industrial economics
1industrial economics — ➔ economics * * * industrial economics UK US noun [U] ECONOMICS ► the study of how businesses in different industries operate and compete against each other and why they succeed or fail: »He writes in the fields of corporate strategy and… …
2Industrial Economics Institute — The industrial economics institute (French: Institut D Economie Industrielle ) (IDEI) is a research center in economics located in Toulouse (France) within the University of Toulouse I. It was founded in 1990 by Jean Jacques Laffont. The IDEI… …
3Industrial organization — is a field of economics that studies the strategic behavior of firms, the structure of markets and their interactions. The study of industrial organization adds to the perfectly competitive model real world frictions such as limited information,… …
4economics — The study of the economy. See also: macroeconomics; microeconomics; Keynesian economics, monetarism ( monetarist), and supply side economics. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * economics ec‧o‧nom‧ics [ˌekəˈnɒmɪks, ˌiː ǁ ˈnɑː ] noun ECONOMICS …
5Industrial Technology Research Institute — Infobox Company company name = Industrial Technology Research Institute company company type = Non profit research institute foundation = 1973 location = Hsinchu County and Hsinchu City key people = Lin Hsin i, Chairman Johnsee Lee, President… …
6Industrial relations — is a multidisciplinary field that studies the employment relationship.[1] Industrial relations is increasingly being called employment relations because of the importance of non industrial employment relationships. Many outsiders[who?] also… …
7Industrial ecology — (IE) is an interdisciplinary field that focuses on the sustainable combination of environment, economy and technology. The central idea is the analogy between natural and socio technical systems. The word industrial does not only refer to… …
8Industrial arts — is an umbrella term originally conceived in the early 20th century to describe educational programs which featured fabrication of objects in wood and/or metal using a variety of hand, power, or machine tools. Many also cover topics such as small… …
9Industrial engineering — is a branch of engineering dealing with the optimization of complex processes or systems. It is concerned with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment,… …
10Industrial district — was initially introduced as a term to describe an area where workers of a monolithic heavy industry (ship building, coal mining, steel, ceramics, etc) live within walking distance of their places of work. In England, such areas were usually… …
