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The Plight of Older Workers : Labor Market Experience after Plant Closure in the Swiss Manufacturing Sector
Baumann, Isabel - 2016
This open access book examines the economic, social, and psychological consequences of manufacturing plant closure at the individual level. Using an original data set of over 1,200 workers from Switzerland who lost their manufacturing jobs after the financial crisis of 2008, the author analyzes...
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Zukunft der Arbeit in Industrie 4.0
Botthof, Alfons (ed.); Hartmann, Ernst Andreas (ed.) - 2015
Das Zukunftsprojekt "Industrie 4.0", das ein zentrales Element der Hightech-Strategie der Bundesregierung darstellt … ein neues Zeitalter geführt werden. Das Technologieprogramm "Autonomik für Industrie 4.0" des Bundesministeriums für … Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi) ist Teil des Zukunftsprojekts "Industrie 4.0". Im Kontext dieses Programms ist der vorliegende Band …
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Economic Growth in Developing Countries : Structural Transformation, Manufacturing and Transport Infrastructure
Lakhera, Mohan L. - 2016
Economic growth across countries during the last 30 years or so has displayed 'dual' divergence between developed and developing countries, and among developing countries. The structural transformation has been either slow or of an anomalous nature. The study addresses these and suggests how...
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Understanding the Role of Business Analytics : Some Applications
Chahal, Hardeep (ed.); Jyoti, Jeevan (ed.);  … - 2019
This book encompasses empirical evidences to understand the application of data analytical techniques in emerging contexts. Varied studies relating to manufacturing and services sectors including healthcare, banking, information technology, power, education sector etc. stresses upon the...
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Reshoring of Manufacturing : Drivers, Opportunities, and Challenges
Vecchi, Alessandra (ed.) - 2017
This book examines key aspects of the increasingly important phenomenon of reshoring - the decision of companies to reverse offshoring by bringing manufacturing back from overseas. The aim is to equip readers with a full understanding of the current extent of reshoring, its drivers, and the...
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Globalisation of Technology
Siddharthan, N.S. (ed.); Narayanan, K. (ed.) - 2018
This book examines the globalisation of technology and innovation in the modern world. Enterprises globalise in several ways, e.g. by exporting, sourcing components and materials from other countries (B2B commerce), outsourcing, licensing their technologies and production, and foreign direct...
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The Story of Indian Manufacturing : Encounters with the Mughal and British Empires (1498 -1947)
Seth, Vijay K. - 2018
This book discusses the role historical events played in determining the pattern of growth of Indian manufacturing. Two important historical events significantly influenced the course of Indian manufacturing from the 15th century AD. The first was the arrival of European merchants via sea route...
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Stakeholder Integration in Service Innovation
Jonas, Julia M. - 2018
Julia M. Jonas examines stakeholder integration and its’ dynamics in the setting of service innovation in IT and manufacturing firms. Applying a service-dominant logic theory approach, the multiple case study research describes the implementation of stakeholder integration with its’...
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Applications of the Input-Output Framework
Mukhopadhyay, Kakali (ed.) - 2018
This book provides a fresh perspective on the ever-growing relevance of input-output analysis in problem solving. It is based on the “19th National Conference of the Input-Output Research Association of India (IORA)”, held in 2017 in Mumbai, India. The conference promoted the exchange of...
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The Manufacturing Sector in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico : Transformations and Challenges in the Industrial Core of Latin America
Santarcángelo, Juan Eduardo (ed.) - 2019
Using a heterodox perspective, this book discusses the real possibilities of Argentina, Brazil and Mexico ever achieving economic development through industrialization. Through their discussion of the three most industrialized countries of Latin America, the contributors compare trajectories and...
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