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FINANCE Financial Reporting in Japan . By R obert J. B allon , I wao T omita and H ajime U sami
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Developing Social Skills in Managers, Advances in Group Training . Edited by C ary L. C ooper
Social Psychology of Collective Bargaining and Negotiation . By J effrey Z. R ubin and B ert R. B rown
Trade Unions and Pressure Group Politics . By T imothy C. M ay
ECONOMICS Theoy of the Firm . By M. A. Crew
Theory of the Firm . By C. J. H awkins
The Theoy of the Firm . By P. J. C urwen
Modern Managerial Economics . By B. L owes and J. R. S parkes
Managerial Economics . By P. J. C urwen
Introduction to Process Economics . By F. A. H olland , F. A. W atson and J. K. W ilkinson
An Introductiun to Industrial Economics . By P. J. D evine , R. M. J ones , N. L ee and W. J. T yson
Industrial Organization . By K. D. G eorge
The Strategy and Structure of British Enterprise . By D. F. C hannon
The Economic System . By S. L etchford
Economic Policy . By P. J. C urwen and A. H. F owler
An Introduction to Applied Economics . By G. D ouglas V aughan
Disequilibrium Economics . By J. van D oorn
STRUCTURE AND SYSTEMS OF ORGANIZATION Effective Behavior in Organizations . By A. R. C ohen et al .
Behavior in Organizations . By L. W. P orter et al.
Organization Design . By D erek N ewman
Organization and Bureaucracy . By N icos P. M ouzelis
ORGANIZATION The Government of Business . By R. E. T homas
The Sociology of Organizations . By A ngela B owey
A Critical Introduction to Organization Theory . By B runo L ussato
Readings in Organizations . Edited by J. L. G ibson , J. M. I vancevich and J. H. D onnelly
Organizations . By J. L. G ibson , J. M. I vancevich and J. H. D onnelly     

An Integrated Approach to the Business Cycle

Die Konjunkturschwankungen : Theoretische Gunglagen der Wirtschafts-politik, Bd. II.
The Japanese Village in Transition. By A. F. Raper, T. Tsuchiyama, H. Passin and D. L. Sills.
Public Finance and Fiscal Policy. By Richard W. Lindholm.
Business and Government. By C. C. Rohlfing, E. W. Carter, B. W. West and J. G. Hervey.
The Economy of Latin America. By Wendell C. Gordon.
Price Theory. By Sidney Weintraub.
Pricing in Planned Economy. By B. V. Krishnamurti.
Pressure of Population and Economic Efficiency in India. By D. Ghosh.
Studies in Genius. By Walter G.     

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Price Theory and Price Control. By M. A. C. van M eerhaeghe
Introduction to Price Theory. By M icha G isser
Price Theory and Applications in Business Administration . By W. D avid M axwell
Personnel Management. Ed. by D. E. M c F arla
Minpower Planning - The Management of Human Resources . By G arexh S tainer
Training in Industry & Commerce. By E. J. S inger
T-Groups - A Survey of Research. Ed. by C. L. C ooper and I. L. M angham
Motivation and Control in Organizations. Ed . by G. W. D alton and P. R. L awrence
Organizational Structure and Design. Ed. by G. W. D alton , P. R. L awrence and J. W. L orsch
Organisational Change and Development. Ed. by G. W. D alton , P. R. L awrence and L. E. G reiner
Writers on Organisatons . By D. S. P ugh , D. J. H ickson and C. R. H inings
The Management of Northern Ireland Industy . By J ames B ates and M aeve B ell
Civil Engineering Management . By J ames M. A ntill     

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A Comprehensive Bibliography on Operations Research: J. KRIENS
Elementary Medical Statistics, D. MAINLAND, W. B. Saunders, CHR. L. RÜMKE
The Statistical Method in Business FREDERICK A. EKEBLAD, John Wiley & Sons sh.B. VAN DER MEER
The theory of graphs and its applications, C. BERGE sh.W. R. VAN ZWET
Inleiding tot de Mediscbe Statistiek druk, H. DE JONGE
Business Economics and Statistics, A. J. MERRETT and G. BANNOCK J. H. C. LISMAN
Integration, Measure and Probability, H. R. PITT, Oliver & Boyd W. MOLENAAR
Statistiek voor M.B.A., H. A. J. VAN DER POST, Uitgeverij H. Stam N.V. B. VAN PRAAQ
Elements of Linear Programming, R. C. GEARY and M. D. MCCARTHY J. C. G. BOOT     

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Suzuki, Y. Japanese Managmnt Structures, 1920–80.
Bradley K,. and Taylors, Business Performance in the Retail Sector: Experience of the John Lewis Partnership.
Haspeslagph P. E. and Jemison, D. B. Managing Acquisitions: Creating Value Through Corporate Renewal.
Arnold J. Robertson I. T. and Cooper. C. L. Work Psychology: Understanding Human Behaviour in the Workplace.
Smith, M. (Ed.). Analysing Organisational Behaviour.
Ewing K. D. The Right to Strike.
Witt S. F., Brooke M. Z. and Buckley. P. J. The Management of International Tourism.
Blyton P. and Morris. J., (Eds.). A Flexible Future: Prospects for Employment and Organization.
Diacogiannis, G. and de Souza, E. Lotus 1-2-3 for Finance and Business: A Practical Guide.
Legge, K. Clegg C,. W. and Kemp N. J. (Eds.), Information Technology, People and Organizations.     

GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM THEORY WITH IMPERFECT COMPETITION1

Abstract. This survey is organized as follows. I. Introduction. II. The main issues. III. Negishi's model. IV. Objective demand in the Cournot-Nash framework. V. Objective demand in the Bertrand-Nash framework. VI. The assumption of quasi-concavity of the profit functions. VII. Compromises between the conjectural and the objective approach. VIII. Insights into the notion of perfect competition. IX. Conclusion.     

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SOCIOLOGY
Efficiancy and uplift. By SAMUEL HABER
Multiproducts ltd. By LILS DLEIN
The Dynamics of a changing technology. By PETER J. FENSHAM and Douglas HOOPER
RESTRICTIVE TRADE PRACTICES
The Law of Restrictive Practices and Resale Prce Maintenance , (2nd edition). By JEREMY LEVER
Thc Restrictive Practoces court, A Study of the Judicial process and Economic PoIicy . By R. B. STEVEN and B. S. YAMEY
Resale Price Maintenance . By IAN. MACDONALD
Resale Prices Act 1964.
Restrictive Tradng Agreements in the Common Market , Texts and Com- mentaries. By A m CAMPBELL
SCIENCE AND THE MANAGER
Modles for Decision . By C M. BERNERS-LEE (Ed.).
Science and the Manager . By R. W.REVANS
Scientific Metbod in Production Management . By G. R. GEDYE
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Conceptual Foundations of Bnsiness Rcsearcb . By PAUL. H. RIGER
New Thinking in Management, A Guide for Magagement . By F. DE F. HANIKA
The Dynamics of Research and Development . By EDWARDB. ROBERTS
Managemmt Uses of Rcsearch and Development . By WARRENt. LOTHROP
Management for Research and Development . By H. A. CoLLINSON
MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY
The Efficiency Experts . An imparsial study Management Consdtancy. By LAURA TATHAM
MARKETING
Science in Marketing . GEORGE SCHWARTZ
Models, Measwremen & Marketing . PETER LANGHOFF
Marketing in Action . SHULTZE and MAZZE
Cases In Marketing Management . By EDWARDC C. BURSK
International Marketing . By JOHN FATERWEATHER
InternationalBusiness Magagement, Reading and Cass . By JOHN S. EWING and FRANK MEISSNER
Management of the Adwertisibg Function . By ALFRED R. OXENPELoT and CARROLL SWAN
THRUSTERS AND SLEEPERS
Thrusters and Slepers. A study of Attitudes in Indusurial Management . P.E.P.     

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The Sociai Psychoology of Work . By M ichael A rgyle
Perceptions of Work . By H. B eynon and R. M. B lackburn
The Receding Ideal . By G. D. N ewbould and A. S. J ackson
Six Approaches to the Person . By R alph R uddock
Mathematics for Managers . By A. F letcher and G. C larke
Modern Mathematics . By K. W illiams
Calculus – A Short Course . By M ichael G emignani
Winkler on Marketing Planning . By J ohn W inkler
Planning for Products and Markets . By D ouglas W. F oster
Marketing Management . By H arper W. B oyd J r . and W illiam F. M assy
Integrated Marketing . By B. G. S. J ames
Marketing Logistics and distribution Planning . Ed. by M artin C hristopher and G ordon W ills
How To Do Business in Branded Goods . By E ric A. G. M organ
Profit From Figures; A Manager's Guide to Statistical Methods . By C yril J. A nson
Statistical Analysis for Business; A Conceptual Approach . By L ee H. S mith and D onald R. W illiams
Statistical Methods for Business Decisions . By C harles T. C lark and L awrence L. S chkade
Sources of Economic and Business Statistics . By Bernard Edwards
Guidance, Selection and Training - Ideas and Applications . By P eter C. M orea
Managing the Training Function - U sing Instructional Technology and Systems Concepts . By C hristopher G ane
Performance Appraisal in Management . By M. R. W illiams
Management Controls in Action . By W illiam M urray
Productivity Committee Development Division 1970
Personal and Organkational Effectiveness . By R ichard H acon
The Reality of Organisations . By R osemary S tewart
Organisational Desip . By P eter A. C lark
The Study of Organisations . By D avid D unkerley
The Applicability of Organisationaal Sociology . By C hris A rgyris     

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Quinn, J. B. Intelligent Entreprise.
Clark, P. and Staunton, N. Innovation In Technology and Organization.
Milgrom, P. and Roberts, J. Economics, Organization and Management.
Brewster, C., Hegewisch, A., Holden, L. and Lockhart, T. (Eds.). The European Human Resource Management Guide.
Morgan, G. Imaginization: the Art of Creative Management.
Durlabhji, S. and Marks, N. E. (Eds.). Japanese Business: Cultural Perspectives.
Hassard, J. Sociology and Organization Theory: Positivism, Paradigms and Postmodernity.
Loveridge, R. and Starkey, K. (Eds.). Continuity and Crisis In the Nhs.
Kessler, S. and Bayliss, F. Contemporary British Industrial Relations.
Johnson, H. Relevance Regained, From Top-Down Control to Bottom-Up Empowerment.
Hansen, P and Conrad, A. (Ed.). A Handbook of Psychological Assessment In Business.     

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Management Consultants . By F rank D avidson
Personnel Managment in a Changing Society . By T. P. L yons
Job Enrichment and Employee Motivation . By W. J. P aul and K. B. R obertson
Occupational Pysychology . By D onald E. S uper and M artin J. B ohn J r .
Human Bebaviour and Employment Interviewing . By D ean B. P eskin
Case Studies in Human Relations . By K enneth V. P orter
Information for Decision Making; Quantitative and Behavioural Dimensions . By A lfred R appaport (Ed.)
Income Theory and Rate of Return . By J. L. L ivingstone and T. J. B urns (Eds.)
Accounting Case Studies (Business Case Studies Series) . By K. M idgley and R. G. B urns
The Prediction of Profitability and Other Studes of Company Behaviour . By G eoffrey W hittington     

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Consumer Product Development . By R oderick W hite
Marketing New Industrial Products . By M ichael J. B aker
Effective Marketing logistic . By G raham B uxton
Legal Aspects of Marketing . By J ohn L ivermore
Ofensive Marketing . By J. H. D avidson
Economics and Transport Polig . By K. W. G william and P. J. M ackie
The Management of Urban Public Transport . By P. J. H ovell , W. H. J ones and A. J. M oran     

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Statistical Management of Inventory systems, H. M. WAGNER
Flows in Networks, L. R. FORD Jr. and D. R. FULKERSON
Programmes, jeux et réseaux de transport, C. BERGE et A. GHOUILA-HOURI
An Introduction to Mathematical Statistics, H. D. BRUNK
Éléments de Calcul des Probabilitiés, théorique et appliqué, J. BASS
Handbook of Nonparametric Statistics (Investigation of Randomness, Moments, Percentiles and Distributions), J. E. WALSH, D. van Nostrand
Décompositions des lois de probabilités, Yu. V. LINNIK
The Laplace Transform: An Introduction, E. D. RATNVILLE
Tables for Testing Significance in a 2 times 2 Contingency Table, D. J. FINNEY, R. LATSCHA, B. M. BENNETT and P. Hsu
The Development of Firms, A. S. MACKINTOSH
Introduction to Statistical Inference, H. FREEMAN
Inleiding tot de Medische Statistlek, deel 1,2e editie, H. DE JONGE
A Guide to Operational Research, ERIC DUCKWORTH
The statistical basis of acceptance sampling, S. K. EKAMBARAM     

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Book reviews in this article: The Affluent Worker in the Class Structure by John H. Goldthorepe, David Lockwood, Frank Bechhoffer and Jennifer Platt. Workers' Participation in Management: Expectations and Experience by J. Y. Tabb and A. Goldfarb. British Trade Unions and the Problem of Change by Will Paynter, Co-ownership, Co-operation and Control: an Industrial Objective by P. Derrick and J. F. Phipps. Workshop Wage Determination by Shirley W. Lerner, John R. Cable, and S. Gupta. British Management and Thought—A Critical Analysis by John Child Shop Stewards in British Industry by J. F. B. Goodman and T. G. Whittingham. Challenge and Response: W. E. A. East Midland District, 1919–1969 A. John Allaway.     

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Factor Analysis, An introduction and manuel for the Psychologist and Social scientist , Raymond B. Cattle.
Mathematics and Statistics for use in Pharmacy, Biology and Chemistry , L. Saunders en R. Fleming.
Initiation aux methodes statistiques en biologie , M. Lamotte, Masson et Cie., Parijs.
The Analysis of Family Budgets , S. J. Prais en H. S. Houthakker.
Guide to elementary statistical formulas , Robert E. Johnson en Doris N. Morris.
Applied General Statistics , F. E. Croxton en D. J. Cowden.
Proceedings of the Second Symposium in Linear Programming
Mathematische Statistik , B. L. van der Waerden.
Introduction to Factor Analysis , Benjamin Fruchter.     

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Mccarthy, W. (Ed.). Legal Intervention In Industrial Relations: Gains and Losses .
Brown, R. Understanding Industrial Organisations .
Giordano, L. Beyond Taylorism .
Sak, O, M. Prices, Qualify, and Trust: Interfirm Relations In Britain and Japan .
Anderson, N. and Shackleton, V. Successful Selection Interviewing .
Ferner, A. and Hyman, R. (Eds.). Industrial Relations In the New Europe .
Argyris, C. On Organisational Learning .
Edwards, P. and Whitston, C. Attending to Work .
Stagey, R. Strategic Management and Organizational Dynamics .     

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Womack, James P., Jones, Daniel T. and Roos, DANIEL. The Machine that Changed the World.
Eli, Max. Japan Inc. Global Strategies of Japanese Trading Corporatiom.
Kester W. Carl, Japanese Takeovers. The Global Contest for Corporate Control.
Flood Robert L. Librrating System Theory.
Lewis, Colin. Business Forecasting in a Lotus 1-2-3 Environemt.
Nystrom, Harry. Technological and Market Innovation - Strategies for Product and Company Development.
Friedland, Roger and Robertson, A. F. (Eds). Beyond the Market place: Rethinking Economy and Sociefy.
Reddings, S. Gordont. The spirit of Chinese Capitalism.
Mead, Richard Cross-cultural Management Communication.
Cross Michael cHanging Job Structures: Techniques for the Design of New Jobs and Organisations.     

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An Econometric Model of Age-Income Profiles , M. M. G. F ase .
The Chi-squared Disstribution , H. O. L ancaster .
The Single Server Queue , J. W. C ohen .
Emperical Econometrics , J. S. C ramer .     

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Combination of One-sided Statistical Tests , J. O osterhoff .
Probability Models with Business Applications , R. C. Shook, H. J. H ighland and E. H. H ighland .
Handbook of Nonparametric Statistics , III (Analysis of Variance) by J onh E. W alsh .
Mathematik für Mediziner und Biologen , G. F uchs .
Nonparametric Statistics , J. H ájek .
Sampling Inspection and Quality Control , G. B. W etherill .     

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Receptbladen voor de statistische verwerking van waarnemingen
Handbook of the Poisson Distribution, FRANK A. HAIOHT, John Wiley & Sons
Bibliography on time series and stochastic processes, H. O. A. WOLD (editor), Oliver & Boyd
L'car;estimation statistique, DANIEL DUMAS de RAULY, Gauthier-Villars
Time Series Analysis Papers, E. PARZEN
Statistics, L. H. C. TIPPETT
Statistische Tabellen, W. WETZEL, M. D. JÖHNK und P. NAEVE
Bayesian decision problems and Markov chains, J. J. MARTIN
Introduction to Probability and Statistical Decision Theory, G. HADLEY
Statistical Methods in Economics, H. W. GUTHRIE, Richard D. Irwin
Papers on regional statistical studies, (onder redactie van SYLVIA OSTRY en T. K. RYMES)
Intermediate economic statistics, KARL A. Fox, John Wiley and Sons
Introduction to mathematical sociology, J. S. COLEMAN     

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Man's Role in Changing the Face oj the Earth. Edited by W. L. Thomas Jr., C. O. Sauer, M. Bates and L. Mumford
Taylorism at Watertown Arsenal. Scientific Management in Action , 1908–1915. By Hugh G. J. Aitken
Basic Economics. By L. C. Michelon