competitive efficiency which, in turn, can lead to enhanced growth. This important new book gauges how far India has been …

first English language study in the literature to address the efficiency issue of the Chinese insurance sector, and presents … a comprehensive review on alternative methodologies for analyzing firm efficiency …ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. China's insurance market - development issues -- ch. 3. Review of efficiency studies in …

systems, supply chains and business organizations. Using economic and institutional theory, the book presents a vision for …

theory to be consistent with the mechanisms which guide the workings of the human mind. The author begins by presenting an …

developments in institutional theory are illustrated by using a case study of institutional change in the regulation of water use …

developments in learning and game theory, transaction costs and evolutionary economics to provide new insights into economic and …

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Kathleen M. Eisenhardt (1989), 'Agency Theory: An Assessment and Review', Academy of Management Review, 14 (1), January … in Outsourcing to China: Estimating the Property-Rights Theory of the Firm', Quarterly Journal of Economics, 120 (2), May …: Managing the Efficiency and Adaptability Trade-Off', Strategic Management Journal, 33 (2), February, 189-216 -- Jeremy Howells …