Research Catalog
Redesigning manufacturing : reimagining the business of making in the UK
- Title
- Redesigning manufacturing : reimagining the business of making in the UK / Michael Beverland, Beverley Nielsen and Vicky Pryce.
- Author
- Beverland, Michael
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- ©2015
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | HD9731.5 .B48 2015 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- xi, 199 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Manufacturing in the UK has an image problem. Although this image problem is more fiction than fact, it nonetheless has an impact on the sector's ability to attract staff, capital, and policy interest. Redesigning Manufacturing seeks to redress this situation by focusing on the real successes of the sector and the strategies used by makers to achieve sustainable results. In so doing, we broaden the debate about manufacturing to encompass issues of branding, design and creativity, craft, market creation, and supportive ecosystems. Rather than viewing the future of the manufacturing sector as reliant solely on productivity improvements, the pursuit of high technology markets, and investments in science, engineering, technology and maths, this book highlight the connectedness and complexity of modern manufacturing in the UK. Drawing on these insights and the success of many Midlands-based manufacturers the authors explore a more nuanced industrial policy"--
- Subjects
- Great Britain
- Economic development
- Industrial policy
- Economic development > Great Britain
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Business Development
- Industrial policy > Great Britain
- Since 1997
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades
- Economic policy
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Strategic Planning
- Great Britain > Economic policy > 1997-
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Manufacturing Industries
- Manufacturing industries > Great Britain
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Why Manufacturing Needs an Image Makeover -- 3. The Future of Manufacturing Debate -- 4. How UK Manufacturers Create Value -- 5. Branded Businesses -- 6. Innovation Pathways -- 7. Manufacturing's Business Model -- 8. Ecosystems supporting manufacturing success -- 9. Conclusion and Implications.
- ISBN
- 9781137465214
- 1137465212
- LCCN
- 2015001233
- 99964166481
- OCLC
- ocn898925110
- 898925110
- SCSB-9401214
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries