Oligopoly

old ends-new means

The book focuses classical oligopoly theory as developed in 1840-1940. By the end of this period oligopoly came under the spell of game theory in its probabilistic equilibrium format. Work by Cournot, von Stackelberg, Palander, and Hotelling, causal and dynamic in essence, but ignored, is ...

La economía azul

10 años, 100 innovaciones, 100 millones de empleos

En tiempos de zozobra económica, cuando los expertos parecen incapaces de ofrecer otra soluciones que no sean parches o recetas con los mismos modelos, apenas disimulados, que han causado la crisis global, la propuesta de GUNTER PAULI desprende el aroma de lo revolucionario y lo ...

Entretenimiento en la televisión española

historia, industria y mercado

En este libro se aborda la producción de programas de entretenimiento en la televisión española desde una triple perspectiva: en primer lugar, Enrique Guerrero realiza un repaso histórico de más de medio siglo a través de los títulos más populares; a continuación, analiza la industria ...

Convergenomics

strategic innovation in the convergence Era

"Convergenomics" is about the megatrends that are shaping how people behave and organizations work. In this insightful analysis, Sang Lee and David Olson describe how globalization, digitization, changing demographics, changing industry mix, deregulation and privatization, commoditization of processes, new value chains, emerging new economies, deteriorating ...

Monopsony in Law and Economics

Most readers are familiar with the concept of a monopoly. A monopolist is the only seller of a good or service for which there are not good substitutes. Economists and policy makers are concerned about monopolies because they lead to higher prices and lower output ...

Internet architecture and innovation

The Internet's remarkable growth has been fueled by innovation. New applications continually enable new ways of using the Internet, and new physical networking technologies increase the range of networks over which the Internet can run. Questions about the relationship between innovation and the Internet ...

The Comingled Code

open source and economic development

Discussions of the economic impact of open source software often generate more heat than light. Advocates passionately assert the benefits of open source while critics decry its effects. Missing from the debate is rigorous economic analysis and systematic economic evidence of the impact of open ...

Mobile telecommunications in a high-speed world

"Mobile Telecommunications in a High Speed World" tells the story of 3G and higher-speed mobile communication technologies. Over ten years have passed since the first third-generation (3G) licences were awarded following debates about the merits of auctions versus 'beauty contests' then, nothing much happened. More ...

Maritime economics

For 5000 years shipping has served the world economy and today it provides a sophisticated transport service to every part of the globe. Yet despite its economic complexity, shipping retains much of the competitive cut and thrust of the #perfect# market of classical economics. This ...

Distritos industriales y desarrollo local

un análisis aplicado a Castilla-La mancha

La teoría de los distritos industriales es que la productividad de las empresas radicadas en distritos industriales viene explicada, al menos en parte, por la pertenencia de las mismas a los distritos en que están enclavadas; es decir, que el distrito industrial es fuente de ...

Creative labour

working in the creative industries

Eds. Alan McKinlay, Chris Smith. This title presents a unique look at the labour processes that shape creative work and the issues surrounding creative labour, written by international experts. This is the first book to look at the Creative Industries from a labour process perspective ...

The innovator's prescription

a disruptive solution for health care

groundbreaking prescription for health care reform--from a legendary. leader in innovation . . .. . Our health care system is in critical condition. Each year, fewer Americans can afford it, fewer businesses can provide it, and fewer government programs can promise it for future generations.. . We need a cure ...

Cases in technological entrepreneurship

converting ideas into value

Ed. Claudio Petti; Preface by Aldo Romano. This book carries key cases and field insights by a group of distinguished contributors. It shows how government bodies, private investors and companies deal with the transformation of new ideas into value, from start-ups to incumbents. This book ...

Creating value through innovation

In open and dynamic markets, only innovation can give a firm a competitive advantage and with it the superior cash flows that generate value. Using analytical models, this timely book analyzes the conditions under which innovation strategy can create and maintain value, based on different ...

International knowledge and innovation netwokrs

knowledge creation and innovation in medium-techonology clusters

This book illustrates the distinct nature of innovation in medium technology industrial sectors, which are the key to European international competitiveness, and the recent changes of networks within regional clusters. It presents best-practice management and regional strategies, and an original and coherent theoretical framework for ...

Industrial policy and developement

the political economy of Capabilities Accumulation

Eds. Mario Cimoli, Giovanni Dosi, Joseph E. Stiglitz. In the 1990s, development policy advocated by international financial institutions was influenced by Washington Consensus thinking. This strategy, based largely on liberalization, privatization, and price-flexibility, downplayed, if not disregarded, the role of government in steering the processes ...

Efficiency, market dynamics and industry growth

The dynamics of industry growth, technology and globalization have a dramatic impact on the current economic growth of nations, significantly changing the market structure and world trade, and challenging the competitive equilibrium and their guiding principles. In the world of innovations and spill-over of R&D effects, various forms of non- competitive market structures have evolved in recent times. This book analyzes the new paradigm of change in technology intensive industries, with an emphasis in three main areas; ...

Wired for innovation

how information technology is reshaping the economy

Starting in 1995, productivity growth took off in the U.S. economy. In Wired for Innovation, Erik Brynjolfsson and Adam Saunders describe how information technology directly or indirectly created the lion's share of this productivity surge, reversing decades of slow growth. They argue that ...

Factor 5

transforming the global economy through 80% improvements in resource productivity

The book tackles sustainable development and climate change by providing in depth Factor 5 resource productivity studies of the following sectors: Buildings, Industry, Agriculture, Food and Hospitality, and Transportation. In its systematic approach to demonstrating how Factor 5 can be achieved, the book also provides ...

Market rebels

how activist make or break radical innovations

Great individuals are assumed to cause the success of radical innovations--thus Henry Ford is depicted as the one who established the automobile industry in America. Hayagreeva Rao tells a different story, one that will change the way you think about markets forever. He explains how ...