The current paper aimed to investigate the reasons for the technological and competitive heterogeneity in the machine tool industry in Brazil. By analyzing the trajectory of the sector, we can highlight three main reasons for such heterogeneity. First, due to the competitive framework that...

How industrial companies in Germany's critically important investment goods sector are deploying new technological and organizational production concepts to adapt to competitiveness challenges, new market requirements, environment¤al demands, and policy pressures is examined in this book. It...

Despite many previous studies on catch-up, the path-following catch-up strategy has remained underexplored because of its questionable sustainability. However, in this study, we suggest that sustained and successful achievement of the path-following catch-up strategy is possible through the...