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Telecommunications in Developing Countries (1990) stresses the
importance of modern, micro electronics-based telecommunications
for developing economies in providing a basic communications
infrastructure for economic and industrial development and the
springboard for new information technology activities. Although
progress in telecommunications has so far been concentrated in the
most advanced regions of the world, some developing countries can
bypass older, less efficient forms of telecommunications and go
straight to microelectronic technology. This book is the first to
examine the challenges and difficulties facing developing countries
in this field. extending existing theories of technology transfer
and diffusion, Michael Hobday offers an explanation of the forces
for change in the telecommunications industry. He then examines
Brazil's experience in telecommunications, from developing the
technology and building up a modern infrastructure to controlling
multinational suppliers of equipment. Dr Hobday explains why
Brazil's efforts in this area have succeeded, and offers lessons
for other developing countries.
Innovation in East Asia is the first book to show how 'latecomer'
firms from Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore have caught
up technologically with Japan and learned to innovate. Mike Hobday
examines the technology acquisition strategies of these firms,
their strengths and weaknesses, and the origin and extent of
latecomer innovation in the region.A series of detailed case
studies is used to show how individual companies developed and how
large groups of firms formed industrial clusters from behind the
technology frontier. Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore
have emerged as dynamic and distinct forces for growth and
innovation. Increasingly the competitive challenge to Japan comes
from these countries rather than from Europe and America. The book
extends conventional innovation theory to develop an analytical
framework for understanding the strengths, weaknesses and future
prospects of latecomer firms. The book will be welcomed by
academics, policymakers, students, government bodies and companies
concerned with the rise of East Asia. It will be of particular
interest to countries facing the competitive challenge of East Asia
(the US and Europe) as well as Japan and the individual countries
of the Asian region.
Innovation in East Asia is the first book to show how 'latecomer'
firms from Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore have caught
up technologically with Japan and learned to innovate. Mike Hobday
examines the technology acquisition strategies of these firms,
their strengths and weaknesses, and the origin and extent of
latecomer innovation in the region.A series of detailed case
studies is used to show how individual companies developed and how
large groups of firms formed industrial clusters from behind the
technology frontier. Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore
have emerged as dynamic and distinct forces for growth and
innovation. Increasingly the competitive challenge to Japan comes
from these countries rather than from Europe and America. The book
extends conventional innovation theory to develop an analytical
framework for understanding the strengths, weaknesses and future
prospects of latecomer firms. The book will be welcomed by
academics, policymakers, students, government bodies and companies
concerned with the rise of East Asia. It will be of particular
interest to countries facing the competitive challenge of East Asia
(the US and Europe) as well as Japan and the individual countries
of the Asian region.
Technology-based firms continue to compete primarily on innovation,
and are continuously required to present new solutions to an
exacting market. As technological complexity and specialization
intensifies, firms increasingly need to integrate and co-ordinate
knowledge by means of project groups, diversified organizations,
inter-organizational partnerships, and strategic alliances.
Innovation processes have progressively become interdisciplinary,
collaborative, inter-organizational, and international, and a
firm's ability to synthesize knowledge across disciplines,
organizations, and geographical locations has a major influence on
its viability and success. This book demonstrates how knowledge
integration is crucial in facilitating innovation within modern
firms. It provides original, detailed empirical studies of
prerequisites, mechanisms, and outcomes of knowledge integration
processes on several organizational levels, from key individuals,
projects, and internal organizations, to collaboration between
firms. It stresses the need to understand knowledge integration as
a multi-level phenomenon, which requires a broad repertoire of
organizational and technical means. It further clarifies the need
for strong internal capabilities for exploiting external knowledge,
reveals how costs of knowledge integration affect outcomes and
strategic decisions, and discusses the managerial implications of
fostering knowledge integration, providing practical guidance and
support for managers of knowledge integration in high-technology
enterprises.
The Business of Projects broke ground when it was first published
in 2005, by showing how leading businesses create and implement
projects to drive strategy and innovation. Projects are used to
coordinate activities with customers and suppliers and ensure that
organisations become more dynamic and adaptable. The book extends
the resource-based view of the firm to focus on the business
lessons learned from the design and production of high-value
complex products and systems (CoPS), which have always been
project-based. As well as frameworks and management tools, it
provides case studies of high-technology industries - such as
telecommunications, flight simulation and medical devices - to show
how projects are used to achieve strategic objectives, perform
systems integration, organise productive activities, manage
software, achieve organisational learning and deliver solutions for
customers. This book is essential reading for project
professionals, academics, students, engineers, managers and policy
makers seeking a strategic, innovative perspective on projects.
Technology-based firms continue to compete primarily on innovation,
and are continuously required to present new solutions to an
exacting market. As technological complexity and specialization
intensifies, firms increasingly need to integrate and co-ordinate
knowledge by means of project groups, diversified organizations,
inter-organizational partnerships, and strategic alliances.
Innovation processes have progressively become interdisciplinary,
collaborative, inter-organizational, and international, and a
firm's ability to synthesize knowledge across disciplines,
organizations, and geographical locations has a major influence on
its viability and success.
This book demonstrates how knowledge integration is crucial in
facilitating innovation within modern firms. It provides original,
detailed empirical studies of prerequisites, mechanisms, and
outcomes of knowledge integration processes on several
organizational levels, from key individuals, projects, and internal
organizations, to collaboration between firms. It stresses the need
to understand knowledge integration as a multi-level phenomenon,
which requires a broad repertoire of organizational and technical
means. It further clarifies the need for strong internal
capabilities for exploiting external knowledge, reveals how costs
of knowledge integration affect outcomes and strategic decisions,
and discusses the managerial implications of fostering knowledge
integration, providing practical guidance and support for managers
of knowledge integration in high-technology enterprises.
The Business of Projects broke ground when it was first published
in 2005, by showing how leading businesses create and implement
projects to drive strategy and innovation. Projects are used to
coordinate activities with customers and suppliers and ensure that
organisations become more dynamic and adaptable. The book extends
the resource-based view of the firm to focus on the business
lessons learned from the design and production of high-value
complex products and systems (CoPS), which have always been
project-based. As well as frameworks and management tools, it
provides case studies of high-technology industries - such as
telecommunications, flight simulation and medical devices - to show
how projects are used to achieve strategic objectives, perform
systems integration, organise productive activities, manage
software, achieve organisational learning and deliver solutions for
customers. This book is essential reading for project
professionals, academics, students, engineers, managers and policy
makers seeking a strategic, innovative perspective on projects.
Over the past decade or so, systems integration has become a key
factor in the operations, strategy and competitive advantage of
major corporations in a wide variety of sectors (e.g. computing,
automotive, telecommunications, military systems and aerospace).
Systems integration is a strategic task that pervades business
management not only at the technical level but also at the
management and strategic levels. This book shows how and why this
new kind of systems integration has evolved into an emerging model
of industrial organization whereby firms, and groups of firms, join
together different types of knowledge, skill and activity, as well
as hardware, software, and human resources to produce new products
for the marketplace. This book is the first to systematically
explore systems integration from a business and innovation
perspective. Contributors delve deeply into the nature, dimensions
and dynamics of the new systems integration, deploying research and
analytical techniques from a wide variety of disciplines including,
the theory of the firm, the history of technology, industrial
organization, regional studies, strategic management, and
innovation studies. This wealth of research capability provides
deep insights into the new model of systems integration and
supports this with an abundance of empirical evidence. The book is
organized in three main parts. The first part focuses on the
history of systems integration. Contributors trace the early
history of systems integration using different industrial examples.
The second part presents theoretical and analytical aspects of
systems integration. Contributions concentrate on the regulatory
and cognitive features of systems integration, the relationships
between systems integration and regional competitive advantage, and
the way in which systems integration supports the competitive
advantage of firms. The third part takes industry and firm-level
approaches. Contributions focus on different sectors and highlight
the specificity of systems integration in various industrial
domains, stressing its importance for systems integration in the
case of complex capital goods, such as aircraft and
telecommunications equipment, as well as consumer goods, such as
personal computers and automobiles.
In the last twenty years, systems integration has become a key factor in the operations, strategy, and competitive advantage of major corporations in a wide variety of sectors. 'Systems Integration' refers to an emerging model of industrial organization whereby firms and groups of firms combine different types of knowledge, skills, and activities, as well as hardware, software, and human resources to produce new products for the marketplace. The transition towards the systems integration model has fundamental implications for the capabilities of firms. This is the first book to systematically explore systems integration from a business and innovation perspective, based on contributions from leading international scholars.
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