Flexible specialization : the dynamics of small-scale industries in the south
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Flexible specialization : the dynamics of small-scale industries in the south
Intermediate Technology Publications, 1994
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityアジア専攻
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Library, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization図
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Bibliography: p. 163-174
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Description
Discusses how the concept of flexible specialization and innovation networks could facilitate the development of small and medium enterprises in developing countries. The book concludes that the potential for development through small and intermediate enterprises exists in many cases, despite severe obstacles which have so far prevented development from taking place.
Table of Contents
- Preface vii
- 1 Introduction 1
- AFRICAN CASES
- 2 Structural adjustment and the economy of small towns in Zimbabwe 21
- POUL OVE PEDERSEN
- 3 Gradual diffusion of flexible techniques in small and
- medium-size enterprise networks 42
- ARNI SVERRISSON
- 4 New competition and flexible specialization in Indonesia
- and Burkina Faso 55
- MEINE PIETER VAN DIJK
- ASIAN EXPERIENCES
- 5 Lack of interaction between traders and producers in the
- Agra footwear cluster 71
- PETER KNORRINGA
- 6 The impact of technological change on inter-firm
- linkages: A case study of clustered rural small-scale
- roof tile enterprises in central Java 84
- HENRY SANDEE
- 7 Trade networks for flexible rural industry 97
- HERMINE WEIJLAND
- 8 Weaving flexibility: Large-small firm relations, flexibility
- and regional clusters in South Korea 111
- MYUNG-RAE CHO
- MEXICAN MANUFACTURERS
- 9 Industrial districts in Mexico: The case of the footwear
- industry in Guadalajara and Leon 131
- ROBERTA RABELLOTTI
- 10 Reflections on the present predicament of the Mexican
- garment industry 147
- FIONA WILSON
- Notes 159
- References 163
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