摘要:

This article challenges conventional theories on the role of NTBFs in the growth of new industries. Its‘community dynamics’approach is an alternative to the SPRU model of‘dynamic complementaries’and argues that while NTBFs are crucial, their capacity for employment generation

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1988.tb00092.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1988

数据来源: WILEY

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This article is based on a three‐year study of the introduction and use of computer numerically controlled machine tools (CNC) into nine engineering companies. It rejects the view that technology determines job design and instead highlights the role of managerial values and competence and organisations’own structures and practi

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1988.tb00093.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1988

数据来源: WILEY

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This article, based on a study of workers, engineers and managers in a sample of high technology firms in the US, suggests extensive skill dislocation, labour market segmentation and a lack of participation in production decisions. There is a crisis of organisation and commitment among employees in such firms.

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1988.tb00094.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1988

数据来源: WILEY

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The impact of Japanese competition has led to attempts by Western organisations to implement elements of Japanese management. The process has been described as‘Japanisation’. Here the authors examine the Japanisation of Rank Xerox and Xerox Corporation. Xerox has benefitted from the learning experience of its Japanese joint venture, Fuji Xerox, and has been described as the most‘Japanised’of Western co

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1988.tb00095.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1988

数据来源: WILEY

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Here the author examines the problems, in adopting new technology, faced by small firms in Japan's machinery industry. A significant part of the concern about the technology gap between large and small firms is attributed to their respective capacities to recruit and train skilled labour.

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1988.tb00096.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1988

数据来源: WILEY

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Information technology makes possible working patterns with flexibility in location and time. But traditional assumptions of managerial control serve as a strong deterrent. This article deals with these issues through an analysis of interviews at ICL and Texaco UK, with managers and high‐level employees who work partially at home. Rank Xerox networkers are used as a point of compariso

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1988.tb00097.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1988

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Book review in this ArticleInnovation, Entrepreneurs and Regional DevelopmentThe Challenge of New TechnologyNew Technology and the Process of Labour RegulationWomen and Information TechnologyComputerising work; people, systems design and workplace relationsBenetton: Information Technology in Production and Distribution: a Case Study of the Innovative Potential of Traditional Sectors

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1988.tb00098.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1988

数据来源: WILEY