03344oam 2200697I 450 991045896850332120200520144314.01-136-88361-41-136-88362-21-283-04344-097866130434430-203-83929-310.4324/9780203839294 (CKB)2560000000061540(EBL)668268(OCoLC)707068663(SSID)ssj0000468371(PQKBManifestationID)11331642(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000468371(PQKBWorkID)10506390(PQKB)11746150(OCoLC)712654472(MiAaPQ)EBC668268(Au-PeEL)EBL668268(CaPaEBR)ebr10452288(CaONFJC)MIL304344(EXLCZ)99256000000006154020180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDesign economies and the changing world economy innovation, production and competitiveness /John R. Bryson and Grete RustenAbingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (265 p.)Routledge studies in human geography ;33Description based upon print version of record.1-138-87265-2 0-415-46175-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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, corpoRoutledge studies in human geography ;33.Industrial designNew productsCompetition, InternationalElectronic books.Industrial design.New products.Competition, International.658.4/012Bryson J. R.1963-193567Rusten Grete520543MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458968503321Design economies and the changing world economy834029UNINA