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 …

1. Innovation policies in a globalised world -- 2. The Japanese model of low government intervention -- 3. The South …

's national innovation ecosystem -- Conclusion: A comparison of national & regional innovation ecosystems, with emphasis on …'Frenkel and Maital provide a ground-breaking deeply-delving study of innovation systems, offering guidance for …-founder, Global Advanced Technology Innovation Consortium (GATIC). 'A must read for national policy makers, this book highlights the …

Machine generated contents note: 1 Technology and entrepreneurship 1 -- 2 Knowledge, innovation and firm size 24 -- 3 … Local geographic spillovers 44 -- 4 Sectoral characteristics 63 -- 5 Innovation of entrepreneurial firms 74 -- 6 Capital … structure, innovation and firm size 98 -- 7 Employment growth in metropolitan areas 115 -- 8 Employment, wages and R …

. Public organizations that fail are more often than not protected and allowed to continue even though their efficiency is …

Introducing the myth of Japanese efficiency -- Wide selection : a myth encountered -- Production malapropisms : the BMW … totalizing myth : Japanese efficiency as a cultural fiction …

Comparison of Multiple Models, Chapter 7, New York: Academic Press, 163-83 -- Paul M. Hirsch and Daniel Z. Levin (1999 … Management of Innovation, Chapter 8, London: Tavistock Press, 103-8 -- Paul R. Lawrence and Jay W. Lorsch (1967), 'High … Strategic Innovation and Change, Chapter 11, New York: Oxford University Press, 162-70, 171 -- D. Harold Doty, William H. Glick …