Pathways to Industrialization and Regional Development

The paradigm of mass production has given way to radically new forms of organizing industrial production based primarily on the need to foster continuous redesign of products and processes in the face of intensified competition. This change, which is designed to engender continuous adaptive learning...

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Other Authors: Scott, Allen John, editor (editor), Storper, Michael, editor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Florence : Taylor & Francis 1992.
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Summary:The paradigm of mass production has given way to radically new forms of organizing industrial production based primarily on the need to foster continuous redesign of products and processes in the face of intensified competition. This change, which is designed to engender continuous adaptive learning in production systems, requires considerable organizational flexibility. The mass production systems constructed in the early post-war period foundered in the face of new forms of competition which put a premium on learning and flexibility.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 405 pages)