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Astute Competition
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007; US$ 104.00Examines the interaction between changes in technology and the strategic management of the firm more...
Privatisation Performance in Major European Countries Since 1980
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 125.00Major theoretical approaches stress the superiority of privately-owned over state-owned companies without addressing how corporate performance should best be measured. This book investigates performance of both private and state-owned, applying factor analysis to compare the two states. more...
Privatization in Transition Economies
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007; US$ 120.00Lessons from (and for) transition economies. more...
Competitive Regional Clusters
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2007; US$ 70.00In todays globalising world, the regional specialisations built up over decades are transforming rapidly. Many regions that were historically production centres in a given sector are losing out to lower-cost locations and reorienting to higher value-added niches. National programmes to promote cluster-based approaches -- linking firms,... more...
Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2005; US$ 49.00Presents the OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises as well as a comparative overview of main practices and issues related to corporate governance of state-owned enterprises in the OECD area. The analytical part of the report examines the scale of these enterprises in OECD countries, organisation of the ownership function,... more...
The Influence of National Competition Policy on the International Competitiveness of Nations
Springer 2008; US$ 119.99Two fields of economic research in competition policy have gained in importance in times of economic globalization. Firstly, globalization has resurrected the debate whether there is a need for international competition rules against private anticompetitive practices and how these rules could be implemented in the best way. Secondly, the concept of... more...
Competition Policy Analysis
Springer 2008; US$ 129.99Develops an integrated approach of competition policy analysis. Based on the assumption that the deterrence of anticompetitive behaviour is the fundamental aim of competition policy rules and their enforcement, this work identifies three pivotal levels of such an integrated approach: a fundamental level, a strategic level and an operational level. more...
Youth Entrepreneurship and Local Development in Central and Eastern Europe
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2008; US$ 124.95This book analyses the opportunities and barriers for youth entrepreneurship amid systemic change in Central and Eastern Europe. The authors cover different aspects of youth entrepreneurship and its contribution to the debate on youth unemployment in transition economies. more...
Neighbor Networks
OUP Oxford 2010; US$ 22.99There is a moral to this book, a bit of Confucian wisdom often ignored in social network analysis: "Worry not that no one knows you, seek to be worth knowing." This advice is contrary to the usual social network emphasis on securing relations with well-connected people. Neighbor Networks examines the cases of analysts, bankers, and managers,... more...
The Global Urban Competitiveness Report - 2010
Edward Elgar Publishing 2010; US$ 60.00The Global Urban Competitiveness Report ? 2010 is an empirical study of the competitiveness of 500 cities around the world. This one-of-a-kind resource draws on a wealth of data sources, all of which are described and assessed. Using a sophisticated methodology and a team of 100 researchers from the Chinese Academy of Social Science, the book not only... more...









