Understanding Industrial Organisations

Author : Prof Richard Brown,Richard Brown
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136098925

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Understanding Industrial Organizations by Prof Richard Brown,Richard Brown Pdf

Understanding Industrial Organizations critically reviews the approaches developed by industrial sociologists to analyze industrial organizations. It outlines four general perspectives on organizations - systems thinking, contingency approach, the action approach and labour process for a more adequate sociology of organizations. The book provides a clear, relevant and important contribution to the sociology of organizations.

Author : Joan Woodward
Publisher : Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039051128

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Industrial Organization by Joan Woodward Pdf

Industrial Organization: Theory and Practice has rightly been described as a "classic" in the history of organizational theory. First published in 1965 it was a major contribution to the development of contingency theory and our understanding of the relationship between technology and organizations.The book stood in marked contrast to the traditions of scientific management. Combining detailed empirical research and a pioneering analytical framework it suggested that technology and production systems played a crucial role in shaping effective organizational structures. In doing so Joan Woodward offered lasting insights into issues of levels of hierarchy and spans of management control - issues that today might be discussed in terms of "delayering" and "process re-engineering".Woodward's work was a springboard for much subsequent research and many of her specific observations have been widely debated and challenged. Yet, as Sandra Dawson and Dorothy Wedderburn write in their Introduction, "the main thesis of the book is well known...however, this is a book where to know its main thesis is no substitute for reading the book itself. Joan Woodward's ideas remain one of the cornerstones of our knowledge of our organizations."

Author : Giovanni Dosi,David J. Teece,Josef Chytry
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004-09-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191533457

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Understanding Industrial and Corporate Change by Giovanni Dosi,David J. Teece,Josef Chytry Pdf

Understanding Industrial and Corporate Change contains pioneering work on technological, organizational, and institutional change from leading theorists and practitioners such as Joseph Stiglitz, Oliver Williamson, Masahiko Aoki, Alfred D. Chandler Jr., and Sidney Winter. Trans-disciplinary in its approach, the book explores three distinct themes: Markets and Organizations; Evolutionary Theory and Technological Change; and Strategy, Capabilities, and Knowledge Management. The chapters are drawn from the journal Industrial and Corporate Change, reflecting the diverse contributions it has published since 1992 in such areas as business history, industrial organization, strategic management, organizational theory, innovation studies, organizational behavior, economics, political science, social psychology, and sociology. Understanding Industrial and Corporate Change provides an accessible account of recent research and theory on technological, organizational, and institutional change for academics and advanced students of Business and Management, Organization Theory, Technology and Innovation Studies, and Industrial Economics.

Author : Herman B. Henderson,Albert E. Haas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258583968

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Industrial Organization and Management Fundamentals by Herman B. Henderson,Albert E. Haas Pdf

Author : Luis M. B. Cabral
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262338943

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Introduction to Industrial Organization, second edition by Luis M. B. Cabral Pdf

An issue-driven introduction to industrial organization, thoroughly updated and revised. The study of industrial organization (IO)—the analysis of the way firms compete with one another—has become a key component of economics and of such related disciplines as finance, strategy, and marketing. This book provides an issue-driven introduction to industrial organization. Although formal in its approach, it is written in a way that requires only basic mathematical training. It includes a vast array of examples, from both within and outside the United States. This second edition has been thoroughly updated and revised. In addition to updated examples, this edition presents a more systematic treatment of public policy implications. It features added advanced sections, with analytical treatment of ideas previously presented verbally; and exercises, which allow for a deeper and more formal understanding of each topic. The new edition also includes an introduction to such empirical methods as demand estimation and equilibrium identification. Supplemental material is available online.

Author : Richard Schmalensee,Robert D. Willig
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Industrial organization (Economic theory)
ISBN : LCCN:88025138

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Handbook of Industrial Organization: Recent developments in the theory of regulation by Richard Schmalensee,Robert D. Willig Pdf

Author : Nicole Gillespie,C. Ashley Fulmer,Roy J. Lewicki
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780429829918

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Understanding Trust in Organizations by Nicole Gillespie,C. Ashley Fulmer,Roy J. Lewicki Pdf

Understanding Trust in Organizations: A Multilevel Perspective examines trust within organizations from a multilevel perspective, bringing together internationally renowned trust scholars to advance our understanding of how trust is affected by both macro and micro forces, such as those operating at the societal, institutional, network, organizational, team, and individual levels. Understanding Trust in Organizations synthesizes and promotes new scholarly work examining the emergence and embeddedness of multilevel trust within organizations. It provides a much-needed integration and novel conceptual advances regarding the dynamic interplay between micro and macro levels that influence trust. This volume brings new insights into how trust in groups, networks, and organizations forms, and why employees can differ in their trust in leaders and teams. Providing rich and nuanced insights into how to develop, maintain, and restore trust in the workplace, Understanding Trust in Organizations is a critical resource for scholars, graduate students, and researchers of industrial and organizational psychology, as well as practitioners in fields such as human resource management and strategic management. Chapter 8 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Author : Vaughan Coffey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781134093342

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Understanding Organisational Culture in the Construction Industry by Vaughan Coffey Pdf

Since the early 1980s, researchers and practitioners in the organisational and management fields have presumed a link between organisational, or corporate, culture and organisational performance. Whilst many believe this exists, other authors have been critical of the validity of such studies. Part of this doubt stems from a reliance on measures of organisational performance that are based purely on financial measures of business growth. Using the construction industry as the subject of his research, Vaughan Coffey traces the development of the literature on organisational culture and business effectiveness and investigates the culture-performance link using a new and highly objective measure of company performance and an evaluation of organisational culture, which is largely behaviourally-based. Providing a theoretical contribution to the field, this work shows that various cultural traits appear to be closely linked to objectively measured organisational effectiveness. This book will be valuable to professionals and researchers in the fields of management and public policy. It indicates directions for construction companies to develop and change, and in doing so strengthen their chances of remaining strong when opportunities for work might deplete and only the most successful companies will be able to survive.

Author : Joe S. Bain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 643 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Industrial organization
ISBN : OCLC:258526853

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Industrial Organization by Joe S. Bain Pdf

Author : B. Dankbaar,John Groenewegen,H. Schenk
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789400920736

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Perspectives in Industrial Organization by B. Dankbaar,John Groenewegen,H. Schenk Pdf

This book contains the key-note lectures and a selection of papers that were presented at the 15th Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Econo mics (EARlE) held under the auspices of GRASP at Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1988, plus an introductory chapter by the Editors. Upon suggestions by the Editors, all papers have been revised for this book, some more extensively than others. Robin Marris has added to his lecture a synopsis of the contributions to the Round Table on the Micro-Macro Interface which he chaired during the Conference. The papers cover issues that seem to be both interesting and relevant for the 1990s. While some of the papers are cast in a rather established research frame -enabling the use of regular academic routines - others are first attempts at delineating the contours of areas that are peripheral to what is often considered as the core of Industrial Organization. In their introductory chapter, the Editors set forth that a neglect of those areas may well relegate Industrial Organization to social irrelevancy. Therefore, it is hoped that the book will also contribute to a reflection on the main lines of Industrial Organization research for the 1990s -thus helping to create a healthy perspective for this part of economics at a time when macroeconomics is undergoing a severe crisis.

Author : DON. JENSEN WALDMAN (ELIZABETH.),Elizabeth Jane Jensen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-27
Category : Industrial organization
ISBN : 1138394270

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Industrial Organization by DON. JENSEN WALDMAN (ELIZABETH.),Elizabeth Jane Jensen Pdf

Industrial Organization: Theory and Practice punctuates its modern introduction to industrial organization with relevant empirical data, real world applications and case studies, to show students how to apply theoretical tools. Now in its fifth edition, the book continues to be a leading text in the field. All data, tables, empirical examples and cases in this new edition will be thoroughly updated. Further changes will include: A separate section on antitrust Expanded coverage of technological change, to incorporate more on optimal patent duration and spillover effects of research and development An expanded companion website with PowerPoint slides and additional questions and problems The book's mix of theory and application makes it the ideal undergraduate text for courses on industrial organization.

Author : Richard Schmalensee,Robert D. Willig
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1153616024

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Handbook of Industrial Organization by Richard Schmalensee,Robert D. Willig Pdf

Author : Edward Cadbury
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1290800642

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Experiments in Industrial Organizations; by Edward Cadbury Pdf

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Author : Arthur Beacham,L. J. Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Industrial organization
ISBN : UOM:39015031931598

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Economics of Industrial Organization by Arthur Beacham,L. J. Williams Pdf

Author : Lynne Pepall,Dan Richards,George Norman
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1405176326

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Industrial Organization by Lynne Pepall,Dan Richards,George Norman Pdf

The bestselling textbook, Industrial Organization, now in its fourth edition, uniquely uses the tools of game theory, information economics, contracting issues, practical examples, and optional econometric appendices to examine all facets of industrial organization and to enhance students' understanding of the strategic behavior of firms, the structure of markets, and imperfect competition. A new series of appendices that comprehensively explore relevant econometric issues will provide a more challenging and relevant option for instructors and students. Provides a comprehensive guide to industrial organization in the imperfect market conditions of the real world Includes coverage of the latest cutting edge research and public policy developments Features stronger coverage of information economics, contracting issues and game theory than other textbooks Instructor materials will be available. Visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/pepall for more information