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OverviewIs big business on its way out? Are small firms better at generating new jobs and spurring technological innovation? In this book, the author argues that, contrary to pervailing wisdom, the big firm is not only alive and well but is becoming more flexible and efficient. He makes the case that although smaller companies have an important role to play, long term economic growth lies ultimately where is always has: with the country's largest most resourceful global companies.; Harrison argues that rather than romantisizing the small-firm led economic growth and development, there are more significant issues to be dealt with by government, business, and labour policymakers at the turn of the millenium. These include: how to promote the relationship of local businesses to the global networked economy; how to encourage innovative management behaviour without simultaneously adding to under employment, insecurity, and working poverty; and how to regulate businesses whose organizational boundaries are becoming increasingly fuzzy. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bennett Harrison , Robert KuttnerPublisher: Guilford Publications Imprint: Guilford Publications Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 34.00cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9781572302525ISBN 10: 1572302526 Pages: 363 Publication Date: 07 May 1998 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of ContentsForeword, Robert KuttnerI. Overview 1. Big Firms, Small Firms, Network Firms II. Reassessing the Idea that Small Firms Are the Economic Development Drivers 2. The Myth of Small Firms as Job Generators 3. Are Small Firms the Technology Leaders? 4. The Evolution (and Devolution?) of the Italian Industrial Districts 5. Is Silicon Valley an Industrial District? III. The Emerging System of Globally Networked Production 6. The Emergence of Large Firm-Led Production Networks 7. Large Firm-Centered Networked Production Systems in Japan and Europe 8. Interfirm Production Networks in the United States 9. The Dark Side of Flexible Production IV. Rethinking Economic Development Policy 10. Economic Development Policy in a World of Lean and Mean Production 11. Postscript: Reassessing Lean and Mean on the Eve of the New MillenniumReviewsLean and Mean gives us the new world economy as it really is - an economy that is still dominated by big business, in which the life of the small remains nasty, brutish, and short ... This is a serious book . New York Times Book Review - Challenges so many old and new orthodoxies that sometimes the reader is left breathless ... Lean and Mean is a terrific book, and we need to absorb its insights and build on them. Contemporary Sociology - Bennett Harrison, with his usual flair, plunges into the thick of some very fraught and complicated arguments about economic and social change. The book is concisely written, yet full of energy and enthusiasm. The message it contains is extremely important . Erica Shoenberger, John Hopkins University Author InformationBennett Harrison, The New School for Social Research, New York Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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