Industrial Inefficiency and Downsizing: A Study of Layoffs and Plant Closures

by Matthew B. Krepps, Amy B. Candell

Overview

First published in 1997. The primary focus of the book is an inquiry into the behavior of firms in response to competitive forces. The studies in this book investigate the genesis and exodus of industrial inefficiency by analyzing where corporate fat accumulates and how it is eliminated in response to competitive forces.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136778612
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/01/1997
Series:	Studies on Industrial Productivity: Selected Works
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	158
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Matthew B. Krepps, Amy Bertin Candell

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction 3 Chapter 2 Fat: The Displacement of Nonproduction Workers from U.S. Manufacturing Industries Chapter 3 Incomplete Contracting and Costly Disclosure: A Study of Strategic Preannouncements of Layoffs Chapter 4 Technological and Organizational Factors in Productivity and the Plant Closure Decision: Evidence from the Blast Furnace Industry