1st Edition
The Global Restructuring of the Steel Industry Innovations, Institutions and Industrial Change
By Anthony D'Costa
Copyright 1999
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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Drawing upon case studies of the steel industry in the US, Japan, South Korea, Brazil and India, this book explains how and why the steel industry has shifted from advanced capitalist countries to late industrializing countries. Anthony P. D'Costa examines the relationship between industrial change and institutional responses to technological diffusion. He reveals the governments' and firms'... Read more
Chapter 1. The Restructuring of the Steel Industry, Chapter 2. An Institutional Interpretation of Steel Industry Restructuring: An Analytical Framework, Chapter 3. Technological Change and Crisis in the American Steel Industry, Chapter 4. Technological Change and Rapid Industrial Development in Japan and South Korea, Chapter 5. Technological Change and Institutional Challenges in Brazil, India and Korea, Chapter 6. Technological Change and the Internalization of the Steel Industry, Chapter 7. Innovations, Entrepreneurial Breakthroughs, and Industry Restructuring, Chapter 8. Interpreting Technological Change and Industrial Restructuring.
Biography
Anthony D'Costa
'The book's clear structure and writing style make it a pleasure to read. It is a detailed account of the global shift of the steel industry and therefore is useful to economic geographers and regional scientists interested in situating their research on steel industry regions in a broader context.' - Regional Studies, Vol. 37.4, 2003, Robert Hassink, Universiy of Bonn
