Routledge Studies in Global Competition
About the Book Series
This series presents high quality research monographs and collections written from a variety of perspectives and at different levels of analysis. The study of global competition is increasingly at the centre of an academic crossroads at which different research programmes and levels of investigation are now meeting, bringing together researchers working in areas such as international business, technological change, geographical and locational analysis and European integration.
The Communications Industries in the Era of Convergence
1st Edition
By Catherine E. A. Mulligan
June 20, 2016
This book provides a unique view of the evolution of these industries, drawing out how technology and economic forces have worked together to create platforms around which different companies interact. Through identifying the key aspects of this evolution over the past decades, the author is able ...
Japanese Firms in Europe: A Global Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Frédérique Sachwald
April 24, 2016
In this study, the contributors examine the evolution of Japanese direct investment in Europe and explore its determinants. They illustrate how, as multinationals, Japanese firms adapt to local conditions and try to take advantage of a global organisation. In this respect, three areas in particular...
Technological Change and Economic Performance
1st Edition
By Albert N. Link, Donald Siegel
December 09, 2015
This useful new book reviews the literature on technology and economic growth covering historical and theoretical developments such as: *new models for measuring productivity*sources of technical knowledge and technological spillovers*stock market reactions to investment in technologySuch a ...
Evolution of Competition Laws and their Enforcement: A Political Economy Perspective
1st Edition
By Pradeep Mehta
August 21, 2015
This edited volume identifies the various country specific factors that warrant changes in the design and implementation of competition laws. The book covers case studies of nine countries of differing sizes and at varying stages of economic development, that have at one stage or another repealed...
Knowledge and Innovation in Regional Industry: An Entrepreneurial Coalition
1st Edition
By Roel Rutten
May 22, 2015
This superb new book develops a knowledge-based theory of innovation, marrying three streams of literature: innovation, inter-firm collaboration and networks, and learning regions. This book will interest all those working in economic geography and the economics of innovation....
The Economics of Creativity: Ideas, Firms and Markets
1st Edition
Edited
By Thierry Burger-Helmchen
May 22, 2015
Understanding the economic implication of creative individuals and firms is at the heart of the new economy and of related fields such as the economics of knowledge, the economics of science and innovation management. This book brings together a panel of theoretical and empirical contributions ...
Territory, specialization and globalization in European Manufacturing
1st Edition
By Helena Marques, Francisco Puig
April 07, 2015
Although traditional manufacturing (textiles, clothing, footwear, furniture, etc) has been in decline in developed countries, it still represents an important part of European employment due to its labour-intensive character. Moreover, its geographical concentration particularly exposes certain ...
Epistemic Economics and Organization: Forms of Rationality and Governance for a Wiser Economy
1st Edition
By Anna Grandori
March 04, 2015
This book proposes a new approach to economics, management and organization that should help in making economic organization ‘wise’, ‘innovative’ and ‘robust’ in an uncertain and risky world. Although the modern economy and society is ‘knowledge intensive’, Anna Grandori argues that the dominant ...
Knowledge, Innovation and Internationalisation: Essays in Honour of Cesare Imbriani
1st Edition
Edited
By Piergiuseppe Morone
March 04, 2015
As firms increasingly rely on knowledge as a key factor for innovation, the ability to innovate is increasingly perceived as a key asset for being competitive in international markets. This new volume argues that innovation, knowledge and internationalisation should be viewed as tightly related ...
Universities, Cities and Regions: Loci for Knowledge and Innovation Creation
1st Edition
Edited
By Roberta Capello, Agnieszka Olechnicka, Grzegorz Gorzelak
March 04, 2015
Regions and cities are the natural loci where knowledge is created, and where it can be easily turned into a commercial product. Regions are territories where, under certain socio-economic conditions, a strong sense of belonging and mutual trust develops the ability to transform information and ...
Entry and Post-Entry Performance of Newborn Firms
1st Edition
By Marco Vivarelli
February 09, 2015
Entry and Post-Entry Performance of Newborn Firms focuses on newborn firms, analyzing the determinants of entry, survival and post-entry performance. Written by a world leading expert on industrial dynamics, whose previous book The Employment Impact of Innovation was very popular, this book ...
Climates of Global Competition
1st Edition
By Maria Bengtsson
December 23, 2014
Climates of Competition studies the innovations and manoeuvres of geographically proximate competitors to further understand the nature and dynamics of competition.Through case-studies of manufacturers competing for shares in three industrial markets - agricultural machinery, processing equipment ...