The market makers : how retailers are reshaping the global economy / edited by Gary G. Hamilton, Misha Petrovic, and Benjamin Senauer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hamilton, Gary G..

Senauer, Benjamin..

Petrovic, Misha..

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Retail trade.

International economic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 11 chapters by leading scholars, 'The Market Makers' provides a detailed but highly readable analysis of how retailers have become the leading drivers of the new global economy.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations ; Contributors; Introduction; Part One: The Market Makers: A General Perspective; 1. Retailers as Market Makers; 2. Technology and Public Policy: The Preconditions for the Retail Revolution; Part Two: Making Consumer Markets; 3. US Retailing and its Global Diffusion; 4. Globalization of European Retailing; 5. Amazon and eBay: Online Retailers as Market Makers; Part Three: Making Supplier Markets; 6. The Asian Miracle and the Rise of Demand-Responsive Economies; 7. Global Logistics, Global Labor; 8. Making the Global Supply Base

9. Transnational Contractors in East AsiaPart Four: Industries and Market Making; 10. The Global Spread of Modern Food Retailing; 11. Market Making in the Personal Computer Industry; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-350) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-965587-1

0-19-162941-3

9786613593993

1-280-49876-5

OCLC:

779166466