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Industrial Organization Lecture Notes
This note covers the following topics: Equilibria in Homogeneous Product Markets, Demand Systems, Characteristic Space, Product Level Data, and Price Indices, Digression on Price Indices, Empirical Differentiated Products, Applications of Demand Analysis, Cost and Production Functions, Estimating Production Functions, Insurance Markets and Cost Functions, Static Issues in Using UPP, Two Period Empirical Models, A Digression on Moment Inequality Estimators, The Revealed Preference or Profit Inequality Approach, Vertical Markets.
Author(s): Harvard College
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This link is a free PDF book published by the European Commission. It discusses the issue of macroeconomic imbalances in the European Union (EU) and presents a framework for economic governance to address them. The book covers topics such as the root causes of imbalances, the role of financial markets, the link between macroeconomic imbalances and competitiveness, and the importance of policy coordination among EU member states. Additionally, the book examines the EU's governance framework and outlines potential reforms. It is a comprehensive guide for policymakers, academics, and anyone interested in EU economic governance.
Author(s): Commission of the European Communities
210 Pages
Why Are There Still So Many Jobs. The History and Future of Workplace Automation
The document is a free PDF book that explores the relationship between technology, industries, professions, and employment. It argues that despite technological advances, many jobs still exist because machines have not yet fully replaced the tasks that humans perform, and that many tasks are still difficult for machines. The book provides insights into the impact of technology on employment trends across various industries and professions, and how policymakers can ensure that workers benefit from technological progress. Overall, the book offers valuable information and recommendations for businesses, policymakers, and workers navigating the complex landscape of technological change in industries and professions.
Author(s): David H. Autor
70 Pages
Work, Employment, and Industrial Relations Theory
This note will cover the multi-disciplinary theoretical and empirical foundations of research on work, employment, labor markets, and industrial relations. It begins by tracing the historical development of theory and research in the field, paying special attention to how the normative premises, concepts, and methodological traditions of industrial relations compare to those of other disciplines that contribute to the study of work and employment relations. Then will review a number of current theoretical and policy debates shaping the field.
Author(s): Prof. Thomas A. Kochan
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Organisational Change And Interventions
This book covers the following topics: Organisational Change: An Overview, Models of Change and Approaches to Problem Diagnosis, Major Techniques of Planned Change, Managing Resistance to Change, Introduction of OD and Steps in OD, Organisational Competencies and Skills, Designing and Evaluation of OD Interventions, Power, Politics, Ethics and Future of OD.
Author(s): Directorate of Distance Education, Guru Jambheshwar University
173 Pages
This lecture note covers the following topics related to Industrial Organization: Introduction to Industrial Organization, Perfect Competition and Monopoly, Oligopolistic Competition, Collusion and Cartels in Oligopoly, Product Differentiation and Price discrimination.
Author(s): Matthew Shum
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How they succeeded life stories of successful men told by themselves
Life stories of successful men by themselves. Found within are chapters entitled: Marshall Field; Bell Telephone Talk; Why the American People Like Helen Gould; Philip D. Armour's Business Career; What Miss Mary E. Proctor Did to Popularize Astronomy; Boyhood Experience of President Schurman of Cornell University; Story of John Wanamaker; Giving Up Five Thousand a Year to Become a Sculptor; Nordica, What It Costs to Become a Queen of Song; How He Worked to Secure a Foothold; John D. Rockefeller; Author of the Battle Hymn of the Republic; A Talk With Edison; Carnegie As a Metal Worker; John B. Herreshoff, the Yacht Builder; How Theodore Thomas Brought the People Nearer to Music; John Burroughs at Home; Vreeland's Romantic Story; How James Whitcomb Riley Came to Be Master of the Hoosier Dialect.
Author(s): Orison Swett Marden
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