The networked firm in a global world : small firms in new environments /

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Other Authors: Vatne, Eirik, Taylor, Michael, 1946 Feb. 28-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Aldershot : Ashgate, c2000.
Series:Organisation of industrial space
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Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Machine derived contents note: 1 Small Firms, Networked Firms and Innovation Systems: An
  • Introduction
  • Eirik Vatne and Michael Taylor 1
  • PART I: SMALL FIRMS VERSUS LARGE FIRMS: EFFICIENCY, FLEXIBILITY AND INDUSTRIAL POLICY
  • 2 Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Space: The Plural
  • Economy
  • Sergio Conti 19
  • 3 Industrial Network Formation and Regulation: The Case of
  • Japan's SME Policy
  • Yuko Aoyama 45
  • PART II: THE ROLE OF SMALLER FIRMS IN COMPLEX PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
  • 4 Challenges and Pathways for Small Sub-Contractors in an Era of
  • Global Supply Chain Restructuring
  • Poul Rind Christensen 67
  • 5 Industrial Change and Local Competitive Advantage:
  • Industrial Production Systems in Turin
  • Paolo Giaccaria 93
  • 6 Sub-Contractors, Supplier Parks and Supply Chain
  • Management: The Case of Volvo's Arendal Supplier Park
  • Claes G. Alvstam and Anders Larsson 111
  • 7 The Unresolved Question of New versus Old: Technological
  • Change and Organisational Response in the German
  • Chemical Industry
  • Harald Bathelt 137
  • PART III: LOCALISED RESOURCES AND LOCALISED LEARNING: A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE?
  • 8 Localised Knowledge, Interactive Learning and Innovation:
  • Between Regional Networks and Global Corporations
  • Bjrn T. Asheim andArne Isaksen 163
  • 9 Enterprise, Power and Embeddedness: An Empirical Exploration
  • Michael Taylor 199
  • 10 Explaining Intemationalisation of SMEs: The Importance
  • of Internal and Local Resources
  • Heikki Eskelinen and Eirik Vatne 235
  • 11 Decline and Renewal in Industrial Districts: Exit Strategies
  • of SMEs in Consumer Goods Industrial Districts of Germany
  • Eike W. Schamp 257
  • 12 Modernising the Industrial District: Rejuvenation or
  • Managerial Colonisation?
  • Bengt Johannisson 283.