This book argues that economic activity in the public sphere now underwrites private corporations, and rejects rigid adherence to traditional economic theories that no longer apply. Adam Smith's widely used "merchant's model" assumes that most investment is private, when in fact research...

This book discusses both linear economic theory and its application to China's recent economy from, 1987-2000, with an emphasis on fixed capital. It starts with the development of Marx-Sraffa linear economic models with fixed capital. The author then addresses various topics, including formal...

Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Relationship between Economics and International Business Studies -- Chapter 2: Introduction to Modelling Techniques -- Chapter 3: Introduction to Monopoly -- Chapter 4: Introduction to Location -- Chapter 5: Division of Labour and Modularisation -- Chapter 6:...

Das Internet als Eckpfeiler der modernen Informationsgesellschaft hat sowohl neue, digitale Märkte geschaffen als auch bestehende Märkte grundlegend verändert. Auch wenn viele substanzlose Geschäftsideen mit dem Platzen der Dotcom-Blase ihr jähes Ende fanden, sind Unternehmen wie Amazon,...

Introduction -- Part I: Basic Concepts and Methods -- 1 Basic Mathematical Concepts and Methods -- 2 Basics of Computation -- 3 Basic Concepts and Methods of Probability Theory and Statistics -- Part II: Linear Algebra -- 4 Vectors -- 5 Matrix Algebra -- 6 Advance Topics in Matrix Algebra --...

Introduction -- Problems and Trends in Global Economic Dynamics (Including Specific Examples): Recent Developments on Asset Pricing with Heterogeneous Beliefs and Adaptive Behaviour of Financial Markets -- Modeling House Price Dynamics with Heterogeneous Speculators -- A Reconsideration of the...

The book brings into a focus all necessary mathematical knowledge necessary to understand the economics of multidimensional results screening and applies them straightaway to economic models. The first part of this book contains a review of vector calculus, the theory of partial differential...

Since the days of Lev Pontryagin and his associates, the discipline of Optimal Control has enjoyed a tremendous upswing - not only in terms of its mathematical foundations, but also with regard to numerous fields of application, which have given rise to highly active research areas. Few...