Publisher Summary Some of the most conspicuous and intriguing international differences
in institutions lie in the control, ownership, and integration of enterprises. It is widely …

This newly revised and updated second edition is the classic economic and political account
of the origins of the European Community. On one level it is an original analysis of the forces …

The management of buyer-supplier relations has come to be regarded as a key to achieving
manufacturing competitiveness, particularly in sectors facing global competition based on …

This paper surveys the experience of economic growth in the 20th century with a focus on
technological change at the frontier together with issues related to success and failure in …

Do technology policies matter? Yes, but their effect overwhelmingly depends on the
environment in which they operate. Particularly important is whether this environment …

0. Introduction In 1972 after two decades of what has been termed a Golden Age of
economic performance it could be confidently written that'there is no special reason to doubt …

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall we have been told that no alternative to Western capitalism is
possible or desirable. This book challenges this view with two arguments. First, the above …

World Bank Document Page 1 10118 Small Manufacturing a Enterprises A Comparative
Analysis of India and Other Economies Ian MD Little I.- Dipak Mazumdar John M. Page, Jr. -D …

This book analyses the widely-held view of the merits of the'bank-based'German system of
finance for investment, and shows that this view is not supported by evidence from the post …

During the 1970s the long standing trend towards centralisation in the organisation of
business ceased, and was reversed in many advanced industrialised countries as the share …