Breakthrough Illusion

Corporate America's Failure To Move From Innovation To Mass Production

Häftad, Engelska, 1992

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Beskrivning

The USA has often failed to capitalise on its technological breakthroughs. This analysis of the weaknesses and strengths of US high technology warns that until the US learns to reconnect research and development with production, foreign companies will continue to prevail in the world marketplace.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1992-03-18
Mått:137 x 203 x 16 mm
Vikt:328 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Basic Books
ISBN:9780465007608

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Richard Florida is Professor of Business and Creativity at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, and the founder of the Creative Class Group, a for-profit think tank that charts trends in business, communities, and lifestyles. His national bestseller The Rise of the Creative Class was awarded the Washington Monthly's Political Book Award and Harvard Business Review's Breakthrough Idea Award. He lives in Toronto, Canada.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: the breakthrough illusion. Part 1 Origins and institutions: how we lost the follow-through; a new breakthrough system for high technology; venture capital and the breakthrough bias. Part 2 Limits: the hypermobility of high-tech labour; silicon valley and route 128 won't save us; neglecting high-technology manufacture. Part 3 Beyond the breakthrough illusion: competing with Japan - the world's new follow-through economy; patchwork solutions; transcending the breakthrough economy.