Two MacArthur Prize Fellows argue that to get out of its current economic crisis industry should abandon its attachment to standardized mass production for a system of flexible specialization.
Author: Michael Piore
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465075614
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 368
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Two MacArthur Prize Fellows argue that to get out of its current economic crisis industry should abandon its attachment to standardized mass production for a system of flexible specialization.Two MacArthur Prize fellows argue that current international economic problems presage an entirely new system of industrial production, one characterized by flexible, customized specialization and by the application of new technologies
Author: Michael Piore
Publisher: New York : Basic Books
ISBN: STANFORD:36105005299792
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 390
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Two MacArthur Prize fellows argue that current international economic problems presage an entirely new system of industrial production, one characterized by flexible, customized specialization and by the application of new technologiesThis book's central claim is that we are living through the second industrial divide . Extrapolating from current developments , we see two Murde potentially contradictory strategies for relaunching growth in the advanced countries .
Author: Michael Piore
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465075630
Category: Collana CEEP.
Page: 372
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BUSINESS/ECONOMICSThe second industrial divide. New York: Basic Books. Ray, R. K. (1979). Introduction. In Rajat K. Ray (Ed.), Industrialization in India: Growth and conflict in the private corporate sector, 1914–1947. Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Author: Chikayoshi Nomura
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9789811086786
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 287
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This monograph aims to analyze the economic and business history of colonial India from a corporate perspective by clarifying the historical role of institutional developments based on archival evidence of a representative enterprise. The perspective is distinctively unique in that it highlights the salience of corporate-level institutional responses to explain the causes of colonial India’s industrial growth, in addition to two renowned perspectives focusing on government economic policy or factor endowment. One of the driving forces of India’s high growth rate since the 1980s is the expansion of modern business corporations whose origins date back to the colonial era in the mid-nineteenth century. This monograph explores the historical foundation of the growth of such corporations in colonial India, guided by a substantial collection of documents of Tata Iron and Steel Company, whose rich records have not received the due attention they have long deserved. As clarified by numerous economic and business historians of leading industrialized countries since the works of Douglass North and Alfred Chandler, this study as well proposes that the development of modern business corporations in colonial India was broadly supported by the reciprocal evolution of economic institutions and corporate organizations. Adding a new perspective to the business and economic history of colonial India, the analysis also provides an important case study of the development of corporate business in the non-Western world to the study of global business history.'second. industrial. divide'. A.J.. Phillimore. It is becoming commonplace to argue that the advanced industrialized countries are currently living in an era of great transformation. Whether it be the onset of 'The Third Wave', ...
Author: John Ahier
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781136179822
Category: Education
Page: 348
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It is not only the UK education system which has recently undergone a process of change, although it has certainly been one of the most dramatically affected. Free market conceptions have played their part in these changes, particularly throughout the European Union. This collection therefore focuses on the economic and social contexts for education both in the UK and internationally, and how these have had an impact on the education systems of different countries. The authors write from a wide range of standpoints, some supportive and some critical of the new paradigms, but all focus on the traditions which have been subjected to ideological attacks, and in the processes and outcomes of those attacks.Piore and Sabel, The Second Industrial Divide, 213—20, and Martin T. Katzman, "From Horse Carts to Minimills,” Public Interest no. 92 (1988): 121—35. 66. Piore and Sabel, The Second Industrial Divide, 28—35, 258—77.
Author: Albert Borgmann
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226161488
Category: Philosophy
Page: 182
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In this eloquent guide to the meanings of the postmodern era, Albert Borgmann charts the options before us as we seek alternatives to the joyless and artificial culture of consumption. Borgmann connects the fundamental ideas driving his understanding of society's ills to every sphere of contemporary social life, and goes beyond the language of postmodern discourse to offer a powerfully articulated vision of what this new era, at its best, has in store. "[This] thoughtful book is the first remotely realistic map out of the post modern labyrinth."—Joseph Coates, The Chicago Tribune "Rather astoundingly large-minded vision of the nature of humanity, civilization and science."—Kirkus ReviewsPerhaps the defining moment in this reappraisal of the region and search for what made certain regional economies technologically dynamic was the celebrated work by Michael Piore and Charles Sabel , The Second Industrial Divide ( 1984 ) ...
Author: Martin Kenney
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804737347
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 308
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This text explores the factors that have made Silicon Valley such a fertile breeding ground for new technologies and new firms. It looks at how its pioneering achievements begana̧nd the forces that have propelled its unprecedented growth.This change is brought into focus by Michael Piore and Charles Sabel in The Second Industrial Divide . They argue that the present eco- nomic crisis in the United States is not just a temporary downturn but the result of the outmoded ...
Author: Michael Burawoy
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520073223
Category: Social Science
Page: 368
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"Establishes a new landmark in the study of everyday life in the modern metropolis. This book brilliantly integrates systematic theory and participant observation data. Forms of domination and resistance are poignantly captured in different social settings, and admirably related to economic and political forces. The volume will do more to enhance ethnographic research than any previous study in sociology."—William Julius Wilson, University of Chicago "What is unleashed in Ethnography Unbound is the theoretical and critical potential of exemplary urban fieldwork and pedagogy. This book by Michael Burawoy and his talented students sets an inspirational standard to emulate in the classroom and in the 'field'."—Judith Stacey, author of Brave New Families "Bravo! A book that explodes the barriers that prevent us from seeing, simultaneously, both the social world and our role in its making. The dichotomies of teacher/student, researcher/researched, and theory/data are subjected to a penetrating and refreshing scrutiny in this unique project."—Rick Fantasia, author of Cultures of Solidarity "Burawoy and his colleagues have rediscovered the ancient truth that participant observation is well-suited to understanding the larger society as well as microsocial life. Moreover, they have made that rediscovery superbly. The essays are of high quality and I hope that the book will increase yet further the current interest in participant observation and ethnography."—Herbert J. Gans, author of People, Plans and PoliciesC. Freeman and L. Soete, The Economics of Industrial Innovation, 3rd ed. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1997), 281. 12. Piore and Sabel, The Second Industrial Divide, 39. 13. Ibid., 38¥39. 14. Freeman and Soete, The Economics of Industrial ...
Author: C.C. Onyemelukwe
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781315500119
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 384
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A theoretical framework aiming to facilitate study of development economics. The author presents his theory in three sections: how advanced nations developed; a proposed third dimension, in addition to labour and capital; and why capital accumulation is unnecessary, even potentially harmful.Michael Piore and Charles Sabel (1984) The Second Industrial Divide: Possibilities for Prosperity, Basic Books, New York. As the economic performance of the advanced western economies has deteriorated since the early 1970s, ...
Author: Grahame Thompson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781317570431
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 231
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With the advent of Thatcherism in the UK and Reaganomics in the USA, ‘industrial policy’ had become something of a discredited notion in the 1980s. The emphasis had shifted to programmes of deregulation, de-nationalization, and tax reform. The essays in this challenging and vigorous collection, first published in 1989, sprung from work that had been conducted in the USA, notably at the Harvard Business School, on reappraising the role of the public sector in industrial management. This American work suggested ways in which public sector and other bodies might have revitalized industrial life. This book is ideal for students of business and economics.