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Author : Keith Pavitt
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349045616
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Technical Innovation and British Economic Performance written by Keith Pavitt and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Howard F. Gospel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521415276
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (214 download)
Download or read book Markets, Firms and the Management of Labour in Modern Britain written by Howard F. Gospel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-05-14 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1992, this book examines the development of employers' human resource management and industrial relations policies in Britain. It adopts a broad historical perspective, beginning with the inheritance from the nineteenth century and ending with an analysis of human resource management policies. It focuses on how managers organise the employment relationship, how they control work relations, and how they deal with trade unions and industrial relations. The author examines these in the context of the market within which the firm operates, and the strategy, structure and hierarchy of industrial enterprise. The book shows that historically British employers tended to adopt market-based strategies rather than internal ones.
Author : B. W. E. Alford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521557900
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (579 download)
Download or read book British Economic Performance 1945-1975 written by B. W. E. Alford and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-09-14 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The debate over 'Britain in Decline' is one that still rages in the academic, political and public spheres. In this concise study, B. W. E. Alford takes issue with those economists who have a mechanistic approach to the subject. Instead, he examines Britain's economic development since the Second World War within a wider framework of political, social and cultural factors. He discusses topics such as post-war reconstruction, the theory of 'too few producers', the alleged process of de-industrialisation, the role of sterling, business organisation and management, labour relations and the impact of government policy on Britain's economic development. Professor Alford provides a clear introduction to the subject along with a survey of recent literature, yet shows how complex and deep-rooted are the causes of the 'British Disease'.
Author : Partha Dasgupta
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521022217
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (222 download)
Download or read book Economic Policy and Technological Performance written by Partha Dasgupta and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-11-10 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide ranging contribution to the debate about the impact of technological change on economic and social welfare.
Author : H.W. de Jong
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401704937
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Mainstreams in Industrial Organization written by H.W. de Jong and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present two volumes contain the essays and part of the discussions as presented at the conference on Mainstreams in Industrial Organiza tion, held at the University of Amsterdam, 21-23 August 1985. The thema was chosen because the field of studies commonly designated "industrial organization" in the Anglo-Saxon countries, or "market theory" in Continental Europe, has experienced important alterations during the past decade. Partly this reflects changing theoretical views inside the field, in which shifts in the core concepts have occurred and different emphasis is laid on time-honoured views and results. Partly, critical views have been voiced from outside the field. As in all open scientific debate, they have to be weighed and, if necessary, taken into account. Partly also, diver gent developments in thinking between the Anglo-Saxon, European and Japanese areas need to be considered, because both the problems and the ways of approaching them still differ. The variety of views, theori~s and results is testimony to the vitality of this field of economics; variety is generated by the creative endeavours, from which the chaff is being beaten out by critical discussions. That is especially true for the concept of competition itself, which industrial organization economists are debating intensively.
Author : Dr Christopher Carr
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134987943
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)
Download or read book Britain's Competitiveness written by Dr Christopher Carr and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the widespread concern regarding British industry's ability to compete internationally. Through an analysis of the UK automotive components sector, the author examines the central issues at the core of the competitiveness debate and outlines why there has been such a widespread and severe decline in the performance of British manufacturing. It draws on findings from visits to thirty British manufacturers and also to thirty overseas manufacturers in Germany, the USA and Japan, matched on a product basis to allow comparisons and a genuine international perspective. The author concludes that competitive decline is due, in part, to a weakness in the strategic management capability of many UK companies, and also to the lack of adequate co-ordination and co-operation between customer and supplier industries. Dr Carr identifies the remaining areas of vulnerability and priorities for action, and finally considers the implications for Britain's overall competitiveness.
Author : Peter J. Buckley
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349064335
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Direct Investment in the United Kingdom by Smaller European Firms written by Peter J. Buckley and published by Springer. This book was released on 1983-06-18 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jamie Gough
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317707621
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)
Download or read book Work, Locality and the Rhythms of Capital written by Jamie Gough and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This theoretical and empirical study examines the relationship between the organisation of work, industrial relations, production spaces and the dynamics of capitalist investment. Jamie Gough explores the connections between labour process change, products, local economy and society, spaces and forms of competition, and firm's locational strategies. In a path-breaking analysis he shows that these are closely bound up with the business cycle and other rhythms of investment. Differences within the labour process are central to the argument. Gough explores the divisions between workers arising from these differences and from spatial flows of capital, and suggests strategies through which these divisions might be overcome.
Author : Karel Williams
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351244779
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)
Download or read book Why are the British Bad at Manufacturing? written by Karel Williams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-12 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1983, offers a new explanation for the poor performance of British manufacturing since 1950. Rather than invoke orthodox economic theory or general social factors, the book analyses four national conditions – enterprise control over the labour process; market structure and the composition of demand; the relation of manufacturing enterprise to financial institutions like banks and stock exchanges; and the relation of manufacturing enterprise to government.
Author : Nabil R. Adam
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400981260
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Productivity Analysis at the Organizational Level written by Nabil R. Adam and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1 Nabil R. Adam and Ali Dogramaci Measuring, analyzing, and improving productivity in a given organization is a complex process that involves the contributions of economists, industrial engineers, operations researchers, management scientists, and lawyers. The objective of this book is to provide the reader with a sample of original papers that relate to these productivity topics at the organizational level. In the book, the word organization refers to business firms and municipal organizations. The hook is divided into three parts: perspectives on productivity mea surement, a range of studies at the micro level, and some productivity issues in public organizations. Part I, which consists of three chapters, deals with productivity measurement. The first two chapters of this part cover a broad framework of measurement concepts and techniques; the last chapter, on the other hand, provides the reader with an example of productivity measurement for a specific industry (in this case, food retail ing). Thus, a spectrum of productivity measurement issues is covered in this part of the book.
Author : Harvey Brooks
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309037360
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Technology and Global Industry written by Harvey Brooks and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1987-02-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roger Mansfield
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317961285
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)
Download or read book Frontiers of Management (Routledge Revivals) written by Roger Mansfield and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection, first published in 1989, stems from the second annual meeting of the British Academy of Management, held at Cardiff Business School in 1988. With the focus on important areas of change affecting management practice and theory – in markets, technology and organizational structure - this volume contains a selection of material presented at the conference by leading scholars in the field. Their contributions provide multi-disciplinary views of organizational strategy, across a wide spectrum of business and industry, which will be of significant interest to any students of business structure and management.
Author : Derek H. Aldcroft
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351878360
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)
Download or read book Trade Unions and the Economy: 1870–2000 written by Derek H. Aldcroft and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do unions do and why do they do it? Do they seek to maximise profit for their members, or to obtain better working conditions that benefit society as a whole? Derek H. Aldcroft and Michael J. Oliver here provide one of the first sustained studies of the effects of union activities in terms of economic performance and the impact on the business world. From the rise of the British mass trade union movement in the 1870s to the present day, the book examines the main trends in union development and structure, and the core strategies unions have used to achieve their objectives: the use of strikes, work rules and restrictive practices; workers’ attitudes to innovation; the wage bargaining process. Important assessments are made of the influence of these strategies on investment, innovation, economic growth, and the cost of structure and competitiveness of the UK economy.
Author : Neil Hood
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135127859
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)
Download or read book Strategies in Global Competition (RLE International Business) written by Neil Hood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-04 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main thrust of Part 1 is to give some understanding of the concept of ‘global competition’. In doing so, the chapters rely heavily on industrial studies. Part 2 deals with two different aspects of this change viewed from two different perspectives. The one is economic and more macro: the other political and social and more micro, being concerned with the way in which companies have to utilize their various organisational units and integrate information on a fragmented environment into a strategic whole. Part 3 deals specifically with technology, as the particular segment of the environment which often has the largest impact on future strategies. In Part 4 the perspective of global competition is applied at industry, country and company levels and it is shown that this perspective adds new dimensions to old problems. The final parts address the problem of management in global competition.
Author : Hugo Radice
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317663225
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)
Download or read book Global Capitalism written by Hugo Radice and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this volume were published across the 1984-2011 period, and range across a variety of topics and approaches to investigate the changing nature of global capitalism as a social order. As such, they are a valuable and instructive account of the evolution of global capitalism and of the debates which sought to make sense of this; moreover, they enable us to understand more clearly how capitalism may change and evolve in the coming years and decades. The introduction provides a brief historical account of how global capitalism has changed since the 1960s, before summarising each of the essays, situating them more immediately in the context in which they were written. After sketching the evolution of his views over the period, the author concludes by discussing some important dimensions of global capitalism that need further study. The twelve essays are presented in four sections, dealing with the overarching theme of globalisation; the case of Britain; the developing regions of the global South and the former Soviet bloc; and the crisis that has gripped global capitalism since 2008. Presenting an interdisciplinary approach that corresponds with the emergence of international political economy as a distinct field of scholarship, this book will prove to be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of international political economy, politics, economics, international relations, development studies, human geography, critical sociology and business studies.
Author : Peter Enderwick
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113513393X
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)
Download or read book Multinational Service Firms (RLE International Business) written by Peter Enderwick and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-04 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a world survey of multinational firms in the key parts of the service sector. The service sector has grown greatly in importance in recent years in many countries of the world. Many of the key parts of the service sector that are growing most rapidly are dominated by large multinational firms and this has important implications for the future shape of the world economy and for closer economic integration between countries. In addition, the particular style and operations of multinational firms in one sector can provide useful lessons for multinational enterprise in other sectors. The book examines the operations and the style of the firms considered and explores how they dominate their sectors. It charts how the firms have developed, discusses the critical issues facing them; and suggests how present trends may continue in the future.
Author : Theo Nichols
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040121500
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)
Download or read book The British Worker Question written by Theo Nichols and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-10-21 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Worker Question (1986) examines the productivity of British workers, drawing upon a wide range of management, trade union and other sources, and spanning the traditional preserves of several other areas and disciplines – economic history, industrial administration, industrial relations and Marxism. It criticises much earlier research for its lack of a grounded sociological analysis of both workers and managements and for its lack of detailed attention to how goods and services are actually produced. The book accords a central place in its analysis of workers and productivity to the role of social organisation and management, matters which both the orthodox and Marxist traditions neglect.
