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Organization design : the evolving state-of-the-art
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ISBN: 1280619341 9786610619344 0387341730 9780387341729 0387341722 9780387341736 1441941657 Year: 2006 Publisher: New York, NY : Springer,

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Organization Design: The Evolving State-of-the-Art outlines the larger role that organizational design is increasingly playing in management theory and practice. The book's chapters review the main theoretical perspectives on organization design, identify important theoretical and practical issues currently facing the field, and suggest ways for valuable research to be conducted in the future. The chapters include sections that describe how the theoretical argument or empirical study specifically informs organization design theory and practice. The volume is organized in four sections: (1) Theoretical and Practical Issues, (2) Fit, Contingency and Configuration, (3) Design and Performance, and (4) The Dynamics of Adaptation and Change. The book will be a broad discussion of topics in the field, but each individual paper will provide in depth analysis of the topic. A common element and theme is a focus on core theories in organization design and emerging perspectives. The book will be a 2005-benchmark publication of organization design theory, principles and concepts, and it will be an important step in creating better models and stronger empirical analyses.


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The Industrial Organization of Banking : Bank Behavior, Market Structure, and Regulation
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ISBN: 9783642028212 9783642028229 9783642425684 9783642028205 Year: 2010 Publisher: Berlin Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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The academic literature commonly examines issues relating to bank behavior, market structure, or bank regulation by abstracting from interrelationships among these factors. From a policy perspective, however, these elements of the industrial organization of banking are inextricably linked. The goal of this book is to provide a complete overview, exposition, and evaluation of the interplay among bank behavior, market structure, and regulation. It also considers implications for a variety of public policy issues, including bank competition and risk, market discipline, antitrust issues, capital regulation, and regulatory restructuring. The book can serve as a learning tool and reference for graduate students and academics, as well as bankers and policymakers studying the industrial organization of the banking sector and interested in the impacts of banking regulations.


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Monopsonistic Labour Markets and the Gender Pay Gap : Theory and Empirical Evidence
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ISBN: 9783642104091 9783642104107 9783642104084 Year: 2010 Publisher: Berlin Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg Imprint Springer

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This book investigates models of spatial and dynamic monopsony and their application to the persistent empirical regularity of the gender pay gap. Theoretically, the main conclusion is that employers possess more monopsony power over their female employees if women are less driven by pecuniary considerations in their choice of employers than men. Employers may exploit this to increase their profits at the detriment of women's wages. Empirically, it is indeed found that women's labour supply to the firm is less wage-elastic than men's and that at least a third of the gender pay gap in the data investigated may result from employers engaging in monopsonistic discrimination. Therefore, a monopsonistic approach to gender discrimination in the labour market clearly contributes to the economic understanding of the gender pay gap. It not only provides an intuitively appealing explanation of the gap from standard economic reasoning, but it is also corroborated by empirical observation.


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Value Creation in Successful LBOs
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ISBN: 9783835054301 3835008528 9783835008526 9786613172778 1283172771 3835054309 Year: 2007 Publisher: Wiesbaden : Deutscher Universitätsverlag : Imprint: Deutscher Universitätsverlag,

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The LBO phenomenon has recently experienced considerable attention in academic literature; especially wealth effects on the parties involved seem to be at the forefront of interest. However, empirical academic work on ex-post value creation and performance analysis is still in its infancy, predominantly due to the lack of available information on firms that have experienced and completed an LBO. Daniel Pindur analyzes value creation in successful LBOs on investment level conceptually and empirically from an LBO equity investor perspective. Based on the LBO transaction model, the author decomposes total proceeds to LBO equity investors and derives a two-tier framework of an internal and an external perspective, thereby structuring the conceptual discussion of various determinants affecting these components. Founded on a novel database with detailed company- and transaction-specific information for a sample of 42 realized European LBO investments, he then quantifies LBO investment performance measures and their components and identifies the determinants of value creation in LBO investments.


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Creativity and Innovation in the Music Industry
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ISBN: 9783642284304 1280787902 9786613698292 3642284302 3642284299 3642431615 Year: 2012 Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,

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Why did jazz become a dominant popular music genre in the 1920s and rock 'n' roll in the 1950s? Why did heavy metal, punk rock and hiphop find their way from sub-cultures to the established music industry? What are the effects of new communication technologies and the Internet on the creation of music in the early 21st century? These and other questions are answered by Peter Tschmuck through an integrated model of creativity and innovation that is based on an international history of music industry since Thomas A. Edison invented the phonograph in 1877. Thus, the history of the music industry is described in full detail. By discussing the historic process of music production, distribution and reception the author highlights several revolutions in the music industry that were caused by the inference of aesthetic, technological, legal, economic, social and political processes of change. On the basis of an integrated model of creativity and innovation, an explanation is given on how the processes and structures of the present music industry will be altered by the ongoing digital revolution, which totally changed the value-added network of the production, dissemination and use of music. For the second edition, the author has reworked chapter 9 in order to include all the developments which shaped the music industry in the first decade of the 21st century – from Napster to cloud-based music services and even beyond.


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Competition policies in emerging economies : lessons and challenges from Central America and Mexico
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ISBN: 9780387784335 0387784330 9781552504017 1552504018 0387784322 9780387784328 0387784349 9780387784342 1281674710 9781281674715 1281728144 9781281728142 Year: 2008 Publisher: New York, NY : Springer,

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Do small developing economies, or SDEs, need a specific competition policy to create competitive markets? Against the backdrop of globalization, protectionist policies that promote state ownership and heavy regulation of key industries are proving increasingly ineffective for driving growth. Countries around the world are instituting reforms to promote competition and business creation, yet the economic and political concentration of power, feeble judicial systems, and the scarcity of human and financial resources pose special challenges to SDEs. Competition Policies in Emerging Economies features an in-depth analysis of two strategic industries—telecommunications and banking—in several Central American nations which sheds light on the dynamics of the transition to deregulation and trade liberalization. Examining the lessons learned from these experiences and presenting discussion of political, legal, economic, financial, cultural, and organizational issues, the book provides unique perspectives on competition policy and economic development. Competition Policies in Emerging Economies is primarily intended for decision-makers and policy analysts in international trade and economics, and will also appeal to researchers, academics, students, and professionals in the fields of institutional and development economics, international trade, and international affairs.


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The geography of competition : firms, prices and localization.
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ISBN: 9781441956262 9781441956255 1441956255 Year: 2010 Publisher: New York Springer

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This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date, and expert synthesis of location theory. What are the impacts of a firm's geographic location on the locations of customers, suppliers, and competitors in a market economy? How, when, and why does this result in the clustering of firms in space? When and how is society made better or worse off as a result? This book uses dozens of locational models to address aspects of these three questions. Classical location problems considered include Greenhut-Manne, Hitchcock-Koopmans, and Weber-Launhardt. The book reinterprets competitive location theory, focusing on the linkages between Walrasian price equilibrium and the localization of firms. It also demonstrates that competitive location theory offers diverse ideas about the nature of market equilibrium in geographic space and its implications for a broad range of public policies, including free trade, industrial policy, regional development, and investment in infrastructure. With an extensive bibliography and fresh, interdisciplinary approach, the book will be an invaluable reference for academics and researchers with an interest in regional science, economic geography, and urban planning, as well as policy advisors, urban planners, and consultants.

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Economics/Management Science. --- Regional/Spatial Science. --- Economic Theory. --- Economic Geography. --- Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. --- Economics. --- Geography. --- Regional planning. --- Regional economics. --- Economie politique --- Géographie --- Aménagement du territoire --- Economie régionale --- Industrial location --- Industrial clusters --- Economic geography --- Competition --- Location problems (Programming) --- AA / International- internationaal --- 338.32 --- 380.23 --- Vestigingsplaats en specialisatie van de productie. Ondernemingscentra. --- Vorming van internationale prijzen. Internationale gelijkheden en verschillen. Concurrentievermogen. --- Transportation problems (Programming) --- Business enterprises --- Business location --- Corporations --- Industries --- Industries, Location of --- Location of industries --- Plant location --- Regional planning --- Space in economics --- Agglomerations, Industrial --- Cluster industries --- Clusters, Industrial --- Firm clusters --- Industrial agglomerations --- Industry clusters --- Business networks --- Geography, Economic --- World economics --- Geography --- Commercial geography --- Competition (Economics) --- Competitiveness (Economics) --- Economic competition --- Commerce --- Conglomerate corporations --- Covenants not to compete --- Industrial concentration --- Monopolies --- Open price system --- Supply and demand --- Trusts, Industrial --- Vestigingsplaats en specialisatie van de productie. Ondernemingscentra --- Vorming van internationale prijzen. Internationale gelijkheden en verschillen. Concurrentievermogen --- Location --- Economic aspects


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Competition in a consolidating environment
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ISBN: 9780387759432 0387759425 9780387759425 9786613560513 1280382600 0387759433 Year: 2008 Publisher: New York : Springer,

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Competition between market centers is a driving force for innovation, dynamic growth, and reasonable pricing structures. Consolidating the order flow amasses liquidity, sharpens price discovery, and lowers trading costs. Can competition remain vibrant in a consolidated environment? How does inter-market competition play out with respect to trading decisions and listing decisions? What will the primary sources of competition be in the future? What impacts will follow from the NYSE's acquisition of Archipelago, and NASDAQ's acquisition of Inet? Will exchanges further consolidate in Europe? What does consolidation imply about the efficient use of technology, the effective handling of institutional order flow, and overall market quality? These are some of the questions that were addressed at the conference and elaborated on in this book. The Zicklin School of Business Financial Markets Series presents the insights emerging from a sequence of conferences hosted by the Zicklin School at Baruch College for industry professionals, regulators, and scholars. Much more than historical documents, the transcripts from the conferences are edited for clarity, perspective and context; material and comments from subsequent interviews with the panelists and speakers are integrated for a complete thematic presentation. Each book is focused on a well delineated topic, but all deliver broader insights into the quality and efficiency of the U.S. equity markets and the dynamic forces changing them.

The management of transshipment terminals : decision support for terminal operations in finished vehicle supply chains.
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ISBN: 9780387308548 0387308539 9780387308531 0387308547 128060946X 9786610609468 1441940383 Year: 2006 Publisher: New York (N.Y.) Springer

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1.1 Freight Transshipment We observe an ongoing trend towards globalized industrial produc­ tion. Multinational companies aim at strategic competitive advantages by distributing their activities around the globe. As a result, the in­ dividual supply chains become longer and more complex. Next to the supply chain reliability, companies try to keep supply chains cost effi­ cient and responsive, i.e. warrant short order fulfillment lead times (Siirie and Wagner, 2005). The above goals dictate low inventory levels at the stages of a supply chain as well as a high frequency of transports between the partners involved. Supply Chain Requirements. Detailed performance measures for a supply chain are provided by the Supply Chain Operations Refer­ ence (SCOR) model (Supply-Chain Council, 2002). The SCOR model provides four levels with increasing detail of process modeling. In accor­ dance to the process detail depicted SCOR metrics are defined for each level. Level 1 distinguishes metrics addressing the reliability of supply chains, their responsiveness, flexibility, cost and optionally their assets. On levels 2-4 these metrics are operationalized with respect to the pro­ cess types source, make and deliver. Thus, as substantial activities of the deliver process, transport and transshipment are evaluated as an integral part of the supply chain.

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Industrial economics --- Production management --- bedrijfsplanning --- operationeel onderzoek --- Operational research. Game theory --- technologiebeleid --- Engineering sciences. Technology --- speltheorie --- bedrijfsorganisatie --- logistiek --- productieorganisatie --- industriële marketing --- ingenieurswetenschappen --- Shipping --- Automobiles --- Business logistics --- Decision making --- Marine terminals --- Operations research --- Physical distribution of goods --- Transshipment --- Vehicles --- 658.7 --- 658.7 Buying. Purchasing. Procurement. Management of stock --- Buying. Purchasing. Procurement. Management of stock --- Transportation --- Re-exporting --- Re-exports --- Transshipments --- Shipment of goods --- Industrial management --- Operational analysis --- Operational research --- Industrial engineering --- Management science --- Research --- System theory --- Ocean terminals --- Port terminals --- Ship terminals --- Harbors --- Terminals (Transportation) --- Deciding --- Decision (Psychology) --- Decision analysis --- Decision processes --- Making decisions --- Management --- Management decisions --- Choice (Psychology) --- Problem solving --- Supply chain management --- Logistics --- Operations research. --- Management. --- Transportation. --- Mathematical models. --- Production management. --- Engineering economy. --- Industrial engineering. --- Organization. --- Operations Management. --- Operations Research/Decision Theory. --- Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing. --- Industrial and Production Engineering. --- Innovation/Technology Management. --- Organisation --- Administration --- Industrial relations --- Organization --- Management engineering --- Simplification in industry --- Engineering --- Value analysis (Cost control) --- Economy, Engineering --- Engineering economics --- Manufacturing management --- Decision making. --- Engineering economics. --- Production engineering. --- Industrial management. --- Planning. --- Business administration --- Business enterprises --- Business management --- Corporate management --- Corporations --- Industrial administration --- Management, Industrial --- Rationalization of industry --- Scientific management --- Business --- Industrial organization --- Manufacturing engineering --- Process engineering --- Mechanical engineering --- Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) --- Executive ability --- Industrial Management. --- Technological innovations. --- Industrial organization. --- Operations Research and Decision Theory. --- Innovation and Technology Management. --- Industries --- Industrial concentration --- Industrial sociology --- Breakthroughs, Technological --- Innovations, Industrial --- Innovations, Technological --- Technical innovations --- Technological breakthroughs --- Technological change --- Creative ability in technology --- Inventions --- Domestication of technology --- Innovation relay centers --- Research, Industrial --- Technology transfer


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Quantitative problem solving methods in the airline industry : a modeling methodology handbook
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ISBN: 9781461416081 1283445735 9786613445735 1461416086 Year: 2012 Publisher: New York, NY : Springer,

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This book reviews Operations Research theory, applications and practice in seven major areas of airline planning and operations.  In each area, a team of academic and industry experts provides an overview of the business and technical landscape, a view of current best practices, a summary of open research questions and suggestions for relevant future research.  There are several common themes in current airline Operations Research efforts.  First is a growing focus on the customer in terms of: 1) what they want; 2) what they are willing to pay for services; and 3) how they are impacted by planning, marketing and operational decisions.  Second, as algorithms improve and computing power increases, the scope of modeling applications expands, often re-integrating processes that had been broken into smaller parts in order to solve them in the past.  Finally, there is a growing awareness of the uncertainty in many airline planning and operational processes and decisions.  Airlines now recognize the need to develop ‘robust’ solutions that effectively cover many possible outcomes, not just the best case, “blue sky” scenario.  Individual chapters cover: Customer Modeling methodologies, including current and emerging applications. Airline Planning and Schedule Development, with a look at  many remaining open research questions. Revenue Management, including a view of current business and technical landscapes, as well as suggested areas for future research. Airline Distribution -- a comprehensive overview of this newly emerging area. Crew Management Information Systems, including a review of recent algorithmic advances, as well as the development of information systems that facilitate the integration of crew management modeling with airline planning and operations. Airline Operations, with consideration of recent advances and successes in solving the airline operations problem. Air Traffic Flow Management, including the modeling environment and opportunities for both Air Traffic Flow Management and the airlines.

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Industrial economics --- Operational research. Game theory --- Business policy --- Production management --- Civil engineering. Building industry --- Environmental planning --- Economic geography --- bedrijfsplanning --- bedrijfsorganisatie --- ruimtelijke ordening --- industrie --- sociale economie --- speltheorie --- operationeel onderzoek --- industriële marketing --- ingenieurswetenschappen --- Indústria aeronàutica --- Línies aèries --- Investigació operativa --- Operations research. --- Decision making. --- Engineering economics. --- Engineering economy. --- Industrial organization. --- Regional economics. --- Spatial economics. --- Civil engineering. --- Organization. --- Planning. --- Operations Research/Decision Theory. --- Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing. --- Industrial Organization. --- Regional/Spatial Science. --- Civil Engineering. --- Presa de decisions --- Economics --- Regional planning --- Regionalism --- Space in economics --- Industries --- Organization --- Industrial concentration --- Industrial management --- Industrial sociology --- Economy, Engineering --- Engineering economics --- Industrial engineering --- Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) --- Executive ability --- Management --- Organisation --- Engineering --- Public works --- Deciding --- Decision (Psychology) --- Decision analysis --- Decision processes --- Making decisions --- Management decisions --- Choice (Psychology) --- Problem solving --- Spatial economics --- Regional economics --- Operational analysis --- Operational research --- Management science --- Research --- System theory --- Anàlisi operacional --- Investigació operacional --- Ciències de la gestió --- Enginyeria de sistemes --- Enginyeria industrial --- Investigació --- Sistemes, Teoria de --- Aviació, Línies d' --- Companyies aèries --- Companyies d'aviació --- Companyies de transport aeri --- Empreses de transport aeri --- Aerovies --- Aviació --- Aviació comercial --- Viatges aeris --- Avions --- Indústries aeroespacials --- Decision making --- Indústria i comerç

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