Perspectives in Industrial Organization

B. Dankbaar, John Groenewegen, H. Schenk

Springer Netherlands, Sep 30, 1990 - Business & Economics - 313 pages

This book contains the key-note lectures and a selection of papers that were presented at the 15th Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Econo mics (EARlE) held under the auspices of GRASP at Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1988, plus an introductory chapter by the Editors. Upon suggestions by the Editors, all papers have been revised for this book, some more extensively than others. Robin Marris has added to his lecture a synopsis of the contributions to the Round Table on the Micro-Macro Interface which he chaired during the Conference. The papers cover issues that seem to be both interesting and relevant for the 1990s. While some of the papers are cast in a rather established research frame -enabling the use of regular academic routines - others are first attempts at delineating the contours of areas that are peripheral to what is often considered as the core of Industrial Organization. In their introductory chapter, the Editors set forth that a neglect of those areas may well relegate Industrial Organization to social irrelevancy. Therefore, it is hoped that the book will also contribute to a reflection on the main lines of Industrial Organization research for the 1990s -thus helping to create a healthy perspective for this part of economics at a time when macroeconomics is undergoing a severe crisis.

About the author

John Groenewegen is Professor of the Economics of Infrastructures at the Delft University of Technology (TUDelft), The Netherlands. He is also a research fellow at the Tinbergen Institute (TI) in the Rotterdam School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Peter de Gijsel took his PhD at the university of Dortmund in 1980. He taught economics at the universities of Dortmund, Regensburg and Maastricht and was professor of economics at the University of OsnabrA1/4ck from 1994 to 1998. From 2000 onwards he was the driving force behind the setting up of the new Faculty of Economics of Utrecht University. He was appointed the first Dean of the faculty in 2004. De Gijsel's special fields of interest are micro-, labour market and monetary economics.

Hans Schenk.

After studying economics and business administration at the universities of Nyenrode, Amsterdam, Oregon and Leuven, professor Schenk took his PhD at the university of Nice-Sophia Antipolis in France. He taught economics and business at various universities in the Netherlands (e.g. in Groningen and Rotterdam) and abroad (e.g. in Beijing and Strasbourg)and was professor of Industrial Policy and Corperate Strategy at Tilburg University before coming to Utrecht as professor of Organisational Economics in 2002. A year later, he became director of the Tjalling Koopmans Research Institute. Schenk has advised numerous firms and governments and specialises in mergers and acquisitions and competitiveness policy.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Perspectives in Industrial Organization; Volume 13 of Studies in Industrial Organization
• Editors: B. Dankbaar, John Groenewegen, H. Schenk
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands, 1990
• ISBN: 079230814X, 9780792308140
• Length: 313 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Economics / General; Business & Economics / Industrial Management; Business & Economics / Industries / General; Business & Economics / International / Economics; Business & Economics / International / General; Business & Economics / Management