Camal Gallouj - Böcker

The Elgar Encyclopedia of Retailing is a groundbreaking resource that presents a comprehensive overview of the retail sector. It covers the forms and history of the industry as well as topics such as employment, supply chain logistics, sustainability and other contemporary challenges. Interdisciplinary in scope, entries provide readers with a far-reaching analysis, encompassing economics, management, geography, regional and urban planning, history and political science.Split into nine thematic sections, contributors explore topics relating to retail forms and formats, retail management and marketing, supply chain management, institutional change and retail innovation. They examine the position of the consumer and the economics of retailing, as well as retail spaces and common misconceptions surrounding retailing. Key Features:Fills a significant gap in the literature on commerceComprises 238 entries by 262 authors from 35 countriesIncludes contributions from internationally renowned experts in retailing and consumptionAccessible insights into a wide range of concepts, methods and perspectives that expand the boundaries of the field This Encyclopedia is an essential reference for scholars and students of marketing, strategic management, industrial economics, and business and management. It will also prove invaluable to practitioners in the private and public sector as well as consultants in the field.

The Encyclopedia of Services is a ground-breaking resource that offers a unique overview of what constitutes the main source of wealth and employment in our contemporary economies, namely services. Divided into five thematic parts, the Encyclopedia thoroughly examines services from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. It provides a pedagogical state of the art review of 283 topics falling within the scope of the major streams of service studies, such as services in economic thought, services management and services innovation. Each entry describes, synthesizes and discusses the main dimensions of the given topic, highlighting key research areas and literature. This Encyclopedia will be particularly invaluable for researchers and students in the economics, sociology, political science and management fields as well as practitioners in the private and public sector. Key Features:First encyclopedia of service studies covering the key topics in the fieldEntries written by 241 leading scholars and practitioners from 39 different countriesFully supported by The European Association for Research on Services (RESER)Multi-disciplinary approach across the fields of economics, management, sociology, geography, but also political science and history.

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. This Advanced Introduction to Service Innovation explores a key driver of the service economy, addressing in particular the definition and conceptualization of innovation in services, and its measurement, using both traditional and new measures. The authors address pertinent questions such as: What is innovation in services and how is it conceptualized? How is it measured? How is it organized and managed within both service and non-service firms? Key Features: Identifies potential challenges and outlines the future of research Reflects on the rise of innovation networks in the field of services Provides a comprehensive review of advances in the field of service innovation over the last 30 years Illustrates via in-depth discussions the progress, and the gaps to be filled, in the measurement of service innovation This insightful book will be a useful introduction for both undergraduate and graduate teaching of organisational innovation, economics of innovation and services. It will also be a valuablel resource for researchers and business and policy practitioners in the field of service innovation.

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. This Advanced Introduction to Service Innovation explores a key driver of the service economy, addressing in particular the definition and conceptualization of innovation in services, and its measurement, using both traditional and new measures. The authors address pertinent questions such as: What is innovation in services and how is it conceptualized? How is it measured? How is it organized and managed within both service and non-service firms? Key Features: Identifies potential challenges and outlines the future of research Reflects on the rise of innovation networks in the field of services Provides a comprehensive review of advances in the field of service innovation over the last 30 years Illustrates via in-depth discussions the progress, and the gaps to be filled, in the measurement of service innovation This insightful book will be a useful introduction for both undergraduate and graduate teaching of organisational innovation, economics of innovation and services. It will also be a valuablel resource for researchers and business and policy practitioners in the field of service innovation.