Automation and World Competition
New Technologies, Industrial Location and Trade
Published on 18. June 1990
XI, 192 pages
978-1-349-11312-5 (ISBN)
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This book analyses the dynamics of international production location and trade. These dynamics are being driven by new technologies (such as microelectronics) and the independent emergence of large low-wage countries such as China.
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Ashoka Mody | David Wheeler
Automation and World Competition
New Technologies, Industrial Location and Trade
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11/1990
Palgrave Macmillan
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Part 1 Competitive advantage in the information age: sources of competitive advantage - technological change, learning-by-doing, policy implications of learning, product cycles, absolute dominance, technology neighbourhoods; institutional development and human resources; strategic considerations - firm strategies, government strategies; sectoral analyses; simulating cost dynamics. Part 2 The garment and textile industries: the challenge - Asian exports - major international markets, relative success in China and Philippines; political response - trade limitation; technological response - automation and communications; organizational response - industry restructuring; modeling costs in garment and textile production - the data base, input costs, model operations, least-cost technology selection, optimal site/technology combinations; the competitive future in garments - a forecast; current trends - do they support the forecast?.
