Mody / Wheeler Automation and World Competition
Erscheinungsjahr 1990
ISBN: 978-1-349-11312-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
New Technologies, Industrial Location and Trade
E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Web PDF
ISBN: 978-1-349-11312-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
This book analyses the dynamics of international production location and trade. These dynamics are being driven by new technologies (such as microelectronics) and the independent emergence of large low-wage countries such as China.
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Part 1 Competitive advantage in the information age: sources of competitive advantage - technological change, learning-by-doing, policy implications of learning, product cycles, absolute dominance, technology neighbourhoods; institutional development and human resources; strategic considerations - firm strategies, government strategies; sectoral analyses; simulating cost dynamics. Part 2 The garment and textile industries: the challenge - Asian exports - major international markets, relative success in China and Philippines; political response - trade limitation; technological response - automation and communications; organizational response - industry restructuring; modeling costs in garment and textile production - the data base, input costs, model operations, least-cost technology selection, optimal site/technology combinations; the competitive future in garments - a forecast; current trends - do they support the forecast?.
