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Hardback. X-efficiency theory shows that protection from competitive pressures produces not only allocated market-inefficiency, but inefficiency within the firm. This book provides an understanding of X-efficiency by developing the theory, exhibiting empirical evidence, and, finally, reviewing applications of the theory. Series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 167 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1000.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 167
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792397687
- ISBN
- 9780792397687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.85
€ 126.85
Hardback. Provides an analysis of various components of the Japanese economy and business structures. This book includes contributions on organizations; income distributions; technological progress; and macro performance. It examines the retail sector, the role of information in evaluating distribution systems, and ownership structures. Editor(s): Sato, Ryuzo; Ramachandran, Rama V.; Hori, Hajime. Series: Research Monographs in Japan-U.S.Business and Economics. Num Pages: 450 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 829.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792397724
- ISBN
- 9780792397724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.15
€ 196.15
Hardback. In manufacturing, queuing models are used for modeling production processes. Realistic inventory models are stochastic in nature. Stochastic models are considered in transportation and communication. This book is suitable for a graduate level course on stochastic models or as a secondary text for a graduate level course in operations research. Series: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science. Num Pages: 382 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJT; PBT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792397809
- ISBN
- 9780792397809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 248.14
€ 248.14
Review and Annotated Bibliography of Family Business Studies
. Ed(S): Sharma, Pramodita; Chrisman, James J...
Hardback. This text aims to catalogue the major empirical, theoretical, and practical articles on family business. It also features a review of the literature, a discussion of how family businesses have been defined, and agenda for future research into both family business and entrepreneurship studies. Editor(s): Sharma, Pramodita; Chrisman, James J.; Chua, Jess H. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GBCR; KJC; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792397830
- ISBN
- 9780792397830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.78
€ 192.78
Paperback. Provides an illustration of the links that have developed over the years between the theory of finance on one hand and insurance economics and actuarial science on the other. This book represents an overview of the developments in theoretical research dealing with financial issues of significance for insurance science. Editor(s): Louberge, Henri; Subrahmanyam, Marti G. Num Pages: 137 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 137
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792398011
- ISBN
- 9780792398011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 125.89
€ 125.89
Hardback. This work focuses largely on constrained optimization. It begins with a substantial treatment of linear programming and proceeds to convex analysis, network flows, integer programming, quadratic programming, and convex optimization. Software is included implementing the algorithms studied. Editor(s): Vanderbei, Robert J. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 436 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJT; PBUH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 791.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792398042
- ISBN
- 9780792398042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 246.00
€ 246.00
Hardback. Traces the policy dilemmas facing the European Union, the topics around which the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference has been crystallizing, the policy dilemmas of monetary union, the lessons to be drawn from assisting the transition economies, the core issues of accession negotiations, and the adoption of a pre-accession strategy. Series: International Studies in Economics and Econometrics. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792398066
- ISBN
- 9780792398066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.15
€ 193.15
Hardback. Focuses on incentive regulation and competition. This text reviews topics including price caps, incentive regulation, market structure and new regulatory technologies. Editor(s): Crew, Michael A. Series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCC; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792398103
- ISBN
- 9780792398103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.37
€ 127.37
Hardback. Management-oriented, this text about efficiency, quality and effectiveness contains new ideas regarding quality and efficiency-based effective management. Num Pages: 122 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 122
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792398127
- ISBN
- 9780792398127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.77
€ 125.77
Hardback. Describes and analyses various general equilibrium models, treating theory from an axiomatic point of view, which may lead to a deeper understanding of problems, may help to avoid incorrect reasoning, and may improve communication within the economic science. This title deals with the mathematical and economic preliminaries. Series: Theory and Decision Library C. Num Pages: 517 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 911.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 517
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792398134
- ISBN
- 9780792398134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 243.61
€ 243.61
Hardback. Places mid-20th century monetary theory in a large historical context, while examining the relevance of contemporary questions in monetary policy. This volume analyzes the development of the methodological and conceptual foundations of monetary theory. It emphasises dichotomy of monetary and value theory and Walrasian general equilibrium paradigm. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792398172
- ISBN
- 9780792398172
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.74
€ 127.74
Hardback. Challenges some of the fundamental tenets of conventional economic wisdom, which have had a profound impact on public policy. This book offers a theoretical framework and a reasonable modeling of the economic agent, built upon conventional neoclassical theory while incorporating the research in behavioral economics. Num Pages: 133 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 133
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792398189
- ISBN
- 9780792398189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.03
€ 126.03
Nondifferentiable and Two-Level Mathematical Programming
Shimiuzu, Kiyotaka; Ishizuka, Yo; Bard, Jonat...
Hardback. Provides an exposition of the techniques that are available for optimizing complex systems and to do so in a way that unifies the theory of nondifferentiable and two-level mathematical programming. This book also points out the useful algorithms developed for solving a particular instance of two-level problem known as a static Stackelberg game. Num Pages: 470 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJT; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 470
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792398219
- ISBN
- 9780792398219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.55
€ 196.55
Hardback. Ensuring long-term care (LTC) is one of the most urgent problems in health care. With its mix of empirical, theoretical and policy-related contributions, this book is of interest not only to health economists, but also to social scientists, health insurers, and public policy advocates. Editor(s): Eisen, Roland; Sloan, Frank A. Series: Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCC; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792398240
- ISBN
- 9780792398240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 279.24
€ 279.24
Urban Dominance and Labour Market Differentiation of a European Capita...
. Ed(S): Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Mata, Maria ...
Hardback. Analyses the role of Lisbon as a capital city within the Portuguese urban system and its regional trends, focusing on economic history and on the study of the Lisbon labour market and its changes in the context of economic development in the 19th and 20th centuries, during which it remained the principal job market in the country. Editor(s): Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Mata, Maria Eugenia. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSG; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1050.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792398301
- ISBN
- 9780792398301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.17
€ 127.17
Toward an Integrative Explanation of Corporate Financial Performance
Capon, Noel; Farley, John U.; Hoenig, S.
Hardback. This volume presents an understanding of corporate financial performance. The authors review both the factors that cause the financial performance of some firms to be better than others, and also those factors that influence the trajectory of firm financial performance over time. Num Pages: 405 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFFN; KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 405
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792398318
- ISBN
- 9780792398318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.38
€ 195.38
Hardback. Outlining the results of a systematic, long-term research effort aimed at developing effective scheduling algorithms for complex manufacturing facilities, this text focuses on a specific industrial context, that of semiconductor manufacturing. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792398356
- ISBN
- 9780792398356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.69
€ 127.69
Hardback. Focuses on the social impact of public sector on the performance of the private sector, especially in the long term. This book presents a model of the formation of social ties by economic interaction and uses this to explore the relevance of social ties and their dynamics for economic performance. It examines the effects of social ties on growth. Series: Theory and Decision Library C. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1090.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792398363
- ISBN
- 9780792398363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.42
€ 127.42
hardcover. Focuses on consensus formation in multiperson decision-making groups using imprecise information. This work includes an array of paradigms, tools and techniques that can help develop various analytical tools for consensus-reaching processes. Editor(s): Kacprzyk, Janusz; Nurmi, Hannu; Fedrizzi, Mario. Series: International Series in Intelligent Technologies. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMD; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1997th Edition
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792398394
- ISBN
- 9780792398394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.22
€ 193.22
Hardback. Designed to stimulate new developments in decision theory, game theory and general equilibrium theory, as well as in their applications to economics, this book is divided into three parts - Decision Theory, Game Theory, and the Theory of Markets. It is interest to both students and teachers of microeconomics and game and decision theory. Editor(s): Battigalli, Pierpaolo; Montesano, Aldo M. (Dept. of Economics, Universita Bocconi, Milan, Italy); Panunzi, Fausto. Series: Studies in Risk and Uncertainty. Num Pages: 368 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 719.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792398417
- ISBN
- 9780792398417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.64
€ 194.64