Innovation in Production

1 Introduction: Perspectives on German Industry and its Competitiveness.- 1.1 German Industrial Competitiveness in Context.- 1.2 The German Investment Goods Sector.- 1.3 Overview of Innovation in Production.- 1.4 Bibliography.- 2 The Diffusion of New Production Concepts in Germany.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Principles of New Production Concepts.- 2.3 Implementation of New Production Concepts.- 2.4 Diffusion and Structural Characteristics of Manufacturers.- 2.5 The Dynamics of Diffusion.- 2.6 Conclusions.- 2.7 Bibliography.- 3 Performance Impacts of new Production Concepts.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 New Production Concepts and Productivity.- 3.3 New Production Concepts and Quality.- 3.4 New Production Concepts and Inventory Savings.- 3.5 Comparative Impacts of New Production Concepts by Industry and Employment Size.- 3.6 Importance of Specific Elements of New Production Concepts for Individual Manufacturers.- 3.7 Conclusions.- 3.8 Bibliography.- 4 Interaction of Process and Product Innovation.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 New Production Concepts and Product Innovation.- 4.3 Influence of New Production Concepts on Product Development Timing.- 4.4 Conclusions.- 4.5 Bibliography.- 5 New Production Concepts and Employment.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Development of Employment in Manufacturers: Users and Nonusers of New Production Concepts.- 5.3 Employment, New Production Concepts, and the Effects of Alternative Business Strategies.- 5.4 Differences between Cost-Oriented and Performance-Oriented Business Strategies in Shaping Production Concepts.- 5.5 Importance of Cost-Oriented and Performance-Oriented Strategies in the Realization of New Production Concepts.- 5.6 Conclusions.- 5.7 Bibliography.- 6 Worker Participation and Process Innovations.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Participatory Organizational Culture and Business Performance.- 6.3 Employee Participation and Success in Techno-Organizational Innovation Projects.- 6.4 Conclusions.- 6.5 Bibliography.- 7 Flexibility at Work.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Diffusion of Flexible Work Time Concepts.- 7.3 Use of Flextime by Establishment Size, Industry and Strategic Orientation.- 7.4 Influence of Product and Type of Manufacturing on the Implementation of Flextime Models.- 7.5 Influence of Work Organization on the Use of Flextime Models.- 7.6 Conclusions.- 7.7 Bibliography.- 8 Innovation Versus Emigration - new Production Concepts and Transborder Relocation.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 Extent of Actual and Planned Relocations.- 8.3 Production Relocation and Strategic Orientation.- 8.4 Production Relocation and Performance Parameters.- 8.5 Production Relocations and Productivity.- 8.6 Conclusions.- 8.7 Bibliography.- 9 New Production Concepts and Service Orientation: the Case of Teleservice.- 9.1 Introduction.- 9.2 The Diffusion of Teleservice.- 9.3 Teleservice Use by Industry and Establishment Size.- 9.4 Teleservice: An Alternative to an Internal Service Department?.- 9.5 The Future Development of Teleservice in German Industry.- 9.6 Conclusions.- 9.7 Bibliography.- 10 Environmental Practices in Germany's Investment.- 10.1 Environmentally Clean Production in German Industry?.- 10.2 Dissemination of Dry Processing Technologies.- 10.3 Dissemination of Environmental Audits.- 10.4 Conditions of Application and Effects.- 10.5 Conclusions.- 10.6 Bibliography.- 11 Adoption of New Production Concepts in East Germany.- 11.1 Introduction.- 11.2 The Modernization of Production in the New Länder.- 11.3 Manufacturing Productivity in East Germany.- 11.4 Conclusions.- 11.6 Bibliography.- 12 Promotion of Cim in the New Länder.-12.1 Introduction.- 12.2 The CIM Program and Its Context in the New Länder.- 12.3 The Coverage of the CIM Promotion Scheme.- 12.4 Project Management in CIM-Promoted and Non-Promoted Establishments.- 12.5 The Impact of the Promotion on the Firms.- 12.7 Conclusions.- 12.8 Bibliography.- 13 Implications for Modernization Strategies and Studies.- 13.1 Introduction.- 13.2 German Competitiveness, Industrial Strategy and Business Performance: Recasting the Debate.- 13.3 Implications for Management, Policy and Research.- 13.4 Bibliography.- Appendix: Study Methodology Steffen Kinkel and Martin Dreher.- A.l Introduction.- A.2 Survey Objectives and Target Industries.- A.3 Address Sources and Sample Design.- A.4 Response Rate and Structure of the Data Base.- A.5 Characteristics of Survey Respondents and Comparison with Parent Industry Population.- A.6 Weighting Scheme and Transferability of the Survey Results to the Parent Population.- A.7 Bibliography.- Contributors.- The Innovations in Production Group at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research.