organizational production concepts to adapt to competitiveness challenges, new market requirements, environment¤al demands, and … production in Germany. East German as well as West German data is analyzed. Readers will ga¤in fresh insights about the diffusion … of new production concepts, the interaction of process and product innovations, and subsequent effects on productivity …

PART I: INTRODUCTION. Manufacturing Matters: Space, Place, Time and Production / Jennifer Clark, John R. Bryson and … Vida Vanchan -- PART II:(PROCESSES) BUILDING BLOCKS: FACTOR INPUTS AND PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION. Manufacturing Management in … -- Reshoring and the 'Manufacturing Moment' / Margaret Cowell and John Provo -- Relocation of Production Activities and Underlying …