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Industry & industrial studies

Paperback. Argues that only with consistent attention to research and development and an emphasis on long-term corporate strategies could firms remain successful over time. This work details these processes for various major chemical and pharmaceutical firms, demonstrating why some companies forged ahead while others failed. Series: Harvard Studies in Business History. Num Pages: 384 pages, 7 tables, 3 charts. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTK; KNDC; KNDP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032217
ISBN
9780674032217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.94

Hardback. Linking the study of business and politics, this book reconstructs the debate over the development of the book trade in 19th-century France. It shows how publishers succeeded in transforming the industry from a tightly controlled trade into a free enterprise, with dramatic but paradoxical consequences for literature in France. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 346 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; CBW; HBJD; JFCA; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035768
ISBN
9780674035768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.01
€ 59.68

Hardback. Industrial workers, not just peasants, played an essential role in the Mexican Revolution. Tracing the introduction of mechanized industry into the Orizaba Valley, Aurora Gomez-Galvarriato argues convincingly that the revolution cannot be understood apart from the Industrial Revolution, and thus provides a fresh perspective on both transformations. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 348 pages, 4 halftones, 2 maps, 15 graphs, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; KCF; KCM; KNDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072725
ISBN
9780674072725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.27
€ 55.56

Hardback. In an era of anxiety about the safety and industrialization of the food supply, kosher food--with $12 billion in sales--is big business. Timothy Lytton tells a story of successful private-sector regulation: how independent certification agencies rescued U.S. kosher supervision from corruption and made it a model of nongovernmental administration. Num Pages: 214 pages, 12 graphs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRJC; KNDF; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072930
ISBN
9780674072930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.18
€ 49.18

Hardback. Series: Economic Studies. Num Pages: 452 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
452
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674154254
ISBN
9780674154254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.73
€ 52.65

Hardcover. Series: Economic Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1D; JHBL; KCC; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674451759
ISBN
9780674451759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 48.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 229ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; KNGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1110.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674690769
ISBN
9780674690769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.70

Hardcover. Few forms of market exchange intrigue economists as do auctions, whose theoretical and practical implications are enormous. Complementing their own research with papers written with other specialists, the authors provide a focus on common value auctions and the 'winner's curse.' Num Pages: 424 pages, 79 tables. 27 line illus. BIC Classification: KC; KNPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press New Jersey
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691016672
ISBN
9780691016672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.79
€ 116.38

Paperback. Shows why aiding an industry can be a politically efficient way for a government to redistribute resources from one industrial sector to another. This book explores how electoral rules, party strength, and industrial geography affect redistribution politics across countries. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 line illus. 15 tables. BIC Classification: JPA; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691027708
ISBN
9780691027708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. Offering a comprehensive social history of the Bon Marche, the Parisian department store that was the largest in the world before 1914, this title explores the bourgeois identities, ambitions, and anxieties that the emporia so vividly dramatized. Num Pages: 304 pages, 37 illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSC; KCZ; KNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 213 x 10. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691034942
ISBN
9780691034942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.44

Paperback. Flexibility, specialization, and niche marketing helped the United States emerge as a global manufacturing leader between the Civil War and World War I. This book recasts the history of this vital episode in the development of American business, by considering the crucial impact of trades featuring specialty, not standardized, production. Num Pages: 416 pages, 27 halftones, 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; KCZ; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070186
ISBN
9780691070186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.98
€ 55.26

Hardback. Offers professionals, investors, and MBA students the tools they need to evaluate the range of actual and potential e-commerce businesses at the microeconomic level. This title demonstrates how these tools can be used to assess a variety of applications. It is suitable for those seeking e-commerce solutions or planning to work in the field. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 line illus. BIC Classification: KC; KJE; KNP; UDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691089065
ISBN
9780691089065
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.11
€ 79.73

Paperback. Brings together the research and critical thinking of various world's top macro and micro economists to provide a multifaceted perspective. This volume provides the analysis into the causes of technological innovation and its relationship to economic performance. Editor(s): Steil, Benn; Victor, David G.; Nelson, Richard R. Num Pages: 488 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KC; KN; UBJ; UBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691090917
ISBN
9780691090917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 97.01
€ 73.68

Paperback. Focusing on a contract involving Mexico's National Autonomous University, this book examines the practices through which researchers, plant vendors, indigenous cooperatives, and other actors put prospecting to work. It considers the consequences of linking scientific research and rural 'enfranchisement' to the logics of intellectual property. Series: In-Formation. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 halftones. 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JHM; KNDP; RNC; RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691095578
ISBN
9780691095578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. Explains the varying ways in which contemporary businesses are transforming themselves to respond to globalization, new technologies, workforce transformation, and legal change. This book offers a portrait of the challenges that managers face at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Editor(s): Dimaggio, Paul. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; KCC; KJ; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691116310
ISBN
9780691116310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.09

Paperback. Presents the demographic approach to organizational studies. This book examines the theory, models, methods, and data used in corporate demographic research. It explores the processes by which corporate populations change over time, including organizational founding, growth, decline, structural transformation, and mortality. Num Pages: 520 pages, 38 tables, 54 line illus. BIC Classification: KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 910.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
522
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691120157
ISBN
9780691120157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.90
€ 59.72

Paperback. Takes us into the often secretive world of the CEO selection process. This book explains the basic mechanics of the selection process and how hiring priorities have changed with the rise of shareholder activism. It argues that the market for CEOs is culturally determined and too frequently inefficient. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 halftones. 7 line illus. BIC Classification: KJ; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691120393
ISBN
9780691120393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. The American public has consistently declared itself less concerned with foreign affairs in the post-Cold War era. How can it be, then, that public attentiveness to US foreign policy crises has increased? This book represents a systematic attempt to explain this apparent paradox. Num Pages: 344 pages, 38 line illus. 31 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JPVK; KNTD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691123776
ISBN
9780691123776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.64

Paperback. An examination of how local media outlets cover members of the United States Congress. Using three samples of local newspapers from across the country, this book analyzes all coverage over a two-year period - every news story, editorial, opinion column, letter, and list. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 line illus. 44 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPQ; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126074
ISBN
9780691126074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.55

paperback. Represents an original look at the biotechnology research in the wake of the mapping of the human genome. Presenting a series of interviews with various key players in Celera Diagnostics, this title opens a window on the complexity of corporate scientific innovation. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: KNDC; MFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Revised
SKU
V9780691126142
ISBN
9780691126142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.03

Hardback. What economic rules govern sports? How does the sports business differ from other businesses? This title takes a look at the fundamental economic relationships shaping modern sports. It focuses on the ways that the sports business does and does not overlap with economics. It uncovers the core paradox at the heart of the sports industry. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: KNSP; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127507
ISBN
9780691127507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.70

Hardback. Applying developments in corporate finance theory and the economic theory of organizations, this work describes in practical terms how such authorities could be created and given the incentives to behave exactly like bankers behave toward borrowers, as "tough" claimholders. Num Pages: 112 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KFFN; KNST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 28.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
110
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691129358
ISBN
9780691129358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.61
€ 53.80

Paperback. The collapse of Britain's powerful labor movement has been one of the most significant and astonishing stories in political history. In analyzing how an entirely new industrial relations system was constructed after 1979, this work offers a revisionist history of British trade unionism in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130408
ISBN
9780691130408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.81

Hardback. Why is Europe's employment rate almost 10 percent lower than that of the United States? Drawing on the findings of a project that examined data from France, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, and the United States, this work argues that Europe's 25 million "missing" jobs can be attributed almost entirely to its relative lack of service jobs. Editor(s): Gregory, Mary; Salverda, Weimer; Schettkat, Ronald. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 line illus. 50 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; KCF; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130866
ISBN
9780691130866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.30
€ 90.47

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