Industrial Economics Books

New and Published Books

1. The Coal Question (Routledge Revivals)

   Political Economy and Industrial Change from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day

   By Ben Fine

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   The coal industry has always occupied a symbolic place in British economic and political life, inspiring debates and arousing passions throughout the last two centuries. This account of the economics of coal, first published in 1990, is unique in its comprehensive three-part approach. First, Ben...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. Local Industrial Clusters

   Existence, Emergence and Evolution

   By Thomas Brenner

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

   The key approach taken in this book is that all local economic clusters have something in common - specific case-studies are thus put into wider perspective in a masterly study that will be of keen interest to both economists and geographers....

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. The Emerging Industrial Structure of the Wider Europe

   Edited by F. McGowan, S. Radosevic, Nick Von Tunzelman

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

   The latest wave of European Union expansion has brought many central and Eastern European countries into the fold. Unlike previous enlargements however, the latest new members are also undergoing radical economic reform as they reintegrate into international economy.This book reviews the changing...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
4. 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
5. Interfirm Networks in the Japanese Electronics Industry

   By Ralph Paprzycki

   Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

   Interfirm Networks in the Japanese Electronics Industry analyses changes in production networks in the Japanese electronics industry. Japan's post-war success in the assembly industries is frequently attributed to innovative approaches to the organization of production: Japanese assemblers have...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
6. The State and Business in the Major Powers

   An Economic History 1815-1939

   By Robert Millward

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

   In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the state emerged as a major player in the economies of the Western World. This important new volume provides an economic history for the period 1815-1939 of state/business relations in the major powers: France, Germany, Japan, Russia, UK and the USA. The book...

   Published March 7th 2013 by Routledge
7. Principles of Agricultural Economics

   By Andrew Barkley, Paul W. Barkley

   This book showcases the power of economic principles to explain and predict issues and current events in the food, agricultural, agribusiness, international trade, natural resources and other sectors. The result is an agricultural economics textbook that provides students and instructors with a...

   Published February 25th 2013 by Routledge
8. Minimum Wages, Pay Equity, and Comparative Industrial Relations

   By Damian Grimshaw

   Series: Routledge Research in Employment Relations

   With growing concern about the conditions facing low wage workers and new challenges to traditional forms of labor market protection, this book offers a timely analysis of the purpose and effectiveness of minimum wages in different European countries. Building on original industry case studies, the...

   Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge
9. Freight Transport and the Modern Economy

   By Michel Savy, June Burnham

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

   Freight Transport and the Modern Economy adapts a well-known textbook by Michel Savy, revising, extending and updating it for British, European and international readers. It deals not only with the technical aspects of transport, logistics and supply chain management, but also the interactions...

   Published February 7th 2013 by Routledge
10. 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