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Industrial technological development : a network approach /

Technical innovation in industry is regarded by many people as the best way of making industry more profitable. A great deal of energy and time is being expended by businessmen and by governments discussing how best to bring about technical innovation. This book, which was first published in 1987, a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Håkansson, Håkan, 1947- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.
Colección:Routledge revivals.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page ; Original Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter One Introduction; Technological Innovation through Interaction; Examples of Technical Cooperation; Relationships between Companies; A Network Approach; Managerial Issues; Content of the Book; Notes to Chapter; Chapter Two Process Innovation through Technical Cooperation; Process Innovation; Process Technology Networks; Process Development Interaction from the Perspective of the Process User.
  • Process Development in the Swedish Special Steel Industry some Results from an Empirical Study of Technical Exchange between CompaniesCase: The ASEA-STORA Process; Analysis of the ASEA-STORA Case; Case: The ASEA-NYBY Process; Analysis of the ASEA-NYBY Case; Concluding Remarks; Notes to Chapter 2; Chapter Three Product Development in Networks; The Importance of Studying Product Development; Product Development in a Network Perspective; Technical Development from an Actor's Perspective; Product Development within Networks
  • some Empirical Illustrations; The Wood Saw Network.
  • The Metal Drill NetworkManagement Implications; Notes to Chapter 3; Chapter Four Supplier Management and Technological Development; Technological Development and Interaction; Exploiting the Supply Structure
  • Two Illustrations; Relationships and Network Positions; The Special Steel Study; Relationships and Positions
  • Five Themes; Concluding Remarks; Notes to Chapter 4; Appendix 1. The companies and their activity patterns; Appendix 2. The Swedish Special Steel Industry; Chapter Five Technological Development and the Individual's Contact Network; The Importance of Personal Contacts.
  • The Individual and the Corporation as Active Network ParticipantsThe Study; The Network
  • an Overview; Metallurgical Engineers within Corporate Management; Metallurgical Engineers in R & D; Metallurgical Engineers within Production; Metallurgical Engineers Working in Marketing; Metallurgical Engineers and the Network; Notes to Chapter 5; Chapter Six Strategic Implications; The Importance of Getting Involved; Power of Endurance; The Importance of Strong and Weak Ties; Positions and the Roles of the Company; Notes to Chapter 6; References; Subject Index; Author Index.