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Design economies and the changing world economy : innovation, production and competitiveness / John R. Bryson and Grete Rusten.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bryson, J. R., 1963-
- Series:
- Routledge studies in human geography ; 33.
- Routledge studies in human geography ; 33
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industrial design.
- New products.
- Competition, International.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Design is central to every service or good produced, sold and consumed. Manufacturing and service companies located in high cost locations increasingly find it difficult to compete with producers located in countries such as India and China. Companies in high-cost locations either have to shift production abroad or create competitive advantage through design, innovation, brand and the geographic distribution of tasks rather than price.Design Economies and the Changing World Economy provides the first comprehensive account of the relationship between innovation, design, corpo
- Contents:
- Designer economies
- Economies of "design", signs and space : management, marketing, design and production
- Nefarious learning : imitation versus inimitability and differentiation by design
- Design histories : anonymous design, hidden innovation and professional design
- Corporate strategy and designing competitiveness
- Design, corporate competitiveness and regional economic development
- Varieties of capitalism : from global production networks to production projects and distributed tasks
- Creating and shaping things: placing and spacing product design
- Designing capitalism: distributed tasks and divisions of expertise and labour.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-88361-4
- 1-136-88362-2
- 1-283-04344-0
- 9786613043443
- 0-203-83929-3
- 9780203839294
- OCLC:
- 707068663
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