{"product_id":"locating-global-advantage-9780804747578","title":"Locating Global Advantage","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat are the forces that are driving firms and industries to globalize their operations? This volume explores how specific industries have organized their global operations through case studies of seven manufacturing industries including: garments and textiles, televisions and personal computers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents for  Locating Global Advantage                 Preface: In Vino Veritas?, by Paul Duguid                1.       Introduction, by Martin Kenney                 Part One                2.       Globalization in the Apparel and Textile Industries: What Is  New and What Is Not? by Frederick H. Abernathy, John T. Dunlop, Janice H.  Hammond, and David Weil                3.       Globalization, Deverticalization, and Employment in the Motor  Vehicle Industry, by Timothy Sturgeon and Richard Florida                4.       The Shifting Value Chain: The Television Industry in North  America, by Martin Kenney                 Part Two                5.       The Organizational and Geographic Configuration of the  Personal Computer Value Chain, by James Curry and Martin Kenney                6.       Leveraging Locations: Hard Disk Drive Producers in  International Competition, by David G. McKendrick                7.       Industry Creation and the New Geography of Innovation: The  Case of Flag Panel Displays, by Thomas P. Murtha, Stefanie Ann Lenway, and  Jeffrey A. Hart                8.       Globalization and Semiconductors: Do Real Men Have Fabs, or  Virtual Fabs? by Robert C. Leachman and Chien H. Leachman                9.       The Net World Order's Influence on Global Leadership in the  Semiconductor Industry, by Greg Linden, Clair Brown, and Melissa M. Appleyard                 Part Three                10.   Conclusion: From Regions and Firms to Multinational Highways:  Knowledge and Its Diffusion as a Factor in the Globalization of Industries, by  Bruce Kogut                 References        Index","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405554786647,"sku":"9780804747578","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/locating-global-advantage-9780804747578","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}