U.S. industry in 2000 : studies in competitive performance / / David C. Mowery, editor

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (424 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.0973/09/051
• Soggetto topico: Industries - United States - Forecasting; Economic forecasting - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Economic conditions 1981-2001 Congresses
• Altri autori: MoweryDavid C
• Note generali: Papers presented at a conference held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 8-9, 1997.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""The Dynamics of Long-Term Growth: Gaining and Losing Advantage in the Chemical Industry1""; ""Chemicals1""; ""Steel""; ""Powder Metallurgy Parts""; ""Trucking1""; ""Grocery Retailing1""; ""Retail Banking1""; ""Computing""; ""Semiconductors1""; ""Hard Disk Drives1""; ""Apparel1""; ""Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology1""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: U.S. industry faced a gloomy outlook in the late 1980s. Then, industrial performance improved dramatically through the 1990s and appears pervasively brighter today. A look at any group of industries, however, reveals important differences in the factors behind the resurgence--in industry structure and strategy, research performance, and location of activities--as well as similarities in the national policy environment, impact of information technology, and other factors. U.S. Industry in 2000 examines eleven key manufacturing and service industries and explores how they arrived at the present and what they face in the future. It assesses changing practices in research and innovation, technology adoption, and international operations. Industry analyses shed light on how science and technology are applied in the marketplace, how workers fare as jobs require greater knowledge, and how U.S. firms responded to their chief competitors in Europe and Asia. The book will be important to a wide range of readers with a stake in U.S. industrial performance: corporate executives, investors, labor representatives, faculty and students in business and economics, and public policymakers.
• Altri titoli varianti: US industry in 2000
• Titolo autorizzato: U.S. industry in 2000
• ISBN: 9786612081750; 9780309173575; 0309173574; 9781282081758; 1282081756; 9780309522663; 0309522668; 9780585058023; 0585058024
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910965610003321
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