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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458968503321

Autore

Bryson J. R. <1963->

Titolo

Design economies and the changing world economy : innovation, production and competitiveness / / John R. Bryson and Grete Rusten

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-88361-4

1-136-88362-2

1-283-04344-0

9786613043443

0-203-83929-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in human geography ; ; 33

Altri autori (Persone)

RustenGrete

Disciplina

658.4/012

Soggetti

Industrial design

New products

Competition, International

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Designer economies -- Economies of "design", signs and space : management, marketing, design and production -- Nefarious learning : imitation versus inimitability and differentiation by design -- Design histories : anonymous design, hidden innovation and professional design -- Corporate strategy and designing competitiveness -- Design, corporate competitiveness and regional economic development -- Varieties of capitalism : from global production networks to production projects and distributed tasks -- Creating and shaping things: placing and spacing product design -- Designing capitalism: distributed tasks and divisions of expertise and labour.

Sommario/riassunto

Design is central to every service or good produced, sold and consumed. Manufacturing and service companies located in high cost locations increasingly find it difficult to compete with producers located in countries such as India and China. Companies in high-cost locations either have to shift production abroad or create competitive advantage through design, innovation, brand and the geographic distribution of



tasks rather than price.Design Economies and the Changing World Economy provides the first comprehensive account of the relationship between innovation, design, corpo