1st Edition
Flexible Automation in Developing Countries The impact on scale and scope and the implications for location of production
Edited By Ludovico Alcorta
Copyright 1998
484 Pages
by
Routledge
488 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines the extent of, and motives for, the diffusion of flexible automation (FA) at global level and then turns to the local and firm level, bringing together in-depth studies of sixty-two firms in Brazil, India, Mexico, Thailand, Turkey and Venezuela. Research focuses on the impact of computer-numerically-controlled machine tools on scale and scope by exploring changes in lot sizes... Read more
Introduction Part One: Concepts, Methods and Synthesis 1. Scale and Scope: Concepts and Issues 2. Methodology and Research Design Implementation 3. The Diffusion of Flexible Automation in Developing Countries 4. Scale and Scope 5. Flexible Automation and Location of Production in Developing Countries 6. Conclusions and Policy Recommendations Part Two: The Country Studies 7. The Impact of Flexible Automation on Scale and Scope in the Brazilian Engineering Industry Ruy De Quadros Carvalho 8. The Impact of Flexible Automation on Scale and Scope in the Mexican Engineering Industry Lilia Dominguez and Flor Brown 9. The Impact of Flexible Automation on Scale and Scope in the Venezuelan Engineering Industry Oswaldo Alonso, Francisco Tamayo and Vanesa Cartaya 10. The Impact of Scale and Scope in the Indian Engineering Industry Ghayur Alam 11. The Impact of Flexible Automation on Scale and Scope in the Turkish Engineering Industry Hacer Ansal 12. The Impact of Scale and Scope in Thailand's Engineering Industry Peter Brimble Bibliography Appendices
Biography
Ludovico Alcorta
