Technology and competition in the international telecommunications industry

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Technology and competition in the international telecommunications industry

David Charles, Peter Monk and Ed Sciberras

Pinter, 1989

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Bibliography : p. [169]-173

Includes index

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This is a study of the structure, operation and organization of the Telecommunications Subscriber Equipment (TSE) manufacturing industry, one of the most dynamic and rapidly growing of the world's "sunrise" industries. It focuses on the processes of technical innovation and addresses questions of policy formulation in a national and international context. It is both a detailed case study of a high-tech industry and a broad theoretical review of the relationship between product development, technology, advanced manufacturing and global marketing.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction: telecommunications subscriber equipment - economic and technological significance. Part 1 Theory and concepts: economies of scale and scope
  • manufacturing and competitiveness - the production function, competitive strategy and capital investment in manufacturing, product design and process change, automation, labour in manufacturing, quality and supplier relationships, the management of manufacturing, issues for empirical investigation
  • manufacturing in TSE. Part 2 Evidence from the TSE industry: market structure and commercial developments in the TSE industry
  • economies of scale in TSE production
  • economies of scope - flexibility and the benefits of integration
  • competitive manufacturing. Part 3 Prospects and implications: future trends - the evolution of TSE.

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