Pathways to industrialization and regional development / edited by Michael Storper and Allen J. Scott.
The paradigm of mass production has given way to radically new forms of organizing industrial production based primarily on the need to foster continuous redesign of products and processes in the face of intensified competition. This change, which is designed to engender continuous adaptive learning...
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| Year of Publication: | 1992 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (387 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | The paradigm of mass production has given way to radically new forms of organizing industrial production based primarily on the need to foster continuous redesign of products and processes in the face of intensified competition. This change, which is designed to engender continuous adaptive learning in production systems, requires considerable organizational flexibility. The mass production systems constructed in the early post-war period foundered in the face of new forms of competition which put a premium on learning and flexibility. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1134882734 1134882742 128022133X 9786610221332 0203995546 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Michael Storper and Allen J. Scott. |