The interplay between firms' internal organization and market behaviour is a long standing issue in industrial economics. This book examines firms' objectives in the comparatively new perspective shaped by globalization. The positive and normative aspects of theoretical analysis are developed and richly complemented by empirical studies.

Autorentext
LUCA LAMBERTINI (DPhil, Oxon) is Professor of Economics at the University of Bologna, Italy. He is on the Executive Committee of EARIE and the Technical Committee 2.4 of IFAC. His publications include papers in the *Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Optimal Control Applications and Methods,*Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Mathematical Social Sciences and European Journal of Operational Research , inter alia.

Inhalt
Preface; L.Lambertini Existence and Uniqueness of Equilibrium in Labor-Managed Cournot Oligopoly; K.OKuguchi & F.Szidarovszky Wage-Rise Contract and Cournot Competition with Labor-Managed Firms; K.Ohnishi Price Setting is Popular among Firms: Will it Persist in Vertical Relationships with Market Uncertainty?; G.Rossini Contagious 'Social Market Enterprises': The Role of Fair Traders; L.Becchetti & G.Gianfreda Should One Sell Domestic Firms to Foreign Ones? A Tale of Delegation, Acquisition and Collusion; D.Dragone To Make-or-But Choice in a Mixed Oligopoly: A Theoretical Investigation; R.Cellini & L.Lambertini Entrepreneurs' Behaviour and Performance: An Empirical Analysis on Italian Firms; F.Oropallo & S.Rossetti Firms' International Status and Heterogeneity in Performance: Evidence from Italy; L.Casaburi, V.Gattai & G.A.Minerva Vertical Specialisation in Europe: Evidence from the Import Content of Exports; E.Breda, R.Cappariello & R.Zizza