Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Decision Rules in Markovian Decision Processes with incompletely knownm Transition Probabilities , J. W esels .
An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, Volume I , Third Edition, W. F eller .
S. S. Willks: Collected Papers. Contributions to Uathematical Statistics , edited by T. W. A nderson .
The Theory of Random Clumping ; S. A. R oach .
The Theory of Gambling and Statistical Logic , R ichard A. E pstein .
Handbook of Methods of Applied Statistics, vol. I and II , J. M. C hakravarti , R. G. L aha and J. R oy .
Input-output experiments, The Netherlands 1948–1961. , C. B. T ilanus .     

Books

Book review in this article Institutional Economics Social Order and Public Policy The Locke Institute Series W. Kasper and M. E. Streit Gerard Radnitzky Debt and Delusion: Central Bank Follies That Threaten Economic Disaster Peter Warburton David Kern Winners and Losers: The Business Strategy of Football Stefan Szymanski and Tim Kuypers Understanding Regulation: Theory, Strategy and Practice Robert Baldwin and Martin Caves Open-Economy Macroeconomics for Developing Countries Akhtar Hossain and The Independent Commission on the Voting System Edward Collins International Year Book of Industrial Statistics 1999 Graham Bannock Asia Meltdown–The End of the Miracle? Leo Gough European Monetary Unification: Theory, Practice and Analysis Barry Eichengreen New Ideas from Dead Economists: An Introduction to Modern Economic Thought Todd G. Buchholz The Theory of Monetary Institutions Lawrence H. White Two Lucky People: Memoirs Milton Friedman and Rose D. Friedman     

RECENT TEXTBOOKS ON GAME THEORY

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Binmore, K. (1992) Fun and Games, A Text on Game Theory
Fudenberg, D. and J. Tirole (1991) Game Theory
Gibbons, R. (1992) A Primer in Game Theory
Myerson, R. B. (1991) Game Theory, Analysis of Conflict
Rasmusen, E. (1989) Games and Information, An Introduction to Game Theory     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book review in this article:
Y oung , D avid W. The Managerial Process in Human Service Agencies
P oole , M ichael and M ansfield , R oger (Eds) Managerial Roles in Industrial Relations
C hang , Y. N. and C ampo -F lores , F ilemon Business Policy and Strategy
G odiwalla , Y ezdi M inoo , M einhart , W ayne A. and W arde , W illiam D. Corporate Strategy and Functional Management
H art , P. E. and C larke , R. Concentration in British Industry 1935–75
W ild , R ay Management and Production
S izer , J ohn (Ed.) Readings in Management Accounting
P en J an Modern Economics
P inder , C raig C. and M oore , L arry F. (Eds) Middle Range Theory and the Study of Organizations
K elly , J oe Organizational Behavior: Its Data, First Principles, and Applications
W oodward , J oan Industrial Organization: Theory and Practice (2nd edition)
C ummings , T homas G. Systems Theory for Organization Development
McF arland , D alton Innovation in the Metropolitan Hospital
S case , R ichard and G offee , R obert The Real World of the Small Business Owner
G arrett , J ohn Managing the Civil Service
C ooper , C ary L. (Ed) Developing Managers for the 1980s
R ivett , P atrick Model Building for Decision Analysis
J amieson , I an Capitalism and Culture: A Comparative Analysis of British and American Manufacturing Organizations
K ennedy , T homas European Labor Relations
I.D.E. (Industrial Democracy in Europe) Industrial Democracy in Europe
A.C.A.S Industrial Relations Handbook
C layre , A lasdair (Ed) The Political Economy of Cooperation and Participation-A Third Sector     

CHAOS AND COMPLEXITY IN ECONOMICS

Books reviewed in this article:
William A. Barnett, John Geweke and Karl Shell (eds) (1989) Economic Complexity: Chaos, Sunspots, Bubbles and Nonlinearity
W. A. Brock and A. G. Malliaris (1989) Differential Equations, Stability and Chaos in Dynamic Economics
Carl Chiarella (1990) The Elements of a Nonlinear Theory of Economic Dynamics
Tönu Puu (1989) Nonlinear Economics Dynamics
Kumaraswamy Velupillai (ed.) (1990) Nonlinear and Multisectoral Macrodynamics     

BOOK REVIEWS AND NOTES

Book reviews in this article: G.D.H. COLE AND INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY: A REVIEW: The World of Labour Introduction by John Lovell G.D.H. COLE AND INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY: A REVIEW: Self-Government in Industry Introduction by J. G. Corina G.D.H. COLE AND INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY: A REVIEW: Workshop Organisation Introduction by A. I. Marsh WORKPLACE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: Building: Teamwork or Conflict? by L. G. Bayley The Management of Wage Payment Systems by Alan Gillespie Labour Relations on the Docks by M. Jackson ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR: Social Psychology of the Work Organisation by A. S. Tannenbaum Organisational Problems in European Manufacture by T. D. Weinshall LABOUR ECONOMICS: Manpower Economics by E. B. Jakubaus and Neil A. Palomba Labour Economics by J. E. King Unemployment and Wage Inflation with Special Reference to Britain and the U.S.A. by J. Taylor UNEMPLOYMENT: Regional Unemployment Differences in Great Britain by P. C. Cheshire Interregional Migration Models and their Application to Great Britain by R. Weeden The Changing Pattern of Employment—Regional Specialisation and Industrial Localisation in Britain by M. Chisholm and J. Oeppen Men Out of Work—A Study of Unemployment in Three English Towns by M. J. Hill, R. M. Harrison, A. V. Sargeant and V. Talbot Do The Poor Want To Work? A Social-Psychological Study of Work Orientation by L. Goodwin Marienthal: The Sociography of an Unemployed Community by M. Jahoda, P. F. Lazarsfeld and H. Zeisel b     

Boekbespreking

Book reviewed in this article: Statistiek voor S.P.D., H. J. A. v. D. POST The advanced theory of statistics (Vol. 3), M. G. KENDALL and A. STUART Handbook of tables for probability and statistics, W. H. BEYER The Theory of Probability, B. W. GNEDENKO Elements of Nonparametric Statistics, GOTTFRIED E. NOETHER Elementary Probability, EDWARD O. THORP, Wiley The Design and Analysis of Scientific Experiments, K. C. PENG Scientific inventory management, JOSEPH BUCHAN and ERNEST KOENIGSBERG Time-dependent Results in Storage Theory, N. V. PRABHU Introduction to Operations Research, F. S. HILLIER and G. J. LIEBERMAN Proceedings IBM Scientific computing symposium; Simulation Models and Gaming, IBM Data Processing Division Spatial dispersion of economic activity, H. C. Bos Monopolistic Competition, technical progress and income distribution, J. G. M. HILHORST Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics, R. D. MASON, R. D. Irwin De Genormaliseerde Methode van Werkclassiflcatie als Meetinstrument, A. HAZEWINKEL, J. B. Wolters     

BOOK REVIEWS

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The Small Group . By Robert T. Golembiewski
Handbook of Small Group Research . By A. Paul Hare
Working with Groups . By Josephine Klein
Learning to Work in Groups . By Matthew B. Miles
The Small Group . By Michael S. Olmsted
Designing for Production . By B. W. Niebel and E. N. Baldwin
Organization for Production . By E. S. Roscoe
The Management of Production . By J. D. Radford and D. B. Richardson
Casebooks in Production Management: Basic Problems, Concepts and Techniques . By Arch R. Dooley
On Thinking Statistically . By M. B. Brodie
Cases in Management Statistics . By Norbert
Management Accountancy . By J. Batty
Accounting . By M. Moonitz and L. H. Jordan.
Accounting Principles . By A. D. Braden and R. G. Allyn
Accounting Principles and Practice . By S. Hall
Accounting Step by Step . By R. G. A. Boland
Control Accounting by Function . By A. Dixon
Period Planning & Budgetary Control . By E. C. D. Evans
Cost Control . By E. C. D. Evans
Efficient Accounting Methods . By H. F. Wilson
An Introduction to Business Computer Programming . By T. W. McRae
Management Standards for Data Processing . By Dick H. Brandon
System Design for Computer Application . By H. N. Laden and T. R. Gildersleeve
Executive Decision Making in Business and Government . By Marion B. Folsom
The Art of Leadership . By S. W. Roskill
Network Analysis . By J. Battersby
An Introduction to Critical Path Analysis . By K. G. Lockyer
Schedule, Cost and Profit with PERT . by R. W. Miller
PERT/CPM . By Stires and Murphy     

Boekbespreking

Book reviewed in this article:
Distribution-free statistical tests, J. V. B radley
A nonparametric Introduction to Statistics, C. H. K raft and C. van E eden
Stationary Random Processes, Yu. A. R ozanov
Sampling Theory, R aj
Faktorenanalyse, eine systematische Einführung für Psychologen, Mediziner, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwisseaschaftler, K. Ü berla
Stationary and related stochastic processes, H. C ramer and M. R. L eadbetter
Bibliography of Statistical Literature (Pre-1940, with supplements to the volumes for 1940–49 and 1950–58), M aurice G. K endall and A lison G. D oig
Programmeren van computers in ALGOL 60, een geprogrammeerde instructie, A D irkzwager en G. C. van der V eer
Wiskundige Propaedeuse vmr Economisten, 3e druk, J. H. C. L isman
Structural models: an introduction to the theory of directed graphs, F. H arary , R. Z. N orman en D. C artwright     

Boekbesprekingen

Book reviewed in this article:
Analysing Qualitative Data, A. E. Maxwell, Methuen's monographs on applied probability and statistics, Methuen
Population Redistribution and Economic Growth, United States 1870–1950, E. S. Lee, A. R. Miller, C. P. Brainerd, R. A. Easterlin, S. Kuznets, D. S. Thomas
The Ownership of Major Consumer Durables, J. S. Cramer
Elementaire Statistiek, L. A. van Wijk, J. B. Wolters
Elementary Statistics, P. G. Hoel
The passage problem for a stationary Markov chain, J. H. B. Kemperman, Statistical Research Monographs, Volume 1
An introduction to Statistical Communication Theory, D. Middleton
An Introduction to infinitely many variates, E. A. Robinson, Grifin's Statistical Monographs and Courses
Queues, D. R. Cox en W. L. Smith, Methuen's Monographs on Applied Probability and Statistics     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article
Lockett, Martin and Spear, Roger (Eds)
Redding, S. G. The Working Class Manager, Beliefs and Behaviour Farnborough: Saxon House
Hofstedt, Geert. Futures for Work, a Book of Original Readings The Hague
Eden, Colin, Jones, S. and Sims, D. Thinking in Organizations London
Meredith, Jack R. and Gibbs, Thomas E. The Management of Operations Chichester
Allen David E. Hospital Planning Tunbridge Wells
Summer, Charles E. Strategic Behavior in Business and Government Boston
Glueck, William F. Business Policy and Strategic Management (third edition) New York
Sutton, C. J. Economics and Corporate Strategy Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Samuelson, Paul A. Economics (eleventh edition) London: McGraw-Hill (UK)
Zudak, L. S. Managerial Economics London: Harper and Row
Douglas, Evan J. Managerial Economics, Theory, Practice and Problems Hemel Hempstead
Channon, Derek F. The Service Industries: Strategy, Structure and Financial Performance London
Bhaskar, Krish. The Future of the World Motor Industry London
Murdick, Robert G. M.I.S.—Concepts and Design Hemel Hempstead     

THE STRUCTURE OF ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS

Books reviewed in this article:
C. W. J. Granger, ed. (1990) Modelling Economic Series: Readings in Econometric Methodology. Oxford:
L. G. Godfrey (1988) Misspecification Tests in Econometrics: The Lagrange Multiplier Principle and Other Approaches. Cambridge:
Denis Sargan (Meghnad Desai, ed.) (1988) Lectures on Advanced Econometric Theory. Oxford:     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Review in This Article.
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     

Book Notices

A Textbook of Econometrics. By Lawrence R. Klein.
Econometrics. By J. Tinbergen. Trans, by H. Rijken van Olst.
Econometrics. By Gerhard Tintner.
Studies in Econometric Method. Ed. by Wm. C. Hood and Tjalling C. Koopmans.
Bolivia: Land, People and Institutions. By Olen E. Leonard.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Social Control of Industrial Monopoly Corporate Concentration and Public Policy. By Harry L. Purdy, Martin L. Lindahl, and William A. Carter.
United States Foreign Policy: Shield of the Republic, By Walter Lippmann
The Theory of Prices, Vol. II By Arthur W. Marget.
From Economic Theory to Policy, By E. Ronald Walker.
The Garment of God: The htfittence of Nature in HnmaTt Experience. By John C. Merriam.
Jack Jones, Fisherman-Philosopher, By Helen Swift.
The Blockade of Germany after the Armistice, 1915–1919. By Suda Lorena Bane and Ralph Haswell Lutz.
Christianity and the Family, By Ernest R. Groves     

Book Reviews

The Contentious Alliance: Trade Unions and the Labour Party Lewis Minkin Trade Unions in British Politics–the first 200 years Ben Pimlott and Chris Cook (eds.) The Permanent Revolution? Conservative Law and the Trade Unions John McIlroy Taming the Trade Unions: a Guide to the Thatcher Government's Employment Reforms, 1980–1990 , Charles G. Hanson Industrial Sociology and Economic Crisis John Eldridge, Peter Cressey and John MacInnes Making their Way, Education, Training and the Labour Market in Canada and Britain D. Ashton and G. Lowe (eds.) Training and its Alternatives D. Gleeson (ed.) Working Together: Labour-management cooperation in training and in technological and other changes Alan Gladstone and Muneto Ozaki, (eds.) Training for Older People: A Handbook Peter C. Plett and Brenda T. Lester Vulnerable Workers: psychosocial and legal issues , Marilyn J. Davidson and Jill Earnshaw (eds.) Business and Politics: A Comparative Introduction , (2nd. edn.) Graham K. Wilson Industrial Relations at Work: The Australian Workplace Industrial Relations Survey Callus R., Morehead A., Cully M and Buchanan J. Comparative Industrial Relations: Contemporary Research and Theory Roy J. Adams (ed.) A Handbook of Dispute Resolution–ADR in Action Karl J. Mackie Negotiation from Theory to Practice Jacques Rojot The Mediator Revisited: Profile of a Profession 1960s and 1985 Ruth F. Necheles-Jansyn Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations in Industrialised Market Economies Roger Blanpain (General Editor)     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviews in this article:
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     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Applications of Characteristic Functions, E. LUKACS and R. G. LAHA
Bibliography of Statistical Literature 1940–1949, M. G. KENDALL and A. G. DOIG
The mathematical theory of optimal processes, L. S. PONTRYAGIN, V. G. BOLTYANSKII, R. S. GAMKRELIDZE and E. F. MISCHENKO
The Theory of Branching Processes, THEODORE E. HARRIS
Lectures on modern mathematics, Vol. III, T. L. SAATY
Contribution to order statistics, AHMED E. SARHAN, BERNARD G. GREENBERG
Proceedings of the IBM Scientific Computing Symposium on Statistics     

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.     

Boekbespreking

Book reviewed in this article:
Introduction to statistical methods , D onald L. H arnett .
Basic Concepts of Probability and Statistics , J. L. H odges Jr. and E. U. L ehmann , Holden Day.
Nonlinear programming , H. P. K unzi , W. K relle and W. O ettli .
Conditional Markov processes and their application to the theory of optimal control , R. L. S trato - novich .
Theorie et méthodes statistiques, vol. I , P ierre D agnelie , éditions J. Duculot, S. A. Gembloux.
Statistics for experimentalists , B. E. C ooper .
Systems of frequency curves , W. P. E lderton and N. L. J ohnson .
Stochastic Theory of a Risk Business , H ilary L. S eal .
Statistics in Physical Sciences
Probability and random processes for engineers and scientists , A. B. C larke and R. L. D isney .
Optimal statistical decisions , M orris H. de G root .
Statistische Auswertungsmethoden , L othar S achs .
Sensitivitiitsanalysen und parametrische Programmierung , W erner D inkelbach .
Thérie et méthodes statistiques , vol. 2, P ierre D agnelie , éditions J. Duculot, S. A. - Gembloux.
Introduction to Economic Statistics , W illiam C. M errill . & K arl A. Fox.
Characteristic functions , E. L ukacs .
Future Game