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Cash is king, not least in the construction industry. Recent government-commissioned reports have highlighted the importance of better financial management in the construction industry. This profess……続きを見る

This book provides a concise synthesis of leading edge research in the theory and practise of efficiency measurement in health and health care. Whilst much of the literature in this area is confusin……続きを見る

After years of official disrepute, industrial policy (IP) is back in vogue at regional, national and international levels driven by concerns over competitiveness, globalisation, de-industrialisation……続きを見る

This theoretical and empirical study examines the relationship between the organisation of work, industrial relations, production spaces and the dynamics of capitalist investment. Jamie Gough explor……続きを見る

In an increasingly globalised world, paradoxically regional innovation clusters have moved to the forefront of attention as a strategy for economic and social development. Transcending international……続きを見る

Traditional building economics has primarily been concerned with issues around project appraisal and cost management techniques. On the other hand, modern construction economics has a wider focus wi……続きを見る

This is the first book of its kind to bring together the microeconomic insights on the functioning of non-profit organizations, complementing the wide range of books on the management of non-profit ……続きを見る

This book makes a strong and coherent contribution to the discussion of the knowledge economy and of innovation, offering a range of theoretical insights from different disciplinary perspectives. Th……続きを見る

This book reviews and assesses the impact of economic forces on the rate and direction of technical change. 続きを見る

Industrial issues are often inextricably linked with labour market concerns and policy approaches that attempt to consider production and employment separately are inherently flawed." This controver……続きを見る

This book provides an in-depth understanding of key variables that play a significant role at the various stages of the innovation process, leading to successful commercialisation of products and se……続きを見る

First published in 1988, this book analyses the changes that took place in the economic organisation of the British construction industry throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, in particular consider……続きを見る

A century of union growth ended in the 1980s. Since then, declining union membership has undermined the Labor Movement‘s achievements throughout the advanced capitalist world. As unions have lost me……続きを見る

This book brings together some of the world's leading experts to present an interdisciplinary, critical perspective on current issues surrounding the economics of the firms. It eschews standard appr……続きを見る

In most countries the economic structure and financial landscape are dominated by corporations. A critical examination of the various facets of the corporate economy is thus vitally important. In Ma……続きを見る

The procurement stage of the building process is critical to the success of any building project, and as such must be understood by everybody entering the industry. Introduction to Building Procurem……続きを見る

Building Corporate IQ - Moving the Energy Business from Smart to Genius gives a clear outline of organizational intelligence and provides a framework for practitioners of good leadership. The synthe……続きを見る

Engineering Ethics: Challenges and Opportunities aims to set a new agenda for the engineering profession by developing a key challenge: can the great technical innovation of engineering be matched b……続きを見る

China is dramatically catching up and is rapidly becoming a leading technological innovator on the global scale. The number of Chinese firms with global ambitions is growing fast, more and more tech……続きを見る

Improved efficiency and effectiveness in the construction industry provide huge potential savings. Various forms of relational contracting such as partnering, alliancing, public private partnership ……続きを見る

Das Buch behandelt erstmalig in einem geschlossenen Konzept alle Aufgaben der immobilienwirtschaftlichen Wertschöpfungskette aus den Perspektiven der Nutzer, Eigentümer und Betreiber von Gewerbeimmo……続きを見る

Extrait: " Pendant qu'à Paris on parle de chemins de fer, ici l'on en fait. Celui de Londres à Birmingham est en commencement d'exécution; il aura quarante-cinq lieues; et la totalité des actions, m……続きを見る

Authority is defined as the power to influence others. When someone is an authority it’s assumed that they have extensive or specialized knowledge on a subject. They’re an expert. And here’s the tru……続きを見る

The Logic of the Market by Weiying Zhangーconsidered China’s “leading market liberal”ーcomprises his most influential essays on economics over the past three decades. First published in China in 201……続きを見る

A paradigm shift is happening at this moment. Firms and consumers are aware of the fact that they cause environmental pollution, depletion of resources and are responsible for the dangers involved. ……続きを見る

Developing countries face the challenge of maintaining economic growth and socio-economic development, at the core of which sits the construction industry. Considerable research on construction in d……続きを見る

In recent years, we have witnessed huge economic and socio-political change in the Gulf. This book examines the rapid industrialization of the region and how local economies are starting to diversif……続きを見る

This book is at the cutting edge of the ongoing ‘neo-Schumpeterian’ research program that investigates how economic growth and its fluctuation can be understood as the outcome of a historical proces……続きを見る

Space Politics and Policy: An Evolutionary Perspective provides a comprehensive survey of Space Policy. This book is organized around two themes. Space Policy is evolutionary in that it has responde……続きを見る

This book on road traffic congestion in cities and suburbs describes congestion problems and shows how they can be relieved. The first part (Chapters 1 - 3) shows how congestion reflects transportat……続きを見る