Technology and Global Industry : Companies and Nations in the World Economy.

Technology and Global Industry -- Copyright -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Overview -- PATTERNS OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND INDUSTRIAL EVOLUTION -- TECHNOLOGY AND THE STRUCTURE OF GLOBAL INDUSTRY -- NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND MARKET-DRIVEN DEPLOYMENT OF WORLD-SCALE TECHNOLOGIES AND INDUSTRIES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Innovation and Industrial Evolution in Manufacturing Industries -- UNIT OF ANALYSIS -- PRODUCT INNOVATIONS -- PROCESS INNOVATIONS -- ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND INNOVATIVE CAPACITY -- TRANSITON FROM RADICAL TO EVOLUTIONARY INNOVATION -- DYNAMICS OF A SET OF COMPETING PRODUCTIVE UNITS -- THE AUTOMOBILE -- COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS -- INNOVATION, ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Revitalizing the Manufacture and Design of Mature Global Products -- BLACK &amp -- DECKER -- Designing For Manufacture -- The Results Of Double Insulation -- Cost Reductions -- Increased Vertical Integration -- Competitive Performance And Market Share -- Impact On New Product Development -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX COMPETITOR ANALYSIS BY SUNBEAM APPLIANCE COMPANY -- Capturing Value From Technological Innovation: Integration, Strategic Partnering, And Licensing Decisions -- THE PHENOMENON -- PROFITING FROM INNOVATION: BASIC BUILDING BLOCKS -- Regimes Of Appropriability -- The Dominant Design Paradigm -- Complementary Assets -- IMPLICATIONS FOR PROFITABILITY -- Tight Appropriability Regimes -- Loose Appropriability -- Pre-Paradigmatic Phase -- Paradigmatic Stage -- CHANNEL STRATEGY ISSUES -- Contractual Modes -- Integration Modes -- Integration Versus Contract Strategies: An Analytic Summary -- Mixed Modes -- The Cat Scanner And The IBM PC: Insights From The Framework -- IMPLICATIONS FOR R&amp -- D STRATEGY, INDUSTRY STRUCTURE, AND TRADE POLICY.

Allocating R&amp -- D Resources -- Small Firm Versus Large Firm Comparisons -- Regimes Of Appropriability And Industry Structure -- Industry Maturity, New Entry, And History -- The Importance Of Manufacturing To International Competitiveness -- How Trade And Investment Barriers Affect Innovators' Profits -- Implications For The International Distribution Of The Benefits From Innovation -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- International Industries: Fragmentation Versus Globalization -- GLOBALIZATION OF INDUSTRIES -- Enabling Conditions -- Driving Forces For Sourcing And Marketing Globalization -- Empirical Evidence -- Research And Development -- Summary Observations -- LIMITS TO GLOBALIZATION -- Manufacturing Technology -- Protectionism -- Organizational Capabilities -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- The Impacts Of Technology In The Services Sector -- WHAT IS THE SERVICES SECTOR? -- MYTHS ABOUT THE SERVICES SECTOR -- THE LIMITS OF CURRENT DATA -- Some Data Anomalies -- Product Versus Service Interchangeability -- CHANGES IN INDUSTRY STRUCTURE -- Economies Of Scale -- Economies Of Scope -- Output Complexity -- Functional Or Cross Competition -- International Competitiveness -- Growth And Distribution Of Wealth -- SOME ULTIMATE QUESTIONS -- Can Services Allow Greater Wealth? -- What Is The Basis Of World Power? -- OVERALL IMPACTS TECHNOLOGY IN SERVICES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Coping With Technological Change: U.S. Problems And Prospects -- BASIC SHIFTS -- THE PROBLEM REDEFINED -- The Distribution Of Costs -- The Requirements For Future Growth -- Requirements For Defense -- The Limits Of Policy -- ENHANCING THE FACTORS OF PRODUCTION -- The Educational Challenge -- Improving Industrial Innovation -- Stimulating Management -- REDUCING ECONOMIC POLARIZATION -- AVOIDING A BEGGAR-THY-NEIGHBOR CYCLE.

The Shift In U.S. Position -- Constructive and Destructive Agreements -- U.S. POLITICS AND U.S. GOVERNANCE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Does Technology Policy Matter? -- THE MISSION-ORIENTED COUNTRIES -- Direct Effectiveness -- United Kingdom -- France -- United States -- Secondary Effectiveness -- The Role of Program Design -- Differences in the Environment -- Lower Degree of Crowding Out -- Accessibility and Mobility of Scientific Know-how -- Competition in Factor and Product Markets -- Size of the U.S. Market -- The Link to Performance -- THE DIFFUSION-ORIENTED COUNTRIES -- The Economic and Institutional Framework -- Vocational Education -- Industrial Standards -- Cooperative Research and Development -- The Role of Policy: An Example -- Defense Research and Development -- The Effectiveness of the System -- JAPAN -- The Development Strategy -- Human Capital -- Sectoral Promotion -- Technology Transfer -- Effectiveness -- The Role of Competition -- Lifetime Employment -- Interfirm Cooperation -- Centralized Programs -- Overall Impact -- SHIFTING AND DEEPENING: AN ATTEMPT AT SYNTHESIS -- Directions for Research -- Implications for Overall Economic Performance -- POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- The Importance of Diffusion -- Investment in Human Capital -- Policy Decentralization -- Providing Incentives -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- National and Corporate Technology Strategies in an Interdependent World Economy -- THE DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITIES OF GOVERNMENTS AND CORPORATIONS -- GOVERNMENTAL POLICIES, AFFECTING TECHNOLOGY -- SOURCES OF CONFLICT -- NEW TECHNOLOGICAL STRATEGIES -- Advisory Committee For Symposium On World Technologies and National Sovereignty -- CHAIRMAN -- MEMBERS -- Contributors -- Index.

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