1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460708703321

Autore

Barber Clarence L.

Titolo

Inventories and the business cycle : with special reference to Canada / / by Clarence L. Barber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Toronto, Ontario] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1958

©1958

ISBN

1-4426-5657-3

1-4426-3326-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (147 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

658.500182

Soggetti

Inventories

Inventories - Canada

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables -- Illustrations -- Chapter One. The Economic Role of Inventories -- Chapter Two. The Treatment of Inventories in Business Cycle Theory -- Chapter Three. Inventory Fluctuations in a Simple Model of the Economic System -- Chapter Four. A Second Model -- Chapter Five. The Effects of Inventory Fluctuations on Different Commodities and Stages of Production -- Chapter Six. The Relation of Price Changes to Cyclical Fluctuations in Inventories -- Chapter Seven. Expenditure on Consumers’ Services and Inventory Fluctuations -- Chapter Eight. Investment Expenditures, the Government. The Savings Schedule, and Inventory Fluctuations -- Chapter Nine. Summary and Conclusions -- Chapter Ten. Inventory Fluctuations in Ten Manufacturing Industries, 1918 to 1950 -- Chapter Eleven. Inventory Fluctuations in the Canadian Economy -- Chapter Twelve. Conclusion -- Statistical Appendix -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This study falls into two parts. Part I contains a theoretical analysis of the relation of inventories and inventory fluctuations to the business cycle. It begins with a brief survey of the treatment of inventories in the literature of business cycles. Then a theoretical model of the economic system is developed as a basis for judging the nature and importance



of inventory fluctuations in the economy. Part II is a study of inventory fluctuations in Canada over the period from 1918 to 1950 and provides some inductive verification of the preceding theoretical argument. The behaviour of inventories in ten important manufacturing industries is analysed in detail. This part also contains analysis of the movement of total inventories and of the behaviour of inventories in the main industrial subdivisions of the economy. Finally a brief chapter relates these findings to the theoretical analysis of Part I. Canadian Studies in Economics, No. 10.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781040203321

Autore

Richardson Adam <1968->

Titolo

Innovation X [[electronic resource] ] : why a company's toughest problems are its greatest advantage / / Adam Richardson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, CA, : Jossey-Bass, c2010

ISBN

0-470-58349-5

1-282-48287-4

9786612482878

0-470-58347-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Disciplina

658

658.4/063

658.4063

Soggetti

Technological innovations - Economic aspects

Industrial productivity - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Innovation X: Why a Company's Toughest Problems Are Its Greatest Advantage; Contents; Introduction; Prologue; Chapter 1: Living in an X-Problem World; Chapter 2: The Innovation X Framework; Chapter 3: Immersion; Chapter 4: Convergence; Chapter 5: Divergence; Chapter 6: Adaption; Chapter 7: Strategy; Chapter 8: Organization; Chapter 9: Truths; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; About the Author;



Index

Sommario/riassunto

A fresh approach to succeeding with innovation, grounded in insights about rapidly changing customers, competitors and technologies  Written by a director at the award-winning global innovation firm frog design, this vital book shows business leaders and managers how to accomplish truly effective innovation in today's disruptive climate. Richardson shows how business is filled with ""X-problems""- tough new challenges that present massive innovation opportunities, but also risks. Thriving in a world of X-problems requires harnessing four specific approaches: Immersion, Convergence, Div