Download or read book Political Barriers to Housebuilding In Britain written by Industrial Systems Research and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the years, political barriers have severely hampered housebuilding in Britain. Governments have blocked urban expansion, stymied new low cost housing production methods and materials, and restricted the supply of new housing to the market in other ways. They have thereby artificially raised prices and excluded many lower income households from owner occupation. This study analyses political barriers to housebuilding as a special form of political economic protectionism the equivalent of quotas and tariffs on international goods imports. The book will be of interest to anyone concerned about shortages in the supply and the high costs of good new homes not just in Britain but in other industrial countries also. Contents: 1. Political Barriers to Housebuilding In Britain: a Critical Overview 2. Greenbelt Barriers to Urban Expansion 3. Housing Output Planning and Quota Fixing 4. Housing Development Taxes and Quasi-Taxes 5. New Housing Class Discrimination 6. Controls on Technological Development and Product Innovation 7. The Effects on the Land Market and New Housing Location 8. The Effects on Housebuilders and Housing Production 9. The Effects on Household Consumer Choice, House Prices, and Housing Quality 10. The Removal of Political Barriers to Housebuilding

Download or read book Political Barriers to Housebuilding in Britain written by Lewis F. Abbott and published by Industrial Systems Research. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the years, political barriers have severely hampered housebuilding in Britain. Governments have blocked urban expansion, stymied new low-cost production methods, and restricted the supply of new housing to the market in other ways. They have thereby artificially raised prices and excluded many lower income households from owner-occupation. This study analyses political barriers to housebuilding as a special form of political-economic protectionism ¿ the equivalent of quotas and tariffs on international goods imports. The book will be of interest to anyone concerned about supply shortages and the high cost of good new homes ¿ not just in Britain but in other industrial countries also. 1. POLITICAL BARRIERS TO HOUSEBUILDING IN BRITAIN: A CRITICAL OVERVIEW 2. GREENBELT BARRIERS TO URBAN EXPANSION 3. HOUSING OUTPUT PLANNING & QUOTA FIXING 4. HOUSING DEVELOPMENT TAXES & QUASI-TAXES 5. NEW HOUSING CLASS DISCRIMINATION 6. CONTROLS ON TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCT INNOVATION 7. THE EFFECTS ON THE LAND MARKET & NEW HOUSING LOCATION 8. THE EFFECTS ON HOUSEBUILDERS & HOUSING PRODUCTION 9. THE EFFECTS ON HOUSEHOLD CONSUMER CHOICE, HOUSE PRICES, & HOUSING QUALITY 10. THE REMOVAL OF POLITICAL BARRIERS TO HOUSEBUILDING

Download or read book The Housing Market written by Industrial Systems Research and published by Industrial Systems Research. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Such things as the costs and quality of residential properties and the macro-economic implications of fluctuations in house prices and mortgage interest rates are important public issues. This book surveys economic and related aspects of the modern housing market. It looks at factors affecting the supply, demand, and prices of houses; examines the main housing sub-markets and sub-market trends; and analyses influences on housing consumer preferences and buying behaviour. The focus is on the British market. However, the framework of analysis and many of the book¿s conclusions will be applicable to the housing markets of other industrial countries. CONTENTS: 1. THE HOUSING MARKET: AN OVERVIEW 2. THE SUPPLY OF HOUSING 3. THE OWNER-OCCUPIED HOUSING MARKET AND HOUSE PRICES 4. THE RENTED HOMES MARKET 5. GOVERNMENT POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE INFLUENCES 6. GEOGRAPHICAL DIFFERENCES IN THE HOUSING MARKET AND HOUSE PRICES 7. HOUSING SUB-MARKETS AND DEMAND TRENDS 8. THE DEMAND FOR AND MARKETABILITY OF INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES

Download or read book Offsite Production and Manufacturing for Innovative Construction written by Jack S. Goulding and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-19 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The offsite and modular market is continuing to grow. This book builds on the success of a number of initiatives, including formative findings from literature, research and development and practice-based evidence (success stories). It presents new thinking and direction from leading experts in the fields of: design, process, construction, engineering, manufacturing, logistics, robotics, delivery platforms, business and transformational strategies, change management, legislation, organisational learning, software design, innovation and biomimetics. This book is particularly novel and timely, as it brings together a number of cogent subjects under one collective ‘umbrella’. Each of these chapters contain original findings, all of which culminate in three 'Key Learning Points' which provide new insight into the cross-cutting themes, interrelationships and symbiotic forces that exist between each of these chapters. This approach also provides readers with new contextualised understanding of the wider issues affecting the offsite market, from the need to embrace societal challenges, through to the development of rich value-laden solutions required for creating sector resilience. Content includes a balance between case studies and practice-based work, through to technical topics, theoretical propositions, pioneering research and future offsite opportunities ready for exploitation. This work includes: stakeholder integration, skills acquisition, new business models and processes, circularity and sustainable business strategies, robotics and automation, innovation and change, lean production methodologies and new construction methods, Design for Manufacturing and Assembly, scaled portfolio platforms and customisability, new legal regulatory standards and conformance issues and offsite feasibility scenario development/integration.

Download or read book Manufacturing in Britain written by Industrial Systems Research and published by Industrial Systems Research. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a concise, comprehensive account of factors affecting manufacturing growth and performance in present day Britain. It begins with a review of general trends and issues before turning to individual firm and industry cases. The study examines new product developments, market trends, and economic environmental influences. It analyses plant-level managerial and organizational aspects of production. Finally, it considers political-legal, educational and training, and other wider socio-cultural influences on manufacturing growth and performance. CONTENTS: 1. MANUFACTURING IN BRITAIN: AN OVERVIEW 2. GENERAL ECONOMIC INFLUENCES ON MANUFACTURING 3. MANUFACTURED GOODS MARKETS & DEMAND TRENDS 4. TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCT INNOVATION 5. MANAGEMENT & PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION 6. MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES: CASES 7. THE POLITICAL & LEGAL ENVIRONMENT 8. THE LABOUR MARKET, EMPLOYMENT & EDUCATION & TRAINING 9. CAPITAL INVESTMENT & THE GROWTH & PERFORMANCE OF FIRMS

Download or read book British Democracy written by Lewis Abbott and published by Industrial Systems Research. This book was released on 2013-08-09 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern parliamentary democracy first developed in Great Britain and Britons played a major role in spreading democracy around the world ¿ for example, through the Commonwealth. However, at the start of the 21st century, Britain itself was no longer a fully independent democratic country. As part of the European Union bloc, unelected and immovable foreign authorities determined a large part of its laws, policies, and taxes. Domestically meanwhile, such things as extra-parliamentary bureaucratic lawmaking, curbs on local political autonomy, moves from direct to indirect representation, and restrictions on the private funding and advertizing of political parties had diminished democracy. This study provides a detailed review of the main political independence and constitutional reform requirements for restoring and extending democracy in present-day Britain. CONTENTS: 1. THE RESTORATION & EXTENSION OF BRITISH DEMOCRACY: AN OVERVIEW OF THE MAIN REQUIREMENTS 2. NATIONAL POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE & DEMOCRACY: WITHDRAWAL FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION 3. THE REFORM OF PARLIAMENT & CENTRAL GOVERNMENT 4. JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE & THE RULE OF LAW 5. THE LEGAL PROTECTION OF DEMOCRACY & FREEDOM: THE CASE FOR A NEW WRITTEN CONSTITUTION & BILL OF RIGHTS 6. THE RESTORATION OF LOCAL DEMOCRACY 7. ELECTORAL SYSTEM REFORM: INCREASING COMPETITION & VOTER CHOICE & INFLUENCE

Download or read book Housebuilding and the New Homes Market written by Industrial Systems Research and published by Industrial Systems Research. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This widely used study provides a detailed business-economic account of housebuilding and the new homes market. The coverage ranges from the factors affecting company growth and profitability, through market trends and issues, to innovation. The book analyses recent technical-production developments at site level and examines key influences on demand, prices, and marketing success in the main new homes sub-markets as well as the market as a whole. CONTENTS: 1. HOUSEBUILDING & THE NEW HOMES MARKET: AN OVERVIEW 2. HOUSEBUILDING & LAND (1): ECONOMIC ASPECTS 3. HOUSEBUILDING & LAND (2): POLITICAL & LEGAL INFLUENCES 4. BUILDING MATERIALS & COMPONENTS 5. LABOUR, EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING 6. FINANCIAL INVESTMENT, COMPANY GROWTH & PROFITABILITY 7. SIZE OF FIRMS, ECONOMIES OF SCALE & DIVERSIFICATION 8. TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION & PRODUCT INNOVATION 9. THE NEW HOMES MARKET, DEMAND & PRICES 10. MARKETING NEW HOMES 11. SUB-MARKET TRENDS

Download or read book British Withdrawal from the European Union written by Lewis Abbott and published by Industrial Systems Research. This book was released on 2022-09-14 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1992, Britain benefited considerably by withdrawing from the European Union¿s Exchange Rate Mechanism and programme of Economic and Monetary Union. This study provides a detailed review of the economic and political case for British withdrawal from the EU bloc as a whole. Major general arguments for withdrawal are that (a) the economic costs of EU membership substantially exceed the benefits, and (b) withdrawal is necessary to restore democracy, business and market freedom, the rule of law, and other basic features of a modern liberal social order. ¿Clear and thorough ¿. Examining many of the key aspects of EU membership ¿. students of European business or politics will find this guide useful and interesting reading.¿ (European Access, and European Access Plus online) CONTENTS 1. THE CASE FOR BRITAIN¿S WITHDRAWAL FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION: AN OVERVIEW 2. THE MAIN NON-EU SOURCES OF BRITISH WEALTH 3. THE ECONOMIC COSTS OF EU MEMBERSHIP 4. THE POLITICAL CONSTITUTIONAL CASE FOR EU WITHDRAWAL 5. THE FREE TRADE CASE FOR EU WITHDRAWAL 6. THE REMOVAL OF EU REGULATORY BURDENS 7. THE BENEFITS OF MONETARY & ECONOMIC POLICY INDEPENDENCE 8. THE CASE FOR FISCAL INDEPENDENCE

Download or read book Engineering Firms written by Industrial Systems Research and published by Industrial Systems Research. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a concise account of business-economic and related factors affecting growth and performance in engineering. It covers a wide range of different types of firm ¿ in all the main engineering fields - in Britain, the United States, Europe, and Japan. The study combines the findings of original field research with an extensive review of key literature on the subject. It will be useful for senior managers in engineering, management consultants, business school academics, and investment analysts and others with an interest in production engineering and manufacturing. CONTENTS: 1. THE GROWTH & PERFORMANCE OF ENGINEERING FIRMS: AN OVERVIEW 2. ENGINEERING FIRMS & THE ECONOMY 3. ENGINEERING MARKETS, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTS & DEMAND TRENDS 4. TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCT INNOVATION IN ENGINEERING 5. ORGANIZATION & THE GROWTH & PERFORMANCE OF ENGINEERING FIRMS 6. MANAGERIAL, ORGANIZATIONAL & TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE GROWTH & PERFORMANCE OF ENGINEERING FIRMS: 24 COMPANY CASE STUDIES 7. THE POLITICAL & LEGAL ENVIRONMENT 8. THE SUPPLY & DEMAND FOR ENGINEERING LABOUR 9. INVESTMENT & THE GROWTH & PERFORMANCE OF ENGINEERING FIRMS

Download or read book Changing Cities written by Nick Buck and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new conventional wisdom, spanning academic and policy communities, sees a combination of economic competitiveness, social cohesion and responsive governance as essential for survival in the post-1980s world - and cities as crucial to achieving these goals. This interdisciplinary text provides the first critical examination of these ideas, drawing on the UK Cities research programme and other recent research. It combines analysis of the competitiveness-cohesion-governance problematic with examination of the major processes underlying key sectors of the urban economy, physical development, social relations, neighbourhoods and urban policy.

Download or read book The Management of Business Lending written by Industrial Systems Research and published by Industrial Systems Research. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a detailed, comprehensive account of factors affecting performance in business lending. The study examines the main influences on business lending growth and profitability; reviews new developments in business loan assessment, monitoring, risk management, and pricing; and scrutinizes the nature and reliability of the major forms of business financial information on which lenders actually base their decisions. The study will be useful to senior executives in business/corporate banking, academic specialists, and banking industry economists and investment analysts. CONTENTS: 1. THE MANAGEMENT OF BUSINESS LENDING: AN OVERVIEW 2.ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS OF BUSINESS LENDING & MANAGEMENT 3. CULTURAL & PERSONNEL ASPECTS OF BUSINESS LENDING & MANAGEMENT 4. TECHNOLOGY & EFFICIENCY IN BUSINESS LENDING 5. ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF BUSINESS LOAN MANAGEMENT 6. LENDING RISKS & RISK REDUCTION 7. BUSINESS LOAN ASSESSMENT, MONITORING & MANAGEMENT (1): GENERAL 8. BUSINESS LOAN ASSESSMENT, MONITORING & MANAGEMENT (2): INFORMATION

Download or read book Manufacturing and Investment Around the World written by Industrial Systems Research and published by Industrial Systems Research. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive cross-national examination of modernization and development in manufacturing. The focus is on the nature and sources of the important variations that occur internationally in growth, competitiveness, and attractiveness to foreign direct investors. The study begins with an overview of existing published research on general manufacturing development before turning to particular key aspects. It compares production and investment in a range of Western and non-Western countries. It also presents case studies of growth and performance in major industries and sectors. CONTENTS: 1. MANUFACTURING & INVESTMENT AROUND THE WORLD: INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW 2. MANUFACTURING GROWTH & PERFORMANCE: A REVIEW OF RESEARCH FINDINGS 3. MANUFACTURING IN WESTERN COUNTRIES: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS 4. MANUFACTURING IN NON-WESTERN COUNTRIES: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS 5. INTERNATIONAL TRADE, MARKETS & DEMAND TRENDS 6. FINANCE & INVESTMENT IN MANUFACTURING 7. INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING FACILITIES & SERVICES

Download or read book Marketing Industrial Machines written by Industrial Systems Research and published by Industrial Systems Research. This book was released on 2019 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a survey and guide to key influences on selling, buying and growing markets for industrial machines with special reference to machine tools and robots. Using survey data from large corporate suppliers and users around the world, the study distinguishes five major general selling points of industrial machines: affordability, functionality, operability, reliability, and availability (or AFORA for short). Essentially, it finds saleability depends on the AFORA of particular machines, the marketing methods used, and the favourability of otherwise of general market-economic conditions. The study is for production engineering, R&D, project management and ICT and finance and sales and purchasing executives. Contents: Preface 1. Affordability as a selling point 2. Functionality as a selling point 3. Operability as a selling point 4. Reliability as a selling point 5. Availability as a selling point 6. Marketing methods and their effectiveness 7. Market-economic influences on sales 8. Summary and conclusions

Download or read book Industry and Enterprise written by Industrial Systems Research and published by Industrial Systems Research. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latter part of the 20th century was a period of radical global political-economic change. Many non-Western countries industrialized and transitioned from statist-collectivism to modern market-capitalism and democracy. However, others stagnated or even regressed in economic developmental and other respects. This book provides a concise, comprehensive account of industrial-economic modernization and development in a range of countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin American and the Caribbean. CONTENTS: 1. INDUSTRIAL MODERNIZATION & DEVELOPMENT 2. OTHER-SOCIETAL INFLUENCES: POLITICS, ECONOMICS & DIFFUSION 3. THE GEOGRAPHY OF INDUSTRIAL MODERNIZATION & DEVELOPMENT 4. CULTURAL & PERSONALITY INFLUENCES 5. HISTORICAL STUDIES 6. THE ECONOMICS OF MODERNIZATION & DEVELOPMENT 7. INDUSTRY & ENTERPRISE IN EAST ASIA 8. INDUSTRY & ENTERPRISE IN CHINA 9. INDUSTRY & ENTERPRISE IN INDIA 10. INDUSTRY & ENTERPRISE IN THE MIDDLE EAST 11. INDUSTRY & ENTERPRISE IN LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN 12. INDUSTRY & ENTERPRISE IN AFRICA 13. MANUFACTURING FIRMS & INDUSTRIES 14. AGRICULTURE 15. TRADE, MARKETS, & DEVELOPMENT 16. FINANCE, INVESTMENT & DEVELOPMENT 17. EDUCATIONAL, POLITICAL & WIDER SOCIO-CULTURAL ASPECTS

Download or read book The Mortgage Loans Industry and Market written by Industrial Systems Research and published by Industrial Systems Research. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This widely used study provides a detailed business-economic account of mortgage lending and borrowing. The focus is on the UK. However, the book's examination of the factors affecting business growth and profitability, market competition, and innovation is relevant to mortgage lending in advanced industrial countries generally. The book surveys the main industrial-commercial trends and issues. It analyzes the policies and practices of the major lending organizations. Finally, it examines key influences on the behaviour of mortgage borrowers and personal savers and investors generally. CONTENTS: 1. THE MORTGAGE LOANS INDUSTRY & MARKET: AN OVERVIEW 2. THE MORTGAGE LOANS INDUSTRY IN THE UK 3. THE GROWTH & PERFORMANCE OF INSTITUTIONS 4. THE MORTGAGE LOANS MARKET (1): ECONOMIC ASPECTS 5. THE MORTGAGE LOANS MARKET (2): POLITICAL & LEGAL INFLUENCES 6. THE MORTGAGE LOANS MARKET (3): DEMAND & DEMAND TRENDS 7. THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES 8. MARKETING 9. MORTGAGE LENDERS & THE SAVINGS MARKET

Download or read book The Business Finance Market written by Industrial Systems Research and published by Industrial Systems Research. This book was released on 2013-08-09 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive survey of supply and demand, product innovation, pricing, and other matters in the business finance market. It looks at major factors affecting the competitiveness (growth, performance) of banks and other business finance suppliers. It examines the principal business finance products, new product developments, and marketing and distribution issues. Finally, it reviews key influences on businesses' demands for particular types of finance. The book will be useful to academics, commentators, and practitioners on both the supply and demand sides of the market - including executives in the business finance industry, industrial-commercial firms and their finance managers, and independent professional advisers and accountants. CONTENTS: 1. THE BUSINESS FINANCE MARKET: AN OVERVIEW 2. THE SUPPLY OF BUSINESS FINANCE 3. THE ECONOMIC & POLITICAL-LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS FINANCING 4. THE FINANCING REQUIREMENTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF FIRM 5. BUSINESS FINANCING REQUIREMENTS IN DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES 6. THE USES OF FINANCE BY BUSINESSES 7. FACTORS INFLUENCING BUSINESSES' DEMANDS FOR PARTICULAR TYPES OF FINANCE 8. THE DEMAND FOR OVERDRAFTS & OTHER SHORT-TERM CREDIT FACILITIES 9. THE DEMAND FOR MEDIUM-TERM LOANS & OTHER FACILITIES 10. THE DEMAND FOR LARGE-SCALE LONG-TERM FINANCE

Download or read book Jacob Burckhardt s The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy written by Jacob Burckhardt and published by Industrial Systems Research. This book was released on 2023-06-19 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new modernized version of The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy by the Swiss historian and art critic Jacob Burckhardt. It presents the text in contemporary language to improve accessibility and engagement for present-day readers. First published in 1860, Burckhardt’s book brilliantly analyzes Italian arts, culture, politics, and society. In reviving classical ideas and values, the Italian Renaissance was a marked departure from the Middle Ages. Here as elsewhere in the Europe of the Renaissance, the driving spirits were humanism, individualism, secularism, and the pursuit of knowledge. However, Italy had important distinctive features in the patronage of the arts, the ascent of the merchant class, the city-states, and the rise of the “Renaissance man” or “universal man” adept in multiple disciplines. The arts both reflect and shape the society, its values, and the aspirations of individual people. Burckhardt delves deeply into the evolving art and architecture of Renaissance Italy. We read of the resurgence of ancient Greek and Roman forms, the rediscovery of perspective, the mastery of human anatomy, and the illustrious contributions of artists like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael. The book has exerted a profound influence on our understanding and interpretation of the Renaissance. Burckhardt's emphasis on individualism, secularism, and celebrating human achievement continues to shape scholarly discourse surrounding this subject. Later research has challenged and refined some of Burckhardt's ideas. Nonetheless, his work remains an indispensable reference for anyone seeking a comprehensive understanding of the cultural and intellectual history of a momentous era. Contents Editorial Foreword Part 1: The State as a Work Of Art Part 2: The Development of the Individual Part 3: The Revival of Antiquity Part 4: The Discovery of the World and Of Man Part 5: Society and Festivals Part 6: Morality and Religion Select Bibliography