Jati K. Sengupta examines the market dynamics of the evolution of industry and the impact of new technology with R&D and knowledge capital. The book builds the theory of innovations in the contexts of the high-tech industries of today such as computing and telecommunications

Intro -- Note to the Paperback Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I - Introduction: Scale and Scope -- 1. The Modern Industrial Enterprise -- 2. Scale, Scope, and Organizational Capabilities -- Part II - The United States: Competitive Managerial Capitalism -- 3. The Foundations of...

The determinants of a firm's innovative capacity are rooted in organizational design, incentives, human resources, internal culture, and external linkages. Profiting from innovation is always a challenge and licensing is one of many options

Economists have had little success in explaining the rarity of worker-controlled firms. This book provides case studies of such firms and surveys the available evidence on their design and behavior. It outlines a policy proposal to encourage employee buyouts of conventional firms

Industrial organization and the digital economy / Gerhard Illing and Martin Peitz -- Software patents / Chaim Fershtman and Neil Gandal -- Software platforms / David S. Evans, Andrew Hagiu, and Richard Schmalensee -- Digital music / Martin Petiz and Patrick Waelbroeck -- Economists examine file...

The Dynamics of German Industry -- Series Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- 2. The Splendor and Misery of Rhine Capitalism -- II. The German Empire-Hothouse of Postindustrial Institutions -- 1. From Liberalism to the Coordinated Production Regime -- 2....

TRUST AND POWER ON THE SHOP FLOOR -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- CHAPTER 1 Paradoxes on the shop floor -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The shop floor in stories -- 3 A 'new world of work' -- 4 Responsibility in a technological age -- 5 Motive, research questions, and objectives -- CHAPTER 2 New...

The regulation of financial markets has for years been the domain of lawyers, legislators, and lobbyists. In this unique volume, experts in industrial organization, finance, and law, as well as members of regulatory agencies and the securities industry, examine the securities industry from an...