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Production in the innovation economy / edited by Richard M. Locke and Rachel L. Wellhausen.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manufacturing industries--United States.
- Manufacturing industries.
- Manufacturing industries--Technological innovations--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (287 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This title emerges from several years of interdisciplinary research at MIT on the links between manufacturing and innovation in the United States and the world economy. Authors from political science, economics, business, employment and operations research, aeronautics and astronautics, mechanical engineering, and nuclear engineering come together to explore the extent to which manufacturing is key to an innovative and vibrant economy.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction / Richard M. Locke and Rachel L. Wellhausen
- 2. Skills and skill gaps in manufacturing / Paul Osterman and Andrew Weaver
- 3. The new skill production system : policy challenges and solutions in manufacturing labor markets / Andrew Weaver and Paul Osterman
- 4. Learning by building : complementary assets and the migration of capabilities in U.S. innovative firms / Elisabeth B. Reynolds, Hiram M. Samel, and Joyce Lawrence
- 5. Energy innovation / Richard K. Lester
- 6. The role of innovative manufacturing in high-tech product development : evidence from China's renewable energy sector / Jonas Nahm and Edward S. Steinfeld
- 7. Sustaining global competitiveness in the provision of complex product subsystems : the case of civilian nuclear power technology / Florian Metzler and Edward S. Steinfeld
- 8. Innovation and onshoring : the case fo product variety / Donald B. Rosenfeld
- 9. Trends in advanced manufacturing technology innovation / Olivier L. de Wreck and Darci Reed.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-52825-8
- 0-262-31912-8
- OCLC:
- 868068585
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