Automation and World Competition: New Technologies, Industrial Location and Trade
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Abstract
Part 1 Competitive advantage in the information age: sources of competitive advantage - technological change, learning-by-doing, policy implications of learning, product cycles, absolute dominance, technology neighbourhoods institutional development and human resources strategic considerations - firm strategies, government strategies sectoral analyses simulating cost dynamics. Part 2 The garment and textile industries: the challenge - Asian exports - major international markets, relative success in China and Philippines political response - trade limitation technological response - automation and communications organizational response - industry restructuring modeling costs in garment and textile production - the data base, input costs, model operations, least-cost technology selection, optimal site/technology combinations the competitive future in garments - a forecast current trends - do they support the forecast?.