Industrial Inefficiency and Downsizing - A Study of Layoffs and Plant Closures

Informationen zum Autor Matthew B. Krepps, Amy Bertin Candell Klappentext First published in 1997. The primary focus of the book is an inquiry into the behavior of firms in response to competitive forces. The studies in this book investigate the genesis and exodus of industrial inefficiency by analyzing where corporate fat accumulates and how it is eliminated in response to competitive forces. Zusammenfassung First published in 1997. The primary focus of the book is an inquiry into the behavior of firms in response to competitive forces. The studies in this book investigate the genesis and exodus of industrial inefficiency by analyzing where corporate fat accumulates and how it is eliminated in response to competitive forces. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction 3 Chapter 2 Fat: The Displacement of Nonproduction Workers from U.S. Manufacturing Industries Chapter 3 Incomplete Contracting and Costly Disclosure: A Study of Strategic Preannouncements of Layoffs Chapter 4 Technological and Organizational Factors in Productivity and the Plant Closure Decision: Evidence from the Blast Furnace Industry

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• Authors: Amy B Candell, Amy B. Candell, Candell Amy B., Matthew B Krepps, Matthew B. Krepps, Matthew B. Candell Krepps, Krepps Matthew B.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.10.2016
• EAN: 9781138972643
• ISBN: 978-1-138-97264-3
• No. of pages: 158
• Series: Studies on Industrial Productivity; Studies on Industrial Productivity: Selected Works; Studies on Industrial Productivity: Selected Works
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Production & Operations Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Quality Control, Production & quality control management, Production and quality control management