The long-term impact of globalization, outsourcing, and technological change on workers is increasingly being studied by economists. At the nexus of labor economics, industry studies, and industrial organization, The Analysis of Firms and Employees presents new findings about these impacts by...

Key Features:The first book on disruption managementThe topics covered are large in scope and extensive in content, from production and airline scheduling to supply chain managementThe main author is internationally known as the pioneer of disruption management, in both industry and academia.

Take control and keep your company competitive. The controller's role in corporate America has become increasingly crucial and exceedingly complex. So how can new and established professionals enhance their performance and sustain their company's competitive advantage? With The Controller's...

This concise textbook presents students with all they need for advancing in mathematical economics. Detailed yet student-friendly, Vohra's book contains chapters in, amongst others:* Feasibility * Convex Sets * Linear and Non-linear Programming* Lattices and Supermodularity.Higher level...

Intro -- Contents -- Figures and tables -- Series foreword -- Contributors -- 1 Innovation by demand? An introduction - Andrew McMeekin, Ken Green, Mark Tomlinson and Vivien Walsh -- 2 Social mechanisms generating demand: a review and manifesto - Alan Warde -- 3 There's more to the economics of...

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART 1 ECONOMICS OF LANGUAGE -- CHAPTER 0 ECONOMICS AND LANGUAGE -- 0.1 Economics and language -- 0.2 Outline of the lectures -- 0.3 One more personal comment -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 1 CHOOSING THE SEMANTIC PROPERTIES...