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1. Formula Funding of Public Services

   By Peter C. Smith

   Series: Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks

   The use of formulae has become widespread in recent years across most developed countries. In the UK, a conservative estimate is that annually £150 billion of public service expenditure is distributed using formulae, in services such as health care, local government, social security and higher...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. Working in the Service Sector

   A Tale from Different Worlds

   Edited by Gerhard Bosch, Steffen Lehndorff

   Series: Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks

   The rise to prominence of the service sector - heralded over half a century ago as the great hope for the twenty-first century - has come to fruition. In many cases, employment in the service sector now outnumbers that in manufacturing sectors, and it is accepted that in all developed countries,...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. Knowledge Flows in European Industry

   Edited by Yannis Caloghirou, Anastasia Constantelou, Nicholas Vonortas

   Series: Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks

   The channels and mechanisms of knowledge flows define the links that make up production and innovation systems. As such, they relate directly or indirectly to all policies that affect such systems. Knowledge flows are also directly related to intellectual property protection policies and...

   Published October 21st 2012 by Routledge
4. Change in the Construction Industry

   An Account of the UK Construction Industry Reform Movement 1993-2003

   By David M. Adamson, Anthony H. Pollington

   Series: Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks

   The UK construction industry is the sixth largest industry in the UK in terms of turnover. During the last decade, it has undergone an unprecedented period of self-examination, including input from most of the leaders of the major suppliers and clients as well as from leading politicians, civil...

   Published October 21st 2012 by Routledge
5. Uniting Diverse Organizations

   Managing Goal-Oriented Advocacy Networks

   By Angel Saz-Carranza

   Series: Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks

   Networks are made up of organizations. Often a central unit, or "Network Administrative Organization" (NAO), manages an entire network of organizations that collaborate to achieve an overall network-level goal. Goal-directed networks are those that come together to achieve a shared objective, in...

   Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge
6. Strategic and Organizational Change

   From Production to Retailing in UK Brewing 1950-1990

   By Alistair Mutch

   Series: Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks

   The brewing industry, through its network of public houses, has a profound impact on the lives of much of the population of United Kingdom. Exploring the shaping of this industry in the years from 1950-1990, this book shows how it has moved from being largely concerned with the technical issues of...

   Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge
7. Towards better Performing Transport Networks

   By Bart Jourquin, Piet Rietveld, Kerstin Westin

   Series: Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks

   The performance of current transport systems is inadequate when viewed in terms of economic efficiency, sustainability and safety. Drawing together key an impressive list of contributors from the vast field of transportation economics including Kenneth Button, David Banister and Juan...

   Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge
8. Government Managing Risk

   Income Contingent Loans for Social and Economic Progress

   By Bruce Chapman

   Series: Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks

   Higher education rates are increasing throughout the Western world, yet at the same time, government budgets face increasing constraints. This has ensured that the importance of student support is recognized in many countries. In recent years there has been a world-wide movement towards the use of...

   Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge
9. Privatisation and Financial Collapse in the Nuclear Industry

   The Origins and Causes of the British Energy Crisis of 2002

   By Simon Taylor

   Series: Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks

   A timely contribution and incisive analysis, this is the story of the British experiment in privatizing the nuclear power industry and its subsequent financial collapse. It tells how the UK's pioneering role in nuclear power led to bad technology choices, a badly flawed restructuring of the...

   Published June 13th 2012 by Routledge
10. Procuring Complex Performance

    Studies of Innovation in Product-Service Management

    Edited by Nigel Caldwell, Mickey Howard

    Series: Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks

    This book examines the management of Procuring Complex Performance (PCP) in large-scale programmes that includes the downstream support phase in sectors such as construction, healthcare, transport, aerospace, marine and defence. It brings together a series of edited chapters to explain why the...

    Published May 29th 2012 by Routledge