Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks
About the Book Series
How do firms work? What networks are involved in driving organizations forward? This series presents titles which look at the dynamics of organizations and the particular effects of different types of business networks. It covers topics such as:
- Industrial networks
- Transaction cost economics
- Organization theory
- Change and information
- New theories of the firm.
It considers both the economic, cultural and environmental factors that govern the success and failure of business networks and organizations.
Industrial and Labour Market Policy and Performance: Issues and Perspectives
1st Edition
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By Daniel Coffey, Carole Thornley
May 21, 2015
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 ...
Decisions: Risk and Reward
1st Edition
By Johnnie E.V. Johnson, Alistair Bruce
May 07, 2015
In recent years leading figures in a variety of fields - political, financial, medical, and organizational - have become acutely aware of the need to effectively incorporate aspects of risk into their decision-making. This book addresses a wide range of contemporary issues in decision research, ...
The Changing Boundaries of the Firm: Explaining Evolving Inter-firm Relations
1st Edition
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By Massimo G Colombo
December 01, 2014
This book offers a distinctive analysis of the relations and interplay between the internal activities of firms, their changing boundaries, and increasing reliance on networks and alliances with other firms.The contributors offer a blend of theoretical and empirical studies; they are based on a set...
Economic Geography of Higher Education: Knowledge, Infrastructure and Learning Regions
1st Edition
By Frans Boekema, Roel Rutten
June 19, 2014
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 Törnqvist, this book will...
Interfirm Networks: Organization and Industrial Competitiveness
1st Edition
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By Anna Grandori
April 02, 2014
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 and empirical approach to interfirm networking ...
Economic Organization, Capabilities and Coordination
1st Edition
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By Nicolai Foss, Brian Loasby
October 23, 2013
The work of G.B. Richardson has given insights into key issues and debates such as markets versus hierarchies, price stability, the economics of information and the concept of competition based upon differentiated firms.This collection encourages further development of Richardson's themes. It will ...
Formula Funding of Public Services
1st Edition
By Peter C. Smith
August 07, 2013
The use of formulae has become widespread in recent years across most developed countries. In the UK, a conservative estimate is that annually £150 billion of public service expenditure is distributed using formulae, in services such as health care, local government, social security and higher ...
Working in the Service Sector: A Tale from Different Worlds
1st Edition
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By Gerhard Bosch, Steffen Lehndorff
May 10, 2013
The rise to prominence of the service sector - heralded over half a century ago as the great hope for the twenty-first century - has come to fruition. In many cases, employment in the service sector now outnumbers that in manufacturing sectors, and it is accepted that in all developed countries, ...
Change in the Construction Industry: An Account of the UK Construction Industry Reform Movement 1993-2003
1st Edition
By David M. Adamson, Anthony H. Pollington
October 19, 2012
The UK construction industry is the sixth largest industry in the UK in terms of turnover. During the last decade, it has undergone an unprecedented period of self-examination, including input from most of the leaders of the major suppliers and clients as well as from leading politicians, civil ...
Knowledge Flows in European Industry
1st Edition
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By Yannis Caloghirou, Anastasia Constantelou, Nicholas Vonortas
October 19, 2012
The channels and mechanisms of knowledge flows define the links that make up production and innovation systems. As such, they relate directly or indirectly to all policies that affect such systems. Knowledge flows are also directly related to intellectual property protection policies and ...
Government Managing Risk: Income Contingent Loans for Social and Economic Progress
1st Edition
By Bruce Chapman
July 11, 2012
Higher education rates are increasing throughout the Western world, yet at the same time, government budgets face increasing constraints. This has ensured that the importance of student support is recognized in many countries. In recent years there has been a world-wide movement towards the use of ...
Strategic and Organizational Change: From Production to Retailing in UK Brewing 1950-1990
1st Edition
By Alistair Mutch
July 11, 2012
The brewing industry, through its network of public houses, has a profound impact on the lives of much of the population of United Kingdom. Exploring the shaping of this industry in the years from 1950-1990, this book shows how it has moved from being largely concerned with the technical issues of ...