The global restructuring of the steel industry : innovatons, institutions, and industrial change / Anthony P. D'Costa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

D'Costa, Anthony P., 1957-

Series:

Routledge studies in international business and the world economy ; 13.

Routledge studies in international business and the world economy ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Steel industry and trade.

Steel industry and trade--Government policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using case studies from USA, Japan, South Korea, Brazil and India, this work explains how and why the steel industry has shifted from the advanced capitalist countries to the late industrializing countries.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 The restructuring of the steel industry; Introduction; Explaining industrial restructuring; Outline of chapters; 2 An institutional interpretation of steel industry restructuring: an analytical framework; Introduction; The restructuring issue; Technology and restructuring: an analytical framework; Conclusion; 3 Technological change and crisis in the American steel industry; Introduction; Strategic adoption of new innovations; The crisis compounded

Crisis-inspired restructuring: disinvestment and institutional changeConclusion; 4 Technological change and rapid industrial development in Japan and South Korea; Introduction; State-led late industrialization; Institutional response to new innovations; Excess capacity, maturity, and Japanese restructuring; Conclusion; 5 Technological change and institutional challenges in Brazil, India, and Korea; Introduction; State-led capitalist industrialization; Overcoming structural dependence; Institutional challenges to industrial restructuring

Technology diffusion and capability in Brazil, India, and KoreaConclusion: institutional capacity and industrial restructuring; 6 Technological change and the internationalization of the steel industry; Introduction; US imports and the changing international division of labor; Cost of production and labor productivity; Global realignments in the steel industry; Conclusion; 7 Innovations, entrepreneurial breakthroughs, and industry restructuring; Introduction; The emergence of minimills; Technological breakthroughs in the non-integrated steelmaking process

The diffusion of new technologies and restructuringConclusion: new technologies and industrial restructuring; 8 Interpreting technological change and industrial restructuring; Introduction; Restructuring and capitalist industrialization; Institutional change and restructuring; Technology, strategy, and the international division of labor; Conclusion; Notes; Appendix: institutions visited and/or contacted for data collection; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-221) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-75309-8

0-429-23153-9

1-280-11101-1

1-134-75310-1

0-585-46199-6

0-203-42522-7

9780429231537

OCLC:

277691913