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Concise introduction to global supply chain management
Kotabe, Masaaki - 2024
"Our Elgar Concise Introductions are inspiring and considered. They explain the key principles in business and are expertly written by some of the world's leading scholars. The aims of the series are two-fold: to pinpoint essential concepts of business and management, and to offer insights that...
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Firm size, innovation, and market structure : the evolution of industry concentration and instability
Mazzucato, Mariana - 2000
Firm Size, Innovation and Market Structure uses evolutionary dynamic theory, non-linear mathematics and computer … simulation techniques to explore the relationship between firm size, innovation and market structure. The book begins by … how analytical tools may be used in order to explore Schumpeterian propositions regarding firm size, innovation and the …
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Fast growing firms in a slow growth economy : institutional conditions for innovation
Visintin, Francesca (contributor);  … - 2016
Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: innovation beyond national systems fragility: institutional bricolage …. 'reassembling the social', in entrepreneurial innovation and academic entrepreneurship studies: the 'amphibious scientists …Europe needs more innovative companies that grow quickly and end up big. This book examines SME growth, innovation and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419812
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Multinationals and emerging economies : the quest for innovation and sustainability
Duysters, Geert (contributor); Costa, Ionara (contributor);  … - 2009
, emerging economies and innovation from a variety of different perspectives. Innovation is regarded as a core driving force in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850739
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Innovation, economic growth and the firm : theory and evidence of industrial dynamics
Salies, Evens (contributor); Gaffard, Jean-Luc (contributor) - 2010
contributions by established scholars. Challenging contributions revisit Marshall's view on the management of innovation … knowledge-based economy and firm networks in technology development. Firm survival and performance, price-cost margins and the …pt. 1. Evolutionary theories of the firm -- pt. 2. Firms : formation and growth -- pt. 3. Firms : performance and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851132
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The cutting edge : innovation and entrepreneurship in New Europe
Welter, Friederike (contributor); Aidis, Ruta (contributor) - 2008
This original selection of case studies from eight new EU member countries looks at the ability of entrepreneurs to develop innovative and successful firms in an environment of turbulent social and economic change
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851911
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Creating ecological value : an evolutionary approach to business strategies and the natural environment
Boons, Frank - 2009
Firms adopt a wide variety of ecological strategies, ranging from the development of innovative products with reduced environmental impact to lobbying against governmental attempts to set standards for the way in which firms deal with the natural environment. This book explores this variety and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850733
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Cross-national appropriation of work systems : Japanese firms in the UK
Saka, Ayse - 2003
The diffusion of work processes across countries through foreign direct investment and technological collaborations is an increasingly important practice in today's global economy. Ayse Saka explores this process both by focusing on the role of actors in appropriating different ways of operating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850874
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New directions in the study of work and employment : revitalizing industrial relations as an academic enterprise
Whalen, Charles J. (contributor) - 2008
Charles Whalen's book identifies avenues leading to the revitalization of industrial relations as an academic discipline. The contributors, a stellar assemblage of the field's leading scholars, demonstrate there is much work to be done: the scope and intellectual content of industrial relations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851299
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The myth of Japanese efficiency : the world car industry in a globalizing age
Coffey, Dan - 2006
Combining case studies with accessible but rigorous production models and historical background, this provocative book challenges accepted views on Japanese production methods in the world car industry. The book argues that the 'lean and flexible' production model popularly associated with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851708