Recently, the international division of labour in industrial production has grown increasingly more volatile. The separation between 'high-end' tasks undertaken in the traditional core economies and 'low-end' tasks undertaken in newly emerging economies has become increasingly blurred. The new dynamics and unpredictability of actor and process configurations in internationalized production bring new challenges for research in economic geography, regional economics and management sciences. The allocation of R&D and production mandates within or between enterprises, the setting up, closing down, purchase or sale of subsidiaries at different localities, the shifting patterns of collaborative innovation, together with newly evolving forms of capitalism, all appear to interact in ways not seen before. It appears we have entered a new era termed 'industrial transition'. This book forms the first approach toward conceptualising the term and compiling illustrative empirical underpinnings. Contributions by an international set of renowned economic geographers highlight the major features and case studies of 'industrial transition' and address various questions that matter for the future of our global economy: How are regions and localities affected by the shift of product mandates? In which ways do changes differ between industrial sectors and economic regions? How can regions and localities adequately prepare for or react to foreseeable changes; and how can regional resilience and response capacities be built and enhanced?
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Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9781409431213
eBay Product ID (ePID)
114018574
Product Key Features
Author
Martina Fuchs
Publication Name
Industrial Transition: New Global-Local Patterns of Production, Work, and Innovation
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Geography & Geosciences
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
264 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
544g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Martina Fuchs
Editor
Martina Fromhold-Eisebith
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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