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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Overview; 2 Finance, profitability and investment in manufacturing; 3 Credit rationing versus consolidation of financial structure; 4 Investment, uncertainty and industry structure1; 5 Corporate governance, investment and economic performance; 6 Uncertainty, macroeconomic volatility1 and investment in new technology; 7 Overview; 8 Components of investment and growth; 9 Foreign direct investment, innovation and economic growth within Europe; 10 Investment, growth and unemployment; 11 Overview.13 Long-run effects of investment incentives; 14 Investment policy and the employers? perspective; 15 The capacity to tackle unemployment; 16 The UK?s investment problem; 17 Investment and capital productivity in Europe and the US; Index.Electronic reproduction.Available via World Wide Web.
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THE THESIS
This volume investigates the complex causal relationships between capital investment, economic growth, and employment levels within modern industrial economies. Editors Ciaran Driver and Paul Temple compile research from various contributors to analyze how financial structures, corporate governance, and macroeconomic volatility influence long-term productivity. The text provides a rigorous framework for policymakers to evaluate the efficacy of investment incentives and the structural barriers to reducing unemployment in the UK, Europe, and the United States.
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What You Will Find
- Quantitative analysis of manufacturing profitability and credit rationing mechanisms.
- Comparative studies of capital productivity across European and American markets.
- Evaluation of corporate governance models and their impact on technological innovation.
- Policy-oriented assessments of investment incentives and their long-run effects on labor markets.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Experts identify this collection as a specialized resource for academic researchers and policy analysts focusing on industrial economics. Readers frequently note the technical density of the prose, which assumes a foundational understanding of macroeconomic theory and financial modeling.
Page Count:
0
Publication Date:
2005-01-01
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN-10:
020398420X
ISBN-13:
9780203984208
Business
Economics
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Finance
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