Scale characteristics are key properties of production functions that determine optimal firm sizes, and have considerable policy implications for sectors undergoing restructuring. However, estimates of scale characteristics typically vary with the assumptions of the underlying empirical model....

Organisation capital is one of the key intangible assets of firms, driving innovation and firm performance. Measuring this asset has been notoriously difficult, however. Differently to other intangible assets, firms do not build up organisation capital primarily by monetary investment but rather...

This book explains a new, combined approach to optimizing processes in manufacturing companies. Building on well-known philosophies such as Lean Management, Six Sigma and Agile Methods/SCRUM as well as their methods and tools, it introduces the LEO-3D philosophy developed by the author and its...