Recent Developments in the Theory of Industrial Organization

New forms of organisation and market behaviour are emerging to replace and reshape older forms. This has produced great uncertainty in industrial organization theory. The purpose of this volume is to review and present some of the new approaches developed in industrial organization. The material is organised into four sections: recent approaches to Industrial Organisation, the behaviour of individual firms and the characteristics of industrial systems as a whole, new theories of the firm and market structure and technical progress and market structure - some special issues.

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Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; A.Del Monte - PART 1: RECENT APPROACHES TO INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION - Implementing Game Theoretic Models in Industrial Economics: Levels of Attack; J.Sutton - Performances, Interactions and Evolution in the Theory of Industrial Organisation; G.Dosi - Experiments in Industrial Organization; J.D.Hey - PART 2: THE BEHAVIOUR OF INDIVIDUAL FIRMS AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS - On Imperfect Competition and Macroeconomic Analysis; M.C.Sawyer - Flexibility and the Theory of Industrial Organization; A.Del Monte & F.M.Esposito - Monopoly Capitalism Revisited; K.Cowling - Industrial Economics in Italy; R.Marchionatti & F.Silva - PART 3: THEORY OF THE FIRM AND INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION - Collaborative Strategies of Firm: Theory & Evidence; N.Kay - The Multinational Firm and the Theory Industrial Organization; N.Acocella - The Behaviour of Risk-Averse Firms in a Duopolistic Market; R.Martina PART 4: TECHNICAL PROGRESS AND MARKET-STRUCTURES - Technological Change and Market Structure: the Diffusion Dimension; P.Stoneman - Inventive Activity and Risk-Aversion; D.Silipo - Market Structure, Firm Size and Innovation in Italy: An Integrated Approach to Testing Schumpeter; N.O'Higgins & P.Sbriglia - Index