This insightful book shows how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from some of the traditionally less dynamic peripheral economies of the ‘old’ EU – namely Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain – have responded to the twin challenges of globalisation and industrial...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- About the Authors -- History -- Introduction -- Brazes and Their Metallurgy -- The Joining Environment -- The Role of Materials in Defining Process Constraints -- Filler Metals for Carat Gold and Hallmark Silver Jewelery -- Diffusion Brazing -- Direct Brazing of...

It is a general understanding that the advanced economies are currently undergoing a fundamental transformation into knowledge-based societies. There is a firm belief that this is based on the development of high-tech industries. Correspondingly, in this scenario low-tech sectors appear to be...