Contents: 1. Financialization and the corporation in the twenty-first century -- 2. Capitalist development -- 3. Widening of the market and the transition from scarcity to abundance -- 4. Role of the corporation -- 5. Failure of federal policy to achieve social control -- 6. Corporations and...

Introduction: what is the current state of knowledge transfer at research institutions in Europe, what are the main challenges and why does it matter? / Sven H. De Cleyn and Gunter Festel -- Part I shaping the ecosystem -- 1. I3P as university business incubator - a dual mission in technology...

Ronald H. Coase, one of the most innovative and provocative economists of the twentieth century, has had a lasting influence in economics, law and economics, organization theory, management and political science. In this comprehensive Companion, 31 leading economists, social scientists and legal...

1. Evolutionary method in law and economics -- 2. Causes and consequences of the widening of the market: a case of cumulative economic evolution -- 3. The corporate form and the state -- 4. Interstate commerce and state regulation of business -- 5. Interstate commerce and federal regulation of...

Contents: Introduction: the aim and structure of the book -- 1. Language and organization -- 2. The discourse of 'organizational discourse -- 3. The power of metaphors -- 4. Discourse as a map -- 5. Discourse as organizing -- 6. Discource as mask: silence, emptiness and ambiguity in discourse --...

pt. 1. Culture, obesity and institutions -- pt. 2. Obesity and the individual -- pt. 3. Obesity and business -- pt. 4. Obesity and government -- pt. 5. Lessons from the past -- pt. 6. Policy conclusions.

Balancing the challenges of today with the promise of tomorrow : a presidential perspective / F. King Alexander -- Strengthening the academic presidency : recommendations for presidents and governing boards / Robert M. O'Neil -- Aligning institutional vision with policymakers' and the public's...

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Democratization in Taiwan and its impacts on the triangular relations -- pt. 3. Economic integration and security of the global supply chains -- pt. 4. US strategic and security interests in Asia -- pt. 5. Postscript.

Introduction / Colin Robinson -- 1. Beyond regulation / Stephen Littlechild -- Comment / Colin Robinson -- 2. Ronald coase and the spectrum question / Thomas W. Hazlett -- Comment / Leonard Waverman -- 3. European energy liberalisation : progress and problems / Jorge Vasconcelos -- Comment /...