Industry & Industrial Studies 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. China, Oil and Global Politics

   By Philip Andrews-Speed, Roland Dannreuther

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   China’s rapid economic growth has led to a huge increase in its domestic energy needs. This book provides a critical overview of how China’s growing need for oil imports is shaping its international economic and diplomatic strategy and how this affects global political relations and behaviour....

   Published January 28th 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. 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
5. Oil and World Power (Routledge Revivals)

   By Peter Odell

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   The oil industry is the world’s largest commercial enterprise. Its extent is global; international issues are consistently influenced by considerations of oil production and consumption, while the international communications networks of the larger oil companies rival those of many nations. In this...

   Published January 23rd 2013 by Routledge
6. 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
7. 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
8. Managing Forests as Complex Adaptive Systems

   Building Resilience to the Challenge of Global Change

   Edited by Christian Messier, Klaus J. Puettmann, K. David Coates

   Series: The Earthscan Forest Library

   This book links the emerging concepts of complexity, complex adaptive system (CAS) and resilience to forest ecology and management. It explores how these concepts can be applied in various forest biomes of the world with their different ecological, economic and social settings, and history....

   Published January 21st 2013 by Routledge
9. 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
10. Conferences and Conventions 3rd edition

    A Global Industry

    By Tony Rogers

    Series: Events Management

    Conferences and Conventions: A Global Industry 3rd edition provides a comprehensive introduction to the key elements of the global conference, convention and meetings industry. It examines the industry’s origins, structure, economic, social and environmental impacts, education, training and career...

    Published January 13th 2013 by Routledge