This paper examines the process by which firms in a cluster start to export based on systemic interactions and the process of diffusion of exporting as a business strategy within the cluster. Two Brazilian manufacturing industries are studied, and within each one a geographic cluster was...

The following presentation briefly outlines a history of Brazilian industrial policy from 1950-present and current structural issues and challenges in modern-day industrial policy. It was presented at the Latin America/Caribbean and Asia/Pacific Economics and Business Association (LAEBA)'s 2nd...

В статье рассматривается место Китая в мировой автомобильной индустрии. Анализируются предпочтения потребителей и конкурентные преимущества китайских...

The pace of change in technology has accelerated rapidly in the past decade providing various opportunities to companies to improve their efficiency and competitiveness. One of the useful and cost effective technological innovation is electronic data interchange (EDI). EDI has being increasingly...

Energy industries in Russia and in Northwest Russia in particular are of the utmost importance and occupy the largest shares in the total industrial production and exports. Northwest Russia is developing into the major export hub for the Russian energy exports. It means that the appropriate...

This study examines the Northwest Russian forest industry, traditionally the regions most important industry, its competitiveness and future prospects. The transition to the market economy and privatization have left their mark on the industry. Demand and markets have changed, requiring new...

Northwest Russia and particularly St. Petersburg were a globally important development center for information and communication technologies (ICT) during 1850-1950. The regions position of strength deteriorated after this period as a consequence of the choices made about technology and Soviet...

This book presents the Northwest Russian metal industries and the most important companies, and examines their competitiveness and future prospects. Metal industry plays an important role in Northwest Russia. Its share in the industrial output is over 20%. The transition from the socialistic...

This paper considers the trade-off between leveraging external sources of innovation by outsourcing design and engineering activities and the ability to develop internal product development competences. The trade-off arises because the division of labor within and across firms' boundaries has a...

During the 1990s mature industries, such as car manufacturing, restructured their production and innovation processes, changing from vertical integration to high outsourcing. Open innovation is antithetic to vertical integration. Analyzing whether this restructuring influenced the emergence of...