Manufacturing Prosperity
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Producing Prosperity
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Author : Gary P. Pisano
language : en
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Release Date : 2012-09-25
Producing Prosperity written by Gary P. Pisano and has been published by Harvard Business Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-25 with Business & Economics categories.
Manufacturing’s central role in global innovation Companies compete on the decisions they make. For years—even decades—in response to intensifying global competition, companies decided to outsource their manufacturing operations in order to reduce costs. But we are now seeing the alarming long-term effect of those choices: in many cases, once manufacturing capabilities go away, so does much of the ability to innovate and compete. Manufacturing, it turns out, really matters in an innovation-driven economy. In Producing Prosperity, Harvard Business School professors Gary Pisano and Willy Shih show the disastrous consequences of years of poor sourcing decisions and underinvestment in manufacturing capabilities. They reveal how today’s undervalued manufacturing operations often hold the seeds of tomorrow’s innovative new products, arguing that companies must reinvest in new product and process development in the US industrial sector. Only by reviving this “industrial commons” can the world’s largest economy build the expertise and manufacturing muscle to regain competitive advantage. America needs a manufacturing renaissance—for restoring itself, and for the global economy as a whole. This will require major changes. Pisano and Shih show how company-level choices are key to the sustained success of industries and economies, and they provide business leaders with a framework for understanding the links between manufacturing and innovation that will enable them to make better outsourcing decisions. They also detail how government must change its support of basic and applied scientific research, and promote collaboration between business and academia. For executives, policymakers, academics, and innovators alike, Producing Prosperity provides the clearest and most compelling account yet of how the American economy lost its competitive edge—and how to get it back.
Light Manufacturing In Vietnam
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Author : Hinh T. Dinh
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2014-01-29
Light Manufacturing In Vietnam written by Hinh T. Dinh and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-29 with Business & Economics categories.
Light Manufacturing in Vietnam makes the case that, if the country is to continue along a rapid economic growth path and create jobs, it must undertake a structural transformation that can lift workers from low-productivity agriculture and the mere assembly of imported inputs to higher-productivity activities. Vietnam needs to address fundamental issues in the manufacturing sector that, until now, have been masked by economic growth. The book shows that there is a dichotomy between domestic enterprises and enterprises supported by foreign direct investment. The dominant state-owned enterprises and foreign-invested firms are often not integrated with smaller, domestic firms through backward or forward links in the use of domestically produced inputs or intermediate products. Growth in the domestic light manufacturing sector has arisen from the sheer number of micro and small enterprises rather than from expansion in the number of medium and large firms. As a consequence, final products have little value added; technology and expertise are not shared; and the economy has failed to move up the structural transformation ladder. This structure of production is one of the reasons Vietnam's rapid process of industrialization over the last three decades has not been accompanied by a favorable trade balance. Policy measures to address problems in competitiveness in Vietnam must confront the dual structure of the light manufacturing sector, while raising the value added in the industry. To that end, measures must be taken to nurture the expansion of small domestic firms, while helping these firms to achieve greater productivity through trade integration. This will require improvements in labor skills and technology and in the quality and variety of products able to compete with imports. Policies to reduce the role of the state-owned sector, promote trading companies, encourage clustering and subcontracting, and raise foreign and social networking are important in this respect. To boost the value added of its goods, Vietnam needs to integrate the supply chain in assembly activities by investing in the upstream production of the goods in which it has a comparative advantage in production and in which it has already established a market share, such as agribusiness, garments, and wood. Unlike downstream activities, however, the production of the associated raw materials and intermediate goods is capital intensive and technology driven, and it requires skilled labor. Inviting foreign direct investment into these areas and reforming education and vocational systems are the best means to reach this goal. For this reason, the government should launch a complete review of the incentives for foreign direct investment to focus on upstream production and on bringing in capital and technical expertise, while improving labor and entrepreneurial skills. Based on this analysis, Light Manufacturing in Vietnam proposes concrete policy measures to increase employment and spur job creation by addressing sector-specific constraints. The book presents a set of practical recommendations for policy makers to identify, prioritize, and remove the most serious constraints in each sector. This book will be valuable for policy makers, entrepreneurs, workers, professional economists, and anyone interested in economic development, industrialization, and the structural transformation of Vietnam and of developing countries.
Manufacturing Green Prosperity
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Author : Jon Rynn
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2010-07-12
Manufacturing Green Prosperity written by Jon Rynn and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-12 with Social Science categories.
This timely set of solutions based on a new theory of economics shows how America can reverse its inexorable economic decline and stop the bleeding of its middle class by rebuilding its manufacturing sector on a green basis. Manufacturing Green Prosperity: The Power to Rebuild the American Middle Class connects two critical issues: the importance of manufacturing to the growth and fair distribution of national wealth and the need to create an environmentally sustainable society. In so doing, the book offers groundbreaking arguments demonstrating the centrality of manufacturing and shows ways in which creating a green economy will rebuild U.S. manufacturing and expand the middle class. Drawing from the fields of political science, economics, ecology, history, engineering, and philosophy, the author challenges existing myths about manufacturing, exposes the weaknesses of neoclassical economics, and proposes a production-centered alternative. America, he persuasively argues, needs a sophisticated, green manufacturing base in order to create an entirely new transportation and energy infrastructure-one that will make cities ecologically sustainable; prevent the worst effects of global warming; protect vulnerable ecosystems; and counter the depletion of oil, coal, and other critical natural resources.
Manufacturing Prosperity
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Author : Rodin Genoff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Manufacturing Prosperity written by Rodin Genoff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Australia categories.
In Manufacturing Prosperity, industry leaders and prominent academics review the current state of the Australian and New Zealand economies. They make the case for a coherent industry policy to create long-term growth and jobs, and discuss what is needed to develop knowledge industries of the future. Their contributions cover: building a competitive advantage new technologies and skills industry networking regional development investing in infrastructure. Which is the way forward for Australia and New Zealand now that all the major reports and submissions on industry policy, such as the Mortimer review of business assistance, are in? Do proposals measure up to the scale of the challenge? What realistic alternatives do we have in an increasingly deregulated global environment? This book challenges the myth that the world is moving to a post-industrial future and "recognises the importance of the manufacturing sector to Australia's economic prospects and industry's current focus on innovation, design, research and development."
Manufacturing Works
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Manufacturing Works written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Comparative economics categories.
America's manufacturing drives the country's prosperity because of its size, its ability to generate innovation and value, its importance to national security, its role in meeting people's needs, and the dignity it provides 17 million American workers.
Rebuild Manufacturing
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Author : Michele M. Nash-hoff
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-10-20
Rebuild Manufacturing written by Michele M. Nash-hoff and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-20 with categories.
Rebuild Manufacturing - the Key to American Prosperity is a non-fiction book that describes the current state of American manufacturing, discusses what are the main threats to rebuilding American manufacturing and recommends what strategies and actions should be implemented to rebuild American manufacturing. The author analyzes how trade agreements have affected American manufacturing, what role "reshoring" plays in rebuilding American manufacturing, and what is currently being done to rebuild American manufacturing. The book shows how American innovation and advanced manufacturing contribute to rebuilding American manufacturing and how we can solve the skills gap and attract the next generation of manufacturing workers. It provides case stories of how some American manufacturers are succeeding against global competition by developing innovative products and becoming lean companies. It concludes with specific recommendations of strategies, policies, and actions that can be taken by government, industry, manufacturing associations, and companies towards rebuilding the manufacturing industry in America. Readers will have a better understanding of the importance of manufacturing to the U. S. economy and will be motivated to do what they can to participate in rebuilding manufacturing in America.
In Praise Of Hard Industries
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Author : Eamonn Fingleton
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 1999
In Praise Of Hard Industries written by Eamonn Fingleton and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Industries categories.
"In Praise of Hard Industries offers an authoritative and deeply disturbing counterargument to the many unexamined assumptions and glibly misstated facts that are driving our embrace of postindustrialism."--BOOK JACKET.
Manufacturing For New Zealand S Prosperity And Growth
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Author : New Zealand. Manufacturing Advisory Group
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Manufacturing For New Zealand S Prosperity And Growth written by New Zealand. Manufacturing Advisory Group and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Industrial management categories.
Light Manufacturing In Zambia
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Author : Hinh T. Dinh
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2013-07-18
Light Manufacturing In Zambia written by Hinh T. Dinh and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-18 with Business & Economics categories.
This book argues that light manufacturing is appropriate for a resource-based country like Zambia. While Zambia's recent growth has been impressive, it has not been accompanied with adequate job creation. Long-term job creation in copper production is very small; links to the rest of the economy tend to be weak as well. Besides, the development of natural resources tends to discourage job-creating sectors such as manufacturing. To be sustainable and to create productive employment for its people, growth needs to be accompanied by structural transformation. Such transformation entails a growing share of manufacturing output in the economy. In the past, Zambia's efforts to promote and facilitate industrial growth have not been very successful. Policy regimes swung from one extreme to another. In the 1980s, Zambia put complete control of the industrial sector in the hands of the state. When this model proved unsuccessful, policy shifted in the opposite direction in the 1990s, and all earlier government interventions were lifted. Neither extreme led to sustained growth of manufacturing. This book suggests an alternative: directing government policies toward removing constraints in a few of the most promising light manufacturing sectors using practical and innovative solutions inspired by the fast-growing Asian economies whose starting point 20 years ago was not very different from Zambia's today. This book has several innovative features. First, it provides in-depth cost comparisons between Zambia and four other countries in Asia and Africa at sector and product levels. Second, the book uses a wide array of quantitative and qualitative techniques to identify key constraints to enterprises and to evaluate differences in the performance of firms across countries. Third, it uses a focused approach to identify country- and industry- specific constraints. It proposes market based measures and selected government intervention to ease these constraints. Fourth, it highlights the interconnectedness of constraints and solutions. For example, solving the manufacturing input problem requires actions in agriculture, education, and infrastructure. The book shows that Zambia has the potential to become regionally competitive in several light manufacturing subsectors by leveraging its comparative advantage in natural resource industries such as agriculture, livestock, and forestry. Interventions include both the provision of public goods and the removal of existing policy distortions in the economy. Growing production of light manufacturing goods would allow Zambia to capture more value from its raw materials and create more jobs.
Light Manufacturing In Tanzania
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Author : Hinh T. Dinh
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2013-09-12
Light Manufacturing In Tanzania written by Hinh T. Dinh and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-12 with Business & Economics categories.
This book shows that feasible, low-cost, sharply focused policy initiatives aimed at enhancing private investment could launch Tanzania on a path to competitive light manufacturing.