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Entrepreneurship and Openness
Edited by David B. Audretsch, Robert E. Litan, Robert Strom
A growing body of evidence has documented the critical role that entrepreneurs play in fostering economic growth. But entrepreneurs can only be expected to take risks in ‘open settings’, where individuals and firms are free to contract w...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Public or Private Economies of Knowledge?
Mark Harvey, Andrew McMeekin
This book presents an analytical framework for understanding the shifting ‘great divide’ in capitalist economies of knowledge. The authors develop a novel economic sociology of innovation, based on the ‘instituted economic process’ app...eBook:Find out more$55.16
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The Modern Firm, Corporate Governance and Investment
Edited by Per-Olof Bjuggren, Dennis C. Mueller
This book explores the revolutionary development of the theory of the firm over the past 35 years. Despite rapid progress in the field, new developments in the microeconomic and industrial organization literature have been relatively sca...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Long-run Growth, Social Institutions and Living Standards
Edited by Neri Salvadori, Arrigo Opocher
This engaging book contains a set of original contributions to the much-debated issues of long-run economic growth in relation to institutional and social progress.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Growth of Firms
Alex Coad
Much progress has been made in empirical research into firm growth in recent decades due to factors such as the availability of detailed longitudinal datasets, more powerful computers and new econometric techniques. This book provides an...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Creating Value through Innovation
Angelo Dringoli
In open and dynamic markets, only innovation can give a firm a competitive advantage and with it the superior cash flows that generate value. Using analytical models, this timely book analyses the conditions under which innovation strate... -
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The Entrepreneur as Business Leader
Silke Scheer
An entrepreneur who decides to found a firm and to hire employees has to tackle two central problems: their employees’ coordination and motivation. Drawing on findings from cognitive, social and organizational psychology, this book sheds...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Protest and Social Movements in the Developing World
Edited by Shinichi Shigetomi, Kumiko Makino
In this insightful book, the contributors focus on the impact of contextual factors on social movements in the developing world, pushing major existing theories beyond their traditional focus.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Edited by M. A. Mohamed Salih
This unique book provides cutting-edge knowledge and analyses of the consequences that climate change will have for sustainable development and poverty reduction within the context of global development.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Population Ageing, Pensions and Growth
John Creedy, Ross Guest
This highly topical book explores key issues in evaluating the long-run implications of population ageing for pensions, taxation, intergenerational equity and social welfare. -
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Public Sector Leadership
Edited by Jeffrey A. Raffel, Peter Leisink, Anthony E. Middlebrooks
The authors of this book define the issues facing public authorities and organizations in a range of developed nations as they address the challenges of the 21st century. They examine an array of ways leaders across these nations are add...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Cases in Technological Entrepreneurship
Edited by Claudio Petti
The book examines from different perspectives a number of fundamental issues in the process of transforming technological innovations into profits. Key cases and field insights from distinguished contributors show the role and the prac...eBook:Find out more$40.00