Pathways to industrialization and regional development /
The paradigm of mass production has given way to radically new forms of organizing industrial production based primarily on the need to foster continuous redesign of products and processes in the face of intensified competition. This change, which is designed to engender continuous adaptive learning...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1992.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The paradigm of mass production has given way to radically new forms of organizing industrial production based primarily on the need to foster continuous redesign of products and processes in the face of intensified competition. This change, which is designed to engender continuous adaptive learning in production systems, requires considerable organizational flexibility. The mass production systems constructed in the early post-war period foundered in the face of new forms of competition which put a premium on learning and flexibility. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-401) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781134882731 1134882734 9780203995549 0203995546 9781134882717 1134882718 9781134882748 1134882742 9786610221332 6610221332 9781134882694 1134882696 |