This book analyses the role of technological change in the competitiveness of firms and national ... more This book analyses the role of technological change in the competitiveness of firms and national economies. This includes an examination of the roles of R&D spending, and the organizational and technological capabilities of firms in the encouragement of innovation; the way institutions in various nations differ in the way in which they encourage, or discourage, innovation; and the way in which different industrial sectors provide, or fail to provide, incentives to innovate; and the ways in which trade, the operation of multinationals and international trade negotiations influence national production and innovation systems. The book explores the relation between organizational structures, and the process of innovation. It places the analysis of innovation within an international perspective and gives historical and current examples of the interaction between organizational and technological capabilities, industrial and innovation policies and economic performance. Examples are drawn from a range of sectors (services, pharmaceuticals, construction, chemicals) and a range of countries (including the UK and other European countries, the USA, East Asia, and Latin America).
Page 1. 74 DESIGN MANAGEMENT JOURNAL ACADEMIC REVIEW 2000 By Vivien Walsh Design, Innovation, and... more Page 1. 74 DESIGN MANAGEMENT JOURNAL ACADEMIC REVIEW 2000 By Vivien Walsh Design, Innovation, and the Boundaries of the Firm1 VIVIEN WALSH, MANCHESTER SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY OF ...
For many years now controversy has continued over the determinants of the direction and scale of ... more For many years now controversy has continued over the determinants of the direction and scale of inventive and scientific activity in contemporary industrialised societies. Participants in the debate have included economists, sociologists and scientific administrators as well as engineers, inventors and scientists. A related but more specialised controversy has raged among historians of science, between ‘internalists’ and ‘externalists’.
Technology and the Firm: The Convergence of Economic and Sociological Approaches. Economic and So... more Technology and the Firm: The Convergence of Economic and Sociological Approaches. Economic and Sociological Explanation of Technological Change. Evolutionary Epistemology and the Nature of Technology Strategy. Techno-Economic Networks and Irreversibility. Paradigmatic Change, Normative Uncertainty, And the Control of Knowledge. Strategy and Technological Learning: An Interdisciplinary Microstudy. Creating Demand for Biotechnology: Shaping Technologies and Markets. The Policy Relevance of the Quasi-Evolutionary Model: The Case of Stimulating Clean Technologies. Short Termism: Culture and Structures as Factors in Technological Innovation. Industrial Technological Innovation: Interrelationships Between Technological, Economic and Sociological Analyses. Index.
This book analyses the role of technological change in the competitiveness of firms and national ... more This book analyses the role of technological change in the competitiveness of firms and national economies. This includes an examination of the roles of R&D spending, and the organizational and technological capabilities of firms in the encouragement of innovation; the way institutions in various nations differ in the way in which they encourage, or discourage, innovation; and the way in which different industrial sectors provide, or fail to provide, incentives to innovate; and the ways in which trade, the operation of multinationals and international trade negotiations influence national production and innovation systems. The book explores the relation between organizational structures, and the process of innovation. It places the analysis of innovation within an international perspective and gives historical and current examples of the interaction between organizational and technological capabilities, industrial and innovation policies and economic performance. Examples are drawn from a range of sectors (services, pharmaceuticals, construction, chemicals) and a range of countries (including the UK and other European countries, the USA, East Asia, and Latin America).
This chapter describes the new forms of business and production organization in Japan and the ‘th... more This chapter describes the new forms of business and production organization in Japan and the ‘third Italy’ (new competition), which exposed the limitations in production organization of managerial capitalism. These forms include ‘networks’ of firms (in the shape of large corporations in Japan and small firm industrial districts in Italy), inter-firm relations, new production concepts such as just-in-time, and the role of industrial policy. The problems of this form of business and production organization are described. The business and production organization forms responsible for the resurgence of US high-tech industry (network-based systems integration) are examined.
This book analyses the role of technological change in the competitiveness of firms and national ... more This book analyses the role of technological change in the competitiveness of firms and national economies. This includes an examination of the roles of R&D spending, and the organizational and technological capabilities of firms in the encouragement of innovation; the way institutions in various nations differ in the way in which they encourage, or discourage, innovation; and the way in which different industrial sectors provide, or fail to provide, incentives to innovate; and the ways in which trade, the operation of multinationals and international trade negotiations influence national production and innovation systems. The book explores the relation between organizational structures, and the process of innovation. It places the analysis of innovation within an international perspective and gives historical and current examples of the interaction between organizational and technological capabilities, industrial and innovation policies and economic performance. Examples are drawn from a range of sectors (services, pharmaceuticals, construction, chemicals) and a range of countries (including the UK and other European countries, the USA, East Asia, and Latin America).
Page 1. 74 DESIGN MANAGEMENT JOURNAL ACADEMIC REVIEW 2000 By Vivien Walsh Design, Innovation, and... more Page 1. 74 DESIGN MANAGEMENT JOURNAL ACADEMIC REVIEW 2000 By Vivien Walsh Design, Innovation, and the Boundaries of the Firm1 VIVIEN WALSH, MANCHESTER SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY OF ...
For many years now controversy has continued over the determinants of the direction and scale of ... more For many years now controversy has continued over the determinants of the direction and scale of inventive and scientific activity in contemporary industrialised societies. Participants in the debate have included economists, sociologists and scientific administrators as well as engineers, inventors and scientists. A related but more specialised controversy has raged among historians of science, between ‘internalists’ and ‘externalists’.
Technology and the Firm: The Convergence of Economic and Sociological Approaches. Economic and So... more Technology and the Firm: The Convergence of Economic and Sociological Approaches. Economic and Sociological Explanation of Technological Change. Evolutionary Epistemology and the Nature of Technology Strategy. Techno-Economic Networks and Irreversibility. Paradigmatic Change, Normative Uncertainty, And the Control of Knowledge. Strategy and Technological Learning: An Interdisciplinary Microstudy. Creating Demand for Biotechnology: Shaping Technologies and Markets. The Policy Relevance of the Quasi-Evolutionary Model: The Case of Stimulating Clean Technologies. Short Termism: Culture and Structures as Factors in Technological Innovation. Industrial Technological Innovation: Interrelationships Between Technological, Economic and Sociological Analyses. Index.
This book analyses the role of technological change in the competitiveness of firms and national ... more This book analyses the role of technological change in the competitiveness of firms and national economies. This includes an examination of the roles of R&D spending, and the organizational and technological capabilities of firms in the encouragement of innovation; the way institutions in various nations differ in the way in which they encourage, or discourage, innovation; and the way in which different industrial sectors provide, or fail to provide, incentives to innovate; and the ways in which trade, the operation of multinationals and international trade negotiations influence national production and innovation systems. The book explores the relation between organizational structures, and the process of innovation. It places the analysis of innovation within an international perspective and gives historical and current examples of the interaction between organizational and technological capabilities, industrial and innovation policies and economic performance. Examples are drawn from a range of sectors (services, pharmaceuticals, construction, chemicals) and a range of countries (including the UK and other European countries, the USA, East Asia, and Latin America).
This chapter describes the new forms of business and production organization in Japan and the ‘th... more This chapter describes the new forms of business and production organization in Japan and the ‘third Italy’ (new competition), which exposed the limitations in production organization of managerial capitalism. These forms include ‘networks’ of firms (in the shape of large corporations in Japan and small firm industrial districts in Italy), inter-firm relations, new production concepts such as just-in-time, and the role of industrial policy. The problems of this form of business and production organization are described. The business and production organization forms responsible for the resurgence of US high-tech industry (network-based systems integration) are examined.
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