What happens if A wants to buy a good or service from B, but not all relevant characteristics can be fixed in a contract? This book gives a non-technical overview of various models dealing with this situation. Particular emphasis is put on the problem that the service includes various tasks and...

The book presents a new survey method for assessing equivalence scales. While previous surveys have frequently been accused of providing data which are substantially biased by respondents' personal characteristics and other subjective biases the new method keeps bias to an absolute minimum....

The structural evolution of industrial districts and adaptive competitive advantages -- I. Theoretical Perspectives -- Regional governance and economic development: A European perspective -- Italian industrial districts: Facts and theories -- Modelling the structure and evolution of industrial...

1 Introduction -- 2 Theory -- 3 Empirical Basis -- 4 Data Collection -- 5 Rating of Locations -- 6 The Influence of Firm Characteristics -- 7 The Influence of Location Factors -- 8 The Relation between Distance and Rating -- 9 Development over Time -- 10 A Wider Perspective -- 11 Summary and...