Between 2002 and 2008, Japan's economy saw constant expansion, a record among the world's advanced economies and Japan's longest period of economic growth since World War II. This remarkable achi…
An expert's perspective on how competition can make this industry work. There has never been a coherent plan to restructure the electricity industry in the US - until now. Power expert Sally Hunt g…
Explores the changes that have taken place in the banking industries of Japan, USA and Europe during the past decade. It analyzes the constraints within which banks work and proposes a new theory l…
Aims to provide an understanding of the evolution of international banking and finance, the services represented in the market, the competitive processes involved and the impact of this on the prom…
Argues that perfect competition has a tendency to promote a general deterioration in quality. The book also contends that it is very difficult for competitive firms to behave in socially desirable …
One of the dramatic shifts that is occurring in the world system as we enter the twenty-first century is the increasing openness and interpenetration of national economies and sovereign states. Thi…
Argues that capitalism (or free-market economies) is a naturally occurring phenomenon and the way human society organizes itself for survival in a world of limited resources. Offers a view of the h…
The new competitive challenge from Chinese businesses is like nothing seen by Western companies since the Japanese arrived twenty years ago with their cars and consumer electronics. To fend off the…
Negotiating Competitiveness will interest anyone concerned with national industrial competitiveness in the contemporary global economy. This book goes beyond the empirical evidence to examine the e…
Bruce Greenwald, one of the nation's leading business professors, presents a new and simplified approach to strategy that cuts through much of the fog that has surrounded the subject. Based on his …