Firms' objectives and internal organisation in a global economy
Subtitle: positive and normative analysis
By: edited by Luca Lambertini.
Contributors: Lambertini, Luca.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230229273
Subjects: Managerial economics; International business enterprises; Globalization -- Economic aspects
Description: "The interplay between firms' internal organization and market behaviour is a long standing issue in industrial economics. This book examines firms' objectives in the comparatively new perspective shaped by globalization. The positive and normative aspects of theoretical analysis are developed and richly complemented by empirical studies"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Preface; title: L.LambertiniExistence and Uniqueness of Equilibrium in Labor-Managed Cournot Oligopoly; title: K.OKuguchi&; title: F.SzidarovszkyWage-Rise Contract and Cournot Competition with Labor-Managed Firms; title: K.OhnishiPrice Setting is Popular among Firms: Will it Persist in Vertical Relationships with Market Uncertainty?; title: G.RossiniContagious 'Social Market Enterprises': The Role of Fair Traders; title: L.Becchetti&; title: G.GianfredaShould One Sell Domestic Firms to Foreign Ones? A Tale of Delegation, Acquisition and Collusion; title: D.DragoneTo Make-or-But Choice in a Mixed Oligopoly: A Theoretical Investigation; R.Cellini&; title: L.LambertiniEntrepreneurs' Behaviour and Performance: An Empirical Analysis on Italian Firms; title: F.Oropallo&; title: S.RossettiFirms' International Status and Heterogeneity in Performance: Evidence from Italy; title: L.Casaburi, V.Gattai&; title: G.A.MinervaVertical Specialisation in Europe: Evidence from the Import Content of Exports; title: E.Breda, R.Cappariello&; title: R.Zizza Preface; title: L.LambertiniExistence and Uniqueness of Equilibrium in Labor-Managed Cournot Oligopoly; title: K.OKuguchi&; title: F.SzidarovszkyWage-Rise Contract and Cournot Competition with Labor-Managed Firms; title: K.OhnishiPrice Setting is Popular among Firms: Will it Persist in Vertical Relationships with Market Uncertainty?; title: G.RossiniContagious 'Social Market Enterprises': The Role of Fair Traders; title: L.Becchetti&; title: G.GianfredaShould One Sell Domestic Firms to Foreign Ones? A Tale of Delegation, Acquisition and Collusion; title: D.DragoneTo Make-or-But Choice in a Mixed Oligopoly: A Theoretical Investigation; R.Cellini&; title: L.LambertiniEntrepreneurs' Behaviour and Performance: An Empirical Analysis on Italian Firms; title: F.Oropallo&; title: S.RossettiFirms' International Status and Heterogeneity in Performance: Evidence from Italy; title: L.Casaburi, V.Gattai&; title: G.A.MinervaVertical Specialisation in Europe: Evidence from the Import Content of Exports; title: E.Breda, R.Cappariello&; title: R.Zizza.