998 lopulla, Applen markkina-arvo oli 4,2 miljardia euroa, Microsoftin yli 260 miljardia euroa ja Googlen reilut 7,5 miljoonaa euroa. Alkuvuodesta 2012 Applen arvoksi laskettiin liki 350 miljardia e…
Richard Armstrong ja Keith Townsend ovat kaksi täysin vastakkaisista taustoista ponnistavaa mediaparonia. Armstrong, aiemmalta nimeltään Kubli Hoch, on tšekkoslovakialainen maaseudun kasvatti, joka onnistuu pakenemaan natseilta ja päätyy brit…
By understanding the historical antecedents and current organization of industry associations, business and government will better be able to help restructure them and thus assist American industry more effectively battle foreign competition. Procas…
This book examines two central aspects of Japanese management - growth pursuit by internal investment (as opposed to acquisition), and intensive competition within and between Japanese firms. It also looks at how Japanese firms maintain efficiency a…
Perfect competition provides the model of a frictionless economy, in which price-setting economic agents behave independently of each other, abandoning to the market the coordination of their individual decisions. The implications of this model are…
Large, diversified firms face unique challenges as they compete worldwide, and corporate restructuring is one way multinationals strive for competitive advantage. Weighing the pros and cons of a variety of approaches to restructuring, Downscoping of…
The economic theory of contract is being reshaped in ways which resonate with the findings of socio-legal contract scholars and of industrial economists and sociologists in the Marshallian tradition, who emphasise the 'embeddedness' of organizations…
The global value chain approach to development looks at trends and lead firms in global industries juxtaposed to firm and industry performance in local economies to identify strategies for value creation and upgrading that increase prosperity and ec…
Globalisation is characterised by institutional and political reforms in many countries such as gradual trade liberalisation and international co-ordination of policies. Moreover, globalisation has created centres of power that are alongside, even i…
This book is essential reading for any manager who has to make competitive decisions - decisions which affect the competitive success of a corporation or business unit. The book is unique in that it is based on detailed research spanning a decade of…
In the late nineteenth century a new form of capitalism emerged in Great Britain and the United States. Before the revolutions in communication and transportation, the owners of firms managed the processes of production, distribution, transportation…
The advantages of airline competition to consumers are clearly apparent. Lower fares, greater choice, more frequent flights and a wider range of available services have all been evident when the entry of a new competitor has occurred. In many instan…
In the march of economic globalization it has become increasingly apparent that divergence in competition policy from one country to another is a major stumbling block. More than any other factor, an international consensus of competition laws is su…
A true original-the first practical guide to patents written specifically for corporate scientists, engineers, and product developersPatents and Strategic Inventing spells out exactly what a typical corporate inventor needs to know about patents and…
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Der durch das Ursprungslandprinzip in Gang gesetzte Systemwettbewerb wird unter konomen und Juristen seit einigen Jahren kontrovers diskutiert. W hrend Bef rworter im Systemwettbewerb einen m glichen Motor im wirtschaftspolitischen Reformprozess zu…
Competitiveness is one of the key themes in the current debate about national economic performance. A vast array of statistical data is usually assembled by national governments to demonstrate a closing or widening of productivity or trade 'gaps' wi…
This book studies the dynamics of alliance group formation in technology-based networks. The author attempts to develop the concept of alliance blocks from a social network perspective, and explores the relationship between alliance block membership…
Where economic activity will locate in the future is one of the most important questions in economics. Even though advances in technology have reduced the cost of transport, communication and information gathering and processing, hence curtailing th…
In terms of overall orientation, this book has been conceived and structured in a way that follows a certain natural corollary and logical framework in comparing Indian economy with the Asian and the global economy in respect to the sectors wherein…
The United States appears among the top entrepreneurial economies and ranks third on the GEDI. It performs very well on the aspirations sub-index but lags somewhat on the attitudes and activity sub-indexes. This book examines the performance of the…
"We humans live by stories", says David Korten, and the stories that now govern our society set us on a path to certain self-destruction. In this profound new book, Korten shares the results of his search for a story that reflects the fullness of hu…
Antitrust in Germany and Japan presents an innovative, comparative analysis of the development and enforcement of two antitrust regimes, illustrating how each was shaped by American occupation strategies and policies following World War II. First im…
This book, first published in 1983, is primarily concerned with the economic policies of the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community. It explains in detail how the common market was established and how it was maintained…
Location is vital to the efficiency and profitability of industrial activity. Industrial Location presents a comprehensive introduction to and critical review of this field of growing academic and business interest. In business, the right choices ha…
Swarm Creativity introduces a powerful new concept-Collaborative Innovation Networks, or COINs. Its aim is to make the concept of COINs as ubiquitous among business managers as any methodology to enhance quality and competitive advantage. The differ…
Michman and Mazze present five key variables that retailing executives in nine specialty businesses must understand and work with, to gain and sustain competitive advantage in their competitive environments. Innovation, target market segmentation, i…
Tourism, the world's fastest growing industry, is now entering a more mature phase. During the 1970s and 1980s mass tourism, with its rigid, standardized packages, developed rapidly and provided many consumers with their first experiences of interna…
Drawing on the theoretical resources of institutional economics, The New Industrial Geography opens new perspectives in economic geography. In its focus on historical and geographical context, institutional embeddedness, and tacit rules and formal r…
This book uses comparative institutional analysis to explain differences in national economic performance. Countries have their own rules for corporate governance and they have different market arrangements; and these differences in rules and organi…
Regulating Utilities and Promoting Competition continues the series of annual books, published in association with the Institute of Economic Affairs and the London Business School, which critically review the state of utility regulation and competit…
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The competition for inward investment among regions and within and between nations is intense, and the promotional agencies concerned are increasingly innovative in their competitive strategies. This book examines the new competition for inward inve…
Changing industry dynamics, increased competition, globalisation and organisational restructuring are putting managers in dire need to understand what can and cannot help them attain competitive advantage. This title present research in the study of…
Relationship Marketing: Creating Stakeholder Value extends the analysis of the change in the marketing rationale from a crude concern for increased market share to a strategy aimed at creating long-term profitable relationships with targeted custome…
This volume examines the nature of interfirm networks and their role in promoting industrial competitiveness. Where previous work in this area has tended to be descriptive, the distinguished contributors to this volume present a balanced theoretical…
This book provides a thorough treatment of the legal, economic, and policy issues associated with safeguard measures in the WTO system. It includes a careful treatment of the history of safeguard measures under GATT, and the impetus for the Agreemen…
The UK has pioneered the introduction of competition into previously monopolistic utility industries. Competition has been introduced progressively, starting with BT, and continuing with the gas and electricity industries, where it is to be complete…
This volume offers a conceptual approach to the study of competition as a dynamic process. It critically examines the dynamic character of modern competition, appraises the inadequacies of equilibrium theory, and suggests a new approach to the study…
