Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-300) and index.
Contents:
Globalization in the apparel and textile industries : what is new and what is not? / Frederick H. Abernathy, John T. Dunlop, Janice H. Hammond, and David Weil -- Globalization, deverticalization, and employment in the motor vehicle industry / Timothy Sturgeon and Richard Florida -- The shifting value chain : the television industry in North America / Martin Kenney -- The organizational and geographic configuration of the personal computer value chain / James Curry and Martin Kenney -- Leveraging locations : hard disk drive producers in international competition / David G. Mckendrick -- Industry creation and the new geography of innovation : the case of flat panel displays / Thomas P. Murtha, Stefanie Ann Lenway, and Jeffrey A. Hart -- Globalization of semiconductors : do real men have fabs, or virtual fabs? / Robert C. Leachman and Chien H. Leachman -- The net world order's influence on global leadership in the semiconductor industry / Greg Linden, Clair Brown, and Melissa M. Appleyard -- From regions and firms to multinational highways : knowledge and its diffusion as a factor in the globalization of industries / Bruce Kogut.
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