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"Public Universities and Regional Growth" examines evolutions in
research and innovation at six University of California campuses.
Each chapter presents a deep, historical analysis that traces the
dynamic interaction between particular campuses and regional firms
in industries that range from biotechnology, scientific
instruments, and semiconductors, to software, wine, and wireless
technologies.
The miracle growth of the Chinese economy has decreased from a compound annual growth rate of 10% to less than 7% in 2015. The two engines of growth - export on a scale never before witnessed and massive infrastructure investments - are reaching the point of diminishing returns. This poses the central question which is explored in this book - can China escape the middle-income trap? Assuming current political arrangements remain unchanged and that it does not or cannot adopt Western sociopolitical economic regimes, can China develop an indigenous growth model centered on innovation? This compilation gathers leading Chinese and other international scholars to consider the daunting challenges and complexities of building an innovation-driven Chinese growth model. Providing several comprehensive perspectives, it examines key areas such as the institutional system, technology, sociocultural forces and national policy. The analyses and their conclusions range from strong optimism to deep pessimism about China's future.
What has made Silicon Valley so productive of new technologies and
new firms? How did its pioneering achievements begin--in computer
networking, semiconductors, personal computing, and the
Internet--and what forces have propelled its unprecedented growth?
This collection of nine chapters by contributors from varied
disciplines--business, geography, history, regional planning, and
sociology--examines the history, development, and entrepreneurial
dynamics of Silicon Valley.
Not long ago, American manufacturing was in sharp decline. The Big Three carmakers closed dozens of plants, mostly in Michigan and other surrounding states, eliminating more than 250,000 jobs. Another quarter of a million workers lost their jobs in related industries. Now United States manufacturing is making a comeback--thanks, in part, to the transplanting of Japanese corporations of over 25 billion dollars worth of heavy industry and 100,000 jobs. The Japanese companies are making long-term commitments where United States business leaders had seemed to give up hope. The success of these ventures is the result of the sweeping revolution in the organization of technology, work, and production that lies at the heart of the Japanese model of production. This book explores the rise of this Japanese model and provides a detailed examination of the processes which have brought about its transfer to the United States. It presents new and original data on the extent of Japanese investment in both United States heavy industry and high technology and provides an empirically-grounded discussion of the reasons why this has occurred. The authors focus on the transfer of basic elements of Japanese production organization and develop a broad conceptual theme contrasting the Japanese model of production organization with that of United States Fordism. With a wealth of illustrations and straightforward examples, this work will appeal to those interested in urban and regional economics, industrial organization, labor relations, and economic geography.
The miracle growth of the Chinese economy has decreased from a compound annual growth rate of 10% to less than 7% in 2015. The two engines of growth - export on a scale never before witnessed and massive infrastructure investments - are reaching the point of diminishing returns. This poses the central question which is explored in this book - can China escape the middle-income trap? Assuming current political arrangements remain unchanged and that it does not or cannot adopt Western sociopolitical economic regimes, can China develop an indigenous growth model centered on innovation? This compilation gathers leading Chinese and other international scholars to consider the daunting challenges and complexities of building an innovation-driven Chinese growth model. Providing several comprehensive perspectives, it examines key areas such as the institutional system, technology, sociocultural forces and national policy. The analyses and their conclusions range from strong optimism to deep pessimism about China's future.
What are the forces that are driving firms and industries to
globalize their operations? This volume explores how specific
industries have organized their global operations through case
studies of seven manufacturing industries: garments and textiles,
automobiles and auto parts, televisions, hard disk drives, flat
panel displays, semiconductors, and personal computers. Based on
long-term research sponsored by the Sloan Foundation, the chapters
provide readers with a nuanced understanding of the complex matrix
of factor costs, access to inimitable capabilities, and time-based
pressures that influence where firms decide to locate particular
segments of the value chain.
A robot can build a car. But a robot cannot buy a car ... The explosion in the development of computer- and robot-based manufacturing is seeing the rapid expansion of laborless production systems. Such systems create enormous instability, both for the overall world economy where money previously paid in wages is now invested in labor-saving technology and therefore cannot be spent on goods, and for workers whose jobs are being de-skilled or are simply disappearing. Bringing together contributions from workers employed in the new electronics and information industries with theorists in economics, politics and science, Cutting Edge provides an up-to-the-minute analysis of the complex relations between technology and work. Individual essays look at topics including the cyclical nature of a technologically driven economy, the privatization of knowledge which new information industries demand, the convergence of different economic sectors under the impact of digitalization, and the strategies which trade unionists and governments might deploy to protect jobs and living standards. Technology has the potential to end material scarcity and lay the foundations for higher forms of human fulfillment. But under existing power structures, it is more likely to exacerbate the poverty and misery under which most people live. Cutting Edge weighs that balance and, in helping us to understand how technology interacts with the production of goods and services, tips it in the direction of a more equal and creative world.
"Public Universities and Regional Growth" examines evolutions in
research and innovation at six University of California campuses.
Each chapter presents a deep, historical analysis that traces the
dynamic interaction between particular campuses and regional firms
in industries that range from biotechnology, scientific
instruments, and semiconductors, to software, wine, and wireless
technologies.
What are the forces that are driving firms and industries to
globalize their operations? This volume explores how specific
industries have organized their global operations through case
studies of seven manufacturing industries: garments and textiles,
automobiles and auto parts, televisions, hard disk drives, flat
panel displays, semiconductors, and personal computers. Based on
long-term research sponsored by the Sloan Foundation, the chapters
provide readers with a nuanced understanding of the complex matrix
of factor costs, access to inimitable capabilities, and time-based
pressures that influence where firms decide to locate particular
segments of the value chain.
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