Industrial Economics Books

New and Published Books

1. Technological Change and Network Effects in Growth Regimes

   Exploring the Microfoundations of Economic Growth

   By Torsten Heinrich

   Series: Routledge Advances in Heterodox Economics

   In this new volume it is argued that network effects are much more common than usually assumed, and that they have a profound impact on many aspects of economic systems, especially technological change and economic growth. The analysis and modelling of this interrelationship is the central focus of...

   Published February 3rd 2013 by Routledge
2. The Economics of Creativity

   Ideas, Firms and Markets

   Edited by Thierry Burger-Helmchen

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

   Understanding the economic implication of creative individuals and firms is at the heart of the new economy and of related fields such as the economics of knowledge, the economics of science and innovation management. This book brings together a panel of theoretical and empirical contributions...

   Published January 27th 2013 by Routledge
3. Small and Medium Enterprises in India

   Infirmities and Asymmetries in Industrial Clusters

   By Satyaki Roy

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   Small and medium enterprises (SME) have attracted increasing interest in the last few years, and industrialization is no longer seen as a linear way of development. This book analyzes how SME clusters emerge in a developing economy. Using India as a case study, it addresses one central question: If...

   Published January 27th 2013 by Routledge
4. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism (Routledge Revivals)

   A Study of Machine Production

   By J. A. Hobson

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   Hobson’s The Evolution of Modern Capitalism was first published in 1894, although this reissue is of the fourth edition, published in 1926. The work traces the developments in trade and industry which characterised the first decades of the twentieth century. In the first part, Hobson deals with the...

   Published January 23rd 2013 by Routledge
5. Problems of a New World (Routledge Revivals)

   By J.A. Hobson

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1921, Problems of a New World deals with the economic and political issues that arose from the First World War. The first three parts of the study consider the world before the war, and the interests, purposes and ideals which influenced the national psyche during the years which...

   Published January 23rd 2013 by Routledge
6. An Economic Geography of Oil (Routledge Revivals)

   By Peter Odell

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   An Economic Geography of Oil, first published in 1963, analyses the reasons behind the spatial distribution of the different sectors of the world oil industry. In the first part of the book, Peter Odell examines the pattern of the world supply of oil, showing the important changes that took place...

   Published January 23rd 2013 by Routledge
7. The Industrial System (Routledge Revivals)

   An Inquiry into Earned and Unearned Income

   By J. Hobson

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1909 and reissued in 1910, J. A. Hobson’s The Industrial System provides a complex analysis of distribution and consumption. Offering a critique of contemporary capitalism whilst accepting the superiority of the free market, the book includes an exploration of areas such as cost...

   Published January 23rd 2013 by Routledge
8. The Physiology of Industry (Routledge Revivals)

   By J. Hobson, A. Mummery

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   The Physiology of Industry is a remarkable work which set out to challenge contemporary theory surrounding the economics of labour, supply and demand. First published in 1889, Hobson’s first book outlines some of the key areas of his theory of underconsumption. The precise contribution of Mummery,...

   Published January 23rd 2013 by Routledge
9. Capital Inflation and the Multinationals (Routledge Revivals)

   By Charles Levinson

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   Inflation is the economic plague of the modern world, completely undermining conventional theory and policies for its containment, and setting governments, management and labour on a dangerous collision course. Its alarming spread is only paralleled by the expansion of multinational corporations,...

   Published January 23rd 2013 by Routledge
10. Servitization, IT-ization and Innovation Models

    Two-Stage Industrial Cluster Theory

    Edited by Hitoshi Hirakawa, Kaushalesh Lal, Shinkai Naoko, Norio Tokumaru

    This book looks at two-stage industrial cluster theory and new innovation models in the context of the IT-ization and servitization of products. The formation of industrial clusters, such as export processing zones and special economic zones, has been the preferred mechanism for developing...

    Published January 17th 2013 by Routledge