Overview

The Handbook of Manufacturing Industries in the World Economy provides a critical and multi-disciplinary state-of-the-art review and analysis of current manufacturing processes, practices and policies. Expanding our knowledge and understanding of production and innovation, this volume demonstrates that manufacturing continues to matter in the world economy.The contributors, including scholars ranging from engineering to policy to economic geography, cover manufacturing policy and the revival of the industrial base in the US, UK and Canada, and engage national and regional strategies for implementing advanced manufacturing policies. Questions of economic resilience in the wake of the recent recession are asked, and industry and firm case studies are utilised in an international comparative context. Applying a wide range of international cases from the US, EU, Australia and Asia, this approach allows readers to view transformations in production systems and processes across sectors, technologies and industries. Students, scholars and policymakers in the fields of public policy, economic geography, city and regional planning, and business and management will find this collection invaluable in understanding how firms and industries adapt, through dynamic and design-driven strategies, to produce for established and emerging markets. Contributors: M.A. Brown, J.R. Bryson, S. Christopherson, J. Clark, M. Cowell, M. Doussard, D.M. Drake, C.G. Drury, A. Dugenske, M. Feldman, P.L. Forrester, C. Gibson, P.V. Hall, Y. Hansen, C. Harris, P. Jalette, R.V. Kalafsky, W.C. Kessler, G. Kim, D.F. Kogler, L. Lanahan, F. Livesey, N.J. Lowe, L. McCormick, R. Mulhall, S. Ock Park, P. Pavlínek, J. Provo, M. Ronayne, G. Schrock, C.D.Treado, V. Vanchan, S. Walcott, B. Wang, M. Ward, A. Warren, S. Weller, L. Winther, L. Wolf-Powers

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Author:   John R. Bryson ,  Jennifer Clark ,  Vida Vanchan
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 16.90cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.894kg
ISBN:  

9781786434951

ISBN 10:   1786434954
Pages:   544
Publication Date:   28 October 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: PART I: INTRODUCTION Manufacturing Matters: Space, Place, Time and Production Jennifer Clark, John R. Bryson and Vida Vanchan PART II: (PROCESSES) BUILDING BLOCKS: FACTOR INPUTS AND PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION 1. Manufacturing Management in Theory and Practice Paul L. Forrester 2. Manufacturing and Labor Sally Weller 3. How Does Financialization Affect Manufacturing Investment? Preliminary Evidence from the US and UK Susan Christopherson 4. Manufacturing Logistics Peter V. Hall 5. Reshoring and the ‘Manufacturing Moment’ Margaret Cowell and John Provo 6. Relocation of Production Activities and Underlying Social Dynamics: An Analytical Framework based on a Canadian Perspective Patrice Jalette 7. Tool-less Manufacture: Digital Fabrication, 3D Printing and the Third Industrial Revolution Michael Ward 8. Engineering and Manufacturing: Concurrent Maturation of xRL Ben Wang, William C. Kessler and Andrew Dugenske 9. Energy and Manufacturing: Technology and Policy Transformations and Challenges Marilyn A. Brown and Gyungwon Kim 10. Design and Manufacturing: The Competitiveness of American, European and Chinese Industrial Design Companies Vida Vanchan and John R. Bryson 11. Intellectual Property and Patents: Knowledge Creation and Diffusion Dieter F. Kogler PART III: INDUSTRY AND FIRM CASE STUDIES 12. Manufacturing Textile Futures: Innovation, Adaptation and the UK Textiles Industry Megan Ronayne 13. Finding a Future for the US Furniture Industry Susan Walcott 14. New Geographies of Advanced Manufacturing: The Case of Machine Tools Ronald V. Kalafsky 15. Farm Machinery: A Changing Path to Feed the World Dawn M. Drake 16. Hidden in Plain Sight: The North American Optics and Photonics Industry Jennifer Clark 17. Traditional and Emerging Markets in the Global Steel Supply Chain Carey Durkin Treado 18. Intermediate Manufacturing: Profit, Dependency and Value Attainment in Supply Chains Rachel Mulhall 19. Aerospace Manufacturing: Past, Present and Future Colin G. Drury 20. Manufacturing Stoke: Emergence, Transformation and Consolidation in the Surfboard Industry Andrew Warren and Chris Gibson 21. Migrant Manufacturing: Translocal Production and the Establishment of a Polish Bakery in Birmingham, UK Catherine Harris 22. Skoda Auto: The Transformation from a Domestic to a Tier Two Lead Firm Petr Pavlínek 23. Samsung: Restructuring, Innovation, and Global Networks Sam Ock Park PART IV: POLICY NARRATIVES IN MANUFACTURING 24. Stability Amid Industrial Change: The Geography of U.S. Deindustrialization since 1980 Marc Doussard and Greg Schrock 25. Searching for Advanced Manufacturing in the United Kingdom and United States: Definitions, Measurement and Public Policy Finbarr Livesey 26. National Manufacturing Policy, Local Real Estate Markets, and the Missing Region: Prospects for Urban Industrial Development in the US Laura Wolf-Powers 27. The City and Industry: Deurbanizing Manufacturing in New York City? Lynn McCormick 28. Manufacturing in the Knowledge Economy: Innovation in Low-tech Industries Teis Hansen and Lars Winther 29. Crafting a Comeback: Cultivating an Innovative Ecosystem in Mature Regions Maryann Feldman and Lauren Lanahan 30. From Skill Mismatch to Reinterpretation: Challenges and Solutions for Manufacturing Worker Retention and Recruitment Nichola J. Lowe PART V: CONCLUSION Regeneration Economies: Manufacturing as the Next Industrial Revolution Jennifer Clark, John R. Bryson and Vida Vanchan Index

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'In Handbook of Manufacturing Industries in the World Economy, editors Bryson, Clark, and Vanchan offer up a welcome addition to the manufacturing literature replete with valuable contributions from immensely competent researchers ... The strengths of the Handbook are immediately apparent, and include the fact that contributions are provided by seasoned scholars, active scholars in mid-career, and budding scholars alike. The editors have thus ensured that the Handbook is well grounded while remaining topically fresh.' -- Economic Geography '... this book attempts to answer the following: what is the role of Asia in driving innovation in a global economy, and what is going on if Asia is not just imitating and using Western technology? With solid data collected from China, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and Korea, the empirical chapters in this book eloquently address this question from their own viewpoints and evidences... it is always challenging to organize a diverse set of papers into a logically coherent volume. Yet the editors handle this task effectively through the careful organization of chapters... The book's coherence and organization are further assured by the contributors who are all experienced researchers from different disciplines and world regions.' -- Economic Geography 'As industry practitioners know well from experience, generalization is hard to come by. Whether it's manufacturing, services, or something in between, it's the details that seem to matter most when it comes to determining outcomes. The value in this book is enormous because details tell the stories across a diverse set of industries. I applaud the editors and authors on their substantial achievement. Manufacturing and related supply chains are dynamic, and this book is rich with information that offers deeper understanding about the processes involved.' -- Frank Giarratani, Center for Industry Studies, University of Pittsburgh, US 'This book represents a major contribution to our thinking about modern manufacturing industries - and is not just timely, it is long overdue! The authors have done an outstanding job in bringing to bear a range of multi-disciplinary perspectives on a domain which all too often suffers from rather narrow disciplinary analyses. Ranging from engineering to social science and drawing on examples from the US, Europe and Asia, the book provides not only a wealth of fact and illustration but a rich landscape to inform those charged with industrial policy and manufacturing strategies.' -- From the foreword by Sir Mike Gregory, University of Cambridge, UK

'As industry practitioners know well from experience, generalization is hard to come by. Whether it's manufacturing, services, or something in between, it's the details that seem to matter most when it comes to determining outcomes. The value in this book is enormous because details tell the stories across a diverse set of industries. I applaud the editors and authors on their substantial achievement. Manufacturing and related supply chains are dynamic, and this book is rich with information that offers deeper understanding about the processes involved.' -- Frank Giarratani, Center for Industry Studies, University of Pittsburgh, US 'This book represents a major contribution to our thinking about modern manufacturing industries - and is not just timely, it is long overdue! The authors have done an outstanding job in bringing to bear a range of multi-disciplinary perspectives on a domain which all too often suffers from rather narrow disciplinary analyses. Ranging from engineering to social science and drawing on examples from the US, Europe and Asia, the book provides not only a wealth of fact and illustration but a rich landscape to inform those charged with industrial policy and manufacturing strategies.' -- From the foreword by Sir Mike Gregory, University of Cambridge, UK

In Handbook of Manufacturing Industries in the World Economy, editors Bryson, Clark, and Vanchan offer up a welcome addition to the manufacturing literature replete with valuable contributions from immensely competent researchers . . . The strengths of the Handbook are immediately apparent, and include the fact that contributions are provided by seasoned scholars, active scholars in mid-career, and budding scholars alike. The editors have thus ensured that the Handbook is well grounded while remaining topically fresh.' - Economic Geography

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Edited by John R. Bryson, Professor of Enterprise and Economic Geography, Department of Strategy and International Business, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK, Jennifer Clark, Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Director, Center for Urban Innovation, Georgia Institute of Technology and Vida Vanchan, Professor of Geography and Planning, Geography and Planning Department, Buffalo State, The State University of New York, SUNY, US

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