Chapter 1. Introduction: Governance, Rent-seeking and Upgrading in Global Value Chains -- Part I: Interdisciplinary Theoretical Contributions – Framing The Debate -- Chapter 2. Contemporary Globalization and Value Systems: What Gains for Developing Countries? -- Chapter 3. Global Value Chains...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The License Giver Business Concept -- Chapter 3: The Intrinsic-Motivated Crowd -- Chapter 4: The Fear of Innovation -- Chapter 5: The Not-Invented-Here Syndrome -- Chapter 6: The Rise and Decline of Innovative Capability -- Chapter 7: The License Giver...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I: Macro-Meso Level of Analysis -- Chapter 2. An Overview of Industrial Catch-up Strategies -- Chapter 3. Driving Inclusive Growth in Post Industrial Catch-up Era of Korean Economy -- Chapter 4. Achieving Virtuous Cycle Development in Post Industrial Catch-up Era...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Discovering Steam Power in China, 1828-1865 -- Chapter 3: Translating Heat: Tackling Old conceptions with new ideas, 1855-1868 -- Chapter 4: More Translations, Limited Understanding: the Achievements and Constraints of Late Qing Translations of Heat,...

Digital Twins in the Industry: Maturity, Functions, Effects -- Architecting Digital Twin-Driven Transformation in the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Sector -- Practical Application of the Concept of Digital Twins in the Aviation Sector -- Digital Revolution in the Energy Sector: Effects of...

Chapter 1: A Batch Scheduling Model for a Three-Stage Flowshop With Batch Processor and Heterogeneous Job Processor to Minimize Total Actual Flowtime -- Chapter 2: Batch scheduling of unique and common components for a three-stage hybrid flow shop processing different product types with multiple...

The Evaluation System of Publishing Industry's Competitiveness in Overseas Market -- Economic research on regional poverty alleviation and prevention of return to poverty -- Sustainable Performance of Rural Banking: A Heterogeneity Study in the Coastal Regions of China -- Research of New Energy...

1. The Integrated State of Global Production Chain -- 2. Bismarck and German Consensus -- 3. The Meiji Restoration and Industrial Focus -- 4. The New Rome and The US Exceptionalism -- 5. The Current Entrenched Global Gentrification -- 6. The Balancing Acts by Large Industrial Economies -- 7. The...

Chapter 1: The Emerging Nigerian Economy -- Chapter 2: Manufacturing Sector in the Nigerian Economy -- Chapter 3: Industrial Development Policies and Strategies -- Chapter 4: The Nigerian Steel Industry: Retrospect and Prospect -- Chapter 5: Resources and Opportunities for Competitive Industrial...

This book examines the global corporate strategy of Japanese multi-national enterprises (MNEs) and analyses their position in today’s business environment. Focusing in particular upon Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Vietnam, Japanese Global Strategy presents nine...