Model of OIP lifecycle management and activities in each phase -- Process of designing an OIP from a socio-technical perspective -- Challenges in the lifecycle of OIPs and mechanisms to address them.-Typology of OIP projects -- Functions of open innovation intermediaries

Spatial Monopsony -- Simple Static Monopsony -- Short-Run Spatial Monopsony -- Long-Run Spatial Monopsony -- Spatial Monopsony and the Gender Pay Gap -- Spatial Monopsony and Regional Differences in the Gender Pay Gap -- Dynamic Monopsony -- Simple Dynamic Monopsony -- A General Equilibrium...

Over the last decades, technological progress has brought about a multitude of standardization problems. For instance, compatibility standards ensure the interoperability of goods, which is of decisive importance when users face positive externalities in consumption. Consumers' expectations are...

The global crisis has led to dramatic increases in unemployment rates over most of the countries of the OECD. This book provides alternative explanations of this phenomenon. Junankar begins with surveys of the labour market: labour demand, labour supply, and labour force participation. He argues...

Companies' decision-making and planning systems find themselves in a constant tug of war between strategic and financial considerations. This work analyzes these two opposing currents in business thinking, dissecting their differences and identifying their best practices

This book provides insight into the implementation of Life Cycle approaches along the entire business value chain, supporting environmental, social and economic sustainability related to the development of industrial technologies, products, services and policies; and the development and...

Preface -- Dedication to an entrepreneur -- Chapter 1: The challenges of good management -- Chapter 2: The art of guiding a company through its lifecycle -- Chapter 3: “How do you manage?” -- Interviews with entrepreneurs and business leaders -- Chapter 4: The mark of good management