This book examines the new paradigm of change in technology intensive industries, it provides theoretical and empirical analysis, using non-parametric models of efficiency. INDICE: Technology, Efficiency and Market Structure - Introduction - Technology Creation and Diffusion - Efficiency Models of Industry Growth - IndustryGrowth in Cournot-Nash Framework - Concluding Remarks - Efficiency Models of Industry Growth - Introduction - Production and Cost Dynamics - Adjustment Cost Dynamics - Scale Economies and Learning by Doing - Pareto Efficiency Frontier: DEA approach - Industry Growth and Optimal Investment - Concluding Remarks - Growth of High-Tech industries: Computers and Pharmaceuticals - Introduction- Measuring Production Efficiency and Growth - Stochastic Frontier Analysis -DEA Models - Efficiency in Computer Industry - Efficiency in Pharmaceutical Industry - Concluding Remarks - Pricing Strategies under Innovations - Introduction - R;D and Market Structure - Strategies of a Dominant Firm - Limit Pricing with Technological Change and Internal Finance - Appendix - Dynamic Models of Productivity and Efficiency - Introduction - Dynamic DEA Models - Growth andTechnology - Industry Evolution and Innovation - Hypercompetitive Market Structures - Efficiency and Growth of the Telecom Industry - Introduction - Entry and Efficiency - Market Deregulation - Capital Expenditures - Geographic Separation of Markets - R;D and Productivity - Measuring Efficiency - Ingredients for Efficiency - Concluding Remarks
- ISBN: 978-0-230-58191-3
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 176
- Fecha Publicación: 29/10/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés