Economic Analysis of Property Rights

Economic Analysis of Property Rights

Author: Yoram Barzel

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2023-08-31

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 1009374737

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Economic property rights are the fundamental unit of economic analysis, necessary to resource allocation, organizations, and institutions.


Freight Forwarder's Intermediary Role in Multimodal Transport Chains

Freight Forwarder's Intermediary Role in Multimodal Transport Chains

Author: Hans-Joachim Schramm

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-01-05

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 3790827746

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In this book, the business of international freight forwarding is examined from both a theoretical and empirical point of view with a special emphasis on multimodal transport chains, including sea or air transport operations. In such contexts, the freight forwarder is always considered "The Architect of Transport", but this intermediary role seems to be largely neglected in research to date. Therefore, relevant concepts from economic theory and economic sociology are employed to produce both an intermediary and a network perspective of freight forwarding in order to provide a better understanding of this kind of transportation business. Furthermore, its intermediary role in such inherent network structures is explored by mapping relationship patterns in a stylized model framework applied to a questionnaire-based sample collected among freight forwarders engaged in such multimodal transport chains in Germany (especially from Hamburg, Bremen and Bremerhaven) as well as in Austria in 2003.


Management Control in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Management Control in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Author: Jens Hutzschenreuter

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-11-10

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 3834983950

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Jens Hutzschenreuter determines the effect of management control forms on the performance of innovative small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). His findings suggest that in fact indirect control forms have a stronger performance impact than traditional control forms.


Technological Solutions for Modern Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Technological Solutions for Modern Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Author: Luo, ZongWei

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2013-01-31

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 1466627743

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Technological Solutions for Modern Logistics and Supply Chain Management highlights theories and technological growth in applied research as well as advances in logistics, supply chains, and industry experiences. Aiming to enhance the expansions made towards an efficient and sustainable economy, this book is essential for providing researchers, practitioners and academicians with insight into a wide range of topics.


Organization Theory and its Applications

Organization Theory and its Applications

Author: Susheng Wang

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-12-20

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 1136173196

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Organization theory is a fast developing field of microeconomics. Organizational approaches are now used in a wide range of topics in business studies. They are based on information economics, contract theory and mechanism design. This book introduces such organizational approaches and how to adopt them as business applications. The book presents the theory in the first two chapters and proceeds to cover the applications of the theory in the later three chapters. The theory lays the foundation and the applications illustrate how the theory can be used in a wide range of business problems. The book covers many concepts and ideas in organization theory, including complete contracts, incomplete contracts, allocation of control rights, option contracts, convertibles, and joint ventures concisely. It will be of use to third year undergraduates and above, Master’s and Ph.D levels for students in business schools.


Contract Theory

Contract Theory

Author: Patrick Bolton

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2004-12-10

Total Pages: 746

ISBN-13: 9780262025768

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A comprehensive introduction to contract theory, emphasizing common themes and methodologies as well as applications in key areas. Despite the vast research literature on topics relating to contract theory, only a few of the field's core ideas are covered in microeconomics textbooks. This long-awaited book fills the need for a comprehensive textbook on contract theory suitable for use at the graduate and advanced undergraduate levels. It covers the areas of agency theory, information economics, and organization theory, highlighting common themes and methodologies and presenting the main ideas in an accessible way. It also presents many applications in all areas of economics, especially labor economics, industrial organization, and corporate finance. The book emphasizes applications rather than general theorems while providing self-contained, intuitive treatment of the simple models analyzed. In this way, it can also serve as a reference for researchers interested in building contract-theoretic models in applied contexts.The book covers all the major topics in contract theory taught in most graduate courses. It begins by discussing such basic ideas in incentive and information theory as screening, signaling, and moral hazard. Subsequent sections treat multilateral contracting with private information or hidden actions, covering auction theory, bilateral trade under private information, and the theory of the internal organization of firms; long-term contracts with private information or hidden actions; and incomplete contracts, the theory of ownership and control, and contracting with externalities. Each chapter ends with a guide to the relevant literature. Exercises appear in a separate chapter at the end of the book.


The Innovative Entrepreneur

The Innovative Entrepreneur

Author: Daniel F. Spulber

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-06-16

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1107047250

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This book presents an economic framework that addresses the motivation of the innovative entrepreneur.


The Founder's Dilemmas

The Founder's Dilemmas

Author: Noam Wasserman

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2013-04

Total Pages: 490

ISBN-13: 0691158304

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The Founder's Dilemmas examines how early decisions by entrepreneurs can make or break a startup and its team. Drawing on a decade of research, including quantitative data on almost ten thousand founders as well as inside stories of founders like Evan Williams of Twitter and Tim Westergren of Pandora, Noam Wasserman reveals the common pitfalls founders face and how to avoid them.


Economics and Management of Franchising Networks

Economics and Management of Franchising Networks

Author: Josef Windsperger

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 3790826626

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Franchising networks are experiencing great success in international business organization. Few books try to explain the characteristics of these networks. Contrary to the existing literature this book tackles more theoretical problems related to governance, organization, knowledge management, contract design, incentive and regulation issues both from the economic and management view point. It delivers new theoretical and empirical results regarding plural forms, contract design, and knowledge and strategic management issues. Its purpose is to offer researchers and practitioners new theoretical and empirical insights in one of the most important economic phenomenon at the beginning of the 21st century: Franchising networks as organizational arrangement for growth and internationalization of firms.


Handbook of the Economics of Finance SET:Volumes 2A & 2B

Handbook of the Economics of Finance SET:Volumes 2A & 2B

Author: George M. Constantinides

Publisher: Newnes

Published: 2013-01-21

Total Pages: 1732

ISBN-13: 0444594655

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This two-volume set of 23 articles authoritatively describes recent scholarship in corporate finance and asset pricing. Volume 1 concentrates on corporate finance, encompassing topics such as financial innovation and securitization, dynamic security design, and family firms. Volume 2 focuses on asset pricing with articles on market liquidity, credit derivatives, and asset pricing theory, among others. Both volumes present scholarship about the 2008 financial crisis in contexts that highlight both continuity and divergence in research. For those who seek insightful perspectives and important details, they demonstrate how corporate finance studies have interpreted recent events and incorporated their lessons. - Covers core and newly-developing fields - Explains how the 2008 financial crises affected theoretical and empirical research - Exposes readers to a wide range of subjects described and analyzed by the best scholars