Chapter 1. Overview of Mergers & Acquisitions -- Chapter 2. The Economic Effects of Antitrust Laws on M&A Markets -- Chapter 3. M&A Policies Review under the Competition and National Security Laws in the United States -- Chapter 4. M&A Policies Review under the Competition and National Security...

This open access book provides answers to key open questions concerning competition policy in emerging economies, with a focus on South Eastern Europe. The contributions address two major issues. One is the design of competition policy and the national competition authorities that enforce it,...

This book is Volume II of a two-volume set on antitrust policy, analyzing the economic efficiency and moral desirability of various kinds of antitrust-policy-coverable conduct and various possible government responses to such conduct, including US and EU antitrust law. The overall study consists...

Digital Twins in the Industry: Maturity, Functions, Effects -- Architecting Digital Twin-Driven Transformation in the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Sector -- Practical Application of the Concept of Digital Twins in the Aviation Sector -- Digital Revolution in the Energy Sector: Effects of...

Chapter 1: A Batch Scheduling Model for a Three-Stage Flowshop With Batch Processor and Heterogeneous Job Processor to Minimize Total Actual Flowtime -- Chapter 2: Batch scheduling of unique and common components for a three-stage hybrid flow shop processing different product types with multiple...

1. The Integrated State of Global Production Chain -- 2. Bismarck and German Consensus -- 3. The Meiji Restoration and Industrial Focus -- 4. The New Rome and The US Exceptionalism -- 5. The Current Entrenched Global Gentrification -- 6. The Balancing Acts by Large Industrial Economies -- 7. The...

Energy policies play a pivotal part in helping countries achieve their sustainable development goals. Further, energy is one of the critical raw materials in companies’ production processes. Therefore, ensuring a steady energy supply is essential to increasing production; otherwise, countries...

Chapter 1. Introduction: Governance, Rent-seeking and Upgrading in Global Value Chains -- Part I: Interdisciplinary Theoretical Contributions – Framing The Debate -- Chapter 2. Contemporary Globalization and Value Systems: What Gains for Developing Countries? -- Chapter 3. Global Value Chains...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The License Giver Business Concept -- Chapter 3: The Intrinsic-Motivated Crowd -- Chapter 4: The Fear of Innovation -- Chapter 5: The Not-Invented-Here Syndrome -- Chapter 6: The Rise and Decline of Innovative Capability -- Chapter 7: The License Giver...

Deutschlands Erfolgsrezept - Soziale Marktwirtschaft -- Chinas Weg von alter zu neuer Stärke - ein Abriss einer einzigartigen Transformation -- Deutschland versus China – verbindet die beiden Nationen mehr als sie trennt? -- Deutschland und China – Kulturen und wirtschaftlicher Erfolg --...