The new old economy : networks, institutions, and the organizational transformation of American manufacturing / Josh Whitford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitford.

Contributor:

Josh..

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manufacturing industries--United States.

Manufacturing industries.

Manufacturing industries--Government policy--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press Inc., 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

American manufacturing is in obvious crisis: the sector lost three million jobs between 2000 and 2003 as the American trade deficit shot to record highs. Manufacturers have increasingly decentralized productive responsibilities to armies of supplier firms, both domestically and abroad. Many have speculated as to whether or not manufacturing is even feasible in the United States, given the difficulties.Josh Whitford's book examines the issues behind this crisis, looking at the emergence of a 'new old economy', in which relationships between firms have become much more important. Whitford shows

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: The New Old Economy; Introduction to Part I; 1. A New Production Paradigm for a New Old Economy; 2. Networks, Noise, and Institutional Change; II: Networks and the Organizational Transformation of American Manufacturing; Introduction to Part II; 3. The Decentralization of American Manufacturing; 4. Collaboration in Practice: The Cost Reduction (Incremental Innovation) Waltz; 5. Uncertainty and Contradiction in the New Old Economy; III: Institutions and the Relational Reconstruction of Regional Political Economy; Introduction to Part III

6. It Couldn't Happen Here? Public Policy, Regional Institutions, and Interfirm Collaboration in the United States7. Toward the Relational Reconstruction of Regional Political Economy; Appendix; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]-203) and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-153665-2

9786610756087

1-280-75608-X

1-4237-8892-3

OCLC:

516168178