ISBN10: 1572305894, ISBN13: 9781572305892, [publisher: Guilford Publications, New York] Hardcover First Edition Hardcover. Since the large-scale manufacture of personal timepieces began, industry leadership has shifted among widely disparate locations, production systems, and cultures. This book presents a richly textured historical study of the quest for supremacy in the manufacture of watches - from the cottage industries of Britain; to the preeminence of Switzerland, and later, the United States; to the high-tech plants of Japan and the sweatshops of Hong Kong. Glasmeier examines both the strategies adopted by specific firms and the interplay of such varying influences as technological change, cyclical economic downturns, war, and national trade policies. In so doing, she delineates a cohesive framework within which to address such broader questions as how sustained regional economic development takes place (or starts and then stops); how decisions made by corporations are structured by internal and external forces: and the ways industrial cultures with different strategic learning capabilities facilitate or thwart the pursuit of technological change. This volume examines both the strategies adopted by specific firms and the interplay of such carrying influences as technological change, cyclical economic downturns, war and national trade policies. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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ISBN10: 1572305894, ISBN13: 9781572305892, [publisher: Guilford Publications, New York] Hardcover First Edition Hardcover. Since the large-scale manufacture of personal timepieces began, industry leadership has shifted among widely disparate locations, production systems, and cultures. This book presents a richly textured historical study of the quest for supremacy in the manufacture of watches - from the cottage industries of Britain; to the preeminence of Switzerland, and later, the United States; to the high-tech plants of Japan and the sweatshops of Hong Kong. Glasmeier examines both the strategies adopted by specific firms and the interplay of such varying influences as technological change, cyclical economic downturns, war, and national trade policies. In so doing, she delineates a cohesive framework within which to address such broader questions as how sustained regional economic development takes place (or starts and then stops); how decisions made by corporations are structured by internal and external forces: and the ways industrial cultures with different strategic learning capabilities facilitate or thwart the pursuit of technological change. This volume examines both the strategies adopted by specific firms and the interplay of such carrying influences as technological change, cyclical economic downturns, war and national trade policies. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. ...
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