Locating Global Advantage: Industry Dynamics in the International Economy (Innovation and Technology in the World Economy)

by Martin Kenney and Richard Florida

Martin Kenney (Editor) and Richard Florida (Editor)

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What are the forces that are driving firms and industries to globalize their operations? This volume explores how specific industries have organized their global operations through case studies of seven manufacturing industries: garments and textiles, automobiles and auto parts, televisions, hard disk drives, flat panel displays, semiconductors, and personal computers. Based on long-term research sponsored by the Sloan Foundation, the chapters provide readers with a nuanced understanding of the complex matrix of factor costs, access to inimitable capabilities, and time-based pressures that influence where firms decide to locate particular segments of the value chain.

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  • ISBN10 1417501480
  • ISBN13 9781417501489
  • Publish Date 14 May 2014 (first published 18 November 2003)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Stanford University Press
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 353
  • Language English