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Routledge Library Editions: The Economics and Business of Technology


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Originally published between 1967 and 1999 the 50 volumes in this set examine the impact of technology on economics and international business. The volumes:

  • Present a synthesis of business functions and economic analysis and ask what the implications for skills development are and the effect of public policy
  • Report on global companies' experience with computers in company training in such areas as banking, finance, insurance, manufacturing, IT, the retail industry, transport, telecommunications and energy.
  • Look at the way in which some businesses in high technology manufacturing industry have organised their structures and processes in order to manage product innovation effectively.

 

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An Introduction to Technological Forecasting

An Introduction to Technological Forecasting

1st Edition

Edited By Joseph P. Martino
January 23, 2020

Originally published in 1972 this book examines technological forecasting and assesses its merits and limitations and possible uses for society, government, industry and the military. Although technological forecasting was in its infancy when this book was originally published, it has now become ...

Computerization in Developing Countries Model and Reality

Computerization in Developing Countries: Model and Reality

1st Edition

By Per Lind
January 23, 2020

Originally published in 1991, this book looks at the problems of applying Western computer programmes to the developing world, arguing that the difficulties are as much cultural as technological. The author shows that the underlying models for computer applications are made up from interpretations ...

Computers in Company Training

Computers in Company Training

1st Edition

By David Hawkridge, Wendy Newton, Carole Hall
January 23, 2020

When this book was originally published in 1988, this book was the first to include a large number of reports on British and US companies' experience with computers in company training in such areas as banking, finance, insurance, manufacturing, IT, the retail industry, transport, ...

Computers in the Public Service

Computers in the Public Service

1st Edition

By G. M. Lamb
January 23, 2020

When this book was first published in 1973 there had been little study of the relationships between the organizational structures of public bodies and their use of information technology. This volume was therefore one of the first to describe how such strcures determine computer use, and how ...

Finance, Investment and Innovation Theory and Empirical Evidence

Finance, Investment and Innovation: Theory and Empirical Evidence

1st Edition

Edited By Michele Bagella
January 23, 2020

This book provides a critical evaluation of the literature on finance, investment and innovation and proposes new research methods for evaluating the comparative performance of financial systems in supporting innovation. The comparative advantage of this book is that of being directly focused on ...

High Technology Industry and Innovative Environments The European Experience

High Technology Industry and Innovative Environments: The European Experience

1st Edition

Edited By Philippe Aydalot, David Keeble
January 23, 2020

Originally published in 1988, this book explores how new technologies, industrial innovation and the growth of high technology industry have affected regional employment and economic change in different European countries. It discusses the factors which make some areas better suited than others to ...

Industrial Change in Advanced Economies

Industrial Change in Advanced Economies

1st Edition

Edited By F. E. Ian Hamilton
January 23, 2020

Originally published in 1987 and taking a review of the theories and processes of industrial relocation as its starting point, this book examines the nature of organisational and technologcal changes in detail and concludes with a series of industry case studies drawn from areas throughout the ...

Industrial Relations and New Technology

Industrial Relations and New Technology

1st Edition

By Annette Davies
January 23, 2020

New technology arguably provided the greatest challenge to industrial relations since the formation of unions. The problems raised led to a whole range of responses - from rejection of the new technology to acceptance fo the change with management and workers making new (and sometimes unheard of) ...

Information Resources and Technology Transfer Management in Developing Countries

Information Resources and Technology Transfer Management in Developing Countries

1st Edition

By Richard Onyango
January 23, 2020

Originally published in 1997, this book puts information management in the context of technology transfer, industrialization and national development. As well as showing the necessity for the efficient use of information resources, the book also examines the costs of poor information management in ...

Innovation and Productivity Under Nationalisation The First Thirty Years

Innovation and Productivity Under Nationalisation: The First Thirty Years

1st Edition

By Chris Harlow
January 23, 2020

Originally published in 1977, this book examines the choice of new production techniques available to the publicly owned industries during their first thirty years and the effectiveness with which these techniques were put to use.  In the heat of political debate over nationalisation the ...

Management Information Systems: The Technology Challenge

Management Information Systems: The Technology Challenge

1st Edition

Edited By Nigel F. Piercy
January 23, 2020

This book, originally published in 1984, established the need for a strategic managerial response to the new technology, which relies on an understanding of the real effects of technology - on organisational structure, manageemnt style and employee relations. It assesses the impact of the new ...

Managing Innovation Within Networks

Managing Innovation Within Networks

1st Edition

By Wim Biemans
January 23, 2020

Originally published in 1992 and now with an updated Preface this book analyses the development of innovations using a network perspective. The book offers practical guidelines with direct managerial relevance based on evidence collected from twenty-two case studies. First introducing theories of ...

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