New Old Economy Networks, Institutions, and the Organizational Transformation of American Manufacturing

Name: New Old Economy Networks, Institutions, and the Organizational Transformation of American Manufacturing
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ISBN: 9780199286010

ISBN-10: 0199286019

ISBN-13: 9780199286010

Edition: 2005

Authors: Josh Whitford

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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 that discussion of this shift, in the media and in the academic literature, hits on the right…

Book details

List price: $88.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/5/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Introduction



The New Old Economy



A New Production Paradigm for a New Old Economy



Networks, Noise, and Institutional Change



Networks and the Organizational Transformation of American Manufacturing



The Decentralization of American Manufacturing



Collaboration in Practice: The Cost Reduction (Incremental Innovation) Waltz



Uncertainty and Contradiction in the New Old Economy



Institutions and the Relational Reconstruction of Regional Political Economy



It Couldn't Happen Here? Public Policy, Regional Institutions, and Inter-Firm Collaboration in the US



Toward the Relational Reconstruction of Regional Political Economy