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In this chapter, an introduction to mechanism design is provided. After a brief overview of the introductory concept of mechanism design, a motivation example is presented illustrating the challenges in manufacturing transformation in China’s economic structural change. The role of mechanism design to help the transformation is emphasized, followed by an introduction of mechanism design techniques and cases presented in the remaining chapters of this book.
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Luo, Z. (2013). Introduction to Mechanism Design for Sustainability. In: Luo, Z. (eds) Mechanism Design for Sustainability. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5995-4_1
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