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Routledge Library Editions: The Economics and Business of Technology


About the Series

Originally published between 1967 and 1999 the 50 volumes in this set examine the impact of technology on economics and international business. The volumes:

  • Present a synthesis of business functions and economic analysis and ask what the implications for skills development are and the effect of public policy
  • Report on global companies' experience with computers in company training in such areas as banking, finance, insurance, manufacturing, IT, the retail industry, transport, telecommunications and energy.
  • Look at the way in which some businesses in high technology manufacturing industry have organised their structures and processes in order to manage product innovation effectively.

 

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Micro-Electronics An Industry in Transition

Micro-Electronics: An Industry in Transition

1st Edition

By Richard Langlois, Thomas Pugel, Carmela S. Haklisch, Richard R Nelson, William Egelhoff
January 28, 2020

Originally published in 1988 this book was the culmination of 7 years of research in micro-electronics by the Center for Science and Technology Policy in New York. It includes original comparative study of corporate strategy in American, Japanese, and European firms, as well as an account of the ...

New Office Information Technology Human and Managerial Implications

New Office Information Technology: Human and Managerial Implications

1st Edition

By Richard J. Long
January 28, 2020

This book, originally published in 1987, evaluates the human and managerial implications of new office information technology, based on the actual experiences of organisations using the new technology. A variety of issues are examined including those centred on the role of the manger, producitivity...

Technological Change, Industrial Restructuring and Regional Development

Technological Change, Industrial Restructuring and Regional Development

1st Edition

Edited By Ash Amin, John Goddard
January 28, 2020

Originally published in 1986, this book was published at a time when the manufacturing structure of advanced economies was transformed. The growing internationalization of production, the rising power of giant corporations and the increasing rate of technological innovation remain key issues ...

Technological Transformation in the Third World: Volume 2 Africa

Technological Transformation in the Third World: Volume 2: Africa

1st Edition

Edited By Surendra J. Patel
January 28, 2020

Originally published in 1993, this book contains 3 studies on Africa: Algeria, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. The studies underline the difficulties which Africa has faced in initiating its technological transformation. During the post WW2 period liberation from colonialism came relatively late and ...

Technological Transformation in the Third World: Volume 3 Latin America

Technological Transformation in the Third World: Volume 3: Latin America

1st Edition

Edited By Surendra J. Patel
January 28, 2020

Originally published in 1993, this book contains 3 studies from Latin America: Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. These studies bring out sharply the processes at work in Latin America between 1950 and 1980, which were responsible for the crisis that the continent faced in the 1980s. In each case ...

Technological Transformation in the Third World: Volume 4 Developed Countries

Technological Transformation in the Third World: Volume 4: Developed Countries

1st Edition

Edited By Surendra J. Patel
January 28, 2020

Originally published in 1993, this book contains 3 studies from Finland, Greece and Japan. These countries were chosen because they experienced their technological transformation mainly during the 20th Century and it was considered that their experience would have some relevant lessons for the ...

Technological Transformation in the Third World: Volume 5 The Historic Process

Technological Transformation in the Third World: Volume 5: The Historic Process

1st Edition

Edited By Surendra J. Patel
January 28, 2020

Originally published in 1995, this book follows the preceding 4 volumes (Aisa, Africa, Latin America and Developed Countries) and discusses technological transformation in development history. It looks back on two centuries of history of the emergence of developed countries and examines the various...

Technology Transfer and East-West Relations

Technology Transfer and East-West Relations

1st Edition

Edited By Mark Schaffer
January 28, 2020

Originally published in 1985, in the deteriorating climate of East-West relations technology transfer became vitally important. The Eastern bloc desperately needed Western technology to assist in the development of the socialist economies, but a proposed US ban on the export of Western technology ...

The Computer and the Clerk

The Computer and the Clerk

1st Edition

By Enid Mumford, Olive Banks
January 28, 2020

Originally published in 1967 and the result of extensive interviews and case studies, this book examines the implications of technical change. Although focussed on the early introduction of computers the kinds of problems discussed in this book are found in technical change more widely and the book...

The Development of High Technology Industries An International Survey

The Development of High Technology Industries: An International Survey

1st Edition

Edited By Michael J Breheny, Ronald Mcquaid
January 28, 2020

This book, originally published in 1988, reviews the development of high technology industries at global and selected national and local levels, providing a unique insight into reasons for and consequences of such modern industrial development. It appraises government policies for assisting the ...

The Management Implications of New Information Technology

The Management Implications of New Information Technology

1st Edition

Edited By Nigel F. Piercy
January 28, 2020

This book, originally published in 1984, established the need for a strategic managerial response to the new technology, which relies on an understanding of the real effects of technology - on organisational structure, manageemnt style and employee relations. It assesses the impact of the new ...

The Rise, Decline and Renewal of Silicon Valley's High Technology Industry

The Rise, Decline and Renewal of Silicon Valley's High Technology Industry

1st Edition

By Dan Khanna
January 28, 2020

Originally published in 1997 this book examines the unique nature and characteristics of Silicon Valley and looks at the factors that led to the economic and competitiveness problems of the 1980s. The research concluded that the information revolution caused a complex set of events that had global ...

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