Do political decentralisation and inter state competition favour innovation and growth? There has long been a lively …. The existing literature tends to assume that the beneficial effects of inter state competition have been confined to … European history. By contrast, China, India and the Islamic Middle East are regarded as inherently imperial and overcentralised …

The definition and measurement of productivity in services raises important conceptual, methodological and strategic …pt. 1. Productivity : definitions and methods of measurement -- pt. 2. Productivity : determinants and strategies …

competition in investment locations and for setting benchmarks against leading country competitors. …

1. Introduction and overview -- 2. Performance measurement in management literature -- 3. Perspectives of … practice -- 6. Measurement concepts and implications -- 7. Developing a generalizable model for measuring organizational …

measurement of R&D and innovation performance …

&D activities and the measurement of their performances. The framework encompasses a set of hierarchical, interrelated levels at … which R&D evaluation and performance measurement could be undertaken. This enlightening book focuses on the single … industrial firm to study performance measurement of R&D functions, projects and individual researchers or engineers. It also …

, Amsterdam: North-Holland -- Findlay, Christopher and Tony Warren (eds.) (2000), Impediments to Trade in Services: Measurement … -- Francois, Joseph F. and Ian Wooton (2001), 'Trade and Competition in Shipping Services and the GATS', Review of International … and Carlos Braga (eds.) (2009), Trade Preference Erosion: Measurement and Policy Response, London: Palgrave MacMillan and …