1st Edition
Industrial Inefficiency and Downsizing A Study of Layoffs and Plant Closures
158 Pages
by
Routledge
158 Pages
by
Routledge
158 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1997. The primary focus of the book is an inquiry into the behavior of firms in response to competitive forces. The studies in this book investigate the genesis and exodus of industrial inefficiency by analyzing where corporate fat accumulates and how it is eliminated in response to competitive forces.
Chapter 1 Introduction 3 Chapter 2 Fat: The Displacement of Nonproduction Workers from U.S. Manufacturing Industries Chapter 3 Incomplete Contracting and Costly Disclosure: A Study of Strategic Preannouncements of Layoffs Chapter 4 Technological and Organizational Factors in Productivity and the Plant Closure Decision: Evidence from the Blast Furnace Industry
Biography
Matthew B. Krepps, Amy Bertin Candell
