Research Catalog

Title

Locating global advantage : industry dynamics in the international economy / edited by Martin Kenney with Richard Florida.

Publication

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kenney, Martin
• Florida, Richard L.

Description

xxxi, 318 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Innovations and technology in the world economy

Uniform Title

Innovations and technology in the world economy.

Subjects

• International economic integration
• Electronic industries > Location
• Globalization
• International business enterprises

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-300) and index.

Contents

Preface: In Vino Veritas? / Paul Duguid -- 1. Introduction / Martin Kenney -- 2. Globalization in the Apparel and Textile Industries: What Is New and What Is Not? / Frederick H. Abernathy, John T. Dunlop, Janice H. Hammond and David Weil -- 3. Globalization, Deverticalization, and Employment in the Motor Vehicle Industry / Timothy Sturgeon and Richard Florida -- 4. The Shifting Value Chain: The Television Industry in North America / Martin Kenney -- 5. The Organizational and Geographic Configuration of the Personal Computer Value Chain / James Curry and Martin Kenney -- 6. Leveraging Locations: Hard Disk Drive Producers in International Competition / David G. McKendrick -- 7. Industry Creation and the New Geography of Innovation: The Case of Flat Panel Displays / Thomas P. Murtha, Stefanie Ann Lenway and Jeffrey A. Hart -- 8. Globalization of Semiconductors: Do Real Men Have Fabs, or Virtual Fabs? / Robert C. Leachman and Chien H. Leachman -- 9. The Net World Order's Influence on Global Leadership in the Semiconductor Industry / Greg Linden, Clair Brown and Melissa M. Appleyard -- 10. Conclusion: From Regions and Firms to Multinational Highways: Knowledge and Its Diffusion as a Factor in the Globalization of Industries / Bruce Kogut.

ISBN

• 0804747571 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0804747571 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 080474758X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2003018429

OCLC

• ocm52937886
• SCSB-4850079

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries